Collaborative Research: EPIIC: LIGHT UP: Leveraging Innovation to Grow High Tech and University Partnerships

利用创新促进高科技和大学伙伴关系(LIGN UP)合作是一项多机构合作赠款，包括以下机构：广州纽约州立大学理工学院、伯灵顿县罗文学院、马里蒙特大学、阿尔维尼亚大学、基恩大学和鲍伊州立大学。这一合作旨在建立一个实践社区，以发展和加强研究和创新生态系统，该生态系统利用外部合作伙伴关系来塑造STEM人才管道和劳动力发展。LIGHT UP Collaborative由六个大西洋中部和东北地区的机构组成，在STEM劳动力发展和产业集群方面代表着全国的战略地区，也是该国最多样化的地区之一。合作将通过建立一个区域网络来建设能力并利用每个机构的优势来推进研究、创业和劳动力发展，从而对STEM行业产生重大影响。这些努力将促进教师和学生的创新教学、学习和培训。将学生的经验从研究和发现扩展到现实世界的应用，有助于推进技术创新和STEM劳动力发展。将研究与创业联系起来，推动我们国家保持全球竞争力所需的创新。LightUp Collaborative项目旨在推动以研究为导向的创业企业，并扩大外部合作伙伴关系。该项目旨在以研究到研究企业家的全生命周期方法吸引STEM学生和教职员工，以在横跨大西洋中部和东北部地区的区域创新生态系统中利用STEM人才。该项目将利用每个机构的资源和专门知识来发展和加强创新研究生态系统，并扩大目前在研究、商业化和创业方面的努力。LIGN Collaborative专注于三个目标：(1)扩大和完善每个机构对经济发展举措的结构性支持系统；(2)搭建平台，推动更多行业和政府合作；以及(3)增加创新企业发展。LIGHT UP Collaborative将通过实践社区作为能力建设和合作伙伴关系参与的典范。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。

The Leveraging Innovation to Grow High Tech and University Partnerships (LIGHT UP) Collaborative is multi-institution collaborative grant including the following institutions: State University of New York College of Technology at Canton, Rowan College of Burlington County, Marymount University, Alvernia University, Kean University, and Bowie State University. This collaborative aims to establish a community of practice to develop and enhance a research and innovation ecosystem that capitalizes on external partnerships to shape the STEM talent pipeline and workforce development. The LIGHT UP Collaborative, made up of six mid-Atlantic and Northeast institutions, represents a strategic region nationally in terms of STEM workforce development and industry clusters and is one of the most diverse regions in the country. The collaborative will make a significant impact on STEM industries by establishing a regional network to build capacity and capitalize on the strengths of each institution to advance research, entrepreneurship, and workforce development. Efforts will result in the promotion of innovative teaching, learning, and training for both faculty and students. Extending student experience beyond research and discovery into real-world application contributes to advancing technological innovation and STEM workforce development. Linking research with entrepreneurship drives the innovation needed for our nation to remain globally competitive.The LIGHT UP Collaborative project aims to advance a research-driven entrepreneurial enterprise and expand external partnerships. The project is designed to engage STEM students and faculty in a research-to-research entrepreneur full life-cycle approach to harness STEM talent in a regional innovation ecosystem that extends throughout the mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions. The project will leverage each institution’s resources and expertise to develop and enhance an innovation research ecosystem and broaden current efforts in research commercialization and entrepreneurship. The LIGHT UP Collaborative focuses on three goals that will: (1) expand and improve each institutions’ structural support systems for economic development initiatives; (2) build a platform to drive more industry and government partnerships; and (3) increase innovation enterprise development. The LIGHT UP Collaborative will serve as a model for capacity building and partnership engagement through a community of practice.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.