NSF seeks input to develop an investment roadmap for its new Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships
Help NSF create a strategic plan to drive future U.S. technology competitiveness, and societal and economic impacts.
The U.S. National Science Foundation continues to seek public input in response to a Request for Information, or RFI, to gather insights for the development of an investment roadmap for its Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships, or TIP, in accordance with the "CHIPS and Science Act" of 2022.
NSF seeks feedback from individuals and organizations across all sectors — industry, academia, nonprofits, government, venture capital, civil society and others — on prioritizing and focusing TIP investments to advance U.S. technological competitiveness and address societal and economic needs as well as workforce gaps through use-inspired and translational research, public and private partnerships, and crosscutting investments.
The comment period will remain open until July 27, 2023. Comments received will help inform the development of a strategic roadmap for the TIP directorate.
The "CHIPS and Science Act" tasks the TIP directorate with developing a roadmap to guide investment decisions in use-inspired and translational research over a three-year time frame to advance U.S. competitiveness and develop the U.S. workforce in 10 critical technology areas and to address societal, national and geostrategic challenges in five areas listed below.
Critical technology focus areas
- Artificial intelligence, machine learning, autonomy and related advances.
- High-performance computing, semiconductors, and advanced computer hardware and software.
- Quantum information science and technology.
- Robotics, automation and advanced manufacturing.
- Natural and anthropogenic disaster prevention or mitigation.
- Advanced communications technology and immersive technology.
- Biotechnology, medical technology, genomics and synthetic biology.
- Data storage, data management, distributed ledger technologies and cybersecurity, including biometrics.
- Advanced energy and industrial efficiency technologies, such as batteries and advanced nuclear technologies, including but not limited to for the purposes of electric generation.
- Advanced materials science, including composite 2D materials, other next-generation materials and related manufacturing technologies.
Societal, national and geostrategic challenge areas
- U.S. national security.
- U.S. manufacturing and industrial productivity.
- U.S. workforce development and skills gaps.
- Climate change and environmental sustainability.
- Inequitable access to education, opportunity or other services.
NSF seeks feedback on suitability and appropriate staging of specific technology areas for TIP investments as well as on related workforce needs. To submit feedback for NSF review, respond to the RFI by July 27, 2023.
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