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Quantum memories comprise many of the required - [Novark North America LLC](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/novark-north-america-llc/) - Novark North America LLC winstonzhang@novark.com.cn Novark North America stands as a trusted leader in thermal management solutions, boasting over two decades of experience and a global presence spanning the USA, Asia, and Europe. The company’s expertise lies in delivering cutting-edge electronics cooling solutions tailored for high-performance computing across a spectrum of industries. Specializing in AI, - [KeaneTech](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/keanetech/) - KeaneTech kriven@keanetech.com 60 Hazelwood Dr. Champaign, IL KeaneTech works with ceramic powder synthesis for the design and fabrication of geopolymers a... - [Ion Grove](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/ion-grove/) - Ion Grove phillip.rowell@willowgroveint.com 60 Hazelwood Dr. Champaign, IL A highway rest stop re-imagined for the EV age. Ion is the first purpose built... - [Cache Energy](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/cache-energy/) - Cache Energy arpit@cache-energy.com 60 Hazelwood Dr. Champaign, IL Cache Energy focuses on creating energy storage that is safe to install anywhere and transported everywhere through long-duration electricity storage. Using technology based on thermal power plants, Cache Energy avoids the pitfalls of switching to clean energy, like changing skillset requirements or concurrent job losses. This technology - [AmnioAlert](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/amnioalert/) - AmnioAlert amnioalert@gmail.com 1800 S. Oak St. Champaign, IL Led by Carle Illinois College of Medicine student, Tessabella Magliochetti, AmnioAlert is an at-home amniotic fluid detection system built into a disposable underwear liner which provides a reliable test ensuring timely and accurate identification of labor onset. amnioalert.com AmnioAlert at Research Park AmnioAlert CEO Tessabella Magliochetti named - [Mondelēz International](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/mondelez-international/) - Mondelēz International michelle.firrell@mdlz.com 2021 S. First St. Champaign, IL Mondelēz International is a global leader in snacking, empowering people to snack right in over 150 countries with iconic brands like Oreo, Ritz, LU, Clif Bar, Tate’s Bake Shop, Cadbury Dairy Milk, Milka, and Toblerone. The company holds the #1 global position in biscuits and #2 - [Catapult Program](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/catapult/) - Catapult Program The Catapult Program benefits University of Illinois-affiliated entrepreneurs with strong potential for technology commercialization through new company formation.Catapult awardees have access to a suite of professional services, including business development, legal setup, SBIR applications, bookkeeping, and marketing/branding assistance.EnterpriseWorks maintains a list of professional service providers and pricing for Catapult clients.Catapult award recipients are - [AgTech Summit Registration Opens for 2026](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/agtech-summit-registration-opens-for-2026/) - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (Nov. 3, 2025) — Registration is now open for the 11th Annual AgTech Innovation Summit, presented by Bayer, taking place Tuesday, March 10, 2026, at the Illinois Conference Center in Champaign. The summit will feature fireside chats with Mike Graham, head of research and development, Crop Science at Bayer; Jerry Costello II, director - [Calling Ag and Food Tech Startups: Apply to Pitch at Startup World Cup Regional Qualifier](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/startup-world-cup-food-and-ag-regional-applications/) - Applications are now live for the Agriculture and Food regional qualifier of Startup World Cup, which returns to the AgTech Innovation Summit stage for the second year on March 10. - [EarthSense Competes in Startup World Cup Grand Finale](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/earthsense-competes-in-grand-finale/) - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (Oct. 21, 2025) — EarthSense, an EnterpriseWorks graduate based at the University of Illinois Research Park competed in the Startup World Cup... - [10th Annual AgTech Innovation Summit Recap](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/10th-agtech-summit-recap/) - The 10th Annual AgTech Summit at Research Park hosted nearly 400 attendees for a day filled with interactive panels, showcases, award presentations, and more. - [W. Brooke Elliott, Shannon O'Hare and Ryan Coon Appointed to Research Park Board of Managers](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/w-brooke-elliott-shannon-ohare-and-ryan-coon-appointed-to-research-park-board-of-managers/) - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (Sept. 18, 2025) – W. Brooke Elliott, Dean of Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Shannon O'Hare, execut... - [New Podcast Episode: Frenzy Ag](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/podcast-episode-frenzy-ag/) - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (Feb. 17, 2026) — Founders of Frenzy Ag, Ken Paige and Chris Harbourt, joined the Innovations at Research Park podcast to speak about their innovative agricultural tech company. This episode, hosted by Tanmay Shah, explores the origins and mission of Frenzy Ag. Discussing Frenzy Ag's core product, Harbourt highlighted the large commercial potential - [AgTech Innovation Summit celebrates 10th annual event](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/agtech-innovation-summit-celebrates-10th-annual-event/) - The 10th Annual AgTech Innovation Summit will take place at the University of Illinois Research Park on Thursday, March 6... - [Bayer Crop Science](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/bayer-crop-science/) - Bayer Crop Science blake.giles@bayer.com 217-305-6830 1904 S. First St. Champaign, IL Bayer Crop Science Innovation Center uses the latest in digital tools and data to drive agricultural innovations, which increase efficiency and reduce the amount of water, land, and energy necessary to meet the world’s food fuel and fiber needs. These tools benefit farmers, consumers, - [Brunswick Boating Intelligence Design Lab](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/brunswick-boating-intelligence-design-lab/) - Brunswick Boating Intelligence Design Lab angie.stacey@brunswick.com 1907 S. Fourth Street Champaign, IL Brunswick is an industry leader in the marine space who focus on lifestyle products like recreational boats, marine engines, active recreation, and activated workplace products. The Brunswick Boating Intelligence Design Lab (formerly the Brunswick I-Jet Lab) works closely with Brunswick’s corporate office to - [Bridg](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/bridg/) - Bridg greg.muchnik@bridg.com 2001 S. First Street, Champaign, 61801 Bridg is an enterprise SaaS data infrastructure company on a mission to make customer data accessible and actionable for brick and mortar retailers and CPG brands. Its unique ability to identify, understand, and engage unknown in-store consumers is made possible through industry leading identity resolution, proprietary census - [Boston Bioprocess](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/boston-bioprocess/) - Boston Bioprocess mtai@bostonbioworks.com 60 Hazelwood Dr. Champaign, IL Boston Bioprocess offers full-suite fermentation and downstream processing services at benchtop and pilot-scale. The company provides its clients with the equipment and expertise they need to improve yield, decrease costs, and access product for commercial testing. bostonbioprocess.com Boston Bioprocess at Research Park Boston Bioprocess Wins 2025 Edwin - [BlueMarble Weather](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/bluemarble-weather/) - BlueMarble Weather develops comprehensive environmental monitoring systems specifically designed for agricultural applications. It features a high-density... - [BlooMD](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/bloomd/) - BlooMD shawncar@gmail.com (217) 714-1762 60 Hazelwood Dr. Champaign, IL BlooMD is focused on finding natural sources of bioactive compounds that could be used in human health, animal health, and food preparation. Using its proprietary insights, they screen a library of plant materials to isolate and test plant-made compounds for activity against common fungal and bacterial pathogens. - [AXIS Research Center](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/axis-research-center/) - Axis Research Center at Research Park AXIS Capital and Gies College of Business Establishes the AXIS Risk Management Academy AXIS and University of Illinois Host Climate Symposium - [Aviatrix Systems](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/aviatrix-systems/) - Aviatrix Systems shinrichs@aviatrix.com 2021 S. First St. Champaign, IL Aviatrix’s mission is to simplify cloud networking so companies stay agile. The pioneer of secure cloud networking delivers advanced cloud networking, network security, and operational visibility required by enterprises with cloud-native simplicity and automation. Over 500 customers worldwide leverage Aviatrix and its proven multi-cloud network reference - [Synchrony Emerging Technology Center](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/synchrony-emerging-technology-center/) - Synchrony Emerging Technology Center karin.dormarkovich@syf.com 1904 S. First Street Champaign, IL As a consumer financial services company, Synchrony Financial is the largest provider of private label credit cards in the United States based on volume and receivables. Synchrony provides credit products through programs with a diverse group of national and regional retailers, local merchants, manufacturers, - [Applied Pavement Technology](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/applied-pavement-technology/) - Applied Pavement Technology 1908 South First St. (217) 398-3977 Founded in 1994, Applied Pavement Technology, Inc. is a leading consultancy firm specializing in pavement engineering and management solutions. APTech collaborates with clients of all sizes to support data-driven and performance-based decision-making aimed at improving transportation infrastructure. The firm offers a comprehensive suite of services, including - [Amplified HR](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/amplified-hr/) - Amplified HR 1800 S. Oak St. Champaign, IL Amplified HR was founded in 2015 when the HR Director for a national franchise chain was desperate to give franchisees access to Human Resources to save them from the headaches and financial burden of legal claims. Amplified HR created a one-stop HR solution that assists businesses by - [American Dairy Science Association](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/american-dairy-science-association/) - American Dairy Science Association fass@assochq.org 217-239-3338 1800 S. Oak St. Champaign, IL Since 1998, the American Dairy Science Association (previously known as FASS) has provided shared management services to not-for-profit animal science and related organizations. The American Dairy Science Association is a 501(c)(3) support organization. They provide services to more than 10,000 professionals in animal - [AI Nexus Healthcare](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/ai-nexus-healthcare/) - AI Nexus Healthcare charlie@ainexus.com 60 Hazelwood Dr. AI Nexus Healthcare is creating a new generation of smart health and wellness applications powered by Cognitive Artificial Intelligence designed to help shape the future of healthcare worldwide. The company empowers users to take control of their health and provides real-time decision support to healthcare professionals through a - [AGCO Acceleration Center](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/agco-acceleration-center-2/) - AGCO Acceleration Center 2001 S. First Street Champaign, IL AGCO is a global leader and manufacturer of agriculture equipment and technology. AGCO Corporation delivers agricultural solutions to farmers worldwide through a full line of tractors, combine harvesters, hay and forage equipment, seeding and tillage implements, grain storage and protein production systems.The AGCO Acceleration Center is - [Affiliated Engineers](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/affiliated-engineers/) - Affiliated Engineers mziegler@aeieng.com 217-363-3894 1800 S. Oak St. Champaign, IL Affiliated Engineers deliver engineering leadership and innovation for complex projects. AEI possesses industry-leading expertise and achievements in engineered systems for complex building, energy, and utility projects. The company develops creative and effective solutions to meet their employees’ and clients’ needs by creating a culture that - [ADM Science and Technology Center](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/adm-science-and-technology-center/) - ADM Science and Technology Center Matt.Menegay@adm.com1907 S. Fourth St. Champaign, IL In September 2022, ADM celebrated the grand opening of the new ADM Science and Technology Center at the University of Illinois Research Park. The facility quadruples ADM’s footprint and reflects a significant expansion of its capabilities.In addition to its focus on process and financial - [Accuraty Solutions](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/accuraty-solutions/) - Accuraty Solutions is a full-service web firm that specializes in branding, CMS and static websites, and building dynamic data-sharing solutions. - [Abbott Laboratories](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/abbott-laboratories/) - Abbott Laboratories abbottresearchpark@abbott.com 217-383-9360 1800 S. Oak Street Champaign, IL Abbott Laboratories at Research Park primarily researches human nutrition products from pregnancy to elder care and pharmaceutical manufacturing quality. Abbott’s nutritional products ingredients like prebiotics, which aid in the healthy development of the immune system and Glucerna, which aids in helping lower blood sugar levels - [Chesterbrook Academy](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/chesterbrook-academy/) - Chesterbrook Academy Amanda.Harden@chesterbrookacademy.com 217-344-4863 2001 S. Oak St. Champaign, IL Chesterbrook Academy Preschool Champaign expertly combines academics and structured play for students ages 6 weeks to Pre-K. They have been part of the community of Champaign since 1995. Chesterbrook Academy Preschool is a caring place where your child can grow, learn, and thrive from - [Dark Matter Robotics](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/dark-matter-robotics/) - Dark Matter Robotics is a robotics innovation company building the next generation of intelligent machines. The company develops advanced robotic systems... - [DapUp](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/dapup/) - DapUp has invented the first automated NIL ad platform, enabling businesses to launch athlete-driven marketing campaigns with the touch of a finger... - [Center for Networked Intelligent Components and Environments (C-NICE)](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/c-nice/) - C-NICE serves as a global hub for the smart, reconfigurable technology that will drive the manufacturing plants, medical environments, autonomous... - [Company working on marine uses for its 'self-healing' coating](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/company-working-on-marine-uses-for-its-self-healing-coating/) - CHAMPAIGN – Scott White is impatient about a few things.One is how long it takes new technologies to get into the marketplace.So White, a professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Illinois, decided to do something about it – namely, start his own company.Autonomic Materials Inc. took up residence in the University of Illinois - [Synergy Research Labs](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/synergy-research-labs/) - Synergy Research Labs brandon.howe@crystalsynergyrl.com 60 Hazelwood Drive Champaign, IL We are a deep-tech, clean-tech semiconductor startup specializing i... - [StructureIQ](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/structureiq/) - StructureIQ is at the forefront of AI-driven infrastructure monitoring, delivering real-time, actionable intelligence to asset owners, insurers and financial... - [Soybean Innovation Lab, LLC](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/soybean-innovation-lab-llc/) - Soybean Innovation Lab, LLC pgoldsmi@illinois.edu EnterpriseWorks Clients all along the value chain from seed through processing and manufacturing employ... - [SolarMantle](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/solarmantle/) - SolarMantle sanjeev@solarmantle.com 60 Hazelwood Drive Champaign, ILSolarMantle a climate-tech company pioneering passive daytime radiative cooling (PDRC)... - [BunkerLink](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/bunkerlink/) - BunkerLink conover@bunkerlink.org EnterpriseWorks | BunkerLink is a firefighter-founded safety technology company pioneering the future of health monitoring... - [Renee Hart](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/renee-hart/) - Renee Hart joined EnterpriseWorks at the beginning of 2026 and is pleased to support staff, tenants, and student interns .She helps ensure day-to-day... - [Laura Appenzeller](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/laura-appenzeller/) - Laura Appenzeller Email: lfrerich@illinois.edu Phone: 217-333-8323 Laura Appenzeller is the Executive Director of the University of Illinois Research Park and the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Innovation at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign supporting research commercialization and industry partnerships.The Research Park provides an on-campus vibrant business ecosystem that creates long-term value for the university’s intellectual assets, its - [Erg Bio](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/erg-bio/) - Erg Bio info@erbgio.com 60 Hazelwood Drive Building Energy Independence: Erg Bio transforms waste biomass into fermentable sugars, and intermediates for synthetic aviation fuels and cost-competitive chemicals — advancing national self-sufficiency and supply chain resilience.www.ergbio.com - [New Podcast Episode: Year in Review 2025](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/new-podcast-episode-year-in-review-2025/) - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (Jan. 8, 2026) - Research Park leaders Laura Appenzeller and Laura Bleill join the Innovations at Research Park podcast to reflect on a milestone year celebrating the Research Park's 25th anniversary. This episode, hosted by Tanmay Shah, explores the achievements that made 2025 unforgettable and the plans that will shape the next quarter century. When discussing - [Nominations Sought for 2026 Glen “GB” Brandt Prize for Ag Entrepreneurism](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/nominations-sought-2026-brandt-prize/) - Nominations are now being accepted for the sixth Glen “GB” Brandt Prize for Ag Entrepreneurism, recognizing an Illinois farmer, grower, or producer for their... - [Calling AgTech Startups: Apply Now to Pitch at Champaign’s Agriculture and Food Startup World Cup Regional](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/agtech-startup-world-cup/) - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – A regional qualifier for the global finale of the Startup World Cup will take place as part of the 10th Annual AgTech Innovation Summit on March 6 in Champaign. The pitch competition will give 10 entrepreneurs the opportunity to showcase their ideas at the AgTech Summit, one of the region’s largest and - [Entrepreneur-in-Residence Program](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/entrepreneur-in-residence-program/) - Entrepreneur-in-Residence Program EIR consulting meetings are available both in-person and virtually. The Research Park Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) program provides free consulting to new startup ventures and prospective technology entrepreneurs. The Entrepreneur-in-Residence team features experienced entrepreneurs that have faced challenges in commercializing research/early stage technology. They provide advice on a wide variety of business topics like successfully attracting investment, building - [FAST Center at Illinois](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/illinois-fast-center/) - The FAST (Federal and State Technology) Partnership Center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign led by EnterpriseWorks, provides free resources, support, and expertise necessary to submit a highly competitive SBIR/STTR funding proposal. Together, we have helped companies acquire millions of dollars in federal SBIR/STTR funding – at no cost whatsoever to them.Up to 25% of - [Governor Pritzker Announces Cache Energy to Expand Manufacturing Facility in Illinois](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/cache-energy-expands-illinois-manufacturing/) - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Governor JB Pritzker, the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO), and Cache Energy today announced the company will expand their operations at a 10,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Champaign, creating 20 new jobs and retaining their current workforce. The $2.5 million investment from Cache Energy is supported by a Reimagining Energy and - [2025 Research Park Block Party](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/2025-research-park-block-party/) - The annual Research Park Block Party took place on September 4, 2025. The event fosters connections between companies and students, inviting attendees to net... - [Synchrony Ribbon Cutting 2025](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/synchrony-ribbon-cutting-2025/) - Synchrony Ribbon Cutting 2025 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U. of I.) and Synchrony (NYSE: SYF), a premier consumer financial services company, this week celebrated a major milestone: more than 400 U. of I. students have gained hands-on technology experience through Synchrony’s internship program. At a ribbon cutting ceremony for the expanded Synchrony Emerging Technology Center in Research Park, - [Founders Week 2025](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/founders-week-2025/) - Founders Week 2025 Research Park hosted its second annual Founders Week celebration from Oct. 8-11, 2025. Founders Week celebrates our collective entrepreneurial successes and showcases the innovative ecosystem that fosters groundbreaking ventures. Together, we’re building a legacy of innovation and growth, empowering countless entrepreneurs while strengthening our shared commitment to shaping the future of Entrepreneurship - [Founders Week 2024](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/founders-week-2024/) - Research Park hosted its inaugural Founders Week celebration from October 17-19, 2024. This event celebrated our collective achievements in entrepreneurship... - [Research Park Celebrates Interns During the 19th Annual Intern Awards Ceremony](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/19th-annual-intern-awards/) - The 19th Annual Research Park Intern Awards Ceremony took place on July 24, 2025, recognizing exceptional student interns working in UIRP - [Photon Queue CEO Selected for Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/photon-queue-selected-entrepreneurship-program/) - CHAMPAIGN, Ill., (July 14, 2025) - /U.S. Department of Energy/ — Nathan Arnold, CEO of EnterpriseWorks startup Photon Queue, has been selected for the ninth cohort of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program, a highly competitive initiative designed to support early-stage energy startups on their path toward commercialization. Arnold is one of just 27 entrepreneurs - [HabiTerre Founder Kaiyu Guan Honored for Excellence in Agricultural Research Innovation](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/habiterre-founder-kaiyu-guan-honored-for-excellence-in-agricultural-research-innovation/) - Guan, who was also recognized with the North Central regional award earlier this year, serves as Chief Scientist of NASA Acres and is the founding director... - [Pixo Relocates Headquarters to Research Park, Embraces Hybrid Future](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/pixo-relocates-to-research-park/) - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (Sept. 4, 2025) - Custom software and web development firm Pixo has officially moved its headquarters to the first floor of the Atkins Building... - [Research Park Summer Softball League: Caterpillar Wins 2025 Summer Championship](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/summer-softball-league-2025-summer-championship/) - The Research