Board of Regents: 2011 Economic Development and Technology Transfer Report, October 26-27, 2011

The Regents universities promote the economy of Iowa most notably by providing higher education to the people of the state. The universities also make a significant contribution to the Iowa economy by conducting academic research that results in intellectual property and applications available to the marketplace and by providing expertise and assistance directly to Iowa’s people, industry and communities. The University of Iowa (SUI), Iowa State University (ISU) and the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) thus support the economy of Iowa primarily through their core missions, and their economic contributions to the state are fundamentally linked to their overall academic excellence