{"335151":{"#nid":"335151","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech up for economic development award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Association of Public and Land-grant Universities\u0026nbsp;(APLU) named eight public research institutions \u2014\u0026nbsp;including the Georgia Institute of Technology \u2014 as finalists for its second annual Innovation \u0026amp; Economic Prosperity (IEP) Awards.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAll eight finalists, which also include Virginia Tech, Pennsylvania State University and Purdue University, are vying for four different awards that highlight the key components of economic engagement: talent, innovation, place and connections.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAPLU is a research, policy and advocacy organization that represents 236 public research universities and state university systems. The winners will be announced at APLU\u2019s 127\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E annual meeting on Nov. 4.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEconomic development has been a core mission of Georgia Tech since its founding in 1885.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe institution has a number of initiatives and units dedicated to furthering economic development statewide through two key divisions: research with Stephen E. Cross serving as executive vice president of research, and outreach and business development at the Enterprise Innovation Institute (EI\u003Csup\u003E2\u003C\/sup\u003E).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEI\u003Csup\u003E2\u003C\/sup\u003E is charged with a number of development programs\u0026nbsp;that include business startup and innovation support through its Advanced Technology Development Center, Flashpoint, and VentureLab. It also has advisory and consulting services through its Innovation Strategy and Impact program, the Georgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) Business Center, among other initiatives.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETechnology Square, which is adjacent to Tech\u2019s campus and home to EI\u003Csup\u003E2\u003C\/sup\u003E, also is a critical component. Besides EI\u003Csup\u003E2\u003C\/sup\u003E, it also is home to five corporate innovation centers including the AT\u0026amp;T Foundry, the Global Learning Center and two business incubators.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cEconomic development has been an important part of Georgia Tech\u2019s mission since we were founded 129 years ago,\u201d said Stephen Fleming, EI\u003Csup\u003E2\u003C\/sup\u003E\u2019s executive vice president.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile EI\u003Csup\u003E2\u003C\/sup\u003E is a critical component of that economic development focus, Fleming said it\u2019s a core undertaking at Tech as whole.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn the research side, Tech has created 10 Interdisciplinary Research Institutes (IRIs)\u0026nbsp;to beef up both industrial and economic engagement.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAll told, Tech\u2019s direct economic development initiatives surpassed $2.3 billion in fiscal year 2011, the most recent data available. That\u2019s more than any other institution in the University System of Georgia.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u2019ve maintained a consistent focus on economic development for the whole state of Georgia being one of the things that we invest in, one of the things that we focus on, and one of the things we\u2019re proud of doing here,\u201d Fleming said. \u201cIt\u2019s nice to see an entity like APLU recognizing that.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Eight research universities vying for honor from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA\u0026nbsp;number of Georgia Tech initiatives and units are dedicated to furthering economic development statewide. For example,\u0026nbsp;Tech has created 10 Interdisciplinary Research Institutes\u0026nbsp;to beef up both industrial and economic engagement.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Award recognizes recognize different components of economic engagement \u2013 talent, innovation, place, and connections."}],"uid":"27918","created_gmt":"2014-10-17 15:53:07","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:17:19","author":"Laura Diamond","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-10-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-10-17T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"83141":{"id":"83141","type":"image","title":"View of Tech Square across the fifth street bridge","body":null,"created":"1449178095","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:15","changed":"1475894700","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:00","alt":"View of Tech Square across the fifth street bridge","file":{"fid":"193902","name":"08c1004-p73-001.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/08c1004-p73-001_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/08c1004-p73-001_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":593829,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/08c1004-p73-001_1.jpg?itok=9d_x5mRw"}}},"media_ids":["83141"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/innovate.gatech.edu\/programs\/","title":"Enterprise Innovation Institute"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.research.gatech.edu\/institutes","title":"Interdisciplinary Research Institutes"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"},{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"}],"keywords":[{"id":"815","name":"economic development"},{"id":"9040","name":"EI2"},{"id":"168141","name":"Stephen Cross"},{"id":"167668","name":"Stephen Fleming"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"106361","name":"Business and Economic Development"},{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELaura Diamond\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["laura.diamond@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}