Park Softball League concluded with a memorable championship game on Monday, August 4. After a season of spirited competition and camaraderie am... - [EnterpriseWorks Graduate CU Aerospace Featured for Advancing Aerospace Innovation](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/cu-aerospace-featured-for-innovation/) - Champaign-Urbana Aerospace, a graduate of EnterpriseWorks, was recently featured by The Grainger College of Engineering for its role in advancing aerospace innovation. The feature highlighted the entrepreneurial journeys of CU Aerospace president David Carroll, and Phil Ansell, associate professor of aerospace engineering and the company’s director of aerodynamics. Both leaders emphasized how the University’s innovation ecosystem - [New Podcast Episode: David Ruzic](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/new-podcast-episode-david-ruzic/) - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (Oct. 2, 2025) – In the latest Innovations @ Research Park episode, host Tanmay Shah interviews Dr. David Ruzic on his path from professor to founder and how Research Park helped turn his academic research into a company. Dr. Ruzic is professor emeritus in the Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering at the University of Illinois, founder - [Cache Energy Grand Opening](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/cache-energy-grand-opening/) - Cache Energy Expansion Ribbon Cutting EnterpriseWorks startup Cache Energy celebrated the expansion of its operations into a 10,000-square-foot warehouse at 301 E. Mercury Drive on Oct. 30, 2025 in Champaign. The facility will serve as a dedicated manufacturing warehouse, where Cache will build its limestone-based long-term energy storage from scratch, including mechanical and electrical components. Currently, the - [Power Skills Speaker Series 2025](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/power-skills-speaker-series-2025/) - Power Skills Speaker Series This summer’s professional development took the form of the weekly Power Skills Series, led by speakersfrom backgrounds in everything from finance to career services. Find more events like these on the Research Park events calendar. - [August 2025 Fire at Five](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/august-2025-fire-at-five/) - August 2025 Fire at Five On the last Thursday of every month from May to October, Research Park professionals and interns gather for a themed celebration with food and festivities around a bonfire at the Atkins Patio & Lawn. August’s theme was “Legomania” and the event took place on Thursday, August 21 from 5 to - [Electric Power Engineers Center for Energy Innovation](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/electric-power-engineers-center-for-energy-innovation/) - Electric Power Engineers Center for Energy Innovation tyoung@epeconsulting.com 1904 S. First St. Champaign, IL Electric Power Engineers, Inc. (EPE) works with clients on a global scale designing solutions for renewable energy (solar/wind/battery storage), Generation Interconnection, Transmission Planning, Distribution (DER), and Smart Grids. EPE opened its Center for Energy Innovation to engage closely with engineering, design - [John Deere Technology Innovation Center](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/john-deere-technology-innovation-center/) - John Deere Technology Innovation Center ChampaignOffice@JohnDeere.com 2021 S. First St. Champaign, IL John Deere is a world leader in providing advanced products and services. It is committed to the success of customers whose work is linked to the land. John Deere continues to innovate through artificial intelligence, automation, and connectivity to help farmers sustainably feed - [GigaCrop](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/gigacrop/) - GigaCrop ceiben@gigacrop.com 60 Hazelwood Dr. Champaign, IL GigaCrop's mission is to make more food with less land by increasing crop yields. GigaCrop’s te... - [Pixo](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/pixo/) - Pixo info@pixotech.com 60 Hazelwood Dr. Champaign, IL Pixo is a consulting firm that designs and builds custom systems, mobile apps, enterprise websites, a... - [Everfox](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/everfox/) - Everfox champaign-jobs@everfox.com 1(217)693-5774 2021 S. First St. Champaign, IL Intelligent. Dynamic. Resilient: Everfox, formerly Forcepoint Federal, has been defending the world’s most critical data and networks against the most complex cyber threats imaginable for more than 25 years. Everfox’s suite of cross domain, threat protection, and insider risk solutions empower governments and enterprise organizations to - [COUNTRY Financial DigitaLab](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/country-financial-digitalab/) - COUNTRY Financial DigitaLab julia.hart@countryfinancial.com 309-821-6129 2111 S. Oak St. Champaign, IL COUNTRY Financial has been helping protect families for over 90 years. We want to continue to protect them for the next 90 years through innovations in technology. The COUNTRY Financial DigitaLab was created to connect with the outstanding engineering talent at the University of - [Rivian](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/rivian/) - Rivian stevebaker@rivian.com 2100 S Oak St Rivian is on a mission to keep the world adventurous forever. This goes for the emissions-free Electric Adventure Vehicles the company builds, and the curious, courageous souls it seeks to attract. As a company, Rivian constantly challenges what’s possible, never simply accepting what has always been done. It reframes - [Boston Bioprocess Wins 2025 Edwin Moore Family Agriculture Innovation Prize](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/boston-bioprocess-moore-prize/) - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (March 6, 2025) – Boston Bioprocess, a biotechnology services company specializing in precision fermentation process development and scale-up, has been named the 2025 Edwin Moore Family Agriculture Innovation Prize winner.The award, generously funded by a family of University of Illinois alumni, rewards University of Illinois entrepreneurs focusing on agricultural innovations.The Research Park and the Moore - [EarthSense](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/earthsense/) - EarthSense chinmay@earthsense.co 217-402-4767 1800 S. Oak St. Champaign, IL EarthSense is creating dramatic new possibilities for crop breeders, plant protection products developers, crop scientists, and field agronomists. TerraSentia, the company’s first robot, improves the quantity, accuracy, cost, and speed of in-field plant trait data collection, specifically for under canopy plants. EarthSense machine vision and machine - [Genective](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/genective/) - Genective erin.yarling@genective.com 1901 S. First St. Champaign, IL Genective is a joint venture between Limagrain and KWS. Genective globally develops and provides innovative biotech solutions in corn. By working across the value chain – from basic research to commercialization- it adds value to its markets, both in farming and technology access. The company aims to - [Natrion](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/natrion/) - Natrion akosyakov@natrion.co 630-849-7277 60 Hazelwood Dr. Champaign, IL Natrion is pushing the boundaries of materials science to develop new batteries and battery components that eliminate fire risk while diminishing material costs. Natrion’s new Lithium Solid Ionic Conductor (LISIC) combines a proprietary high-performance ceramic made from a clay mineral that is already used in cosmetics and - [Sarah Doherty](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/sarah-doherty/) - Sarah Doherty Email : sarahmd3@illinois.eduPhone : 217-300-6217 Sarah Doherty joined the EnterpriseWorks team as an Accounting Associate in July 2023, bringing 14 years of professional accounting experience to the University of Illinois EnterpriseWorks and the Research Park. In her current role as Senior Accounting Associate, Sarah manages the accounting functions and financial operations for the - [Dustin Mayfield-Jones](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/dustin-mayfield-jones/) - Dustin Mayfield-Jones joined the team in May 2024 as the Laboratory and Facilities Manager at EnterpriseWorks. 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First St. Champaign, IL The Caterpillar Champaign Innovation Center brings together resources from key fields for the company’s research and development efforts, including engineering, computer science, operations research, and statistics, to drive innovative development through data analysis. The CIC also utilizes simulation technology to optimize product and process - [Carle](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/carle/) - Carle Nicholas.Crompton@carle.com 217-383-9400 2300 S. First St. Champaign, IL The Carle Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Building, constructed in 2017, covers 52,000 square feet and is solely occupied by Carle Hospital. The building is home to over 50 physicians, physician assistants, athletic trainers, and physical therapists. 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Projects may involve development - [EnterpriseWorks Startups Meet with Venture Investors in Silicon valley](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/startups-meet-silicon-valley-investors/) - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Crain's Chicago Business recently covered EnterpriseWorks startups, alongside startups from University of Chicago and Northwestern Universi... - [OVCRI Communications and Proposal Development](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/ovcri-communications-and-proposal-development/) - OVCRI Communications and Proposal Development OVCRI@illinois.edu (217) 333-0034 1901 S. First St. Champaign, IL The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation (OVCRI) leads the university’s research strategy; manages regulatory, administrative, compliance, and research support activities; and develops policies that guide the conduct of research. 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Investments were led by investor John Deere, a... - [Hypercell Technologies Wins 2024 Edwin Moore Family Agriculture Innovation Prize ](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/hypercell-technologies-wins-2024-edwin-moore-family-agriculture-innovation-prize-2/) - Champaign, Illinois (March 5, 2024) – Hypercell Technologies, a startup company developing new methods to control infectious diseases, has been named the 2024 Edwin Moore Family Agriculture Innovation Prize winner. The award, generously funded by a family of University of Illinois alumni, rewards University of Illinois entrepreneurs focusing on agricultural innovations. The Research Park and the Moore - [Caterpillar Celebrates 25 Years of Innovation at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/caterpillar-celebrates-25-years-research-park/) - Champaign, Illinois (Sept. 3, 2024) – Caterpillar Inc. today marked a significant milestone at the University of Illinois Research Park – 25 years of the Champaign Innovation Center.Caterpillar first opened an office at the Urbana-Champaign campus in 1999 to work with Caterpillar product groups, the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) and University departments. Since - [2025 Research Park Intern Awards](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/2025-research-park-intern-awards/) - The 19th Annual Research Park Intern Awards Ceremony, which celebrates the contributions of outstanding student interns at Research Park corporate innovation centers and startups, took place on July 24, 2025. The awards ceremony brings together interns representing diverse skill sets and industry sectors, as well as their managers and colleagues. It reflects the overall depth - [Motorola Solutions](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/motorola-solutions/) - Motorola Solutions 1800 S. Oak St. Champaign Since 1928, Motorola Solutions has revolutionized public safety. Through creative and innovative mission-critical communication technologies and services, the company helps first-responders and commercial customers build safer cities and thriving communities. With a focus on human-centered design, Motorola Solutions works hand in hand with its customers to best support - [2025 AgTech Innovation Showcase](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/2025-agtech-innovation-showcase/) - The 2025 AgTech Innovation Showcase brought together 84 innovators, farmers and industry stakeholders to get a firsthand look at emerging agtech solutions tailored to Midwestern farming challenges. The event was hosted by the University of Illinois Research Park in collaboration with BioSTL, a St. Louis nonprofit that invests in bioscience startups, and the Illinois Farm - [May 2025 Fire at Five](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/may-2025-fire-at-five/) - On the last Thursday of every month from May to October, Research Park professionals and interns gather for a themed celebration with food and festivities around a bonfire at the Atkins Patio & Lawn. May’s theme was “Space Jam” and the event took place on Thursday, May 30 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. To learn - [June 2025 Fire at Five](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/june-2025-fire-at-five/) - On the last Thursday of every month from May to October, Research Park professionals and interns gather for a themed celebration with food and festivities around a bonfire at the Atkins Patio & Lawn. June’s theme was “Pride at the Park” and the event took place on Thursday, June 26 from 5 to 6:30 p.m.To - [July 2025 Fire at Five](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/fire-at-five-july-2025/) - On the last Thursday of every month from May to October, Research Park professionals and interns gather for a themed celebration with food and festivities around a bonfire at the Atkins Patio & Lawn. July’s theme was “Backyard Olympics” and the event took place on Thursday, July 17 from 5 to 6:30 p.m.To learn more - [EnterpriseWorks Receives $3 Million Grant to Support Growth-Stage Incubator](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/enterpriseworks-receives-grant-to-support-growth-stage-incubator/) - Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity has awarded EnterpriseWorks $3 million through the Tech Incubator... - [Synchrony Emerges as 2025 Research Park Table Tennis Tournament Champion](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/synchrony-emerges-as-table-tennis-tournament-champion/) - The 14th Annual Research Park Table Tennis Tournament took place on Tuesday, June 17, and Wednesday, June 18, 2025. A Research Park favorite, the tournament... - [RIPE Crop Transformation Facility](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/ripe-crop-transformation-facility/) - RIPE Crop Transformation Facility lemerson@illinois.edu 1907 S. Fourth St. Champaign, IL The Realizing Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency (RIPE) Project’s Crop Transformation Facility (CTF) was built in 2020 and consists of commercial office and lab space for researchers and crop technicians. RIPE is a research project for sustainable increases in crop yield, led by Illinois researchers Steve Long - [COUNTRY Financial DigitaLab Wins 2025 Research Park Hackathon](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/country-financial-wins-hackathon/) - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The 2025 Research Park Hackathon took place on Tuesday, July 1. 11 teams made up of 65 total participants had sixteen hours to create a pro... - [Intern Awards Picnic 2017](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/intern-awards-picnic-2017/) - On July 27, 2017, the most valuable and influential interns were honored at the Intern Awards Picnic. - [COUNTRY Financial DigitaLab Grand Opening](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/country-financial-digitalab-grand-opening/) - The COUNTRY Financial DigitaLab opened its doors on November 3, 2017, at the University of Illinois Research Park. The DigitaLab was created in order for the... - [AGCO Acceleration Center Grand Opening](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/agco-acceleration-center-grand-opening/) - On January 25, 2018, AGCO Acceleration Center opened at the University of Illinois Research Park. As one of the agricultural technology leaders, the Accelera... - [AgTech Summit 2018](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/agtech-summit-2018/) - On February 28, 2018, the Agriculture Technology Innovation Summit 2018 highlighted the AgTech located within the University of Illinois Research Park. The P... - [Monsanto Innovation Center Grand Opening](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/monsanto-innovation-center-grand-opening/) - On February 1, 2018, Monsanto Innovation Center opened at the University of Illinois Research Park. The company offers students the opportunity to work on co... - [Research Park Career Fair 2018](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-career-fair-2018/) - On March 13, 2018, Research Park held its career fair at the I Hotel & Conference Center. The Research Park Career Fair connects employers within Research Pa... - [Big Data Summit 2018](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/big-data-summit-2018/) - Big Data Summit on November 8, 2018, showcased various topics related to big data, such as IoT/Edge Computing, Data Governance & Responsible Computing, and D... - [Research Park Career Fair 2019](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-career-fair-2019/) - On March 12, 2019, Research Park held a career fair to connect Park employers with University of Illinois students. Multiple job opportunities are open year... - [BP Grand Opening 2019](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/bp-grand-opening-2019/) - On April 2, 2019, BP opened its innovation center at the University of Illinois Research Park. Students work with BP information technology experts to create... - [AgTech Summit 2019](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/agtech-summit-2019/) - The Agriculture Innovation Summit 2019 held on March 6, 2019, showcased the AgTech located within the University of Illinois Research Park. Startups such as... - [ISSS Resource Fair 2019](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/isss-resource-fair-2019/) - The University of Illinois Research Park, sent staff and student representatives to the International Student & Scholar Services (ISSS) Resource Fair from Au... - [Yahoo Groundbreaking](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/yahoo-groundbreaking/) - Yahoo! created a new 40,000 sq feet building to expand their team at Research Park in 2014. This expansion is imperative to growing the relationship between University of Illinois students and the technology industry through Research Park. - [Fourth Street Grand Opening](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/fourth-street-grand-opening/) - The expansion of Fourth Street from St. Mary’s Road to Windsor Road opens in 2013 expanding the space for Research Park buildings. - [Big Data Summit 2014](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/big-data-summit-2014/) - The second annual Big Data Summit brought together thought leaders from the UIRP, industry, and academia for a highly interactive event to address big questions surrounding big data. Just as new information technologies and the Internet itself fundamentally transformed business and industrial competitiveness over the past 25 years, big data is posed to bring the - [EnterpriseWorks History](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/enterpriseworks-history/) - Take a step back in time to explore the construction of the 43,000 square foot EnterpriseWorks incubator. EnterpriseWorks opened in June of 2003 and has since incubated many science and technology startups. Now there are over 100 tenants within EnterpriseWorks, several conferences, and hundreds of interns working across Research Park. Alumni of EnterpriseWorks also created - [Women in Tech 2014](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/women-in-tech-2014/) - The first Women in Tech Luncheon, a networking event for women in the Champaign-Urbana, was held in 2014 and featured Ann Peedikayil, a data scientist from Caterpillar, was the first keynote speaker.Later, Designer-in-Residence, Deana McDonagh, spoke to a group of women who represented over 15 companies in Champaign-Urbana. - [Caterpillar Data Innovation Lab Opening](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/caterpillar-data-innovation-lab-opening/) - Caterpillar’s Data Innovation Lab opened at the University of Illinois Research Park on February 19, 2015. The company’s Champaign location focuses on data-driven projects to research and prove out concepts that the business may use. University of Illinois students work in data analytics, application development, and more. Working in this agile project management environment allows - [Caterpillar 15-Year Celebration](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/caterpillar-15-year-celebration/) - Caterpillar Inc., a leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, gas engines, turbines, celebrates 15 years of their Champaign Simulation Center at the Research Park. Over the years they have reached milestones and expanded their team to 100+ students and workers. In celebration, they created a new data analytics lab to support their innovation strategy. - [State Farm's 10-Year Anniversary](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/state-farms-10-year-anniversary/) - The State Farm Development Center celebrates 10 years with Research Park. For the past decade since 2005, State Farm is one of the most valuable partnerships and expanded its team of students, interns, and employees to provide even more resources to the Champaign-Urbana community. - [Research Park Intern Awards 2014](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-intern-awards-2014/) - On August 2, 2014, outstanding interns at the Research Park were recognized for their efforts, skills, and growth. - [Ameren Innovation Center Grand Opening](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/ameren-innovation-center-grand-opening/) - The Ameren Innovation Center opened its doors at the University of Illinois Research Park on February 10, 2015. The Champaign location’s goal is to support an exploratory environment that focuses on innovations to help Ameren better meet the future needs of its customers. “We also hope to develop a talent pipeline to help us continue - [Research Park Career Fair 2014](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-career-fair-2014/) - The annual Research Park Career Fair connects students and employers from the University of Illinois and Champaign-Urbana communities for amazing opportunities: internships and full-time internships. - [Dow AgroSciences Grand Opening](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/dow-agrosciences-grand-opening/) - Dow AgroSciences opened its doors at the University of Illinois Research Park on September 28, 2015. The Dow Innovation Center, now Corteva Agriscience Innovation Center, provides information technology and information management-based solutions to drive value and accelerate discovery in the research and development organizations throughout the company. “What’s unique about what we do at the - [Big Data Summit 2020](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/big-data-summit-2020-2/) - The eigth annual Big Data Summit brought together thought leaders from the University of Illinois Research Park, industry, and academia for a highly interact... - [Procter & Gamble Grand Opening](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/procter-gamble-grand-opening/) - Procter & Gamble recently opened its state-of-the-art Smart Lab at the University of Illinois Research Park. The University, Procter & Gamble, and their part... - [After Hours at Siebel Center 2019](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/after-hours-at-siebel-center-2019/) - After Hours at Siebel on February 12, 2019, gave attendees a chance to network with Research Park representatives, hear pitches from Research Park companies... - [Zoom Backgrounds](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/zoom-backgrounds/) - Whether you miss working at your Research Park office or simply want to represent the Research Park, use these backgrounds during your Zoom calls. Learn how... - [Genective Grand Opening](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/genective-grand-opening/) - Genective recently opened its new world headquarters at the University of Illinois Research Park; with it, the grand opening was celebrated by the University... - [AgTech Summit 