Universities of Rhode island, Alaska and Hawaii will collectively develop and commercialize scalable
Abstract
Project Summary: Alaska, Hawai?i, and Rhode Island are highly dependent on imports and traditionally connected to nearby stronger ec,onomic competitors (Washington for Alaska, New York and Massachusetts for Rhode Island, and California and Washington for Hawaii)., The precarious nature of each state?s economy makes them especially vulnerable to disruption, such as during the coronavirus pande,mic. For example, in the first half of 2020, there was a 9.8% drop in GDP in Alaska, a 12.8% drop in GDP in Hawaii, and a 9.3% drop, in GDP in Rhode Island. The RISE-UP (Resilient Innovative Sustainable Economies via University Partnerships) initiative proposes a, collaboration between public universities in Hawai?i, Rhode Island, and Alaska with similar missions in states with similarly isola,ted geographic contexts to collectively develop and commercialize scalable technologies related to energy, marine technology and oth,er areas of the blue economy. The RISE-UP initiative seeks to leverage complementary technical expertise among partner universities, to address similar economic challenges and build a diversified, sustainable and resilient economy and a workforce for industries of, the future. To address their similar economic challenges, the Universities of Alaska, Hawai?i, and Rhode Island propose RISE-UP to, leverage their complementary technical expertise, collectively develop and commercialize scalable technologies, and build a workfor,ce for industries of the future. These institutions all possess expertise with implementing successful cross-institutional collabor,ations and are deeply embedded in their states? research, innovation and entrepreneurship initiatives in the areas of energy, marine, and other blue economy technologies. In order for novel ideas to grow into job-creating commercial products and services and for th,e growth of new business sectors to be sustainable, government, industry, and academia must collaborate throughout the innovation pr,ocess. Therefore, the proposed programs associated with this initiative will focus on experiential education and cross-disciplinary, training in innovation and entrepreneurship to cultivate an environment committed to support next generation talents in building th,e necessary skills to strengthen interdisciplinary collaboration and knowledge sharing in these strategic areas. H4X, Patents2Produc,ts, Ideation Studio, and Faculty Fellows programs will be hosted to support building relevant skills surrounding technology and busi,ness development process.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Dec 06, 2022
- Source ID
- N000142312022
Entities
People
- Christian Cowan
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy
- University of Rhode Island