{"670176":{"#nid":"670176","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Association of Public Land-grant Universities to Give Public Impact Research Award to Partnership for Inclusive Innovation","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EATLANTA \u2014 \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.aplu.org\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAssociation of Public and Land-grant Universities\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E (APLU) has named the \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pingeorgia.org\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EPartnership for Inclusive Innovation\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E at the Georgia Institute of Technology the 2023 winner of its Public Impact Research Award. It is one of three announced by the APLU\u2019s Council on Research (COR), which also included the University of Alaska Fairbanks (Advancing Diversity and Inclusion in Research Award) and the University of New Hampshire (Research Safety and Accountability Award).\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cCongratulations to this year\u2019s COR Award winners,\u201d Howard Gobstein, senior vice president for STEM Education and Research Policy and advisor to the president at APLU, said in a statement. \u201cWe\u2019re delighted to recognize their leadership and outstanding work done in advancing public impact research, diversity and inclusion in university research, and enhancing safety.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAPLU, based in Washington, D.C., is a research, policy, and advocacy association of more than 250 research universities and land-grant institutions in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EPublic Impact Research Award \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Erecognizes multi-project research efforts focused on community and public impact.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ETh\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Ee Partnership, formed in 2020, is a regional public-private consortium tasked with leading strategic, statewide efforts to position Georgia as the leader for innovation, opportunity, and shared economic success.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAPLU noted the Partnership\u2019s work to foster collaborative projects across 34 institutes of higher learning, including historically Black colleges and universities.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E In 2023, the Partnership\u2019s Student Engagement program \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pingeorgia.org\/celebrating-next-generation-innovators-and-inclusive-prosperity\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Ebrought 63 student interns\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E from 25 universities across the country to work on 35 projects in 15 communities.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EOther Partnership efforts have led to more than 45 multidisciplinary researchers focusing on community-driven needs such as \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pingeorgia.org\/all_projects\/digital-literacy-for-small-to-mid-size-farms\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Eincreasing the use of data science\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Eat small and mid-sized farms across the state of Georgia to enhance production. Another project, in Valdosta, Georgia, led to \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/news\/2021\/11\/11\/valdosta-traffic-calming-and-connectivity-project-selected-finalist-world-smart\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Eimproved emergency vehicle response times\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Ethrough the implementation of traffic signal preemption technology. Overall, the $2.36 million in funding awarded by the Partnership to support projects has garnered an additional $17.3 million in funding from other sources.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cW\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Ee are honored to have been selected for this recognition,\u201d said Debra Lam, the Partnership\u2019s founding executive director. \u201cTackling the complex challenges our communities face requires novel approaches to how we innovate. By leveraging the unique strengths of the public and private sectors, our model at the Partnership proves we can have substantive impact that promotes geographic and community inclusion and supports economic mobility for overall shared economic success.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe APLU award is the second such recognition received by Georgia Tech. In 2014, the APLU named Georgia Tech \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.gatech.edu\/news\/2014\/11\/04\/georgia-tech-honored-economic-development-efforts-0\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Eone of four recipients\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Eof its Innovation and Economic Prosperity Universities Awards. Georgia Tech was selected because of its efforts through its Enterprise Innovation Institute, the oldest and largest university-based economic development organization of its kind in the country.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cImproving the human condition through research, and more importantly, applying those research innovations to solving real-world challenges, has been our core focus since our founding in in 1885,\u201d said Chaouki T. Abdallah, Georgia Tech\u2019s executive vice president for Research. \u201cThe Partnership is the embodiment of that mission and our continued commitment to economic development in Georgia and beyond.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe APLU\u2019s Council on Research (COR) awarded Georgia Tech, the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the University of New Hampshire.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"APLU\u2019s Council on Research Award is one of three presented to research institutes of higher learning."}],"uid":"28137","created_gmt":"2023-10-05 13:24:14","changed_gmt":"2023-10-05 18:41:49","author":"P\u00e9ralte Paul","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-10-05T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-10-05T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"671945":{"id":"671945","type":"image","title":"Partnership Summer Interns 2023","body":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Partnership for Inclusive Innovation\u2019s 2023 Summer Internship \u0026nbsp;cohort of 63 students worked on 35 projects across 15 communities in Georgia, North Carolina, and Washington, D.C. 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