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Collaborations of Consequence NAKFI's 15 Years Igniting Innovation at the Intersections of Disciplines (2018) / Chapter Skim
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... As future leaders in universities and industrial laboratories they would organize and guide the research of the future and potentially encourage institutions to invent structures and strategies to advance joint science, engineering, and medical research in the service of improving the human condition. The Futures Initiative used a combination of conferences, grants, and awards to kindle collaboration and research.
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... Similar to start-up capital in the business world, NAKFI considered it venture science. As a separate but related part of the program, the National Academies' Communication Awards were designed to recognize, promote, and encourage effective communication of science, engineering, and medicine beyond the scientific community.
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... The NAKFI Challenge was launched in 2017 to invest in projects that will carry forward NAKFI's work beyond its 15 years as an activity of the National Academies. Open only to NAKFI alumni who participated in the program's annual interdisciplinary conferences, the call for proposals generated 78 applications.
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