I-Corps Sites: Type II - University of Minnesota Innovation Site

I-Corps 站点：II 型 - 明尼苏达大学创新站点

• 批准号: 1829156
• 负责人: Mostafa Kaveh
• 金额: $ 16万
• 依托单位: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-10-01 至 2022-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1829156&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Sites; Type; II; University

This project, from the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, extends this institution's NSF I-Corps Site for scale up to their next phase of support for innovation and entrepreneurship.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. Since June 2014, the University of Minnesota (UMN) Innovation Corps (MIN-Corps) program provided infrastructure, resources, networking opportunities, training, and NSF-supported project funding to UMN students, faculty, and staff pursuing commercialization. As of December 31, 2017, MIN-Corps had hosted over 1,000 participants - more than half of whom were women - in its courses, seminars, or outreach events. Over 180 innovation teams trained with MIN-Corps, leading to seven participants in the national I-Corps Teams program, 12 licenses of UMN intellectual property, and a dozen startups and other continuing projects that have received over $8 million in commercialization grants and/or investor funding. The primary goals for the next funding cycle are to increase the quantity and quality of technology commercialization across UMN, increase program participation and commercialization activity by women and under-represented minorities, extend programming to UMN campuses in under-resourced communities outside the Twin Cities, and contribute to the vitality of the Midwest and national technology entrepreneurship and commercialization ecosystem.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该项目来自明尼苏达大学 - 双城，扩展了该机构的NSF I-Corps网站，以扩展到下一阶段对创新和创业的支持。InnovationCorps（I-Corps）站点是NSF资助的实体，该实体是在大学中建立的，这些实体是在大学培养和支持多个本地团队中，以培养和支持多个，将其推广到市场概念。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了创新，并为国家指导者，研究人员，企业家和投资者的创新网络做出了贡献。自2014年6月以来，明尼苏达大学（UMN）创新团（Min-Corps）计划提供了基础设施，资源，网络机会，培训和NSF支持的项目资金，并向UMN学生，教职员工和寻求商业化的员工提供了资金。截至2017年12月31日，Min -Corps在其课程，研讨会或外展活动中接待了1000多名参与者（其中一半以上是女性）。超过180个接受了Min-Corps培训的创新团队，导致了7名国家I-Corps团队计划的参与者，12个UMN知识产权许可证，十二家创业公司和其他持续项目，这些项目已获得超过800万美元的商业化赠款和/或投资者资金。 The primary goals for the next funding cycle are to increase the quantity and quality of technology commercialization across UMN, increase program participation and commercialization activity by women and under-represented minorities, extend programming to UMN campuses in under-resourced communities outside the Twin Cities, and contribute to the vitality of the Midwest and national technology entrepreneurship and commercialization ecosystem.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed值得通过基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准来通过评估来支持。