NSF launches map showcasing scale and impact of TIP awards

The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) has released a new pilot map with data on over 3,300 awards nationwide managed by TIP starting from fiscal year 2023. The directorate, according to its press release, hopes to transform the pilot into a “one-stop hub to find one another, facilitate partnerships, and build regional coalitions and innovation ecosystems” by adding additional data and features over time.

With the current pilot, award data can be viewed by either key technology area or TIP program and filtered by the other. Data can be further filtered by year, Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) status, and by whether awards are still active within the selected fiscal year(s).

In terms of data, both a high-level summary number on awards and investment amount are available for each of the categories mentioned above. Data on specific awards are available on the map itself by hovering over each point.

As with all data pertaining to key technology areas, caution should be exercised when viewing summary numbers, as many awards fall within multiple technology areas and may be double-counted. TIP also cautions that for investment numbers, the dollar amount should not be used to calculate the budget as some awards are continuing grants and may misrepresent how much NSF is investing in a given fiscal year.

The pilot map is available here; NSF’s press release is available here.