STEM-Coaching and Resources for Entrepreneurial Women (CREW)

STEM-创业女性辅导和资源 (CREW)

• 批准号: 10508520
• 负责人: Carol A. Feghali-Bostwick
• 金额: $ 45.25万
• 依托单位: MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-09-16 至 2027-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10508520
• 关键词: Address; Advisory Committees; African American population; Behavioral; Biomedical Research; Capital; Career Mobility; Climate; Communication; Communities; Complement; Data; Economics; Education; Ensure; Entrepreneurship; Evaluation; Faculty; Funding; Gender; Goals; Grant; Institution; Knowledge; Leadership; Learning; Life; Manuals; Measures; Medical; Mentors; Mentorship; Methods; Minority Women; Outcome; Participant; Perception; Population Heterogeneity; Program Evaluation; Questionnaires; Reach Effectiveness Adoption Implementation and Maintenance; Reporting; Research; Research Personnel; Resources; Role; Scientist; Small Business Innovation Research Grant; Small Business Technology Transfer Research; South Carolina; Time; Training; Underrepresented Minority; United States; Universities; Vision; Woman; Work; bench to bedside; career; education planning; education research; experience; gender minority; holistic approach; innovation; male; next generation; programs; role model; satisfaction; skills; success; women faculty

ABSTRACT Knowledge and confidence in entrepreneurship are increasingly important skills possessed by those pursuing careers in the biomedical research workforce. Entrepreneurship has emerged as “the most potent economic force” and can be an avenue to increase the number of research innovations that cross the bridge from bench to bedside. However, gender and underrepresented minority (URM) gaps in entrepreneurship have been documented, with reports of only 3-8% of women-founded firms receiving venture capital and only 1% of companies being founded or co-founded by African Americans. In fact, in the United States, only 11.8% of inventors are women. Through the STEM-Coaching and Resources for Entrepreneurial Women (CREW) Program, our goal is to address the disparity in gender in innovation and entrepreneurial activities and increase the number of women, including URM women, who participate in entrepreneurial activities. One unique aspect of our approach is complementing mentoring with coaching, as coaching has been shown to be four times more effective than training/mentoring alone. Specifically, we will train coaches in behavioral coaching and establish teams of coaches as well as entrepreneurial experts who will serve as mentors. We will enhance entrepreneurial skills through one-on-one and group coaching for women researchers. We will train nascent entrepreneurs in topics germane to innovation and entrepreneurship and establish a climate of innovation. We will also facilitate institutional and systemic change by disseminating our findings via focused communications and interactions among all participants, ultimately establishing an entrepreneurial network. We will leverage the expertise of our Advisory Committee, the commitment and support of our leadership and regional institutions. Our program evaluation will use the RE-AIM framework. We will assess how our program increases the number of women who participate in entrepreneurial activities through multi-method program evaluation including assessments of the program’s ability to reach a diverse population, satisfaction with program offerings, and changes in entrepreneurship outcomes. Evaluations of program activities will be completed using REDCap questionnaires. Validated coaching, entrepreneurial, and satisfaction/experience measures will be utilized. Overall, our approach will increase the number of women who are entrepreneurs and increase the level of entrepreneurship in South Carolina. Because the coaching component takes a holistic approach by encouraging women to craft a vision for their work and life, it provides value that will last beyond their current projects and beyond entrepreneurship activities. We plan to establish a manual with our best practices for implementing similar programs at other institutions, thus exerting an impact on a national level.

抽象的 对于那些追求创业精神的人来说，知识和信心是日益重要的技能。 生物医学研究人员的职业生涯已成为“最强大的经济力量”。 力量”，并且可以成为增加从实验室跨越桥梁的研究创新数量的途径 然而，创业方面的性别和代表性不足的少数群体 (URM) 差距一直存在。 据报道，只有 3-8% 的女性创办的公司接受了风险投资，只有 1% 的女性创办的公司接受了风险投资。 事实上，在美国，只有 11.8% 的公司是由非裔美国人创办或共同创办的。 通过 STEM 创业女性辅导和资源 (CREW)，发明家是女性。 计划，我们的目标是解决创新和创业活动中的性别差异，并增加 参与创业活动的妇女人数，包括 URM 妇女。 我们的方法是用辅导来补充指导，因为辅导已被证明有四种 具体来说，我们将对教练进行行为指导方面的培训。 建立教练团队和创业专家担任导师。 我们将通过一对一和小组辅导为女性研究人员提供创业技能培训。 企业家讨论与创新和创业相关的主题，并营造创新氛围。 还将通过有针对性的沟通传播我们的发现，促进体制和系统变革 以及所有参与者之间的互动，最终建立一个创业网络。 我们咨询委员会的专业知识、我们领导层和区域机构的承诺和支持。 我们的计划评估将使用 RE-AIM 框架来评估我们的计划如何增加数量。 通过多方法方案评估参与创业活动的妇女人数，包括 评估该计划覆盖不同人群的能力、对计划产品的满意度，以及 项目活动的评估将使用 REDCap 完成。 将使用经过验证的辅导、创业和满意度/体验衡量标准。 总体而言，我们的方法将增加女性企业家的数量并提高女性企业家的水平 因为辅导部分通过鼓励来采取整体方法。 女性为自己的工作和生活制定愿景，它提供的价值将超越她们当前的项目， 除了创业活动之外，我们还计划制定一本包含实施最佳实践的手册。 其他机构的类似计划，从而在国家层面产生影响。