NRT+
NRT+ is a new synergetic network across NSF Research Traineeship programs at four universities. It collaboratively aims to advance inter-institutional themes at the frontiers of integrating technology with humans.
The NRT+ alliance is engaging its partnering members in several joint activities, including four in-person summits where trainees and mentors meet each other–one at each university–centering joint activities.
About the NRT+ Network
NRT+ will seek to enrich research training activities surrounding five themes at the frontiers of how humans and technology interact and integrate in society: (1) sensing and display technology, (2) assistive technology, (3) human-machine teaming, (4) human-centered design, and (5) social impact.
By bringing together faculty, trainees, and recent alumni from the four universities, we will promote convergent, interdisciplinary, and collaborative subclusters. The inter-institutional integration will also include an online resource with connection points and promote extensions of research and continuation work that may otherwise be limited to local sites. Broadening our combined networks of industry and international partners can facilitate technology transfer into products or services and offer trainees and alumni unique, widening network experiences.
NRT+ Summit at RIT, Rochester, NY, September 23-25, 2024
NRT+ Summit Program:
- The inaugural NRT+ summit will promote community building and interactions between like-minded researchers, launch of the five thematic subclusters, offer grant writing training for trainees, and catalyze joint projects or grant proposal
- Breakfast, lunch, and two dinner receptions are provided for attendees from NRT+ institutions
- Anticipated sessions include:
- A poster session for NRT+ trainees’ posters and NRT program posters
- Please submit your abstract using the Abstract Submission form
- A best poster recognition will be awarded
- Virtual roundtables on international and industry/national lab partnerships
- Interactive sessions on five subcluster themes:
- Sensing and Display Technology
- Assistive Technology
- Human-machine Teaming
- Human-centered Design
- Societal Impact
- Trainee breakout sessions on topics such as grant writing, career advancement strategies, securing research internships, graduate/early-career funding opportunities
- Faculty breakout sessions on NRT institutionalization efforts and joint funding opportunities among NRT+ partners
- NRT+ trainee mock proposal competition. The best proposal will be recognized.
- A poster session for NRT+ trainees’ posters and NRT program posters
- A detailed program will be available before the summit.
Arrival, Accommodations, and Shuttle:
- We will mostly be in the ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute (campus map)
- Participants will stay at the RIT Inn and Conference Center
- The Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport is 15 min from the hotel
- General directions on how to arrive to RIT
- The hotel shuttle runs within 5 miles of the hotel, including between RIT’s campus and the hotel from 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Please schedule a ride at the hotel’s front desk. Shuttle service to the airport is provided.
Flight Reservations:
- For flight reservations, please email our travel agent, Karen Neu (karen@travelleadersny.com).
- Please copy your NRT PI, as well as Shannon Regelsberger (smrnrt@rit.edu) and Cecilia Alm (coagla@rit.edu) when communicating with Karen.
- Your NRT PI will need to reply to approve your flights and the flight cost, and the RIT team will need the details for accounting.
- Please plan your arrival to Rochester, NY, on Sunday, September 22 (travel day only), with departure from Rochester on Wednesday, September 25 in the afternoon—the concluding lunch will end around 1 pm.
- If you wish to conduct sightseeing in/near Rochester, please consider this when scheduling the times for arrival and departure.
Sightseeing in or near Rochester:
- Niagara Falls State Park- Maid of the Mist and Cave of the Winds experiences (around 80 min drive)
- National Susan B. Anthony Museum and House
- Mount Hope Cemetery (burial site of Frederick Douglass and Susan B Anthony)
- Highland Park
- The Strong National Museum of Play
- George Eastman Museum (Kodak)
- Seneca Park Zoo
- Canandaigua and the Finger Lakes, a region with vineyards, parks, and lakes
- Ganondagan Seneca Art and Cultural Center
- Letchworth State Park (around 40 min drive to the park entrance)
Contact information:
Shannon Regelsberger
NRT+ Coordinator
awareainrt@rit.edu