Collaborative Research: EPIIC: Developing Emerging Technology Ecosystem Partnerships for Primarily Undergraduate Institutions

合作研究：EPIIC：为主要本科机构发展新兴技术生态系统合作伙伴关系

• 批准号: 2331430
• 负责人: Roberto Flores
• 金额: $ 80万
• 依托单位: Christopher Newport University
• 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=2331430&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; EPIIC; Developing; Emerging

This is a collaborative project across the following institutions: Champlain College, Christopher Newport University, and Western Oregon University. The Enabling Partnerships to Increase Innovation Capacity Award is focused on building the capacity of three Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (PUIs) to sustainably increase the number of partnerships to drive workforce development and research projects between faculty and students, industry, and Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs). The project cohort is collaborating to learn, share, and apply the expertise needed to move toward a model for developing and maintaining external partnerships. The geographical distribution of the cohort allows for broadened participation in emerging-technology innovation ecosystems in three regions of the continental U.S.: Mid-Atlantic, New England, and Pacific Northwest. Their capacity-building efforts will increase the number of undergraduate students who engage in hands-on learning and career preparation opportunities as part of the college experience (e.g., internships, industry research) in the emerging technology industries being targeted, which include Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, and Biotechnology.The cohort institutions will collectively identify best practices from other successful model institutions, share learned expertise, and create and expand upon a centralized organizational structure at each institution. Additionally, they will organize and pilot industry partnerships to find sustainable partnership models and work to improve the infrastructure necessary to apply for further funding to sustain these efforts beyond the timeframe of the project. Each of the institutions will provide workforce development and foster future regional economic prosperity by creating intentional educational opportunities for their community members and generate a system of shared opportunities between academic institutions and industry. By leveraging existing support programs, this project will also create new opportunities for students from diverse backgrounds, including students with historically underrepresented identities in STEM fields (e.g., first generation, minority populations, women, and nontraditional age students). The cohort will disseminate and share best practices and models for establishing and maintaining partnerships with other PUIs and IHEs, with the intent of helping them strengthen their capacity for sustainable industry and research partnerships, improve workforce pipelines in emerging technology fields, and increase involvement in local technology ecosystems.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.

这是一个跨以下机构的合作项目：尚普兰学院，克里斯托弗纽波特大学和西俄勒冈州大学。 该授权合作伙伴关系，以提高创新能力奖的重点是建立三个小学本科院校（PUI）的能力，以可持续地增加合作伙伴关系的数量，以推动教师和学生，行业和高等教育机构（IHE）之间的劳动力发展和研究项目。项目组正在合作学习，分享和应用所需的专业知识，以建立和维护外部合作伙伴关系的模式。队列的地理分布允许在美国大陆的三个地区扩大对新兴技术创新生态系统的参与：大西洋中部、新英格兰和太平洋西北部。他们的能力建设努力将增加参与实践学习和职业准备机会的本科生人数，作为大学经历的一部分（例如，这些机构将从其他成功的示范机构中共同识别最佳实践，分享学到的专业知识，并在每个机构建立和扩大集中的组织结构。此外，他们将组织和试点行业伙伴关系，以寻找可持续的伙伴关系模式，并努力改善必要的基础设施，以申请进一步的资金，在项目的时间范围之外维持这些努力。每个机构将提供劳动力发展，并通过为其社区成员创造有意的教育机会来促进未来的区域经济繁荣，并在学术机构和行业之间建立一个共享机会的系统。通过利用现有的支持计划，该项目还将为来自不同背景的学生创造新的机会，包括在STEM领域历史上代表性不足的学生（例如，第一代、少数民族、妇女和非传统年龄的学生）。该队列将传播和分享与其他PUI和IHE建立和保持伙伴关系的最佳实践和模式，旨在帮助他们加强可持续工业和研究伙伴关系的能力，改善新兴技术领域的劳动力管道，该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的学术价值和更广泛的影响审查标准。