(1) The document discusses framing projects around NSF's five elements of collaborative infrastructure and developing systems change approaches while creating project proposals. It describes NJIT submitting an NSF proposal using a Strategic Alignment Map and Convergence Collaboration Pyramid model to identify strengths and needs. (2) Key aspects of convergence research from NSF are described, including being driven by specific challenges and requiring deep integration across disciplines. Different levels of collaboration and conceptual integration are shown from disciplinary to trans-disciplinary. (3) Michael Porter's theory of national competitiveness is discussed, stating prosperity is created not inherited and does not depend on natural resources but how they are utilized.

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Framing and mapping a project to the five
elements and systems change while
developing a project proposal
February 23, 2022 3:00-4:00PM
NSF INCLUDES Award No 1744490
Featured Network members: Cristo Leon, Director of research ,CSLA .
James Lipuma, PhD; Director of Collaborative for Leadership, Education, and Assessment Research.

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NJIT submitted an NSF ALLIANCE proposal in which we
designed a Strategic Alignment Map (SAM) and a
Convergence Collaboration Pyramid model to better identify
strengths and needs for our NSF's five design elements of
collaborative infrastructure. Currently, we have a SCOPUS
article that is near publication.

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“NSF identifies Convergence Research as having two primary characteristics:
• Research-driven by a specific and compelling problem. Convergence Research is
generally inspired by the need to address a specific challenge or opportunity,
whether it arises from deep scientific questions or pressing societal needs.
• Deep integration across disciplines. As experts from different disciplines pursue
common research challenges, their knowledge, theories, methods, data,
research communities, and languages become increasingly intermingled or
integrated. New frameworks, paradigms or even disciplines can form sustained
interactions across multiple communities” (NSF, 2016a, p. 1).

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Collaboration
Knowledge
generation &
Communication
Disciplinary Multi-disciplinary Co-disciplinary Inter-disciplinary Trans-disciplinary
Conceptual
Degree of
Delegation, Cooperation, Connection, Integration, and Innovation
Integration

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“The Competitive
Advantage of
Nations” (Porter,
1990).
National prosperity is created,
not inherited. It does not
grow out of a country’s
natural endowments, its labor
pool, its interest rates, or its
currency’s value, as classical
economics insists.

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(1) Academy
(2)
Government
(3)
Organizations
(4) Society
(A)
Challenges
(B)
Uncertainty

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(1) Academy
(2)
Government
(3)
Organizations
(4) Society

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Cho, D.-S., & Moon, H.-C.
(2013). From Adam Smith to
Michael Porter: Evolution of
Competitiveness Theory
(Revised ed.). World Scientific
Publishing Company.
From Adam Smith to Michael Porter:
Evolution of Competitiveness Theory

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(1) Academy
(2)
Govern
ment
(3) Organizations
(4)
Society
(1) Academy
(2)
Govern
ment
(3) Organizations
(4)
Society
A B

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Collaboration
Knowledge
generation &
Communication
Disciplinary Multi-disciplinary Co-disciplinary Inter-disciplinary Trans-disciplinary
Conceptual
Degree of
Delegation, Cooperation, Connection, Integration, and Innovation
Integration

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(1) Academy
(2)
Government
(3) Organizations
(4) Society
(1)
Academy
(2)
Gover
nment
(3)
Organizations
(4)
Societ
y
A
B

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(1) Academy
(2) Government
(3) Organizations
(4) Society
Collaborative Convergence
Sustainable Solutions
(A) CHALLENGES
(A) CHALLENGES
(+)
Uncertainty
(-)

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Cho, D.-S., & Moon, H.-C. (2013). From Adam Smith to Michael Porter: Evolution of Competitiveness Theory (Revised ed.). World Scientific Publishing Company.
Lipuma, J., & Yáñez León, C. E. (2019). LiFE: Collaboration Potentials and Partnerships. Bringing ERCs into the INCLUDES National Network, 37. https://www.washington.edu/doit/sites/default/files/atoms/files/ERC-
INCLUDES_CBI_Accessible_PDF.pdf
Lipuma, J., & Yáñez León, C. E. (2021a, July 15). 2021 NSF INCLUDES National Network: Collaborative co-design for community change. Collaborative Change Models. 2021 NSF INCLUDES National Network Virtual Convening:
Mobilizing to Transform Systems, USA. https://www.includesnetwork.org/viewdocument/collaborative-change-initiatives-c?CommunityKey=c80fae58-3392-4f6f-a2e7-3e42a729c456&tab=librarydocuments
Lipuma, J., & Yáñez León, C. E. (2021b). Converged Learning: The Spectrum of Technology-Mediated Learning (Article). Education and Training Systems and Technologies (EISTA), 6.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. (2019). Fostering the Culture of Convergence in Research: Proceedings of a Workshop. The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/25271
National Academy of Sciences. (2014). Convergence: Facilitating Transdisciplinary Integration of Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering, and Beyond. The National Academy Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/18722
National Science Foundation. (2016, November 17). NSF’s 10 Big Ideas—Special Report. https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/big_ideas/
National Science Foundation. (2018). NSF INCLUDES Report to the Nation I (Report No. 1; NSF INCLUDES). National Science Foundation. https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/nsfincludes/pdfs/INCLUDES_report_to_the_Nation.pdf
National Science Foundation. (2020). NSF INCLUDES Report to the Nation II (Report No. 2; NSF INCLUDES). National Science Foundation. https://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf20099
NSF. (2016). Convergence Research at NSF. National Science Foundation. https://www.nsf.gov/od/oia/convergence/index.jsp
Porter, M. E. (1998a). Competitive Advantage of Nations. Free Press.
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Yáñez León, C. E., & Lipuma, J. M. (2021). Transforming Traditional Professional Development into Blended Learning Communities (Article). Congreso Internacional de Investigación Academia Journals Hidalgo 2021, 13(9), 2062–2067.

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