PFI: Integrated Technology Innovation and Commercialization from Universities: A Sustainable University Approach

PFI：大学综合技术创新和商业化：可持续的大学方法

• 批准号: 0650249
• 负责人: Steven Nichols
• 金额: $ 59.98万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at Austin
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-03-01 至 2011-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0650249&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: PFI; Integrated; Technology; Innovation; Commercialization

This Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) project proposes to develop an Integrated Technology Innovation and Commercialization (InTICo) program. The proposed work involves two basic areas of concentration. The Idea to Product (I2P) pilot program introduced entrepreneurial ideas into the technological curriculum; and the Technology Innovation Mapping (TIM) tool will explore potential markets and commercialization opportunities through reverse function mapping of new technologies and intellectual properties to find these potential markets. Function maps have been used with product design methodologies to create solutions for known problems. The TIM tool, which will be further developed and refined, inverts this process to explore functional capabilities and potential applications for technologies. The program features collaboration among faculty and students within the University of Texas at Austin in the College of Natural Science, College of Engineering, McCombs School of Business, UT Center for Nano & Molecular Science & Technology, and Department of Computer Sciences. University Commercialization Program Partners include the UT Austin Office of Technology Commercialization, Austin Technology Incubator, IC2 Institute, and MootCorp Competition. The proposed program should be readily transferable to other universities. The creation of the InTICo program will leverage the I2P program and the TIM tool and will integrate several academic programs. Moreover, the proposed work also supports global outreach and the participation of underrepresented groups. The University of Texas (UT) awards the largest number of Ph.D. degrees to Hispanic students in the United States and the University of Texas is sixteenth in the number of Ph.D. degrees awarded to African-American students. The university has been pro-active in the past in recruiting underrepresented groups and women.PARTNERS: The partners include the University of Texas (lead institution) and the following corporate partners: Fish & Richardson, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary, Austin Ventures, and Sematech.

该创新伙伴关系（PFI）项目建议制定一项综合技术创新和商业化（InTICO）计划。 拟议的工作涉及两个基本的重点领域。从创意到产品（I2 P）试点项目将创业理念引入技术课程;技术创新测绘（TIM）工具将通过新技术和知识产权的反向功能测绘来探索潜在市场和商业化机会，以找到这些潜在市场。 功能图已与产品设计方法一起使用，以创建已知问题的解决方案。将进一步开发和完善的TIM工具将这一过程颠倒过来，以探索技术的功能和潜在应用。 该计划的特点是教师和学生之间的合作在德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校的自然科学学院，工程学院，商学院麦库姆斯，UT中心纳米分子科学技术和计算机科学系。 大学商业化计划合作伙伴包括UT奥斯汀技术商业化办公室，奥斯汀技术孵化器，IC 2研究所和MootCorp竞赛。 所提出的计划应易于转移到其他大学。 InTICO计划的创建将利用I2 P计划和TIM工具，并将整合多个学术计划。 此外，拟议的工作还支持全球外联和代表性不足群体的参与。 德克萨斯大学（UT）授予最多的博士学位。在美国，西班牙裔学生获得博士学位的人数最多，德克萨斯大学在博士学位人数中排名第十六。授予非裔美国学生的学位。 合作伙伴：合作伙伴包括德克萨斯大学（牵头机构）和以下企业合作伙伴：Fish Richardson，Wilson Sonsini古德里奇Rosati，DLA Piper Rudnick Gray卡里，Austin Ventures和Sematech。