1.2: IMI Activities
Launch a government-industry-academia partnership that galvanizes the resources of all stakeholders to achieve the critical
mass of efforts needed to effectively address these stages of manufacturing innovation.
Other Information:
According to the National Science Foundation [19], approximately 17.4 percent of total public and private R&D spending in
the United States supported basic research, 22.3 percent supported applied research, and 60.3 percent supported development
in 2008. Within these categories the Federal Government continues to be the nation's (and the world's) largest funder of basic,
knowledge-driven R&D. Approximately 21 percent of Federal R&D supports basic research, while 22 percent supports applied research
[20]. While U.S. industry accounts for almost two-thirds of all U.S. R&D funding, about 90 percent of the industry investment
supports applied research and technology demonstration efforts with low levels of technical and commercial risks and short
payback periods [7]. The NNMI proposal is aimed at strengthening support for R&D that lies between the ‘discover/invent' beginnings
of innovation and the ‘manufacturing innovation/scale up' stages that precede commercialization. The Institutes, therefore,
will focus on Technology Readiness Levels 4-7, defined in Table 1, which include component validation in a relevant environment,
system model or prototype demonstration in a relevant environment, system prototype demonstration in an operational environment,
and actual system completion and qualification through test and demonstration. The NNMI will launch a government-industry-academia
partnership that galvanizes the resources of all stakeholders to achieve the critical mass of efforts needed to effectively
address these stages of manufacturing innovation. IMI activities will include, but are not limited to [the following objectives]:
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