We are committed to elevating PVAMU’s innovation, commercialization, and entrepreneurship enterprise for greater economic development and impact on the university, region, and the state of Texas. We foster a culture of innovation and entrepreneurialism across campus. We leverage innovation and entrepreneurial capabilities to create a vibrant innovation ecosystem. We are committed to providing support for intellectual property development, technology transfers, and commercialization that further fuels PVAMU’s research and innovation enterprise. We foster entrepreneurial talent, ideas, and opportunities through a variety of faculty and student-centered programs, funding support, competitions, and access to start-up resources. Our vision extends beyond the PVAMU three campuses located in Prairie View, Waller County, North-West Houston, and Downtown Houston, Harris County, into the Greater Houston Area and the State of Texas.  Inventors and entrepreneurs of color predominantly drive our support for wealth and job creation.

– Magesh T. Rajan, Vice President for Research & Innovation

Welcome to ICEED

The ICEED Innovation-Commercialization-Entrepreneurship-Economic Development Center is committed to advancing the innovation and entrepreneurship enterprise by significantly increasing the innovation and commercialization activities by faculty, students and staff researchers. In alignment with the Division of Research & Innovation’s strategic vision to elevate the PVAMU’s Innovation enterprise, the ICEED is dedicated to providing strategic as well as broader services.

Innovation is and always will be a key driver of economic success in the United States. ICEED empowers innovators as we create an entrepreneurship ecosystem, leveraging the innovation and entrepreneurial capabilities of PVAMU’s talented and diverse student body, faculty, staff and alumni to accelerate technology transfer, entrepreneurship and economic development throughout our community and the State of Texas. Our goal is to integrate research, education and commercialization to foster a culture for entrepreneurs across the campus to learn, plan and grow, while building lasting relationships between industry and academia to improve society and revitalize the economy.

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