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

I 型：北卡罗来纳州跳板创新中心 NSF I-Corps 站点

• 批准号: 1735809
• 负责人: Wade Fulghum
• 金额: $ 50万
• 依托单位: North Carolina State 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: 2017-08-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1735809&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Type; NC; State; Springboard; Innovation

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.

该项目来自北卡罗来纳州立大学，在北卡罗来纳州立大学的创新和商业化总部 - 跳板创新中心。 NSF创新军（I-Corps）站点是在大学建立的NSF资助的实体，其目的是培育和支持多个本地团队，以将其技术概念过渡到市场。网站提供基础架构，建议，资源，网络机会，培训和适度的资金，以使团体能够将其工作转变为市场或成为I-Corps团队申请人。 I-Corps站点还在本地和区域上加强了创新，并为国家指导者，研究人员，企业家和投资者的国家创新网络做出了贡献。NCState的I-Corps网站是一项大学范围内的计划，该计划通过与大学的所有企业群体和启动师合作，支持整个校园的技术商业化和启动活动。该网站将允许NC State通过将教职员工，博士后和学生融入I-CORP课程和方法论，并为从事技术商业化和企业家的参与技术和学生进行分类，从而支持其研究支出的商业化。通过I-Corps网站提供的支持允许更多的NC州教师，博士后和学生参与客户发现和精益启动方法，在此过程中为多种未来的潜在技术商业化和启动机会播种。从NC State的I-Corps网站出现的初创公司将有助于加强该生态系统，并受益于该地区可用的企业家人才库和资金。该网站的活动还将被利用，以加快这所大学的文化转变。