Launchpad Learning Modules: Engaging with the Private Sector
The Launchpad Umbrella Working Group has created a series of learning modules to provide an overview to use-inspired research practices and provide tangible examples to assist with implementation.
The fourth module in the Launchpad Learnings series, this video shares some tips and approaches to engaging with the private sector. To view the first video in the series, an overview and introduction to Launchpad Learnings, click here. View the second module about tips to recruit partners here and the third on K-12 partnerships here.
One of the central aims of use-inspired research and engagement is to meaningfully prepare students for STEM careers while simultaneously fueling local economic growth. By providing students with hands-on, community-relevant experiences and engaging with the private sector to meet its workforce needs, a cycle of innovation and sustainability is ensured, with incremental progress leading to significant simultaneous educational and economic benefits.
Watch the video below by Chris Buser to learn more about engaging with businesses of all scales through use-inspired partnerships.
This activity is part of Building Bridges to Use-Inspired Research and Science-Informed Practices, funded under NSF Grant # FAIN-2309541.
View previous modules in the Launchpad Learning Modules series here: