I-Corps Sites: Type II - I-Corps Site at University of South Florida Tampa

这个项目来自南佛罗里达大学（USF），继续他们的活动，通过他们的I-Corps网站加强大学和地区的创新和创业精神。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。这是一个II型项目，II型项目位于已经获得I型奖励的机构。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。该项目整合了USF研究与创新部副总裁办公室与来自工程、商业和医学的参与者的努力，并得到了他们的专利和许可办公室的支持。这个I-Corps网站覆盖了整个校园，通过为科学家和工程师提供动手创业培训，让他们了解如何将想法转化为社会的实际应用，填补了一个关键的空白。南佛罗里达大学的这个网站在最初的三年里取得了很大的成就，并“改变了学校的文化”——115个团队完成了网站课程，42个团队完成了他们的新兵训练营，他们还派出了25个团队参加了国家I-Corps项目。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 the University of South Florida (USF), continues their activities to strengthen Innovation and entrepreneurship within the university and region through their 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. This is a Type II I-Corps Site - Type II projects reside at institutions that have already received a Type I award. I-Corps Sites also strengthen innovation locally and regionally and contribute to the National Innovation Network of mentors, researchers, entrepreneurs and investors.This project integrates efforts from the USF Research and Innovation's Vice President for Research (VPR) Office with participants from engineering, business, and medicine, and support from their patent and licensing office. This I-Corps Site reaches across the campus and filled a crucial gap by providing hands-on entrepreneurial training to scientists and engineers about how to think about translating an idea to actual use by society. This Site at USF accomplished a great deal during their first three years and "changed the culture" of the institution - 115 teams completed the Site curriculum, 42 teams completed their boot-camp, and they sent 25 teams to the National I-Corps program.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.