{"id":643,"date":"2018-07-17T14:54:15","date_gmt":"2018-07-17T14:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microsites.engineering.nyu.edu\/cie\/?p=643"},"modified":"2022-10-02T09:39:42","modified_gmt":"2022-10-02T13:39:42","slug":"nsf-i-corps-program-sees-exponential-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/microsites.engineering.nyu.edu\/cie\/nsf-i-corps-program-sees-exponential-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 NSF I-Corps Program Sees Exponential Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by Manish Kumar<\/em><\/p>\n<\/header>\n

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The 6th Annual Network meeting for\u00a0NYC Regional Innovation Node<\/a>\u00a0was held on July 10th. \u00a0The registered attendees exceeded 425 and came from various States in the Northeast region. \u00a0The growth in attendees is a reflection on how the NSF I-Corps program is expanding rapidly. The event was hosted in partnership with NYU, Columbia, and CUNY.<\/p>\n

The I-Corps program started less than 7 years ago and has seen tremendous growth. \u00a0The NYC node is one of the 8 nodes across the U.S. This year there were 20 teams nominated to national level from the NYC node. \u00a0\u00a0Altogether, there have been about 1300 teams that have gone through the program at the national level. The national program is a 7-week intensive sprint that requires participants to be fully committed in order to succeed.<\/p>\n

The impact of the program is much wider than measured by the number of participants. \u00a0The number of universities with entrepreneurship programs has grown from 130 to 780 within the past 5 years. \u00a0Recently, several pilots have been rolled out by NSF, including Team program with a $50k grant,\u00a0regional program<\/a>\u00a0with a $25k grants, and the\u00a0SBIR phase 0<\/a>\u00a0program with $25k grants. \u00a0The results of these pilots will be evaluated in order to decide their future.<\/p>\n

The keynote speaker, Errol Arkilic, founder of M34 Capital talked about his involvement in the program and the three companies that his company has invested in. Errol also shared lessons learned from the program.<\/p>\n

About a dozen teams had posters on display and gave a one-minute pitch during the \u2018Lightning Pitches\u2019 part of the agenda. \u00a0NYU had three teams represented, including Brooklyn Bioscience (Andrew Olsen), Sunthetics (Myriam Sbeiti) and Merciless Motors (Nader Ahmed & Anna Eva Kotyza). These teams were recent alumni of the\u00a0NYU Tandon Convergence for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) Institute<\/a>\u00a0sponsored NSF I-Corps Sites Program.<\/p>\n

Jin Montclare of NYU, Roman Lubynsky of MIT, Judith Sheft of NJIT, and Shannon Sullivan of Cornell (Moderator) participated in the \u201cHow to Engage Faculty and Mentors in I-Corps\u201d panel. \u00a0The panel discussed the best practices on engaging members into the I-Corps pipeline.<\/p>\n

Judith talked about working closely with sponsored research and talking with students and finding them mentors. As part of their I-Corps Sites program, they \u00a0also actively worked with their tech transfer committee to look at new patents and inventions to start conversations about the I-Corps program. NJIT offered online classes with an overall 6 month long program. \u00a0For teams applying for the nationals, she indicated that they provide coaching.<\/p>\n

Roman mentioned that their Sites program at MIT works much better now compared to when they started. Initially, they worked under the radar to avoid \u201cantibodies\u201d \u2013 the resistance that is normally faced when something new is introduced. \u00a0Now, they rely on word of mouth to recruit teams to the program. They focused mainly on teams involving graduate students and postdocs. With multiple programs, some start at the departmental level and through partnerships, they provide the needed content and consulting services.<\/p>\n

Jin shared her experience and how being a professor provided her with a different perspective. She went through the National I-Corps Program as a faculty member. From that experience, she applied for an NSF I-Corps Site program, establishing the CIE Institute and enabling students and faculty across NYU to participate in the program. \u00a0As diversity is also a major goal of her I-Corps Sites Program, she was happy to share the fact that >50% participants are women and\/or underrepresented minorities. She talked about partnerships and tapping into the resources of the\u00a0NYU Entrepreneurial Institute<\/a>. Two sprints are offered, a J-term and summer sprints. They are shorter in duration, but are more intensive programs and open to undergraduates, graduates and post-docs.. Mentors and faculty paired with teams.<\/p>\n

The day provided ample opportunity to learn about the latest updates on the program, hear from the leadership, showcase project teams, and network with peers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
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Top-Left:\u00a0<\/i>Jin Montclare of NYU, Roman Lubynsky of MIT, Judith Sheft of NJIT, and Shannon Sullivan of Cornell (Moderator).
\nTop-Right:\u00a0<\/i>Andrew Olsen of Brooklyn Bioscience.
\nBottom-Left:<\/i>\u00a0Nader Ahmed & Anna Eva Kotyza of Merciless Motors.
\nBottom-Right:\u00a0<\/i>Myriam Sbeiti of Sunthetics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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