APIOiX Conducts NSF ART Ambassador Training at UW Forum
University of Wyoming’s Technology Transfer Office hosted a two-day event called the National Science Foundation (NSF) ART Ambassador Forum last month to educate and inform more than 40 ambassadors who are volunteers from within and beyond the campus. These ambassadors are tasked with building and sustaining awareness of ways to maximize potential of UW research for outcomes that benefit local, regional and statewide communities of Wyoming.
L to R: Brooks Teuting, Patterson + Sheridan Law; Arundeep Pradhan, University of Wyoming; Mike Freeman, Innosphere
ART, which stands for “Accelerated Research Translation,” is a relatively new NSF funding program designed to support research institutions such as UW that seek to broaden and improve their ability to make academic research beneficial to the public. APIOiX provides implementation support and training to the UW ART program.
“Identifying and training NSF ART ambassadors at UW is a crucial step for us to ensure we are making the most of our research when it comes to applying it for community benefit,” says Parag Chitnis, UW vice president for research and economic development. “This forum helped us educate and inform people we will rely upon to be champions of research translation for UW in the months and years ahead. This is a crucial effort that will increase the pace and scale of making UW research relevant and useful to Wyoming residents.”
