What is "ustar"

The Utah Science Technology and Research (USTAR) initiative is a technology-based economic development initiative funded by the state of Utah. The Utah State Legislature passed Senate Bill 75 creating the USTAR initiative in March 2006. This measure provided funding for investments at the University of Utah (U of U) and Utah State University (USU) to recruit researchers, build interdisciplinary research and development facilities, and to form science, innovation, and commercialization teams across the state.

This initiative focuses on leveraging the assets of Utah’s research universities (U of U and USU) in creating and commercializing innovative technologies to generate more technology-based start-up firms, higher paying jobs, and additional business activity leading to a statewide expansion of Utah’s tax base.