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Government
Government
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Business & Industry
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Community
Students & Alumni
Students & Alumni
Faculty & Researchers
Faculty & Researchers
Entrepreneurs & Innovators
Entrepreneurs & Innovators
The institute has managed 19 federal and state economic development programs over 30 years;
Provided funding sponsors with a return on investment of 10x to 30x;
Provided business and technical support to 777 companies
The institute has helped create or preserve 52,883 jobs;
Maintains a database of more than 1,200 experts/service providers;
Works with more than 100 universities around the country
The institute has worked with 122 companies launching new technical products leading to 22 patents;
140 new products;
Over $88 million of follow-on funding;
Conducted 23 economic research studies;
Worked with hundreds of communities to help them revitalize their economies
The University of Michigan’s Economics Rockstar
George Fulton
Our George Fulton was recently honored with the inaugural Regional Economic Models Inc. Career Achievement Award for Excellence in Economic and Demographic Analysis. REMI is an economists group involved in regional economic forecasting and policy analysis from 48 of the 50 states, Canada, and overseas. In addition to his work at the institute, George is the director of Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics in the U-M Department of Economics.