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: 2331221
• 负责人: Isaac Wanasika
• 金额: $ 40万
• 依托单位: University of Northern Colorado
• 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=2331221&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（促进新兴技术领域有意义的外部研究增长）队列由凯特林大学、化身大学、北科罗拉多大学和西卡罗来纳大学组成。增强创新能力新兴合作伙伴关系 (EPIIC) 项目的成员有着共同的愿景，即 EMERGE 成为新兴技术领域研发 (R&D)、研究成果转化和人才培养领域公认的合作伙伴。群体优势包括强大的社区和行业合作伙伴关系、多样化的学生群体以及区域参与。该群体共同致力于社会和经济流动性、赋权和社区发展，这是该项目活动的指导原则。在此基础上，同类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，并与新兴技术项目和领导者建立合作关系。该项目将生成广泛适用的数据驱动模型，其他以教学为重点的高等教育机构 (IHE) 可以采用这些模型来创建加速新兴技术区域创新的群体。 EMERGE 项目将有助于取得多项社会成果，使代表性不足的社区受益匪浅，包括西班牙裔/拉丁裔、黑人/非裔美国人、农村边缘化群体、第一代和低收入群体。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带来繁荣和可持续的创新社区、代表性不足和边缘化地区的向上流动性以及城市和农村人口的劳动力弹性。通过捕捉在新兴技术领域拥有丰富经验的广泛人才库的见解，利用全方位的人才和资源来应对重大挑战，将增加知识生产和创新。主要队列目标包括 1) 建立资源以支持研究开发和推广能力，2) 定义有效的合作伙伴关系模型，3) 通过 EMERGE 品牌的门户网站营销队列大学的价值和独特性，以及 4) 交流和记录队列内的最佳实践。这些活动解决了队列机构当前面临的挑战，包括成员机构缺乏认识/低估以及机构外展和关系建设能力有限。作为一个团队，该团队将开发 EMERGE 品牌，作为一个统一的信息，突出独特的机构优势，并宣传与不同类型的机构以及有才华但未得到充分利用的学生、教职员工合作的价值。虽然外展活动将得到队列级别活动的帮助，但队列机构也将专注于扩大其内部能力，以建立区域伙伴关系。在机构层面，队列成员将建立资源来支持研究开发和推广能力，并开发吸引区域新兴技术利益相关者的合作伙伴关系模型。为了扩大个人努力，该队列将 1) 部署 EMERGE 平台，为队列机构提供单一接入点；2) 组织年度面对面峰会，以建立关系、分享知识并调整队列战略；3) 参加定期虚拟会议，以促进沟通和持续合作；4) 提供培训研讨会，以交流最佳实践。将开发创新的合作伙伴模式，包括教师实习和研究员计划，以鼓励教师专业发展和与外部合作伙伴的接触。除了 EPIIC 资助之外，还有一个愿景是扩大 EMERGE 模式，将其他非 R1/R2 机构纳入其中，这将显着扩大该项目的影响力，并创建一个规模和范围可与大型研究型大学相媲美的学校联盟。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。