Update on Mentor Program at Center for Neurotechnology
Scott Ransom, PhD, provides an update on the Mentor Program at the Center for Neurotechnology. The program focuses on equipping new ILOs with core competencies through subject matter expert modules and mentorship calls. The background, tracking, challenges, and upcoming initiatives of the program are discussed in detail.
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September 9, 2021 Mentor Program Update Scott Ransom, PhD Director, Industry and Innovation Program Center for Neurotechnology ransom87@uw.edu
Program Background Goal: Optimally leverage ILO Time; Ensure new ILOs equipped with core competencies / functional training Module Type Subject Matter Experts Module First Orientation Call Required Mentor and Mentee Call ILO Role within ERC Required Peter Keeling IAB Management Required Peter Keeling, Chris Finberg, Scott Ransom IP and Tech Transfer Required Tom Dudley Site Visit & Annual Report Required Open Entrepreneurship Elective (electives are based on ILO s background) Elective Schaffer Grim, Peter Keeling MarComm Wayne Gillam (CNT) Diversity & Inclusion Elective Trisha Belfry, Teresa Chapman, others experts from ERC to help as SME s Scott Ransom, Peter Keeling Sustainability Elective
Example Tracking Module Type Module Subject Matter Experts Dates Delivered Required Mentor and Mentee Call 12/9/2019 First Orientation Call ILO Role within ERC Required Peter Keeling ILO Summit & already experienced at U Required Peter Keeling, Chris Finberg, Scott Ransom 12/17/2019 IAB Management Required Tom Dudley, Ernie Parker Open 4/8/2020 IP and Tech Transfer Required Had two site visits already Site Visit & Annual Report Entrepreneurship Elective (electives are based on ILO s background) Elective Schaffer Grim, Peter Keeling Completed Wayne Gillam (CNT) WG call MarComm Elective Scott Bellman (CNT) WG call Diversity & Inclusion Sustainability Elective Scott Ransom, Peter Keeling 7/15/20
Where weve been, where were going Challenges Many veteran ILOs Graduated Uncertainty about GenIV ILOs / SPIs Path Forward NSF has contracted with Elysium New ILOs are all in place Upcoming Onboarding Calls, Mentoring Calls Targeted WG Meetings In the coming Weeks: Assigning Mentors to new Centers Train the Trainer conversations Upcoming Working Group Meetings
Topics How are Centers using their Resources? In terms of IP, how other ERCs have handled revenue from licensing -- have they required that some portion come back to the ERC? And if so, how has that worked when one institution administers the ERC but the license belongs to one of the partner institutions. we're just getting memberships in now and I want to develop an on- boarding process that comes post-member documentation. I have some ideas and plans, but again, just would love to learn what other ERCs have done here. generally understanding how other ERCs are doing some data gathering on member satisfaction/engagement would be helpful We need a Site Visits / Annual Reports SME
thorny but I'd like to understand the landscape here in case this comes up. I On membership, I'm curious how other ERCs have handled those that have pledged in kind support but then fail to deliver it. Again, we haven't encountered this yet but we also don't have a policy on this either. Just hoping to get a sense of what's been done and what works, and how worried I should be :) On more positive note, we're just getting memberships in now and I want to develop an on-boarding process that comes post- member documentation. I have some ideas and plans, but again, just would love to learn what other ERCs have done here. We are also working on developing a short in- take survey and then annual survey for members. I want to keep it light weight but still provide insights we can act on. Having now gone through our first year annual report exercise, I have a good idea of what NSF needs from us but I also think that if I gathered only that information, I wouldn't
