I-Corps Sites: Type II - Advancing RIT's Early Stage Technology Commercialization and Entrepreneurship Eco-System: Integrating Educational and Commercial Outcomes

I-Corps 站点：II 类 - 推进 RIT 的早期技术商业化和创业生态系统：整合教育和商业成果

• 批准号: 1829241
• 负责人: Richard DeMartino
• 金额: $ 16万
• 依托单位: Rochester Institute of Tech
• 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 2022-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1829241&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Sites; Type; II; Advancing

This project, from Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), extends this institution's existing Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Site for scale up to their next phase of support for innovation and entrepreneurship.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. Sites that received funding for three years during the early years of I-Corps may apply for a second award for an additional three years, called a Type II proposal. This project from RIT is a Type II project.Since becoming a Site in 2014, Simone Center has vetted and counseled several hundred potential teams and advanced approximately 300 of them through I-Corps training. Program learning outcomes and evaluations with student/faculty participants provided significant insights, which have been operationalized and employed to improve offerings. Over the past three years, RIT and the regional ecosystem benefitted significantly from NSF's I-Corps Site designation and support. It has actively gained from and contributed to the National Innovation Network (NIN) learning community. RIT's Site Program is also in close collaboration with the regional NSF I-Corps Node, which is composed of Cornell University, University of Rochester, and RIT. There are a number of broader impacts for this project: during the next phase, particular emphasis will be placed on recruiting traditionally underrepresented participants in entrepreneurship, as well as training the deaf community, while furthering the advancement of access and inclusion technology projects; a new generation of students and faculty will be educated about I-Corps (lean startup) methodologies and fostering the creation of early-stage ventures; and, the regional ecosystem and National Innovation Network will profit from the outcomes of the RIT Site projects.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.

这个项目，从罗切斯特理工学院（RIT），扩展了该机构现有的创新军团（I-Corps）网站的规模，以支持他们的创新和创业的下一阶段.NSF创新军团（I-Corps）网站是NSF资助的实体建立在大学，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移到市场或成为I-Corps团队申请人。I-Corps站点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。在I-Corps早期获得三年资助的网站可以申请额外三年的第二个奖项，称为II类提案。RIT的这个项目是一个II型项目。自2014年成为网站以来，西蒙娜中心已经审查和咨询了数百个潜在的团队，并通过I-Corps培训推进了其中约300个团队。与学生/教师参与者的计划学习成果和评估提供了重要的见解，这些见解已被操作化并用于改进产品。在过去的三年里，RIT和区域生态系统从NSF的I-Corps站点指定和支持中受益匪浅。它积极地从国家创新网络学习社区中获益并为之做出贡献。RIT的站点计划还与区域NSF I-Corps节点密切合作，该节点由康奈尔大学，罗切斯特大学和RIT组成。这一项目有一些更广泛的影响：在下一阶段，将特别强调招募传统上代表性不足的创业参与者，以及培训聋人社区，同时进一步推进获取和包容技术项目;新一代的学生和教师将接受有关I-Corps的教育（精益创业）方法和促进创建早期阶段的企业;并且，在本发明中，区域生态系统和国家创新网络将从RIT站点项目的成果中受益。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过以下方式获得支持：使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估。