Type I: NC State Springboard Innovation Hub NSF I-Corps Site

北卡罗莱纳州立大学的这个项目在北卡罗莱纳州立大学的创新和商业化总部——跳板创新中心建立了一个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。北卡罗来纳州立大学的I-Corps网站是一项全校范围的倡议，通过与大学所有的创业团体和倡议合作，支持整个校园的技术商业化和创业活动。该网站将允许北卡罗莱纳州立大学通过让教师、博士后和学生沉浸在I-Corp的课程和方法中，来支持其研究支出产生的技术商业化，并为教师和学生参与技术商业化和创业提供最佳实践目录。通过I-Corps网站提供的支持允许越来越多的北卡州立大学教师、博士后和学生参与客户发现和精益创业方法，在此过程中播种多种未来潜在的技术商业化和创业机会。三角研究中心的创业生态系统活跃且以技术为中心。从北卡罗来纳州立大学I-Corps Site涌现出来的创业公司将有助于加强这一生态系统，并从该地区不断增加的创业人才库和可用资金中受益。该网站的活动也将被利用来加速这所大学的文化转变。

This project from North Carolina State University establishes an I-Corps Site at NC State's innovation and commercialization headquarters - the Springboard Innovation Hub. 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.NC State's I-Corps Site is a University-wide initiative that supports technology commercialization and startup activities across campus by collaborating with all of the University's entrepreneurial groups and initiatives. This Site will allow NC State to support the commercialization of the technologies emerging from its research expenditures by immersing faculty, postdocs and students in the I-Corp curriculum and methodology and to catalog best practices for engaging faculty and students in technology commercialization and entrepreneurship. The support provided through the I-Corps Site allows increased numbers of NC State faculty, postdocs and students to engage in customer discovery and lean startup methodology, seeding multiple future potential technology commercialization and startup opportunities in the process.The Research Triangle entrepreneurial ecosystem is active and tech-centric. The startup companies emerging from NC State's I-Corps Site will serve to both bolster this ecosystem and benefit from the increased entrepreneurial talent pool and funding available within the region. The Site's activity will also be leveraged to accelerate a culture shift at this University.