I-Corps Sites - Type I: NYU I-Corps Sites for Enhancing Diversity in Entrepreneurship

I-Corps 网站 - I 类：纽约大学 I-Corps 网站，旨在增强创业多样性

• 批准号: 1644681
• 负责人: Jin Montclare
• 金额: $ 50万
• 依托单位: New York University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-03-15 至 2022-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1644681&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Sites; Type; NYU; Enhancing

This project, from New York University (NYU), creates an I-Corps Site at this institution. 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.NYU Tandon School of Engineering (NYU-SoE) Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) will "encourage and support diversity in STEM entrepreneurship, among women in particular, by encouraging social entrepreneurship, an approach that has shown to be attractive to women." Using the Lean LaunchPad approach infused with insights into supporting diversity, teams will receive funding for customer discovery, prototyping, and other resources to support commercialization across multiple academic terms. This approach is supported by a strong network of faculty and mentors who have exhibited an excellent record of previous NSF funding and commercialization successes.The intellectual merit of this proposal incorporates the proposition that social entrepreneurship is more attractive to underrepresented groups, particularly women. By pursuing avenues that will increase diversity in both STEM and entrepreneurship, through the training, programs, and mentorship of the site, this project may serve as an exemplar for I-Corps nationally.

这个项目来自纽约大学(NYU)，在这个机构创建了一个i-Corps站点。创新团队(i-Corps)网站是由NSF资助的实体，成立于大学，其目的是培育和支持多个当地团队，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移到市场或成为i-Corps团队的申请者。I-Corps网站还加强了当地和地区的创新，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了贡献。纽约大学坦登工程学院(NYU-SOE)创新创业中心(CIE)将“鼓励和支持STEM创业的多样性，特别是通过鼓励社会创业，这一方法已被证明对女性有吸引力。”使用精益LaunchPad方法注入对支持多样性的见解，团队将获得资金，用于客户发现、原型制作和其他资源，以支持多个学术术语的商业化。这一方法得到了强大的教职员工和导师网络的支持，他们在之前的NSF资助和商业化成功方面表现出了出色的记录。这一提议的智力价值包含了这样一个命题，即社会创业对代表不足的群体更具吸引力，尤其是女性。通过该网站的培训、计划和指导，通过寻求增加STEM和创业的多样性的途径，该项目可能会成为i-Corps全国范围内的典范。