MIT REAP Cohort 6
MIT REAP Cohort 6
MIT REAP is a dynamic global initiative that engages with communities around the world to strengthen innovation-driven entrepreneurial ecosystems and transform economies.
The MIT REAP Global program admits a cohort of up to eight regions annually to participate in the two-year learning engagement with MIT. Kentucky was selected as part of their 6th Cohort.
REAP Team Kentucky
REAP Team Kentucky came together through an initiative focused on examining the Future of Work in Kentucky, starting in early 2017 as a dialogue between Kentucky innovators and labs at MIT. Following in the footsteps of the territory of Puerto Rico, Kentucky became the first U.S. state/region of a state to be accepted into MIT REAP as part of Cohort 6.
Kentucky’s economy has been in significant transformation in the past decade, and MIT REAP gave a chance for a team to come together from across stakeholder groups and throughout the state to find new ways to collaborate.
As a result, members of Team Kentucky formed AccelerateKY, launched in October 2021, to focus on connecting, informing, and inspiring Kentuckians to build a stronger innovation ecosystem through drawing on the principles of MIT REAP and building new approaches to piloting innovation projects.
MIT REAP Cohort 6
Cohort 6 of MIT REAP spanned 2018–2020 and included nine successful regional teams from around the globe. Find more details on the various strategic projects they implemented.
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