Silicon Valley Innovation & Entrepreneurship Scholarshops (SVIES) Program

加州圣何塞州立大学的国家科学基金会（NSF）科学、技术、工程和数学（S-STEM）奖学金项目将为有学术天赋的、有经济需求的攻读研究生工程学位的学生提供奖学金和支持服务。这个名为硅谷创新与创业奖学金（SVIES）的项目将为工程学院的研究生提供学习创新和创业的机会，为他们提供促进创新的方法，并为他们安排硅谷创新者和企业家作为导师。创业和创新是繁荣经济的关键因素。该项目将培养来自经济困难背景的工程专业学生的创业技能。该项目将为低收入的有才华的工科学生提供更多的职业选择，否则他们可能不熟悉技术创业和创新的机会和方法。圣何塞州立大学（SJSU）硅谷创新与创业奖学金计划的目标是提高国家生产推动经济增长的技术创新的能力。奖学金获得者将组成一个学习社区，共同研究成功的硅谷技术创新和企业家，并在团队实践中吸取经验教训。在硅谷创新者和企业家以及七名SJSU工程学院教师的直接指导下，SVIES学者将培养他们的创新思维，获得创新和创业技能，并有机会将创新和创业纳入他们的职业规划。该项目将帮助来自低收入家庭的有才华的工程专业学生成为有效的技术企业家。评估和评估将侧重于衡量和记录与创新和创业精神相关的高级能力的学习成果。这些成果包括：创新和创业的心态，对需求-创意-风险过程的了解，以及创新、创造和完善技术发明的能力；制定一个商业计划，开始一个新的商业冒险。从项目评估数据中获得的经验教训和最佳实践将广泛传播到工程教育界。

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) project at San Jose State University in San Jose, California will provide scholarships and support services to academically-talented students pursing graduate engineering degrees who demonstrate financial need. This project called the Silicon Valley Innovation and Entrepreneurship Scholarships (SVIES) Program will provide graduate students of the College of Engineering with opportunities to learn about innovation and entrepreneurship, equips them with methods facilitating innovation, and matches them with Silicon Valley innovators and entrepreneurs as mentors. Entrepreneurship and innovation are critical factors in a thriving economy. This project will develop entrepreneurial skills in engineering students from financially disadvantaged backgrounds. The program will expand the career options of talented low-income engineering students who may have otherwise been unfamiliar with opportunities and methods of technological entrepreneurism and innovation. The goal of the San Jose State University (SJSU) Silicon Valley Innovation and Entrepreneurship Scholarships Program is to increase the nation's capacity to produce technological innovations that drive economic growth. The scholarship recipients will form a learning community and engage in joint study of successful Silicon Valley technological innovations and entrepreneurs and in team practice of the lessons learned. With direct mentoring from Silicon Valley innovators and entrepreneurs and seven SJSU College of Engineering faculty members, SVIES scholars will develop their innovation mindsets, acquire innovation and entrepreneurship skills, and have the opportunity to incorporate innovation and entrepreneurship into their career plans. The project will help talented engineering students from low-income backgrounds to become effective technological entrepreneurs. Evaluation and assessment will focus on measuring and documenting learning outcomes in high-level competencies associated with innovation and entrepreneurism. These outcomes include: the mindset of innovation and entrepreneurship, knowledge of the need-idea-venture process, and ability to innovate, create and refine a technological invention; develop a business plan and launch a new business venture. Lessons learned and best practices that emerge from the program evaluation data will be disseminated widely to the engineering education community.