STIR Labs is a national applied research program funded by the National Science Foundation that connects governments and academic teams to co-develop and apply research that offer solutions to the critical issues that communities face. Join us to accelerate community impact with your subject matter expertise.
STIR Labs is a collaborative process that enables government agencies and academics to co-develop and advance research addressing the pressing challenges of our time.
Define research challenges and goals with support from our experienced advisory board.
Challenges are published and academic partners can apply to projects of interest. Government teams review applications and select partner.
Government and research partners co-design research plan. Research commences over a 16+ week period.
Research outcomes are presented with potential for continual partnership between government and research teams.
STIR Labs aims to establish a new model for academics to collaborate with the community to:
STIR Labs Director, Susana Benavidez, and NSF Program Director, David Corman, give an overview of STIR Labs, go through the timeline and answers questions from webinar attendees.
Download the SlidesAn EAGER Grant Awardee, which awards projects with potentially transformative research and research methodology.
STIR Labs leverages City Innovate's success with Startup In Residence (STIR) which has brought together numerous successful government and startup partnerships. STIR Labs aims to bring that same success to the field of academia.
startups have participated in STIR
startups have applied to government challenges
governments use STIR for procurement
of partnerships result in a contract
