{"id":93,"date":"2017-05-30T17:40:59","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T17:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/entrepreneurialcenter\/?page_id=93"},"modified":"2023-10-26T14:19:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T14:19:20","slug":"overview-of-nsf-i-corps-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/innovationcenter\/overview-of-nsf-i-corps-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview of NSF I-Corps Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<a title=\"NSF I-Corps\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/news\/special_reports\/i-corps\/\">NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps)<\/a>\u00a0is a suite of activities and programs that aim to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prepare scientists and engineers to extend their focus beyond the laboratory.<\/li>\n<li>Broaden the impact of basic-research projects by translating technology into commercial products.<\/li>\n<li>Combine experience and guidance from established entrepreneurs with a targeted curriculum<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I-Corps is a public-private partnership program that teaches grantees to identify valuable product opportunities that can emerge from academic research, and offers entrepreneurship training to student participants.<\/p>\n<p>I-Corps currently offers the following programs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"NSF I-Corp Teams\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/news\/special_reports\/i-corps\/teams.jsp\">I-Corps Teams<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 composed of academic researchers, student entrepreneurs and business mentors \u2013 participate in the I-Corps\u00a0<a title=\"NSF I-Corps Teams Curriculum\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/news\/special_reports\/i-corps\/curriculum.jsp\">curriculum<\/a>\u00a0administered via online instruction and on-site activities.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"NSF I-Corps Nodes\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/news\/special_reports\/i-corps\/nodes.jsp\">I-Corps Nodes<\/a>\u00a0administer rigorous six-week curriculum to I-Corps Teams through select universities across the country.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"NSF I-Corps Sites\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/news\/special_reports\/i-corps\/sites.jsp\">I-Corps Sites<\/a>\u00a0catalyze additional groups to explore potential I-Corps Team projects and other entrepreneurial opportunities that build on basic research through targeted early-stage programs.<\/li>\n<li>Together, the I-Corps programs strengthen the\u00a0<a title=\"innovation ecosystem\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/news\/special_reports\/i-corps\/ecosystem.jsp\">innovation ecosystem<\/a>\u00a0at the local and national levels.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 665px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/innovationcenter\/files\/2017\/05\/I-Corps-Wants-You.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps)\u00a0is a suite of activities and programs that aim to: Prepare scientists and engineers to extend their focus beyond the laboratory. Broaden the impact of basic-research projects by translating technology into commercial products. Combine experience and guidance from established entrepreneurs with a targeted curriculum I-Corps is a public-private partnership program that teaches [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/innovationcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/innovationcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/innovationcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/innovationcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/innovationcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/innovationcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":361,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/innovationcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/93\/revisions\/361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/innovationcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}