US Research Handbook on Smart Cities

Abstract

Is your work related to the R&D in the context of smart cities? Would you like to know more about the US innovation ecosystem related to Smart Cities? Then you are at the right place!

The US Research Handbook on Smart Cities will support you in the identification of the potential approaches to develop collaborative projects with US researchers, research groups and research organizations. With this handbook, you will be able to directly contact the members of the US research community, which encompasses a complex set of different actors across a multitude of scientific disciplines, working on the smart city R&D activities.

The handbook also identifies relevant networks and conferences that can be used as a conduit to meeting potential collaborators and growing your network of contacts in the US.

Furthermore, this guide identifies potentially relevant US funding programs both at the federal and state levels. On the Federal level, an overview of key programs and opportunities is given, including those that come from the United States Department of Energy, Department of Transportation, National Science Foundation, etc. Funding programs from Ohio, Illinois and New York are included as a sample of what exists at the state level.

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This guide was published in March 2020 and updated in August 2023 available in English. This guide has 78 pages and 5 Annex pages. 

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations (page 13)

In this section the list of Abrreviations used in this report are presented

1 Introduction (page 15)

The Research Handbook on US R&D Related to Smart Cities provides an assessment of the United States (US) research community landscape and aims to support research and innovation cooperation between the European Union (EU) and the US.

2 US research community landscape (page 24)

2.1. University research groups (page 26)
2.2. Research centers (page 37)
2.3. Industry clusters (page 41)

3 Recognized research networks/ professional associations and events (page 52)

3.1. Research networks and professional associations (page 53)
3.2. Conferences and other networking events (page 56)

4 US R&D initiatives and programs (page 62)

4.1. Federal initiatives/programs (page 43)
   4.1.1. Department of Energy (DoE) (page 62)
   4.1.2. Department of Transportation (DOT) (page 63)
   4.1.3. Department of Commertce (DoC) (page 64)
   4.1.4. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) (page 64)
   4.1.5. National Science Foundation (NSF) (page 67)
4.2. State initiatives/programs (page 68)
   4.2.1. Ohio: Ohio’s 33 Smart Corridor (page 68)
   4.2.2. Illinois Smart State Initiative (page 69)
   4.2.3. New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) (page 70)

5 Observations (page 72)

Annex 1: Examples of US Federal and Private Funding Initiatives and Programs (page 74)