RSS 1.0SmartState Program
In 2002, the South Carolina General Assembly established the SmartState Program, funding it with proceeds from the South Carolina Education Lottery. The legislation authorizes the state's three public research institutions—Clemson University, the Medical University of South Carolina and the University of South Carolina—to use state lottery funds to create Centers of Economic Excellence.
There are 48 State Centers in six industry-focused Smart Clusters: Advanced Materials & Nanotechnology, Automotive and Transportation, Biomedical, Future Fuels®, Information Science, and Pharmaceutical. Each Center is awarded from $2 million to $5 million in state lottery funds, which must be matched on a dollar-for-dollar basis with non-state funds from corporations or other entities.
The program also supports SmartState Endowed Chairs, world-renowned scientists and engineers who lead the Centers.
SC Innovates, the SmartState Center for Innovation + Commercialization, is located within the University of South Carolina’s Darla Moore School Business. SC Innovates was created to connect the more than 50 SmartState Centers at USC, Clemson University, and the Medical University of South Carolina with companies, organizations, and individuals interested in tapping into the expertise of the nearly 75 SmartState Endowed Chairs and their research labs.
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2021-2022 annual report
(South Carolina State Library, 2022-12-22)The South Carolina SmartState Program serves the public interest by creating incentives for the state’s research universities, in cooperation with other institutions of higher education in the state, to raise capital from ... -
2020-2021 annual report
(South Carolina State Library, 2022-01-27)The South Carolina SmartState Program serves the public interest by creating incentives for the state’s research universities, in cooperation with other institutions of higher education in the state, to raise capital from ... -
2019-2020 annual report
(South Carolina State Library, 2020-12-11)The South Carolina SmartState Program serves the public interest by creating incentives for the state’s research universities, in cooperation with other institutions of higher education in the state, to raise capital from ... -
South Carolina Centers of Economic Excellence annual financial report
(South Carolina State Library, 2021-06-30)An independent auditor audited the financial statements of the South Carolina Centers of Economic Excellence using generally agreed upon accounting principles. -
2015-2016 Annual report
(South Carolina State Library, 2016)The South Carolina SmartState Program serves the public interest by creating incentives for the state’s research universities, in cooperation with other institutions of higher education in the state, to raise capital from ... -
2014-2015 Annual report
(South Carolina State Library, 2015)The South Carolina SmartState Program serves the public interest by creating incentives for the state’s research universities, in cooperation with other institutions of higher education in the state, to raise capital from ... -
A feasibility study for an international horse park in Aiken, South Carolina
(South Carolina State Library, 2012-08)This feasibility study involved an extensive assessment of the economic, social and environmental impacts of a proposed multi-use international horse park in Aiken County. Based on the results, a number of recommendations ... -
2018-2019 annual report
(South Carolina State Library, 2019)The South Carolina SmartState Program serves the public interest by creating incentives for the state’s research universities, in cooperation with other institutions of higher education in the state, to raise capital from ... -
2013-2014 Annual report
(South Carolina State Library, 2014)The South Carolina SmartState Program serves the public interest by creating incentives for the state’s research universities, in cooperation with other institutions of higher education in the state, to raise capital from ... -
2012-2013 Annual report
(South Carolina State Library, 2013)The South Carolina SmartState Program serves the public interest by creating incentives for the state’s research universities, in cooperation with other institutions of higher education in the state, to raise capital from ... -
2017/2018 annual report
(South Carolina State Library, 2018)The South Carolina SmartState Program serves the public interest by creating incentives for the state’s research universities, in cooperation with other institutions of higher education in the state, to raise capital from ... -
Annual report 2016-2017
(South Carolina State Library, 2017)The South Carolina SmartState Program serves the public interest by creating incentives for the state’s research universities, in cooperation with other institutions of higher education in the state, to raise capital from ... -
2011-2012 annual report to the S.C. General Assembly and the S.C. Budget & Control Board
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South Carolina Centers of Economic Excellence SmartState Program program guidelines
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South Carolina Research University Infrastructure Act program guidelines for SmartState Review Board
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South Carolina Centers of Economic Excellence SmartState Program program guidelines
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South Carolina Centers of Economic Excellence SmartState Program program guidelines
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Endowed professorship program: program guidelines
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CoEE investor spotlight: Timken
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Investor spotlight: Smith & Nephew
(South Carolina State Library, 2011)