2020](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/agtech-summit-2020/) - On March 4, 2020, the Agriculture Technology Innovation Summit 2020 highlighted the AgTech located within the University of Illinois Research Park. The Park ... - [Cargill Grand Opening](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/cargill-grand-opening/) - Cargill opened its state-of-the-art Innovation Lab at the University of Illinois Research Park. Every day, they connect farmers with markets, customers with... - [Big Data Summit 2015](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/big-data-summit-2015/) - The third annual Big Data Summit brings together thought leaders from the UIRP, industry, and academia for a highly interactive event to address big questions surrounding big data. Just as new information technologies and the Internet itself fundamentally transformed business and industrial competitiveness over the past 25 years, big data is posed to bring the - [Summer Intern Awards 2020](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/summer-intern-awards-2020/) - Each year, the Research Park celebrates the hard work and dedication of its interns during the Summer Intern Awards. On July 28, 2020, the Research Park comm... - [Research Park Career Fair 2015](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-career-fair-2015/) - The Career Fair is a great way for students who are specifically interested in working in the Research Park to meet with employers, both startups and corporate operations. - [AgTech Summit 2016](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/agtech-summit-2016/) - The 2016 Agriculture Technology Innovation Summit was held on February 18, 2016. This was the first-ever AgTech summit held by the University of Illinois Research Park. “The goal of this event is to shine a light on this [agricultural movement] within the University and throughout the greater region, as well as to encourage and support - [Research Park Career Fair 2020](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-career-fair-2020/) - On March 2, 2020, Research Park held a career fair to connect Park employers with students from the University of Illinois. Multiple job opportunities are op... - [Research Park Table Tennis Tournament 2016](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-table-tennis-tournament-2016/) - On July 27, 2016 Research Park held a social event for students from companies within the community to come together and compete in table tennis in the new EnterpriseWorks building. Yahoo took the gold medal home, but the tie was close. Families, co-workers, and friends also came to observe and cheer for their teams. View - [Work Flex 2020](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/work-flex-2020/) - The Research Park community continues to innovate and grow, whether people are working from home or from the office. Work Flex 2020 is an ongoing campaign th.... - [Graduating Research Park Interns: Class of 2020](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/graduating-research-park-interns-class-of-2020/) - The Research Park would not be the same without the 800+ interns who bring their ideas into the startups and Fortune 500s who are housed in the Park. Congrat... - [Granular Grand Opening](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/granular-grand-opening/) - Granular, an agriculture and software analytics company, opened its doors at the University of Illinois Research Park in 2015. Their mission is to manage large farms and use data for critical business decisions. As one of the most innovative Agtech startups, they were featured in Forbes and continues to expand to prosper growth within the - [Construction Updates in Research Park](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/construction-updates-in-research-park/) - The construction of the I-Hotel and Conference Center expansion, 1907 S. Fourth Street, and the Greenhouse continue throughout the summer. The expected compl... - [Research Park Career Fair 2016](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-career-fair-2016/) - The Career Fair is a great way for students who are specifically interested in working in the Research Park to meet with employers, both startups and corporate operations. Students are able to gain experience in professional networking as well as land internships for the summer or school year.View the Career Fair video here. - [Verizon Accelerates 5G Research and Development with 5G Innovation Hub at University of Illinois Research Park](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/verizon-accelerates-5g-research-and-development-with-5g-innovation-hub-at-university-of-illinois-research-park-2/) - [Women in Tech 2015](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/women-in-tech-2015/) - The second annual Women in Tech Luncheon took place on May 22, 2015 in the EnterpriseWorks Atrium. Women in the Champaign-Urbana community came together to share and discuss their own experiences as well as empowering women in the technology industry.This year the guest keynote speaker was Anna Yershova, a research scientist and computer science professor.View - [AARP Tech Nest Grand Opening](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/aarp-tech-nest-grand-opening/) - The AARP Tech Nest opened at the University of Illinois Research Park on October 13, 2016. The Tech Nest focuses on developing prototypes in the fields of artificial intelligence, mobile apps, information security, biometrics, and software engineering in partnership with the top students from the university. This company location hopes to leverage the University of - [BIG DATA SUMMIT 2020](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/big-data-summit-2020/) - The eighth annual Big Data Summit brought together thought leaders from the University of Illinois Research Park, industry, and academia for a highly interac... - [Capital One Illinois Digital Campus Lab Grand Opening](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/capital-one-illinois-digital-campus-lab-grand-opening/) - The Capital One Illinois Digital Campus Lab opened on October 23, 2015, at the University of Illinois Research Park. This Champaign location focuses on research and experimentation in data science and technologies as well as infrastructure automation and the use of programming frameworks. - [CME Group Innovation Center Grand Opening](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/cme-group-innovation-center-grand-opening/) - CME Group Innovation Center opened at the University of Illinois Research Park on September 9, 2016. The company leverages their Champaign location, employing University of Illinois engineering and computer science students to work on hands-on projects related to financial technology and mathematical innovation, such as blockchain, distributed ledger technologies, and machine learning. CME Group is - [Big Data Summit 2016](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/big-data-summit-2016/) - The fourth annual Big Data Summit brings together thought leaders from the UIRP, industry, and academia for a highly interactive event to address big questions surrounding big data. Just as new information technologies and the Internet itself fundamentally transformed business and industrial competitiveness over the past 25 years, big data is posed to bring the - [Professional Workshops 2017](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/professional-workshops-2017/) - The professional workshops held in 2017 were:EIR Workshop with Edwin Moore: A Career of Lessons Learned – Developing Products in a Regulated IndustryIoT 2.0 MeetupBest Practices Workshop for recruiting and hiring studentsView the video here. - [Graybar Grand Opening](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/graybar-grand-opening/) - The Graybar Innovation Center opened at the University of Illinois Research Park on May 1, 2017. At this company location, University of Illinois students and faculty assist in developing industry-leading digital capabilities that strengthen this Fortune 500’s position in supply chain. View the grand opening video. - [AgTech Summit 2017](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/agtech-summit-2017/) - The Agriculture Technology Innovation Summit 2017 on February 23, 2017, highlighted AgTech through speakers from both investors and AgTech-focused companies. The ribbon-cutting for Syngenta Digital Innovation Lab concluded the summit. Mark your calendar for this year’s AgTech Summit to stay up-to-date on developments occurring within the Research Park and general developments in AgTech.View clips of - [TDFC IV Building Development](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/tdfc-iv-building-development/) - The TDFC IV building, a mixed-use building, opens in the summer of 2017 and the main goal is to research power optimization for mobile electronics. The Champaign Council all votes in light of supporting the expansion of Research Park because of the new opportunities and economic benefits to both the University and Champaign community. - [AURP I2RP 2017](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/aurp-i2rp-2017/) - The University of Illinois Research Park was the first stop of the Introduction to Research Parks (I2RP) program put on by The Association of University Research Parks (AURP). The AURP is a national organization partnered with universities across America to provide resources for startup and local businesses offering students and non-students professional experience. With over - [PYGHACK Hackathon 2017](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/pyghack-hackathon-2017/) - Research Park’s first hackathon included students and community members to create software projects within a 24-hour limit. This PYGHACK Hackathon was in partnership with PYGMALION, originally a music festival that has expanded into bringing a connection between technology and music. - [2021 Intern Awards](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/2021-intern-awards/) - The Research Park gathered on National Intern Day (July 29, 2021) to celebrate the most outstanding interns across its 120+ companies at the 15th annual Intern Awards, the longest-running event in the Research Park. Learn more about the winners. - [Women in Tech 2017](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/women-in-tech-2017/) - The third Women in Tech Luncheon, a networking event for women in the Champaign-Urbana, was held on July 12, 2017, at the EnterpriseWorks Atrium and brought together women in the technology industry. The featured keynote speaker this year was Ashley Moy, the founder of Cast21, a waterproof cast company.View her speech here. - [Research Park Career Fair 2017](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-career-fair-2017/) - The 11th annual Corporate Internships & Careers in the Research Park was on March 9, 2017, at the i-Hotel and Conference Center at 1900 South First Street, Champaign. The Research Park Career Fair is a great way for students who are specifically interested in working in the Research Park to meet with employers, both startups and corporate operations. - [Grand Opening of Newly Constructed Brunswick i-Jet Lab](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/grand-opening-of-newly-constructed-brunswick-i-jet-lab/) - Research Park celebrated the grand opening of the newly constructed Brunswick i-Jet Lab. This larger lab will allow room to grow and collaborate as Brunswick... - [Summer Softball League 2017](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/summer-softball-league-2017/) - Research Park hosted a summer social event in 2017 where people gathered friends to form teams and compete in the Research Park Summer Softball League. - [FIRE @ FIVE 2021](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/fire-five-2021/) - Fire at Five Happy Hour and Bonfire is an event open to Research Park employees and their families and friends. This event occurs on the last Friday of every... - [AgTech Summit 2021](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/agtech-summit-2021/) - On March 10, 2021, the Agriculture Technology Innovation Summit 2021 highlighted new innovations and challenges facing the agtech industry. With over 500 att... - [Fireside Chat and Book Signing With LaTonya Wilkins](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/fireside-chat-and-book-signing-with-latonya-wilkins-2/) - EnterpriseWorks held a fireside chat with LaTonya Wilkins author of “Leading Below the Surface” on Friday, October 15, 2021. Wilkins is a diversity and inclu... - [Best of Fall 2021](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/best-of-fall-2021/) - We had a great semester here at the University of Illinois Research Park. Here are some photos that highlight the events of Fall 2021. - [Capital One and University of Illinois launch ASKS Center](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/capital-one-illinois-launch-asks-center/) - Capital One and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign recently announced the launch of the Center for Generative AI Safety, Knowledge Systems and... - [APTech Grand Opening](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/aptech-grand-opening/) - Applied Pavement Technology, Inc (APTech) celebrated the grand opening of its Research Park headquarters on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. - [Newcomer's Social 2017](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/newcomers-social-2017/) - In 2017, students and employees who began working at Research Park, for less than a year, were invited to this Newcomer’s Social event to meet new people, play games, and eat food. Learn more about working at Research Park here. - [OUTSIDE at the Research Park 2019](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/outside-at-the-research-park-2019/) - OUTSIDE at the Research Park on July 19, 2019, was co-hosted by the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. Zécca Bom and Alma Afrobeat Ensemble kept the cr... - [PowerBox Technology](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/powerbox-technologies/) - PowerBox Technology contact@powerboxtech.com (202)599-4782 60 Hazelwood Dr. PowerBox Technology specializes in addressing critical challenges faced by manufacturing plants, especially in regions with aging energy infrastructure and fluctuating energy demands. The company’s solutions improve reliability and efficiency and promote sustainability by integrating renewable energy sources and enhancing energy efficiency. From advanced software solutions for power and - [2025 Research Park Hackathon](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/2025-research-park-hackathon/) - The 2025 Research Park Hackathon took place on Tuesday, July 1. 11 teams made up of 65 total participants had sixteen hours to create a project aligned with the theme “Innovation in a Day.” Finalists demoed and presented their projects to a panel of judges on Wednesday, July 2, ahead of the awards ceremony that - [Research Park Hackathon 2024](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-hackathon-2024/) - Research Park Hackathon 2024 The 2024 Research Park Hackathon took place on Wednesday, June 26, and was Bring Your Own Data-themed. Teams had fifteen hours to create a project that seamlessly integrated data in an innovative way. Finalists presented their projects to a panel of judges on Thursday, June 27, and winners were announced at - [2025 Research Park Table Tennis Tournament](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/14th-annual-research-park-table-tennis-tournament/) - The 14th Annual Research Park Table Tennis Tournament took place on Tuesday, June 17, and Wednesday, June 18, 2025. The results of Round-Robin games on... - [Fireside Chat and Book Signing With LaTonya Wilkins](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/fireside-chat-and-book-signing-with-latonya-wilkins/) - EnterpriseWorks held a fireside chat with LaTonya Wilkins author of “Leading Below the Surface” on Friday, October 15, 2021. Wilkins is a diversity and inclusion coach and wrote her book to prompt thoughtful discussion on how to achieve diverse, equitable, and inclusive cultures of belonging in the workplace. - [Yahoo!](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/yahoo/) - Yahoo! 1908 S. First St. Champaign, IL Yahoo is an IT company and trusted internet guide that provides a search engine, news feeds, email, and more. Yahoo’s Research Park office focuses on building large-scale platforms and applications powered by data. Two major organizations or Yahoo are represented at UIRP: the Technology Platforms team, which manages - [State Farm Research and Development Center](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/state-farm-research-and-development-center/) - State Farm Research and Development Center kendra.davis.nnco@statefarm.com 217-278-6900 2001 S. First Street Champaign, IL The State Farm Research and Development Center at Research Park is a place where State Farm staff and University of Illinois students guide and support company programs with high-level research. The facility features open spaces and state-of-the-art tools that encourage interaction - [Yummy Future](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/yummy-future/) - Yummy Future business@yummy-future.com 217-402-4338 60 Hazelwood Dr. Champaign, IL Yummy Future is an autonomous coffee shop providing a taste of the future. It provides customers with faster, higher-quality, and cheaper coffee, matcha, hot chocolate, and fruit tea through an autonomous robot. Yummy Future also provides robotic solutions for food and beverage businesses by lowering costs - [TipTek](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/tiptek/) - TipTek info@tiptek.com 217-239-2010 101 W Tomaras Ave Savoy, IL 61874 Field Directed Sputter Sharpening (FDSS) enables Tiptek to manufacture hard, conductive, and ultra-sharp probes. The probes are used for scanning probe microscopy, transfer of lamella formed by focused ion beams (FIB), and scanning electron microscope-based nanoprobes used in semiconductor failure analysis. The proprietary FDSS process - [Cygnus](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/cygnus/) - Cygnus sjinpark@cygnusphoton.com (217) 493-8477 60 Hazelwood Drive Champaign, IL Cygnus Photonics has created a new approach to traditional photo processing techniques. Their VUV and far-UVC exposure system combines high power, exceptional uniformity, and versatility in an efficient and compact modular form factor. The new technology drives photo processing in real-time, is eco-friendly, made of recyclable - [Kocree](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/kocree/) - Kocree lvarshney@kocree.net 60 Hazelwood Dr. Champaign, IL Kocree created Muosaic, a social music co-creation platform. The platform uses artificial intelligence to allow users to cut melodies, rhythms, and arrangements from music to create a unique musical piece. Muosaic supports a more inclusive ecosystem where music curators, composers, technicians, and teachers can curate custom tunes for - [Identomat](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/identomat/) - Identomat david@identomat.com 60 Hazelwood Dr. Champaign, IL Indetomat is an online identity verification solution provider helping organizations in highly regulated industries onboard customers remotely, instantly, and securely. Indentomat offers reliable speeds and global coverage to onboard users, verify online credit applications, sell age-restricted goods and services, prevent identity fraud, and verify service subscribers remotely. indentomat.com - [Helixon](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/helixon/) - Helixon amy.hu@helixon.com 60 Hazelwood Dr. Champaign, IL Helixon builds next-generation artificial intelligence solutions to protein-based therapeutics. The company aims to develop AI tools that empower scientists to decipher protein function and interaction, interrogate large-scale genomic datasets for target identification, and design therapeutics such as antibodies and cell therapies. Helixon’s platform integrates advanced algorithms and cutting-edge - [Genective Poised for Commercial Success After Pipeline Delivered Breakthrough Insect Control Results](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/genective-breakthrough-insect-control-results/) - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. and CHAPPES, France, June 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Genective, a 100% subsidiary of Limagrain, a French Agri-food conglomerate and world’s fourth largest seeds company, is poised for commercial success after its R&D pipeline for transgenic insect control delivered industry leading breakthrough results. “It’s a very exciting time at Genective,” said Qiaoni Linda Jing, President & CEO. “Through - [Abandoned Kitten at Research Park Finds Fur-ever Home with Zite AI](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/abandoned-kitten-at-research-park-finds-furever-home-with-zite-ai/) - Monday started off a little hairy when Facility Operations Coordinator James Wells found a kitten roaming near the loading dock on the Research Park campus... - [ForgeBee](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/forgebee/) - ForgeBee ForgeBee has developed a system to allow the manufacture of single-use units of highly efficient honey bees for pollination in place of full sized colonies. This is more cost effective and resource efficient than the current model, which relies upon the use of whole colonies that are reused until colony failure. - ["I" Hotel, Houlihans scheduled to open in mid-August](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/i-hotel-houlihans-scheduled-to-open-in-mid-august/) - CHAMPAIGN – Peter Fox said he hopes to have a certificate of occupancy for the new "I" Hotel and adjoining Houlihan's Restaurant by July 29 and have both fac... - [Rantoul Business Incubator Now Open](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/rantoul-business-incubator-now-open/) - The Rantoul Business Incubator, which celebrated its grand opening on June 28, is now accepting applications for tenants. Services available in this community incubator include free space for entrepreneurs as well as several support programs, including access to the Entrepreneurs-in-Residence at EnterpriseWorks and the counselors at the Small Business Development Center. Enterpreneurial education, first in - [Dow Highlights Research Park Center in Annual Report](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/dow-highlights-research-park-center-in-annual-report/) - The 2013 Dow Annual Report includes its new University of Illinois Research Park Dow Innovation Center as part of its strategy to leverage collaboration to... - [Research Park Cited For Job Creation As Champaign Named Third Fastest Growing City In Illinois](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-cited-for-job-creation-as-champaign-named-third-fastest-growing-city-in-illinois/) - NerdWallet, a consumer advocacy website, recently conducted a study to find the fastest-growing cities in Illinois – and Champaign ranked third. The website... - [Ran Chao Featured in News-Gazette](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/ran-chao-featured-in-news-gazette/) - The News-Gazette interviewed Ran Chao for the Wired-In column this week. Chao is the 29-year-old founder of LifeFoundry Inc., an organization that completes research for biotech companies through the use of synthetic biology and robotics, which is now a tenant in EnterpriseWorks. He created the company during his time as a doctoral candidate at the - [Research Park on Track to Change World with Innovation](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-on-track-to-change-world-with-innovation/) - Read the full story on Fox Illinois. The award-winning Research Park is largely the reason, sited by Reuters, that the University of Illinois was ranked the... - [EnterpriseWorks Graduate Eden Park Illumination Featured in Wall Street Journal After Pivoting Technology to Address COVID-19](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/eden-park-illumination-wall-street-journal/) - Eden Park Illumination, a faculty-founded startup that launched at the EnterpriseWorks incubator at Research Park, drew the attention of the Wall Street Journal for pivoting its UV light technology to address COVID-19. In the process, it has rejuvenated the company and has experienced unprecedented growth.Wall Street Journal reporter Ruth Simon profiled the company in her - [The Economist Profile of the Midwest Highlights Research Park's Focus on Technology Commercialization](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/the-economist-research-park/) - An in-depth, multi-story report on the Midwest economy published in the Economist’s July 23 edition included a snapshot of the University of Illinois Research Park, highlighting its commitment to commercialize technology