STEM-Coaching and Resources for Entrepreneurial Women (CREW)

摘要 创业知识和信心是那些追求创业的人所拥有的越来越重要的技能。 生物医学研究工作者的职业生涯。创业已成为“最有力的经济 力”，并可以成为增加从板凳上跨越桥梁的研究创新数量的途径 到床边然而，在创业方面的性别和代表性不足的少数群体差距， 据报道，只有3-8%的女性创办的公司获得了风险资本，只有1%的女性创业者获得了风险资本。 由非裔美国人创立或共同创立的公司。在美国，只有11.8%的 发明家是女性。通过STEM辅导和创业女性资源（CREW） 我们的目标是解决创新和创业活动中的性别差异， 参加创业活动的妇女人数，包括城市资源管理妇女。一个独特方面 我们的方法之一是用教练来补充指导，因为教练已经被证明是四个 比单纯的培训/指导有效两倍。具体来说，我们将对教练进行行为指导方面的培训 并建立教练和创业专家团队，他们将担任导师。我们将加强 通过对女研究人员进行一对一辅导和小组辅导，培养女研究人员的创业技能。我们将训练新生儿 在与创新和企业家精神密切相关的主题上，为企业家提供培训，并营造创新氛围。我们 还将通过有针对性的沟通传播我们的研究结果，促进机构和系统的变革 所有参与者之间的互动，最终建立一个创业网络。我们将利用 我们的咨询委员会的专业知识，我们的领导和区域机构的承诺和支持。 我们的项目评估将使用RE-AIM框架。我们将评估我们的计划如何增加 通过多种方法方案评估参与创业活动的妇女人数， 评估该计划的能力，以达到不同的人口，与计划产品的满意度，和 创业成果的变化。将使用REDCap完成项目活动的评价 问卷调查将采用经过验证的辅导、创业和满意度/体验措施。 总的来说，我们的做法将增加女企业家的人数，提高妇女的就业水平。 在南卡罗来纳州创业。因为辅导部分采取了一种全面的方法， 女性为自己的工作和生活制定愿景，它提供的价值将超越他们目前的项目， 超越创业活动。我们计划编制一本手册，其中载有我们实施 在其他机构开展类似方案，从而在国家一级产生影响。

ABSTRACT Knowledge and confidence in entrepreneurship are increasingly important skills possessed by those pursuing careers in the biomedical research workforce. Entrepreneurship has emerged as “the most potent economic force” and can be an avenue to increase the number of research innovations that cross the bridge from bench to bedside. However, gender and underrepresented minority (URM) gaps in entrepreneurship have been documented, with reports of only 3-8% of women-founded firms receiving venture capital and only 1% of companies being founded or co-founded by African Americans. In fact, in the United States, only 11.8% of inventors are women. Through the STEM-Coaching and Resources for Entrepreneurial Women (CREW) Program, our goal is to address the disparity in gender in innovation and entrepreneurial activities and increase the number of women, including URM women, who participate in entrepreneurial activities. One unique aspect of our approach is complementing mentoring with coaching, as coaching has been shown to be four times more effective than training/mentoring alone. Specifically, we will train coaches in behavioral coaching and establish teams of coaches as well as entrepreneurial experts who will serve as mentors. We will enhance entrepreneurial skills through one-on-one and group coaching for women researchers. We will train nascent entrepreneurs in topics germane to innovation and entrepreneurship and establish a climate of innovation. We will also facilitate institutional and systemic change by disseminating our findings via focused communications and interactions among all participants, ultimately establishing an entrepreneurial network. We will leverage the expertise of our Advisory Committee, the commitment and support of our leadership and regional institutions. Our program evaluation will use the RE-AIM framework. We will assess how our program increases the number of women who participate in entrepreneurial activities through multi-method program evaluation including assessments of the program’s ability to reach a diverse population, satisfaction with program offerings, and changes in entrepreneurship outcomes. Evaluations of program activities will be completed using REDCap questionnaires. Validated coaching, entrepreneurial, and satisfaction/experience measures will be utilized. Overall, our approach will increase the number of women who are entrepreneurs and increase the level of entrepreneurship in South Carolina. Because the coaching component takes a holistic approach by encouraging women to craft a vision for their work and life, it provides value that will last beyond their current projects and beyond entrepreneurship activities. We plan to establish a manual with our best practices for implementing similar programs at other institutions, thus exerting an impact on a national level.