NSF I-Corps Hub (Track 1): Desert and Pacific Region

NSF I-Corps 中心（轨道 1）：沙漠和太平洋地区

• 批准号: 2229385
• 负责人: Nancy Gonzales
• 金额: $ 1500万
• 依托单位: Arizona State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Cooperative Agreement
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-01-01 至 2027-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2229385&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; Corps; Hub; Track; Desert

The broader impact/commercial potential of this NSF I-Corps Hubs project is the development of a partnership spanning five states, from the Desert region of the West to the Pacific, to increase economic competitiveness and societal benefit through advancing university-developed, deep technology ventures to local, regional, and national markets. This deliberate partnering of small, medium, and large institutions is predicated on institutional alignment, combining emerging and mature cultures of innovation, and reciprocal eagerness to collaborate to strengthen innovation capacity. The Hub provides access to a rich network of innovation practices and resources to diverse communities of innovators while reducing participation barriers for both experienced and less experienced institutions. In addition, the Hub increases capacity for innovation development by expanding conventional geographies of innovation to disconnected areas that are typically outside of venture development hubs and connects them to more experienced and resource-rich areas. The Hub shares know-how, resources, and connections to provide I-Corps training virtually and in multiple formats. The regional training is designed to address skills and knowledge gaps to accelerate and sustain deep technology ventures across the region. The Hub leverages a diverse, pooled network of mentors and industry experts to reduce time and risk in the creation of new ventures. Also, the Hub is responsive to securing national defense, building on NSF’s investments in cybersecurity, novel materials, and advanced analytics, by specifically identifying, addressing, and supporting dual-use technologies.This I-Corps Desert and Pacific Region Hub project is based on the development of a network that advances and deepens the regenerative innovation capacity of the partnering institutions, providing meaningful experiential development opportunities for faculty, researchers, students, and collaborators through direct entrepreneurial engagements and skills development. The Hub facilitates intentional group learning through a deeply networked community of practice, including I-Corps instructors, mentors, administrators, faculty, and students ideally positioned to collectively support the academic community in translating research into deep technology ventures, regardless of location. The Hub also seeks to diminish disadvantages, such as the lack of mature assets equal to those in historically advantaged and resource-rich locales. This Hub provides quality and flexibility, while enabling participating institutions to incorporate structured entrepreneurial training and support in a proven online method. Building on a body of scholarship, a network focused on developing the entrepreneurial mindset, additive and agile innovation, curricular adaptations, organizational and infrastructure support including distributed mentor models and shared customer databases, and the utilization of innovative tools, the Hub advances entrepreneurial programming and research to inform I-Corps practice, illuminate national trends, and influence organizational and national policy.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NSF I-Corps枢纽项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是，从西方的沙漠地区到太平洋的五个州建立了跨越五个州的伙伴关系，从而通过推进大学发展的，深厚的技术企业到地方，地区和国家市场，从而提高经济竞争力和社会福利。预测，小型，中和大型机构的这种故意合作是在制度一致性的，结合了新兴和成熟的创新文化以及相互渴望的协作以增强创新能力的方面的。该枢纽为我们的创新社区提供了丰富的创新实践和资源网络，同时减少了经验丰富和经验不足的机构的参与障碍。此外，枢纽通过将常规的创新地理扩展到脱节的领域，从而提高了创新开发的能力，这些区域通常位于风险投资中心之外，并将它们与更多的经验和资源丰富的领域联系起来。集线器分享知识，资源和连接，以虚拟和多种格式提供I-Corps培训。该区域培训旨在解决技能和知识差距，以加速和维持整个地区的深厚技术事业。该枢纽利用了多样性，集合的导师和行业专家网络，以减少创建新企业的时间和风险。此外，该枢纽还可以通过专门识别，解决和支持双重使用技术来确定NSF在网络安全，新颖材料和高级分析方面的投资方面做出回应，这是基于I-Corps沙漠和太平洋地区枢纽项目的发展，基于对网络的开发的开发，并为稳定的机构开发而开发，并为伙伴的开发提供了实验，该项目的开发是基于融合的实验。研究人员，学生和合作者通过直接创业和技能发展。该枢纽通过一个深厚的实践社区主持有意的小组学习，包括I-Corps的指导员，导师，管理员，教职员工和学生，理想地将学术界集体支持，以将研究转化为深度技术企业，无论位置如何。该枢纽还试图减少灾难，例如缺乏与历史上优势和资源丰富的地区相同的成熟资产。该枢纽提供了质量和灵活性，同时使参与机构能够将结构化的企业家培训和支持纳入经过验证的在线方法。 Building on a body of science, a network focused on developing the entrepreneurial mindset, additive and agile innovation, current adaptations, organizational and infrastructure support including distributed mental models and shared customer databases, and the utilization of innovative tools, The Hub advances entrepreneurial programming and research to inform I-Corps practice, illuminate national trends, and influence organizational and national policy.This award reflects NSF's法定使命，并使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响标准通过评估被认为是宝贵的支持。