The U.S. National Science Foundation announced the launch of the NSF Tech Accelerators initiative. As proposed, the accelerators will align to four topics—agricultural technology (AgTech), materials technology (MaterialsTech), ocean technology (OceanTech), and scientific instrumentation (SciTech).
As a first step to establishing the initiative, the agency has published a request for information (RFI) on SAM.gov. They are seeking feedback on the NSF Tech Accelerators program model, the suitability of the proposed topics, and additional appropriate topics for the accelerator framework. They also hope to identify prospective organizations to lead the accelerators.
After NSF announces selected accelerators in each topic area, the awardees will then seek proposals from individual research and innovation teams to accelerate their ideas from the lab to market.
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