NSF I-Corps Hub (Track 1): Mid-South Region

NSF I-Corps - UK Subaward - Abstract This subaward project is a 5-yr project which aims to establish and operate an NSF I-Corps site at the University of Kentucky in a partner role of the Mid-South I-Corps Hub, led by Vanderbilt University. The UK I-Corps site program will be implemented as a complement to the Launch Blue UAccel program, a service of the Office of Technology Commercialization at UK Innovate within the UK Vice President of Research operation. The National Science Foundation’s Innovation Corps (I-Corps™) program uses experiential education to help researchers gain valuable insight into entrepreneurship, starting a business or industry requirements and challenges. I-Corps enables the transformation of invention to impact. The curriculum integrates scientific inquiry and industrial discovery in an inclusive, data- driven culture driven by rigor, relevance, and evidence. Through I-Corps training, researchers can reduce the time to translate a promising idea from the laboratory to the marketplace.