Value Creation Best Practices The premier R&D and value creation programs at the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) are Engineering Research Centers. These are initiatives where multidisciplinary teams address grand challenge opportunities with $50M of funding over ten years. The centers are formed from leading U.S. universities and commercial partners. The goals of the initiatives are: 1) paradigm-shifting research, 2) training of students in team science and value creation, and 2).. Read More