University of Central Florida I-Corps Sites: Enhancing Technology Commercialization to Develop a World-Class Innovation Ecosystem

凭借该奖项，中佛罗里达大学开发了I-Corps站点，以加强技术商业化，开发世界级的创新生态系统。UCF I-Corps Sites项目的目标是加强UCF研究向市场的过渡，并增加I-Corps团队、风险投资和衍生公司的数量。UCF I-Corps网站项目将使该大学能够扩大其创业项目，以吸引更多有潜力的和代表性不足的参与者，并在校园内重新调整其创业项目，以创造稳定的创业团队供应。UCF I-Corps Sites项目每年将为大约32个团队提供创业服务，包括以下内容：(1)在UCF校园内招募技术创业团队，特别努力招募女性、少数族裔和研究生。(2)实施商业模型画布研讨会，作为该计划的先决条件。直接的团队支持将由现有的UCF创业加速器协调，用于以下活动：采购制造材料和在两个原型实验室工作；差旅费用;创业培训;“东南创新广场”展位；市场调研、申诉专员协助、商业规划、SBRI协助、教练网络、投资资本协助和共享办公空间。更广泛的影响佛罗里达中部大学I-Corps Sites项目将有助于加强和加强佛罗里达中部不断增长的创新生态系统，为更强大的国家生态系统的发展做出贡献。UCF是佛罗里达州中部创新生态系统的积极领导者和积极合作伙伴，培养新的和培育现有的合作伙伴关系，将企业、学术界、研究中心和社区聚集在一起，共同为该地区创造高价值的就业机会和经济增长等社会效益。

With this award, the University of Central Florida develops an I-Corps Site to enhance technology commercialization to develop a world-class innovation ecosystem. The goal of the UCF I-Corps Sites program is to enhance the transition of UCF research into the marketplace, and to increase the number of I-Corps teams, ventures, and spin-off companies.The UCF I-Corps Sites program will enable the university to expand its entrepreneurship offerings to reach additional prospective and under-represented participants, and to realign its entrepreneurship programming across campus in order to create a steady supply of entrepreneurial teams. The UCF I-Corps Sites program will provide entrepreneurial services to approximately 32 teams per year and consist of the following elements: (1) Recruiting technology entrepreneurial teams across UCF campus with special efforts to recruit women, underrepresented minorities, and graduate students. (2) Implementation of the Business Model Canvas workshop as a prerequisite for the program.Direct team support will be coordinated by the existing UCF Venture Accelerator for activities such as: acquisition of fabrication materials and work at two prototyping labs; travel expenses; entrepreneurial training; booth at the "Innovation Concourse of the Southeast"; market research, ombudsman assistance, business planning, SBRI assistance, coaching network, investment capital assistance, and shared office space.Broader ImpactsThe University of Central Florida I-Corps Sites program will serve to enhance and strengthen Central Florida's growing innovation ecosystem, contributing towards the development of a stronger national ecosystem. UCF is an active leader and an engaged partner in the Central Florida innovation ecosystem and cultivates new and nurtures existing partnerships that bring together businesses, academia, research centers, and communities to jointly deliver societal benefits such as high-value job creation, and economic growth for the region.