ASCEND, Accelerating Solutions for Commercialization and Entrepreneurial Development in the Mountain West IDeA States

项目摘要 该提案的目标是建立一个西部山区技术加速器中心， 研究开发、实施和测试全面的抵押品和咨询产品， 促进生物医学创业、技术转让、管理、小企业融资， 将基础研究商业化以增进人类健康所需的额外商业技能。 许多限制因素阻碍了在IDEA中实现基础和转化科学商业化的最终目标 国家，包括基础研究发现与科学可行性或验证之间的资金缺口 为早期技术开发确定产品所需的研究，缺乏知识， 创新者对技术如何进入市场的理解，缺乏足够的 用于早期技术开发的技术开发和商业化资源，有限 技术转让和商业化办公室的资源不足， 企业创造创业专长和文化的临界质量;缺乏接触， 商业化教育、培训和指导（包括专利、创业、商业计划、风险投资） 资本和天使投资），技术转让和SBIR/STTR计划的知识有限;缺乏 在地方、州和区域各级提高对可用资源的认识。 为了实现这些目标，我们建议在整个山区建立一个区域技术加速器中心 美国西部地区与美国西部山区州立大学有着密切的联系， 他们的附属技术转让办公室和小企业合作伙伴。该网络将提供 有效沟通和外联的框架，这将带来体制变革， 整个地区的企业文化。我们将为学生提供强有力的教育和培训， 研究人员和其他企业家加快商业化活动的发展， 增加SBIR/STTR的应用，促进NIH和IDEA机构之间的沟通。 这项申请的目标是：1）建立基础设施，编制教育材料（课程， 文本，网络研讨会，研讨会和课程），并培训员工; 2）通过创新加速企业主义 指导，SBIR/STTR申请提交，以及增加合作活动; 3）提高 技术进步、行业伙伴关系和许可收入， 合作活动，在每一个山区西部IDEA国家机构。 这项工作的产品将是ASCEND解决方案，一个全面的，可持续的教育和 咨询服务产品，将在整个Mountain West IDEA州内得到利用-协作 生物医学机构，并向其他希望加速生物医学创业的机构营销， 从而确保该方案的长期可持续性、传播和影响。

Project Summary The objective of this proposal is to create a Mountain West region technology Accelerator Hub to conduct research on developing, implementing, and testing a comprehensive collateral and consulting offering for promoting biomedical entrepreneurship, technology transfer, management, small business finance, and additional business skills needed to commercialize basic research to enhance human health. Many limiting factors hamper the ultimate goal of commercializing basic and translational science in IDeA states, including a gap in funding between basic research discoveries and scientific feasibility or validation studies required to define a product for early stage technology development, a lack of knowledge and understanding by innovators about how technologies are brought to market, a lack of access to sufficient technology development and commercialization resources for early-stage technology development, limited resources in Technology Transfer and Commercialization Offices, an insufficient number of local technology businesses to create a critical mass of entrepreneurial expertise and culture; a lack of exposure to commercialization education, training, and mentoring (including in patents, startups, business plans, venture capital and angel investing), a limited knowledge of technology transfer and SBIR/STTR programs; and a lack of awareness of available resources at the local, state and regional levels. To address these goals, we propose to create a regional technology Accelerator Hub throughout the Mountain West (Western) region of IDeA states that is closely networked with Mountain West IDeA state universities and their affiliated Technology Transfer Offices and small business partners. This network will provide the framework for effective communication and outreach that will create institutional change and build an entrepreneurial culture throughout this region. We will provide robust education and training of students and researchers and other entrepreneurs to accelerate development of commercialization activities, substantially increasing SBIR/STTR applications and facilitating communication between the NIH and IDeA institutions. The objectives of this application are to: 1) establish infrastructure, develop educational materials (curricula, texts, webinars, workshops and courses), and train staff; 2) accelerate entrepreneurialism through innovator mentoring, SBIR/STTR application submission, and increased partnering activity; 3) increase visibility of technological advancements, industry partnerships and licensing revenues through outreach, coaching and partnering activities, at each of the Mountain West IDeA state institutions. The product of this work will be the ASCEND solution, a comprehensive, sustainable educational and consulting services offering that will be leveraged across the Mountain West IDeA States-collaborating biomedical institutions and marketed to other institutions that want to accelerate biomedical entrepreneurship, thus ensuring the long-term sustainability, dissemination, and impact of this program.