Building Defense Research Capacity at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities, and Minority-Serving Institutions Proceedings of Three Town Halls (2024) / Chapter Skim
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4 Town Hall II, Day 1: True Partnerships through the Research Ecosystem and Equitable and Synergistic Partnerships
4 Town Hall II, Day 1: True Partnerships through the Research Ecosystem and Equitable and Synergistic Partnerships
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. • BioMADE and other nonprofits offer a way to bring together multiple stakeholders to create a strong research ecosystem (Tubon)
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Building the defense research ecosystem at UDC has involved buy-in from top leadership, with the Office of University Research as the nexus point. He stressed the importance of "being in the room" to understand trends and opportunities and to ensure equal partnerships, promoting defense-industry research initiatives internally and externally, and following the philosophy that there are "no permanent enemies or friends, just permanent interests."
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at the University of Washington was put together over a period of 10 years and is an example of how to build and maintain a relationship with industry. The idea emerged from a university strategic planning effort to focus on the unique strengths of the region, including its port and industrial base, with Boeing, Microsoft, Amazon, and other companies headquartered in the Seattle region.
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Devasia, universities tend to focus on fundamental work with low technology readiness levels, but this applied research has had incredible impact because students learn by doing and they are highly engaged. It took a few years to figure out how the university and Boeing could best work together, Dr.
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Dr. Greer echoed that building an ecosystem requires a central person who is primarily responsible to understand national priorities and align mechanisms with the desired end state.
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Forward Edge-AI works with HBCUs and MSIs to build research capacity by leveraging these SBIRs and STTRs, and they fielded the first minority-owned, deep tech HBCU team that has been awarded Phase 1, 2, and 3 SBIRs. In undertaking these engagements, Mr.
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Mr. Adolphe noted the value added for his company is a straight line: "We are conducting research, developing products and IP, sharing that IP with the HBCUs and MSIs involved, and we want to monetize it." As a best practice, he pointed to a cooperative research agreement that required bringing in an HBCU partner.
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54 FIGURE 4-1 Industry-University Cooperative Research Centers model. SOURCE: Christina Deckard, Town Hall Presentation, May 22, 2023, from NSF (http://iucrc.nsf.gov)
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Dr. Barton asked about equitable partnerships across university types with changing student demographics.
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Mr. Adolphe commented that when he has served as an NSF peer reviewer, he looks for how broader impacts will move the needle in the specific S&T area being proposed, but not all applicants pay attention to this.
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The first five HBCUs to participate are Howard University, Jackson State University, Spelman College, Prairie View A&M University, and University of Maryland Eastern Shore, which were identified in concert with the United Negro College Fund (UNCF)
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For nearly 25 years, SEA engaged more than 500 HBCU and MSI faculty and garnered $350 million in new research and education funding, held four mentoring workshops, and introduced more than 400 Small Disadvantaged Businesses and Women-Owned Businesses to federal opportunities. From 1990 to 2009, the four SEA institutions totaled over $1.01 billion in combined federal support, he said.
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Freidenfelds explained that PACRI hopes to expand but began with a proof of concept with five HBCUs based on UNCF input. She observed that academia is decentralized, and the aim is relationships to put researchers on a path to the same goal, such as joint papers, student exchanges, grant applications, or IP.
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He has spent his career trying to convince national labs and agencies about the talent at HBCUs. He expressed hope that those that have the resources can share them.
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