I-Corps Sites as an Ecosystem Catalyst

I-Corps 站点作为生态系统催化剂

• 批准号: 1347329
• 负责人: Dan Freeman
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: University of Delaware
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-05-01 至 2019-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1347329&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Sites; Ecosystem; Catalyst

This is an award to create an Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Site at the University of Delaware (UD) Horn Program in Entrepreneurship. This I-Corps Site will expand this institution's entrepreneurial ecosystem that includes: training opportunities based on lean startup methods; improved physical facilities and service offerings provided by their Venture Development Center; and, an extensive startup support network of engaged entrepreneurs, investors, business service providers, community partners and others. This Site will increase the quantity and velocity of activities aimed at bringing new technologies into the marketplace. The University of Delaware?s Venture Development Center serves as a hatchery/incubator for student startups and will do likewise for I-Corps teams. This Site is likely to impact the ecosystem of the georgraphical region where this institution is located. In the past, Delaware benefitted from the presence of several large, hi-tech employers But, lingering effects from the economic downturn reduced the state's social and economic wellbeing. Consequently, an increase in startup activity, and the associated creation of new jobs, will serve to improve the economic wellbeing of Delaware and the surrounding region. Broader impacts resulting from participation in the I-Corps Program will also include improved educational outcomes and competitiveness for STEM students, and stronger partnerships between academia and industry. The possibility of receiving funding and joining an I-Corps team may incentivize STEM students to learn about innovation and entrepreneurship by participating in existing training opportunities, thereby improving their educational outcomes and competitiveness. Stronger partnerships between academia and industry will result from interactions between I-Corps team members and prospective industry customers as well as the formation of I-Corps teams that will attempt to commercialize industry technology.

这是一个奖项，以创造一个创新军团（I-Corps）网站在特拉华州（UD）的大学霍恩计划在创业。这个I-Corps网站将扩大该机构的创业生态系统，其中包括：基于精益创业方法的培训机会;他们的创业发展中心提供的改进的物理设施和服务产品;以及，一个由参与的企业家，投资者，商业服务提供商，社区合作伙伴等组成的广泛的创业支持网络。本网站将增加旨在将新技术引入市场的活动的数量和速度。特拉华州大学？的风险开发中心作为一个孵化器/孵化器的学生创业公司，并将同样为I-Corps团队。该网站可能会影响该机构所在地理区域的生态系统。在过去，特拉华州受益于几个大型高科技雇主的存在，但是，经济衰退的挥之不去的影响降低了该州的社会和经济福祉。因此，创业活动的增加以及相关的新就业机会的创造，将有助于改善特拉华州和周边地区的经济福祉。 参与I-Corps计划产生的更广泛影响还包括改善STEM学生的教育成果和竞争力，以及加强学术界和工业界之间的伙伴关系。获得资助和加入I-Corps团队的可能性可以激励STEM学生通过参与现有的培训机会来学习创新和创业精神，从而提高他们的教育成果和竞争力。学术界和工业界之间更强有力的伙伴关系将来自I-Corps团队成员和潜在行业客户之间的互动，以及组建I-Corps团队，试图将行业技术商业化。