I-Corps Node: I-Corps South

这个项目由格鲁吉亚技术I-Corps节点，创始NSF I-Corps节点之一，将扩大创始节点成为一个全面的区域节点称为I-Corps南部。I-Corps南节点汇集了格鲁吉亚理工学院（GT）作为牵头机构，以及位于塔斯卡卢萨的亚拉巴马大学、位于伯明翰的亚拉巴马大学和田纳西大学诺克斯维尔作为合作机构。I-Corps South将向东南部的实验室、学院和大学介绍创业教育，最终增加每个参与州的商业化成果。I-Corps南部节点将覆盖50多万研究生和本科生，以及数千名全国研究人员。该项目提供I-Corps培训和基础设施，以便与区域分支机构共享I-Corps示范课程。I-Corps South的主要机构将利用其广泛的行业关系，伙伴关系，导师和资金联系，通过创业形成，劳动力发展和创业教育带来经济发展。该节点将通过一个强大的子公司计划为其地区的研究型大学和HBCU提供服务。I-Corps South Node的研究贡献将有助于了解如何更好地支持NSF资助的团队将发明商业化，并揭示为什么一些学者选择成为企业家，而其他人则不参与商业化活动。I-Corps South还在创建一个试点项目，为I-Corps教师创建一个智能支持系统，该系统建立在IBM的沃森基础上。该项目计划开展的活动将扩大I-Corps有效创业培训的全部课程，对该区域的团队和企业家产生长期影响。其地理上分散的网站和附属机构合作网络将加速南方创业生态系统的发展，并为学术界和工业界提供更多的伙伴关系机会。招募新的国家I军团小组将增加联邦资助的研究的影响。最后，它通过在HBCUs和波多黎各的方案关注代表性不足的少数群体，将增加这些人参与创业，改善他们的福祉，激励后代从事研究和创造就业机会的活动，这对社会是一个明显和实质性的好处。

This project by the Georgia Tech I-Corps Node, one of the founding NSF I-Corps nodes, will expand the founding Node into a comprehensive regional node called I-Corps South. I-Corps South Node brings together the Georgia Institute of Technology (GT) as the lead institution, and the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the University of Tennessee Knoxville as partner institutions. I-Corps South will introduce the labs, colleges, and universities throughout the Southeast to the entrepreneurial education, ultimately increasing commercialization outcomes in each of the participating states. The I-Corps South Node will reach more than half a million graduate and undergraduate students, and many thousands of the nation's research faculty.This project provides I-Corps training and infrastructure to share the model I-Corps curriculum with regional affiliates. The primary institutions of I-Corps South will leverage their extensive industry relationships, partnerships, mentors, and funding connections to bring economic development through startup formation, workforce development, and entrepreneurial education. The Node will serve its region's research universities and HBCUs via a robust affiliates program. The I-Corps South Node's research contribution will lead to an understanding of how NSF-funded teams can be better supported to commercialize inventions, and uncover why some academics choose to become entrepreneurs, while others do not participate in commercialization activities. I-Corps South is also creating a pilot program to create an intelligent support system for I-Corps instructors, built upon IBM's Watson. This project's planned activities will expand the I-Corps curriculum repertoire for effective entrepreneurship training, creating a long-lasting impact on the region's teams and entrepreneurs. Its geographically dispersed collaborative network of Sites and affiliates will accelerate the development of the South's entrepreneurial ecosystems, and provide for increased partnership opportunities between academia and industry. The recruitment of new national I-Corps teams will increase the impact of the federally funded research. Finally, its focus on underrepresented minorities through programs at HBCUs and in Puerto Rico will increase the participation of those individuals in entrepreneurship, improving their well-being and inspiring future generations to pursue research and job creation activities, a clear and substantial benefit to society.