NSF Engines Development Award: Advancing carbon centric circular economy technologies for advanced manufacturing solutions (KY, TN)

NSF 发动机开发奖：推进以碳为中心的循环经济技术以实现先进制造解决方案（肯塔基州、田纳西州）

• 批准号: 2302947
• 负责人: Ian McClure
• 金额: $ 100万
• 依托单位: University of Kentucky Research Foundation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-05-15 至 2025-04-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2302947&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; Engines; Development; Award; Advancing

This Regional Innovation Engines Development Award is focused on convening industrial, R&D, community, workforce, investment and entrepreneurship ecosystem stakeholders across the Southeastern Commerce Corridor (SCC) of Kentucky and Tennessee, to design and develop an innovation ecosystem for next-generation manufacturing and supply chain in the region. By 2034 the SCC will be a global leader in next-generation manufacturing and supply chain innovation for the circular economy, supported by an inclusive and diverse workforce. The SCC is the heart of the country's manufacturing and supply chains. Kentucky and Tennessee will have more freight tonnage passing through its borders by 2040 than nearly every other state in the country. It is no coincidence that four of the country's major logistics companies have their hubs in the SCC. Moreover, many of the critical components for priority industries, such as metals and electric vehicle (EV) batteries, will be manufactured in this region. The region comprises high-potential innovation growth centers of Louisville, Lexington, Nashville, Knoxville, and Chattanooga, with premier research universities and a national laboratory leader in next-generation manufacturing research, but also distressed urban communities and a rural region with 50% of its counties qualifying as economically distressed. Led by the University of Kentucky and 12 other Core Partners, including four R1 research universities, three doctoral universities, an R2 HBCU, a leading national laboratory, the SCC's community college systems, its premier tech-based economic development non-profits, leading industry participants, and the lead organization's state government, the GAME Change Engine is supported by 53 total other collaborating partners in the SCC, including 23 industry partners.Utilizing expert-led technical thrusts related to next-generation manufacturing and supply chain, the Development Award aims to establish an innovation ecosystem across the SCC. It will allow the project team to engage the GAME Change industrial and community partners in a comprehensive process - leveraging Major Gap Validation Workshops - designed to identify, validate, consolidate, and prioritize a more focused set of use-inspired technology opportunities and gaps. The Engine will then leverage GAME Change Summits located in underserved communities across the region to ensure community-based representation and input from diverse stakeholders in producing a GAME Plan for the subsequent phases of the Engine. A use-inspired research Playbook will establish research scopes to prove concepts. Technology-Scale Centers equipped with venture studios located in underserved communities across the region will be designed to serve as community-engaged venues for testing, scaling, startup development, and workforce training related to resulting innovations.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.

该区域创新引擎发展奖的重点是召集肯塔基州和田纳西州东南商业走廊（SCC）的工业、研发、社区、劳动力、投资和创业生态系统利益相关者，为该地区的下一代制造业和供应链设计和开发创新生态系统。 到2034年，SCC将在包容性和多元化的员工队伍的支持下，成为循环经济下一代制造和供应链创新的全球领导者。SCC是该国制造业和供应链的核心。 到2040年，肯塔基州和田纳西州通过其边境的货运吨位将超过该国几乎所有其他州。 该国四家主要物流公司在SCC设有枢纽并非巧合。 此外，优先产业的许多关键部件，如金属和电动汽车（EV）电池，将在该地区生产。 该地区包括路易斯维尔、列克星敦、纳什维尔、诺克斯维尔和查塔努加等高潜力创新增长中心，拥有一流的研究型大学和下一代制造业研究的国家实验室领导者，但也有贫困城市社区和农村地区，其中50%的县符合经济贫困标准。 在肯塔基州大学和其他12个核心合作伙伴的领导下，包括四所R1研究型大学，三所博士生大学，一所R2 HBCU，一个领先的国家实验室，SCC的社区学院系统，其首屈一指的以技术为基础的经济发展非营利组织，领先的行业参与者，以及领导组织的州政府，游戏变革引擎得到了SCC中其他53个合作伙伴的支持，发展奖旨在利用与下一代制造和供应链相关的专家主导的技术推动力，在SCC范围内建立创新生态系统。它将使项目团队能够在一个全面的过程中与GAME Change行业和社区合作伙伴互动-利用主要差距验证研讨会-旨在识别，验证，巩固和优先考虑一组更集中的使用启发式技术机会和差距。 然后，该引擎将利用位于该地区服务不足社区的GAME变革峰会，以确保基于社区的代表性和来自不同利益相关者的投入，为引擎的后续阶段制定GAME计划。 一个以使用为灵感的研究行动手册将建立研究范围来证明概念。技术规模中心配备了位于该地区服务水平低下的社区的风险工作室，将被设计为社区参与的场所，用于测试，扩展，创业发展和与创新成果相关的劳动力培训。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。