Business Encounters: Life Scientist Simulation Experience to Enhance Entrepreneurial Intent and Self-efficacy

商业邂逅：生命科学家模拟体验提升创业意向与自我效能

基本信息

批准号：
10470846
负责人：
Mary P Metcalf
金额：
$ 36.98万
依托单位：
CLINICAL TOOLS, INC.
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2019
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2019-05-01 至 2024-05-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10470846
关键词：
3-Dimensional Address Affect Attitude Behavior Biological Sciences Businesses Communities Computers Country Cross-Over Studies Data Development Enrollment Entrepreneurship Evaluation Feedback Funding Future Health Incubators Intention Intervention Laboratory Research Life Modification Outcome Participant Pathway interactions Phase Pilot Projects Play Postdoctoral Fellow Protocols documentation Randomized Reporting Research Research Personnel Research Project Grants Resources Role Role playing therapy Science Scientist Self Efficacy Self Perception System Testing Training Translating United States National Institutes of Health Universities Value of Life Waiting Lists Woman Work World Health base bench to bedside career commercialization design experience graduate student human capital instrument interest member men pilot test post intervention prototype public health relevance recruit simulation simulation environment skills therapy design usability web site

项目摘要

Business Encounters: Life Scientist Simulation Experience to Enhance Entrepreneurial Intent and Self-efficacy In FY 2019, the NIH invested $26 billion in 49,000 research project grants. Commercialization of that work is essential to the nations health and driven by a vibrant community of biomedical startups, incubators and funding options. Life scientists are key to those startups yet women life scientists are underrepresented. Barriers to women from the earliest stages of activity results in decreased intent, confidence, entrepreneurship, and downstream funding. This gap in obtaining value from potential women life science entrepreneurs is both wasteful and unacceptable; this project intends to address that gap. Phase II development of Business Encounters: Life Scientist completes a 3D simulation product that engages early-career women scientists, from graduate students to post-docs to funded investigators. In a simulation and training experience as women life scientists role-play challenges to established barriers and seek guidance from simulated advisors, they • identify barriers, • establish their level of entrepreneurial intent, • define a pathway to overcome barriers to entrepreneurship, practice the necessary skills, and • build self-efficacy. Phase I successfully established the feasibility of Business Encounters: Life Scientist and laid the groundwork for Phases II and III. We worked with 8 women Primary Investigators with expertise in life science, entrepreneurship, business, assessment and evaluation (SBIR), as well soliciting feedback from 34 women life scientists in the earlier stages of their career and 8 men with experience with life science or entrepreneurship. Based on this, we clarified the need, created a simulation design, developed, tested and refined a single-scenario prototype, and outlined a plan for Phase II and Phase III commercialization. We found strong support for a solution to fill the above gap despite low confidence in entrepreneurial ability. We identified enthusiasm for guidance to identify and overcome barriers, within an interactive simulation framework. The thoroughly tested prototype was refined through successive usability rounds until all usability issues were addressed. Eventually 100% of participants agreed they would recommend the experience to women interested in pursuing entrepreneurship. Phase II completes development using the same strong team approach. A summative evaluation with a pre-/post-intervention design with wait-list control assesses impact on 80 women life scientists’ 1) entrepreneurial intention, 2) entrepreneurial self-efficacy, 3) factors that affect entrepreneurship, and 4) entrepreneurial attitudes toward availability of support, career change, and the challenge of commercialization.

业务相遇：生活科学家模拟经验增强企业家意图和自我有效在2019财年，NIH向49,000个研究项目赠款投资了260亿美元。该作品的商业化对国家的健康至关重要，并由充满活力的生物医学初创企业，孵化器和资金选项。生活科学家是这些初创公司的关键，但女性生活科学家的人数不足。从最早的活动阶段开始对妇女的障碍会提高意图，自信，企业家精神和下游资金。从潜在女性生命科学获得价值的差距企业家既浪费又不可接受。该项目打算解决该差距。业务相遇的第二阶段开发：生命科学家完成了3D模拟产品从研究生到毕业后再到资助的调查人员，聘请了早期职业女性科学家。在作为女性生活科学家的模拟和培训经验并寻求模拟顾问的指导，他们 •确定障碍， •建立他们的企业家意图水平， •定义克服企业家障碍，实践必要技能的途径，并 •建立自我高效。第一阶段成功确立了业务相遇的可行性：生活科学家和奠定第II和III阶段的基础工作。我们与8位具有专业知识的女性主要调查员合作科学，企业家精神，商业，评估和评估（SBIR），以及从 34位女性生活科学家处于职业生涯的早期阶段，有8位具有生活科学经验的男性或企业家精神。基于此，我们澄清了需求，创建了模拟设计，开发，测试并完善了单一的原型，并概述了II期和III期商业化的计划。我们发现了对解决上述空白目的地的解决方案的强烈支持能力。我们确定了在交互式中识别和克服障碍的指导的热情仿真框架。经过彻底测试的原型通过成功的可用性回合进行了完善直到解决所有可用性问题。最终100％的参与者同意他们会建议有兴趣追求企业家精神的妇女的经验。第二阶段使用相同的强大团队方法完成开发。带有的总结性评估及等待名单控制评估的干预前/干预后设计对80位女性生命科学家的影响1）企业家意图，2）企业家自我效能感，3）影响企业家精神的因素，4）企业家出席在提供支持，职业变革和挑战商业化。