Finger Lakes New Knowledge Fusion: Unique Collaboration for Economic Impact

0438607似乎该奖项颁发给康奈尔大学，以支持下文所述的活动36个月。 该提案是为了响应创新合作伙伴计划征集而提交的（NSF-04556）。合作伙伴合作伙伴包括康奈尔大学（牵头机构）;纽约州农业实验站，纽约州日内瓦;康奈尔农业和食品技术园公司，纽约州日内瓦;信息电子技术中心，纽约州卡南代瓜;手指湖劳动力投资委员会，纽约州日内瓦;和安大略县经济发展办公室，Canandaigua，NY。此外，合作机构还包括锡拉丘兹大学，纽约州锡拉丘兹;纽约州锡拉丘兹纽约市中心城市发展署;手指湖研究所;&纽约州日内瓦霍巴特威廉史密斯学院;纽约州罗切斯特技术学院;纽约州彭菲尔德延龄草集团有限责任公司;纽约州罗切斯特高科技公司;纽约州奥尔巴尼纽约州农业和市场部;纽约农业发展公司，纽约州锡拉丘兹;康奈尔合作推广，卡南代瓜，纽约;鸟眼食品;星座葡萄酒美国; CY农场;红夹克果园;和韦格曼斯。该提案的主要目标如下。纽约州的手指湖区，东接锡拉丘兹，西接罗切斯特，南接伊萨卡，已经准备好利用其众多高等教育机构的知识力量，以及将这些机构的创新保持在该地区的强烈愿望，摆脱其落后的经济发展。这是以技术为基础的经济发展。该提案通过将不同的技术进行独特的混合来满足这一需求，这些技术很少满足，但在满足时具有很大的创新潜力。第一套技术是农业和食品，体现在纽约州农业实验站开展的转化研究中，该实验站支持纽约州园艺和食品工业的广泛研究。第二组技术包括光子学、微系统和成像，由行业发起的信息技术中心（纽约州卓越中心）体现。这种融合将创造创新。潜在的经济影响拟议的努力将创造支持系统，确保这种创新将找到一个家在该地区的锚，培育和成长。这种支持包括：为初创企业提供商业和法律的服务，为新企业提供资本资金来源，为新技术提供商业化支持，为支持创新提供准备充分的劳动力，以及欢迎创新企业的受过良好教育的社区。由于整个地区对以技术为基础的经济发展感到兴奋，随着这项赠款预期取得的初步成功，该地区将在技术融合方面开展持续的活动。研究人员将与其他希望复制成功的地区分享我们的成功方法。该项目的智力价值如下。这是一个新颖的建议，以解决跨机构，跨学科研究的需要，融合不同的技术领域，创造创新。这是一个非常积极的伙伴关系，由社区教育和经济多样化的总体目标统一起来，活动的更广泛影响随之而来。该项目的影响是广泛的-包括农村人口、公民（一个经常被忽视的群体！）高中教师和行政人员、社区学院、高等教育、经济发展组织和私营部门的所有部门。这一建议有可能影响到一个面积很大、人口众多和人口多样化的地区，并对知识和技术融合采取创新办法-利用跨学科工作创造经济多样化机会。

0438607SeemThis award is to Cornell University to support the activity described below for 36 months. The proposal was submitted in response to the Partnerships for Innovation Program Solicitation (NSF-04556).PartnersThe partners include Cornell University (Lead Institution); New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, NY; Cornell Agriculture and Food Technology Park Corporation, Geneva, NY; Infotonics Center for Technology, Canandaigua, NY; Finger Lakes Workforce Investment Board, Geneva, NY; and Ontario County Office of Economic Development, Canandaigua, NY. In addition, the collaborating institutions include Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY; Metropolitan Development Agency of Central New York, Syracuse, NY; Finger Lakes Institute; Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY; Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY; The Trillium Group, LLC, Penfield, NY; High Tech Rochester, Rochester, NY; New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, Albany, NY; NY Agri Development Corp., Syracuse, NY; Cornell Cooperative Extension, Canandaigua, NY; BirdsEye Foods; Constellation Wines US; CY Farms; Red Jacket Orchards;and Wegmans.The primary objective of the proposal follows. The Finger Lakes Region of New York State, bounded by Syracuse to the east, Rochester to the west, and Ithaca to the south, is ready to emerge from its lagging economic development by exploiting the intellectual power resident in its many institutions of higher education and the strong desire to keep innovations arising from these institutions within the region. This is technology-based economic development. This proposal addresses the need by making a unique blend of disparate technologies that rarely meet, but have great potential to generate innovation when they do. The first set of technologies are agriculture and food, and is embodied in the translational research carried out by the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station which supports a wide range of research for the horticulture and food industries in New York State. The second technology set consists of photonics, microsystems and imaging, embodied by the industry-initiated Center of Infotonics Technology, a New York State Center for Excellence. Such a fusion will create innovation.Potential Economic ImpactThe proposed effort will create the support systems that insure this innovation will find a home within the region to anchor, be nurtured, and grow. This support consists of business and legal services for start-up businesses, capital funding sources for new ventures, commercialization support for new technologies, a well-prepared workforce to support the innovations, and a well-educated community that will welcome the businesses producing the innovations. Because there is region-wide excitement about technology-based economic development, with the creation of initial successes expected from this grant, the region will embrace sustained activity in technology fusion. The investigators will share our successful approach with other regions that want to replicate the success.The intellectual merit of the project follows. This is a novel proposal to address the need for cross-institutional, cross-disciplinary research, fusing disparate technology areas to create innovation. It is a very aggressive partnership that is unified by the overall goal of community education and economic diversification.The broader impacts of the activity follow. The impacts of this project are extensive -- covering rural populations, citizens (an oft neglected constituency!), high school teachers and administrators, community colleges, higher education, economic development organizations and all parts of the private sector. This proposal has the potential to affect a large physical area, large population and diverse population with an innovate approach to knowledge and technology fusion -- interdisciplinary work harnessed to create economic diversification opportunities.