ART: Fostering an entrepreneurial innovation ecosystem through training and university-led private-public partnerships

该项目旨在加快亚拉巴马大学（UA）的转化研究能力，同时加强其在蓬勃发展的区域生态系统中的创新作用。一个主要目标是在校园里培养创新和创业文化，以增加技术商业化，这是由培训和大学领导的公私伙伴关系的支持。该项目的活动将增加发明、专利、许可证、创业公司和其他形式的技术商业化的数量，创造高质量的就业机会，培养美国的全球竞争力，并加强美国经济。培训计划将促进具有全球竞争力和多样化的研究队伍的发展，并提高科学和创新技能。将作出具体努力，鼓励从代表性不足和少数群体中征聘学生和工作人员。将制定循证培训和教育课程，不断培训博士后研究人员和研究生成为转化研究活动的专家。它将告知如何为有兴趣参与研究和创新企业的人创建新的和可访问的教育途径。根据市场需求确定商业化潜力的选定翻译项目将得到支持，以使技术成熟并开发概念验证原型，同时用作培训博士后研究人员和研究生的培训工具。该项目将融合不同的学术界，政府和行业利益相关者，通过使用启发式研究来推动技术进步并解决系统/社会挑战，以释放新的想法，人才，途径和资源，创造一个充满活力的创新生态系统。它将培养研究人员和工业界之间有针对性的早期伙伴关系，扩大转化研究的机构能力，通过培训计划增强研究界的创业知识，为参与者的非学术职业做好准备，通过政策倡导消除阻碍有效和包容性研究翻译的典型制度障碍。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过以下方式获得支持：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。

This project aims to accelerate the capacity for translational research at The University of Alabama (UA), while strengthening its role in innovation in a flourishing regional ecosystem. A main objective is to foster innovation and entrepreneurial culture on campus to increase technology commercialization that is supported by training and university led private-public partnerships. The activities of the project will result in increasing the number of inventions, patents, licenses, startups, and other forms of technology commercialization, generating high-quality jobs, fostering U.S. global competitiveness, and strengthening the U.S. economy. Training programs will foster growth of a globally competitive and diverse research workforce and advance the scientific and innovation skills. Specific efforts will be made to encourage recruitment of students and staff from underrepresented and minority groups. Evidence-based training and education curriculum will be developed to continually train postdoctoral researchers and graduate students to be experts in translational research activities. It will inform how to create new and accessible educational pathways into emerging technology careers for persons interested in participating in the research and innovation enterprise. Selected translation projects that have established high probability of commercialization potential based on market needs will be supported to mature the technologies and develop proof-of-concept prototypes while simultaneously being used as training vehicles to train postdoctoral researchers and graduate students. The project will amalgamate diverse academia, government, and industry stakeholders to drive technological advancements and address systemic/societal challenges through use-inspired research to unleash new ideas, talent, pathways, and resources to create a vibrant innovation ecosystem. It will cultivate targeted early partnerships between researchers and industry, broaden institutional capacity for translational research, enhance entrepreneurial knowledge of the research community through training programs that prepare participants for non-academic careers, and eliminate typical institutional barriers that hinder effective and inclusive research translation via policy advocacy.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.