Dear POSE Phase II Principal Investigators,
Sincerest thanks for those who were able to join the POSE Phase II information session yesterday afternoon. Please find attached the slides that were presented and feel free to share them with members of your team. Here are a few follow-up things to know:
Registration Deadline: Friday, 12/8/2023
Registration Link: Registration Link
Onboarding Session with lead instructor David Charron (all team members should participate).
Day: Wednesday, 12/13/2023
Time: 1:00-2:30 ET
Zoom Link: Webinar Zoom Link
Meeting ID: 941 5237 7487
Passcode: 77807699
Schedule: The dates and times in the schedule are set and will not be changed. For Wednesday weekly sessions, your team will be able to request the block of time to attend: either 1:00-3:00 or 2:00-4:00. If you have team members that absolutely must miss 1-2 sessions, or parts of a session, we can make some accommodations as long as you are covered by the rest of your team. If you are attending a conference for ecosystem discovery and interviews you are still expected to participate in the weekly sessions. We allow excused absences for family and medical emergencies. Please notify NSF of all absences.
If you need a consultation to help in identifying your team members and/or you would like assistance finding an industry mentor, please reach out and we can set up a meeting.
We appreciate your candid feedback, and we recognize that both the timing and time commitment are challenging. Based on feedback from prior I-Corps participants, we expect that you will find the experience invaluable in the success of your project. We truly appreciate your efforts.
See you next week!
Molly Wasko, Ph.D.
Program Director, I-Corps
Division of Translational Impacts
Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships
National Science Foundation
Dear POSE Phase II Principal Investigator,
As part of your POSE Phase II award, NSF is providing a required training program on ecosystem discovery, governance, and sustainability. The program begins on January 16, 2024. We will hold a short webinar next week on Wednesday, 12/6 at 3:00-4:00pm ET to introduce the training program and answer questions. Please ensure that you or one of your POSE team members attends, as the session will provide information and support on how to register for the training. Feel free to pass the webinar invitation on to your other POSE team members.
Meeting ID: 941 5237 7487
Passcode: 77807699
The training registration process is now open, and we encourage you to explore it at your earliest convenience. The deadline for registration is one week from today: Friday 12/8/2023. This program is an adaptation of the highly successful NSF I-Corps program and is designed to provide best practices, mentored guidance, and support for your teams during the ecosystem discovery process. As principal investigator, you should register on behalf of your team. Your team only needs to submit one registration.
As part of the registration process, each POSE Phase II team will need to identify 3 team members to participate and assign them to specific roles: EL, TL and IM. A critical factor in registering team members is their ability to commit to full participation in the program. Please review the program schedule below (and attached) along with descriptions of the team roles.
Program Summary:
3.5 Day Kick-Off on 1/16-1/19
5 weekly sessions on Wednesdays – choose the 1:00-3:00 or 2:00-4:00 time block
2 Day Finale on 2/29 and 3/1
POSE I-Corps Schedule:
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Event Name |
Event Description |
Date |
Event Time (Eastern Time) |
Onboarding |
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NSF Intro |
Registration and Q&A |
12/6/2023 |
3:00-4:00pm |
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POSE Onboard |
Prepare the Teams for Kick-Off |
12/13/2023 |
1:00-2:30pm |
Kick-Off |
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Week 1 |
Introductions |
1/16/2024 |
1:00-5:00pm |
Class 1 |
Week 1 |
BMC and Methodology |
1/17/2024 |
10:00am-3:00pm, Conduct 5+ Interviews, and 6:00-8:00pm Office Hours |
Class 2 |
Week 1 |
VPs |
1/18/2024 |
10:00am-2:30pm, Conduct 5+ Interviews, and 6:00-8:00pm Office Hours |
Class 3 |
Week 1 |
CS and Roles |
1/19/2024 |
10:00am-2:30pm |
Weekly Sessions |
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Class 4 |
Wed - Week 2 |
CS & Impact |
1/24/2024 |
Block A 1:00-3:00pm or Block B 2:00-4:00pm and 30 minute Office Hours during the week |
Class 5 |
Wed - Week 3 |
Channels & Relationships |
1/31/2024 |
Block A 1:00-3:00pm or Block B 2:00-4:00pm and 30 minute Office Hours during the week |
Class 6 |
Wed - Week 4 |
Revenues/Sustainability |
2/7/2024 |
Block A 1:00-3:00pm or Block B 2:00-4:00pm and 30 minute Office Hours during the week |
Class 7 |
Wed - Week 5 |
Governance & ARP |
2/14/2024 |
Block A 1:00-3:00pm or Block B 2:00-4:00pm and 30 minute Office Hours during the week |
Class 8 |
Wed - Week 6 |
Milestones/Timelines & ARC |
2/21/2024 |
Block A 1:00-3:00pm or Block B 2:00-4:00pm and 30 minute Office Hours during the week |
Lessons Learned |
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Class 9 |
Week 7 |
Penultimate Day |
2/29/2024 |
11:30am-6:00pm |
Class 10 |
Week 7 |
Final Presentations |
3/1/2024 |
10:00am-3:00pm |
*All team members must attend all sessions, including the full kick-off, weekly sessions in the assigned Block and lessons learned.
Entrepreneurial Lead (EL This is the person will act as the team lead/organizer who will focus on outreach, identifying and setting up interviews with stakeholders and preparing weekly report outs. This person could include PhD students, PostDocs or early-stage investigators seeking an opportunity to develop leadership and industry skills.
Technical Lead (TL): The Technical Lead is typically the Principal Investigator (PI) or co-PI or other senior team member who possesses deep expertise in the technology/innovation being developed and has decision-making authority over project direction. The TL works with the team to ensure that technical aspects of the innovation align with identified OSE community needs and opportunities.
Industry Mentor (IM): This team member is someone with extensive experience developing OSEs with deep understanding of how they operate. This person plays a pivotal role by offering insights from their perspective of industry practices, OSE governance, OSE standards and sustainability models. The IM works with the team to ensure there are linkages between the work being done internally with the real-world needs of external OSE stakeholders.
The deadline for registration is Friday 12/8/2023.
Thank you. We look forward to seeing you at next week’s webinar. In the interim, if you have questions, please reply to pose@nsf.gov.