I-Corps Sites: Howard University

这是霍华德大学的一个项目，它与汉普顿大学建立了一个I-Corps站点。美国国家科学基金会创新队（I-Corps）站点是由美国国家科学基金会资助的实体，建立在大学里，其目的是培养和支持多个本地团队，将他们的技术概念转化为市场。网站提供基础设施、建议、资源、网络机会、培训和适度的资金，使团体能够将他们的工作转化为市场或成为I-Corps团队的申请人。I-Corps站点还加强地方和区域创新，并为由导师、研究人员、企业家和投资者组成的国家创新网络做出贡献。霍华德大学I-Corps网站是一个新的合作伙伴关系，涉及两所历史上的黑人学院和大学（HBCUs），在DC I-Corps节点的帮助下，DC I-Corps节点是一个支持DC- md - va地区的区域I-Corps节点。通过利用DC I-Corps在精益发射台理念和课程方面的专业知识，该合作伙伴关系支持HBCU霍华德大学和汉普顿大学的学生和教师加强参与技术转让和创业。DC I-Corps受益于该网站的区域联盟，以加速非洲裔美国人在未来I-Corps节点队列中的参与，从而增强多样性。I-Corps在每个校园开展的活动以及对这些目标项目的评估，也为改善针对少数族裔（URM）的创新和创业干预以及加强正在进行的教育研究提供了战略依据。这些机构在hbcu中处于独特的地位，可以承担这一努力。这两所大学都是首批参加由联合黑人学院基金（UNCF）和公立和赠地大学协会（APLU）组织的HBCU创新与创业合作项目（IEC）的HBCU。该项目旨在刺激HBCU校园的创新活动。国际教育委员会的努力将hbcu与在校园实施创业和创新活动的最佳实践联系起来。这些最佳实践是基于斯坦福大学和国家大学发明家和创新者联盟（NCIIA -最近更名为VentureWell）等所倡导的模式。霍华德和汉普顿大学网站与DC I-Corps节点之间的伙伴关系使我们有更多机会评估多样性，将其作为针对代表性不足的少数民族的创新和创业规划干预措施中的一个变量；加强对不同人群LLP教育有效框架的基本理解。此外，该网站旨在通过以下活动增加HBCU教师和学生的技术创业参与：1 .加强对HBCU教师和学生的精益启动平台方法培训。通过国家科学基金会I-Corps系统，建立HBCU企业家之间强大的相互关联网络。3. 组织和发展多样化的导师网络。4. 鼓励来自响应NSF I-Corps区域和国家培训和/或SBIR请求的申请。

This is a project from Howard University that establishes an I-Corps Site with Hampton University. NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Sites are NSF-funded entities established at universities whose purpose is to nurture and support multiple, local teams to transition their technology concepts into the marketplace. Sites provide infrastructure, advice, resources, networking opportunities, training and modest funding to enable groups to transition their work into the marketplace or into becoming I-Corps Team applicants. I-Corps Sites also strengthen innovation locally and regionally and contribute to the National Innovation Network of mentors, researchers, entrepreneurs and investors.The Howard University I-Corps Site is a novel partnership involving two Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), with assistance from the DC I-Corps Node, a regional I-Corps node supporting the DC-MD-VA region. The partnership supports enhanced participation of HBCU students and faculty from Howard and Hampton universities in technology transfer and venture creation by leveraging DC I-Corps' expertise in the Lean Launch Pad philosophy and curriculum. DC I-Corps benefits from the Site's regional alignment to accelerate the participation of African-Americans in future I-Corps Node cohorts thereby enhancing diversity. I-Corps activities on each campus and assessment of these targeted programs also informs strategies for improving innovation and entrepreneurship interventions aimed at under-represented minorities (URM) and enhance ongoing educational research.These institutions are uniquely positioned among the HBCUs to undertake this effort. Both institutions are among the inaugural cohort of HBCUs participating in the HBCU Innovation and Entrepreneurship Collaborative (IEC) organized by the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) to stimulate innovation activity on HBCU campuses. The IEC effort connects HBCUs with best practices to implementing entrepreneurship and innovation activities on campus. These best practices are based on models advocated by Stanford University and the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA - recently renamed VentureWell), among others. The partnership between the Howard and Hampton University Site and the DC I-Corps Node allows for greater opportunities to assess diversity as a variable in innovation and entrepreneurship programming interventions targeting under-represented minorities; enhancing fundamental understanding of effective frameworks for LLP education for diverse populations. Additionally, the Site seeks to increase technical entrepreneurship participation among the HBCU faculty and students by focusing on the following activities:1. Increasing the training of HBCU faculty and students in Lean Launchpad methodology.2. Developing a strong inter-related network of HBCU entrepreneurs with the NSF I-Corps system. 3. Organizing and growing a diverse mentorship network. 4. Encouraging applications from in response to NSF I-Corps Regional and National training and/or SBIR solicitations.