AUC-GRANTED: Advancing Transformation of the Research Enterprise through Shared Resource Support Model for Collective Impact and Synergistic Effect.

为了推进和改变国家的研究事业，真正的伙伴关系和包容性的合作至关重要。亚特兰大大学中心（AUC）历史上最大的黑人学院和大学（HBCU）联盟将利用其合作伙伴关系创建一个共享资源支持模型，旨在减少竞争力的系统性障碍，加强AUC内的研究企业，并最终加强国家。AUC资助项目的目标是协同扩大四个AUC HBCU内部和之间的研究支持和服务能力（斯佩尔曼学院，莫尔豪斯医学院，莫尔豪斯学院和克拉克亚特兰大大学），创建一个研究企业中心，有可能成为新兴研究机构和其他HBCU寻求扩大和加强其研究企业的国家模式和路线图通过利用现有的能力，培养战略伙伴关系，并实施有效的做法。为了扩大参与和加强国家的研究企业，必须采用创新战略和解决方案来推进创新的地理分布，增加HBCU的准入，并加强新兴研究机构的研究支持基础设施。 AUC资助项目利用AUC研究生态系统的优势、资产和专业知识，同时专注于其人力资本（即，人员）、流程/政策/程序/实践和平台，以便快速和有意识地走向更具竞争力的提案开发、更有效的研究管理和更有效的授标后管理。该项目旨在：（1）加强知识管理和AUC和其他区域机构的研究领导交流;（2）提高研究开发能力，以支持构思和竞争性提案的开发;（3）加强AUC机构的研究管理基础设施;（4）创建和实施AUC范围内的研究和技术商业化办公室。预期成果包括加强非洲联盟委员会内的研究企业;为新兴研究机构之间的合作建立一个国家模式，以推进国家的研究议程;分享知识、资源和有效做法;该奖项反映了NSF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。

To advance and transform the nation's research enterprise, authentic partnerships and inclusive collaborations are critical. The long-standing and largest consortium of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the Atlanta University Center (AUC) will leverage its partnership to create a shared resource support model designed to reduce systemic barriers to competitiveness and strengthen the research enterprise within the AUC and ultimately, the nation. The goal of the AUC-GRANTED Project is to synergistically expand the research support and service capacity within and across four AUC HBCUs (Spelman College, Morehouse School of Medicine, Morehouse College, and Clark Atlanta University), creating a research enterprise hub that has the potential to serve as a national model and roadmap for emerging research institutions and other HBCUs as they seek to expand and strengthen their research enterprises by leveraging existing capabilities, cultivating strategic partnerships, and implementing effective practices. To broaden participation in and strengthen the nation's research enterprise, innovative strategies and solutions must be employed to advance the geography of innovation, increase access for HBCUs, and enhance the research support infrastructure at emerging research institutions. The AUC-GRANTED Project leverages the strengths, assets, and expertise of the AUC research ecosystem while focusing on its human capital (i.e., people), processes/policies/procedures/ practices, and platforms for the purpose of rapidly and deliberately moving toward more competitive proposal development, more efficient research administration, and more effective post-award management. The project is designed to: (1) augment the knowledge management and exchange of research leadership in the AUC and at other regional institutions; (2) enhance research development capacity to support ideation and competitive proposal development; (3) strengthen the research administration infrastructure at AUC institutions; and (4) create and implement an AUC-wide Office for Research and Technology Commercialization. The expected outcomes include strengthening the research enterprise within the AUC; generating a national model for collaboration between emerging research institutions to advance the nation's research agenda; sharing knowledge, resources, and effective practices; and diversifying the nation's workforce of STEM professionals and leaders.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.