Indiana University has received a $5 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to engage its leading-edge information technology expertise to improve the flow of students through Indiana’s K-16 school pipeline into the state’s workforce.

IU will receive funding through the endowment’s Charting the Future for Indiana’s Colleges and Universities initiative. Announced in October, the initiative is helping Indiana’s colleges and universities develop creative and bold strategies to improve the educational attainment and career readiness of Hoosier students and build the state’s intellectual capital.