Building Capacity for the U.S. Mineral Resources Workforce Proceedings of a Workshop (2024) / Chapter Skim
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5 Supporting Students and Faculty Through Research Funding and AcademiaAgencyIndustry Partnerships
5 Supporting Students and Faculty Through Research Funding and AcademiaAgencyIndustry Partnerships
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Mackwell noted that one unique attribute of NSF is that research proposals require both a research component and a broader impacts discussion, which can encourage activities such as conducting outreach with children in local schools, engaging students in research, or connecting with Indigenous communities. NSF's Supplements for Non-Academic Research Internships for Graduate Students (INTERN)
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is a collaborative venture between Colorado School of Mines and Virginia Tech1 aimed at transforming the way geoscience data are used in the mineral resources industry. The research at CASERM is supported by government agencies and private-sector members in the exploration, mining, geochemical and mineralogical analysis, and software development industries (CSM, 2024)
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"The interfacing of the expertise at the national labs, the students from academic space, and the partnerships that we have with industry is a great way to prime the workforce -- not just familiarizing them and training them in relevant spaces with respect to critical materials but also in the state-of-the-art and most innovative approaches we have to material processing," Mehta said. In another relevant development, DOE's Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains recently announced a $40 million investment to expand clean energy workforce training through additional Industrial Assessment Centers (IACs)
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In April 2023, the Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies office hosted an education workforce development workshop focused on critical minerals and materials, which highlighted the importance of strategic collaboration and partnerships between industry, academia, and local governments and identified a need to support the entire supply chain, including upstream, midstream, and downstream industries. Mehta said that it is important for DOE's investments in these spaces to involve workforce development and include constant communication with those developing new funding opportunities, new activities, and new programs, in order to harmonize efforts aimed at meeting the needs of the industry.
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In doing so, he underscored the need to be strategic about building partnerships that are truly mutually beneficial and move research forward for both students and industry partners. PANEL DISCUSSION ON RESEARCH AND PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Transitioning into an open discussion, panelists began by discussing gaps in research programs that, if filled, could help grow the mineral resources workforce.
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Having industry involved and sharing the cost enables sustainment." Mehta agreed that industry involvement is key and added that vertical integration across the entire supply chain can strengthen the long-term sustainability of these efforts. Finally, the panelists discussed how different perceptions of the urgency of addressing long-term workforce needs shape the investments that are made.
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