University Innovation Programs Summit

近年来，美国高校对创业和技术商业化的兴趣日益浓厚，尤其是与科技发现相关的领域。高等教育机构已经开发了许多项目和基础设施，以帮助教师探索和实现其研究的潜在商业化。美国国家科学基金会（NSF）和其他联邦项目以及私人基金会和非营利组织支持加强高等教育创业生态系统和增加研究商业化的努力。美国政府每年在基础研究上的投资为1480亿美元，比其他任何国家都多。虽然这项投资取得了重大成功，但充分利用这项投资造福社会的机会要大得多。为了使大学的研究产生更大的影响，科学、技术、工程和数学领域的学术研究人员需要有机会学习如何评估他们的研究发现是否有商业化的潜力。出于这个原因，许多组织和大学已经制定了旨在加速大学研究商业化的计划。拟议中的峰会将把寻求在各自校园和更广泛社区加强创业生态系统的大学领导人和研究人员聚集在一起。会议将为这些教师和机构领导人提供机会，了解更多有关新兴项目和新资源的信息，以帮助推进他们的机构目标。与会者将有机会通过讨论从这些项目中产生的成功项目模式，了解相关的服务、资源和项目，如I-Corps、SBIR和PFI。NCIIA和会议主持人将分享关于大学技术创业的研究成果，并让与会者参与讨论如何开发支持资助研究商业化的新项目。与会者将获得有关资金、培训和交流机会的信息，并有机会讨论新出现的需求和解决这些需求的方法。从这些讨论中产生的新需要和解决办法将在一份白皮书和录像中加以记录和总结，以供散发。这次峰会的目的是增加对支持创业教育和商业化的项目和网络的参与。反过来，这将增加可商业化研究从美国高校出现的可能性，理想情况下，通过翻译和创建新企业来实现商业化，这些新企业发展成为可行的企业。

Interest in entrepreneurship and technology commercialization within U.S. colleges and universities has grown in recent years, especially as related to scientific and technological discoveries. Higher education institutions have developed numerous programs and infrastructure to help faculty explore and realize the potential commercialization of their research. The National Science Foundation (NSF) and other federal programs along with private foundations and nonprofit organizations have supported efforts that strengthen the higher education entrepreneurial ecosystem and increasing commercialization of research. The US government invests $148 billion annually in basic research, more than any other country. While significant successes have resulted from this investment, a much greater opportunity exists to fully capitalize on this investment for the benefit of society. For university research to achieve greater impact, academic researchers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics need opportunities to learn how to evaluate whether their research discoveries have potential for commercialization. For this reason, many organizations and universities have developed programs designed to accelerate the commercialization of university research. The proposed summit will bring together university leaders and researchers who seek to strengthen entrepreneurial ecosystems on their respective campuses and in the broader community. The meeting will provide opportunities for these faculty and institutional leaders to learn more about emerging programs and new resources that can help advance their institutional goals.The summit participants will have the opportunity to learn about relevant services, resources and programs such as I-Corps, SBIR and PFI through discussion of successful program models that have emerged from these programs. NCIIA and the conference presenters will share the results of research on university technology entrepreneurship, and engage participants in discussion about how to develop new programming that supports the commercialization of funded research. Participants will be provided information about funding, training and networking opportunities and have the opportunity to discuss emerging needs and approaches to addressing them. Both the emerging needs and the solutions that emerge from these discussions will be captured and summarized in a white paper and video for dissemination. The summit is designed to increase participation in programs and networks supporting entrepreneurship education and commercialization. This will, in turn, increase the likelihood that commercializable research will emerge from U.S. colleges and universities, ideally leading to commercialization through translation and the creation of new ventures that evolve into viable businesses.