| NSF Org: |
TI Translational Impacts |
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| Initial Amendment Date: | April 13, 2016 |
| Latest Amendment Date: | August 5, 2020 |
| Award Number: | 1548031 |
| Award Instrument: | Continuing Grant |
| Program Manager: |
Rebecca Shearman
rshearma@nsf.gov (703)292-7403 TI Translational Impacts TIP Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships |
| Start Date: | May 1, 2016 |
| End Date: | April 30, 2021 (Estimated) |
| Total Intended Award Amount: | $296,624.00 |
| Total Awarded Amount to Date: | $296,624.00 |
| Funds Obligated to Date: |
FY 2017 = $98,863.00 FY 2018 = $99,722.00 |
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| Recipient Sponsored Research Office: |
660 S MILL AVENUE STE 204 TEMPE AZ US 85281-3670 (480)965-5479 |
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| Primary Place of Performance: |
Tempe AZ US 85287-6011 |
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Performance Congressional District: |
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| NSF Program(s): | I-Corps-Sites |
| Primary Program Source: |
01001718DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT 01001819DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT |
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| Award Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Fund Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Assistance Listing Number(s): | 47.084 |
ABSTRACT
This project creates an I-Corps Site at the Arizona State University.
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.
This I-Corps Site at Arizona State University (ASU) combines resources, infrastructure, and training to support multiple, local teams across the four ASU campuses to advance technology concepts into the marketplace. It supports ASU's Startup Mill project, focused on building the innovation capacity of ASU, while contributing to the regional and national economy through technology commercialization and the development of the next generation of innovators.
ASU's I-Corps Site is a university wide initiative - a collaborative partnership among the ASU colleges and institutes, the technology transfer office and the external entrepreneurial ecosystem - to provide training, coaching, and financial support necessary to catalyze faculty and student efforts for transitioning university research into the marketplace, and into becoming successful I-Corps Teams.
Foci of this I-Corps Site is on:
Entrepreneurial training: ASU I-Corps Site synergizes existing resources and services to deliver I-Corps training and support services that embed the customer-development focused Lean LaunchPad (LLP) curriculum.
Regional infrastructure: ASU I-Corps Site leverages the regional network in the greater Phoenix metropolitan area to support startups, including existing entrepreneurs and Executives-in-Residence, a mentor network, regional and university angel groups, and relationships with investors.
The ASU I-Corps Site provides an opportunity to advance the innovation capacity of university faculty, students, and researchers through formal training, practice, and repeated exposure to an entrepreneurship program. By disseminating, internalizing, and executing the NSF I-Corps Site program over the course of the 3-year funding period, the ASU Startup Mill contributes to the culture transformation of ASU to include an embedded commercialization perspective. In addition, the implementation of the I-Corps Site program includes systematic evaluation of opportunities to adapt and augment the I-Corps model such that it promotes the inclusion and recruitment of underrepresented populations. Specifically, ASU focuses on inclusion and recruitment of veterans, Latino, and women participants in the program.
PROJECT OUTCOMES REPORT
Disclaimer
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The NSF I-Corps Site at Arizona State University brought together resources, infrastructure, training, and NSF's credibility and reach to benefit society by contributing to the regional and national economy through the commercialization of inventions and interventions developed at ASU. The ASU I-Corps Site worked collaboratively across the university with all the academic disciplines and units, the technology transfer teams, and the broader entrepreneurial ecosystem at ASU and across greater Phoenix. In its final project year, the ASU I-Corps Site also expanded its reach by welcoming teams from participating institutions that did not have their own I-Corps program. Six teams from Northern Arizona University, the University of Hawaii and the University of Rhode Island joined the ASU I-Corps Site in 2020-2021.
The ASU I-Corps Site supported the academic research community to broaden their impact through the development of new products, services and/or processes, with training in customer discovery, value propositions and business model development, and making go or no-go decisions to pursue a new venture efficiently and effectively. Through the program period, the ASU I-Corps Site worked with 153 teams of which 73 were recommended for the Site small awards with 70 disbursed, and 38 were recommended to apply for the national I-Corps Teams program. ASU has had 21 participating national I-Corps Teams and through ASU, the University of Hawaii had their first participating Team.
Throughout the global pandemic, the ASU I-Corps Site took the opportunity to work with the instructors and administrative teams to develop and deliver a high-quality, online training experience transcending geography and in-person limitations to participation. All ASU I-Corps Site offerings were delivered live during weekly video meetings and augmented with more robust communications and digital tools in 2020-2021.
The NSF I-Corps Site at ASU enabled faculty to more deeply consider two ASU design aspirations of conducting "use-inspired research" and "valuing entrepreneurship" adding focus and dimension to ASU's extensive support for entrepreneurship and technology commercialization. The ASU I-Corps Site was an integral part of the Edson Entrepreneurship + Innovation Institute, a named and endowed pan-university resource supporting faculty, students, staff, alumni, and the community in their entrepreneurial endeavors. In particular, the Edson E+I Institute has been recognized for its thought leadership and support of entrepreneurs of color, through its programs, its leadership and team, and its advocacy and contributions nationally of voice, visibility, and best practices.
Last Modified: 09/27/2021
Modified by: Ji Mi Choi
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