Dear AoM Colleagues,
I'd like to call your attention to a brand-new program at NSF called I-CORPS – designed to support initial steps towards commercialization of NSF-funded research. I-CORPS grants offer $50,000 over six months and focus on prospective entrepreneurship, involving a small team. The program also includes intensive instruction from Stanford's "Lean Launch Pad" program, originally developed as an entrepreneurship experience for engineering graduate students.
I-CORPS is a great opportunity to collaborate across different schools at universities that combine research and entrepreneurship. The principal investigator MUST have a current NSF grant (or have had one within the past five years) but the other team members can be students or University community members. All areas of NSF-funded research (including commercializable aspects of social, behavioral, and economic sciences) are eligible.
The submission window is both short and coming up fast – August 17 to September 9, with grants to begin immediately in Fall 2011. A maximum of twenty-five teams will be funded in the first cohort.
For more information, please refer to the fact sheet and the FAQ at http://www.nsf.gov/i-corps; there will be a webinar on August 2 with more information as well.
I'd be glad to talk about the proposal process more at the Academy meetings in San Antonio, including before and after the scheduled PDWs on NSF Funding and Data Resources on Saturday afternoon (1:30-3:30 and 3:45 -5:45 pm, respectively) in SACC 201.
DC
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David C. Croson, PhD
Program Director, Science of Science & Innovation Policy (SciSIP)
Division of Multidisciplinary Activities
Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences
National Science Foundation
dcroson@nsf.gov
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