NSF I-Corps - Broadening Participation Summit

NSF I-Corps - 扩大参与峰会

• 批准号: 1844298
• 负责人: John Blaho
• 金额: $ 35万
• 依托单位: CUNY City University of New York
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard 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=1844298&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; Corps; Broadening; Participation; Summit

This project focuses on women and minorities and approaches to increasing their representation in innovation, entrepreneurship, commercialization, and the lean-startup methodologies associated with NSF's Innovation Corps (I-Corps). The project consists of a national Summit for Broadening Participation (BP) and inclusiveness within the academic community that comprises the NSF National Innovation Network (NIN). This BP Summit initiative is motivated by several statistics: while Blacks comprise over 14% of the workforce in all private industries in the United States, they account for only 7.4% of the high-tech workforce, and people of color represent only 8% of US innovators. By contrast, whites account for nearly 64% of the workforce in all private U.S. industries, but over 68% of the high-tech workforce. Hispanic workers are also underrepresented, comprising just under 14% of jobs in all private U.S. industries, but less than 8% in high-tech industries, and women represent only 12% of US Innovators. The BP Summit for inclusiveness in innovation and entrepreneurship has several key objectives: provide participants with an understanding of how academic institutions and individuals can boot-strap themselves into the mainstream sphere of commercialization, particularly through the I-Corps programs; provide insights into the impacts that programs like I-Corps have had on individuals and institutions; connect champions at MSIs with existing I-Corps Nodes and Sites personnel; highlight winning strategies employed by individuals and institutions and outcomes of successful innovations; increase the participation of under-represented groups in I-Corps training at the local, regional, and national levels, both at the team and instructor levels; provide opportunities for networking and collaborations between attendees.The Summit brings together representatives of: Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs), Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI), I-Corps Node and Site personnel, researchers in the fields of inclusiveness and entrepreneurship, and, leadership from organizations serving the target population who can help innovation and entrepreneurship to their members such as the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), the Association of Students of African Origin (ASAO), Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN), and the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME).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.

该项目侧重于妇女和少数群体，以及提高她们在创新、创业、商业化和与国家科学基金会创新团队(i-Corps)相关的精益创业方法中的代表性的方法。该项目包括由国家科学基金会国家创新网络(NIN)组成的扩大学术界参与(BP)和包容性的国家峰会。BP峰会的这一倡议是由几个统计数据推动的：虽然黑人占美国所有私营行业劳动力的14%以上，但他们只占高科技劳动力的7.4%，有色人种只占美国创新者的8%。相比之下，白人占美国所有私营行业劳动力的近%，但在高科技劳动力中的比例超过68%。拉美裔工人的比例也很低，在美国所有私营行业的就业岗位中只占不到14%，但在高科技行业中不到8%，女性在美国创新者中只占12%。BP创新和创业包容性峰会有几个主要目标：让与会者了解学术机构和个人如何能够引导自己进入主流的商业化领域，特别是通过i-Corps计划；深入了解i-Corps等计划对个人和机构的影响；将MSI的冠军与i-Corps现有的节点和站点人员联系起来；突出个人和机构采用的制胜战略和成功创新的成果；增加未被充分代表的群体参与i-Corps在当地、地区和国家各级的培训，包括团队和教员层面；为与会者之间的联系和合作提供机会。峰会汇集了下列代表：历史上的黑人学院和大学(HBCU)、部落学院和大学(TCU)、西班牙裔服务机构(HSI)、i-Corps节点和现场人员、包容性和创业领域的研究人员，以及来自能够帮助其成员创新和创业的目标人群组织的领导，如全国黑人工程师协会(NSBE)、西班牙裔专业工程师协会(SHPE)、女工程师协会(SWE)、非洲裔学生协会(ASAO)、工程中的妇女积极主动网络(WEPAN)、这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

APPLYING A ‘MENTOR-PROTEGE’ APPROACH TO BROADENING PARTICIPATION OF HBCUS IN THE NATIONAL INNOVATION NETWORK

采用“导师-保护者”的方法扩大 HBCUS 对国家创新网络的参与

• DOI: 10.21300/22.3.2022.9
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Technology & Innovation
• 影响因子: 0.5
• 作者: McEwen, Thaddeus;Fields, Jessica;Jackson, Caesar R;Keith, Jill;Cardaci, Cira;Tran, Nhi;Blaho, John A
• 通讯作者: Blaho, John A