Collaborative Research: EPIIC: Enabling Meaningful External Research Growth in Emergent Technologies (EMERGE)

合作研究：EPIIC：实现新兴技术领域有意义的外部研究增长 (EMERGE)

• 批准号: 2331218
• 负责人: Michael Frye
• 金额: $ 39.98万
• 依托单位: University of The Incarnate Word
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-10-01 至 2026-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2331218&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; EPIIC; Enabling; Meaningful

The EMERGE (Enabling Meaningful External Research Growth in Emergent Technologies) Cohort consists of Kettering University, University of the Incarnate Word, University of Northern Colorado, and Western Carolina University. Members of the Emerging Partnerships to Increase Innovation Capacity (EPIIC) Project share a common vision to EMERGE as recognized partners in research and development (R&D), translation of research into practice, and talent development in emerging technology fields. Cohort strengths include strong community and industry partnerships, diverse student populations, and regional engagement. The cohort shares a commitment to social and economic mobility, empowerment, and community development, which serves as a guiding principle for this project’s activities. To build on this foundation, cohort institutions will develop individual and joint capacities to integrate into regional innovation ecosystems more effectively and establish collaborative relationships with emerging technology programs and leaders. This project will generate broadly applicable, data-driven models that can be adopted by other teaching-focused Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) to create cohorts that accelerate regional innovation in emerging technologies. The EMERGE Project will contribute to several societal outcomes that greatly benefit underrepresented communities, including Hispanic/Latinx, Black/African American, rurally-marginalized, first generation, and low income. The partnerships and networks developed will provide opportunities for these groups to engage with regional innovation ecosystems. The resulting research experiences and workforce development training will lead to thriving and sustainable communities of innovation, upward mobility among underrepresented and marginalized regions, and workforce resilience in both urban and rural populations. Bringing the full spectrum of talent and resources to bear on grand challenges will increase knowledge production and innovation by capturing the insights of a broad talent pool with experiences in emerging technology fields. Primary cohort objectives include 1) building resources to support research development and outreach capacity, 2) defining effective partnership models, 3) marketing the value and uniqueness of cohort universities through an EMERGE-branded web portal, and 4) exchanging and documenting best practices within the cohort. These activities address current challenges facing cohort institutions, including lack of awareness/underestimation of member institutions and limited institutional outreach and relationship-building capacity. As a group, the cohort will develop the EMERGE brand to serve as a unifying message highlighting unique institutional strengths and promoting the value of collaborating with diverse institution types with talented yet underutilized students, faculty, and staff. While outreach will be aided by cohort-level activities, cohort institutions will also focus on expanding their internal capacity to build regional partnerships. At the institution-level, cohort members will build resources to support research development and outreach capacity and develop partnership models for engaging regional emerging technology stakeholders. To amplify individual efforts, the cohort will 1) deploy the EMERGE platform to provide a single access point to cohort institutions, 2) organize annual in-person summits to build relationships, share knowledge, and align cohort strategy, 3) participate in regular virtual meetings to facilitate communication and ongoing collaboration, and 4) provide training workshops to exchange best practices. Innovative partnership models, including faculty internships and fellows programs, will be developed to encourage faculty professional development and engagement with external partners. Beyond EPIIC funding, there is a vision to expand the EMERGE model to include other non-R1/R2 institutions, which would significantly broaden the project’s impact and create a consortium of schools with the size and scope to rival large research universities.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.

Emerge(在新兴技术领域实现有意义的外部研究增长)团队由凯特琳大学、化身世界大学、北科罗拉多大学和西卡罗来纳大学组成。增强创新能力的新兴伙伴关系(EPIIC)项目的成员拥有共同的愿景，即在研发(R&A；D)、将研究转化为实践以及新兴技术领域的人才开发方面成为公认的合作伙伴。同龄人的优势包括强大的社区和行业合作伙伴关系、多样化的学生群体和区域参与。这群人都致力于社会和经济的流动性、赋权和社区发展，这是该项目活动的指导原则。为了建立在此基础上，联合机构将发展个人和联合能力，以更有效地融入区域创新生态系统，并与新兴技术计划和领导者建立合作关系。该项目将产生广泛适用的、数据驱动的模式，可供其他以教学为重点的高等教育机构(IHES)采用，以创建加速新兴技术区域创新的队列。Emerge项目将促进几个社会成果，极大地惠及代表性不足的社区，包括西班牙裔/拉丁裔、黑人/非裔美国人、被乡村边缘化的人、第一代人和低收入群体。建立的伙伴关系和网络将为这些团体提供参与区域创新生态系统的机会。由此产生的研究经验和劳动力发展培训将导致蓬勃发展和可持续的创新社区，在代表性不足和边缘化地区中向上流动，以及在城市和农村人口中的劳动力弹性。利用全方位的人才和资源应对重大挑战，将通过获取在新兴技术领域拥有经验的广泛人才库的洞察力，增加知识生产和创新。群体的主要目标包括：1)建立支持研究发展和外联能力的资源；2)确定有效的伙伴关系模式；3)通过Emerge品牌门户网站推销群体大学的价值和独特性；以及4)交流和记录群体内的最佳做法。这些活动解决了集体机构目前面临的挑战，包括对成员机构缺乏认识/低估，以及机构外联和建立关系的能力有限。作为一个团队，该团队将发展Emerge品牌，作为一个统一的信息，突出独特的机构优势，并促进与不同类型的机构合作的价值，这些机构拥有有才华但未得到充分利用的学生、教师和员工。虽然外展活动将得到群体一级活动的帮助，但群体机构也将侧重于扩大其内部能力，以建立区域伙伴关系。在机构一级，工作组成员将建立资源，以支持研究开发和推广能力，并开发伙伴关系模式，使区域新兴技术利益攸关方参与进来。为了扩大个人努力，该工作组将1)部署Emerge平台，为各机构提供单一访问点，2)组织年度面对面峰会，以建立关系、共享知识和调整队列战略，3)参加定期虚拟会议，以促进沟通和持续合作，以及4)提供培训研讨会，以交流最佳做法。将开发创新的伙伴关系模式，包括教师实习和研究员计划，以鼓励教师的专业发展和与外部合作伙伴的接触。除了EPIIC的资助外，还有一个愿景是将Emerge模式扩展到包括其他非R1/R2机构，这将显著扩大该项目的影响，并创建一个具有与大型研究型大学竞争的规模和范围的学校联盟。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。