NSF
ENGINES
DEVELOPMENT AWARD
Advancing Photonics Technologies
New Jersey - Delaware - Pennsylvania - New York
NSF Engines Development Award
Advancing Photonics Technologies
New Jersey - Delaware - Pennsylvania - New York
Photonics - the branch of technology concerned with the properties and transmission of light - impacts nearly every aspect of our lives.
We are a collaboration of universities, community colleges, industry, workforce development and technology accelerators charged with amplifying application-driven research and technology translation combined with educational and workforce development.
Princeton University is the lead institution and Rowan University is the co-lead institution.
Accelerate Innovation
Together we will accelerate research and innovation in health care, aerospace, manufacturing, clean technologies, telecommunications and more.
Drive Technology Translation
We will build a regional ecosystem to accelerate the transition of discoveries into applications for today and for the future.
Build Our Photonics Workforce
Our approach aims to increase the pipeline of industrial and academic participants in ways that emphasize broad societal benefit.
Lead institutions
Universities and colleges
Companies
Economic Development
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
“We’re bringing together the region’s strengths in research, industry, education and entrepreneurship to harness photonics-based technologies to drive the economy and improve lives.”
— Craig Arnold, Principal Investigator, Princeton University
“We have a diverse talent pool, exceptional companies producing and using photonics technologies, as well as an established academic and technical research ecosystem. In short, we’re at just the right time and place.”
— Robert V. Chimenti, co-Principal Investigator, Rowan University
Our region
Our region - spanning Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania - is home to leading research universities, vibrant community colleges, and a high concentration of optics/photonics-related companies, from multinational to startups. The region hosts many incubators and accelerators as well as proximity to investment capital and support of local government agencies. people, companies, educational institutions, investors and public-private partnerships.
Contact
We want to hear from you! Join our community of dedicated individuals in academia and industry, research, education, economic development, technology transfer, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Together we are building an ecoystem to support our mission to advance photonics technology development across New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania and New York.
Email
info@advancingphotonics.org
Phone
(609) 258-5500