I-Corps Sites: Type I - Cal Poly Pomona I-Corps Site

I-Corps 站点：I 型 - 加州理工波莫纳 I-Corps 站点

• 批准号: 1827795
• 负责人: Olukemi Sawyerr
• 金额: $ 18万
• 依托单位: Cal Poly Pomona Foundation, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-10-01 至 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1827795&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Sites; Type; Cal; Poly

This project, from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (CPP), establishes an NSF I-Corps Site. 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 project funds teams recruited from faculty research labs, student research projects and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Technology Transfer/Startup Programs to engage in entrepreneurial training and customer discovery with the aim of learning about and experiencing lean startup methods. The site is supported by a network of faculty and industry mentors who serve as advisors to teams. The goals of the CPP I-Corps Site are to prepare teams to qualify and succeed in the I-Corps National Program and to develop a local innovation ecosystem to bolster the national innovation ecosystems.This CPP Site provides opportunities for under-represented minority (URM) and low-income students to collaborate with faculty researchers and industry mentors to transition scientific discoveries and other Intellectual Property into the market place. CPP, is a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPISI). Successful implementation of the program could serve as a model for other institutions that serve large populations of URMs and students from low-income communities, including other HSIs and AANAPISIs. This project also has the potential to contribute to the economic development of the City of Pomona and the San Gabriel Valley Region in eastern Los Angeles County, an area significantly below state and national averages on major indices of economic development.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该项目来自波莫纳的加州州立理工大学（CPP），建立了一个NSF I-Corps站点。创新团队（I-Corps）网站是在大学建立的NSF资助的实体，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。该项目资助从教师研究实验室招募的团队，学生研究项目和美国国家航空航天局（NASA）技术转让/启动计划，从事创业培训和客户发现，目的是学习和体验精益创业方法。该网站是由教师和行业导师谁作为团队的顾问网络的支持。CPP I-Corps网站的目标是培养团队在I-Corps国家计划中获得资格并取得成功，并开发本地创新生态系统以支持国家创新生态系统。CPP网站为代表性不足的少数民族（URM）和低收入学生提供与教师研究人员和行业导师合作的机会，将科学发现和其他知识产权转化为市场。CPP是西班牙裔服务机构（HSI）和亚裔美国人和美国土著太平洋岛民服务机构（AANAPISI）。该计划的成功实施可以作为其他机构的典范，为来自低收入社区的大量URM和学生提供服务，包括其他HSI和AANAPISI。该项目还有可能为波莫纳市和洛杉矶县东部圣加布里埃尔山谷地区的经济发展做出贡献，该地区的主要经济发展指数远低于州和全国平均水平。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。