NSF Engines Development Award: Utilizing space research, development and manufacturing to improve the human condition (OH)

NSF 发动机发展奖：利用太空研究、开发和制造来改善人类状况（OH）

• 批准号: 2314750
• 负责人: Carol Kory
• 金额: $ 100万
• 依托单位: Universities Space Research Association
• 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: 2024-03-01 至 2026-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2314750&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; Engines; Development; Award; Utilizing

This Regional Innovation Engines Development Award aims to integrate the state’s unique strengths in space, biological, and physical sciences to improve life on our planet. The proposed George Washington Carver (GWC) Science Park Accelerator & Regional Catalyst – Ohio (SPARC Ohio) Engine seeks to position Ohio as the go-to destination for the projected $1T space economy, revitalizing economically depressed regions in Ohio by creating thousands of jobs, inspiring students of all ages through comprehensive and inclusive education and training programs, and securing US leadership in the emerging commercial space economy. If successful, the eventual NSF Engine stemming out of this project will leverage: 1) The benefits of technology developed for space, in-space experiments and manufacturing, and unique terrestrial facilities to conduct use-inspired R&D that is all but impossible to perform without space as a catalyst; 2) Ohio’s premier space-related facilities and academic institutions, which provide the Engine’s foundation in space research and workforce development; 3) Proven commercialization practices and a robust accelerator and investor community; 4) A continuum of workforce development programs; and 5) Ohio’s appeal as a highly attractive destination, offering economic incentives and a high quality of living that draw individuals and organizations to establish themselves in Ohio. Technologies developed for space applications must be highly reliable and sustainable in a harsh environment. Resulting innovations include high-temperature resistant, lightweight, long-life, and high-efficiency products with enormous potential to improve life on Earth. Operating in space offers a unique research and manufacturing environment to a broad range of sectors due to microgravity (which provides weightlessness), a near-vacuum state, and higher levels of radiation. A key enabler of space-based research and manufacturing is access to long-term microgravity. Gravity influences everything on Earth, from the development of life to the interactions between materials. The micro-gravity environment aboard an orbiting spacecraft allows scientists to conduct experiments and develop manufacturing processes that are impossible to achieve on Earth. SPARC Ohio will leverage facilities and services that support both ground- and space-based research to significantly expand the existing partnership between the state and federal government, industry, and academia throughout Ohio. The Engine will develop pathways to connect critical space, biological, and physical science knowledge with regional and national stakeholders to solve use-inspired problems. Projected outcomes include re-establishing US competitiveness in semiconductors, improving consumers’ lives through innovative products, advancing health and wellness, strengthening food production and security, and promoting environmental sustainability. This Development Award will enable the SPARC Ohio to engage in a regional, collaborative planning process to prepare a future Engine to meet these goals.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.

该区域创新引擎开发奖的目的是将国家在太空，生物学和物理科学中的独特优势整合，以改善我们星球上的生命。拟议的乔治·华盛顿·卡佛（GWC）科学园区的加速器和区域催化剂 - 俄亥俄州（SPARC俄亥俄州）发动机试图将俄亥俄州作为预计$ 1T太空经济的首选目的地，从而通过创建成千上万的工作来振兴俄亥俄州的经济沮丧地区，从而通过创建全面的教育和培训领导力来启发所有年龄段的学生，并促进了培训和培训计划，并实现了领导力和培训。如果成功的话，最终从该项目中源自该项目的NSF引擎将利用：1）为空间，空间实验和制造业开发的技术的好处，以及独特的地面设施来进行使用使用使用的使用启发的研发，而没有空间作为催化剂，则无法执行； 2）俄亥俄州与太空相关的主要设施和学术机构，这些设施为太空研究和劳动力开发提供了引擎的基础； 3）经过验证的商业化实践和强大的加速器和投资者社区； 4）劳动力发展计划的连续性； 5）俄亥俄州作为一个极具吸引力的目的地，提供经济激励措施和高质量的生活，吸引了个人和组织在俄亥俄州建立自己。为空间应用开发的技术必须在危害环境中高度可靠和可持续性。由此产生的创新包括具有高温性，轻量级，长寿和高效产品，具有改善地球生命的潜力。在太空中运行，由于微重力（提供了失重），接近vacuum的状态和更高水平的辐射，为广泛的部门提供了独特的研究和制造环境。基于空间研究和制造的关键推动力是获得长期的微重力。重力影响地球上的一切，从生命的发展到材料之间的相互作用。轨道航天器上的微实力环境使科学家可以进行实验并开发无法在地球上实现的制造过程。俄亥俄州SPARC将利用支持地面和太空研究的设施和服务，以显着扩大俄亥俄州州和联邦政府，工业和学术界之间现有的合作伙伴关系。该发动机将开发途径，将关键空间，生物学和物理科学知识与地区和国家利益相关者联系起来，以解决使用使用启发的问题。预计的结果包括重新建立美国在半导体方面的竞争力，通过创新产品改善消费者的生活，提高健康和保健，增强粮食生产和安全性以及促进环境可持续性。该开发奖将使SPARC俄亥俄州能够参与区域协作计划过程，以准备未来的引擎以实现这些目标。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过使用基金会的知识分子和更广泛的影响评估标准来评估NSF的法定任务。