Arkansas Research Alliance (ARA) is dedicated to elevating a fundamental belief: Research Matters. Operating as a public-private partnership, ARA invests in research that stimulates innovation, encourages collaboration, and strengthens economic opportunity. When ARA launched in 2008, it was through an imagined future for our state that was full of promise and teeming with opportunities for economic development, tech-based innovation, and advancement. Today, that promise is alive and well, and job-creating research is recognized as a vital pathway to progress. ARA continues its evolution from an aspirational organization to one that is delivering real impact for Arkansas.