and to capture talent on its own campus – creating a tech hub that is a viable alternative to the coasts.One portion of the - [Aspiring Universe Partners with ARPA-E to Create Sustainable Future for Agriculture](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/aspiring-universe-partners-with-arpa-e-to-create-sustainable-future-for-agriculture/) - The University of Illinois has been awarded $4.5 million by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to create and commercialize carbon credit tools. EnterpriseWorks startup Aspiring Universe... - [SBA Awards FAST Grant to EnterpriseWorks at the University of Illinois](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/sba-awards-fast-grant-enterpriseworks/) - CHAMPAIGN – The State of Illinois today announced that EnterpriseWorks, the tech incubator at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Research Park, has been awarded a Federal and State Technology (FAST) Grant through the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to support the growth and development of tech companies across the state. The university-based tech hub is - [Big Data Summit Goes Virtual](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/big-data-summit-goes-virtual/) - Champaign, IL – The eighth annual Big Data Summit hosted by the University of Illinois Research Park is going virtual on Thursday, November 12.This year’s Summit will be focused on machine learning, artificial intelligence, and digital transformation. This interactive conference offers participants the opportunity to learn and share knowledge about key aspects of big data - [EnterpriseWorks Graduate Serionix creates performance face mask](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/serionix-creates-performance-face-masks/) - Serionix, an EnterpriseWorks graduate, created an athletic performance face mask with MERV-13 equivalent nanofiber inserts. These inserts are able to trap... - [EnterpriseWorks Graduate Network Perception Raises $2.7 Million Seed Round](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/enterpriseworks-graduate-network-perception-raises-seed-round/) - EnterpriseWorks graduate Network Perception, a Chicago-based provider of a software solution for cyber- compliance and network security in the electrical... - [FAST Center at Illinois Announces SBIR/STTR Sprint for AFWERX (Air Force) and SOFWERX (Special Operations Command)](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/fast-center-at-illinois-afwerx-sofwerx-sbir-sprint/) - The FAST Center at Illinois, in collaboration with AFWERX (Air Force) and SOFWERX (Special Operations Command), is running a SBIR/STTR sprint in order to... - [EnterpriseWorks Graduate Ascent Integrated Tech Wins at the 23rd Annual Chicago Innovation Awards](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/enterpriseworks-graduate-ascent-integrated-tech-wins-at-the-23rd-annual-chicago-innovation-awards/) - EnterpriseWorks graduate Ascent Integrated Tech was named one of the winners of the 23rd Annual Chicago Innovation Awards, a celebration of the most... - [Nominations Sought for 2025 Glen “GB” Brandt Prize for Ag Entrepreneurism](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/nominations-sought-for-2025-glen-gb-brandt-prize-for-ag-entrepreneurism/) - CHAMPAIGN – Nominations are now being accepted for the fifth Glen “GB” Brandt Prize for Ag Entrepreneurism, recognizing an Illinois farmer for their role in advancing innovation and entrepreneurship in the ag sector. View the nomination form here. The deadline for submission is February 1, 2025. Established in 2021 to honor the memory of GB Brandt, - [Registration Open for the 10th Annual AgTech Innovation Summit](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/registration-open-for-the-10th-annual-agtech-innovation-summit/) - Registration is now open for the 10th Annual AgTech Innovation Summit, taking place Thursday, March 6, 2025. The event will highlight how agtech intersects... - [EnterpriseWorks Startup Radiant Looms Gains Media Spotlight for Radiation-Blocking Infant Onesies](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/enterpriseworks-startup-radiant-looms-gains-media-spotlight-for-radiation-blocking-infant-onesies/) - EnterpriseWorks startup Radiant Looms was featured in WCIA for its innovative infant onesie, designed to protect NICU babies from radiation exposure. - [CABBI Celebrates Grand Opening of State-of-the-Art Greenhouse at Research Park](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/cabbi-celebrates-grand-opening-of-state-of-the-art-greenhouse-at-research-park/) - On Friday, November 15, 2024, CABBI leadership and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign officials gathered to celebrate the opening of the Plant Biology... - [Epivara Featured For Innovative Nonsurgical Sterilization Products](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/epivara-featured-for-innovative-nonsurgical-sterilization-products/) - EnterpriseWorks startup to graduate, Epivara, founded by Dr. CheMyongJay Ko was highlighted on WCIA for developing ground-breaking nonsurgical sterilization... - [New Podcast Episode: Yummy Future](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/new-podcast-episode-yummy-future/) - In the November Innovations @ Research Park podcast episode, host Tanmay Shah talked to Yummy Future CEO Jack Cui about the company’s journey, Cui’s... - [EnterpiseWorks Graduate Prenosis Earns Spot on TIME’s Best Inventions List](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/enterpiseworks-graduate-prenosis-earns-spot-on-times-best-inventions-list/) - Prenosis, EnterpriseWorks startup graduate, has earned a place on TIME’s Best Inventions of the Year list for its innovative Sepsis ImmunoScore. - [Cache Energy expands with new manufacturing hub in Champaign](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/cache-energy-expands-with-new-manufacturing-hub-in-champaign/) - EnterpriseWorks startup Cache Energy has expanded its operations into a 10,000-square-foot warehouse at 301 E. Mercury Drive in north Champaign. - [Research Park Seeks Rezoning to Meet Industry Needs and Capabilities](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-seeks-rezoning-to-meet-industry-needs-and-capabilities/) - In response to dynamic market conditions, the University of Illinois Research Park filed a rezoning application with the City of Champaign to reclassify two... - [Research Park Executive Director Laura Appenzeller Named to IQMP Leadership Team](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-executive-director-laura-appenzeller-named-to-iqmp-leadership-team/) - Laura Appenzeller, executive director of the University of Illinois Research Park, has been named to the leadership team of the Illinois Quantum and... - [Illinois Ventures unveils Deep Tech Strategic Fund](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/illinois-ventures-unveils-deep-tech-strategic-fund/) - Illinois Ventures, an EnterpriseWorks tenant and the venture capital arm of the U of I System, recently unveiled a new fund, the Deep Tech Strategic Fund. - [FAST Center at Illinois receives funding renewal from US SBA](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/fast-center-at-illinois-receives-funding-renewal-from-us-sba/) - The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced that the Illinois FAST Center, hosted by Research Park, has received a five-year renewal of its funding. - [EnterpriseWorks Graduate Network Perception Acquired by Dragos](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/enterpriseworks-graduate-network-perception-acquired-by-dragos/) - EnterpriseWorks startup graduate Network Perception was acquired by Dragos Inc., the global leader in cybersecurity for operational technology... - [Rashid Bashir and Dennis Beard Appointed to Research Park Board of Managers](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/rashid-bashir-and-dennis-beard-appointed-to-research-park-board-of-managers/) - Rashid Bashir, the dean of Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and Dennis Beard, Managing Partner at Serra... - [Research Park Named Stage Two Winner in SBA Growth Accelerator Fund Competition](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-named-stage-two-winner-in-sba-growth-accelerator-fund-competition/) - On Wednesday, September 25, 2024, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced EnterpriseWorks at University of Illinois Research Park as a Stage... - [PowerBox Technology joins POETS at Research Park](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/powerbox-technology-joins-poets-at-research-park/) - PowerBox Technology is officially a member of The Center for Power Optimization of Electro-Thermal Systems (POETS) at Research Park. The POETS facility will... - [Inc. and Fast Company Recognize University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign as a Leader in Entrepreneurship Innovation](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/inc-and-fast-company-recognize-university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign-as-a-leader-in-entrepreneurship-innovation/) - The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ranked No. 24 in Ignition Schools: Top 50 Institutions Revolutionizing Entrepreneurship by Inc. and Fast Company. - [TellTail Semifinalist for the THRIVE Global Impact Challenge](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/telltail-semifinalist-for-the-thrive-global-impact-challenge/) - EnterpriseWorks startup TellTail has been chosen as a semifinalist for the THRIVE Global Impact Challenge. The THRIVE Global Impact Challenge is a... - [University of Illinois Reclaims Top 10 Spot in PitchBook’s “Top 100 colleges by startup founders”](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/university-of-illinois-reclaims-top-10-spot-in-pitchbooks-top-100-colleges-by-startup-founders/) - The University of Illinois has made a notable return to the top 10 in PitchBook’s annual “Top 100 Colleges by startup founders”, ranking No. 10 this year. - [Geeta Singh and Magnus Andersson join EnterpriseWorks Entrepreneur-in-Residence Team](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/geeta-singh-and-magnus-andersson-join-enterpriseworks-entrepreneur-in-residence-team/) - Experienced C-Suite executive Geeta Singh and serial startup founder Mangus Andersson have joined the EnterpriseWorks EnterpriseWorks Entrepreneur-in-... - [Cast21 Founder Ashley Moy Featured by New York Stock Exchange](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/cast21-founder-ashley-moy-featured-by-new-york-stock-exchange/) - EnterpriseWorks startup graduate Cast21 was recently featured in a video by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Host Judy Khan Shaw sat down with co-founder... - [EnterpriseWorks startup Natrion lands $1.5 million in Air Force Contracts](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/enterpriseworks-startup-natrion-lands-1-5-million-in-air-force-contracts/) - EnterpriseWorks startup Natrion recently secured contracts from the United States Airforce to bring its high-performance battery materials to the Department... - [Cache Energy Featured in TechCrunch for Innovative Energy Storage Solution](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/cache-energy-featured-in-techcrunch-for-innovative-energy-storage-solution/) - TechCrunch is the latest major publication to highlight EnterpriseWorks startup Cache Energy and its novel, inexpensive energy storage solution. - [Startup Graduate Ascent Integrated Tech recognized as a finalist in the 2024 Momentum Awards ](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/startup-graduate-ascent-recognized-as-a-finalist-in-the-2024-momentum-awards/) - EnterpriseWorks startup graduate Ascent Integrated Tech is a finalist in the Industry Disruptor category of 1871‘s 2024 Momentum Awards. This Industry... - [Eleuthra Photonics provides expertise to MarginDx project](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/eleuthra-photonics-provides-expertise-to-margindx-project/) - EnterpriseWorks startup Eleuthra Photonics will provide industry and translation expertise for the Margin Diagnostics (MarginDx) project. Funded through... - [Research Park Softball League: Caterpillar wins championship in dramatic finish](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-softball-league-caterpillar-wins-championship-in-dramatic-finish/) - The Research Park Softball League concluded with a memorable championship game on Monday, July 29. After a season of spirited competition and camaraderie... - [Aspiring Universe Wins 2020 OCP Innovation Challenge](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/aspiring-universe-wins-ocp-innovation-challenge/) - EnterpriseWorks startup Aspiring Universe has won the 2020 OCP Innovation Challenge, taking home $25,000 in prize money. The event was designed to solicit so... - [Research Park Honors Innovative Interns at 18th Annual Intern Awards Ceremony](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-honors-innovative-interns-at-18th-annual-awards-ceremony/) - The 18th Annual Research Park Intern Awards Ceremony, which celebrates the contributions of exceptional student interns at Research Park corporate innovation... - [COUNTRY Financial® Project Leveraging DigitaLab Interns Selected by 50+ Insurer CIOs for Novarica Impact Award](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/country-financial-2020-novarica-impact-award/) - July 7, 2020 (BOSTON) — COUNTRY Financial® will receive an Impact Award from the Novarica Insurance Technology Research Council, a peer community of hundreds... - [ATSP Innovations, EnterpriseWorks Graduate, Selected for NASA Phase 1 Awards](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/atsp-innovations-nasa-phase-1-awards/) - ATSP Innovations, an EnterpriseWorks graduate, announced on June 30, 2020, that the company was selected for a Phase I SBIR and a Phase I STTR by NASA. These... - [Introducing Brunswick Corporation’s Boating Intelligence Design Lab](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/introducing-brunswick-corporations-boating-intelligence-design-lab/) - Brunswick’s Research Park innovation center is now known as the Brunswick Boating Intelligence Design Lab (BI DesignLab). The company is enhancing its ACES... - [University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign EDA University Center Issues Report on Economic Gardening in the State of Illinois](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/eda-university-center-report-economic-gardening-in-illinois/) - CHAMPAIGN -- The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s EDA University Center published a report on how downstate Illinois communities are utilizing... - [America’s Seed Fund Road Tour visits the Research Park](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/americas-seed-fund-road-tour-visits-the-research-park/) - The Research Park hosted America’s Seed Fund Road Tour, an opportunity for innovators, entrepreneurs, researchers, and small technology startups to explore... - [EnterpriseWorks Startups and Graduates Pivoting through COVID-19](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/enterpriseworks-startups-graduates-covid19-pivot/) - The COVID-19 pandemic has caused many EnterpriseWorks startups and graduates to pivot their businesses. The Entrepreneurs Brown Bag Series kicked off on June... - [Forbes: The University of Illinois profiled as an AI powerhouse](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/forbes-the-university-of-illinois-profiled-as-an-ai-powerhouse/) - In a recent Forbes article, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign was highlighted as the artificial intelligence (AI) powerhouse of the Midwest. - [Synchrony wins the Golden Paddle at the 2024 Research Park Table Tennis Tournament](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/synchrony-wins-the-golden-paddle-at-the-2024-research-park-table-tennis-tournament/) - The 13th Annual Research Park Table Tennis Tournament took place on Tuesday, July 9, and Wednesday, July 10, 2024. Participants from 15 companies across the... - [Jay Walsh, Interim Vice President of Economic Development and Innovation, Joins Research Park Board of Managers](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/jay-walsh-vp-economic-development-innovation/) - CHAMPAIGN - Jay Walsh, interim Vice President of Economic Development and Innovation of the University of Illinois System, has joined the University of Illin... - [Synchrony Foundation and University of Illinois System help Chicago youth access higher education and tech skills training](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/synchrony-foundation-and-university-of-illinois-system-help-chicago-youth-access-higher-education-and-tech-skills-training/) - Synchrony, a leading consumer financial services company, is supporting a class of 125 local Chicago students who are gaining technology skills training as... - [EarthSense awarded patent for the use of AI-ML-based smart applications](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/earthsense-awarded-patent-for-the-use-of-ai-ml-based-smart-applications/) - Research Park agtech startup EarthSense was awarded a patent from the United States Trade and Patent Office (USTPO) for the use of AI-ML-based smart... - [Research Park Board of Managers Meeting Rescheduled for June 8](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-board-of-managers-meeting-rescheduled-for-june-8/) - The UIRP LLC Board of Managers Meeting has been rescheduled for Monday, June 8. The UIRP LLC BOM will meet remotely via Zoom on June 8 from 8:30 am to 11 am... - [iFAB awarded $51 million grant to propel Central Illinois as a biomanufacturing leader](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/ifab-awarded-51-million-grant-to-propel-central-illinois-as-a-biomanufacturing-leader/) - The Illinois Fermentation and Agriculture Biomanufacturing (iFAB) Tech Hub has been awarded approximately $51 million from the Tech Hubs Program through the... - [New Monument Sign on Corner of First and Windsor](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/new-monument-sign-on-corner-of-first-and-windsor/) - New directional signage welcoming visitors to the south end of the Research Park has been erected at the corner of Windsor and First Streets. "The Research P... - [Zite AI featured on WCIA News in how its technology is helping the medical industry](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/zite-ai-featured-on-wcia-news-in-how-its-technology-is-helping-the-medical-industry/) - EnterpriseWorks startup Zite AI was featured in a recent WCIA news story about how artificial intelligence is helping the medical industry. Founded by... - [Capital One, COUNTRY Financial Capture Top Prizes in Research Park Hackathon](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/capital-one-country-financial-capture-top-prizes-in-research-park-summer-hackathon/) - Twelve teams of 69 total student interns competed in the second annual Research Park Hackathon on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. This 15-hour hackathon... - [EnterpriseWorks Graduate, Serionix, Uses NASA Tech in Face Masks](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/serionix-uses-nasa-tech-in-face-masks/) - Serionix, an EnterpriseWorks graduate, may combat the face mask shortage with their Colorfil coating. Serionix’s proprietary, lightweight Colorfil coating is... - [Cache Energy Secures $8.5 Million in Seed Funding](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/cache-energy-secures-8-5-million-in-seed-funding/) - EnterpriseWorks startup Cache Energy has successfully secured a new investment, boosting its early funding to an impressive $8.5 million. Cache specializes... - [Co-founders of Quicket Solutions Recognized as Crain's 20 In Their Twenties](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/quicket-solutions-in-crain/) - The two co-founders of Quicket Solutions, a graduate from the EnterpriseWorks incubator at Research Park, have been recognized as one of Crain's Chicago Busi... - [Nine Cozad New Venture Challenge Teams Receive Awards from EnterpriseWorks](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/nine-cozad-new-venture-challenge-teams-receive-awards-from-enterpriseworks/) - EnterpriseWorks and Research Park awarded the Student Startup Tenancy Prize to nine teams that competed in the 2024 Cozad New Venture Challenge. This prize... - [New Podcast Episode: Digital Identity Verification](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/new-podcast-episode-digital-identity-verification/) - In the June Innovations @ Research Park podcast episode, host Tanmay Shah talked to Identomat CEO Dr. David Lomiashvili about his career journey, experience... - [HabiTerre Achieves Third Party Model Validation with Climate Action Reserve](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/habiterre-achieves-third-party-model-validation-with-climate-action-reserve/) - EnterpriseWorks startup HabiTerre‘s model for quantification of agricultural greenhouse gas sinks and sources was approved by the Climate Action Reserve... - [New Podcast Episode: Perspectives on AI from an NVIDIA Leader](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/new-podcast-episode-perspectives-on-ai-from-an-nvidia-leader/) - In the May episode of the Innovations @ Research Park podcast, host Tanmay Shah talked to NVIDIA Accelerated Big Data Platform Engineer Matt Ahrens about his... - [EnterpriseWorks Founders Elected to National Academy of Sciences](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/enterpriseworks-founders-elected-to-national-academy-of-sciences/) - EnterpriseWorks startup founders and serial entrepreneurs Stephen Sligar and Ken Suslick were elected to the National Academy of Sciences on April 30, 2024. - [EnterpriseWorks Wins Stage One of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s 2024 Growth Accelerator Fund Competition](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/enterpriseworks-wins-stage-one-of-the-u-s-small-business-administrations-2024-growth-accelerator-fund-competition/) - This week, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced the EnterpriseWorks incubator at the University of Illinois Research Park as a Stage One... - [Escape Room by Leaps by Bayer Visits the Research Park](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/escape-room-by-leaps-by-bayer-visits-the-research-park/) - This week, BAYER brought its fun and educational science-themed mobile escape room to Research Park. “Breaking Through Impossible – The Escape Game” is an... - [Local Inventors and Entrepreneurs Innovating for COVID-19](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/local-inventors-and-entrepreneurs-innovating-for-covid-19/) - In addition to companies seeking support from federal loan programs to help sustain their businesses, local entrepreneurs and inventors are creating new prod... - [Natrion named 2024 Edison Award Gold Winner](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/natrion-named-2024-edison-award-gold-winner/) - EnterpriseWorks startup Natrion was recognized as a Gold Winner at The Edison Awards in the Resilient & Sustainable Solutions category. Established in 1987... - [LabWorks Opens, Epivara First Startup to Move into Growth-Stage Life Sciences Suites](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/labworks-opens-epivara-first-startup-to-move-into-growth-stage-life-sciences-suites/) - Research Park is now home to a new address for growth-stage life sciences startups. The University marked the opening of LabWorks and its first tenant, a... - [EnterpriseWorks Graduate Prenosis Receives FDA Clearance on Sepsis ImmunoScore](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/enterpriseworks-graduate-prenosis-receives-fda-clearance-on-sepsis-immunoscore/) - EnterpriseWorks graduate Prenosis recently announced the approval of its artificial intelligence-powered diagnostic tool for sepsis by the U.S. Food and Drug... - [SBIR Road Tour Stop in Champaign-Urbana Rescheduled for October](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/sbir-road-tour-champaign-urbana-october/) - The U.S. Small Business Administration's 17-state SBIR Road Tour will transition to an online format for its October program in the Midwest. Oct. 19-22 will... - [New Podcast Episode: Transforming Central Illinois into a Leading Biomanufacturing Tech Hub](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/new-podcast-episode-transforming-central-illinois-into-a-leading-biomanufacturing-tech-hub/) - In a recent episode of the Innovations @ Research Park podcast, host Tanmay Shah talked to IBRL Associate Director of Business Development Beth Conerty about... - [Watch the Research Park Grow: Construction on Three Building Projects Continues](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-construction-continues-2/) - With the exception of essential workers, Research Park companies are primarily working from home. What