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

利用创新发展高科技和大学合作伙伴关系（LIGHT UP）协作是一项多机构协作赠款，包括以下机构：纽约州立大学广州理工学院、伯灵顿县罗文学院、马里兰大学、阿尔弗尼亚大学、基恩大学和鲍伊州立大学。该合作旨在建立一个实践社区，以开发和加强研究和创新生态系统，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由大西洋中部和东北部的六个机构组成，在STEM劳动力发展和产业集群方面代表了全国的战略区域，是全国最多样化的地区之一。该合作将通过建立一个区域网络来建立能力，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劳动力的发展。将研究与创业相结合，推动了我们国家保持全球竞争力所需的创新。LIGHT UP合作项目旨在推动一个以研究为驱动的创业企业，并扩大外部合作伙伴关系。该项目旨在让STEM学生和教师参与研究到研究的企业家全生命周期方法，在整个大西洋中部和东北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业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。“点亮合作计划”主要有三个目标：(1)扩大和完善各机构对经济发展倡议的结构性支持体系；(2)搭建平台，推动更多行业和政府合作；(3)加大创新型企业发展力度。“点亮合作计划”将成为通过实践社区进行能力建设和伙伴关系参与的典范。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，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。

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.