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The purpose of the Innovation focus within the Economic Development Collaborative is to encourage innovation ("loonshots"), appropriate risk-taking, creative problem solving, basic and applied research, and support the entrepreneurial ecosystem locally and statewide.

Innovation Subcommittee Objectives 

  • Continue to develop UK Innovate: showcasing across campus that innovation and entrepreneurship are important to UK and played a significant role in shaping the new strategic plan — specifically in the Inspiring Ingenuity category
  • Foster and promote GAME Change, a consortium uniting university and industry leaders to drive innovation leadership in sustainable manufacturing, materials reuse and circular economy workforce development.
  • Carry on with Promotion and Tenure  — Innovation and Entrepreneurship (PTIE) efforts