hasn't come to a halt: construction. Below is a video... - [EnterpriseWorks Graduate Ascent Integrated Tech Wins Rising Star Award](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/enterpriseworks-graduate-ascent-integrated-tech-wins-rising-star-award/) - The Rising Star Award recognizes an early-stage startup for its innovation, creativity, and position as the next great hard-tech company to emerge in the region. - [Welcoming the UI Foundation to the Research Park Neighborhood](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/welcoming-the-ui-foundation-to-the-research-park-neighborhood/) - We are happy to welcome the University of Illinois Foundation to the Research Park neighborhood! After thirty years in Harker Hall, the UI Foundation moved... - [CABBI Greenhouse Construction is Making Progress](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/cabbi-greenhouse-construction-is-making-progress/) - The News-Gazette documented the construction progress of the CABBI greenhouse, which is expected to be finished by May 1, 2024. The building is located in... - [Bowman Family Wins 2024 Glen Brandt Prize for Ag Entrepreneurism](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/bowman-family-wins-2024-glen-brandt-prize-for-ag-entrepreneurism/) - Andrew and Karlie Bowman, the innovative minds behind the popcorn brand Pilot Knob Farms, have won the 2024 Glen “GB” Brandt Prize for Ag Entrepreneurism, a... - [9th Annual AgTech Innovation Summit Recap](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/9th-annual-agtech-innovation-summit-recap/) - The 9th Annual AgTech Summit was a resounding success: with over 700 registered participants, Research Park hosted a diverse array of attendees from the... - [Team at the University of Illinois Develops Emergency Ventilator](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/illinois-rapidvent-ventilator/) - A team led by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Grainger College of Engineering and Carle Health has produced a prototype emergency ventilator.... - [Research Park Hosts First AgTech Hackathon Presented by Bayer and John Deere](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-hosts-first-agtech-hackathon-presented-by-bayer-and-john-deere/) - Champaign-Urbana AgTech Week kicked off with the first Research Park AgTech Hackathon, engaging University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students from across... - [Research Park's Response to COVID-19](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/covid-19/) - We are making continuous updates to our operations in light of the current information and policies with COVID-19. This is an unprecedented situation, and we... - [HabiTerre Named Startup to Watch in 2024 by St. Louis Inno](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/habiterre-named-startup-to-watch-in-2024-by-st-louis-inno/) - St. Louis Inno has named EnterpriseWorks tenant HabiTerre as a Startup to Watch in 2024. The recognition underscores HabiTerre’s efforts in combating climate... - [EnterpriseWorks Graduate Serionix Signs Deals with Lowe’s and Chewy](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/enterpriseworks-graduate-serionix-signs-deals-with-lowes-and-chewy/) - Serionix, a graduate of the EnterpriseWorks incubator at Research Park, recently signed deals with major retailers Lowe’s and Chewy to sell its Colorfil air... - [Hinetics and Natrion Featured in Axios](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/hinetics-and-natrion-featured-in-axios/) - EnterpriseWorks startups Hinetics and Natrion were recently featured in Axios for driving the progression of the electric aviation industry. - [PSYONIC Set to Make Waves on Shark Tank](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/psyonic-set-to-make-waves-on-shark-tank/) - PSYONIC, an EnterpriseWorks graduate, is gearing up for its appearance on Shark Tank, scheduled for Friday, February 23. With a recent successful $3.1 million crowdfunded equity raise, the company is positioned for a major breakthrough. While details of their pitch to the sharks remain under wraps until the episode airs on ABC, viewers can expect to see - [IntelinAir Joins NVIDIA Inception Program](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/intelinair-joins-nvidia-inception-program/) - IntelinAir, EnterpriseWorks graduate, announced it has joined the NVIDIA Inception program as a community member. IntelinAir is an analytics company that del... - [Eden Park Illumination Lights Installed at EnterpriseWorks](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/eden-park-illumination-lights-installed-at-enterpriseworks/) - The EnterpriseWorks kitchen received a tech upgrade thanks to startup graduate Eden Park Illumination. Eden Park has generously donated Far UVC 222nm... - [New Podcast Episode: Puzzle Labs’ Brad Miller Talks AI, Linguistics, and Knowledge Transfer](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/new-podcast-episode-puzzle-labs-brad-miller-talks-ai-linguistics-and-knowledge-transfer/) - In a recent episode of the Innovations @ Research Park podcast, Puzzle Labs Co-Founder Brad Miller talked with host Tamnay Shah about artificial intelligence... - [Yahoo turned 25 this week](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/yahoo-turned-25-this-week/) - Since 1995, Yahoo has been connecting people to their passions and amplifying what matters most to them. Yahoo pioneered communications with Yahoo Messenger... - [EnterpriseWorks Startup Natrion Finalist in 2024 Edison Awards](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/enterpriseworks-startup-natrion-finalist-in-2024-edison-awards/) - EnterpriseWorks startup Natrion was named a Finalist for the 2024 Edison Best New Product Awards. Natrion‘s Lithium Solid Ionic Composite (LISIC) is a... - [AgTech Innovation Summit a Success Once Again](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/fifth-agtech-innovation-summit-a-success/) - The AgTech Innovation Summit was a success again this year. The 2020 AgTech Summit brought together the brightest minds in agtech for the fifth year. This ye... - [Ensaras Inc. Founder Selected for Prestigious Presidential Leadership Scholars Program](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/ensaras-inc-founder-selected-for-prestigious-presidential-leadership-scholars-program/) - Nina Kshetry, the President and Founder of Ensaras Inc., has been selected as one of the distinguished members of the 2024 Class of Presidential Leadership... - [Brunswick I-Jet Lab Showcases Innovative Technology at Consumer Electronics Show](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/brunswick-i-jet-lab-showcases-innovative-technology-at-consumer-electronics-show/) - The Brunswick I-Jet Lab made significant contributions to Brunswick’s booth at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) on January 9-12, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada... - [EnterpriseWorks Startup SimBioSys Receives FDA Clearance](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/enterpriseworks-startup-simbiosys-receives-fda-clearance/) - EnterpriseWorks startup SimBioSys received a milestone FDA clearance for its foundational digital precision medicine technology, TumorSight™, enabling... - [New AgTech Accelerator Launched in Champaign](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/new-agtech-accelerator-launched-in-champaign/) - Wisconsin-based startup accelerator program gener8tor announced it’s launching two new programs in Champaign that are focused on innovation in the agricultur... - [Forbes: EnterpriseWorks Incubator Critical to Hypercell’s Startup Success](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/forbes-enterpriseworks-incubator-critical-to-hypercells-startup-success/) - Forbes examines the “secret sauce” for EnterpriseWorks startup Hypercell Technologies‘ success – partnering with leading universities such as University of... - [New Podcast Episode: 2023 in Review](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/new-podcast-episode-2023-in-review/) - 2023 was a full year in Research Park: On the most recent episode of ‘The Innovations @ Research Park’ podcast, podcast host Tanmay Shah sat down with Laura... - [Research Park to Host America’s Seed Fund Road Tour Illinois Stop in 2024](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-to-host-americas-seed-fund-road-tour-illinois-stop-in-2024/) - Research Park will be hosting the Illinois stop of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s 16-state America’s Seed Fund Road Tour on July 17, 2024. - [SBIR Road Tour to Make Champaign-Urbana Visit in June](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/sbir-road-tour-champaign-urbana/) - The U.S. Small Business Administration announced today the launch of its 17-state SBIR Road Tour, which includes a stop in Champaign-Urbana on June 3-4, host... - [Xerion Advanced Battery Wins Prize From The U.S. Department of Energy](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/xerion-advanced-battery-wins-prize-from-the-u-s-department-of-energy/) - Xerion Advanced Battery Corp. recently received the American-Made Geothermal Lithium Extraction Prize from the U.S. Department of Energy for its... - [Illini Angels Announces First Investment to Natrion](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/illini-angels-announces-first-investment-to-natrion/) - The University of Illinois’ new angel group, Illini Angels, has selected EnterpriseWorks startup Natrion for their first investment. - [AgTech Innovation Summit Returns for Fifth Year](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/agtech-innovation-summit-returns-for-fifth-year/) - Champaign, Illinois (February 18, 2020) – The brightest minds in agtech will convene Wednesday, March 4 for the fifth annual AgTech Innovation Summit hosted... - [Boston Bioprocess Contributing to Establishing the AgTech Corridor as a Biomanufacturing Destination](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/boston-bioprocess-contributing-to-establishing-the-agtech-corridor-as-a-biomanufacturing-destination/) - iFab Tech Hub partners Boston Bioprocess (BBP) and the Integrated Bioprocessing Research Laboratory (IBRL) are scaling fermentation tech and jobs in Central... - [Farmers Risk is now HarvestIQ](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/farmers-risk-is-now-harvestiq/) - EnterpriseWorks startup Farmers Risk is now known as HarvestIQ. The company is expanding its software suite to include livestock-centric features that help... - [Natrion Co-Founders Named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30: Energy List](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/natrion-co-founders-named-to-forbes-30-under-30-energy-list/) - Alex Kosyakov and Thomas Rouffiac, co-founders of the EnterpriseWorks startup Natrion, have been named to 2024 Forbes 30 Under 30- Energy list. Natrion is... - [Hypercell Technologies Wins $1 Million Prize in Grow-NY Competition](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/hypercell-technologies-wins-1-million-prize-in-grow-ny-competition/) - Hypercell Technologies, an EnterpriseWorks startup, won the grand prize of $1 million at Grow-NY on November 15, 2023, in Binghamton, New York. Hypercell... - [Research Park 2019 Year in Review](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-2019-year-in-review/) - 2019 was a great year for the University of Illinois Research Park. In 2019, employment in the Research Park grew, ground was broken for several development... - [EnterpriseWorks Startup Natrion Named Ultimate Winner at Urban Tech Challengers 2023](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/enterpriseworks-startup-natrion-named-ultimate-winner-at-urban-tech-challengers-2023/) - The EnterpriseWorks startup Natrion was named the Ultimate Winner of the Urban Tech Challengers 2023 after CEO Alex Kosyakov presented at the Urban Tech... - [New Podcast Episode: Arpit Dwivedi of Cache Energy Disrupts the Energy Storage Industry](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/new-podcast-episode-arpit-dwivedi-of-cache-energy-disrupts-the-energy-storage-industry/) - Cache Energy CEO and founder Aprit Dwivedi has been charged up about clean energy long before his days working toward his doctoral degree in Mechanical... - [Revolution Medicines Seeks $100 Million IPO](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/revolution-medicines-seeks-100-million-ipo/) - EnterpriseWorks graduate Revolution Medicines filed for an initial public offering of $100 million on January 17, 2020. The company applied for the Nasdaq st... - [AI Nexus to Participate as Mayo Clinic Platform _Accelerate Fourth Cohort](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/ai-nexus-to-participate-as-mayo-clinic-platform-_accelerate-fourth-cohort/) - EnterpriseWorks tenant AI Nexus was selected to join Mayo Clinic Platform _Accelerate fourth cohort of nine groundbreaking health tech startups. “We are thrilled to welcome the new cohort of Mayo Clinic Platform_Accelerate… These companies are at the forefront of healthcare innovation, and we are excited to work with them to accelerate their groundbreaking solutions. Together, we can make a real - [Illinois AgTech Accelerator Announces Sixth Cohort](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/illinois-agtech-accelerator-announces-sixth-cohort/) - The Illinois AgTech Accelerator, with Serra Ventures serving as a key partner, is welcoming a sixth cohort, gBETA AgTech Accelerator. Research Park is a... - [EDA Designates iFAB, Led by University of Illinois, as a Tech Hub Designee](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/eda-designates-ifab-led-by-university-of-illinois-as-a-tech-hub-designee/) - Today, the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) announced it has selected the Illinois Fermentation and Agriculture Biomanufacturing Tech Hub... - [AGCO Corporation Training Center Groundbreaking at Parkland College](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/agco-corporation-training-center-groundbreaking-at-parkland-college/) - AGCO Corporation is expanding its imprint on Champaign by introducing the new AGCO Training Center, powered through a partnership with Parkland College. - [VedaBio to Revolutionize Molecular Detection after Tenure as LabSimply at EnterpriseWorks](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/vedabio-to-revolutionize-molecular-detection-after-tenure-as-labsimply-at-enterpriseworks/) - VedaBio, a biotechnology company leading a paradigm-shift in molecular detection, launched on October 17, 2023, with initial funding of over $40 million. - [Boston Bioprocess Helping Nourish Ingredients Make a More Realistic Meat Substitute](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/boston-bioprocess-helping-nourish-ingredients-make-a-more-realistic-meat-substitute/) - EnterpriseWork’s very own Boston Bioprocess is teaming up with Nourish Ingredients to create just that– utilizing wild fungi and yeast strains to trick even... - [Kohler Establishes Innovation Center at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to Impact the Future of Kitchen and Bath](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/kohler-establishes-innovation-center-at-university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign-to-impact-the-future-of-kitchen-and-bath/) - Kohler Co., a global leader in the innovation and manufacture of plumbing products; tile, cabinetry and lighting; and engines, generators and clean energy... - [EarthSense, Featured on OneZero about Autonomous Tractors](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/earthsense-featured-on-onezero-about-autonomous-tractors/) - EnterpriseWorks agtech startup EarthSense was featured in an OneZero Article about the regulations on autonomous tractors in January. This article stresses t... - [Research Park Companies Made a Splash at CES](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/ces2020/) - Corporations with innovation centers at the University of Illinois Research Park made a splash (no pun intended, Brunswick Corporation) at CES 2020, and we w... - [EnterpriseWorks Graduate PhotoniCare Announces FDA Clearance for First-In-Class Technology for Imaging the Ear](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/photonicare-announces-fda-clearance-for-first-in-class-technology-for-imaging-the-ear/) - PhotoniCare, Inc., a company dedicated to revolutionizing healthcare by providing physicians with better diagnostic tools, today announced that the U.S. Food... - [EnterpriseWorks Graduate SNOOZ Raises $1.35 Million](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/enterpriseworks-graduate-snooz-raises-1-35-million/) - SNOOZ, an EnterpriseWorks graduate, raised $1.35 million in a seed round led by Serra Ventures. Founded in 2015 by Matthew Snyder and Eli Lazar, SNOOZ has d... - [Personify Named One of Crain's Chicago's Most Innovative Companies](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/personify-named-one-of-crains-chicago-business-most-innovative-companies/) - EnterpriseWorks graduate Personify landed in the top 10 on Crain's Chicago's Most Innovative Companies list. The company was named number 4, but this isn't t... - [EnterpriseWorks Graduate Serionix Featured in NASA's Spinoff](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/enterpriseworks-graduate-serionix-featured-in-nasas-spinoff/) - EnterpriseWorks graduate, Serionix was featured in the NASA’s 2019 Edition of Spinoff, an annual publication that features commerical technologies that have origins to NASA-backed research. Serionix was founded in 2011 by two Materials Science and Engineering PhD students at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.While at EnterpriseWorks, Serionix was awarded multiple SBIR awards from the Johnson Space Center. These - [Campus Conversation with Susan Martinis, Interim Vice Chancellor for Research](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/campus-conversation-with-susan-martinis-interim-vice-chancellor-for-research/) - Susan Martinis, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Interim Vice Chancellor for Research, spoke with Julie Wurth from The News Gazette on Septem... - [EarthSense Terrasentia Robot Featured in Al Jazeera Video Addressing Food Crisis](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/earthsense-terrasentia-robot-featured-in-al-jazeera-video-addressing-food-crisis-2/) - EnterpriseWorks startup EarthSense and Vikram Adve, Professor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois, were recently featured in a video that... - [2023 EDA University Center Showcase Recap](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/2023-eda-university-center-showcase-recap-2/) - The 2023 EDA University Center Showcase stretched over two days, Monday, September 12 and Tuesday, September 13, at the Big Ten Conference Center in... - [CABBI Greenhouse Groundbreaking at Research Park](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/cabbi-greenhouse-groundbreaking/) - On Wednesday, September 28, 2023, officials gathered for a groundbreaking ceremony for the new greenhouse that will support CABBI research at the... - [Sen. Tammy Duckworth Highlights Efforts to Promote Illinois Innovation at Research Park Visit](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/senator-tammy-duckworth-research-park/) - U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth visited the Research Park on Friday, Sept. 8 for a lively fireside chat discussing innovation, global impact, and Illinois’s... - [University of Illinois Ranked 15th in Top 100 Global Universities Ranked by Startup Founders](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/university-of-illinois-ranked-15th-in-top-100-global-universities-ranked-by-startup-founders-2/) - The University of Illinois was ranked 15th in PitchBook’s annual university rankings list for alumni startup founders who have raised venture capital in the... - [Research Park Seeks Support from Champaign City Council for Growth-Stage Wet Lab Project](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/champaign-city-council-startups-labworks/) - LabWorks, which will offer turn-key wet lab and office suites for growth-stage startup companies in Research Park, will be available for occupancy in January. - [Two EnterpriseWorks Graduates Included on Inc. Magazine's Fastest-Growing Companies List](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/serionix-eden-park-illumination-inc-fastest-growing-companies/) - Two EnterpriseWorks graduates qualified for Inc. Magazine’s 2023 “5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America” list. Both continue to grow their... - [ATSP Innovations Selected by NASA to Provide Prototype Bearings](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/atsp-innovations-selected-by-nasa-to-provide-prototype-bearings-2/) - Research Park graduate ATSP Innovations has been selected for a Phase II Sequential award from NASA to develop and produce prototype bearing solutions for... - [Cache Energy Closes $4.5 Million Funding Round](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/cache-energy-closes-4-5-funding-round/) - EnterpriseWorks clean energy startup Cache Energy closed an over-subscribed seed funding round, ultimately raising $4.5 million. The financial support is... - [Innovate Illinois Advances iFAB Hub's Federal Funding Proposal](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/ifab-tech-hub-eda-proposal-illinois/) - Innovate Illinois has put its muscle behind advancing the University of Illinois-based iFAB: Illinois Fermentation and Agriculture Biomanufacturing Hub... - [Graham Grady, Partner at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, Appointed to Research Park Board of Managers](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/graham-grady-appointed/) - Graham Grady, partner at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP and a University of Illinois alumnus, has joined the University of Illinois Research Park Board of... - [New Podcast Episode: Alex Kosyakov of Natrion Talks Batteries For the Future](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/new-podcast-episode-alex-kosyakov-of-natrion-talks-batteries-for-the-future-2/) - While Natrion CEO Alex Kosaykov, 22, may not technically be a UOI graduate yet, he knows watts up. On the most recent episode of ‘The Innovations @ Research... - [Ascent Integrated Tech's Paul Couston Included on Forbes' 30 Under 30: Chicago List](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/ascent-integrated-techs-paul-couston-included-on-forbes-30-under-30-chicago-list-2/) - “Chicago is a tough city… it makes entrepreneurs with grit,” wrote Paul Couston, co-founder of Ascent Integrated Tech on LinkedIn. He continued, “Today, I’m.. - [Engineer Wins U.S. Bank Foundation Cleantech Inclusion Award for Clean Water Technology](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/engineer-wins-u-s-bank-foundation-cleantech-award-for-clean-water-technology-2/) - Dr. Bianca Bailey, the founder and CEO of EnterpriseWorks startup Agriwater, was named the fourth annual recipient of the Cleantech Inclusion award. - [Cache Energy Awarded DOE Successful Energy Innovations Prize](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/cache-energy-awarded-doe-successful-energy-innovations-prize-2/) - Cache Energy, an EnterpriseWorks startup, has been awarded the Successful Energy Storage Innovations Prize from the Department of Energy (DOE). The Energy... - [State Farm Wins 2023 Research Park Softball League Championship](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/state-farm-wins-2023-research-park-softball-league-championship-2/) - After a successful summer of softball games, State Farm won the championship game against Natrion on Monday, July 31, 2023. The game was tied 10–10 in... - [DeepWalk Named Industry Disruptor Finalist at 1871’s 2023 Momentum Awards](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/deepwalk-named-industry-disruptor-finalist-at-1871s-2023-momentum-awards-2/) - EnterpriseWorks graduate DeepWalk was named a finalist in the Industry Disrupter category of the 1871 Momentum Awards 2023. This award is presented to a company that has developed an innovative product that has significantly disrupted the industry. DeepWalk is a mobile app that allows city workers to scan sidewalks helping municipalities comply with ADA requirements and be more informed - [2023 Intern Awards Showcase Talent at Research Park](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/2023-intern-awards-showcase-talent-at-research-park-2/) - The Research Park celebrated the 17th annual Intern Awards Ceremony and Picnic to recognize the outstanding work done by the student interns across the... - [First Research Park Hackathon Paid Homage to Retro Games](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/first-research-park-hackathon-paid-homage-to-retro-games-2/) - Ten teams complied of Research Park interns competed in the first Research Park Hackathon. Five