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