NSF Engines: North Dakota Advanced Agriculture Technology Engine

NSF 发动机：北达科他州先进农业技术发动机

• 批准号: 2315315
• 负责人: Colleen Fitzgerald
• 金额: $ 1500万
• 依托单位: North Dakota State University Fargo
• 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: 2024-03-01 至 2026-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2315315&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; Engines; North; Dakota; Advanced

The North Dakota Advanced Agriculture Technology Engine will advance our nation’s capacity for innovation in advanced agriculture by driving research and commercialization efforts to increase the growth of existing crops, introducing new crops, and monitoring and optimizing crop growth in North Dakota. The NSF Engine’s focus on combining advanced crop data, genetic data, climate modeling and sensor technologies will surpass the current state of practice and our current capabilities. The unique capacity of this NSF Engine and region will apply cutting-edge technologies to public crops that are critically important to the region and nation’s economy yet have had historical underinvestment. The NSF Engine team proposes using real-time decision making and advanced technologies to significantly increase the pace of innovation around crop-related decision making in the agriculture space, referring to this as “innovating at the speed of trust.” This will have profound impacts on the nation’s ability to compete on a global stage given the critical importance of food security and sustainable agriculture. In addition to these significant national impacts, the NSF Engine also has the potential to drive regional economic impacts through working closely with Indigenous organizations, industry, and economic development leaders. The NSF Engine team aims to create a robust, multi-faceted, place-based innovation ecosystem focused on food security while unlocking economic opportunity for regional populations and communities that have been historically left behind by other emerging technologies. If successful, the innovation ecosystem driven by the NSF Engine will result in unprecedented advances in Agricultural Technology (AgTech) by driving new technologies, industry collaborations, and emerging startup companies; creating good jobs across a variety of emerging technologies; and generating greater economic opportunity and shared prosperity to all residents of North Dakota.The NSF Engine will initially focus on the following topic areas related to advancing agriculture and the transition to a real-time monitoring and analysis approach: (1) novel genomics studies; (2) advanced predictive climate modeling; (3) scalable on-farm data collection management and utilization including reconfigurable agile data sensor networks; (4) communication networks, edge and cloud computing, real-time analysis of acquired data via artificial intelligence and machine learning, with a focus on last acre connectivity; and (5) diffusion of AgTech innovation through human-centered approaches. The NSF Engine is assembling a cross-sector team to collaboratively address the needs of the agricultural community and industry as the NSF Engine develops and implements advanced AgTech technologies. This approach will help retain North Dakota’s next-generation farmers and technologists as well as attracting talent regionally and nationally.The North Dakota Advanced Agriculture Technology Engine led by North Dakota State University, includes an ecosystem of partners with representation from the large agricultural companies, technology companies, farmers, universities (including Tribal Colleges and Universities, and two- and four-year institutions), regional and statewide economic and workforce development organizations (including Engine core partners Greater Fargo Moorhead Economic Development Corporation and the Fargo Moorhead West Fargo Chamber Foundation), Tribal organizations, and innovation testbeds. This diverse coalition of partners will be central to R&D, translation, and workforce development efforts.The research and translation goals of the NSF Engine are to: (1) develop and leverage regional expertise to solve agricultural-related challenges aligned with the top identified topic areas; (2) launch and sustain an innovation corridor that meaningfully engages and prioritizes all in the state, including Indigenous and small-farm communities, to grow and develop early-stage technology projects; and (3) generate more substantial investments, technology development, intellectual property activity, startups, and commercial activities to accelerate AgTech. Test beds and programs from Engine core partner Grand Farm will connect innovative companies to the region’s innovation ecosystem. Collectively, these goals will enable this state to become a global leader in advanced agricultural technology innovations and in accelerating regional economic growth.The NSF Engine has the potential to better connect existing efforts and dramatically expand the pathways into emerging careers within AgTech. Partners will include state and local government officials, economic and workforce development organizations, industries, career and technical education programs, Tribal Colleges, and other universities to build training and mentorship opportunities across the state. Specific activities include train-the-trainer programs aimed at creating a new generation of STEM educators; supporting K-12 educators to link digital agricultural topics to foundational STEM classes; and programs that meet trainees where they are with equitable agriculture sector training opportunities. Workforce development activities will prioritize equitable agricultural opportunities across the region of service, including rural and tribal communities, and address industry’s current and emerging needs. Establishing a knowledge network to share and quickly disseminate learning is also a primary goal of the workforce development strategy.The NSF Engine has brought together a strong coalition of partners and has identified close alignment with regional assets and priorities to address food security, an issue of national importance. The inclusive, community driven approach with strong backing from cross-sector stakeholders represents a unique opportunity to build a new model for advanced AgTech development. The NSF Engine has identified critical R&D topic areas that must be advanced to drive agricultural innovations that are accessible throughout the state and across technology topic areas, namely public crops. It will support R&D and translational activities to cultivate an innovation ecosystem of tech companies that will support the nation’s transition to a more climate-resilient advanced agriculture sector, and will drive regional economic growth and opportunity. The NSF Engine’s transformative potential lies in the intentional focus on bringing tribal, rural and farming communities meaningfully into the co-creation to yield a blueprint for the future of advanced agriculture and inclusive economic development.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.

