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Statewide Strategic Resource Development

Charles Muscoplat
Vice President

The Office of the Vice President for Statewide Strategic Resource Development (SSRD) is responsible for strategic leadership in three broad areas:

1. The University's statewide economic development initiatives, as well as strategies for regional, national, and international development programs;
2. The generation of increased financial return on University assets; and
3. Select University-wide interdisciplinary academic initiatives.

Primary emphases within economic development currently include strategic planning for real estate as a University resource and, in conjunction with the Office of the Vice President for Research, commercialization of technology and intellectual property.

One of the current initiatives of SSRD is to create a long-term strategic and comprehensive development plan to leverage the University's statewide real estate holdings in furtherance of the academic mission, with an immediate focus on the University of Minnesota Outreach, Research and Education (UMore) Park.