I-Corps Sites - Type I: CUNY STEM Tools for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Success (STEM TIES) I-Corps Site

这个项目来自纽约城市大学(CUNY)，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。这一特殊的网站计划不同寻常，因为它涉及将i-Corps计划传播到社区大学(CC)人口以及其他附属机构。CUNY在其学生人口中有很大的CC组成部分。它为CC人群服务的方法是创造性的，有可能被采用，并可能影响到大量人口。不仅将通过传统渠道和社区大学招募团队，目前纽约大学的八个校区还参与了一个协调的本科生研究项目，这是增加本科生团队的一个来源。该机构(及其附属机构)极其多样化。例如，60%的学生是女性。很大一部分人在经济上面临挑战。STEM中其他代表性较低的群体(西班牙裔、少数族裔等)也构成了学生人口的很大一部分。因此，人们的预期是，创业文化的变化可能会对这一人群产生深远的影响。总体而言，这个网站可以作为全国纳入的典范。

This project, from the City University of New York (CUNY) 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.This particular Site plan is unusual in that it involves spreading the I-Corps program to the Community College (CC) population, as well as to other affiliated institutions. CUNY has a large CC component overall in its student population. Its approach to serving the CC population is creative and potentially adoptable and is likely to impact a large population. Not only will teams be recruited along traditional channels and through community colleges, eight CUNY campuses currently participate in a coordinated undergraduate research program, a source of additional undergraduate teams.The institution (as well as its affiliates) are extremely diverse. For example, 60% of the student population is female. A large portion is economically challenged. Other typically underrepresented cohorts in STEM (Hispanics, racial minorities, etc.) also make up a large portion of the student population. Consequently, the expectation is that entrepreneurial culture changes are likely to be profound for this population. Overall, this Site could serve as a national model for inclusion.