The Arkansas ASSET Initiative is a multi-institutional, interdisciplinary, state-wide program. Our new program, ASSET II, is designed to strengthen three specialty areas developing in Arkansas with potential for regional and national significance and with major economic development potential, plant-based production, solar cell technology, and new power electronics.

The Arkansas ASSET Initiative is part of the National Science Foundation’s EPSCoR Program.  An integral component of the program is entrepreneurial training, support for commercialization of new technologies, and an educational outreach program that targets the STEM pipeline needed to support the advanced technologies workforce.