companies participated including State Farm, John Deere... - [Tiptek Named 2022 SBIR/STTR Small Business of the Year by U.S. Department of Energy](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/tiptek-named-2022-sbir-sttr-small-business-of-the-year-by-u-s-department-of-energy-2/) - EnterpriseWorks graduate Tiptek was recently named the 2022 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Business... - [New Podcast Episode: Susan Hinrichs of Aviatrix talks women’s leadership and career optimization](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/new-podcast-episode-susan-hinrichs-of-aviatrix-talks-womens-leadership-and-career-optimization-2/) - The latest episode of The Innovations @ Research Park podcast features Susan Hinrichs, the Chief Scientist at Aviatrix, a company that drives hundreds of... - [EnterpriseWorks startup Natrion listed as a leader in TechCrunch](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/enterpriseworks-startup-natrion-listed-as-a-leader-in-techcrunch-2/) - Natrion CEO Alex Kosyakov was pleasantly surprised to find that his company was recently listed as a startup leader in battery component technology by... - [The University of Illinois is Creating a Unique Location for Semiconductor Growth](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/uiuc-semiconductor-growth/) - The University of Illinois Research Park was recently featured in an IntersectIllinois article covering the SEMICON West Conference happening this week... - [2023 Research Park Table Tennis Tournament](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/2023-table-tennis-tournament-2/) - The 12th Annual Research Park Table Tennis Tournament took place Tuesday, June 27, and Wednesday, June 28, 2023. It was a great success, with 64 participants... - [Purchase of 2001 S. First St. by Arvum Partners LLC](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/purchase-of-2001-s-first-st-by-arvum-partners-llc/) - Research Park’s “State Farm Building” at 2001 S. First St., has found new a new owner under Arvum Partners LLC. The company is now under contract to buy the... - [HabiTerre to collaborate on Carbon Breakthrough in Agriculture with Arable and Shell](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/habiterre-to-collaborate-on-carbon-breakthrough-in-agriculture-with-arable-and-shell-2/) - EnterpriseWorks startup HabiTerre is playing a critical role in an important collaboration between industry leaders Arable and Shell to create a breakthrough... - [Veriflow, 2017 EnterpriseWorks Graduate, Acquired by VMware](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/veriflow-2017-enterpriseworks-graduate-acquired-by-vmware/) - Ajay Singh, Senior Vice President and General Manager of VMware, announced on August 15, 2019, that the company is acquiring Veriflow, a startup that graduat... - [AGCO Acceleration Center Reflects on Its Two Years Within Research Park](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/agco-acceleration-center-reflects-on-its-two-years-within-research-park/) - AGCO Acceleration Center (AAC) is celebrating its second year within the University of Illinois Research Park. In their August 12, 2019, article, they note t... - [Brandon Yates, Founder and CEO of DeepWalk featured in Latest Research Park Podcast](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/brandon-yates-deepwalk-featured-in-podcast/) - The newest episode of the Innovations @ Research Park podcast features Brandon Yates, Founder and CEO of DeepWalk, a company which is the product of the... - [Interview with Tushar Pandey, SimBioSys Inc., CEO](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/interview-with-tushar-pandey-simbiosys-inc-ceo/) - Tushar Pandey, Chief Executive Officer at SimBioSys Inc., spoke with The News-Gazette on July 21, 2019, about what he does for the company and what the compa... - [Natrion Named a Finalist in the 2022 LG Energy Solution Battery Challenge](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/natrion-named-a-finalist-in-the-2022-lg-energy-solution-battery-challenge-2/) - EnterpriseWorks startup Natrion has been named a finalist in the LG Energy Solution Battery Challenge 2022 for its work in developing and scaling up solid... - [Cynthia Faullin Rejoins EnterpriseWorks as Associate Director of Operations](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/cynthia-faullin-enterpriseworks/) - The Research Park is thrilled to announce that Cynthia Faullin, who brings 10 years of intensive experience with deep-tech startups and entrepreneurs, will... - [Interview with Troy Kollman, Brunswick's i-Jet Lab Director](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/interview-with-troy-kollman-brunswicks-i-jet-lab-director/) - Troy Kollman, the site director for Brunswick Corporation's i-Jet Lab within Research Park, spoke with The News-Gazette about the key contributions of intern... - [2024 Table Tennis Tournament](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/2024-table-tennis-tournament/) - 2024 Table Tennis Tournament The 13th Annual Research Park Table Tennis Tournament was on Tuesday, July 9, and Wednesday, July 10. The results of Round-Robin games on day one were used to seed participants for the single-elimination tournament played on day two. In these games, companies were awarded points based on the placing of their players, - [Revolution Medicines, EnterpriseWorks Graduate, Went Public](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/revolution-medicine-enterpriseworks-graduate-raises-ipo-range/) - Revolution Medicines is publicly traded as of February 12, 2020. The EnterpriseWorks graduate filed its initial public offering on January 17 for $100 millio... - [AGCO Contributes to Agriculture Industry through Augmented Reality](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/agco-contributes-to-agriculture-industry-through-augmented-reality/) - The University of Illinois Research Park’s AGCO Acceleration Center shared the benefits of exploring augmented reality (AR) technology and data visualization... - [Board of Trustees Votes to Transfer Research Park Oversight](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/board-of-trustees-votes-to-transfer-research-park-oversight/) - CHAMPAIGN - The University of Illinois Board of Trustees today transferred oversight of the University of Illinois Research Park from the U. of I. System to... - [Reconstruct Receives $7.7 Million Series A Investment Led By Cultivation Capital](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/reconstruct-receives-7-7-million-series-a-investment-led-by-cultivation-capital/) - Reconstruct, a Research Park startup, has closed a $7.7 million series A round led by Cultivation Capital. Investors also include Serra Ventures and Seyen Ca... - [2019 AgTech Summit a Success](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/2019-agtech-summit-a-success/) - The 2019 Agriculture Technology Innovation Summit was a success yet again, bringing together the biggest agriculture companies and brightest minds in agtech... - [Research Park Wins at Innovation Celebration 2019](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-wins-at-innovation-celebration-2019/) - Every year, the community gathers at Parkland College for the Innovation Celebration - an event honoring the innovators and changemakers in the Champaign-Urb... - [BP Opens New Center at the University of Illinois to Develop Sustainable IT Solutions](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/bp-opens-new-center-at-the-university-of-illinois-to-develop-sustainable-it-solutions/) - BP OPENS NEW CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS TO DEVELOP SUSTAINABLE IT SOLUTIONS Champaign, Illinois (April 2, 2019) - The University of Illinois today... - [Champaign-Urbana Ranked Top Startup City by Silicon Prairie News](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/champaign-urbana-ranked-top-startup-city-by-silicon-prairie-news/) - CHAMPAIGN, IL, February 13, 2019 – In a new study measuring the startup ecosystems of an 11-state region it calls “the Silicon Prairie”, Champaign-Urbana ran... - [A Vision for "Research Park Commons" and EnterpriseWorks Incubator Expansion](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/a-vision-for-research-park-commons-and-enterpriseworks-incubator-expansion/) - The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's recently released campus strategic plan includes several references to increasing investments in the Univers... - [Paul Miller, EnterpriseWorks Entrepreneur-in-Residence, highlighted in latest Research Park podcast](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/paul-miller-enterpriseworks-entrepreneur-in-residence-highlighted-in-latest-research-park-podcast-2/) - The newest episode of the Innovations @ Research Park podcast features Paul Miller, an EnterpriseWorks Entrepreneur-in-Residence, and Co-Founder of Agrible... - [DeepWalk Raises $1.4M in Seed Funding to Scale City Sidewalk Accessibility Solution](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/deepwalk-sidewalk-accessibility/) - DeepWalk, an automated measurement company whose first product streamlines the wheelchair sidewalk accessibility process for cities and universities... - [Verizon’s Champaign Innovation Hub To Host Open Hours, Welcome Visitors](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/verizons-champaign-innovation-hub-to-host-open-hours/) - The Verizon 5G Innovation Hub at EnterpriseWorks is now hosting open hours where guests can explore how the next generation wireless technologies can benefit... - [Cozad New Venture Challenge Teams Win Get Started Prizes, Affiliate Membership from EnterpriseWorks](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/cozad-new-venture-challenge-teams-win-get-started-prizes-affiliate-membership-from-enterpriseworks-2/) - EnterpriseWorks and Research Park awarded prizes valued at $30,000 to 10 teams who competed in the 2023 Cozad New Venture Challenge. CNVC kicked off in early... - [Illinois AgTech Accelerator Launches Fifth Cohort with Five Startups](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/illinois-agtech-accelerator-launches-fifth-cohort-with-five-startups-2/) - The Illinois AgTech Accelerator kicked off the 2023 gener8tor AgTech cohort on March 20, with Serra Ventures serving as a key partner. The accelerator is... - [AgTech Thought Leaders Highlighted in Latest Research Park Podcast](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/agtech-summit-thought-leaders-podcast/) - The most recent episode of the Innovations @ Research Park Podcast features interviews held on-location with several panelists and speakers from the Research... - [Puzzle Labs, Research Park Launch "Working in AI" User Group](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/puzzle-labs-research-park-launch-working-in-ai-user-group/) - EnterpriseWorks startup Puzzle Labs, together with Research Park, is launching a new local meetup group to build community around AI. “Working with AI” is... - [Milhouse Appointed to the University of Illinois Board of Trustees](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/milhouse-board-of-trustees/) - Governor JB Pritzker has appointed Wilbur C. Milhouse III to serve as a Member of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees. Milhouse is a two-time... - [Eric Miller Awarded 2023 Glen “GB” Brandt Prize for Ag Entrepreneurism](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/eric-miller-2023-brandt-prize-for-ag-entrepreneurism/) - Eric Miller has been named the recipient of this year’s Glen “GB” Brandt Prize for Ag Entrepreneurism, an award that honors a grower/producer/farmer who... - [Farmers Risk Awarded 2023 Edwin Moore Family Agriculture Innovation Prize ](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/farmers-risk-edwin-moore-family-agriculture-innovation-prize/) - Farmers Risk, a startup company that is developing tools for farmers to better understand their risk management strategies, has been named the 2023 Edwin... - [FrostDefense Awarded 2022 Edwin Moore Family Agriculture Innovation Prize](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/frostdefense-awarded-2022-edwin-moore-family-agriculture-innovation-prize/) - FrostDefense Envirotech Inc., a startup company developing technological solutions to prevent frost damage at vineyards, is the recipient of the 2022 Edwin... - [2023 Research Park AgTech Summit Attracts Global Audience, Speakers](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/2023-agtech-summit-wrapup/) - Research Park welcomed more than 600 registered participants from 200 companies for the 2023 AgTech Summit. Attendees hailed from across the Midwest and... - [Illinois Ventures Launches Illini Angels Investment Network](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/illinois-ventures-launches-illini-angels-investment-network-2/) - Illinois Ventures – the U of I System’s venture capital arm and a tenant at EnterpriseWorks – and a group of leading alumni from the University of Illinois... - [Congresswoman Budzinski Tours Agtech Assets, Meets UIRP Leaders](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/congresswoman-budzinski-visits-research-park/) - Agtech, cleantech and energy, tech workforce, and manufacturing were among the hot topics during Rep. Nikki Budzinski’s visit to Research Park on Feb. 23. - [Serial Entrepreneur Paul Miller Joins EnterpriseWorks Expert EIR Team](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/paul-miller/) - Paul Miller, a serial entrepreneur and co-founder of EnterpriseWorks graduate Agrible, has joined the EnterpriseWorks Entrepreneur-in-Residence program. - [Research Park Boosts Illinois Ranking For Women-Led Startups to No. 10](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-boosts-illinois-ranking-for-women-led-startups-to-no-10-2/) - At the start of the new year, Illinois was ranked tenth in the country for women-led startups by Merchant Maverick, a small business comparison site. This... - [EnterpriseWorks Startup DeepWalk Pilots Technology That Keeps Campus Sidewalks ADA Compliant](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/enterpriseworks-startup-deepwalk-pilots-technology-that-keeps-campus-sidewalks-ada-compliant-2/) - A EnterpriseWorks startup is changing the way that city workers and civil engineers inspect sidewalks for safety. DeepWalk has built a scanning app that... - [UIRP Releases RFP For CABBI Greenhouse Construction](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/cabbi-greenhouse-rfp/) - The UIRP LLC is seeking a developer for a special purpose project to construct a greenhouse for the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, which will... - [Vote Today: HabiTerre Selected as Finalist for THRIVE | Shell Climate-Smart Agriculture Challenge](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/habiterre-finalist-thrive-shell-climate-smart-agriculture-challenge/) - The THRIVE | Shell Climate-Smart Agriculture Challenge has selected HabiTerre as a finalist. As part of this esteemed competition, there is a People’s Choice... - [Local Preschool Gives to Eastern Illinois FoodBank For Annual Holiday Giving Initiative](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/local-preschool-gives-to-eastern-illinois-food-bank-for-annual-holiday-giving-initiative/) - This past holiday season, Chesterbrook Academy Preschool instilled leadership into its students’ young minds. The school has made an effort to encourage its... - [Crain's Chicago Business Shows How Cat and Deere Leverage UIUC, Research Park for Talent](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/crains-chicago-business-caterpillar-john-deere-research-park/) - At the University of Illinois Research Park, it's said (a bit tongue-in-cheek) that companies there receive every unfair recruiting advantage possible when... - [Immigration Specialist Matt Meltzer Joins EnterpriseWorks EIR Team](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/immigration-specialist-matt-meltzer-joins-enterpriseworks-eir-team-2/) - Matt Meltzer, an immigration attorney and partner in Chicago-based Meltzer Hellrung, has joined the EnterpriseWorks Entrepreneur-in-Residence program. - [Chicagoland Billboard Campaign Features EnterpriseWorks Startups](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/chicagoland-billboard-campaign-features-illinois-startups/) - A marketing campaign presented by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign hitting billboards across Chicagoland features several startups with roots at... - [New Podcast: Finding Success as a Research Park Intern](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-intern-success-podcast/) - The most recent episode of the Innovations @ Research Park Podcast features interviews with two of the winners of the 2022 Research Park intern awards. Tune... - [Excellence Recognized at 2022 Research Park Intern Awards](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/excellence-recognized-at-2022-research-park-intern-awards/) - The Research Park celebrated its 16th annual Intern Awards Ceremony and Picnic to honor and recognize the outstanding work done by the student interns across... - [Campus Prioritizes Entrepreneurship, Innovation in "The Next 150"](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/campus-prioritizes-entrepreneurship-innovation-in-the-next-150/) - Entrepreneurship and innovation are central to the new five-year strategic plan unveiled by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on Friday in a town ha... - [EarthSense One of 8 Ag Tech Start-ups Worth Watching in 2019](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/earthsense-one-of-8-ag-tech-start-ups-worth-watching-in-2019/) - EarthSense, a company that develops ultra-compact autonomous robots for crop breeders, agronomists, and growers, has been featured in Successful Farming’s 8... - [EnterpriseWorks Graduate Runtime Verification Thrives in Urbana](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/enterpriseworks-graduate-runtime-verification-thrives-in-urbana/) - It's not rare for a University of Illinois deep-tech startup to fly under the radar. One such startup -- founded by a University of Illinois computer science... - [Petronics Top Company to Watch at CES](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/petronics-top-company-to-watch-at-ces/) - EnterpriseWorks robotics startup Petronics will showcase the world's most technologically advanced cat toy at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Chi... - [HabiTerre Awarded $75,000 Arch Grants Prize](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/habiterre-awarded-75000-arch-grants-prize/) - EnterpriseWorks startup HabiTerre has won $75,000 in the Arch Grants startup competition. HabiTerre monitors, measures, and analyzes global and local... - [Agrinews Reviews AgTech at the Research Park](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/agrinews-reviews-agtech-at-the-research-park/) - Agrinews wrote all about the University of Illinois Research Park in one of their latest articles. The agriculturally-focused site covered all of the aspects... - [EnterpriseWorks Graduate CU Aerospace Launches Satellite for Deep Space Missions](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/enterpriseworks-graduate-cu-aerospace-launches-satellite-for-deep-space-missions/) - The EnterpriseWorks graduate, CU Aerospace, launched their satellite into space for the first time on December 12, 2018. Over a decade in the making, CU Aero... - [Identomat Named Top Startup at GITI 2022](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/identomat-named-top-startup-at-giti-2022/) - EnterpriseWorks cybersecurity startup Identomat was recognized as the top IT startup at the Georgian IT Innovations Conference earlier this month. Identomat... - [State of Illinois Announces SBIR/STTR Phase I Matching Program Details](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/illinois-sbir-sttr-phase-i-matching-program-details/) - The State of Illinois has announced plans to actualize a $5 million grant match program for businesses that have received federal funding through the Small... - [Agrible, ADM Receives 2018 Sustainability Leadership Awards](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/agrible-adm-receive-2018-sustainability-leadership-awards/) - On November 14, Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture announced the 2018 recipients of its Sustainability Leadership Awards. Two Research... - [Caterpillar Facility Rededicated at Research Park](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/caterpillar-facility-rededicated-at-research-park/) - On Tuesday, October 30, 2018, the Caterpillar Inc. facility was rededicated at Research Park. Caterpillar is the most tenured corporate partner in the Resear... - [The 21st Broadcasts Live From Enterpriseworks](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/the-21st-broadcasts-live-from-enterpriseworks/) - Illinois Public Media made a very special trip to the Research Park on Tuesday, September 25 to broadcast their radio show, The 21st, live from the Enterpris... - [Linda McMahon Visits Research Park](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/linda-mcmahon-visits-research-park/) - Linda McMahon, the 25th Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, visited the Research Park today to tour EnterpriseWorks, the technology busi... - [DPI Funding to Support Research Park Growth](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/dpi-funding-to-support-research-park-growth/) - Part of the state funding allocated to the University of Illinois for the Discovery Partners Institute and its statewide innovation network will be used to c... - [Statement Regarding the Sale of Research Park Buildings](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/statement-regarding-the-sale-of-research-park-buildings/) - STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AND UIRP, LLC REGARDING THE SALE OF RESEARCH PARK BUILDINGS The Research Park at the University of Illinois... - [Photonicare awarded $2.1 million SBIR funding for patient trials](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/photonicare-awarded-2-1-million-sbir-funding-for-patient-trials/) - A Research Park startup is making great strides in providing healthcare providers with better diagnostic tools. The National Institue of Health’s Small Busin... - [Augmented Reality Technology Grows at AGCO’s Acceleration Center](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/augmented-reality-technology-grows-at-agcos-acceleration-center/) - Big companies with small teams in Champaign-Urbana are often at the heart of industry innovation. In January of 2019, AGCO opened their Acceleration Center... - [Revolution Medicines Makes $50mil Deal](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/revolution-medicines-makes-50mil-deal/) - EnterpriseWorks incubator graduate, Revolution Medicines, sold the sharing rights to one of their leading drug candidates to Sanofi for $50million. Revolutio... - [Research Park Startup Agrible Acquired by Nutrien for $63 Million](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-startup-agrible-acquired-by-nutrien-for-63-million/) - For more news on the deal: Fox Illinois The News-Gazette AmericanInno PrecisionAg PR Newswire Chicago Business Journal CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Nutrien, a publicly... - [2018 Table Tennis Tournament Was a Hit](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/2018-table-tennis-tournament-was-a-hit/) - The 2018 Research Park Table Tennis Tournament was a great success yet again. There was a huge turnout of 96 participants as well as many spectators who chee.. - [New study highlights immigrant contribution to Champaign's STEM workforce](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/new-study-highlights-immigrant-contribution-to-champaigns-stem-workforce/) - A first-of-its-kind study shows that Champaign County's STEM workforce is bolstered by immigrants. Data collected in the “New Americans in Champaign County”... - [Illinois AgTech Accelerator Director Jack Marck on Latest Research park Podcast](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/new-podcast-illinois-agtech-accelerator-director-jack-marck/) - The Illinois AgTech Accelerator, a partnership between global venture firm and startup accelerator gener8tor plus Serra Ventures and a consortium of local... - [SimBioSys Awarded $2M Phase II NCI SBIR Contract](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/simbiosys-awarded-phase-ii-nci-sbir-contract/) - SimBioSys®, the precision medicine company behind TumorScope®, the 4D tumor modeling platform for treatment planning, announced today it has been awarded a... - [Hypercell Technologies Selected as Standout Startup for FoodBytes! Program](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/vhypercell-technologies-foodbytes-program/) - Hypercell Technologies, an EnterpriseWorks startup developing technologies to control