Abstract
Like many scientists, Darren W. Johnson of the University of Oregon thought he knew how a discovery in his lab would be useful in the real world. But after going through the National Science Foundation’s Innovation Corps (I-Corps) program, which is designed to help scientists explore the commercial viability of their NSF-supported basic research, he realized he had it all wrong. “I thought you come up with cool basic science and you go find a market that it’s for. That’s totally backward,” says Johnson, an associate chemistry professor. Instead, “you find a market that has a need and find out where your research fits in that ecosystem.” That’s been the main lesson for many of the 100 research teams that have gone through the three I-Corps training sessions since the program launched in July 2011. The course teaches teams led by NSF grantees what makes a successful start-up and helps ...
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