This $300,000 EAGER grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program will support research on the impact of innovation ecosystem acceleration training programs. The project aims to empirically analyze how regional stakeholders undertake innovation ecosystem analyses, engage ecosystem partners, and select innovation interventions. Specifically, the research will leverage an NSF Regional Innovation Engines (RIE) program...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $400,000 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to support the "EPIIC: Raising Rural Economic Development & Innovation (RREDI)" project. This collaborative research effort involves four higher education institutions - Angelo State University (TX), Richard Bland College of William & Mary (VA), Independence Community College (KS), and Longwood University (VA) - to explore how...
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 National Science Foundation (NSF) EAGER: PBI project grant award to the National Bureau of Economic Research Inc. (NBER) totaling $299,316 provides funding to develop an innovative methodology for comprehensively assessing regional innovation ecosystems. The project aims to integrate industry-specific metrics and a diverse array of outcome indicators to measure the impact of regional entrepreneurial activities on economic growth and societal welfare. This approach builds on the foundational...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $196,325 to Arizona State University (ASU) develops a framework to measure the dynamics, intermediate outcomes, and broader socio-economic and environmental impacts of regional innovation programs. The project engages interdisciplinary perspectives across public policy, economics, geography, and management to build a conceptual foundation for assessing large-scale government...
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...
This $293,957 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development of a framework for evaluating community needs and readiness for sustainable economic and social development. The project will integrate social, psychological, and economic considerations into a Lab-to-Market (L2M) framework to guide the creation of innovation-based economic growth and equitable workforce development in...
This $230,292 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports research to enhance understanding of how innovative research and development (R&D) effectively translate into commercial products. The study will focus on place-based innovation (PBI) ecosystems, regions where stakeholders collaborate in close geographic proximity, to uncover critical factors that facilitate or hinder successful R&D...
This $300,000 EAGER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) supports a project by South Dakota State University (SDSU) to analyze collaboration patterns and socioeconomic impacts of science and technology advancements. The key initiatives of this project include: 1) using machine learning to forecast emerging science and technology areas, 2) evaluating the regional societal and economic impacts of leading research...
This $299,386 National Science Foundation (NSF) EAGER: PBI - Innovation Impact Framework (IIF) Project Grant aims to enhance the understanding of how regional technology transfer initiatives contribute to societal and economic benefits. The project, awarded to Hyperion Technologies LLC, will develop new methods to measure the local return on investment of technology transfer activities, with the goal of informing policymakers and stakeholders on best practices for fostering innovation and...