Challenge
Legislators often hold the keys to incentivize innovation in their states, but they often need guidance to understand how to maximize available resources. For a National Science Foundation Regional Innovation Engine proposal, a principal investigator from a major public research university needed to raise awareness among state lawmakers and provide them with data to understand how similar states structure support for regional innovation ecosystems.
UI Collab Solution
UI Collab conducted research on the activities of four similar states, analyzing successful approaches and the outcomes of their federal innovation funding efforts.
Results
Armed with the analysis that UI Collab delivered during a stakeholder webinar, legislators have begun to use the language and recommendations from the UI Collab report to support the innovation ecosystems and federal funding proposals for state-based activities.