This $400,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports a multi-institution collaborative effort to develop a research and innovation ecosystem that leverages external partnerships to shape the STEM talent pipeline and workforce development. The "LIGHT UP" collaborative, comprised of six higher education institutions in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions, aims to establish a...
This $400,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the LIGHT UP collaborative research project. The collaborative consists of six institutions - State University of New York College of Technology at Canton, Rowan College of Burlington County, Marymount University, Alvernia University, Kean University, and Bowie State University - representing the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions. The...
This $400,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) supports the "LIGHT UP: LEVERAGING INNOVATION TO GROW HIGH TECH AND UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIPS" collaborative effort among six diverse institutions in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions. The key objectives of this collaborative project are to: (1) expand and improve the institutions' structural support systems for economic...
This $285,504 EAGER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports a two-year research project to measure the impact of university innovation facilities on real estate markets and R&D space supply and demand across the top 100 U.S. metropolitan areas. The project aims to collect and analyze data on four key outcome variables: R&D space demand, R&D space supply, business establishment clustering, and...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $400,000 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to a collaborative project titled "EPIIC: Raising Rural Economic Development & Innovation (RREDI)." The grant supports a multi-institutional effort led by Angelo State University (TX) in partnership with Richard Bland College of William & Mary (VA), Independence Community College (KS), and Longwood University (VA). The project...
This $370,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) supports a three-year collaborative research initiative among five primarily undergraduate institutions - California State University, Chico; University of Central Oklahoma; Central Washington University; SUNY Oswego; and Weber State University. The "Cross-Continental Collaboration Coalition (C4)" project aims to strengthen industry...
The Puerto Rico Science, Technology, and Research Trust (PRSTRT) was awarded a $889,783 Cooperative Agreement by the Department of Energy's Office of Technology Transitions (OTT) under the OTT-Technology Deployment, Demonstration and Commercialization program (CFDA 81.010). The award, which runs from December 20, 2024 to December 19, 2027, supports PRSTRT's "Project SWITCH" initiative, an energy innovation incubator program. The goal of the program is to establish Puerto Rico as a...
This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program provides $399,727 to Saint Francis University to establish a regional innovation ecosystem consortium called SCORE (Symbiotic Collaboration for Regional Ecosystem). The primary goals are to: (1) Develop innovation capacity within a cohort of primarily undergraduate institutions (PUIs), including several rural and minority-serving schools; and (2) Foster...
This $300,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program aims to identify early indicators of success in building rural innovation ecosystems that promote long-term community economic development and well-being. The Center On Rural Innovation Inc., a non-profit organization focused on rural economic development, will lead this 2-year research project using a mixed-methods approach. Key activities include: 1)...
The University of New Mexico received a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) for the "Regional Advancement Leveraging Innovations for Water and Energy Security Transformation (RALI-WEST)" project. This regional innovation ecosystem development award aims to design an innovation system that produces resilient and sustainable solutions at the nexus of clean water and clean...