Adaptation, Innovation and Mobilization (AIM): Sustainable Research Partnerships at NAIT

北阿尔伯塔理工学院（NAIT）是行业驱动型应用研究和技术培训的领导者。NAIT的机构战略计划已经确定了应用研究（AR）优先领域，与阿尔伯塔省工业需求密切相关-清洁能源，环境和可持续发展。通过这些，我们将提高阿尔伯塔省工业的竞争力，响应学习者和公司不断变化的需求，并采用领先的技术来推动卓越的运营和学生的成功，实现并超越我们对学习者、行业合作伙伴、社区和员工的承诺。在过去的12年里，NAIT的AR重点更加突出，专业知识也在不断增长，我们的7个AR中心的成功、我们的伙伴关系和合作的力量、培训的学生数量以及专门研究实验室空间的扩展都证明了这一点。与我们的合作伙伴一起，我们加入了全球经济脱碳，减少排放，循环，可再生能源，电网现代化的努力，并实现公正的能源转型，旨在实现加拿大2030年减排计划，到2050年实现净零排放。这些巨大的挑战推动了当今和未来对创新的需求。NSERC的mobile赠款将确保NAIT继续参与由其高影响力定义的AR项目。它将促进未来与公司、非营利组织和土著企业的伙伴关系，到2027年预计将有600多个伙伴关系。它将进一步支持学生参与研究，吸引数百名学生，对于维持NAIT AR项目的持续成功，为经济和社区带来利益至关重要。调动资金将支持这一势头，并促进我们计划中的增长。在未来五年内，NAIT将开设5G中心、循环经济和工业废水研究实验室，并计划扩建北方研究中心和烹饪创新中心。我们将继续保留和招聘优秀和独特的人才，包括在数据分析、地理信息系统和食品科学等增长领域的新成员。所有中心都将通过新的业务发展和土著联络领导得到支持，这将加强和增加参与和伙伴关系。在整个过程中，NAIT将继续培养多样化的学生，保持人才管道，直接满足劳动力需求。

The Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) is a leader in industry-driven applied research and technical training. NAIT's institutional strategic plan has identified applied research (AR) priority areas strongly aligned to Alberta industry needs - Cleaner Energy, Environment, and Sustainable Development. Through these, we will enhance the competitiveness of Alberta industries, respond to the evolving needs of learners and companies, and adopt leading-edge technologies to drive operational excellence and student success, meeting and exceeding our commitments to our learners, industry partners, communities, and staff.NAIT's AR focus has sharpened and expertise has grown in the last 12 years, as demonstrated by the success of our seven AR centres, the strength of our partnerships and collaborations, number of students trained, and expansions to dedicated research laboratory space. Together with our partners, we are joined in the global efforts on decarbonizing the economy, reducing emissions, circularity, renewable energy, grid modernization, and enabling a just energy transition aiming to realize the Canada 2030 Emission Reduction Plan and achieve Net Zero by 2050. These big challenges drive the need for innovation today and into the future. NSERC's Mobilize grant will ensure NAIT's continued engagement in AR projects that are defined by their high impact. It will enable future partnerships with companies, non-profits and Indigenous enterprises, with over 600 anticipated partnerships by 2027. It will further endorse student involvement in research, engaging hundreds of students, and will be vital to sustain the ongoing success of NAIT's AR programs for the benefit of the economy and our communities. Mobilize funding will support this momentum and leverage our planned growth. In the next five years, NAIT will see the opening of a 5G Hub, Circular Economy and Industrial Wastewater research laboratories, and planned expansions of our Centres for Boreal Research and Culinary Innovation. We will continue to retain and recruit outstanding and unique talent, including additions in areas of growth such as Data Analytics, GIS, and Food Science. All centres will be supported through new business development and Indigenous liaison leads that will strengthen and increase engagement and partnerships. Interwoven throughout, NAIT will continue to train a diverse pool of students, maintaining a talent pipeline directly to meet workforce demands.