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Iowa State University CIRAS
- 1. Iowa State University Centerfor Industrial Research and Service CIRAS has managed an EDA University Center at ISU continuously since 1980. 2018-2023: Workforce Strategies
- 2. IOWA CIRAS, a unitof the Iowa State University College of Engineering and the Economic Development and Industry Relations (EDIR) office, supports economic development in Iowa by providing technical services to Iowa businesses to improve their profitability through applied research, education, and technical assistance. www.ciras.iastate.edu
- 3. Brenda Martin, WorkforcePrograms Director E: bkmartin@iastate.edu C: 515-570-5282
- 4. $2.8B of ClientResults Over Five Years
Editor's Notes
- #3 Where we are Who we are
- #4 SUCCESS STORY: Workforce team: lives beyond the EDA program funding and grows and evolves. This thing has a life of its own that EDA helps to start. Mayra Ramirez, Pam Lane, Mary McGraw, Brenda Martin + other service areas Jeff Burton Empowering universities to take their expertise in different academic areas and helping them bring that expertise/resources to the community Universities have a lot of knowledge that the community can benefit from. Take your university expertise/resources and use them to benefit the communities in your region A successful EDA program is one that lives beyond the EDA program funding and grows and evolves. This thing has a life of its own that EDA helps to start. The Center for Industrial Research and Service (CIRAS) was created in 1963 to help Iowa businesses and communities prosper and grow. Our approach, Engage. Educate. Embed., means we work with businesses to understand their goals and then fashion solutions specific to their individual needs. We focus on making improvements stick by supporting clients after a project ends. We offer services in five main areas …
- #5 Over the past five years, CIRAS and our partners have helped more than 4,400 businesses in every Iowa county; generating an economic impact of more than $2.8 billion and creating and retaining more than 30,000 jobs. CIRAS is part of a vast network of university and industry experts, which means our clients have access to an unparalleled range of research-proven solutions. For your business/group, this means CIRAS can connect you to… 50+ external specialists supporting our team of 42 staff.
- #6 Talk about the research that lead to our applied implementation services