NSF I-Corps Hub (Track 1): Southwest Region

NSF I-Corps 中心（轨道 1）：西南地区

• 批准号: 2229453
• 负责人: Roger Bonnecaze
• 金额: $ 1500万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at Austin
• 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=2229453&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; Corps; Hub; Track; Southwest

The NSF I-Corps Southwest Hub’s broader impact is establishment of a standardized regional I-Corps infrastructure across the southwest region with a robust expansion plan and ready access to entrepreneurial training to assist researchers in applying customer discovery principles in technology translation. Even with over 50 Fortune 500 research and development (R&D) and corporate headquarters located across the region, this vibrant ecosystem still has large disparities in terms of access to capital, experienced entrepreneurs, and mentors for deep tech researchers, resulting in challenges in meeting the growing innovation and workforce demands of the region. The Southwest Hub addresses these challenges by bringing together a unique coalition of partner institutions to mitigate workforce, knowledge transfer, and capital disparities, which are critical impediments to a thriving deep tech venture ecosystem. The Southwest Hub institutions have successful track records of training researchers to apply customer discovery principles to develop products that are commercially relevant and attractive to potential investors and downstream partners. Additionally, the Southwest Hub may increase the participation of Underrepresented Groups (URGs) in the I-Corps program, which historically have not had the same access to entrepreneurial education, investment capital, and mentors. The Southwest Hub region includes 123 Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), 16 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), and 20 Native American Serving NonTribal Institutions (NASNTIs), and Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) and will have a special focus on the three largest minority groups in the southwest region: Hispanic, African American, and Native American. The Southwest Hub will use its reach findings to increase diversity at all levels, including I-Corps teams, instructors, and leadership across the region.This I-Corps Hubs project is based on the development of a systematic and comprehensive regional network of programming that accelerates the translation of federally funded research into innovations that benefit society and support deep tech workforce development and economic growth. The Hub represents educational partners from four states in one of the fastest growing regions in the United States with a vibrant innovation ecosystem driven by an R&D portfolio of over $3 Billion. This group has prior experience as regional I-Corps Nodes and Sites. With a diverse demography of faculty, graduate students, post-docs, and other researchers, and an expert network of trainers, mentors, and entrepreneurs, a key impact will be increased participation in national I-Corps programs throughout the region, leading to an ecosystem that is diverse, inclusive, and representative of its population. The commercialization roadmap has enhanced partnerships between academia and industry. In addition, this project will introduce the first regional I-Corps cohorts taught exclusively in Spanish, reaching a key underrepresented group in the region. The research component will test a data-driven hub-and-spoke model and its impact on training for successful outcomes, improving the understanding of innovation processes, and generating policy findings to improve the speed and likelihood of success for deep technology commercialization.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.

NSF I-Corps西南枢纽的广泛影响是在整个西南地区建立了标准化的I-Corps基础设施，并采用了强大的扩展计划，并准备好接受企业家培训，以帮助研究人员在技术翻译中应用客户发现原则。即使有50多种财富500强研究与开发（R＆D）和该地区的公司总部，这个充满活力的生态系统在获得资本，经验丰富的企业家和深入技术研究人员的指导方面仍然存在很大的差异，从而挑战了满足该地区不断增长的创新和劳动力需求的挑战。西南枢纽通过汇集了一个独特的合作伙伴机构联盟来缓解劳动力，知识转移和资本差异，从而解决了这些挑战，这是对蓬勃发展的深度技术风险生态系统的至关重要的障碍。西南枢纽机构拥有培训研究人员的成功记录，以应用客户发现原则，以开发商业上相关且对潜在投资者和下游合作伙伴具有吸引力的产品。此外，西南枢纽可能会增加代表性不足的群体（URGS）参加I-Corps计划的参与，该计划从历史上看不到同样获得企业家教育，投资资本和导师的机会。西南枢纽地区包括123个西班牙裔服务机构（HSIS），16个历史上的黑人学院和大学（HBCUS）和20个美国原住民服务非部落机构（NASNTIS），部落学院和大学（TCUS）（TCUS）（TCUS）将特别关注西南地区的三个最大少数群体：非洲人：非洲人，非洲人，非洲人，和非洲人，和非洲人。西南枢纽将利用其覆盖范围的发现来提高各个级别的多样性，包括整个地区的I-Corps团队，讲师和领导力。此I-Corps Hubs项目基于建立一个系统性和全面的编程网络的开发，可加速联邦资助的研究对社会和深厚技术劳动力发展的创新研究和经济发展和经济发展的创新。该枢纽代表来自美国发展最快的地区之一的四个州的教育伙伴，其研发投资组合超过30亿美元，其生机勃勃的创新生态系统。该小组先前作为区域I-Corps节点和站点的经验。凭借教师，研究生，毕业后以及其他研究人员以及培训师，导师和企业家的专家网络的多样性障碍，将增加对整个地区I-Corps计划的参与，从而增加参与全国I-Corps计划，从而导致一个是潜水员，包容性并代表人口的生态系统。商业化路线图已增强了学术界和行业之间的伙伴关系。此外，该项目将介绍仅以西班牙语教授的第一个区域I-Corps队列，并在该地区达到了一个主要代表性的小组。该研究组件将测试一个数据驱动的集线器和辐条模型及其对成功成果的培训的影响，提高对创新过程的理解，并产生政策发现，以提高深度技术商业化成功的速度和成功可能性。该奖项反映了NSF的立法任务，并通过使用基础的智力来评估诚实地评估了基金会优点和广泛的评估，并诚实地对其进行了评估。