NSF Engines Development Award: Advancing photonics technologies (NJ, DE, PA, NY).

该NSF区域发动机开发奖的重点是通过联合该地区丰富的光子学研发、制造和劳动力资源，推动大西洋中部地区的合作、劳动力机会和经济发展。光子学——光子的使用和控制——是我们日常依赖的许多现代技术的基石。医疗保健、电信、清洁能源、先进制造业、国防和无数其他行业都依赖光子技术使应用程序更清洁、更智能和更安全。服务区域包括新泽西州、纽约州、德州和宾夕法尼亚州，这里聚集了大量的光电公司和研究人员/教育工作者。其中包括普林斯顿大学、罗文大学、罗格斯大学、新泽西理工学院、苏塞克斯县社区学院、特拉华州立大学、里海大学和其他高等教育机构的项目合作伙伴，以及Edmund Optics、Thorlabs、Horiba、Hamamatsu等公司，以及技术支持组织和投资者，包括VentureWell、新泽西州制造业扩展计划、SOSV/HAX加速器、新泽西州科学委员会、创新委员会、和技术，以及新泽西经济发展局。该项目将整合这些资源，并制定一个连贯的战略，以推动该地区内外的使用激励研究和长期经济增长。该项目的主要目标是促进能够引领创新和经济增长的联系。项目团队致力于创建一个区域创新生态系统，扩大应用驱动的基础研究和技术转化，并整合教育和劳动力发展，从一开始就强调多样性、公平性和包容性。通过让所有利益相关者提高对光子学在当前和新兴技术中发挥的关键作用的认识，将制定建立社区能力的战略，重点是增加工业和学术参与者的渠道，强调该地区的公平、可及性和广泛的社会效益。该项目将侧重于以下主要活动：战略规划与经济发展、应用驱动型研究、技术翻译与创业、教育与教育、劳动力发展、外联与评估。该项目采用高度整合和多元化的组织结构，欢迎并鼓励所有团队成员、专家和社区成员通过有针对性的工作组、公开研讨会/会议和一系列深入研究做出贡献。该开发奖为团队建立未来的NSF引擎奠定了基础，以改变基于光子创新的区域经济格局。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 NSF Regional Engines Development Award is focused on driving collaboration, workforce opportunity, and economic development in the mid-Atlantic region by uniting the rich array of photonics R&D, manufacturing, and workforce resources the region holds. Photonics - the use and control of photons - is a cornerstone of many modern technologies we rely on daily. Healthcare, telecommunications, clean energy, advanced manufacturing, defense, and countless other industries depend on enabling photonic technologies to make applications cleaner, smarter, and more secure. The region of service includes the states of NJ, NY, DE, and PA, home to a dense collection of photonics companies and researchers/educators. Among them are the project partners of Princeton University, Rowan University, Rutgers University, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Sussex County Community College, Delaware State University, Lehigh University, and other institutes of higher education, along with companies such as Edmund Optics, Thorlabs, Horiba, Hamamatsu, and technical support organizations and investors including VentureWell, NJ Manufacturing Extension Program, SOSV/HAX Accelerator, NJ Commission on Science, Innovation, and Technology, and the NJ Economic Development Authority. This project will align these resources and develop a coherent strategy for driving use-inspired research and long-term economic growth within the region and beyond.The project's primary goal is to facilitate connections that can spearhead innovation and economic growth. The project team is committed to creating a regional innovation ecosystem that will amplify application-driven fundamental research and technology translation and integrate education and workforce development that, from its inception, emphasizes diversity, equity, and inclusion. Strategies to build community capacity by engaging all stakeholders in raising awareness of the key role that photonics plays in current and emerging technologies will be developed with a focus on increasing the pipeline of industrial and academic participants in ways that emphasize equity, accessibility, and broad societal benefit for the region. The project will focus on the following main activities: Strategic Planning & Economic Development, Application Driven Research, Technology Translation & Entrepreneurship, Education & Workforce Development, Outreach, and Assessment. The project utilizes a highly integrated and diversified organizational structure that welcomes and encourages contributions of all team members, experts, and community members through targeted working groups, public workshops/conferences, and a series of deep dive studies. This development award lays the foundation for the team to establish a future NSF Engine to transform the regional economic landscape built on photonics innovation.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.