Logistics Management Institute

Innovation: we work with academic partners to identify promising research, guide it out of the lab, and build local capabilities and pipelines of talent, strengthening local talent ecosystems across the nation. In 2024, our innovation efforts focused on our partnerships with the defense advanced research projects agency (darpa) and the national science foundation (nsf) to support their technology translation and commercialization efforts. We also engaged with potential academic partners across the us and began a pilot program with northeastern university's center for research innovation (cri) to accelerate the translation of impactful technologies.contributions related to this program of $4,333,121 can be found on part viii, line 1e.

Talent: work with students and recent graduates to cultivate talent that will serve the public sector. In 2024, our talent and policy initiatives involved policy convenings and entrepreneurship competitions at events, colleges, and universities and an education-focused internship program as well as laying the groundwork for the launch of our class of noblereach scholars in august 2024.in the inaugural class of our scholars program, we facilitated placement of graduates in government agencies with year-long placements focusing on ai, cybersecurity, business process innovation, materials & manufacturing, and more. We provide professional development, mentorship, and a community of peers, alumni, and role models to program participants.