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Bill
115th Congress
Innovators to Entrepreneurs Act of 2018
Purpose
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.
Summary of Selected Provisions
  • Directs the National Science Foundation to expand participation of Small Business Innovation Research Program grantees in its Innovation-Corps program
  • Directs NSF to develop an I-Corps course for “commercialization-ready” participants that teaches them skills such as “attracting investors, scaling up a company, and building a brand”
  • Authorizes $5 million for NSF to carry out directed activities during fiscal years 2019 and 2020
  • Directs the Comptroller General to evaluate the impacts of the I-Corps program
Primary Sponsors
Co-sponsors by Party
R
2
D
1
I
0
Actions
  • 04/24/2018
  • 03/22/2018
    Advanced by House Science, Space, and Technology Committee
  • 02/26/2018
    Introduced in House

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