Cr e ating an Innovation E c osyste m Dire c to ra te fo r E ng - - PDF document

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Building an Innovation E c osyste m

T ho ma s W. Pe te rso n

NSF Assista nt Dire c to r fo r E ng ine e ring twpe te rs@ nsf.g o v

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Cr e ating an Innovation E c osyste m

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Innovation for Gr

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T hr e e laye r s in the Innovation T r iangle

 Ba sic Re se a rc h (the fo unda tio n)  E

ntre pre ne urship (tra nsla tio na l re se a rc h)

 Re spo nding to Na tio na l Prio ritie s

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QoLT 3-plane chart Barriers

Enabling Technologies

Technology Base Barriers

Fundamental Knowledge

Knowledge Base

Systems

Technology Integration Requirements Stakeholders Barriers Technology Elements Fundamental Insights Technology Elements Products & Outcomes

ERC Strategic Framework: Proposal #, PI Name, ERC Name, Lead University Name

System Requirements Testbed(s) Systems Research Systems Research Testbeds Enabling Technology Research Enabling Technology Research Fundamental Research Fundamental Research Fundamental Research Fundamental Research Fundamental Research Fundamental Research Testbed(s) Testbed(s) Testbeds Testbeds Dire c to ra te fo r E ng ine e ring 6

Innovation T hr

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T r anslational Re se ar c h

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T r anslational Re se ar c h

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s inte rdisc iplina ry b y na ture

 I

nvo lve s a te a m

 Re lie s o n pa rtne rships  Re sults in c le a r b e ne fit to so c ie ty

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NSF E ng ine e ring Ce nte rs Pro g ra ms

T he Dir e c tor ate for E ngine e r ing suppor ts two Ce nte r s pr

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ams that build unive r sity c ultur e s that join disc ove r y and innovation in par tne r ship with industr y:

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ngine e r ing Re se ar c h Ce nte r s (E RC) E stablishe d in 1985, 48 Ce nte r s funde d

• Industr

y/ Unive r sity Coope r ative Re se ar c h Ce nte r s (I/ UCRC) E stablishe d in 1979, 72 Ce nte r s funde d

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E ng ine e ring Ce nte rs Pro gra m Go a ls

• Cr

e ate a c ultur e in a c a de me tha t jo ins re se a rc h,

e duc a tio n, a nd inno va tio n

• Build par

tne r ships with industry to stre ng the n the

inno va tive c a pa c ity o f the U.S. in a g lo b a l c o nte xt

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e ve r age NSF funds with industry to suppo rt g ra dua te

stude nts pe rfo rming industria lly re le va nt re se a rc h

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• duc e e ngine e r

ing gr aduate s who a re c re a tive

a nd inno va tive pra c titio ne rs, mo re c a pa b le o f le a ding te a ms to a dva nc e te c hno lo g y in e sta b lishe d firms o r le a ding ne w firms

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Investors Industry

T he I nno va tio n Spe c trum

Foundations University Small Business

I /UCRC ERC

Resources Invested

Discovery Development Commercialization

Level of Development

ERC Translational Research

Valley of Death

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All T e c hnology Se c tor s

L e ad Institutio n sho wn Advanced Electronics (15) Biotechnology, Healthcare and Service (16) Advanced Manufacturing and Fabrication (19) Energy, Sustainability, and Infrastructure (18) Advanced Materials (4) Information, Communication, and Computing (14)

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NSF E ngine e r ing Ce nte r s

Far West Rockies Southwest Plains Great Lakes Southeast New England Mid East

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 Unive rsity re se a rc h is ke y, o fte n drive n b y

industria l ne e ds.

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a c ulty a re invo lve d a lo ng the inno va tio n c o ntinuum, wo rking with industry a t a ll sta g e s.

 A fo c us o n tra nsla tio na l re se a rc h

smo o the s the ha ndo ff o f te c hno lo g y fro m unive rsitie s to industry—re sulting in ra pid, e ffic ie nt inno va tio n.

Char ac te r istic s of the Innovation E c osyste m

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NSF Re sour c e s for the Innovation E c osyste m

 Gro w the e xisting po rtfo lio a nd

stre ng the n the transla tio na l pha se

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xte nd the re a c h o f industry-drive n re se a rc h initia tive s

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duc a te to inno va te

 Be tte r unde rsta nd the so c ial dime nsio ns

• f inno va tio n (Sc iSI

P)

E NG ARRA AWARDS

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ENG Use of ARRA Funding

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Young Investigators

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80 additional CAREER awards

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15 additional BRIGE awards

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16 additional GRF in addition to the 80 Women in Engineering (WENG) GRF Fellows funded annually by ENG

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1 additional IGERT in the area of energy

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Education and Workforce Development

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40 Postdocs in Industry

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17 additional REU/RET awards

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76 additional Education awards, including 4 for veterans/GI Bill activities

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High Risk / High Reward

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7 additional EFRI awards in the areas of Biosensing & Bioactuation and Hydrocarbons from Biomass

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Translational Research

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257 additional small business awards (50% increase)

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9 additional I/UCRC awards

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2 additional PFI awards

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21 additional GOALI awards

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NSF R&RA Budget ($M)

Directorate FY 2009 Omnibus Actual FY 2009 ARRA Actual FY 2010 Estimate FY 2011 Request FY 2011 Request Change over FY 2009 Omnibus Change over FY 2010 Estimate Amt % Amt % BIO $656.62 $260.00 $714.54 $767.81 111.19 16.9 53.27 7.5 CISE 574.50 235.00 618.83 684.51 110.01 19.1 65.68 10.6 ENG (less SBIR/STTR) 574.60 215.08 618.16 682.81 108.21 15.8 64.65 10.5 SBIR/STTR 90.39 49.91 125.77 142.86 52.47 36.7 17.09 13.6 GEO 808.53 347.00 889.64 955.29 146.76 18.2 65.65 7.4 MPS 1243.88 474.97 1,351.84 1,409.91 166.03 13.3 58.07 4.3 SBE 240.56 84.97 255.25 268.79 28.23 11.7 13.54 5.3 OCI 199.23 80.00 214.28 228.07 28.84 14.5 13.79 6.4 OISE 47.45 13.98 47.83 53.26 5.81 12.2 5.43 11.4 OPP 473.55 171.89 505.16 527.99 54.44 11.5 22.83 4.5 IA 241.58 129.85 275.04 295.93 54.35 22.5 20.89 7.6 U.S. Arctic Research Commission 1.50 0.00 1.58 1.60 0.10 6.7 0.02 1.3 Research & Related Activities $5,152.39 $2,062.64 $5,617.92 $6,018.83 866.44 16.8 400.91 7.1

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