I-Corps Node: I-Corps South

佐治亚理工学院I-Corps节点是NSF I-Corps创始节点之一，该项目将把创始节点扩展为一个名为I-Corps South的综合性区域节点。I-Corps南节点将佐治亚理工学院（GT）作为牵头机构，阿拉巴马大学塔斯卡卢萨分校、阿拉巴马大学伯明翰分校和田纳西大学诺克斯维尔分校作为合作机构。I-Corps South将向整个东南部的实验室、学院和大学介绍创业教育，最终在每个参与州增加商业化成果。I-Corps南节点将覆盖50多万研究生和本科生，以及全国数千名研究人员。该项目提供I-Corps培训和基础设施，以便与地区附属机构分享I-Corps的示范课程。I-Corps South的主要机构将利用其广泛的行业关系、伙伴关系、导师和资金联系，通过创业组织、劳动力发展和创业教育带来经济发展。Node将通过强大的附属机构计划为该地区的研究型大学和hbcu提供服务。I-Corps南方节点的研究贡献将使人们了解如何更好地支持nsf资助的团队将发明商业化，并揭示为什么一些学者选择成为企业家，而另一些学者则不参与商业化活动。I-Corps South也在创建一个试点项目，为I-Corps教官创建一个基于IBM沃森的智能支持系统。这个项目计划的活动将扩大I-Corps有效的创业培训课程，对该区域的团队和企业家产生持久的影响。其地理上分散的站点和附属机构协作网络将加速南方企业生态系统的发展，并为学术界和工业界之间提供更多的合作机会。招募新的国家I-Corps团队将增加联邦资助研究的影响。最后，通过hbcu和波多黎各的项目，将重点放在代表性不足的少数族裔上，这将增加这些人创业的参与度，改善他们的福祉，并激励后代从事研究和创造就业机会的活动，这对社会来说是一个明显而实质性的好处。

This project by the Georgia Tech I-Corps Node, one of the founding NSF I-Corps nodes, will expand the founding Node into a comprehensive regional node called I-Corps South. I-Corps South Node brings together the Georgia Institute of Technology (GT) as the lead institution, and the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the University of Tennessee Knoxville as partner institutions. I-Corps South will introduce the labs, colleges, and universities throughout the Southeast to the entrepreneurial education, ultimately increasing commercialization outcomes in each of the participating states. The I-Corps South Node will reach more than half a million graduate and undergraduate students, and many thousands of the nation's research faculty.This project provides I-Corps training and infrastructure to share the model I-Corps curriculum with regional affiliates. The primary institutions of I-Corps South will leverage their extensive industry relationships, partnerships, mentors, and funding connections to bring economic development through startup formation, workforce development, and entrepreneurial education. The Node will serve its region's research universities and HBCUs via a robust affiliates program. The I-Corps South Node's research contribution will lead to an understanding of how NSF-funded teams can be better supported to commercialize inventions, and uncover why some academics choose to become entrepreneurs, while others do not participate in commercialization activities. I-Corps South is also creating a pilot program to create an intelligent support system for I-Corps instructors, built upon IBM's Watson. This project's planned activities will expand the I-Corps curriculum repertoire for effective entrepreneurship training, creating a long-lasting impact on the region's teams and entrepreneurs. Its geographically dispersed collaborative network of Sites and affiliates will accelerate the development of the South's entrepreneurial ecosystems, and provide for increased partnership opportunities between academia and industry. The recruitment of new national I-Corps teams will increase the impact of the federally funded research. Finally, its focus on underrepresented minorities through programs at HBCUs and in Puerto Rico will increase the participation of those individuals in entrepreneurship, improving their well-being and inspiring future generations to pursue research and job creation activities, a clear and substantial benefit to society.