STEM-Coaching and Resources for Entrepreneurial Women (CREW)

摘要 创业的知识和信心是那些追求创业的人所拥有的越来越重要的技能 在生物医学研究队伍中的职业。企业家精神已成为“最有力的经济手段” 力量“，可以成为增加研究创新数量的途径，这些创新是从板凳上跨越桥梁的 躺在床边。然而，创业方面的性别和代表不足的少数群体(URM)差距一直很大 有记录表明，只有3%-8%的女性创立的公司获得了风险投资，只有1%的女性创立的公司获得了风险投资 由非裔美国人创立或共同创立的公司。事实上，在美国，只有11.8%的 发明家是女性。通过STEM--面向创业女性的培训和资源(CREW) 计划，我们的目标是解决创新和创业活动中的性别差异问题，并增加 参与创业活动的妇女人数，包括URM妇女。一个独特的方面 我们方法的一部分是用指导来补充指导，因为指导已经被证明是四个 比单独培训/指导更有效的时间。具体地说，我们将对教练进行行为教练培训 并建立教练团队和创业专家，他们将担任导师。我们将加强 通过一对一和小组辅导为女性研究人员提供创业技能。我们将培养新手 主题企业家与创新创业密切相关，建立创新氛围。我们 还将通过有针对性的传播传播我们的调查结果，从而促进机构和系统的变革 以及所有参与者之间的互动，最终建立一个创业网络。我们将利用 我们咨询委员会的专业知识，我们领导层和区域机构的承诺和支持。 我们的计划评估将使用RE-AIM框架。我们将评估我们的计划如何增加这一数字 通过多方法方案评估参与创业活动的妇女，包括 评估该计划覆盖不同人群的能力、对计划产品的满意度，以及 创业成果的变化。将使用RedCap完成对计划活动的评估 问卷调查。将使用经过验证的培训、创业和满意度/体验指标。 总体而言，我们的方法将增加女性企业家的数量，并提高 南卡罗来纳州的企业家精神。因为指导部分采取了全面的方法，通过鼓励 女性为她们的工作和生活制定一个愿景，它提供的价值将持续到她们目前的项目和 超越创业活动。我们计划制定一份手册，其中包含我们实施的最佳做法 其他机构的类似方案，从而在国家一级产生影响。

ABSTRACT Knowledge and confidence in entrepreneurship are increasingly important skills possessed by those pursuing careers in the biomedical research workforce. Entrepreneurship has emerged as “the most potent economic force” and can be an avenue to increase the number of research innovations that cross the bridge from bench to bedside. However, gender and underrepresented minority (URM) gaps in entrepreneurship have been documented, with reports of only 3-8% of women-founded firms receiving venture capital and only 1% of companies being founded or co-founded by African Americans. In fact, in the United States, only 11.8% of inventors are women. Through the STEM-Coaching and Resources for Entrepreneurial Women (CREW) Program, our goal is to address the disparity in gender in innovation and entrepreneurial activities and increase the number of women, including URM women, who participate in entrepreneurial activities. One unique aspect of our approach is complementing mentoring with coaching, as coaching has been shown to be four times more effective than training/mentoring alone. Specifically, we will train coaches in behavioral coaching and establish teams of coaches as well as entrepreneurial experts who will serve as mentors. We will enhance entrepreneurial skills through one-on-one and group coaching for women researchers. We will train nascent entrepreneurs in topics germane to innovation and entrepreneurship and establish a climate of innovation. We will also facilitate institutional and systemic change by disseminating our findings via focused communications and interactions among all participants, ultimately establishing an entrepreneurial network. We will leverage the expertise of our Advisory Committee, the commitment and support of our leadership and regional institutions. Our program evaluation will use the RE-AIM framework. We will assess how our program increases the number of women who participate in entrepreneurial activities through multi-method program evaluation including assessments of the program’s ability to reach a diverse population, satisfaction with program offerings, and changes in entrepreneurship outcomes. Evaluations of program activities will be completed using REDCap questionnaires. Validated coaching, entrepreneurial, and satisfaction/experience measures will be utilized. Overall, our approach will increase the number of women who are entrepreneurs and increase the level of entrepreneurship in South Carolina. Because the coaching component takes a holistic approach by encouraging women to craft a vision for their work and life, it provides value that will last beyond their current projects and beyond entrepreneurship activities. We plan to establish a manual with our best practices for implementing similar programs at other institutions, thus exerting an impact on a national level.