Pittsburg State University

Purpose: the Purpose of This Grant Is to Create a Center for Commercialization Linked to the National Institute for Materials Advancement at Pittsburg State University. Activities to Be Performed: the Central Goal of the Center Is to Use Research and Partnered Research to Develop Products Capable of Being Delivered to Market and to Commercialize Said Products. Over the Course of the Three Years of This Proposed Project, the Center for Commercialization Will Be Established, Staffed, and Equipped to Create Research-to-market Products. Expected Outcomes: the Center for Commercialization Will Engage and Convene Prospective Manufacturers, Create Prove Out Centers, With Focus on the Creation and Reshoring of Manufacturing Jobs in the Us. in Addition to Improved Access Flows Thru a Defined Prototyping Highway? for Tech Commercialization, This Effort Will Also Link Advanced Research Capabilities of Next Generation? Materials Through the Recently Funded Nima Initiative at Pittsburg State University.intended Beneficiaries: the Intended Beneficiaries Are Local Residents, and Businesses as Well as Potential Polymers- and Plastics-based Manufacturing Efforts in the Four-state Region of Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas and Oklahoma. Subrecipient Activities: the Recipient Has Set Aside $225,000 Over Three Years for Generically Described Contract Work Related to This Research Project. Specific Sub-awardees Were Not Identified.