About this event
Please join this informational one-hour Office Hour session at 1:00 p.m. on November 21, 2024, to get your questions answered about the NSF Industry-University Cooperative Research Centers (IUCRC) program (NSF 20-570). IUCRC program directors will answer your questions in an open-ended forum.
Update: Watch the IUCRC Office Hour recording
Before you attend: Prior to attending please review a webinar recording and access the webinar slides where program directors shared information and answered questions about the IUCRC program and proposals. Please also review the IUCRC solicitation and topic-specific Dear Colleague Letters.
Background
The IUCRC program catalyzes breakthrough pre-competitive research by enabling close and sustained engagement between industry innovators, world-class academic teams, and government agencies.
IUCRCs help industry partners and government agencies connect directly and efficiently with university researchers to achieve three primary objectives:
- Conduct high-impact research to meet shared and critical industrial needs in companies of all sizes;
- Enhance U.S. global leadership in driving innovative technology development, and
- Identify, mentor and develop a diverse, highly skilled science and engineering workforce.
The program currently supports 80+ Centers with 120+ participating universities and 800+ research-intensive member organizations involved. Learn more at iucrc.nsf.gov.