I-Corps Sites: Type I - Florida Atlantic University I-Corps Site for Advancing Entrepreneurship and Innovation

该项目将在佛罗里达大西洋大学（FAU）创建一个国家科学基金会I-Corps站点，作为该大学早期商业孵化器/加速器FAU技术跑道（FAUTR）的一部分。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。I-Corps站点将显著增强现有FAUTR对当地创新生态系统产生积极影响的能力。该项目加强了专业企业家的持续发展，最终将在该国人口最稠密的地区之一培育强大的当地创新生态系统。在FAU，一个指定的西班牙裔服务机构（HSI）， I-Corps网站项目也有助于增加西班牙裔企业家在STEM创新中的参与。该项目的长期目标是增加和留住新成立的创新公司的数量，这些公司能够加速创新进入市场，并吸引投资者和行业合作伙伴到该地区。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 will create an NSF I-Corps Site at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) as a component of the FAU Tech Runway (FAUTR), the university's early-stage business incubator/ accelerator. 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 I-Corps Site will significantly enhance the existing FAUTR's ability to positively impact the local innovation ecosystem. This project enhances the continuous development of expert entrepreneurs that will ultimately cultivate a strong local innovation ecosystem in one of the most densely populated areas of the country. At FAU, a designated Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI), the I-Corps Site program also helps increase the participation of Hispanic entrepreneurs in STEM innovation. The long-term objective of this project is to increase and retain the number of newly formed innovative companies capable of accelerating innovations to the market and attracting investors and industry partners to the region.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.