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Membership Options

Membership Options

Designed for every level of engagement

Whether you're looking to participate in collaborative research, shape the Coalition's strategic direction, or make a transformational investment in the future of construction, there's a membership option designed to meet your organization's goals. 

  • General Membership
  • Steering Membership
  • Foundational Membership

The Coalition provides a flexible platform for collaboration and partnership. Members can develop and lead research projects aligned with their interests, participate in projects initiated by other members, or sponsor targeted one-on-one research efforts. Designed to accelerate collaborative research, the Coalition reduces common barriers associated with sponsored programs including high overhead costs, complex contracting requirements, and lengthy administrative timelines. In short, the Coalition enables partners to move more efficiently from concept to business impact.

General
membership

  • Semi-annual meetings & networking events
  • Annual summit & demos
  • Access to research reports
  • Eligible for steering committee

General Membership

$5,000 per year

Core benefitsResearchSpace / FacilitiesDigital CommonsBrand visibility
  • Access to the CSC Digital Commons portal: Up to 5 employees
  • Opportunity to fund cross-disciplinary research and development: Only in Digital Commons Portal
  • Access to research reports
  • Participation in annual or semi-annual research road-mapping and strategy sessions
  • Inform space plan and prioritization of assets: Advisory role through Digital Commons only
  • Open knowledge exchange
  • Public communities of practice
  • Searchable expert directory
  • Resource library
  • Innovation feed
  • Reputation & contribution system
  • Advising on agenda for public relations campaigns: Advising role only
  • Participation in CSC marketing activities
  • Acknowledgment on website

Steering
membership

General research options, plus:

  • Coalition-based research development and access
  • Internal Coalition research and case study (i.e., technoeconomic) development
  • Priority access to internally funded research results 

Steering Membership

$50,000 per year for three (3) years;
research funding in addition to membership

Core benefitsResearchSpace / FacilitiesDigital CommonsBrand visibility
  • Eligible as voting member of Steering Committee: Recommend annual Coalition projects for funding
  • Access to the Coalition's Digital Commons portal: Up to 10 employees
  • With project sponsorship only:
    • Opportunity to fund cross-disciplinary research and development
    • Priority access to membership-funded research results
    • Access to non-proprietary and non-PII data (data commons)
    • Joint IP opportunities
    • Opportunity to conduct independent proprietary research with Virginia Tech using expertise and data assets from Coalition
  • Access to lab technician
  • Participation in annual or semi-annual research road-mapping and strategy sessions
  • Develop and vote on annual Steering Committee research proposals
  • Opportunity for employees to participate in Coalition pilot programs
  • Opportunity for employees to participate in the Coalition fellows programs
  • Inform space plan and prioritization of assets: Advisory role through Digital Commons only
  • With project sponsorship only: 
    • Access to facilities/equipment
    • Space for research/project development
    • Showcase of branded products and equipment
  • Working group leadership rights
  • Project incubator access
  • Voting rights on selected research calls
  • Enhanced knowledge commons
  • Curated matchmaking
  • Acknowledgement in targeted marketing materials
  • Participation in Coalition marketing activities
  • Acknowledgement on website

Foundational
membership

Steering and general research options, plus:

  • Fast-track pilot project development
  • Fellows program access
  • Priority research design and access to research partnerships
  • Role in research governance  

Foundational Membership

$1 MILLION per year for three (5) years

Core benefitsResearchSpace / FacilitiesDigital CommonsBrand visibility
  • Voting member of Executive Committee 
  • Voting member of Steering Committee: Recommend annual Coalition projects for funding
  • Access to the Coalition's Digital Commons portal: All employees
  • Opportunity to fund cross-disciplinary research and development: guaranteed
  • Priority access to membership-funded research results
  • Access to non-proprietary and non-PII data (data commons)
  • Joint IP opportunities
  • Opportunity to conduct independent proprietary research with Virginia Tech using expertise and data assets from Coalition
  • Dedicated lab technician
  • Participation in annual or semi-annual research road-mapping and strategy sessions
  • Develop and vote on annual internally funded Coalition research projects
  • Develop and vote on annual Steering Committee research proposals
  • Opportunity for employees to participate in Coalition pilot program
  • Opportunity for employees to participate in Coalition fellows program
  • Inform space plan and prioritization of assets
  • Priority access to facilities / equipment according to operating agreement
  • Space for research / project development according to operating agreement
  • Showcase of branded products and equipment
  • Dedicated CSC concierge
  • Private dashboard
  • Invite-only collaboration spaces
  • Founder badging and reputation layer
  • Strategic analytics dashboard access
  • Equipment / lab priority access
  • Acknowledgement in targeted marketing materials
  • Collaboration with in-house brand teams
  • Participation in Coalition marketing activities
  • Acknowledgement on website

Digital Commons:

Your hub for research and collaboration

As the Coalition’s digital platform, the “Commons” is a virtual, industry-connected ecosystem that brings together companies, researchers, government, educators, students, and technology providers to collaboratively develop research concepts, share expertise, aggregate funding, and drive applied innovation around real industry needs. 

Membership tier determines the level of access, with advanced collaboration tools and exclusive capabilities available to steering and foundational members. Across the community, the Commons provides different ways for participants to advance interdisciplinary problem-solving, pilot projects, workforce development, and research commercialization.

 

How users benefit from the digital commons

  • Members can create profiles that highlight their expertise, experience, and capabilities, making it easier to find potential collaborators and build connections across the community.
  • Faculty and students can build profiles to showcase their individual expertise and connect with companies seeking specific research capabilities.
  •  Companies can use this robust network to quickly identify experts, define projects around immediate industry needs, and bring together funding and partners to move that work forward.
  •  Associations can create communities that connect members around shared research priorities and industry advocacy.

Features of our Digital Commons

General Membership

  • Open knowledge exchange
  • Public communities of practice
  • Searchable expert directory
  • Expertise portfolio development 
  • Resource library
  • Innovation feeds
  • Community feeds
  • Reputation and contribution building
  • Access to general-membership-funded research results

Steering Membership

  • Working group leadership rights
  • Project and community incubator access
  • Voting rights on select research
  • Enhanced information access
  • Curated knowledge communities and matchmaking
  • Access to general-membership-funded research results

Foundational Membership

  • Dedicated Coalition concierge
  • Private dashboard
  • Invite-only collaboration spaces
  • Founder badging and reputation layer
  • Strategic analytics dashboard access
  • Equipment/lab priority access
  • Access to general-membership-funded and foundational-member-funded research results
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