The National Science Foundation has designated the University of Alabama at Birmingham as an Innovation Corps Site opens a new website to strengthen local innovation and foster the engagement of student, staff, faculty and researcher teams in transitioning technology concepts into the marketplace.
NSF I-Corps Sites are NSF-funded entities established at universities whose purpose is to nurture and support multiple, local teams in technology transition. Sites provide infrastructure, advice, resources, networking opportunities, training and modest funding to enable groups to transition their work into the marketplace or into becoming National I-Corps Team applicants, who receive a $50,000 stipend.
The I-Corps sites serve as a starting point to identify great ideas across the universities in our region and move them into the national program," said Molly Wasko, Ph.D., associate dean for the Collat School of Business and director of UAB's I-Corps program opens a new website. "As an I-Corps site at UAB, we can funnel innovations from our school into the regional hub that we are a part of, and then into the national program. At the national level, I-Corps participants receive even more support and guidance in translating their ideas into commercial avenues."
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