About NISTAC

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Founded in 1994, the National Institute for Strategic Technology Acquisition and Commercialization (NISTAC) is a not-for-profit, 501(c)3 corporation, organized under the auspices of Kansas State University (K-State) and the State of Kansas via the Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation (KTEC). K-State is the state's Land Grant Research University located in Manhattan, which is a city of 50,000 people in a regional community, which includes approximately 100,000 people in a 35-mile radius. KTEC is a statutory, economic development corporation reporting to the Governor.

Originally named the Mid-America Commercialization Corporation (MACC), NISTAC also is co-sponsored by the City of Manhattan, Kansas, and the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce. NISTAC therefore embodies a true private-public partnership that bridges across multiple levels of government, as well as regional academic and business communities.