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