What are the benefits of participating in the Site?
- Access to a wide variety of mentors
- Interaction with industry partners and investors
- NSF I-Corps Teams, PFI, SBIR/STTR and other commercialization proposal writing support
- Business plan writing support
- Project management and administrative support
- Workshops and one-on-one training sessions
- Network of entrepreneurial-minded faculty, students and staff
What are the expected outcomes from Site support?
Based on the activities of The University of Alabama Site, some of the expected outcomes include:
- Applications submitted by The University of Alabama Site teams to NSF’s I-Corps Teams Program
- New products/processes/services that benefit society
- Business plans suitable for review by third-party investors
- Spin off companies
- Student-owned companies
- Increase in number of incubating companies in The EDGE Incubators: The EDGE or EDGE Labs
- Executed license agreements with UA