ART: Building an Inclusive, Accessible, and Sustainable Ecosystem to Accelerate Research Translation at Lehigh University

该项目旨在加强和加速利哈伊大学开展的研究的社会影响。这将通过创建和运营一个全面的研究翻译生态系统来实现，该生态系统有效地指导个人和项目团队沿着创业、翻译到现有行业和/或社会影响的道路前进。将设计和实施所有生态系统组成部分和活动，以优化多样性、公平性、包容性和可获得性。将采取以人为本的方法，以实现对目标和校园范围内的研究生、博士后学者和教师群体的最大影响。这些人将得到由内部艺术大使、外部专家和跨学科项目领导团队组成的积极网络的支持。整个工作还将通过卡内基梅隆大学提供的指导和指导得到加强，并进行实时评估，以确保持续改进和长期计划的可持续性。利哈伊大学的科研翻译生态系统将通过完全耦合的举措来创建，重点是建设包容性科研翻译能力和基础设施，提供目标人群可获得的相关教育和培训，并推动文化变革，将科研翻译作为整个大学社区的普遍重视。这将涉及建立和/或扩大以研究翻译为重点的职位、组织单位和设施。还将开发和便利提供新的单一学分教育和培训模块，同时实现机构政策和做法的现代化，以有利地支持研究翻译。从参与者的角度来看，将指导个人和项目团队发展加速和优化研究影响所需的心态、技能集和专家关系。精心挑选的项目团队每年都将得到支持，因为他们开展种子转化研究项目，以实现附属研究创新的短期经济和/或社会效益。这些有针对性的项目的成功，以及参与的个人的积极经验，将有助于定位有效并将灵感翻译影响作为未来大学基础研究的基础优先事项。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。

This project seeks to enhance and accelerate the societal impact of research conducted at Lehigh University. This will be accomplished by creating and operating a comprehensive research translation ecosystem that effectively guides individuals and project teams along the pathways of venture creation, translation to existing industry, and/or social impact. All ecosystem components and activities will be designed and implemented to optimize diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. A people-focused approach will be taken to realize maximum impact on the targeted and campus wide graduate student, post-doctoral scholar, and faculty populations. These individuals will be supported by an active network of internal ART ambassadors, external experts, and an interdisciplinary project leadership team. The entire effort will also be enhanced by guidance and mentorship provided by Carnegie Mellon University, and assessed in real-time to assure continuous improvement and long term program sustainability. The research translation ecosystem at Lehigh University will be created through fully coupled initiatives focused on building inclusive research translation capacity and infrastructure, providing relevant education and training that is accessible to the target populations, and driving culture change toward research translation as a pervasive emphasis throughout the University community. This will involve the creation and/or expansion of research translation focused positions, organizational units, and facilities. The development and convenient offering of new single credit education and training modules will also be carried out, along with the modernization of institutional policies and practices to favorably support research translation. From a participant standpoint, individuals and project teams will be guided as they develop the mindsets, skill sets, and expert connections necessary to accelerate and optimize research impact. Carefully selected project teams will receive support each year as they carry out seed translational research projects to realize near term economic and/or societal benefit from the affiliated research innovations. The success of these targeted projects, along with the positive experiences of the individuals involved, will help position effective and use inspired translational impact as a foundational priority for university based research into the future.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.