I-Corps Node: Southwest Alliance for Entrepreneurial Innovation Node (SAEIN)

I-Corps节点：西南创业创新联盟节点（SAEIN）

• 批准号: 1444045
• 负责人: Daniel Jaffe
• 金额: $ 375万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at Austin
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-09-01 至 2019-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1444045&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Node; Southwest; Alliance; Entrepreneurial

This project establishes an I-Corps Node that is focused on promoting innovation in the Southwest region of the United States (the Southwest Alliance for Entrepreneurial Innovation Node - "SAEIN"). SAEIN efforts will leverage the combined entrepreneurial experience and extensive research capabilities of three lead research institutions: The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin), Texas A&M University (TAMU), and Rice University (Rice). Geographically, SAEIN will serve an area of more than 268,000 square miles and help foster the implementation of I-Corps methodologies across a collaborative group of more than 30 institutions of higher learning. SAEIN will specifically engage numerous Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) to implement the I-Corps curriculum and methods as both a standard for entrepreneurial training and a mechanism to broaden participation in STEM fields. SAEIN has the potential to introduce NSF I-Corps curriculum to more than 710,000 community college students and almost 4.8 million K-12 students in the state.SAEIN will engage the use of I-Corps methodology throughout entrepreneurship-focused entities and events, including regional academic incubators, the Small Business Development Centers, high profile business plan competitions, and the international South by Southwest (SXSW) event. SAEIN will augment the NIN capabilities by building on the unique economic strengths, labor characteristics, lean manufacturing capabilities, and the innovation ecosystem found in the Southwest region. The Node will generate tremendous exposure for the I-Corps program nationwide and provide a unique platform for innovation promotion and venture development.SAEIN engages a strong alliance of institutions that are already connected by a large volume of NSF-supported research projects. It seeks to advance economic growth goals for the region and nation through a variety of programs and activities that employ the business model canvas and team-based discovery practice to best understand the intellectual property resulting from these projects. SAEIN will study the deployment of I-Corps methodologies into regional community college systems and investigate ways to increase STEM participation and 4-year transfer rates from community colleges through the application of I-Corps. Specific Level 3 research thrusts will explore: 1) Lean LaunchPad research that is targeted at vetting the impact of pivots and customer discovery on entrepreneurial success and scientific outcomes; 2) development of a STEM research canvas model that is focused on producing suitable STEM learning sets focused on K-12 STEM learners (consistent with the Business Model Canvas and I-Corps methodologies); and 3) I-Corps Team Modeling and Development, with a focus on exploring the effectiveness of new teaming models around I-Corps methodologies from different populations (i.e., community colleges, K-12, additional external groups).

该项目建立了一个专注于促进美国西南地区创新的 I-Corps 节点（西南创业创新联盟节点 - “SAEIN”）。 SAEIN 的努力将利用三个领先研究机构的综合创业经验和广泛的研究能力：德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校 (UT Austin)、德克萨斯农工大学 (TAMU) 和莱斯大学 (Rice)。从地理上看，SAEIN 将服务超过 268,000 平方英里的区域，并帮助促进 I-Corps 方法在由 30 多家高等教育机构组成的协作小组中实施。 SAEIN 将专门聘请众多少数族裔服务机构 (MSI) 来实施 I-Corps 课程和方法，作为创业培训的标准和扩大 STEM 领域参与的机制。 SAEIN 有潜力向该州超过 710,000 名社区学院学生和近 480 万 K-12 学生引入 NSF I-Corps 课程。SAEIN 将在整个以创业为重点的实体和活动中使用 I-Corps 方法，包括区域性活动学术孵化器、小型企业发展中心、备受瞩目的商业计划竞赛以及国际西南偏南 (SXSW) 活动。 SAEIN 将利用西南地区独特的经济优势、劳动力特征、精益制造能力和创新生态系统来增强 NIN 的能力。该节点将为 I-Corps 计划在全国范围内带来巨大的曝光度，并为创新促进和风险开发提供独特的平台。SAEIN 与已经通过大量 NSF 支持的研究项目相连的机构组成了强大的联盟。它寻求通过各种计划和活动推进该地区和国家的经济增长目标，这些计划和活动采用商业模式画布和基于团队的发现实践，以最好地了解这些项目产生的知识产权。 SAEIN 将研究将 I-Corps 方法部署到地区社区大学系统中，并研究通过应用 I-Corps 提高社区大学 STEM 参与率和 4 年转学率的方法。具体的 3 级研究重点将探讨：1）精益 LaunchPad 研究，旨在审查支点和客户发现对创业成功和科学成果的影响； 2) 开发 STEM 研究画布模型，专注于生成适合 K-12 STEM 学习者的 STEM 学习集（与商业模型画布和 I-Corps 方法一致）； 3) I-Corps 团队建模和发展，重点是探索围绕来自不同人群（即社区大学、K-12、其他外部群体）的 I-Corps 方法的新团队模型的有效性。