I-Corps Sites: Type I - Texas State University I-Corps Site for Entrepreneurship

这个项目来自德克萨斯州立大学（TSU），旨在通过材料科学、工程和商业化（MSEC）项目创建一个美国国家科学基金会I-Corps网站，从而进一步提高企业的卓越性。美国国家科学基金会创新队（I-Corps）站点是由美国国家科学基金会资助的实体，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。MSEC通过将各个创业单位的努力集中在共同的项目上，实现了跨校园的协同效应。在这个网站的帮助下，MSEC加强了整个大学的创新生态系统，发展了TSU的商业化文化，增加了多样性。MSEC将利用为期五年的I-Corps网站资金，在整个托国立牢牢地嵌入I-Corps环境，将校园内各个单位的努力整合成一个有凝聚力的大学创业资源。MSEC是一项基于大学科学与工程学院（COSE）和McCoy工商管理学院（MCBA）的综合努力，将科学家和工程师与创业专家聚集在一起，以确保I-Corps网站的成功。I-Corps网站将重点放在代表性不足的学生、教职员工和教师身上，以创业指导、课程和知识产权指导的形式为个人和团队提供资源，以将技术转化为市场。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 Texas State University's (TSU) aims to further entrepreneurial excellence by creating an NSF I-Corps Site through the Materials Science, Engineering and Commercialization (MSEC) Program. 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.MSEC accomplishes cross-campus synergy by bringing various entrepreneurial units' efforts together on common projects. With the assistance of this Site grant, MSEC strengthens the innovation ecosystem across the university, grows the commercialization culture at TSU and increases diversity. MSEC will use the five-year I-Corps Site funding to firmly embed an I-Corps environment across TSU, coalescing the efforts of various units across campus into a cohesive entrepreneurial resource for the university. MSEC is an integrated effort based on the university's College of Science and Engineering (COSE) and McCoy College of Business Administration (MCBA), bringing scientists and engineers together with experts in entrepreneurship to ensure success of the I-Corps Site. With an emphasis on under-represented students, staff, and faculty, the I-Corps Site provides resources to individuals and teams in the form of entrepreneurial mentoring, curriculum, and intellectual property guidance needed to transition technology into the marketplace.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.