ART: Translational Research Ambassadors Network for Strengthening Institutional Capacity and Fostering a Responsive and Open Mindset (TRANSFORM)

博伊西州立大学这个加速研究翻译(ART)项目的愿景是创建和维护一个繁荣、可持续和创新的翻译研究生态系统，以响应该地区和国家的经济和社会需求。为此，项目团队将在两个有望增长和投资的轨道上利用新出现的势头：面向市场的(轨道1)和社区参与的(轨道2)翻译研究。以市场为导向的轨道将解决商业化和传统技术转让工作，这些工作确定实验室中的创新并将其有效地转移到市场上(例如，通过许可或初创公司确定问题、创新、知识产权保护、行业协作和翻译)。社区参与的轨道涉及人类系统、健康生态系统、公共决策和民主治理方面的创新。这一轨道旨在为联邦、州、地方、部落政府以及非政府组织、非营利组织和社区组织提供更好的工具和网络，以管理和应对由压力因素引起的社会经济变化，如人口迅速增长、自然资源压力加大和气候条件变化。在该项目的第一年，七名ART大使将支持项目发展、政策改革和重新分配资源以支持翻译研究。项目导师，亚利桑那州立大学全球技术转移中心团队，将与博伊西州立大学合作，就战略投资领域提供建议，识别成功转化研究过程的障碍和障碍，并作为培训和机构能力建设的资源。在建立、测试和推进翻译研究系统方面，ART大使将投资于种子翻译研究项目，其基础是翻译潜力、对优先社会问题的反应、牢固的合作伙伴关系以及博伊西州立大学博士后和研究生的培训机会。博伊西州立大学的ART项目代表着为改善大学在地区创业生态系统中的联系和作用而刻意做出的努力。项目团队将整合一套促进这一创业生态系统增长的机构倡议，整合大学和行业的领导地位，动员教师专业知识支持对话和基于证据的决策，并创建强大的合作伙伴网络。通过加强其在翻译研究方面的机构能力，博伊西州立大学将成为该地区迅速扩张的新行业的积极合作伙伴，并将支持政府官员和非政府组织为紧迫的社会、环境和政策问题设计合作解决方案。ART项目将为早期职业教师、博士后研究员和研究生提供培训，以帮助培养下一代翻译研究专业人员。项目领导力和艺术大使将确保拟议工作的所有方面的包容性和可及性，包括降低参与门槛，实施包容性指导网络，以及评估校园内和与外部合作伙伴翻译研究社区的多样性和包容性。到ART项目结束时，博伊西州立大学将展示出五大翻译研究指标的上升轨迹：发明披露、新专利申请、总许可、许可收入和形成的初创公司。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已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。

Boise State University’s vision for this Accelerating Research Translation (ART) project is to create and maintain a thriving, sustainable, and innovative translational research ecosystem that is responsive to the economic and societal needs of the region and nation. To do so, the project team will capitalize on emerging momentum in two tracks that are poised for growth and investment: market-oriented (Track 1) and community-engaged (Track 2) translational research. The market-oriented track will address commercialization and traditional technology transfer work that identifies innovations in the laboratory and moves them efficiently to the marketplace (e.g., problem identification, innovation, intellectual property protection, industry collaboration, and translation through licensing or startups). The community-engaged track addresses innovations in human systems, healthy ecosystems, public policymaking, and democratic governance. This track is designed to better equip federal, state, local, tribal governments as well as NGOs, nonprofits and community organizations with the tools and networks to manage and respond to socio-economic changes resulting from stressors, such as, a rapidly increasing population, greater pressures on natural resources, and changing climate conditions. During the first year of the project, seven ART Ambassadors will champion program development, policy reform, and the reallocation of resources to support translational research. Program mentor, Arizona State University’s Global Center for Tech Transfer team, will work with Boise State to advise on strategic areas of investment, identify hindrances and roadblocks to a successful translational research process, and serve as a resource for training and institutional capacity building. In building, testing, and advancing translational research systems, the ART Ambassadors will invest in Seed Translational Research Projects based on translational potential, responsiveness to priority societal problems, strong partnerships, and training opportunities for postdocs and graduate students.Boise State’s ART project represents a deliberate effort to improve the university’s connections and role within the regional entrepreneurial ecosystem. The project team will consolidate a set of institutional initiatives to foster the growth of this entrepreneurial ecosystem, integrating university and industry leadership, mobilizing faculty expertise to support dialogue and evidence-based decision making, and creating a robust network of partners. By strengthening its institutional capacity in translational research, Boise State will be an active partner of new industries that are rapidly expanding in the region and will support government officials and NGOs to design collaborative solutions to pressing social, environmental, and policy problems. The ART project will provide training for early career faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students to help prepare the next generation of translational research professionals. Project leadership and ART Ambassadors will ensure inclusiveness and accessibility in all aspects of the proposed work, including lowering barriers to participation, implementing inclusive mentoring networks, and assessing diversity and inclusiveness in the translational research community on campus and with external partners. By the end of the ART program, Boise State will demonstrate an upward trajectory in the “Big 5” translational research metrics: invention disclosures, new patent applications, total licenses, license revenue, and startups formed.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.