NSF Convergence Accelerator: Industry-University Partnerships and the Future of Work

该项目将包括一系列活动，以收集研究社区对NSF大想法：人类-技术前沿(FW-HTF)的未来工作的意见，特别关注NSF融合加速器计划的需求和目标。总体目标是帮助提炼一个或多个受FW-HTF使用启发的研究主题，这些主题可能适合于未来的NSF融合加速器资金跟踪。这一系列活动的参与者将来自大型研究型大学、新兴研究机构、公司、政府机构和其他有兴趣合作推进FW-HTF和NSF融合加速器倡议的人。参与者将一起尝试确定：-私人最感兴趣的研究主题，并且最有可能为NSF融合加速器使用启发的支持模式带来丰硕成果。-融合加速器计划可以适应的方法，以扩大和加强学术与企业的合作-NSF融合加速器计划的战略，以帮助催化研究成果的应用和向实践的过渡。FW-HTF系列活动始于UIDP在英国牛津举办的国际研讨会上组织的启动活动(2019年7月)，学术、企业和政府决策者齐聚一堂，确定加强学术与企业参与的目标。2019年秋季，UIDP将在美国各地组织一系列六场“倾听会议”，来自私营部门的研究人员和从业人员以及其他利益攸关方将聚集在一起，分享他们的观点。这些活动将与学术和企业赞助商、活动东道主和技术专家以及NSF的投入一起组织。该系列活动将于2019年11月在马萨诸塞州举行会议结束。这一系列活动的结果将是为NSF融合加速器计划和活动代表的组织提供一套可行的建议，这些活动专注于以使用为灵感的FW-HTF主题，这些主题将为学者、私营部门的从业人员和其他利益相关者之间的合作提供互惠互利的利益。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。

This project will include a series of events to gather research community input on the NSF Big Idea: Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier (FW-HTF), focusing specifically on the needs and objectives of the NSF Convergence Accelerator program. The overarching goal is to help refine one or more FW-HTF use-inspired research topics that could be appropriate for a future NSF Convergence Accelerator funding track. Participants in this event series will come from large research universities, emerging research institutions, companies, government agencies, and others interested in partnering to advance FW-HTF and NSF Convergence Accelerator initiatives. Together, the participants will attempt to identify:- Research topics that are of greatest interest to the private and are most likely to be fruitful for the NSF Convergence Accelerator use-inspired model of support. - Methods that the Convergence Accelerator program can adapt to expand and enhance academic-corporate collaborations- Strategies for the NSF Convergence Accelerator program to help catalyze the application and transition to practice of research results.This FW-HTF event series began with a kick-off event organized by UIDP at an international workshop in Oxford, UK (July 2019) where academic, corporate, and government decision-makers convened to identify goals for heightened academic-corporate engagement. During the Fall of 2019 UIDP will organize a series of six "Listening Sessions" at locations across the United States where researchers and practitioners from the private sector as well as other stakeholders will convene and share their perspectives. These events will be organized in conjunction with academic and corporate sponsors, event hosts, and technical experts, as well as the input of NSF. The event series will conclude with a conference in Massachusetts in November 2019. The outcome of this series will be a set of actionable recommendations for the NSF Convergence Accelerator program and the organizations represented at the events focused on use-inspired FW-HTF topics that will provide mutual benefit and interest for collaboration between academics, practitioners from the private sector, and other stakeholders.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.