Type I: Rutgers University I-Corps Site for Entrepreneurship Acceleration

这个来自罗格斯大学的项目，在这个机构创建了一个NSF I-Corps站点。美国国家科学基金会创新队（I-Corps）站点是由美国国家科学基金会资助的实体，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。罗格斯大学每年资助的研究经费超过6亿美元。这项研究每年产生150多项专利，每年的许可收入超过1500万美元。一个挑战是将研究成果转化为商业化阶段。罗格斯大学I-Corps网站培育了这一早期想法池，并帮助将可行的概念通过商业化途径推向市场。通过I-Corps网站，通过有针对性的培训和指导，I-Corps团队来自罗格斯大学网站的合作伙伴。其中包括研究商业化办公室、技术创业与商业化合作（CTEC）和专业科学硕士（PSM）课程等教育活动、四年级“顶点”工程设计和荣誉学院课程，以及许多其他辅助项目。导师与这些团队相匹配。发明人受益于新泽西/纽约地区更大的创新生态系统，因为该网站与NYCRIN I-Corps节点合作。罗格斯大学I-Corps网站提供培训、指导，并提供一个庞大的商业、技术和金融资源网络。该项目的标志性活动是每年有30个团队参加，并在广泛的消费者基础上测试其产品的商业潜力。该项目向教师和学生推广商业化的价值，并强化了学术研究过程中产生的想法可以具有社会和商业价值的概念。罗格斯大学I-Corps在实验室和市场之间架起了一座桥梁，加强了罗格斯大学对促进新泽西州及其他地区经济发展的承诺。随着大学衍生产品数量的增加，就业机会也随之增加，公司聘用学生作为实习生，聘用毕业生作为全职员工。该项目的影响超出了罗格斯大学，它邀请了当地的商业领袖和企业家进行团队指导，并扩大了支持罗格斯大学校园周围社区的项目，特别是帮助代表性不足的发明家和企业主。重点关注的一个关键领域是增加女性在STEM中的I-Corps参与，并最终增加该地区/州女性拥有企业的数量。

This project, from Rutgers University, creates an NSF I-Corps Site at this institution.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.Rutgers University has funded research of over $600M per year. This research generates over 150 patents each year and more than $15M in licensing income annually. A challenge is to transition research outcomes to the commercialization stage. The Rutgers University I-Corps Site cultivates this pool of early stage ideas and assists with bringing viable concepts through the commercialization pathway to the marketplace. Through the I-Corps Site, with targeted training and mentoring, I-Corps teams are sourced from the Rutgers Site partners. These include the Office of Research Commercialization, educational activities ranging from the Collaboration for Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization (CTEC) and Professional Science Master's (PSM) programs, senior-year "capstone" engineering design and Honors College programs, and many other feeder programs. Mentors are matched to these teams. Inventors benefit from the larger innovation ecosystem in the New Jersey/New York region, as the Site partners with the NYCRIN I-Corps Node. The Rutgers I-Corps Site provides training, mentoring, and access to a large network of business, technical and financial resources. The signature activity of this program is that each year, 30 teams participate and test the commercial potential of their products with a broad base of consumers. This program promotes the value of commercialization to both faculty and students, and reinforces the concept that ideas generated by the academic research process can have societal and commercial value.The Rutgers I-Corps bridges the gap between the lab and the marketplace, enhancing the University's commitment to fostering economic development across New Jersey and beyond. As the number of spin-outs from the university increases, jobs are created and companies hire students as interns and graduates as full-time employees. The program's impact goes beyond the University by tapping into local business leaders and entrepreneurs for team mentorship as well as expanding programs to support the communities around Rutgers campuses and to particularly assist underrepresented inventors and business-owners. A key area of focus is to increase I-Corps participation from women in STEM and ultimately to increase the number of women-owned businesses in the region/state.