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... , I-ARPA (Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity) , and the National Science Foundation's I-Corps (Innovation Corps)
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... RECOMMENDATION 6-2: The National Science Foundation should consider developing a rigorous preproposal process that allows for the identification and incubation of high-value societal opportunities with a compelling working hypothesis for the solution of the underlying challenges and for the formation of the best research team. This process should be codified in its convergent engineering research centers (CERC)
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... At the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) , for example, this workshop is called an "industry day." 2.
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... The convergent engineering research centers should use state-of-the-art web-based collaboration platforms, such as performance dashboards, to amplify team collaboration and simplify reporting requirements. Evolution of Metrics Appropriate performance metrics vary according to the stage of maturity of the centers, and on whether the research problem is related more to economic or other measures of societal benefit.
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... Some international programs give funded centers the freedom to track and report additional novel metrics that are not specified in official reporting forms, but identified by the centers themselves.9 FINDING 6-5: The real impact of a CERC, including the career contributions of its students and faculty, changes resulting from new science, and creation of novel technologies, will usually not be fully apparent during the NSF funding life of the center. RECOMMENDATION 6-5: The National Science Foundation should develop and implement a framework for retrospective studies of the economic and societal impacts of the convergent engineering research centers (CERCs)
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