infectious disease in production animals that can put human health at... - [Illinois AgTech Accelerator Welcomes Second gBeta Cohort](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/illinois-agtech-accelerator-welcomes-second-gbeta-cohort/) - The Illinois AgTech Accelerator, a partnership between global venture firm and startup accelerator gener8tor plus Serra Ventures and a consortium of local... - [Illinois Ignite to feature faculty startups](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/illinois-ignite-to-feature-faculty-startups/) - At Research Park, we are proudest of researchers who meaningfully connect their work to the world’s felt needs. The inaugural Illinois Ignite tech showcase in Rosemont, IL will demonstrate how Illinois’ prominent research universities do precisely that. Start-ups and technology growing out of these research institutions are significantly affecting the fields of oncology, neuroscience, artificial intelligence, security, - [AgTools Wins Radicle Inclusion Challenge, Receives $250,000 Investment](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/agtools-wins-radicle-inclusion-challenge-investment/) - AgTools, a dashboard platform for agribusiness operators, was proclaimed a winner of the Radicle Inclusion Challenge Presented by Nutrien, and received a... - [UI Chancellor Jones praises the Research Park as “wildly successful”](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/ui-chancellor-jones-praises-the-research-park-as-wildly-successful/) - In an event Tuesday, May 22 at the I Hotel and Conference Center, UI Chancellor Robert Jones presented and answered questions on the university's plans to ex... - [Three Research Park Alums make the Crain's 20 In Their 20's List](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/three-research-park-alums-make-the-crains-20-in-their-20s-list/) - Research Park alums took over the Crain’s 20 In Their 20’s List. Three companies that spent time in the Research Park were Dan Klein with Tiesta Tea, Ashley... - [EnterpriseWorks Entrepreneurs Recognized in Chicago Inno 25 Under 25 List](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/chicago-inno-25-under-25-awardees-enterpriseworks/) - Chicago Inno’s 2022 Inno Under 25 list recognizes young innovators who are already making their mark on the city’s business community. Based on nominations... - [FAST Center at Illinois Receives Funding Renewal from U.S. Small Business Administration](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/fast-center-at-illinois-receives-funding-renewal/) - Today, Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice for America’s 33 million small businesses... - [EnterpriseWorks Graduate, Revolution Medicines, receives $56M Series B](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/enterpriseworks-graduate-revolution-medicines-receives-56m-series-b/) - EnterpriseWorks graduate, Revolution Medicines, tees up for oncology IND for $56M Series B Venture Capital Investment. The capital has been raised from Nexte... - [AXIS Capital and Gies College of Business Establishes the AXIS Risk Management Academy](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/axis-capital-and-gies-college-of-business-establishes-the-axis-risk-management-academy/) - Read the full story on Yahoo Finance. AXIS Capital, a global specialty insurer and reinsurer located in Research Park, has partnered with the University of I... - [Real Impact: Synchrony Culture Empowers Next-Gen Innovators](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/synchrony-research-park-success/) - he University of Illinois System profiles the success story of the Synchrony Emerging Technology Center at Research Park. The article covers the cornerstones... - [Tiesta Tea Recognized on Inc's 2018 30 Under 30 Rising Stars](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/tiesta-tea-recognized-on-incs-2018-30-under-30-rising-stars/) - Read the full list on Inc. Tiesta Tea began its journey as a startup in the EnterpriseWorks incubator at the Research Park, founded by Dan Klein and Patrick... - [ADM Makes Transformative Investment in Innovation at University of Illinois Research Park](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/adm-expansion-at-university-of-illinois-research-park/) - ADM (NYSE: ADM) today celebrated the grand opening of the new ADM Science and Technology Center at the University of Illinois Research Park. The facility... - [PhotoniCare Debuts New Product and Investors](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/photonicare-debuts-new-product-and-investors/) - EnterpriseWorks startup PhotoniCare, a medical device company building a low-cost diagnostic platform for the front-lines of medicine, has secured Series See... - [Kocree's Varshney Appointed White House Fellow](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/kochrees-varshney-appointed-white-house-fellow/) - Lav Varshney, a computer science professor at Illinois and co-founder of EnterpriseWorks startup Kocree, has been selected to serve as a White House Fellow... - [Synchrony Opens Emerging Technology Center at Research Park](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/synchrony-opens-emerging-technology-center-at-research-park/) - SYNCHRONY OPENS EMERGING TECH CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS TO DEVELOP ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SOLUTIONS Champaign, Illinois (April 12, 2018) - The U... - [Research Park Resources Benefit Increased Startup Activity in Illinois](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-resources-benefit-increased-startup-activity-in-illinois/) - The Illinois Innovation Index, published by the Illinois Science and Technology Coalition, has been researching innovation activity since 2013 in order to... - [Illinois Investment Guide Highlights Entrepreneurship at Illinois](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/illinois-investment-guide-highlights-entrepreneurship-at-illinois/) - An article published in the 2022 edition of the Illinois Investment Guide highlights the role of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and specificall... - [2018 Innovation Celebration Winners Announced](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/2018-innovation-celebration-winners-announced/) - CHAMPAIGN, IL, March 30, 2018 – Over 300 people gathered at Parkland College for the 13th Annual Innovation Celebration on the evening of Thursday, March 29t... - [Forbes Deems University Of Illinois Top University For Entrepreneurs](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/forbes-lauds-entrepreneurship-at-illinois/) - A Forbes article examines the current state of the University of Illinois entrepreneurship climate, lauding its commitment to supporting students and faculty... - [Genective Expands Lab Space, Opens Phase 2 Champaign Headquarters](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/genective-expansion-research-park/) - Less than three years after its initial opening, agtech company Genective celebrated its Phase 2 expansion at Research Park with a celebration, tours and... - [HabiTerre's Guan Honored as Innovator of the Year](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/habiterre-kaiyu-guan-illinois-innovation-network-award/) - Dr. Kaiyu Guan, co-founder of EnterpriseWorks startup HabiTerre and the Blue Waters associate professor in ecohydrology and remote sensing, was honored as... - [Illinois AgTech Accelerator Seeks Early-Stage Startups for Fall gBeta Cohort](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/fall-2022-gbeta-agtech-cohort/) - Applications are now open for the Fall 2022 gBETA AgTech program, run by the Research Park-based Illinois AgTech Accelerator. gBETA AgTech is a seven-week... - [Oak Ridge National Lab Selects Agriwater's Bianca Bailey for Innovation Crossroads Cohort](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/oak-ridge-national-lab-selects-agriwaters-bianca-bailey-for-innovation-crossroads-cohort/) - Oak Ridge National Laboratory Innovation Crossroads program has selected was Dr. S. Bianca Bailey, founder of EnterpriseWorks startup, Agriwater Corporation... - [Our Deepest Condolences: Tragedy Impacts Research Park Employees, Companies](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/our-deepest-condolences-tragedy-impacts-research-park-employees-companies/) - Research Park extends its deepest condolences to Common Ground Research Networks on the heartbreaking loss of longtime employee Jessica Weinhold-Brokish, who... - [Research Park, University, and City of Champaign Seek Sidewalk at St. Mary's Road Viaduct](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-university-and-city-of-champaign-seek-sidewalk-at-st-marys-road-viaduct/) - Recently, Champaign's Planning and Public Works Department met with UI officials and decided to conduct a study and search for funding after there was a cons... - [New First Street Shared Use Path Eases Commute to Research Park](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/new-first-street-shared-path-eases-commute-to-research-park/) - The Village of Savoy’s shared use path has undergone construction and will be complete by August 2022. The path is located along the west side of First... - [“Best Tech Startups in Champaign” List Dominated by EnterpriseWorks](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/best-tech-startups-in-champaign-list-dominated-by-enterpriseworks/) - Tech Tribune’s list of the Top 10 tech startups in Champaign is dominated by EnterpriseWorks tenants and graduates. All but one of the online publication’s... - [Agriculture Technology Innovation Summit Returns to Champaign](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/agriculture-technology-innovation-summit-returns-to-champaign/) - Experts at the intersection of agriculture and technology will meet on Wednesday, Feb. 28 during the third annual Agriculture Technology Innovation Summit hosted by the University of Illinois Research Park.The Agriculture Technology Innovation Summit provides attendees a look at cutting-edge trends and insights into this ever-evolving field. It features panelist from across the AgTech ecosystem, - [The Return of the Research Park Table Tennis Tournament: Yahoo! Reclaims the Golden Paddle](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/the-return-of-the-table-tennis-tournament-yahoo-reclaims-the-golden-paddle/) - After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the Research Park Table Tennis Tournament returned and celebrated the 11th annual event. The event was a huge... - [Aviatrix Opens New Hub: "Champaign is an ideal office location"](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/aviatrix-opens-new-champaign-hub/) - Aviatrix, a fast-growing, global cloud network platform company, has opened a hub at the University of Illinois Research Park. The unicorn startup, which... - [Booming UI Research Park Running Into Potential Growing Pains](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/booming-ui-research-park-running-into-potential-growing-pains/) - If counted as a company, the Research Park is now the third largest employer in the county, falling just behind Carle Hospital and the University of Illinois... - [EnterpriseWorks Startup Snooz Reinvents the Noise Machine](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/enterpriseworks-startup-snooz-reinvents-the-noise-machine/) - Read the full story from BloombergPursuits. EnterpriseWorks startup Snooz has developed their white noise machine, which uses a real fan instead of prerecord... - [Innovation and Success in the Illinois AgTech Accelerator](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/innovation-and-success-in-the-illinois-agtech-accelerator/) - SoyInnovator profiled the current Illinois AgTech Accelerator startup cohort in its recent article, “5 AgTech Startups You Should Know.” The article... - [Monsanto Opens Innovation Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/monsanto-opens-innovation-center-at-the-university-of-illinois-at-urbana-champaign/) - Read about the Monsanto Grand Opening In the Press: Feedstuffs Illinois Homepage The Daily Illini AgDaily News Business Wire Watch a video of the Ribbon Cutt... - [Cozad 2022 Winners: Nephra, Ferritiva, and Haylon Technologies Showcase Success on "Innovations" Research Park Podcast](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/cozad-2022-winners-nephra-ferritiva-and-haylon-technologies-showcase-success-on-innovations-podcast/) - The newest episode of the Innovations @ Research Park Podcast features the top 3 finishers from the Cozad New Venture Challenge, a University of Illinois... - [Aptimmune Named Number Three of Seven Ag Tech Start-ups to Watch in 2018](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/aptimmune-named-number-three-of-seven-ag-tech-start-ups-to-watch-in-2018/) - EnterpriseWorks startup, Aptimmune Biologics, was recently recognized as one of seven Ag Tech start-ups to watch in 2018 by Agriculture.com. Aptimmune focuse... - [Inprentus Raises $1 Million to Complete A Series A Round for $2.5 Million](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/inprentus-raises-1-million-to-complete-a-series-a-round-for-2-5-million/) - Inprentus has officially completed its Series A Round, raising $2.5 Million with help from investors like Flyover Capital, Serra Ventures, and other new inve... - [EnterpriseWorks Graduate Autonomic Materials Raises $3 Million](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/autonomic-materials-raises-funding/) - Autonomic Materials Inc. (AMI), a deep-tech startup graduate from the EnterpriseWorks incubator, announced Monday that the company has raised $3 million in a... - [AGCO Opens Acceleration Center at Research Park](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/agco-opens-acceleration-center-at-research-park/) - The University of Illinois and AGCO announces the opening of the AGCO Acceleration Center at University of Illinois Research Park. Read about the AGCO Grand... - [Crunchbase: UIUC Alumni Among Top Founders Attracting Startup Funding](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/alumni-startup-funding-crunchbase-uiuc/) - Crunchbase, a platform for finding business information on private and public companies, released data pertaining to the correlation between one’s degree... - [Agrible Recognized on the Thrive Top 50 List](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/agrible-recognized-on-the-thrive-top-50-list/) - EnterpriseWorks graduate startup Agrible is featured on the 2018 Thrive Top 50 list for the second year in a row. This ranking signifies the best in agricult... - [EarthSense Co-Founder Chinmay Soman Talks AgTech Trends and Company Success in Recent "Innovations" Research Park Podcast](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/earthsense-co-founder-chinmay-soman-talks-agtech-trends-and-company-success-in-recent-research-park-innovations-podcast/) - The latest episode of the Innovations @ Research Park Podcast delves into the history and background of EarthSense, an agricultural robotics and AI company... - [IntelinAir named One of Seven Ag Tech Start-Ups to Watch in 2018](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/intelinair-named-one-of-seven-ag-tech-start-ups-to-watch-in-2018/) - EnterpriseWorks startup, IntelinAir was recently named one of seven Ag Tech start-ups to watch in 2018 by Agriculture.com. IntelinAir was founded in 2015 to... - [Student Startup HeyGears Experiences Great Success in China](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/student-startup-heygears-experiences-great-success-in-china/) - HeyGears, an EnterpriseWorks student startup graduate, is building a 3D printing Research and Development facility in Guangdong, China. Formerly OmniEars... - [EnterpriseWorks Startup Natrion Secures $2 Million in Funding from Major Backers](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/enterpriseworks-startup-natrion-secures-2-million-in-funding-from-major-backers/) - Natrion, a battery research and development startup based in Research Park’s EnterpriseWorks incubator, announced Wednesday that they have secured $2 million... - [SimBioSys, Inc. Inspired by Fox Family Entrepreneurship Program](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/simbiosys-inc-inspired-by-fox-family-entrepreneurship-program/) - SimBioSys, Inc., a startup company at EnterpriseWorks, was inspired by the Fox Family Innovation and Entrepreneurship Certificate Program. Co-Founder Joe Pet... - [Trudy Kriven of KeaneTech Shares Plans for her Technology Transition Startup](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/trudy-kriven-of-keanetech-shares-plans-for-her-technology-transition-startup/) - Trudy Kriven, CEO of EnterpriseWorks Affiliate startup KeaneTech, talks with the News-Gazette about its Small Business Innovation Research grant from the Arm... - [EnterpriseWorks Graduate Starfire Industries Announces Transformative Expansion](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/enterpriseworks-graduate-starfire-industries-announces-transformative-expansion/) - Today Starfire Industries, LLC announced an expansion to establish a new manufacturing facility in Champaign, Illinois, located at 3310 N. Duncan Road. - [Aptimmune Achieves Industry First with Mucosal Swine Flu Vaccine](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/aptimmune-achieves-industry-first-with-mucosal-swine-flu-vaccine/) - Aptimmune Biologics, Inc. once again breaks through industry barriers by commercializing the first inactivated musosal vaccine for Influenza A virus in swine... - [Research Park Occupancy Reaches All Time High](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-occupancy-reaches-all-time-high/) - This year, Research Park occupancy reached an all-time high at a staggering 97 percent. With the welcoming of more agricultural, financial services, and glo... - [Agrible and IntelinAir Named in the Most Prominent Remote Sensing Companies](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/agrible-and-intelinair-named-in-the-most-prominent-remote-sensing-companies/) - AgFunder News highlights 20 remote sensing startups, sorted by their main sources of data such as satellites, drones, airplanes, and ground-based sensors... - [Inprentus selected for NASA project](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/inprentus-selected-for-nasa-project/) - Inprentus, a recent EnterpriseWorks gradute, has announced this week that it has been selected to participate in a project by NASA. Inprentus was founded in... - [COUNTRY Financial Partners with University of Illinois to Foster Technology Innovation](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/country-financial-partners-with-university-of-illinois-to-foster-technology-innovation/) - Find news coverage of this event here and here. View photographs from the event here. Champaign, Ill. – Nov. 3, 2017 – COUNTRY Financial is investing in stud... - [Anheuser-Busch and Agrible Relationship Improves Barley Production with Big Data](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/anheuser-busch-and-agrible-relationship-improves-barley-production-with-big-data/) - Anheuser-Busch InBev utilizes Agrible's Morning Farm Report in order to enhance AB InBev's existing SmartBarley Platform, which aims to leverage data, techno... - [Indigo Agriculture, Boston's "Unicorn Startup," to open office in Research Park](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/indigo-agriculture-bostons-unicorn-startup-to-open-office-in-research-park/) - September 29, 2017: Indigo Agriculture, an ag-tech startup that began in Massachusetts, is opening an office in Research Park to add to the growing number of... - [Research Park Hosts the 2017 PYGHACK](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-hosts-the-2017-pyghack/) - EnterpriseWorks hosted this years PYGHACK as a part of the Pygmalion Festival. The goal of the PYGHACK is to bring University of Illinois students and commun... - [AB InBev and Agrible Announce Global Partnership](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/ab-inbev-and-agrible-announce-global-partnership/) - September 20, 2017: Anheuser-Busch InBev Lab and Agrible, Inc., both located in the Research Park, are partnering up. The goal of the partnership is to impr... - [Agrible Raises $9.7m of $15.7m for Series B Funding](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/agrible-raises-9-7m-of-15-7m-for-series-b-funding/) - Find updates to the story here. Agrible, an agtech startup located in the Research Park, has raised $9.7 million out of a $15.7 million Series B round of fun... - [Granular Acquired by DuPont in Efforts to Help Farmers Run More Profitable Businesses](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/granular-acquired-by-dupont-in-efforts-to-help-farmers-run-more-profitable-businesses/) - August 9, 2017: DuPont, a world-renowned science and engineering company that focuses on agriculture and nutrition, advanced materials, and bio-based industr... - [Dario Aranguiz of Petronics Talks Robotics and Mousr Product](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/dario-aranguiz-of-petronics-talks-robotics-and-mousr-product/) - Dario Aranguiz, Petronics Intern and winner of the Best Technological Innovation Award at the 2017 Research Park Intern Awards, sits down with The News-Gazet... - [EnterpriseWorks Startups Changing the World of Agricultural Technology](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/enterpriseworks-startups-changing-the-world-of-agricultural-technology/) - Illinois Farmer Today highlights an array of EnterpriseWorks startups that are creating innovative solutions in agriculture. The talent pipeline leads to fin... - [Research Park Honors Most Valuable Interns of 2017](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-honors-most-valuable-interns-of-2017/) - CHAMPAIGN – Research Park’s most influential and valuable interns were honored on Thursday, July 27, 2017 at the Research Park Summer Intern Picnic. Almost... - [Oath (Yahoo) at the Research Park Leads $1 Million Donation to Local Champaign-Urbana Charities](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/oath-yahoo-at-the-research-park-leads-1-million-donation-to-local-champaign-urbana-charities/) - The Yahoo Employee Foundation (YEF) will award nearly a million dollars in grant money to three local not-for profits at a brief ceremony this Wednesday July... - [Hailong Ning of Xerion Advanced Battery Corp. Talks New Location and Research Park](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/hailong-ning-of-xerion-advanced-battery-corp-talks-new-location-and-research-park/) - Hailong Ning, Director of Research and Development at Xerion Advanced Battery Corp., was featured on the Wired In column of The News-Gazette. The startup... - [Serionix Expands Commerical Use for Colorfil Air Filters](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/serionix-expands-commerical-use-for-colorfil-air-filters/) - EnterpriseWorks tenant Serionix shared their story with Crain’s Chicago Business this week. Serionix was formed by material sciences trio James Langer, Weihu... - [Aptimmune Biologics of Research Park launches PRRSV vaccine](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/aptimmune-biologics-of-research-park-launches-prrsv-vaccine/) - Aptimmune Biologics Inc. recently launched the worlds first commercially available mucosal autogenous PRRSV vaccine for swine, administered via nasal spray... - [UIRP Hosts AURP's Introduction to Research Parks Program](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/uirp-hosts-aurps-introduction-to-research-parks-program/) - The University of Illinois Research Park will be the first stop of the Introduction to Research Parks program put on by The Association of University Researc... - [Graybar Opens Innovation Lab at Research Park](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/graybar-opens-innovation-lab-at-research-park/) - Graybar and University of Illinois Announce the Opening of the Graybar Innovation Lab at Research Park CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (May 1, 2017) – Graybar and the Univer... - [New TDFC IV Building Opened at Research Park](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/new-tdfc-iv-building-opened-at-research-park/) - CHAMPAIGN-- The new TDFC IV building is now open in the Research Park, and Mixed Use building will open later this year. The Mayor of Champaign, Deb Frank Fe... - [Brunswick Innovation Laboratory to Open in New Mixed Use Building](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/brunswick-innovation-laboratory-to-open-in-new-mixed-use-building/) - Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC) today announced it will soon open the Brunswick Innovation Laboratory in the Research Park at the University of Illinois at... - [Research Park Affiliates and Companies Honored at 2017 Innovation Celebration](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-affiliates-and-companies-honored-at-2017-innovation-celebration/) - The 