I-Corps Sites: Type I - Cal Poly Pomona I-Corps Site

这个项目来自加州州立理工大学波莫纳分校（CPP），建立了一个NSF I-Corps站点。创新团队（I-Corps）站点是nsf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。该项目资助从教师研究实验室、学生研究项目和美国国家航空航天局（NASA）技术转移/创业项目中招募的团队，参与创业培训和客户发现，目的是学习和体验精益创业方法。该网站由教师和行业导师组成的网络提供支持，他们为团队提供顾问服务。CPP I-Corps网站的目标是帮助团队在I-Corps国家项目中获得资格并取得成功，并发展当地的创新生态系统，以支持国家创新生态系统。这个CPP网站为弱势群体（URM）和低收入学生提供了与教师研究人员和行业导师合作的机会，将科学发现和其他知识产权转化为市场。CPP是一个西班牙裔服务机构（HSI）和一个亚裔美国人和美洲原住民太平洋岛民服务机构（AANAPISI）。该计划的成功实施可以作为其他机构的一个榜样，这些机构为大量的农村教育管理人员和来自低收入社区的学生提供服务，包括其他hsi和aanapis。该项目也有可能促进波莫纳市和洛杉矶县东部圣盖博谷地区的经济发展，该地区在主要经济发展指数上明显低于州和全国平均水平。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project, from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (CPP), establishes an NSF I-Corps Site. 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.This project funds teams recruited from faculty research labs, student research projects and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Technology Transfer/Startup Programs to engage in entrepreneurial training and customer discovery with the aim of learning about and experiencing lean startup methods. The site is supported by a network of faculty and industry mentors who serve as advisors to teams. The goals of the CPP I-Corps Site are to prepare teams to qualify and succeed in the I-Corps National Program and to develop a local innovation ecosystem to bolster the national innovation ecosystems.This CPP Site provides opportunities for under-represented minority (URM) and low-income students to collaborate with faculty researchers and industry mentors to transition scientific discoveries and other Intellectual Property into the market place. CPP, is a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPISI). Successful implementation of the program could serve as a model for other institutions that serve large populations of URMs and students from low-income communities, including other HSIs and AANAPISIs. This project also has the potential to contribute to the economic development of the City of Pomona and the San Gabriel Valley Region in eastern Los Angeles County, an area significantly below state and national averages on major indices of economic development.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.