Accelerating Research Translation (ART)

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) seeks to increase the scale and pace of advancing discoveries resulting from academic research into tangible solutions that benefit the public. The overarching goal for the Accelerating Research Translation (ART) program is to advance the U.S. scientific and economic leadership by building capacity and increasing the number of robust translational research ecosystems in Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) that span across the full geography of our nation. The ART program is aimed at providing resources that will ultimately facilitate a wide range of IHEs to achieve research translation, accelerate technology transfer, and create sustained economic and collective impacts across the U.S. The program framework is built around five distinct Tracks that are interconnected and differentiated by research translation readiness level (RTRL): Track 1 (Accelerating Technology Transfer - ACT) for IHEs with low to medium RTRL; Track 2 (Growing Capacity for Research Translation - GROW) for IHEs with high research but modest translation infrastructure; Track 3 (Technology Transfer Resource Centers - RESOURCE) for establishing regional centers; Track 4 (Education and Training - ET) for developing educational resources; and Track 5 (Coordinating Accelerating Research Translation - CART) for creating a central coordination hub. The program seeks proposals involving institutional leadership, research translation programs, technology transfer offices, entrepreneurial training teams, and researchers from all scientific, technological and engineering fields.