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S. 3253 116th Congress Senate

Innovators to Entrepreneurs Act of 2020

Official title: A bill to require the Director of the National Science Foundation to develop an I-Corps course to support commercialization-ready innovation companies, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 4, 2020 Introduced by: Christopher A. Coons Democratic · Delaware See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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Innovators to Entrepreneurs Act of 2020

This bill expands eligibility for the Innovation Corps (I-Corps) program and requires development of an I-Corps course to support commercialization-ready participants.

The bill requires the National Science Foundation (NSF) to allow grantees of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and other entities to participate in I-Corps courses. The cost of participation by such a grantee in a course may be furnished

  • through I-Corps Teams grants,
  • through funds awarded to grantees under the SBIR Program or the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program,
  • by the grantor federal agency using funds set aside for the SBIR and STTR Programs, or
  • by the participating teams.

The NSF shall develop an I-Corps course, to be offered by I-Corps regional nodes, to support commercialization-ready participants. The course shall support participants that have completed an I-Corps course and participants that have made the decision to market an innovation.

The Government Accountability Office shall report on the I-Corps Program, including by assessing the effects of the I-Corps on the commercialization of federally funded research and development, the higher education system, regional economies, and the national economy.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 539 Innovators to Entrepreneurs Act of 2019
  • S 118 Innovators to Entrepreneurs Act of 2019
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Young, Todd
Indiana · Feb 4, 2020
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