NSF Engines Development Award: Building a space-based innovation ecosystem in New Mexico (NM)

NSF 发动机发展奖：在新墨西哥州 (NM) 建立天基创新生态系统

• 批准号: 2314657
• 负责人: Randall Trask
• 金额: $ 100万
• 依托单位: NEW MEXICO TRADE ALLIANCE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2024-04-15 至 2026-03-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2314657&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; Engines; Development; Award; Building

This Regional Innovation Engines Development Award addresses the societal challenge of transitioning the space industry from one designed for government agencies to one supporting the fast-growing commercial space industry. This shift is crucial for continued U.S. leadership in space-related scientific advancement, economic growth, and national security. The project team has partners across the New Mexico Space Valley Coalition, including state and federal government agencies, industrial companies, post-secondary institutions at multiple levels, and national laboratories. The project's collective efforts, coordinated and scaled by the team, could help strengthen the regional production chain; leverage the region's foundation of federal contracting and collaboration; promote innovations that benefit economic, social, and sustainability outcomes; and grow diverse local talent across all levels of the space industry. Space industry historically has been a priority and strength of the region, and commercial space industry is a potential economic growth opportunity for the region. The vision of this project is to strengthen the existing space ecosystem by helping more innovations move from laboratories to use and making sure the commercial space sector has the product development supports, local labor force, entrepreneurship resources, and specialized infrastructure for success. Key technologies include advanced manufacturing of satellite components; small satellite rendezvous, proximity operations, and docking technologies; satellite cybersecurity; and space-based solar power collection for use on Earth. These thrusts, integrated synergistically, should improve R&D alignment with space industry needs; increase commercial translation of research; support commercial space company development; increase educational pathways for space related careers in engineering, information technology, advanced manufacturing, and entrepreneurship; improve educational and job equity for underrepresented populations; and develop projects and pathways yielding greater economic benefits in the region’s rural and tribal areas.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.

这一区域创新引擎发展奖解决了将航天工业从为政府机构设计的航天工业转变为支持快速增长的商业航天工业的社会挑战，这一转变对于美国在航天相关科学进步、经济增长、该项目团队在新墨西哥州太空谷联盟拥有合作伙伴，包括州和联邦政府机构、工业公司、各级高等教育机构以及国家实验室，该项目由该团队协调和扩展。 ，可以帮助加强区域生产链；利用该地区的联邦承包和合作基础；促进有利于经济、社会和可持续发展成果的创新；并培养航天工业各个层面的多元化本地人才。商业航天产业是该地区潜在的经济增长机会，该项目的愿景是通过帮助更多的创新从实验室转向使用，并确保商业航天部门拥有本地的产品开发支持，来加强现有的航天生态系统。劳动力、创业资源和专业基础设施关键技术包括卫星部件的先进制造；小型卫星交会、邻近操作和对接技术；以及在地球上使用的天基太阳能收集，这些技术的结合将提高与航天工业的研发一致性。需求；增加商业航天公司的发展；增加工程、信息技术、先进制造和创业领域的教育途径；并开发产生更大经济效益的项目和途径；好处该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。