Regional Resilience Innovation Incubator National Office | R2I2
A national office that serves as the central hub for a nationwide network of National Science Foundation-funded R2I2 project teams.
Research Program
Addressing regional resilience challenges
Climate challenges are vast and complex, requiring input from researchers and communities to co-design practical and localized solutions for regional resilience and a coordinated approach to streamline processes, efficacy and impact. The R2I2 National Office supports 19 collaborative, community-engaged R2I2 teams to develop and implement scalable solutions to regional resilience challenges by translating recent climate and Earth system science advancements into practical, co-designed applications that bridge the gap between fundamental research and real-world impact.
Project Lead
Kimberly Kirkpatrick
Associate Vice President of the Research and Innovation Office
Director of Research & Knowledge Initiatives
Robert Hampshire
Executive Director of the Research Development Office
Laying the Groundwork for a More Resilient Future
Climate challenges are vast and complex, requiring input from researchers and communities to co-design practical and localized solutions for regional resilience and a coordinated approach to streamline processes, efficacy and impact. That’s where the National Science Foundation (NSF) Regional Resilience Innovation Incubator (R2I2) National Office comes in.
The R2I2 National Office serves as the central hub for the nationwide network of NSF-funded R2I2 teams. These 19 teams span the country, tackling issues from resilience along Alaska’s permafrost river corridors and wildfire risk in Puerto Rico to living shorelines on the Gulf Coast and water challenges in the Southwest.
The national office fosters collaboration, shares knowledge and connects teams with partners across sectors to develop and implement scalable solutions to regional resilience challenges by translating recent climate and Earth system science advancements into practical, co-designed applications that bridge the gap between fundamental research and real-world impact.
Based at the Research and Innovation Office, the R2I2 National Office is led by Kimberly Kirkpatrick, associate vice president for research and innovation, Robert Hampshire, executive director of the research development office, and Melissa Kenney, director of research and knowledge initiatives at the Institute on the Environment.
Meet the Project Team
Project Lead
Kimberly Kirkpatrick
Associate Vice President of the Research and Innovation Office
University of Minnesota
Melissa Kenney
Fellow
Since 2019
Staff
Since 2019
Director of Research & Knowledge Initiatives
Institute on the Environment
Robert Hampshire
Executive Director of the Research Development Office
University of Minnesota