北达科他州先进的农业技术引擎将通过推动研究和商业化的努力来提高我们国家在高级农业中的创新能力，以增加现有农作物的生长，引入新作物，并监视和优化北达科他州的作物增长。 NSF引擎专注于结合高级农作物数据，遗传数据，攀爬建模和传感器技术，将超过当前的实践状态和我们当前的功能。该NSF发动机和地区的独特能力将把尖端技术应用于对该地区和国家经济至关重要的公共作物，但具有历史性投资不足。 NSF Engine团队使用实时决策和高级技术的建议，可以显着增加农业领域中与农作物相关的决策的创新空间，称其为“以信任的速度进行创新”。鉴于粮食安全和可持续农业的重要性，这将对国家在全球阶段的竞争能力产生深远的影响。除了这些重大的国家影响外，NSF引擎还有可能通过与土著组织，工业和经济发展领导者紧密合作来推动区域经济影响。 NSF Engine团队旨在创建一个强大的，多方面的基于地点的创新生态系统，重点是粮食安全，同时为其他新兴技术遗留下来的地区人口和社区释放了经济机会。如果成功的话，由NSF引擎驱动的创新生态系统将通过推动新技术，行业合作和新兴初创公司来实现农业技术（AGTECH）的前所未有的进步；在各种新兴技术中创造出色的工作； NSF Engine最初将重点关注与推进一致性有关的以下主题领域以及向实时监测和分析方法过渡有关的以下主题领域：（1）新型基因组学研究； （2）先进的预测气候建模； （3）可扩展的农场数据收集管理和利用率，包括可重新配置的敏捷数据传感器网络； （4）通信网络，边缘和云计算，通过人工智能和机器学习对所获得的数据的实时分析，重点是最后一英亩的连接； （5）通过以人为本的方法扩散Agtech创新。 NSF引擎正在组建一个跨部门团队，以作为NSF引擎开发和实施高级AGTECH技术来协作解决农业社区和行业的需求。这种方法将有助于保留北达科他州的下一代农民和技术，并在地区和全国范围内吸引人才。北达科他州先进的高级农业技术引擎由北达科他州立大学领导开发组织（包括Engine Core Partners Greater Fargo Moorhead经济发展公司和Fargo Moorhead West Fargo商会基金会），部落组织和创新测试床。这种多样性的合作伙伴联盟将是研发，翻译和劳动力发展工作的核心。 NSF引擎的研究和翻译目标是：（1）开发和利用区域专业知识，以解决与最重要的主题领域相符的农业相关挑战； （2）启动和维持一个有意义地参与并优先考虑包括土著和小型农场社区的所有人的创新走廊，以发展和发展早期的技术项目； （3）产生更大的投资，技术开发，知识产权活动，初创企业和商业活动，以加速Agtech。发动机核心合作伙伴Grand Farm的测试床和计划将将创新公司连接到该地区的创新生态系统。总的来说，这些目标将使该州成为高级农业技术创新和加速区域经济增长的全球领导者。NSF引擎有可能更好地联系现有的努力，并大幅度地扩展到Agtech内新兴职业的途径。合作伙伴将包括州和地方政府官员，经济和劳动力发展组织，行业，职业和技术教育计划，部落学院以及其他大学，以在全州建立培训和心态机会。特定的活动包括旨在创建新一代STEM教育者的训练计划；支持K-12教育者将数字农业主题与基础STEM类联系起来；以及与学员与公平农业部门培训机会相遇的计划。劳动力发展活动将优先考虑整个服务地区的公平农业机会，包括农村和部落社区，并满足行业当前和新兴的需求。建立一个知识网络分享和快速传播学习也是劳动力发展战略的主要目标。NSFEngine汇集了一个强大的合作伙伴联盟，并确定了与地区资产和优先事项的密切相关，以解决粮食安全，这是一个具有国家重要性的问题。包容性，社区驱动的方法在跨部门利益相关者那里得到了强有力的支持，这是为高级Agtech开发建立新模型的独特机会。 NSF引擎已经确定了必须提出的关键研发主题领域，以推动在整个州和技术主题领域都可以访问的农业创新，即公共作物。它将支持研发和翻译活动，以培养科技公司的创新生态系统，这些创新生态系统将支持该国过渡到更具气候的先进高级农业部门，并将推动区域经济增长和机会。 NSF引擎的变革性潜力在于有意将部落，粗糙和农业社区有意义地带入共同创造中，以产生对高级农业和包容性经济发展未来的蓝图。该奖项反映了NSF的法规使命，并认为通过基金会的知识优点和广泛的criperia criperia criperia crigity criperia crighia cripitia the Issportion the奖项。