Type II: Polsky Center I-Corps Program

这个项目来自芝加哥大学波尔斯基创业和创新中心，延长了他们现有的i-Corps站点拨款。NSF创新团队(i-Corps)网站是由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。这是一项第二类提案，要求为现有的i-Corps站点“续签”资金。有两种类型的i-Corps选址建议。第一类提案是由以前没有获得资金作为i-Corps站点的机构提交的。这些提案可能要求在长达五年的时间里每年支付100,000美元。第二类提案是由以前作为i-Corps站点获得资金的机构提交的。通过最初的现场资助，芝加哥大学为大约90个STEM团队提供服务，其中包括来自芝加哥大学社区和其他芝加哥大学机构的创新教师、研究人员和学生。这些团队中有几个是成功的？争取更多的赠款资金，筹集外部资本，招聘员工，并创办公司。在续签场地资助后，波尔斯基中心寻求：1)继续为校园选民提供服务，以及2)将这些资源扩大到芝加哥地区服务不足和代表性不足的人群，这些人群的大学目前不提供场地资源。通过这一目标，波尔斯基旨在促进伊利诺伊州的经济发展，并使创新者能够测试他们的想法。波尔斯基中心在开发和推出创造经济价值的企业方面一直是公认的领导者，支持越来越多的公司从技术部门起步，包括：计算研究所、医学中心和分子工程研究所。此外，芝加哥大学还管理国家实验室，包括能源部实验室阿贡和费米，以及伍兹霍尔的海洋生物实验室。芝加哥大学也致力于支持这些机构的技术转让，这些机构已经获得了联邦资金。

This project, from the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago extends their existing I-Corps Site grant. 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. This is a Type II proposal, requesting a "renewal" of funding for an existing I-Corps Site. There are two types of I-Corps Site proposals. Type I proposals are submitted by institutions that have not had prior funding as an I-Corps Site. These proposals may request $100,000 per year for up to five years. Type II proposals are submitted by institutions that have had prior funding as an I-Corps Site. These proposals may request up to $100,000 per year for up to three years.Through their initial Site grant, the University of Chicago served approximately 90 STEM teams, including innovative faculty, researchers, and students from the University of Chicago community and other Chicagoland institutions. Several of these teams were successful ? winning further grant funding, raising outside capital, hiring staff, and launching companies. Upon the renewal of their Site grant, the Polsky Center seeks to: 1) continue serving campus constituents, and 2) broadening access of these resources to underserved and underrepresented populations in the Chicagoland region whose universities do not currently provide access to Site resources. Through this goal, Polsky aims to increase economic development in Illinois and empower innovators to test their ideas.The Polsky Center has been a recognized leader in the development and launch of ventures that create economic value, supporting an increasing number of companies launching from technical divisions, including: the Computation Institute, the Medical Center, and the Institute for Molecular Engineering. Additionally, the University of Chicago manages national laboratories, including the Department of Energy Labs Argonne and Fermi, as well as the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole. The University of Chicago is committed to also supporting technology transfer from these institutions, which have received federal funding.