ASCEND, Accelerating Solutions for Commercialization and Entrepreneurial Development in the Mountain West IDeA States

ASCEND，加速西部山区 IDeA 州的商业化和创业发展解决方案

基本信息

批准号：
10002255
负责人：
Neil A Fanger
金额：
$ 137.47万
依托单位：
VIRTICI, LLC
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2018
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2018-09-01 至 2022-08-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10002255
关键词：
Address Advisory Committees Affect Alaska Award Awareness Basic Science Businesses Capital Communication Consult Development Ecosystem Education Educational Curriculum Educational Materials Educational workshop Ensure Entrepreneurship Evaluation Exposure to Faculty Feasibility Studies Funding Future Goals Hawaii Health Healthcare Human Idaho Industry Infrastructure Institutes Institution Intellectual Property Knowledge Leadership Learning Legal patent Licensing Measures Mentors Modeling Montana Nevada New Mexico Performance Persons Phase Pilot Projects Postdoctoral Fellow Regulatory Pathway Research Research Personnel Resource Sharing Resources Scientist Services Site Small Business Innovation Research Grant Small Business Technology Transfer Research Structure Students Technology Technology Transfer Testing Training Training and Education Training and Infrastructure Translational Research United States National Institutes of Health Universities Visit Work Wyoming commercialization course module design graduate student industry partner innovation invention meetings member next generation outreach programs prototype skills student training technology development undergraduate student validation studies webinar

项目摘要

Project Summary The objective of this proposal is to create a Mountain West region technology Accelerator Hub to conduct research on developing, implementing, and testing a comprehensive collateral and consulting offering for promoting biomedical entrepreneurship, technology transfer, management, small business finance, and additional business skills needed to commercialize basic research to enhance human health. Many limiting factors hamper the ultimate goal of commercializing basic and translational science in IDeA states, including a gap in funding between basic research discoveries and scientific feasibility or validation studies required to define a product for early stage technology development, a lack of knowledge and understanding by innovators about how technologies are brought to market, a lack of access to sufficient technology development and commercialization resources for early-stage technology development, limited resources in Technology Transfer and Commercialization Offices, an insufficient number of local technology businesses to create a critical mass of entrepreneurial expertise and culture; a lack of exposure to commercialization education, training, and mentoring (including in patents, startups, business plans, venture capital and angel investing), a limited knowledge of technology transfer and SBIR/STTR programs; and a lack of awareness of available resources at the local, state and regional levels. To address these goals, we propose to create a regional technology Accelerator Hub throughout the Mountain West (Western) region of IDeA states that is closely networked with Mountain West IDeA state universities and their affiliated Technology Transfer Offices and small business partners. This network will provide the framework for effective communication and outreach that will create institutional change and build an entrepreneurial culture throughout this region. We will provide robust education and training of students and researchers and other entrepreneurs to accelerate development of commercialization activities, substantially increasing SBIR/STTR applications and facilitating communication between the NIH and IDeA institutions. The objectives of this application are to: 1) establish infrastructure, develop educational materials (curricula, texts, webinars, workshops and courses), and train staff; 2) accelerate entrepreneurialism through innovator mentoring, SBIR/STTR application submission, and increased partnering activity; 3) increase visibility of technological advancements, industry partnerships and licensing revenues through outreach, coaching and partnering activities, at each of the Mountain West IDeA state institutions. The product of this work will be the ASCEND solution, a comprehensive, sustainable educational and consulting services offering that will be leveraged across the Mountain West IDeA States-collaborating biomedical institutions and marketed to other institutions that want to accelerate biomedical entrepreneurship, thus ensuring the long-term sustainability, dissemination, and impact of this program.

项目概要该提案的目标是创建一个西部山区技术加速器中心，以开展研究开发、实施和测试全面的抵押品和咨询服务促进生物医学创业、技术转让、管理、小企业金融和将基础研究商业化以改善人类健康需要额外的商业技能。许多限制因素阻碍了 IDeA 基础科学和转化科学商业化的最终目标状态，包括基础研究发现与科学可行性或验证之间的资金缺口需要进行研究来定义早期技术开发的产品，缺乏知识和创新者对如何将技术推向市场的了解，缺乏足够的渠道早期技术开发的技术开发和商业化资源有限技术转让和商业化办公室资源不足，本地技术数量不足企业创造足够数量的创业专业知识和文化；缺乏接触商业化教育、培训和指导（包括专利、初创企业、商业计划、风险投资）资本和天使投资），对技术转让和 SBIR/STTR 计划的了解有限；和缺乏对地方、州和地区各级可用资源的认识。为了实现这些目标，我们建议在整个山区创建一个区域技术加速器中心 IDeA 州西部地区与西山区 IDeA 州立大学和其附属技术转让办公室和小型企业合作伙伴。该网络将提供有效沟通和外展的框架，这将带来制度变革并建立一个整个地区的创业文化。我们将为学生提供强有力的教育和培训研究人员和其他企业家大幅加速商业化活动的发展增加 SBIR/STTR 应用并促进 NIH 和 IDeA 机构之间的沟通。该应用程序的目标是：1) 建立基础设施，开发教育材料（课程、文本、网络研讨会、研讨会和课程），并对工作人员进行培训； 2）通过创新加速创业精神指导、SBIR/STTR 申请提交以及增加的合作活动； 3）增加可见度通过推广、指导和培训获得技术进步、行业合作伙伴关系和许可收入西部山区各 IDeA 州立机构的合作活动。这项工作的产品将是 ASCEND 解决方案，这是一个全面的、可持续的教育和咨询服务将在西山区 IDeA 各州合作中得到利用生物医学机构并向其他想要加速生物医学创业的机构推销，从而确保该计划的长期可持续性、传播和影响。