NSF Convergence Accelerator: Industry-University Partnerships and the Future of Work

该项目将包括一系列活动，以收集研究社区对国家科学基金会大构想：人类技术前沿工作的未来（FW-HTF）的投入，特别关注国家科学基金会融合加速器计划的需求和目标。总体目标是帮助完善一个或多个受FW-HTF使用启发的研究主题，这些主题可能适合未来的NSF融合加速器资助轨道。本次系列活动的参与者将来自大型研究型大学、新兴研究机构、公司、政府机构以及其他有意合作推进FW-HTF和NSF融合加速器计划的机构。参与者将共同努力确定：-私人最感兴趣的研究主题，并最有可能为国家科学基金会融合加速器使用启发式支持模式带来成果。-融合加速器项目可以适应的方法，以扩大和加强学术与企业的合作- NSF融合加速器项目的战略，以帮助催化研究成果的应用和过渡到实践。fwhtf系列活动始于UIDP在英国牛津（2019年7月）的一个国际研讨会上组织的启动活动，学术、企业和政府决策者齐聚一堂，确定加强学术与企业参与的目标。在2019年秋季，UIDP将在美国各地组织一系列六次“倾听会议”，来自私营部门的研究人员和从业人员以及其他利益相关者将聚集在一起，分享他们的观点。这些活动将与学术和企业赞助商、活动主持人、技术专家以及NSF的投入一起组织。该系列活动将于2019年11月在马萨诸塞州举行的一次会议上结束。该系列的结果将是为NSF融合加速器计划和出席活动的组织提供一套可操作的建议，这些建议侧重于使用启发的FW-HTF主题，这些主题将为学术界、私营部门从业人员和其他利益相关者之间的合作提供互利和兴趣。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project will include a series of events to gather research community input on the NSF Big Idea: Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier (FW-HTF), focusing specifically on the needs and objectives of the NSF Convergence Accelerator program. The overarching goal is to help refine one or more FW-HTF use-inspired research topics that could be appropriate for a future NSF Convergence Accelerator funding track. Participants in this event series will come from large research universities, emerging research institutions, companies, government agencies, and others interested in partnering to advance FW-HTF and NSF Convergence Accelerator initiatives. Together, the participants will attempt to identify:- Research topics that are of greatest interest to the private and are most likely to be fruitful for the NSF Convergence Accelerator use-inspired model of support. - Methods that the Convergence Accelerator program can adapt to expand and enhance academic-corporate collaborations- Strategies for the NSF Convergence Accelerator program to help catalyze the application and transition to practice of research results.This FW-HTF event series began with a kick-off event organized by UIDP at an international workshop in Oxford, UK (July 2019) where academic, corporate, and government decision-makers convened to identify goals for heightened academic-corporate engagement. During the Fall of 2019 UIDP will organize a series of six "Listening Sessions" at locations across the United States where researchers and practitioners from the private sector as well as other stakeholders will convene and share their perspectives. These events will be organized in conjunction with academic and corporate sponsors, event hosts, and technical experts, as well as the input of NSF. The event series will conclude with a conference in Massachusetts in November 2019. The outcome of this series will be a set of actionable recommendations for the NSF Convergence Accelerator program and the organizations represented at the events focused on use-inspired FW-HTF topics that will provide mutual benefit and interest for collaboration between academics, practitioners from the private sector, and other stakeholders.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.