NSF engines development award: advancing photonics technologies (NJ, DE, PA, NY).

Ended Cooperative Agreement Awarded Last action

Award ID
2306326
Recipient
Awarding agency
Obligated
$1,000,000

Award facts

Completion date
Place of performance
Princeton, NJ 08544, USA

Award details come from USAspending.gov.

Description

As the agency reported it.

Abstract
This NSF regional engines development award is focused on driving collaboration, workforce opportunity, and economic development in the mid-atlantic region by uniting the rich array of photonics r & d, manufacturing, and workforce resources the region holds. Photonics - the use and control of photons - is a cornerstone of many modern technologies we rely on daily. Healthcare, telecommunications, clean energy, advanced manufacturing, defense, and countless other industries depend on enabling photonic technologies to make applications cleaner, smarter, and more secure. The region of service includes the states of NJ, NY, DE, and PA, home to a dense collection of photonics companies and researchers/educators. Among them are the project partners of princeton university, rowan university, rutgers university, new jersey institute of technology, sussex county community college, delaware state university, lehigh university, and other institutes of higher education, along with companies such as edmund optics, thorlabs, horiba, hamamatsu, and technical support organizations and investors including venturewell, NJ manufacturing extension program, sosv/HAX accelerator, NJ commission on science, innovation, and technology, and the NJ economic development authority. This project will align these resources and develop a coherent strategy for driving use-inspired research and long-term economic growth within the region and beyond. The project's primary goal is to facilitate connections that can spearhead innovation and economic growth. The project team is committed to creating a regional innovation ecosystem that will amplify application-driven fundamental research and technology translation and integrate education and workforce development that, from its inception, emphasizes diversity, equity, and inclusion. Strategies to build community capacity by engaging all stakeholders in raising awareness of the key role that photonics plays in current and emerging technologies will be developed with a focus on increasing the pipeline of industrial and academic participants in ways that emphasize equity, accessibility, and broad societal benefit for the region. The project will focus on the following main activities: strategic planning & economic development, application driven research, technology translation & entrepreneurship, education & workforce development, outreach, and assessment. The project utilizes a highly integrated and diversified organizational structure that welcomes and encourages contributions of all team members, experts, and community members through targeted working groups, public workshops/conferences, and a series of deep dive studies. This development award lays the foundation for the team to establish a future NSF engine to transform the regional economic landscape built on photonics innovation. 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.

Transactions

Action Obligated Date
Amendment $0
Original award $1,000,000

Subawards

Subrecipient Amount Awarded
Rowan University Interfacing with the various stakeholders and organizing conferences with a particular focus on education and workforce deveopment $69,327
New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program Inc. Interfacing with the various internal and external stakeholders, the research and design of sustainable pathways through credentialing to support the… $37,500
National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance, Inc. In collaboration and coordination with the Leadership team, VW will complete the following tasks: 1. Coordinate and collaborate with the leadership and… $49,920
Rowan College Of South Jersey Brenden Rickards will be performing work for program development, program enrollment, data analysis and state submissions for program approvals in Photonics $50,000

Quick answers

Who received award 2306326?

2306326 was awarded to The Trustees Of Princeton University by National Science Foundation on May 15, 2023.

How much is award 2306326 worth?

$1,000,000 has been obligated on 2306326.

On GovTribe

See this award's full record

  • Every transaction and subaward
  • The recipient's other awards and teaming partners
  • Similar grant awards
  • Ask GovTribe AI about this award
Try for free Login