The FIRST Louisiana State S&T plan, developed collaboratively by research 
leaders under the leadership of Dr. Les Guice and formally adopted by the Board of Regents in January 2010, builds on Louisiana’s long history of strategic investments to provide direction for the next fifteen years. Its vision is that by 2025, Louisiana’s universities will lead the State’s dynamic innovation economy through the advancement of science and technology research and education. Louisiana’s colleges and universities have been building capacity and capitalizing on opportunities for more than 20 years and are already positioned to be in the vanguard of innovation and technology development.
FIRST Louisiana: Fostering Innovation through Research in Science and Technology in Louisiana