Utah officially launches The Nucleus Institute to cultivate innovation

SALT LAKE CITY – Utah is officially launching a new institute meant to improve collaboration and innovation in the state, called The Nucleus Institute. On Wednesday, Utah's governor helped kick it off. "Nucleus is all about taking this present situation which we find ourselves in and making the most of it," Gov. Spencer Cox said. The Nucleus Institute is a product of Utah making the commitment to deeper collaboration between Utah's colleges and universities, state government, and the commercial industry to help fast-track ideas. For example, entrepreneurial ideas from college students that could solve high-tech problems. As leaders explained Wednesday in the official launch of Nucleus, each of those ideas needs better support and financial investment to make them a reality. "Our job is to help identify those to help provide funding for that, provide training, and connecting them directly into those industry partnerships to get them launched and become viable businesses," said Nucleus Executive Director Jefferson Moss. Nucleus has staff employed through the state and a physical hub they plan to begin building next year in Lehi. It will help build the groundwork to cultivate innovation and relationships across education, government, and industry to keep Utah at the forefront of ideas. The state has actually been working to get The Nucleus Institute up and running for the last two years, but it just officially launched it Wednesday. College students and entrepreneurs will likely experience it first. The hub they're building in Lehi is expected to be finished in two years.

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