Mobilizing Business, Health and Horticultural Centres at Niagara College

动员尼亚加拉学院的商业、健康和园艺中心

• 批准号: CCMOB-2021-00164
• 负责人: Nantel, Marc
• 金额: $ 50.42万
• 依托单位: Niagara College Canada
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: CCI Mobilize Grants
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=756650
• 关键词: Mobilizing; Business; Health; Horticultural; Centres

As Niagara College fulfills its role in developing the local labour force and economy, its Research & Innovation division contributes by conducting applied research activities to benefit small- and medium-sized businesses in the region. For more than 20 years, and through four innovation centres in key economic sectors, including manufacturing, agri-business and commercialization supports, Research & Innovation has provided real-world solutions for business, industry partners and the community through applied research and knowledge transfer activities. These activities include innovative solutions, such as establishing proof-of-concept designs, producing and testing prototypes, evaluating new technologies, and developing new or improved technologies, products or processes. The Mobilize funding program will allow Niagara College to both expand and diversify its applied research project offerings by supporting several operational aspects, while enabling the creation of a new centre in health, wellness and ageing, to address a key societal need in our region. To continue growing and innovating, contributing to the economic development of our region, and enhancing our student applied research offerings, we have identified four main objectives for the years ahead, to be enabled by Mobilize funding. Under the Research & Innovation division, Niagara College will: 1) Diversify offerings for industry partners of the Walker Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre by further developing computer technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities. This will be done by establishing the Research Chair, Computer Technology position. 2) Advance the Horticultural Science & Technology Innovation Centre's ability to align with current and future growers' applied research needs by re-naming and re-focussing the offerings of the Centre as a means of better signaling the work conducted therein, and by adding a Centre Manager position for a more strategic approach to future operations. 3) Formalize the Business & Commercialization Solutions team into a full Innovation Centre by adding a full-time research program manager to the team, while increasing the number of researchers dedicated to BCS work. 4) Establish the Health, Wellness & Ageing Innovation Centre by adding specific staffing resources and faculty release opportunities to conduct applied research in this field, aimed at supporting the health-care sector and vulnerable populations in society.

随着尼亚加拉学院（Niagara College）在发展当地的劳动力和经济中扮演其作用，其研究与创新部门通过开展应用研究活动来促进该地区的中小型企业的贡献。 20多年来，通过四个关键经济领域的创新中心，包括制造业，农业企业和商业化支持，研究与创新，通过应用研究和知识转移活动为商业，行业合作伙伴和社区提供了现实世界的解决方案。这些活动包括创新的解决方案，例如建立概念验证设计，生产和测试原型，评估新技术以及开发新的或改进的技术，产品或过程。动员资金计划将使尼亚加拉学院通过支持多个运营方面的范围来扩展和多样化其应用研究项目的产品，同时使创建一个新的健康，健康和衰老中心，以满足我们地区的关键社会需求。为了继续发展和创新，为我们地区的经济发展做出了贡献，并增强了我们的学生应用研究产品，我们已经确定了未来几年的四个主要目标，可以通过动员资金来实现。在尼亚加拉学院的研究与创新部下，尼亚加拉学院将：1）通过进一步开发计算机技术和人工智能（AI）功能，为沃克高级制造创新中心的行业合作伙伴提供多样化的产品。这将通过建立计算机技术职位的研究主席来完成。 2）通过重新命名和重点关注该中心的产品，以更好地向其进行表明，并通过为中心经理添加了中心经理的职位，以使未来的运营更具战略性的方式来提高园艺科学与技术创新中心与当前和未来种植者的应用研究需求保持一致的能力。 3）将业务和商业化解决方案团队正式为一个完整的创新中心，通过向团队添加全职研究计划经理，同时增加致力于BCS工作的研究人员的数量。 4）通过添加特定的人员配备资源和教师释放机会来在该领域进行应用研究，旨在支持卫生保健部门和社会中的弱势群体，从而建立健康，健康与老化创新中心。