NSF Engines Development Award: Building a space-based innovation ecosystem in New Mexico (NM)

NSF 发动机发展奖：在新墨西哥州 (NM) 建立天基创新生态系统

• 批准号: 2314657
• 负责人: Randall Trask
• 金额: $ 100万
• 依托单位: NEW MEXICO TRADE ALLIANCE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-04-15 至 2026-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2314657&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; Engines; Development; Award; Building

This Regional Innovation Engines Development Award addresses the societal challenge of transitioning the space industry from one designed for government agencies to one supporting the fast-growing commercial space industry. This shift is crucial for continued U.S. leadership in space-related scientific advancement, economic growth, and national security. The project team has partners across the New Mexico Space Valley Coalition, including state and federal government agencies, industrial companies, post-secondary institutions at multiple levels, and national laboratories. The project's collective efforts, coordinated and scaled by the team, could help strengthen the regional production chain; leverage the region's foundation of federal contracting and collaboration; promote innovations that benefit economic, social, and sustainability outcomes; and grow diverse local talent across all levels of the space industry. Space industry historically has been a priority and strength of the region, and commercial space industry is a potential economic growth opportunity for the region. The vision of this project is to strengthen the existing space ecosystem by helping more innovations move from laboratories to use and making sure the commercial space sector has the product development supports, local labor force, entrepreneurship resources, and specialized infrastructure for success. Key technologies include advanced manufacturing of satellite components; small satellite rendezvous, proximity operations, and docking technologies; satellite cybersecurity; and space-based solar power collection for use on Earth. These thrusts, integrated synergistically, should improve R&D alignment with space industry needs; increase commercial translation of research; support commercial space company development; increase educational pathways for space related careers in engineering, information technology, advanced manufacturing, and entrepreneurship; improve educational and job equity for underrepresented populations; and develop projects and pathways yielding greater economic benefits in the region’s rural and tribal areas.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.

该区域创新发动机开发奖旨在解决从为政府机构设计的空间行业到支持快速发展的商业空间行业的社会挑战。这种转变对于美国在与太空相关的科学进步，经济增长和国家安全方面的持续领导至关重要。该项目团队在新墨西哥太空谷联盟中有合作伙伴，包括州和联邦政府机构，工业公司，多个级别的大专院校以及国家实验室。该项目由团队协调和扩展的集体努力可以帮助加强区域生产连锁店。利用该地区的联邦合同与合作的基础；促进有益于经济，社会和可持续性成果的创新；并在整个空间行业的各个层面上发展潜水员本地人才。从历史上看，空间行业一直是该地区的优先事项和力量，商业空间行业是该地区潜在的经济增长机会。该项目的愿景是通过帮助更多的创新从实验室转变为使用并确保商业太空领域具有产品开发支持，当地劳动力，企业家资源以及成功的专门基础设施来增强现有的太空生态系统。关键技术包括卫星组件的高级制造；小型卫星集合，接近操作和对接技术；卫星网络安全；以及用于地球上使用的太空太阳能收集。这些推力是协同综合的，应改善与空间行业需求的研发一致性；增加研究的商业翻译；支持商业太空公司开发；提高工程，信息技术，高级制造和企业家职业的教育途径；改善代表人群不足的教育和工作平等；并开发项目和途径在该地区的粗糙和部落地区带来更大的经济利益。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准，被视为通过评估而被视为珍贵的支持。