NSF engines development award: advancing climate technologies in eastern north carolina (NC)

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Award ID
2306135
Recipient
Awarding agency
Obligated
$995,337

Award facts

Completion date
Place of performance
Wilmington, NC 28403, USA

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Description

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Abstract
This NSF engines development award will develop use-inspired solutions that promote coastal community resilience. Challenges facing low-lying coastal regions include climate change stressors, population growth, and a growing socioeconomic divide. These stressors intersect with race, gender, and socioeconomic status disproportionately. Economies must become more sustainable and resilient to climate and population change and do so rapidly. Fast-paced economic change is especially important where resources are limited, and stressors can intensify. This project aims to use living ecosystems and their processes to create and enhance products and services. The region of service is eastern north carolina, with its base in wilmington. The focal sectors slated for rapid development are coastal infrastructure, aquaculture, and renewable energy targeting five aspects: 1) engineering with nature, 2) environmental sensing & signaling, 3) ecosystem-inspired materials, 4) ecosystem genetic engineering, and 5) ecosystem service measuring & modeling. The project is led by a diverse and responsive team of researchers from universities and community colleges in partnership with chambers of commerce, non-profit entities, and for-profit businesses that seek to develop a pipeline for translating use-inspired innovations into marketable products while developing a robust regional workforce. To develop the future NSF engine, this project will forge a network of diverse partners able to hasten translation into practice, including offices of technology transfer, innovation, and entrepreneurship (e.g., NC biotechnology center, the small business and technology development center, community college small business centers, prospera, NC department of commerce center for workforce solutions, NC idea, and the NC black entrepreneurship council). Additionally, the team will deploy stakeholder surveys to identify gaps in the entrepreneurial landscape that must be bridged to make economic growth a reality. Community college partners will build pathways to workforce development and business creation. By completing this development award, this project will have established: 1) a regional transdisciplinary use-inspired research network, 2) strategies that promote novel r & d opportunities, 3) a cross-university network of research translation expertise and capital, and 4) community engagement strategies that build participation. Further, an external advisory board will assist in recruiting the cross-sector leadership team of a future NSF engine. Through these activities, this project will create a network to promote community climate resilience while establishing a robust and inclusive regional economy. 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.

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Action Obligated Date
Amendment $0
Original award $995,337

Subawards

Subrecipient Amount Awarded
Carteret Community College CCC will host a series of workshops to engage with the community and foster partnerships with individuals and groups that will be impacted and involved with the… $117,040
North Carolina Agricultural And Technical State University The Mechanical Engineering Department at North Carolina A&T State University (NCAT), in collaboration with The University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW),… $98,000
East Carolina University The overarching goal of this NSF ENGINE is to improve quality of life and coastal resilience on the national level by driving innovation and workforce… $167,754
Cape Fear Community College PROJECT TITLE: Type-I: North Carolina Ecosystem Technology (NCET) Economic Engine STATEMENT OF WORK The overarching goal of this ENGINE is to improve quality of… $50,980
Research Triangle Institute The purpose of this budget narrative is to address the solicitation requirements by explaining the basis for the estimate for each category of cost in… $137,670
Duke University The overarching goal of this ENGINE is to improve quality of life and coastal resilience by driving innovation and workforce development by advancing… $190,698

Quick answers

Who received award 2306135?

2306135 was awarded to University Of North Carolina At Wilmington by National Science Foundation on May 15, 2023.

How much is award 2306135 worth?

$995,337 has been obligated on 2306135.

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