NSF I-Corps - Broadening Participation Summit

该项目侧重于妇女和少数民族，以及如何增加她们在创新、创业、商业化和与国家科学基金会创新队（I-Corps）相关的精益创业方法方面的代表性。该项目包括一个扩大参与的国家峰会（BP）和学术社区的包容性，包括NSF国家创新网络（NIN）。BP峰会的倡议是由几个统计数据推动的：尽管黑人占美国所有私营企业劳动力的14%以上，但他们只占高科技劳动力的7.4%，有色人种只占美国创新者的8%。相比之下，白人占美国所有私营行业劳动力的近64%，但占高科技劳动力的68%以上。西班牙裔工人的比例也不足，在美国所有私营行业中，西班牙裔工人的比例不到14%，在高科技行业中不到8%，女性仅占美国创新者的12%。BP创新与创业包容性峰会有几个主要目标：让与会者了解学术机构和个人如何通过I-Corps项目将自己引导到主流商业化领域；深入了解I-Corps等项目对个人和机构的影响；将msi的冠军与现有的I-Corps节点和站点人员联系起来；强调个人和机构采用的制胜策略以及成功创新的结果；增加代表人数不足的群体在地方、区域和国家各级的小组和教官一级参加I-Corps培训；为与会者之间的交流和合作提供机会。首脑会议汇集了下列国家的代表：历史上的黑人学院和大学（HBCUs），部落学院和大学（tcu），西班牙裔服务机构（HSI）， I-Corps Node和Site人员，包容性和创业领域的研究人员，以及服务于目标人群的组织的领导，他们可以帮助他们的成员创新和创业，如全国黑人工程师协会（NSBE），西班牙裔专业工程师协会（SHPE），女性工程师协会（SWE）、非洲裔学生协会（ASAO）、工程女性主动网络（WEPAN）和全国工程少数民族行动委员会（NACME）。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 focuses on women and minorities and approaches to increasing their representation in innovation, entrepreneurship, commercialization, and the lean-startup methodologies associated with NSF's Innovation Corps (I-Corps). The project consists of a national Summit for Broadening Participation (BP) and inclusiveness within the academic community that comprises the NSF National Innovation Network (NIN). This BP Summit initiative is motivated by several statistics: while Blacks comprise over 14% of the workforce in all private industries in the United States, they account for only 7.4% of the high-tech workforce, and people of color represent only 8% of US innovators. By contrast, whites account for nearly 64% of the workforce in all private U.S. industries, but over 68% of the high-tech workforce. Hispanic workers are also underrepresented, comprising just under 14% of jobs in all private U.S. industries, but less than 8% in high-tech industries, and women represent only 12% of US Innovators. The BP Summit for inclusiveness in innovation and entrepreneurship has several key objectives: provide participants with an understanding of how academic institutions and individuals can boot-strap themselves into the mainstream sphere of commercialization, particularly through the I-Corps programs; provide insights into the impacts that programs like I-Corps have had on individuals and institutions; connect champions at MSIs with existing I-Corps Nodes and Sites personnel; highlight winning strategies employed by individuals and institutions and outcomes of successful innovations; increase the participation of under-represented groups in I-Corps training at the local, regional, and national levels, both at the team and instructor levels; provide opportunities for networking and collaborations between attendees.The Summit brings together representatives of: Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs), Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI), I-Corps Node and Site personnel, researchers in the fields of inclusiveness and entrepreneurship, and, leadership from organizations serving the target population who can help innovation and entrepreneurship to their members such as the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), the Association of Students of African Origin (ASAO), Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN), and the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME).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.