Project Grant N000142412261

RISE-UP 3.0: Strengthening Innovation Pipelines Through Advanced Manufacturing and Tri-State Collaboration The Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded the University of Hawaii a project grant of $2.85 million under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) to support the RISE-UP 3.0 initiative. The award, obligated on September 1, 2025, with a completion date of February 28, 2027, funds research and development activities designed to strengthen innovation pipelines through...

RISE-UP 4.0 Project Grant Summary The University of Hawaii received a $2.25 million Project Grant from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) for the "RISE-UP 4.0 Regional Innovation by Scaling Entrepreneurship via University Partnerships through Advanced Manufacturing and Tri-State Collaboration" initiative. The award, announced on August 1, 2026, with completion targeted for January 31, 2029, supports research and...

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 $374,782 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) supports a collaborative research initiative to strengthen innovation capacity across four diverse academic institutions: Winston-Salem State University, North Arkansas College, Middle Georgia State University, and St. Vincent College. The "EPIIC: Strengthening Collaborative Advancements Leveraging Equitable University...

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...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the TIP (Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships) program (CFDA 47.084) to the West Virginia University Research Corporation. This award seeks to build a regional innovation ecosystem in West Virginia and Southwestern Pennsylvania that offers solutions for energy resilience, decarbonization, and energy security. The key products and services to be delivered include: Developing use-inspired technologies and...

The National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) awarded a $399,999 Project Grant to Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC), effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2028, to support the ARISE (Advancing Regional Innovation Through Sustainable Engagement) initiative. ARISE is a collaborative research project comprising five primarily undergraduate institutions (PUIs) working collectively to enhance their institutional capacity to develop...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $399,999 to Lawrence Technological University (LTU) to build the institutional capacity and knowledge for growing external partnerships that advance key technologies within their regional innovation ecosystem. The project, titled "EPIIC: Building Institutional Capacity for External Partnerships (BICEP)," aims to address common...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program, titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EPIIC:INCREASING OUR INNOVATION SCORES: SYMBIOTIC COLLABORATION OF REGIONAL ECOSYSTEMS," provides $394,470 to establish an innovation ecosystem in a cohort-based model for primarily undergraduate institutions (PUIs). The primary goals are to (1) develop innovation capacity within the cohort institutions and (2) collectively...

The University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) has been awarded a $399,846 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) to lead the "EPIIC: Enabling Meaningful External Research Growth in Emergent Technologies (EMERGE)" cohort. The EMERGE cohort, which includes Kettering University, University of Northern Colorado, and Western Carolina University, aims to develop individual and joint capacities to...