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Welcome!
The Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) program held its first grantees
workshop at the Westin Arlington Gateway Hotel in Arlington,Virginia
in close proximity to NSF headquarters. The workshop was hosted
by the University of Toledo.
PFI, a unique and highly successful National Science Foundation
program, promotes innovation by fostering partnerships between colleges
and universities; private sector organizations, including profit
and nonprofit; and federal, state and local government. These partnerships
galvanize innovation and connect new scientific discoveries to activities
of economic and societal importance.
The PFI program, now in its 9th year, has created a diverse community
that spans academic institutions, the private sector, and government.
This inaugural event brought together representatives from PFI projects
from inception to the present in an exciting and dynamic event.
The list of attendees is available in two formats: alpha
by individual and by state
and institution.
The workshop provided opportunities to network and share PFI experiences
and knowledge. The breakout sessions
provided a forum to talk about program successes and challenges.
Opportunities to meet informally with NSF staff from the Division
of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships as well as with the PFI
Program Director were highlights of the workshop.
Please note that an NSF-funded evaluation of
the PFI grant program is being conducted by a team from the Kaufmann
Foundation: Maryann Feldman, Professor of Public Policy at University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will lead the project, working in
concert with Christopher Morphew, Associate Professor of Higher Education
at the University of Georgia and Janet Bercovitz, Assistant Professor
of Business Administration at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
PFI awardees will receive a request to respond to a six-question survey.
Cordially,
PFI
Workshop Organizers
Frank Calzonetti , Workshop Chair
Deba Dutta, Program Chair
Elsa Nadler, Workshop
Coordinator
Sara Nerlove, PFI Program
Director
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