PFI: An Interdisciplinary University-Based Education Partnership to Support Biomedical Technology Commercialization in Nebraska

PFI：跨学科的大学教育合作伙伴关系，支持内布拉斯加州的生物医学技术商业化

• 批准号: 0650233
• 负责人: Anthony Hendrickson
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Creighton University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-02-15 至 2011-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0650233&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: PFI; Interdisciplinary; University; Based; Education

This Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) program--An Interdisciplinary University-Based Education Partnership to Support Biomedical Technology Commercialization in Nebraska--aims to create a self-sustaining university-based program to foster innovation for the commercialization of bioscience technology in Nebraska. Creighton University, including the College of Business Administration, School of Law, School of Medicine, School of Pharmacy and Health Professions, and Office of Technology Transfer, has developed a program to cross train undergraduate and graduate students in business, law, and the biosciences. Upon completion of a one-year concentration, student teams will compete for seed money to fund start-up companies for further conceptualization and marketing of bioscience technologies. The program, involves a strong partnership between the two largest biomedical research centers in the state, Creighton University and the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and a collaboration led by the deans of the business, law, and medical schools, as well as a director of technology transfer and a professor of strategy and entrepreneurship. In addition, numerous local businesses and other organizations have committed services, expertise, scholarship money, and internship opportunities. The Creighton University Partnerships for Innovation will also serve as the core curriculum for a new professional science master's degree, an MBA for scientists and mathematicians. The program will serve as a model for the integration of research, education, and practice to efficiently promote and increase regional high technology transfer.This university-industry partnership will have broad impact on high technology businesses and employment opportunities. The anticipated avenues to achieve the goals of this program are as follows: 1) Stimulate the transformation of knowledge created through the research and education enterprise into innovations that build strong local, regional and national economies. 2) Broaden the participation of academic institutions and citizens by cross training a professional workforce, providing seed money to develop technologies, and creating facilities for conducting proof of concept and start-up activities. 3) Enhance the infrastructure necessary to foster and sustain innovation in the long-term. 4) Develop a professional science master's degree program, endorsed by the National Innovation Act of 2005 at Creighton University. The program is aimed at enabling future managers to navigate the business of science with ease, going from a meeting about enzymes to another about intellectual property rights, while understanding that the goal is marketable products.Partners include Creighton University (lead institution); University of Nebraska Medical Center; Kiser Family Foundation; Blackwell, Sander, Peper, Martin, LLP; Stinson Morrison, Hecker, LLP; First National Bank of Omaha; bioNebraska, Life Sciences Association (a consortium of firms); Booz Allen Hamilton.; GR Exypnos, SafeStitch, LLC; Nature Technology Corporation; and Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce.

该创新合作伙伴关系 (PFI) 计划是支持内布拉斯加州生物医学技术商业化的跨学科大学教育合作伙伴关系，旨在创建一个自我维持的大学计划，以促进内布拉斯加州生物科学技术商业化的创新。 克赖顿大学包括工商管理学院、法学院、医学院、药学和卫生专业学院以及技术转让办公室，制定了一个项目，对商业、法律和生物科学领域的本科生和研究生进行交叉培训。 完成一年的集中学习后，学生团队将争夺种子资金，以资助初创公司进一步概念化和营销生物科学技术。 该项目涉及该州最大的两个生物医学研究中心克赖顿大学和内布拉斯加大学医学中心之间的强有力的合作伙伴关系，以及由商学院、法学院和医学院院长以及技术转让主任和战略与创业学教授领导的合作。 此外，许多当地企业和其他组织也承诺提供服务、专业知识、奖学金和实习机会。 克赖顿大学创新合作伙伴关系还将作为新的专业科学硕士学位、科学家和数学家 MBA 的核心课程。 该项目将成为研究、教育和实践相结合的典范，以有效促进和增加区域高科技转让。这种大学与工业合作伙伴关系将对高科技企业和就业机会产生广泛影响。 实现该计划目标的预期途径如下： 1) 促进研究和教育企业创造的知识转化为创新，以建设强大的地方、区域和国家经济。 2) 通过交叉培训专业劳动力、提供种子资金来开发技术以及创建用于进行概念验证和启动活动的设施，扩大学术机构和公民的参与。 3) 加强长期促进和维持创新所需的基础设施。 4) 制定专业科学硕士学位课程，并得到克赖顿大学 2005 年国家创新法案的认可。 该计划旨在使未来的管理者能够轻松驾驭科学业务，从一场关于酶的会议到另一场关于知识产权的会议，同时了解目标是适销对路的产品。合作伙伴包括克赖顿大学（牵头机构）；内布拉斯加大学医学中心；凯泽家庭基金会；布莱克威尔·桑德·佩珀·马丁律师事务所；斯廷森·莫里森·赫克律师事务所；奥马哈第一国民银行； BioNebraska，生命科学协会（企业联盟）；博思艾伦汉密尔顿。 GR Exypnos，SafeStitch，LLC；自然科技公司；和大奥马哈商会。