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2010 Public Policy Colloquium

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Thomas W Peterson

Building an Innovation Ecosystem Thomas W. Peterson NSF Assistant Director for Engineering twpeters@nsf.govDirectorate for Engineering 1 Creating an Innovation EcosystemDirectorate for Engineering 2 Innovation for GrowthDirectorate for Engineering 3 Three layers in the Innovation Triangle Basic Research (the foundation) Entrepreneurship (translational research) Responding to National Priorities

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2010 Public Policy Colloquium

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Gerald Holder

Public Policy Colloquium 2010 Legislative Agenda Gerald HolderSwanson School, University of Pittsburgh Legislative Visits •  State of Initiatives relevant to engineering •  EDC positions •  Trips to congress and leave behindsWHITE HOUSE BUDGET FY 2011  (released 2‐1‐10) Total R&D  FY2010 Appropriation               2011 Request  $150.5 billion  $147.7 billion Themes: Innovation, growth, environment KEY AGENCIES  NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION •  FY2010 Appropriation  •  FY 2011 Budget    % •  Total R&D  •  Total R&D •  $5.18 billion  •  $6 billion             +8.2 •  Engineering  •  Engineering

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2010 Public Policy Colloquium

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Chris Greer

 million for the USDA to support Catalyze Breakthroughs  competitive bioenergy research for National Priorities  ASEE /NSF Corporate  Research  Postdoctoral Fellowship for Engineers  § 1 year research in corporate setting  § 40 fellows  § Shared stipend support  § Corporate mentor  § Entrepreneurship training Source: aseensfip.asee.org University of Utah  Technology Commercialization  •  Univ. of Utah #2 in Startups in 2007 and 2008  •  35 College of Engineering Startups in 3 years Source: Richard Brown, Dean of Engineering, University of Utah Carnegie Mellon University