The Hampton Roads Research Partnership (HRRP) is a synergistic collaboration whose goal is increased regional prosperity through technology-based economic development. The Partnership coordinates research efforts among its members and with industry, leverages state-of-the-art facilities, and engages the intellectual capital of 2,000 HRRP-affiliated scientists and engineers.
Three “clusters” of local scientific expertise have been identified by the Research Partnership: bioscience, modeling and simulation, and sensors. We believe these technology clusters --- a unique mix of scientific talent, business acumen and existing infrastructure --- fuel an upwards-spiraling cycle of technology transfer and wealth creation.
Decision-support technologies for a broad array of challenges
Sensors
Systems of next-generation devices, networks and data-management approaches
Bioscience
Innovations for medical, marine and environmental applications
WELCOME STATEMENT
A new decade is upon us; with it, the pace of technology innovation continues forward even more rapidly. Change is everywhere, and that includes the Research Partnership. Later in 2010 we'll likely mark a significant organizational transformation that will preserve but refocus our basic activities. Our cluster activities should benefit, and will likely expand.
As you'll read elsewhere on this website, Hampton Roads is preparing a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy, CEDS for short, which will make our region eligible for federal investment for years to come. With a robust CEDS in place, as I believe we will have, the region will be able to chart a vigorous course ahead.
Stay tuned to this website for regular updates. It's an exciting time. As always, feel free to contact me directly with any comments or concerns.
Lee
H. Lee Beach, Jr.
HRRP Executive Director
FEATURED INFORMATION
Public Comment Period for Draft Vision Hampton Roads
You are invited to review Vision Hampton Roads and make comments by responding to their public comment survey. Your input is needed to promote democracy and civic engagement, build public trust in government and improve the quality and effectiveness of our region's plans and decisions.
March 2 Event to Highlight Green Jobs
The Federal Green Jobs Legislative Conference on March 2 will bring a panel of Department of Energy and Department of Labor officials and other key national and state green-job policymakers to Hampton Roads. The region's business, labor, government and community leaders and citizens will be briefed on recent and pending federal legislation affecting economic growth, workforce training and job creation. For event specifics, go here
VIMS Researcher Appointed to Climate Change Panel Dr. Marjorie Friedrichs of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science will join experts from 20 other countries to provide guidance to the United Nations concerning the computer models that are used to project the magnitude and rate of future climate change. The group's work will figure prominently in the 2014 publication of the next Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment report, the fifth in a series first issued in 1990. To read more, click here
Proposed NASA Budget Could Boost Fortunes of Langley Research Center
Langley Research Center appears poised to prosper if President Obama's NASA budget request for the 2011 fiscal year is approved by Congress. The agency's funds could potentially be boosted to approximately $19 billion. Of that amount, Earth and climate science would receive $1.8 billion, or 21% more – $381 million – than in fiscal year 2010. Aeronautics would receive $579.6 million, a 12.5% hike of $72.5 million. Specific center-by-center impacts will likely not be known until sometime in March. Details can be found here.
