Innovation & Economic Prosperity
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The Association of Public Land-Grant Universities (APLU) Innovation & Economic Prosperity (IEP) Program helps higher education institutions better know, measure, tell, and enhance their economic and community development impact while recognizing institutions that have demonstrated a substantive, sustainable, and institution-wide commitment to and strategy for regional economic engagement, growth, and economic opportunity.
Institutions complete a rigorous self-assessment, engaging on-campus and off-campus stakeholders, to identify the strengths of the university’s economic engagement enterprise and, importantly, areas for growth and improvement—all while sharing and learning from an international community of practice comprised of peers.
The University of Utah earned its initial IEP designation in 2020 and applied for re-certification in the fall of 2025.
Read the U's IEP recertification application.
Meet the U's IEP leadership team
