From cancer treatments to breakthroughs in virtual-reality product development, many of Iowa's greatest scientific and technological advances have come from our public research universities. This cutting-edge research lays the groundwork for an innovation economy in Iowa that will continue to generate high-paying jobs and keep our state globally competitive.
Universities have embraced the role of turning advances into viable commercial opportunities and state policy-makers have been supportive. But the marketplace is not easy to penetrate. Investors want to know that products are viable and have a market, a rigorous process that takes time and money. The Iowa Innovation Council, a working group of Iowa business leaders and regents university and community college representatives, will help push innovations more rapidly to the marketplace.
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Author: SHARRON QUISENBERRY, VP for research and economic development at ISU; and JORDAN COHEN VP for research and economic development at the U of I.
