I-Corps Sites: Type II - I-Corps Site at University of South Florida Tampa

这个项目，从南佛罗里达大学（USF），继续他们的活动，以加强创新和创业精神，在大学和地区通过他们的I-Corps网站。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。这是一个II类I-Corps网站-II类项目驻留在已经获得I类奖的机构。I-Corps Sites还加强了地方和区域的创新，并为导师、研究人员、企业家和投资者组成的国家创新网络做出贡献。该项目整合了USF研究与创新副总裁办公室（VPR）的努力，以及来自工程、商业和医学的参与者，并得到了专利和许可办公室的支持。这个I-Corps网站覆盖整个校园，通过为科学家和工程师提供实践创业培训，填补了一个关键的空白，这些培训涉及如何将想法转化为社会的实际使用。USF的这个网站在前三年取得了很大的成就，并“改变了该机构的文化”- 115支球队完成了网站课程，42支球队完成了他们的训练营，他们派出了25支队伍参加国家I-该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查进行评估，被认为值得支持的搜索.

This project, from the University of South Florida (USF), continues their activities to strengthen Innovation and entrepreneurship within the university and region through their 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. This is a Type II I-Corps Site - Type II projects reside at institutions that have already received a Type I award. I-Corps Sites also strengthen innovation locally and regionally and contribute to the National Innovation Network of mentors, researchers, entrepreneurs and investors.This project integrates efforts from the USF Research and Innovation's Vice President for Research (VPR) Office with participants from engineering, business, and medicine, and support from their patent and licensing office. This I-Corps Site reaches across the campus and filled a crucial gap by providing hands-on entrepreneurial training to scientists and engineers about how to think about translating an idea to actual use by society. This Site at USF accomplished a great deal during their first three years and "changed the culture" of the institution - 115 teams completed the Site curriculum, 42 teams completed their boot-camp, and they sent 25 teams to the National I-Corps program.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.