![]() ![]() Then-Senator Ken Salazar invited leaders of NREL and the universities to discuss collaborative research. The Collaboratory began in 2006, with multi-institutional and bipartisan support from the outset. Knight’s success is only one story among many important discoveries from Collaboratory-supported research. This led to an additional $4 million in federal and private grants - for application of his discovery to health care. For example, Rob Knight of CU-Boulder received a $50,000 grant to demonstrate the feasibility of technology with potential value in producing biofuels. We’re confident we can perform at the same high level in the future because of our incredible research talent. The Collaboratory has used its resources very skillfully, attracting federal and industry funding worth eight times the state money. The state has previously supported the Collaboratory with funding, but we will exhaust our remaining funds before the end of 2014. Today, we have an opportunity to build on this success through Senate Bill 14-011, which would provide new state funding, to be used only as matching funds so we can compete for federal projects. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Center for Atmospheric Research have partnered with us, as have researchers from other Colorado universities. More than 50 companies have engaged with the Collaboratory in research, from small Colorado start-ups to Fortune Global 100 companies. The Collaboratory has conducted award-winning research, created numerous partnerships, and brought significant economic activity into Colorado. Through shared vision and efforts, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University and the University of Colorado-Boulder formed a unique consortium, now known as the Colorado Energy Research Collaboratory. Come with us.Eight years ago, Colorado’s energy research and political leaders delivered a gift to all Coloradans - the gift of collaboration. ![]() We’re reimagining everything a community foundation can and should be. We’re also here to have a Zoom conversation or an email exchange about any of the other things we do, from scholarships to grants to sending you an annual report. Our new Givers & Giving Department is ready to talk to you about anything you need at any time. If you’re one of our cherished existing fundholders, our relationships are only going to get better. Want to know how you can get involved? Join us for an upcoming Explanation Session. Right now, we’re in the process of explaining what we’re up to, in-depth, to anyone who’s excited about it. Rather than long copy blocks and alluring pictures, it’s a tool to connect you to action. It will be the greatest community problem-solving initiative in American history. And we’re committed to building the infrastructure required to coordinate all of this at the scale and in the way NASA coordinated hundreds of thousands of people to get us to the moon in nine years. We plan to do this with the entire community working together including people of all ages, colors, abilities, beliefs, and imaginations across all five counties. We are committed to bringing Southwest Florida together to solve all of our major social problems on an eighteen-year deadline. We’re actually putting our name on the line for the change we seek to achieve. But we’re up to something much bigger than a name change. You can see right off the bat that we’ve changed our name from the Southwest Florida Community Foundation to Collaboratory. Welcome to the greatest community problem-solving initiative in American history. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Details
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |