Professors Liz Murnane, Vikrant Vaze, and Wesley Marrero are lead faculty on a team selected as one of [34 semifinalists for the inaugural NSF Regional Innovation Engines competition](https://new.nsf.gov/funding/initiatives/regional-innovation-engines/updates/nsf-selects-34-semifinalists-inaugural-nsf)—spanning nearly all key technology areas and societal and economic challenges highlighted in the "CHIPS and Science Act." A partnership with UMass Lowell, their proposed engine is titled, "Advancing Health Equity Through Digital Technologies, Data Infrastructure, and Artificial Intelligence." Each Engine could receive up to $160 million over 10 years; NSF anticipates announcing the final list of awards this fall.