Type I: Rutgers University I-Corps Site for Entrepreneurship Acceleration

I 型：罗格斯大学 I-Corps 创业加速网站

• 批准号: 1735687
• 负责人: Dunbar Birnie
• 金额: $ 50万
• 依托单位: Rutgers University New Brunswick
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-08-01 至 2022-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1735687&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Type; Rutgers; University; Corps; Site

This project, from Rutgers University, creates an NSF I-Corps Site at this institution.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.Rutgers University has funded research of over $600M per year. This research generates over 150 patents each year and more than $15M in licensing income annually. A challenge is to transition research outcomes to the commercialization stage. The Rutgers University I-Corps Site cultivates this pool of early stage ideas and assists with bringing viable concepts through the commercialization pathway to the marketplace. Through the I-Corps Site, with targeted training and mentoring, I-Corps teams are sourced from the Rutgers Site partners. These include the Office of Research Commercialization, educational activities ranging from the Collaboration for Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization (CTEC) and Professional Science Master's (PSM) programs, senior-year "capstone" engineering design and Honors College programs, and many other feeder programs. Mentors are matched to these teams. Inventors benefit from the larger innovation ecosystem in the New Jersey/New York region, as the Site partners with the NYCRIN I-Corps Node. The Rutgers I-Corps Site provides training, mentoring, and access to a large network of business, technical and financial resources. The signature activity of this program is that each year, 30 teams participate and test the commercial potential of their products with a broad base of consumers. This program promotes the value of commercialization to both faculty and students, and reinforces the concept that ideas generated by the academic research process can have societal and commercial value.The Rutgers I-Corps bridges the gap between the lab and the marketplace, enhancing the University's commitment to fostering economic development across New Jersey and beyond. As the number of spin-outs from the university increases, jobs are created and companies hire students as interns and graduates as full-time employees. The program's impact goes beyond the University by tapping into local business leaders and entrepreneurs for team mentorship as well as expanding programs to support the communities around Rutgers campuses and to particularly assist underrepresented inventors and business-owners. A key area of focus is to increase I-Corps participation from women in STEM and ultimately to increase the number of women-owned businesses in the region/state.

该项目由罗格斯大学发起，在该机构创建了一个 NSF I-Corps 站点。NSF 创新队 (I-Corps) 站点是由 NSF 资助的在大学建立的实体，其目的是培养和支持多个本地团队进行技术转型概念进入市场。网站提供基础设施、建议、资源、交流机会、培训和适度的资金，使团体能够将他们的工作转移到市场或成为 I-Corps 团队申请人。 I-Corps 站点还加强本地和区域创新，并为导师、研究人员、企业家和投资者组成的国家创新网络做出贡献。罗格斯大学每年资助研究超过 6 亿美元。这项研究每年产生超过 150 项专利，每年产生超过 1500 万美元的许可收入。挑战是将研究成果过渡到商业化阶段。罗格斯大学 I-Corps 网站培育了早期创意库，并协助将可行的概念通过商业化途径推向市场。通过 I-Corps 站点，通过有针对性的培训和指导，I-Corps 团队来自罗格斯站点合作伙伴。其中包括研究商业化办公室、技术创业和商业化合作 (CTEC) 和专业科学硕士 (PSM) 项目、高年级“顶点”工程设计和荣誉学院项目以及许多其他支线项目等教育活动。导师与这些团队相匹配。由于该网站与 NYCRIN I-Corps Node 合作，发明人受益于新泽西/纽约地区更大的创新生态系统。罗格斯大学 I-Corps 站点提供培训、指导以及对大型业务、技术和财务资源网络的访问。该计划的标志性活动是每年有 30 个团队参与并与广大消费者一起测试其产品的商业潜力。该计划向教师和学生宣传商业化的价值，并强化学术研究过程产生的想法可以具有社会和商业价值的概念。罗格斯大学 I-Corps 弥合了实验室和市场之间的差距，增强了大学的致力于促进新泽西州及其他地区的经济发展。随着大学衍生企业数量的增加，就业机会不断增加，公司雇用学生作为实习生，雇用毕业生作为全职员工。该计划的影响超出了大学范围，通过利用当地商界领袖和企业家进行团队指导，以及扩大项目来支持罗格斯大学校园周围的社区，特别是帮助代表性不足的发明家和企业主。一个关键的重点领域是增加 I-Corps 女性对 STEM 的参与，并最终增加该地区/州女性拥有的企业数量。