Increasing Chemical Company Engagement in Federally Funded Research Opportunities

在化学部(CHE)的支持下，大学-工业示范伙伴关系的Anthony Boccanfuso博士正在组织一次研讨会，召集一组具有战略意义的学术、企业、政府和非营利代表，探讨有效的战略，以增加私营部门对联邦资助的、受用途启发的化学科学研究的投资。这次研讨会将汇聚来自这些公司的代表和一系列教育机构，包括领先的R1机构、历史上一直是黑人的学院和大学(HBCU)以及为拉美裔服务的机构(HSI)，以确定公司更早参与NSF征集开发过程的可行方式，大型跨部门研究需求(重大挑战)，以及组建多部门财团的可能性，以促进社会层面需要的领域的化学研究。研讨会定于2022年秋季在华盛顿特区举行。这一奖项反映了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。

With support from the Division of Chemistry (CHE), Dr. Anthony Boccanfuso of University-Industry Demonstration Partnership is organizing a workshop to convene a strategic set of academic, corporate, government, and non-profit representatives to explore effective strategies to increase private sector investments in federally funded, use-inspired research in the chemical sciences. This workshop will bring together representatives from these companies and a mosaic of educational institutions including leading R1 institutions, historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), and Hispanic-Serving institutions (HSIs) to identify actionable ways for companies to engage in the NSF solicitation development process earlier, large cross-sector research needs (grand challenges), and the potential to form multisector consortia to catalyze chemistry research in areas of societal-level need. The workshop is slated to take place in Fall 2022 in the Washington, DC region.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.