University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Name of UC | Louisiana Entrepreneurship & Economic Development Center (LEED) |
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Location | 104 E. University Ave. , Lafayette, LA 70503 |
EDA Regional Office | Austin |
Year One | 2018 |
Contact | ( spfac@lousiana.edu ) |
Principal Investigator(s) | Geoffrey Stewart, gstewart@louisiana.edu, (337)482-5915 |
Website | https://business.louisiana.edu/research-faculty/louisiana-entrepreneurship-economic-development-center |
The funding will support the Louisiana Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Center in the UL B.I. Moody College of Business Administration to help expand LEED in developing regional innovation clusters, advancing high-growth entrepreneurship, cultivating innovation in rural and underrepresented communities and supporting regional commercialization. It will start in the Lafayette region and grow to cover the state over a five-year period.