New start-ups mecca - University of Utah

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<p>[To</a> Start A Spinoff Biz, Look To Utah : NPR](<a href=“http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129385576]To”>To Start A Spinoff Biz, Look To Utah : NPR)</p>

<p>“When it comes to creating new start-ups from academic research, only MIT compares to the University of Utah — despite the fact that MIT’s research budget is five times larger. Now officials from colleges around the country are flocking to Salt Lake City to learn how the school turns inventions into jobs, and profits.”</p>

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<p>MIT’s research budget is only 5x that of University of Utah’s? That seems really low.</p>

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<p>On campus research at MIT was only $451MM in '09 (according to quick google search); I am surprised that U of U is that low.</p>

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<p>They usually don’t count military and classified work that can’t be published. They don’t call it the beehive state for nothing.</p>