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Boise State’s TechHelp seeks $5,000 and partial FTP support to stabilize Studio Blue director position; director provides performance metrics

3434667 · January 20, 2025
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TechHelp, the applied research and manufacturer assistance program housed at Boise State University, asked the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee for a modest $5,000 personnel augmentation to stabilize a Studio Blue center director position that had been grant-funded. TechHelp director Brad McDonald described impact metrics for

Brad McDonald, executive director of TechHelp at Boise State University, told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee that TechHelp’s Studio Blue center (new product development and workforce training arm) is maturing and previously depended on a federal grant that expired in September of the prior year. To sustain the Studio Blue director role, TechHelp requested a $5,000 FY2026 personnel augmentation in the state appropriation to help retain the center director…

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