Type I: University of South Alabama Collaborative Research for Entrepreneurial Activities, Training, and Education (CREATE) Center

I 类：南阿拉巴马大学创业活动、培训和教育合作研究 (CREATE) 中心

• 批准号: 1735838
• 负责人: Michael Chambers
• 金额: $ 47.77万
• 依托单位: University of South Alabama
• 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: 2017-08-15 至 2024-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1735838&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Type; University; South; Alabama; Collaborative

This project, from the University of South Alabama (USA), in Mobile, creates an NSF I-Corps Site. 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.The USA-Mobile Site is housed in the recently established CREATE Center, in the Office of Research Innovation. The Mobile region's economy is growing and features manufacturing and industries in a number of STEM-rich clusters (Aviation, Steel, Maritime & Shipbuilding, Energy, Chemical, Transportation, and Technology). The USA Site is likely to have broad regional impacts, particularly given this institution's involvement in several community activities such as Start-Up Weekend and a Minority Business Accelerator, leading to significant commercial and societal impact with increased successful iterations of commercialized technology, entrepreneurial work force development and employment activities. The USA Site itself is designed as a community asset made up of four, diverse Mobile institutions including: an emerging research university (USA); a primarily African-American community college; a Southern Baptist university; and, a 200 year-old Jesuit College. Teams formed at this I-Corp Site will include diversity of students and mentors across institutions. In addition, placing business students and technical writers on teams may provide a unique opportunity to observe ?best-practices? that are not currently being applied elsewhere.

这个项目，从南亚拉巴马大学（美国），在移动的，创建一个NSF的I-Corps网站。NSF Innovation Corps（I-Corps）网站是由NSF资助的实体，在大学中建立，其目的是培养和支持多个本地团队将其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团队申请人。I-Corps网站还加强地方和区域的创新，并为导师、研究人员、企业家和投资者的国家创新网络做出贡献。美国移动网站位于研究创新办公室最近成立的CREATE中心。移动的地区的经济正在增长，并在一些STEM丰富的集群（航空，钢铁，海上造船，能源，化工，运输和技术）中拥有制造业和工业。美国网站可能会产生广泛的区域影响，特别是考虑到该机构参与了几个社群活动，如创业周末和少数民族企业加速器，从而产生重大的商业和社会影响，增加了商业化技术的成功迭代，创业劳动力发展和就业活动。美国网站本身被设计成一个社区资产，由四个不同的移动的机构组成，包括：一个新兴的研究型大学（美国）;一个主要的非洲裔美国人社区学院;一个南方浸信会大学;和一个200岁的耶稣会学院。在这个I-Corp网站组成的团队将包括跨机构的学生和导师的多样性。此外，将商学院学生和技术作家放在团队中可能会提供一个独特的观察机会。最佳实践？目前还没有在其他地方应用。