EAGER: Pathways to Sustainable Success in Smart and Connected Communities

EAGER：智能互联社区可持续成功之路

• 批准号: 2229833
• 负责人: Glenn Ricart
• 金额: $ 29.96万
• 依托单位: US Ignite, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-10-01 至 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2229833&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: EAGER; Pathways; Sustainable; Success; Smart

The National Science Foundation supports a wide variety of valuable technical and social civic innovation through its Civic Innovation Challenge (CIVIC) and Smart & Connected Communities (S&CC) programs. While many of the projects funded through these efforts have significant and long-lasting impact in multiple communities, others fail to make the translation into being sustainable and scalable. This EAGER will employ a multi-stage process to identify the combinations of factors which underlie successful translation as well as those factors which can be barriers. This EAGER will also explore specific steps, interventions, and resources which can propel more projects to sustainable, scalable, and long-term success. An important part of this research is connecting individual projects with what may be appropriate ideas, approaches, and resources, as well as documenting the process and outcomes.US Ignite will work with NSF's CIVIC and S&CC project teams to pilot pathways to deploy their technology and policy outcomes into larger-scale deployments. US Ignite will analyze existing NSF-funded research projects in S&CC and CIVIC to determine suitability for sustainable and successful deployment in multiple communities. Deployment may be accomplished through a number of pathways such as spinning out the technology to a startup, making the technology and/or data available as open source for others to use, protecting the intellectual property so that it retains value for a committed industry partner or alliance, and procurement by local government. Some of the pathways will leverage partners already providing these services. This EAGER will contribute to a wider body of knowledge on the evolution of innovative, inclusive, and equitable technology deployment in smart communities and their social and economic implications. Ability to positively impact equity, inclusiveness of diverse populations, community engagement, and civic trust will be important components of the success of this effort.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

美国国家科学基金会通过其公民创新挑战 (CIVIC) 和智能互联社区 (S&CC) 项目支持各种有价值的技术和社会公民创新。虽然通过这些努力资助的许多项目对多个社区产生了重大而持久的影响，但其他项目却未能转化为可持续和可扩展的项目。该 EAGER 将采用多阶段流程来确定成功翻译的因素组合以及可能构成障碍的因素。该 EAGER 还将探索具体步骤、干预措施和资源，以推动更多项目取得可持续、可扩展和长期的成功。这项研究的一个重要部分是将各个项目与可能合适的想法、方法和资源联系起来，并记录过程和结果。US Ignite 将与 NSF 的 CIVIC 和 S&CC 项目团队合作，试点部署其技术和技术的途径。将政策成果转化为更大规模的部署。 US Ignite 将分析 S&CC 和 CIVIC 中现有的 NSF 资助的研究项目，以确定是否适合在多个社区进行可持续和成功的部署。部署可以通过多种途径来完成，例如将技术剥离给初创公司、将技术和/或数据作为开源供其他人使用、保护知识产权以使其为忠诚的行业合作伙伴保留价值或联盟、地方政府采购。一些途径将利用已经提供这些服务的合作伙伴。这种渴望将有助于更广泛地了解智能社区中创新、包容和公平技术部署的演变及其社会和经济影响。能够对公平、不同人群的包容性、社区参与和公民信任产生积极影响将是这项工作成功的重要组成部分。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的评估进行评估，被认为值得支持。影响审查标准。