Where's M&S?

In its recent strategic plan, Moving Virginia Forward: Access, Alignment, Investment, the State Council for Higher Education in Virginia (SCHEV) recommends "[endorsing] the Virginia Research and Technology Advisory Commission (VRTAC) proposal to establish a consortium of universities, industry and federal laboratories that would focus on three thematic research areas of mutual priority:

1. Energy, Conservation, and the Environment;
2. Future Microelectronics in Virginia;
3. Lifespan Biology and Medicine, including public health and safety."

While universities and Federal Labs in Hampton Roads have expertise in several of these areas, there are glaring omissions, such as M&S, which are important to the Hampton Roads economy. Although the reports, in and of themselves, do not dictate state funding, they will likely influence executive and legislative decision making.

SCHEV 2007 Strategic Plan
VRTAC_Univ-Fed_Lab_report