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Partnerships that drive progress

This isn't business as usual. Indiana University is rewriting the playbook on partnerships between higher education and industry. We’re working together to strengthen the state’s talent pipeline, fuel economic growth, and meet our most pressing challenges head-on. IU and Hoosier industries are united in solving tomorrow’s problems today.

COLLABORATION THAT MOVES US FORWARD

PROGRESS IS A TEAM EFFORT

Indiana University works alongside industry leaders, bringing together the people, expertise, and resources needed to solve challenges and create opportunities. Through partnerships like the NSF IMPACT Engine, IU is developing talent, accelerating innovation, connecting companies with expertise, and moving new ideas into the marketplace.

Accelerating research partnerships

Leading musculoskeletal innovation

Indiana University is leading a statewide coalition to strengthen Indiana’s position as a global hub for musculoskeletal innovation. Bringing together more than 170 industry, clinical, and university partners, the NSF IMPACT Engine in Indiana will help move discoveries from the lab to the marketplace faster—creating new technologies, companies, and jobs while delivering life-changing solutions to the patients who need them.

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From discovery to market

Turn ideas into impact

Your industry expertise can help shape the next generation of musculoskeletal innovation. Through the NSF IMPACT Engine in Indiana, businesses can collaborate with researchers and clinicians to collaborate on industry-driven solutions, and help move musculoskeletal innovations from concept to commercialization.

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Leading in microelectronics innovation

Growing the state's tech industry

Indiana University is partnering with global semiconductor leader imec to advance cutting-edge research, strengthen Indiana’s innovation ecosystem and prepare talent for a fast-growing industry. Through collaborative projects led by IU CREATE, researchers and students will work with advanced semiconductor technologies, opening new opportunities for discovery, commercialization and industry partnership while strengthening Indiana’s competitiveness in microelectronics.

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This partnership with imec will combine IU’s growing expertise in reliable and trusted electronics with the capabilities of one of the world’s leading semiconductor research organizations, creating new opportunities for our faculty and students while strengthening Indiana’s innovation ecosystem and economic competitiveness.

Russell J. Mumper
IU vice president for research
Investing in Indiana's own

SUPPORTING TOMORROW'S BUSINESS LEADERS

Indiana University’s entrepreneurial ecosystem is fueling innovation and business growth across the state. Supported by IU Ventures and campus resources, Homefield’s founder turned a student startup into a thriving Indiana business—creating jobs, strengthening local communities, and showcasing how IU empowers Hoosier entrepreneurs to drive the state’s economy forward.
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    92,655
    jobs supported by businesses created by IU graduates
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    10,350
    IU-industry partnerships that fuel economic growth
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    $7 billion
    in added income to Indiana's economy generated by IU graduates
FROM VISION TO IMPACT

REAL CHALLENGES. REAL SOLUTIONS.

Follow the latest stories and see how IU is working with communities to solve what’s next—from every corner of Indiana to our nine campuses and beyond.
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IU’s partnerships and collaborations span industries and communities, helping shape a stronger future for Hoosiers and the state of Indiana.