I-Corps Sites: University of Arizona-Tech Launch Arizona

I-Corps 站点：亚利桑那大学理工学院启动亚利桑那州

• 批准号: 1547749
• 负责人: Douglas Hockstad
• 金额: $ 30万
• 依托单位: University of Arizona
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-01-15 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1547749&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Sites; University; Arizona; Tech

This project creates an I-Corps Site at the University of Arizona (UA).NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Sites are NSF-funded entities established at universities whose purpose is to nurture and support multiple, local teams to transition their technology concepts into the marketplace. Sites provide infrastructure, advice, resources, networking opportunities, training and modest funding to enable groups to transition their work into the marketplace or into becoming I-Corps Team applicants. I-Corps Sites also strengthen innovation locally and regionally and contribute to the National Innovation Network of mentors, researchers, entrepreneurs and investors.The University of Arizona (UA) is home to Tech Launch Arizona(TLA), a technology commercialization unit. The TLA I-Corps Site broadens awareness and relevance with respect to commercialization for pre-tenured faculty, postdoctoral researchers and student entrepreneurs. This focus aligns well with UA faculty now having the import of patent and commercialization work in their promotion and tenure cases. The UA I-Corps Site emphasizes services for pre-tenured faculty, students and postdoctoral researchers, all typically under-resourced in commercialization efforts, to support their entrepreneurship. The UA program positions financial, network and intellectual resources to pursue game-changing innovations. Students and postdoctoral researchers are provided with the opportunity to engage in innovative use-inspired research and have access to resources used in assessing and developing new technologies. Program metrics and assessment allow the further development and expansion of practices for entrepreneurship education and commercialization and particularly the impact of I-Teams on the inclusion of underrepresented participants from the targeted populations. At UA, 40% of postdoctoral researchers are women. Additionally, UA is an Emerging Hispanic-Serving Institution with a Hispanic student population approaching 25% of total enrollment. Positioning an I-Corps Site at UA with a focus on pre-tenured faculty, postdoctoral researchers and student entrepreneurs strengthens entrepreneurial opportunities for women and minorities and allows the UA to develop models that successfully engage underserved innovators.

该项目在亚利桑那大学（UA）创建了一个I-Corps网站。NSF创新军（I-Corps）网站是在大学建立的NSF资助的实体，其目的是培育和支持多个本地团队，以将其技术概念过渡到市场。网站提供基础架构，建议，资源，网络机会，培训和适度的资金，以使团体能够将其工作转变为市场或成为I-Corps团队申请人。 I-Corps网站还在本地和地区加强创新，并为国家指导者，研究人员，企业家和投资者的国家创新网络做出了贡献。 TLA I-Corps网站扩大了有关商业化的知名度和相关性，用于预先培养的教职员工，博士后研究人员和学生企业家。这种重点与现在在晋升和任期案件中有专利和商业化工作的UA教师非常相吻合。 UA I-Corps网站强调为预先陈述的教师，学生和博士后研究人员提供服务，通常在商业化工作中资源不足，以支持其企业家精神。 UA计划将财务，网络和智力资源定位，以追求改变游戏规则的创新。为学生和博士后研究人员提供了从事创新使用启发的研究的机会，并可以访问用于评估和开发新技术的资源。计划指标和评估允许进一步发展和扩展企业家教育和商业化的实践，尤其是I-Teams对包含有目标人群的代表性不足的参与者的影响。在UA，有40％的博士后研究人员是女性。此外，UA是一家新兴的西班牙裔服务机构，西班牙裔学生群体接近总入学人数的25％。将I-Corps网站定位在UA，重点是预先培养的教职员工，博士后研究人员和学生企业家为妇女和少数群体增强了企业家的机会，并允许UA开发成功吸引不受欢迎的创新者的模型。