I-Corps Sites: LSU Emerging Technology Preparation (LA EMTEC Prep) Program

这个项目来自路易斯安那州立大学（LSU），创建了一个创新团队站点（I-Corps Site）NSF创新团队站点（I-Corps Site）是NSF资助的实体，建立在大学里，其目的是培养和支持多个本地团队，将他们的技术概念转化为市场。网站提供基础设施、建议、资源、网络机会、培训和适度的资金，使团体能够将他们的工作转化为市场或成为I-Corps团队的申请人。I-Corps站点还加强地方和区域创新，并为由导师、研究人员、企业家和投资者组成的国家创新网络做出贡献。路易斯安那州立大学（LSU） I-Corps网站培育和支持多个本地教师、学生和LSU社区团队，这些团队正在将他们的想法、设备、流程或其他智力活动转化为市场。路易斯安那州立大学新兴技术准备（LA EMTEC Prep）项目通过为期六到八周的培训项目，为路易斯安那州立大学的教师、学生和社区提供培训、教育和指导，重点是知识产权、商业模式画布、许可和技术转让基础、小企业创新研究资助、I-Corps团队和其他资助机制、客户发现和假设验证，以及研究密集型公司的早期资助。项目可以来自学生的工作、路易斯安那州立大学资助或未资助的研究、机构或工业项目。LA EMTEC Prep项目使LSU的技术在资助项目中更具竞争力，同时也增加了LSU基于创新的新创业企业、许可协议和第三方投资者审查的数量。LA EMTEC预备项目通过鼓励研究人员（包括博士后学者、研究生、本科生或专业人员）在他们的研究过程中尽早解决市场问题并相应地调整他们的研究，通过培训路易斯安那州立大学的研究人员和学生的商业化原则，以及通过更好地为路易斯安那州立大学的所有各方在I-Corps团队和其他密集评估项目中取得成功做好准备，来改善路易斯安那州立大学技术的商业化成果。随着时间的推移，路易斯安那州立大学参与I-Corps Sites将(1)促进将基于大学的基础研究转化为商业上可行的技术；(2)鼓励教师、学生和社区行业人员围绕早期大学技术进行合作；(3)通过实践培训和创新创业的体验式学习，加强教师、学生和社区行业合作伙伴之间的理解。

This project, from Louisiana State University (LSU), creates an Innovation Corps Site (I-Corps Site)NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Sites are NSF-funded entities established at universities whose purpose is to nurture and support multiple, local teams to transition their technology concepts into the marketplace. Sites provide infrastructure, advice, resources, networking opportunities, training and modest funding to enable groups to transition their work into the marketplace or into becoming I-Corps Team applicants. I-Corps Sites also strengthen innovation locally and regionally and contribute to the National Innovation Network of mentors, researchers, entrepreneurs and investors.Louisiana State University's (LSU) I-Corps Site nurtures and supports multiple, local teams of faculty, students, and the LSU community that are transitioning their ideas, devices, processes or other intellectual activities into the marketplace. The LSU Emerging Technology Preparation (LA EMTEC Prep) program provides training, education, and mentorship to LSU faculty, students, and the community through a six to eight week training program focused on Intellectual Property, the Business Model Canvas, Basics of Licensing and Technology Transfer, Small Business Innovation Research Grants, I-Corps Teams, and other funding mechanisms, Customer Discover and Hypothesis Validation, and Early Stage funding for Research Intensive Companies. Projects can originate from student work, funded or unfunded research at LSU, institutional, or industrial projects. The LA EMTEC Prep program makes LSU technology more competitive in funding programs, as well as increasing the number of new start-up businesses, licensing agreements, and third-party investor reviews stemming from LSU based innovations. The LA EMTEC Prep program improves commercialization outcomes for LSU technologies by encouraging researchers (including Post-Doctoral scholar, graduate student, undergraduate, or professional staff) to tackle marketability questions early in their research process and pivot their research accordingly, by training LSU researchers and students on commercialization principles, and by better preparing all parties at LSU to succeed in I-Corps Teams and other intensive assessment programs. Over time, LSU's participation in I-Corps Sites will (1) stimulate the translation of fundamental university-based research into commercially viable technologies, (2) encourage faculty, students, and community-based industry personnel to collaborate around early stage university technologies, and (3) enhance the understanding of faculty, students, and community-based industry partners through hands-on training and experiential learning in innovation and entrepreneurship.