Collaborative Research: EPIIC: Raising Rural Economic Development & Innovation (RREDI)

这是一个跨以下机构的合作项目：安吉洛州立大学（德克萨斯州），威廉玛丽理查德布兰德学院（弗吉尼亚州），独立社区学院（KS）和朗伍德大学（弗吉尼亚州）。提高农村经济发展创新（RREDI）试点旨在探索高等教育创新中心如何通过利用当地资源和利用多州队列模型有效解决农村地区的社会经济不发达问题。这个项目很重要，因为自2008年以来，美国农村社区的贫困、失业和粮食不安全程度明显高于美国其他地区，这些社区必须找到创新的解决方案，以解决当前社会和经济环境下的这些挑战。RREDI队列旨在相互合作，通过战略学术和行业伙伴关系，利用和定位其农村地区的社会经济发展。RREDI项目的方法框架是：“内部合作”+“外部合作”=“经济发展”。高等教育机构合作伙伴将在其位于农村的机构内并与行业合作伙伴建立合作关系，以促进其地区的经济发展。其目标是通过中心创建创新集群，以利用当地、区域和群组资源促进社会经济增长。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This is a collaborative project across the following institutions: Angelo State University (TX), Richard Bland College of William & Mary (VA), Independence Community College (KS), and Longwood University (VA). The Raising Rural Economic Development & Innovation (RREDI) pilot seeks to explore how higher-ed based innovation hubs can effectively address socio-economic underdevelopment in rural areas by harnessing local resources and leveraging a multi-state cohort model. This project is important because rural communities in the United States have experienced significantly higher levels of poverty, unemployment, and food insecurity since 2008 compared to other areas in the United States and these communities must find innovative solutions for solving these challenges given the current social and economic climate. The RREDI cohort aims to collaborate with one another to leverage and position their rural regions for socio-economic development through strategic academic and industry partnerships. The framework of Project RREDI's approach is: ‘Collaboration Inside’ + ‘Collaboration Outside’ = ‘Economic Development’. The higher education institutional partners will build collaborations within their rurally located institutions and with industry partners to foster economic development in their regions. The goal is to create innovation clusters (via the hubs) for the purpose of harnessing local, regional, and cohort resources that will generate socio-economic growth.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.