Mississippi State is the recipient of a combined $9.5 million that will allow the Magnolia State’s leading land-grant institution to continue playing an influential role in Mississippi’s economic future by creating innovative technologies, better jobs and skilled workers.

With a portfolio of intellectual properties spanning new blueberry varieties to the next generation of wearable technologies, Mississippi State’s Office of Technology Management is helping the Magnolia State’s leading scientists patent their ideas and take them to market, all while protecting public investments in research.