On Friday, May 11, 2018, Governor Matt Bevin and University of Kentucky President Eli Capiluto announced Kentucky will participate as one of nine international teams—and the first from the US—in a two-year program that fosters entrepreneurship and innovation organized by MIT. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program will engage Kentucky’s team, which includes the UK and the Cabinet for Economic Development’s entrepreneurship office, in designing a regionally relevant plan to support entrepreneurs and the innovation environment. Along with Kentucky, the sixth cohort of MIT REAP include teams from China, Italy, Denmark, Ecuador, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Norway and Australia.