I-Corps Sites: Oklahoma State University

该项目在俄克拉荷马州州立大学（OSU）创建了一个I-Corps站点。NSF创新团队（I-Corps）站点是在大学中建立的NSF资助实体，其目的是培养和支持多个本地团队将其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移到市场或成为I-Corps团队申请人。I-Corps网站还加强本地和区域创新，并为导师，研究人员，企业家和投资者的国家创新网络做出贡献。俄克拉荷马州州立大学（OSU）I-Corps网站的目标是增加STEM相关初创公司的数量和OSU校园中出现的许可机会。最近，在这个机构的重点一直放在促进创业和技术转让在校园内产生一个生态系统，包括创业学院，Riata创业中心，该俄克拉荷马州州立大学研究基金会，新产品开发实验室，工程，建筑和技术的Fab实验室的学院，和主权国家参与中心。OSU I-Corp网站不仅通过为创业团队提供资金和培训来加速校园内的创业活动，还通过帮助创建熟悉业务创业过程的教师和学生群体来加速校园内的创业活动。它还为代表性不足的学生提供了参与STEM相关创业的途径。该网站赠款提供90个团队（在三年期间）3,000美元的资金，每个团队沿着在启动过程中的培训，创造一个企业启动和技术商业化活动的文化在校园内，将保持到位后很长一段时间的三年I-Corp赠款完成。OSU I-Corp网站的影响包括创建STEM相关的初创公司，许可机会，俄克拉荷马州及其他地区的就业机会，以及吸引代表性不足的学生团体参与该计划的激励措施。初创企业对俄克拉荷马州尤为重要，因为该州几乎没有财富500强公司和其他大型雇主。俄克拉荷马州STEM相关工作的增加促进了经济发展，改善了相关学生的教育体验，不仅提高了他们作为STEM学生的竞争力，而且提高了他们作为我们州和国家公民的竞争力。

This project creates an I-Corps Site at Oklahoma State University (OSU).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 goal of the Oklahoma State University (OSU) I-Corp Site is to increase the number of STEM-related startups and licensing opportunities emerging from the OSU campus. Recently, emphasis at this institution has been placed on the facilitation of business startups and tech transfer on campus resulting in an ecosystem that includes the School of Entrepreneurship, the Riata Center for Entrepreneurship, The Oklahoma State University Research Foundation, the New Product Development Lab, the College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology's Fab Lab, and the Center for Sovereign Nation Engagement. The OSU I-Corp Site accelerates startup activity on campus not only by providing funding and training to startup teams, but also by helping create a faculty and student population that is familiar with the business startup process. It also provides a pathway for underrepresented students to participate in STEM-related business startups. The Site grant provides 90 teams (over a three year period) $3,000 in funding per team along with training in the startup process, creating a culture of business startup and technology commercialization activity on campus that will remain in place long after the three year I-Corp grant is completed. The OSU I-Corp Site impact includes the creation of STEM-related startups, licensing opportunities, jobs in Oklahoma and beyond, and incentives that attract underrepresented student groups to participate in the program. Business startups are particularly important for Oklahoma because the state has few Fortune 500 companies and other large employers. An increase in STEM-related jobs in Oklahoma bolsters the economy and improves the educational experiences of the students that are involved, increasing their competitiveness not only as STEM students but as citizens of our state and nation.