US Economic Development Administration, University Center Cohort Program, National
The U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) University Center (UC) program seeks to help strengthen regional economies by leveraging higher education assets to promote innovation, entrepreneurship, technology commercialization, and skilled talent.
The University Economic Development Administration (UEDA) and the Virginia Tech Center for Economic and Community Engagement (CECE) are studying how EDA-designated UCs organize, operate, and implement their economic development programs. With EDA support, UEDA seeks both to expand its reach to the UCs and support EDA’s goals by facilitating the transfer of knowledge and sharing best practices among the EDA UCs.