{"70960":{"#nid":"70960","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Selected as an Inaugural Team for NSF Innovation Corps","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology is one of 21 teams\nselected for the National Science Foundation\u2019s (NSF) inaugural class of NSF\nInnovation Corps (I-Corps) awards. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe selection comes with $50,000 in funding that can be used\nto help develop scientific and engineering discoveries into useful\ntechnologies, processes and products. Beth Mynatt, executive director of Georgia\nTech\u2019s Institute for People and Technology \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ipat.gatech.edu\/about\u0022\u003E(IPaT)\u003C\/a\u003E and professor in the College\nof Computing, will serve as the principal investigator for the I-Corps\ninitiative.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGeorgia Tech is actively and aggressively working to\ndevelop and commercialize the technologies developed here and to move these\ndiscoveries from the lab to marketplace,\u201d said Stephen Fleming, vice president\nof the Enterprise Innovation Institute. \u201cI-Corps supports our strategic focus\nto foster innovation and entrepreneurship on campus and throughout the state to\nultimately create jobs and stimulate economic growth.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to Fleming, a number of programs have been\nrecently initiated to strengthen these strategic efforts, including IPaT,\nGeorgia Tech Integrated Program for Startups \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.industry.gatech.edu\/innovators-entrepreneurs\/integrated-programs-startups\/\u0022\u003E(GT:IPS),\u003C\/a\u003E\nand Georgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/flashpoint.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EFlashpoint\u003C\/a\u003E, a new\ntechnology accelerator program. These programs are supported by \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/venturelab.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EVentureLab,\u003C\/a\u003E the Institute\u2019s comprehensive\ncenter for technology commercialization, and the Advanced Technology\nDevelopment Center (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/atdc.org\/\u0022\u003EATDC\u003C\/a\u003E), which has helped launch and build successful\ntechnology companies for more than 30 years.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn total, the\nI-Corps awards are representative of six NSF directorates: Engineering;\nComputer and Information Science and Engineering; Biology; Mathematics and\nPhysical Sciences; Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences; and Education and\nHuman Resources.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFor awardees, the first in-depth phase of the I-Corps experience\nwill begin on Oct. 10, 2011, when the participants arrive at Stanford\nUniversity for the curriculum kickoff.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe I-Corps program selects up to 25 teams on a quarterly\nbasis to assess the commercial viability of their previously supported basic research.\nFor more on the Innovation Corps, see the NSF \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/news\/special_reports\/i-corps\/\u0022\u003ESpecial Report\u003C\/a\u003E\noutlining the program.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Public-private funding granted to 21 teams from around the country"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology is one of 21 teams\nselected for the National Science Foundation\u2019s (NSF) inaugural class of NSF\nInnovation Corps (I-Corps) awards.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Georgia Institute of Technology is one of 21 teams selected for the National Science Foundation\u2019s (NSF) inaugural class of NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps) awards."}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2011-10-06 10:50:52","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:26","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-10-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-10-06T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"65314":{"id":"65314","type":"image","title":"Tech Tower","body":null,"created":"1449176831","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:07:11","changed":"1475894577","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:57","alt":"Tech Tower","file":{"fid":"193206","name":"08C1004-P40-032.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/08C1004-P40-032.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/08C1004-P40-032.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":4451315,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/08C1004-P40-032.jpg?itok=vABy-qHG"}}},"media_ids":["65314"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"}],"keywords":[{"id":"3671","name":"Enterprise Innovation Institute"},{"id":"14629","name":"Fleming"},{"id":"14628","name":"I-Corps"},{"id":"14627","name":"Innovation Corps"},{"id":"12888","name":"IPaT"},{"id":"11336","name":"mynatt"},{"id":"363","name":"NSF"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELisa Grovenstein, 404-894-8835\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}