Type I: Invent Penn State I-Corps Site

该项目来自宾夕法尼亚州立大学，在该机构创建了一个i-Corps站点。NSF Innovation Corps(i-Corps)站点是由NSF资助的实体，成立于大学，其目的是培育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移到市场或成为i-Corps团队的申请者。I-Corps网站还加强了当地和地区的创新，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了贡献。宾夕法尼亚州立大学i-Corps网站在发明宾州州立大学倡议和创业和商业化办公室的保护伞下运营，支持大学研究的翻译，发展大学和地区经济发展组织与国家i-Corps网络之间的合作伙伴关系，并培训学生成为研究商业化的推动者。宾州州立大学i-Corps网站团队通过两个不同的计划--TechCelerator@State College和欢乐谷LaunchBox--追求商业化。这两个计划旨在使用精益创业方法培养创新者团队，并体现了培养具有深厚手艺和新鲜眼光的创新者的理念，即具有深厚技术专长的人以及对新市场、通信技术和消费者概念具有新视角的人。TechCelerator计划成立于2011年，旨在加快大学技术的商业化进程。欢乐谷Launchbox创建于2015年，是一个社区大学加速器，广泛利用精益创业原则和设计思维来帮助团队将他们的想法带入市场。I-Corps Site计划为从这些计划中挑选出来的团队提供资金，或者将两个计划的成员合并以支持大学技术的翻译。I-Corps网站还与宾夕法尼亚联邦的宾夕法尼亚州立大学创新中心的广泛网络联系在一起。该项目的结果有可能对整个宾夕法尼亚州联邦和该地区产生重大的更广泛的影响。最初的活动主要集中在宾夕法尼亚州立大学的主要大学公园校园。然而，发明宾夕法尼亚州立大学在全州运营着13个社区创新中心，隶属于该大学的英联邦校园网络。此外，宾夕法尼亚州立大学i-Corps站点将与纽约州北部地区i-Corps Node合作，举办夏季项目，培训来自英联邦创新中心的领导者精益创业方法，并将他们的有前途的团队与纽约州北部(UNY)地区i-Corps Node联系起来。

This project, from Penn State University, creates an I-Corps Site at this institution.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 Penn State I-Corps Site, operated under the umbrella of the Invent Penn State Initiative and the Office of Entrepreneurship and Commercialization, supports the translation of university research, develops partnerships between the university and regional economic development organizations and the national I-Corps Network, and trains students to be the drivers of research commercialization.The Penn State I-Corps Site teams that pursue commercialization through two different programs, the TechCelerator@State College and the Happy Valley LaunchBox. These two programs are structured to nurture innovator teams using Lean Startup methodology and embody the notion of nurturing innovators both with deep craft and fresh eyes, that is, people with some who have depth of technical expertise as well as those with a fresh perspective on new markets, communication technologies, and consumer concepts. The TechCelerator Program, established in 2011 seeks to accelerate the commercialization of University technology. The Happy Valley Launchbox, created in 2015, is a community-university accelerator that makes extensive use of Lean Startup principles and Design Thinking to help teams bring their ideas into the marketplace. The I-Corps Site program provides funds to teams that are either selected out of one of these programs or have members combined from both programs to support the translation of university technology. The I-Corps Site also engages the broad network of Penn State Innovation hubs across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.The outcomes of this project have the potential for significant broader impacts across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the region. Initial activity focuses on Penn State's main University Park Campus. However, Invent Penn State operates 13 community innovation hubs throughout the State, affiliated with the University's network of Commonwealth campuses. In addition, the Penn State I-Corps Site, in collaboration with the Upstate New York regional I-Corps Node will run summer programs to train leaders from the commonwealth innovation hubs in Lean startup methodology and will engage their promising teams with the Upstate New York (UNY) regional I-Corps Node.