INNOVATIONECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE

Mission

The ICEED’s Innovation - Economic Development area is committed to fostering innovation, commercialization, entrepreneurialism across campus and in the Southeast Texas region. Our vision extends beyond the PVAMU three campuses located in Prairie View, Waller County, Northwest Houston, and Harris County into the Greater Houston Area and the State of Texas. Inventors and entrepreneurs of color are the predominant drivers of our support for wealth and job creation.

Innovation And Commercialization Center For Entrepreneurs

The concept of Innovation and Commercialization Center for Entrepreneurs (ICCE) is currently being explored. The ICCE initiative will cultivate the entrepreneurial landscape, support the Texas A&M University Systems’ Chancellor’s Research Initiative and provide essential tools required by entrepreneurs and innovators to commercialize their technologies. The ICCE project includes laboratory space designed for build-outs that feature energy-efficient stems, accelerator space with shared resources to maximize and leverage R&D capacities, threestory building, office condominiums conference rooms, retail space, and D-Space for tenants. PVAMU’s goal is to be the leader in HBCU innovations by promoting its capacity as a revenuegenerating institution employing technology’s commercialization as a key economic driver.

Innovation Corridor 1890

Prairie View A&M University ignites its entrepreneurial initiative with a commitment to design and develop an Innovation Corridor on a 50-acre, university-owned property. The project will strengthen the socio-economic well-being of the cities of Prairie View, Waller, and Hempstead, as well as the Northwest Houston Corridor.

The Innovation Corridor include four zones: 

Innovation and Commercialization

Entertainment

Residential Housing Zone for Faculty and Staff 

Commercial Real Estate

The development will provide students with opportunities while offering amenities that support the broader community. The Innovation Corridor campus gateway development will facilitate and encourage connections between faculty, staff, students, and the community.