Bringing the Innovation Network to Life
ACT’s Innovation Network will use proven tools to map the vast amount of research across the ecosystem. With a clear view of the existing networks of innovations available, ACT will provide grant funding and host innovation challenges in order to stimulate new patterns of collaboration and research.
The Myelin Repair example illustrates the tremendous potential of Innovation Networks:
Myelin Repair
Three fundamental levers that the Innovation Network intends to pull to accelerate breakthroughs
People and
expertise
- Analyze and map research landscape to identify research hubs as well as key innovators at the periphery
- Develop research roadmap to prioritize areas for research collaboration
Funding
- Attract additional grant funding to promising areas
- Fund research that requires collaboration between hubs & periphery, directing teams at prioritized research topics
- Motivate activity in under-represented areas of research
Tools and
technology
- Convene cross-disciplinary teams to workshop key challenges in technology pathways, and identify use cases for out-of-field technologies
- Apply the power of advanced computational technologies (e.g., AI) to solve hard science challenges
