PFI (Conference): Supporting Undergraduate Institutions in Technology and Entrepreneurship Development (SUITED)

创新伙伴关系（PFI）会议项目的更广泛影响/商业潜力是发展主要本科院校（PUIs）的教育工作者和管理人员社区，以促进和改善其技术开发和商业化活动的制度生态系统。尽管这些机构可能有能力在学生的职业生涯早期为他们提供创新和创业经验和培训，但目前PUIs的教师在创业活动中的代表性明显不足。公共事业单位缺乏技术转让资源可能会妨碍参与将产品和服务从实验室转移到市场或社会。讲习班的参加者将包括来自主要是本科学院和大学的不同机构的教员和管理人员，包括为少数族裔服务的机构和在科学和工程领域代表性不足的群体。讲习班的报告将广泛散发，以增强总体影响。拟议的会议系列旨在刺激主要是本科院校的技术发展、企业家精神和商业化活动。研讨会将为参与者提供一个论坛，以：(1)了解技术转移的机会，(2)在创新领域发展支持性社区，(3)解决商业化和伙伴关系的障碍，以及(4)制定计划，改善围绕创新和转化的基础设施。本科院校的基础研究活动将得到重视，并与潜在的商业化和创业机会联系起来。主要是本科院校更多地参与这些活动，将为教职员工及其本科生提供更多的学科（技术）和创业教育机会。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。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) – Conference project is to develop communities of educators and administrators from primarily undergraduate institutions (PUIs) to foster and improve their institutional ecosystems for technology development and commercialization activities. Faculty at PUIs are, at present, significantly underrepresented in the entrepreneurial activities, even though the institutions may be capable of providing innovation and entrepreneurship experiences and training to students early in their careers. The lack of technology transfer resources at PUIs may hinder involvement in moving products and services from the laboratory to the marketplace or society. Workshop participants will include faculty members and administrators from a diverse body of primarily undergraduate colleges and universities, including minority-serving institutions and groups underrepresented in science and engineering. The workshop reports will be disseminated broadly in order to enhance the overall impact.The proposed conference series seeks to stimulate technology development, entrepreneurship, and commercialization activities at primarily undergraduate institutions. The workshop will provide participants with a forum to: (1) learn about technology transfer opportunities, (2) develop supportive communities in the innovation arena, (3) address barriers to commercialization and partnerships, and (4) develop plans to improve infrastructure around innovation and translation. Basic research activities at undergraduate institutions will be highlighted and linked to potential commercialization and entrepreneurship opportunities. The increased participation by primarily undergraduate institutions in these activities will provide enhanced disciplinary (technical) and entrepreneurial education opportunities for faculty members and their undergraduate students.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.