This book explores top innovative talent cultivation policies from a global comparative perspective, covering the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, Russia, Singapore, Japan, and China. It uses a comparative lens to investigate the contextual, cultural, social, and political factors that influence the top innovative talent cultivation policies and their development, both locally and globally. This book also proposes strategies to address various challenges in advocating top innovative talent cultivation policies. It serves as a useful reference for scholars and researchers who are interested in, and research on, education policy, higher education, and comparative education worldwide.