Collection

2024 PNW Section Annual Meeting

Authors

Douglas S. Cairns; Roberta Amendola; Dilpreet Bajwa; Cambrie Monfort; Jared Nelson; Cecily Ryan

fundingsources, and as relevant to a traditional academic infrastructure are presented. A case study of asuccessful implementation of a Community of Scholars for a large applied research contract isprovided, with lessons learned, along with a framework for others desiring to develop andimplement a similar opportunity.BackgroundUnited States universities have some of the most talented and innovative researchers in theworld. This is a significant labor pool, and can be enabling for problems with no knownsolutions. Unfortunately, bringing this talent to bear on large, applied research programs can bechallenging. That is because the primary human resources (faculty and students) at a universityare pulled in many directions compared to a focused industry