Implementing a Knowledge Management Infrastructure

0125380里德该奖项授予密歇根理工大学(牵头机构)，以支持下文所述的活动36个月。该奖项的合作伙伴包括密歇根理工大学、北卡罗来纳州立大学、北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校、美国国家航空航天局、密歇根经济发展公司、北卡罗来纳州创新联盟(NY)和北卡罗来纳州技术发展局。该奖项将支持以下活动：(1)将学术机构的技术转让和受赞助的研究计划结合起来，(2)通过在线数据库创建学术机构的知识资产清单，(3)通过合作伙伴之间的内部协作关系管理和共享合作伙伴之间的知识资产以及任何新的合作伙伴。建议的创新完成后，集成的知识管理基础设施将支持大学与大学以及大学与行业之间的知识共享。新系统将促进对学术界各种知识资产的确认和管理，重点放在确定、实施和管理伙伴关系机会上。其他学术机构及其合作伙伴很容易效仿知识管理基础设施。创新是一项研究，目的是确定学术机构拥有哪些知识具有商业化潜力，以及开发盘点和管理这些知识所需的信息技术。这项研究包括开发方法，以确定各种私营部门合作伙伴感兴趣的知识，包括当前和未来的知识。潜在的经济影响这些方法对于学术界认识到其知识产权的价值，并更有效地瞄准商业化所需的潜在私营部门和政府合作伙伴，应该是非常宝贵的。潜在的社会影响新的可持续企业产生的总体经济福祉将使受影响地区的公民受益。这些成果将很容易被其他学术机构及其所在地区复制。

0125380 Reed This award is to Michigan Technological University (Lead Institution) to support the activity described below for 36 months. The proposal was submitted in response to the Partnerships for Innovation Program Solicitation (NSF 0179).PartnersThe partners for this award include Michigan Technological University, North Carolina State University, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, NASA, Michigan Economic Development Corporation, Upstate Alliance for Innovation (NY), and North Carolina Technological Development Authority.Proposed ActivitiesThe award will support the following activities: (1) coupling technology transfer and sponsored research programs in the academic institutions, (2) create an inventory of knowledge assets at the academic institutions via an on-line data base, (3) managing and sharing knowledge assets among the partners via internal collaborative relationships among the partners, and any new partners.Proposed InnovationWhen completed the integrated knowledge management infrastructure will support university to university as well as university to industry knowledge sharing. The new system will facilitate the recognition and management of the full range of academia's knowledge assets with a sharp focus on identifying, implementing and managing partnership opportunities. The knowledge management infrastructure will be easily replicated by other academic institutions and their partners. The innovation is the research to identify which knowledge an academic institution has that has potential for commercialization plus development of the information technology needed to inventory and manage it. Included in this research is the development of methodology to identify the knowledge of interest to the various private sector partners, both current and future.Potential Economic ImpactThe methodologies should be invaluable to academia to recognize the value of its intellectual property and to target potential private sector and government partners needed for commercialization more effectively.Potential Societal ImpactGeneral economic wellbeing that results from new sustainable businesses will be of benefit to the citizens of the affected regions. The results will be easily replicated by other academic institutions and their regions.