NSF I-Corps Hub: West Region

这个i-Corps Hubs项目的更广泛影响是在美国西部发展一个示范技术创新中心，培育深度技术企业的创建，并建立一个多样化、包容性和具有代表性的强大创新生态系统。这一目标将通过教育、培训、推广以及与区域和国家创业生态系统建立牢固联系的多样化创新者社区的参与来实现，从而产生强大的商业影响。培训员和训练有素的团队是中心的主要产出。积极主动的外联预计将导致招募不同的团队、受训人员、导师和讲师。此外，i-Corps培训可能有助于增加可商业化技术的流动和影响，促进创新生态系统的增长和多样性，并为未来团队的培训提供导师和专家。该中心计划从事基于精益创业的编程、创新融资以及更广泛的技术创新和创业道德方面的研究和教育。通过与深度技术企业相关的教育、培训、网络、社区建设和研究成果，中心寻求为地区和国家带来经济、技术和社会影响。该i-Corps中心项目基于美国西部深度技术企业创新和创业的全面和包容性教育和培训计划的发展。该中心将在精益创业和客户发现方法方面聘请深度技术研究人员，以产生晋级国家i-Corps计划的团队，进一步增强国家创新网络。该项目将使用一个基于中心成员制定的最佳做法的团队组建和培训渠道框架，并对其进行进一步修改，以利用中心的区域特点，特别是其独特的、多样化的人口特征。该中心计划将包容性纳入其标准化和综合办法，并在团队培训中纳入道德方面的考虑。该中心还将探索新的方法，这些方法可能会导致该地区建立一个创造性的、有利的、以人为中心的和与社会相关的创新生态系统。同时，计划进行研究，分析可能对中心实践进行进一步完善的项目，并丰富更广泛的创新和创业学术和公共政策，包括更好地了解创新融资。具体地说，该项目将评估代表性不足群体在编程和资金成功方面的差异，以及科学家和工程师在一般创业生态系统中的职业道路。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The broader impact of this I-Corps Hubs project is the development of a model technology innovation hub in the Western United States that cultivates the creation of deep technology ventures and builds a robust innovation ecosystem that is diverse, inclusive, and representative of its population. This goal will be achieved through education, training, outreach, and the engagement of a diverse community of innovators, with robust linkages to regional and national entrepreneurial ecosystems, leading to a strong commercial impact. Trainers and trained teams are key Hub outputs. Proactive outreach is expected to result in the recruitment of diverse groups of teams, trainees, mentors, and instructors. In addition, I-Corps training may help increase the flow and impact of commercializable technologies, the growth and diversity of the innovation ecosystem, and the supply of mentors and experts for the training of future teams. The Hub plans to engage in research and education in lean startup-based programming, the financing of innovation, and the broader ethics of Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Through education, training, networking, community building, and research outcomes related to deep technology ventures, the Hub seeks to deliver economic, technology, and social impact for the benefit of the region and the nation.This I-Corps Hubs project is based on the development of a comprehensive and inclusive education and training program for innovation and entrepreneurship in deep technology ventures in the Western United States. The hub will engage deep technology researchers in lean-startup and customer discovery methodologies to produce teams that advance to the national I-Corps program further enhancing the National Innovation Network. The project will use a framework for team generation and training pipelines based on best practices developed by the Hub members, further modified to leverage the Hub regional characteristics, in particular, its distinct, diverse demographic signature. The hub plans to incorporate inclusivity in its standardized and integrated approach as well as ethical considerations in team training. The hub will also explore new approaches that may lead to a creative, enabling, human-centric, and socially-relevant innovation ecosystem in the region. In parallel, research is planned to analyze programs for possible additional refinements in Hub practices as well as to enrich the broader scholarship and public policy on innovation and entrepreneurship, including a better understanding of innovation financing. Specifically, the project will assess differences in programming and funding success for underrepresented groups and the career paths of scientists and engineers in the general entrepreneurial ecosystem.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.