From Intellectual Capital to Successful Business Enterprises

该奖项授予南密西西比大学，以支持以下24个月的活动。该提案是为了响应创新伙伴关系项目招标（NSF 0179）而提交的。合作伙伴所涉及的合作伙伴包括南密西西比大学（领导机构）、花瓣高中、琼斯初级学院、珠江社区学院、密西西比经济和社区发展部、密西西比技术联盟、密西西比技术公司、密西西比社区和经济发展中心、区域发展伙伴关系、密西西比聚合物研究所、海军研究实验室办公室、国家合作研究教育和推广服务中心、国家科学技术研究所、约翰·c·斯坦尼斯NASA航天中心、拜耳公司、罗门哈斯公司、J.M.休伯公司、伊士曼化学公司。建议的活动建议的活动包括：(1)发展、促进和维持可访问的创新基础设施；(2)为三家模范公司（现有的初创公司、发展中的公司、新公司）开发创新机制；(3)设计和实施导致劳动力增加的教育计划。我们的愿景是开发一种机制，能够通过开发新的、保留和增强现有公司，将聚合物科学和工程发现转化为商业化。建议的创新建议的创新包括：在该地区创造新的就业机会，为beta测试和营销建立基础设施，以推动商业计划和战略的成功，提供受过教育的劳动力（工程师，科学家，管理，销售），吸引资本投资者，为新公司和年轻公司提供持续的技术支持，将资本返还给研究基地以确保持续创新。潜在的经济影响潜在的经济影响包括在未来五年内在密西西比州创建三家新公司，提供多达300个新工作岗位，建立基础设施，为新公司提供技术支持，以确保成功，建立教育合作伙伴关系，提供从熟练工人到博士科学家和工程师的劳动力，以支持密西西比州的聚合物行业，吸引投资资本到该地区。潜在的社会影响主要的社会影响将是国家生活水平的提高，这是由于国家新公司的高薪工作和财富/税收的提高。

0125516 Urban This award is to the University of Southern Mississippi to support the activity described below for 24 months. The proposal was submitted in response to the Partnerships for Innovation Program Solicitation (NSF 0179).PartnersThe partners involved include the University of Southern Mississippi (Lead Institution), Petal High School, Jones Junior College, Pearl River Community College, Mississippi Department of Economic and Community Development, Mississippi Technology Alliance, Mississippi Technology Incorporated, Mississippi Center for Community and Economic Development, Area Development Partnership, Mississippi Polymer Institute, Office of Naval Research Laboratories, Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service, National Institute of Science and Technology, John C. Stennis NASA Space Center, Bayer, Inc., Rohm and Haas, J.M. Huber, Eastman Chemical Company.Proposed ActivitiesThe proposed activities include: (1) develop, promote, and sustain an accessible infrastructure for innovation, (2) develop mechanisms for innovation for three model companies (an existing startup, a developing company, a new company), (3) design and implement educational program leading to the increase of the workforce. The vision is to develop a mechanism capable of translating polymer science and engineering discoveries to commercialization through development of new and retention and enhancement of existing companies.Proposed InnovationProposed innovations include: creation of new jobs in the region, establishment of an infrastructure for beta testing and marketing to drive business plans and strategies for success, provide an educated workforce (engineers, scientists, management, sales), attraction of capital investors, provide continuing technical support for new and young companies, return of capital to the research base to ensure continued innovation.Potential Economic ImpactThe potential economic impacts include creation of three new companies with up to 300 new jobs in Mississippi over the next five years, establishment of an infrastructure for technical support for new companies to ensure success, establishment of an education partnership to provide a workforce from skilled laborers to Ph.D. scientists and engineers to support the polymers industry in Mississippi, attraction of investment capital to the region.Potential Societal ImpactThe major societal impact will be the increased standard of living for the state resulting from higher paying jobs and wealth/taxes from new companies in the state.