“We few, we happy few” shouldn’t have been so bloody few if Shakespeare’s Henry V were honest 400+ years ago. Flash forward, and a merry band of brothers and sisters represented the TBED community well as they visited DC’s Capitol Hill this week to remind Congressional offices of the importance of several federal programs for funding strategic regional innovation initiatives. And it was nothing like Henry V’s Battle of Agincourt. In truth, regional innovation is and always has been a nonpartisan issue, but there are other pressures afoot to capture Congress’s attention and purse strings.
Innovation Advocacy Council members believe TBED can continue, with Congress’s financial and policy help, to sustain the nation’s competitiveness against ever-strengthening global markets aspiring to be just like us. The IAC is the only group dedicated entirely to ensuring Congress doesn’t forget the important work you do. It needs your support to continue its work into FY 2027. Contact SSTI for more information about how you can contribute to maintaining a strong federal-state-university-local innovation partnership.