The Sustainable Heartland Accelerator Regional Partnership (SHARP) Hub

项目总结/摘要 尽管美国国立卫生研究院每年在生物医学研究上投资数十亿美元， 有效地将基础科学发现从学术界转化为商业产品， 患者这些障碍包括基础研究和商业开发之间的资金缺口， 创新者缺乏如何将产品推向市场的知识， 早期开发所需的商业化资源。为了满足这一需求，该项目 将开发一个服务于中部地区的五个州生物医学技术转移加速器中心 州（堪萨斯、内布拉斯加、俄克拉荷马州、北达科他州和南达科他州）。这个加速器中心将是 可持续中心地带加速器区域伙伴关系（SHARP）中心。由BBC领导 创业培训和咨询有限责任公司（BBCetc）和堪萨斯大学（KU），夏普中心 将实施三管齐下的方法，包括指导计划，创业培训， 课程、网络和外联工具。这些资源将提供给大学或 建立区域联盟，发展保健科学技术商业化能力。长 长期目标是建立一个自我维持的区域生物医学技术转让加速器， 增加生物医学技术的翻译数量和新创业公司的形成。第一阶段 在该项目中，我们将利用BBCetc的丰富培训经验和KU的生命科学专业知识 建立加速器中心的领导和治理框架，并建立指导 计划，培训课程和KU的网络基础设施。在第一阶段，我们还将建立 与中部地区其他四个州的目标大学建立关系，签署备忘录 了解这些大学，并主办一个区域会议。第二阶段 项目，我们将推出辅导计划，培训课程和网络资源，以其他 四个州。在第二阶段，我们的目标是向选定的试点项目实施赠款计划， 使用NIH资金以外的匹配资金的项目。为了在完成时维持SHARP Hub， 在第二阶段，我们打算向生物医学技术转让办公室发放材料和协议许可证， 在全国范围内的大学提供收费的增量服务。

Project Summary/Abstract Despite the investment of billions of dollars in biomedical research each year from NIH, barriers remain in effectively translating basic science discoveries from academia to commercial products that benefit patients. These barriers include a funding gap between basic research and commercial developments, a lack of knowledge by innovators on how to bring products to market, and a lack of sufficient commercialization resources required for early-stage developments. To address this need, this project will develop a five state biomedical technology transfer accelerator hub serving the Central Region IDeA states (Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, North Dakota and South Dakota). This accelerator hub will be called the Sustainable Heartland Accelerator Regional Partnership (SHARP) Hub. Led by BBC Entrepreneurial Training and Consulting LLC (BBCetc) and the University of Kansas (KU), SHARP Hub will implement a three-pronged approach to include a mentoring program, an entrepreneurial training curriculum, and networking and outreach tools. These resources will be available to universities or regional consortia to develop technology commercialization capacity in the health sciences. The long term goal is creation of a self-sustaining, regional biomedical technology transfer accelerator that will increase the number of biomedical technologies translated and new startups formed. In the first phase of the project, we will use the extensive training experience of BBCetc and the life science expertise at KU to build the leadership and governance framework of the accelerator hub, and establish the mentoring program, training curricula, and networking infrastructure at KU. During the first phase, we will also build relationships with targeted universities in the other four states of the Central Region, sign a memorandum of understanding with these universities, and host a regional conference. In the second phase of the project, we will roll out the mentoring program, training curricula and networking resources to the other four states. During the second phase, we also aim to implement a grant program to selected pilot projects using matching funds from outside of NIH dollars. To sustain SHARP Hub at the completion of the second phase, we intend license materials and protocols to biomedical technology transfer offices at universities nationwide with incremental services for a fee.