2017 Innovation Celebration awards were announced on Friday, March 3. Of the ten awards given, five were in relation to the Research Park. The Entreprene... - [Edwin Moore Family Agriculture Innovation Prize Established](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/edwin-moore-family-agriculture-innovation-prize-established/) - The first annual Edwin Moore Family Agriculture Innovation Prize will be presented at today’s Agriculture Technology Innovation Summit. The award, generously... - [EnterpriseWorks Receives EDA Grant To Further Entrepreneurship at Illinois Universities](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/enterpriseworks-receives-eda-grant-to-further-entrepreneurship-at-illinois-universities/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Laura Bleill, (217) 244-7744, lwbleill@illinois.edu EnterpriseWorks Receives EDA Grant To Further Entrepreneurship at Illinois... - [EnterpriseWorks Awarded University Center Grant For Downstate Illinois Entrepreneurial Development](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/enterpriseworks-awarded-university-center-grant-for-downstate-illinois-entrepreneurial-development/) - CHAMPAIGN, Ill., February 1, 2017 – The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s EnterpriseWorks incubator has been awarded a University Center Grant fro... - [Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Visits Research Park](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/chicago-mayor-rahm-emanuel-visits-research-park/) - Chicago Mayor, Rahm Emanuel, made a visit to the University of Illinois on Monday, January 30, with about 20 other Chicago tech company executives. On his vi... - [Agrible and Granular Acknowledged on THRIVE 50](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/agrible-and-granular-acknowledged-on-thrive-50/) - Agrible and Granular were recently recognized on THRIVE 50, an annual list created by SVG Partners that ranks the best AgTech companies in the United State... - [EnterpriseWorks Startup Cast 21 Closes Funding Round](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/enterpriseworks-startup-cast-21-closes-funding-round/) - Cast 21, an EnterpriseWorks startup that makes waterproof, breathable casts, has closed a funding round of $800,000. IllinoisVENTURES is among the list of in... - [Carle Sports Medicine and Orthopedics Facility To Open in January](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/carle-sports-medicine-and-orthopedics-facility-to-open-in-january/) - The Carle Sports Medicine and Orthopedics facility officially opens in Research Park this month, but the public is invited to a community open house on Thurs... - [Yahoo! Champaign Focus of Chronicle of Higher Education Feature on Industry-University Partnerships](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/yahoo-champaign-focus-of-chronicle-of-higher-education-feature-on-industry-university-partnerships/) - Yahoo's Research Park site and its extensive relationship with the University of Illinois is the focus of a Aug. 11 Chronicle of Higher Education article... - [Yahoo! Captures the Golden Paddle](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/yahoo-captures-the-golden-paddle/) - The Fifth Annual Table Tennis Tournament drew a strong showing of 45 players from 15 companies across Research Park. As numerous other employees and their... - [Engadget Names Amber Agriculture Top CES Startup](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/engadget-names-amber-agriculture-top-ces-startup/) - Amber Agriculture, a University of Illinois student startup with ties to EnterpriseWorks, has been named the top startup of the 2017 Consumer Electronic Show... - [Ocient Named One of 17 Chicago Startups to Watch](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/ocient-named-one-of-17-chicago-startups-to-watch/) - ChicagoInno put together a list of the Top 17 Chicago Startups to watch in 2017 based on the companies' growth in 2016 and potential for 2017. Ocient, an Ent... - [EnterpriseWorks Graduate Acquired by Scotts Miracle-Gro](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/enterpriseworks-graduate-acquired-by-scotts-miracle-gro/) - CHAMPAIGN -- Scotts Miracle-Gro has announced that they have acquired PlantLink, a former student startup and EnterpriseWorks graduate. PlantLink was develop... - [Personify Founder: “EnterpriseWorks A Great Environment to Grow Up In”](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/personify-founder-enterpriseworks-a-great-environment-to-grow-up-in/) - CHAMPAIGN— The News-Gazette's Paul Wood interviewed Sanjay Patel for his Wired In column this week. Sanjay Patel is the CEO and co-founder of Personify and a... - [Veriflow Wins Open Innovation Challenge Award](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/veriflow-wins-open-innovation-challenge-award/) - CHAMPAIGN -- Veriflow Systems was selected as the Barclays "Innovation Challenge Winner," beating out over 100 competing companies. This event is held to as... - [Grand Opening of the Tech Nest](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/grand-opening-of-the-tech-nest/) - CHAMPAIGN-- University of Illinois Research Park has a new partnership with AARP. See how the Tech Nest shows initiative to come up with new technology. - [Microsoft Chicago Blog Reflects on Research Park Visit](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/microsoft-chicago-blog-reflects-on-research-park-visit/) - CHAMPAIGN -- Adam Hecktman, Microsoft's Director of Technology & Civic Innovation for Chicago, visited Research Park last week. After a guided tour with the... - [Reconstruct, EnterpriseWorks Startup, Announces Seed Round Funding](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/reconstruct-enterpriseworks-startup-announces-seed-round-funding/) - Reconstruct, a computer vision based analytics company for the construction industry based in the EnterpriseWorks incubator, has received $850,000 of seed ro... - [Bloomberg News Tells Why CME Group Put an Innovation Center at Research Park](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/bloomberg-news-tells-why-cme-group-put-an-innovation-center-at-research-park/) - CHAMPAIGN -- To increase coding and programming recruitment efforts, CME Group will be opening an Innovation Center in the University of Illinois Research Pa... - [Research Park Honors Most Valuable Interns of 2016](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-honors-most-valuable-interns-of-2016/) - CHAMPAIGN – Research Park’s most outstanding interns were honored on Thursday, July 28, 2016 at the Research Park Summer Picnic. Almost 600 highly skilled st... - [Research Park Growth Continues](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-growth-continues/) - CHAMPAIGN – A recent survey conducted at the Research Park puts the employment total to 1,711. 594 of those employees are student interns, of which 57% are... - [City of Champaign Shows Support of Mixed Use Project](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/city-of-champaign-shows-support-of-mixed-use-project/) - CHAMPAIGN – The Champaign City Council has agreed to give preliminary approval to at an additional $500,000 to an incentive agreement now up to $3.5 million... - [Veriflow Systems Raises $8.2 Million](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/veriflow-systems-raises-8-2-million/) - CHAMPAIGN – Veriflow Systems, an EnterpriseWorks tenant, has announced that they have raised $8.2 million in Series A funding. The fundraising effort was led... - [Pixo CEO highlights time as Research Park Entrepreneur-in-Residence](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/pixo-ceo-highlights-time-as-research-park-entrepreneur-in-residence/) - CHAMPAIGN – Lori Gold Patterson, the CEO of Pixo, will be honored this week as Parkland College’s Entrepreneur of the Year. Patterson serves as an EIR at Res... - [Veriflow Systems Raises $2.9 Million, Announces CEO Hire](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/veriflow-systems-raises-2-9-million-announces-ceo-hire/) - Veriflow Systems, a startup based at EnterpriseWorks co-founded by two University of Illinos at Urbana-Champaign computer science faculty members, has announ... - [Scoble: "Small Town" America is Primed To Beat Silicon Valley in Innovation](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/scoble-small-town-america-is-primed-to-beat-silicon-valley-in-innovation/) - Following his visit to Champaign-Urbana and a similar trip to Blacksburg, Va., tech futurist Robert Scoble blogged about how "Small Town America is primed to... - [Robert Scoble Visits Research Park](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/robert-scoble-visits-research-park/) - Robert Scoble, blogger, technical evangelist, and author flew to visit the Champaign-Urbana tech community and wrote about what is happening here. The Econom... - [2016 Innovation Celebration Winners Announced](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/2016-innovation-celebration-winners-announced/) - CHAMPAIGN, IL, January 25, 2016 – Over 400 people gathered at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts for the 11th Annual Innovation Celebration on the even... - [Scott Daigle and Patrick Slade Among Forbes 30 Under 30](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/scott-daigle-and-patrick-slade-among-forbes-30-under-30/) - Five of the Forbes 30 Under 30 have ties with the University of Illinois. Of these five, two are cofounders of companies in EnterpriseWorks. Scott Daigle... - [Granular Celebrates Opening of New Regional Headquarters in Champaign](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/granular-celebrates-opening-of-new-regional-headquarters-in-champaign/) - New Office to Strengthen Recruiting and Research Ties with the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) at the University of Illin... - [Quicket Solutions Named Winner In Amazon Web Services City on a Cloud Innovation Challenge](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/quicket-solutions-named-winner-in-amazon-web-services-city-on-a-cloud-innovation-challenge/) - New York City, NY, 11-10-2015– Quicket Solutions is pleased to announce today that Amazon Web Services (AWS) at the New York Technology Forum has named Quick... - [Agrible, Inc. Celebrates Grand Opening of New Headquarters in the Research Park at the University of Illinois](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/agrible-inc-celebrates-grand-opening-of-new-headquarters-in-the-research-park-at-the-university-of-illinois/) - Agrible, Inc., an agriculture software company specializing in predictive analytics tools for growers, today (Nov. 6) held a ribbon cutting ceremony for its... - [FOX 55 27 Segment on Capital One Grand Opening](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/fox-55-27-segment-on-capital-one-grand-opening/) - CHAMPAIGN - Fox 55 27 recently ran a segment on the grand opening of Capital One's Digital Research Lab at Research Park. Writes FOX Illinois: "The financial... - [Ameren's Mary Heger Named Leader in STEM, Touts Research Park Innovation Center](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/amerens-mary-heger-named-leader-in-stem-touts-research-park-innovation-center/) - Ameren Vice President and CIO Mary Heger was named a leader in STEM by STEM Connector for her success within the company. In her essay for STEM Connector... - [Capital One Opens the Illinois Digital Campus Lab at Research Park](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/capital-one-opens-the-illinois-digital-campus-lab-at-research-park/) - University of Illinois, Capital One Celebrate the Opening of the Illinois Digital Campus Lab at Research Park More from The News-Gazette, Chicago Tribune, FO... - [French Government Delegation Visits Research Park to Glean Best Practices in AgTech](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/french-government-delegation-visits-research-park-to-glean-best-practices-in-agtech/) - A delegation of French senators visited the EnterpriseWorks incubator and Research Park in late April as part of a mission to glean best practices in agtech... - [University of Illinois Foundation Breaks Ground on Philanthropy Center at Former Feed Mill Site](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/university-foundation-philanthropy-center/) - The University of Illinois Foundation will soon begin construction on a new Center for Philanthropy in the Research Park. The Foundation’s headquarters will... - [University of Illinois, Dow AgroSciences Celebrate Grand Opening of Innovation Facility at Research Park](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/university-of-illinois-dow-agrosciences-celebrate-grand-opening-of-innovation-facility-at-research-park/) - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (Sept. 28, 2015) – The University of Illinois and Dow AgroSciences LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW), today... - [Research Park Hosts Inaugural PygTech Festival](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-hosts-inaugural-pygtech-festival/) - The first Pygmalion Tech Festival is underway at Research Park. From Thursday (9/24) to Saturday (9/26), the top minds in tech from around the Champaign-Urb... - [Network Perception Secures $13 Million in Series A Funding](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/network-perception-series-a-funding/) - Network Perception, a cybersecurity startup, recently secured a $13 million Series A funding round. The company, which graduated from the Research Park’s... - [2015 Intern Award Winners Named](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/2015-intern-award-winners-named/) - RESEARCH PARK HONORS MOST VALUABLE INTERNS OF 2015 CHAMPAIGN – A collection of Research Park’s most exceptional interns were honored Thursday, August 5, 2015... - [Genective's Qiaoni Linda Jing Named Entrepreneur Of The Year Finalist](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/qiaoni-linda-jing-entrepreneur-of-the-year-finalist/) - Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) announced this week that Qiaoni Linda Jing, President, CEO and Board Director of Genective was named an Entrepreneur Of The Year... - [EnterpriseWorks Receives Award from SBA Growth Accelerator Fund Competition](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/enterpriseworks-receives-award-from-sba-growth-accelerator-fund-competition/) - ENTERPRISEWORKS RECIEVES $50,000 AWARD FROM SBA GROWTH ACCELERATOR FUND COMPETITION CHAMPAIGN – EnterpriseWorks, the technology incubator at the University... - [Research Park Podcast Features EnterpriseWorks Startup Reconstruct](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-podcast-reconstruct/) - Episode 11 of the Innovations @ Research Park podcast features Reconstruct, a venture-backed startup company that launched and incubated at EnterpriseWorks... - [Forbes cites Research Park as factor behind increased startup funding in IL](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/forbes-cites-research-park-as-factor-behind-increased-startup-funding-in-il/) - CHAMPAIGN, IL., July 28 - 2015 is shaping up to be a strong year for the startup and early stage investor ecosystem. Activity in Illinois, centered on both... - [Inprentus Makes Final Four in 'Coolest Thing Made in Illinois' Contest](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/inprentus-final-four-made-in-illinois/) - EnterpriseWorks graduate company Inprentus Inc. made it to the final four of Makers Madness, a bracket-style tournament that celebrates the work and diversit... - [Christie Clinic Illinois Race Weekend Returns, With Courses Running Through Research Park](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/illinois-race-weekend-research-park/) - Research Park will play a critical role in the Christie Clinic Illinois Race Weekend, April 29-30, which returns to the scene after a two-year hiatus because... - [Agrible, Inc. Announces $4.1 Million in Series A Funding Led by Sierra Ventures](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/agrible-inc-announces-4-1-million-in-series-a-funding-led-by-serra-ventures/) - AGRICULTURE TECH STARTUP BRINGS ACTIONABLE PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS TO GROWERS CHAMPAIGN, IL., July 21, 2015—Agrible, Inc., an agriculture technology start-up... - [OnRamp Agriculture Conference Moves to Champaign-Urbana, Hub of AgTech Innovation](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/onramp-agriculture-conference-champaign-urbana/) - A coalition of Central Illinois partners have banded together to bring one of the nation’s premier AgTech startup conferences to Champaign. gener8tor will... - [UIUC and John Deere partner to build robot lawn mower](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/uiuc-and-john-deere-partner-to-build-robot-lawn-mower/) - The University of Illinois and John Deere have teamed up to take "mow the lawn" off of your to-do list. A University student and two faculty members recently... - [2022 AgTech Summit has Successful In-Person Return](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/2022-agtech-summit-returns/) - The 2022 Agriculture Technology Innovation Summit was a success yet again, bringing together the biggest agriculture companies and brightest minds in agtech... - [AGCO Announces Expansion of its Research Park Acceleration Center](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/agco-acceleration-center-expansion/) - AGCO Corporation announced today that it has completed the expansion of its AGCO Acceleration Center at the University of Illinois Champaign Urbana Research... - [Aptimmune Biologics Raises $2.75 Million of Series A Funding Led by Arsenal Capital Management](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/aptimmune-biologics-raises-2-75-million-of-series-a-funding-led-by-arsenal-capital-management/) - Company will create new swine vaccines based on advanced mucosal technology New CEO joins the company to drive development and commercialization CHAMPAIGN... - [SNOOZ Co-Founder Eli Lazar Talks Journey to Success on "Innovations" Podcast](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/snooz-podcast-innovations-research-park/) - It started with an idea. SNOOZ is a consumer electronics company that focuses on controlling airflow and acoustics to turn a bedroom into a haven for sleep. - [Crain’s Focuses on Caterpillar’s Data Strategy, Mentions Research Park Lab](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/crains-focuses-on-caterpillars-data-strategy-mentions-research-park-lab/) - Caterpillar's new focus on data-driven solutions for its products is making headlines. Writes Crain's Chicago Business: "The big-data era requires a differen... - [Matt Riggs Wins 2022 Glen “GB” Brandt Prize for Ag Entrepreneurism](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/matt-riggs-awarded-brandt-prize-ag-entrepreneurism/) - Matt Riggs of Riggs Beer Company has been named the recipient of this year’s Glen “GB” Brandt Prize for Ag Entrepreneurism, an award that honors a grower... - [Rithmio Raises $3.0 Million in Seed Funding](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/rithmio-raises-3-0-million-in-seed-funding/) - June 29, 2015 - Rithmio, the gesture recognition platform for wearables, today announced that it has closed a $3 million seed round of financing co-led by KG... - [AgTech Innovation Summit Returns to the "Epicenter of AgTech"](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/2022-agtech-summit-research-park/) - A unique blend of industry leaders, investors, academics, growers/producers, and startups will convene for the seventh annual AgTech Innovation Summit on... - [UIUC Launches Startup Accelerator for Student Ventures](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/uiuc-launches-startup-accelerator-for-student-ventures/) - The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has launched a startup accelerator for student ventures on its campus. 13 startup companies, all founded by UI... - [Champaign-Urbana AgTech Week Returns with In-Person and Virtual Events](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/agtech-week-2022-champaign-urbana/) - The annual Champaign-Urbana AgTech Week, presented by Champaign County Economic Development Corporation, University of Illinois Research Park, and You’re... - [Electric Power Engineers Opens Center for Energy Innovation at University of Illinois Research Park](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/electric-power-engineers-opens-center-for-energy-innovation/) - Electric Power Engineers, a global power system engineering and consulting firm, has opened an innovation center at the University of Illinois Research Park... - [OceanComm Named Promising Oil and Gas Industry Startup](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/oceancomm-named-promising-oil-and-gas-industry-startup/) - EnterpriseWorks startup OceanComm was named one of the oil and gas industry's most promising technology startups at the Rice Alliance Startup Roundup in Hous... - [Disrupting the Marine Industry with Tech: Podcast Explores Brunswick I-Jet Lab](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/disrupting-the-marine-industry-with-tech-brunswick-podcast/) - The latest episode of the Innovations @ Research Park podcast features the intern experience at the Brunswick I-Jet Lab, an innovation center focused on... - [Electroninks Wins Material Science Edison Award](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/electroninks-wins-material-science-edison-award/) - EnterpriseWorks graduate Electroninks has been recognized as a 2015 Edison Award Winner. Electroninks received the silver award in the Material Science categ... - [State Farm Research and Development Center Celebrates 10 Years in Research Park](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/state-farm-research-and-development-center-celebrates-10-years-in-research-park/) - State Farm® Celebrates 10 Years at U of I Research Park Student innovation contributes to State Farm product development CHAMPAIGN, IL – State Farm® continue... - [Innovations @ Research Park Podcast: The Importance of Design with Designer-in-Residence Deana McDonagh](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/innovations-research-park-podcast-with-designer-in-residence-deana-mcdonagh/) - Episode 8 of the Innovations @ Research Park podcast features EnterpriseWorks Designer-in-Residence and University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Professor... - [Newsweek Names PSYONIC CEO One of America’s Top 50 Disruptors](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/newsweek-names-psyonic-ceo-one-of-americas-top-50-disruptors/) - Aadeel Akhtar, CEO of EnterpriseWorks startup PSYONIC, was named one of America’s Top 50 disruptors by Newsweek magazine. 2021 marks the first year the... - [Laura Frerichs Receives Chancellor's Academic Professional Excellence Award](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/laura-frerichs-receives-chancellors-academic-professional-excellence-award/) - Research Park Director Laura Frerichs was one of six academic professionals honored with a 2015 Chancellor’s Academic Professional Excellence award. The awar... - [Starfire Industries Named a Top 10 Non-Destructive Testing Company](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/starfire-industries-manufacturing-outlook-magazine-honor/) - Starfire Industries was named one of 2021’s top 10 non-destructive testing companies by Manufacturing Outlook Magazine. Based at the University of Illinois... - [Inprentus Receives Investment From Serra Capital II](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/inprentus-receives-investment-from-serra-capital-ii/) - CHAMPAIGN, IL March 19, 2015 -- Serra Capital II announced its investment in Research Park startup, Inprentus. This investment marks Serra Capital II's 22nd... - [EarthSense Awarded Regenerative Ag Grant](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/earthsense-awarded-ag-grant/) - EnterpriseWorks startup EarthSense was chosen to receive a grant of up to $50,000 in seed funding from the Illinois Regenerative Agriculture Initiative at... - [Carle-Illinois College of Medicine's Connection to Research Park Cited](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/carle-illinois-college-of-medicines-connection-to-research-park-cited/) - The University of Illinois Board of Trustees recently voted unanimously to establish the College of Medicine at Illinois, the nation’s first college of medic... - [EnterpriseWorks Startup Yummy Future Raises $300K to Fund Robotic Coffee Machine Technology](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/yummy-future-wefunder/) - EnterpriseWorks startup Yummy Future is crowdsourcing funds via WeFunder to support the further development and distribution of its fully robotic coffee shop... - [Research Park Part of Network Behind #CUatSXSW](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-part-of-network-behind-cuatsxsw/) - Champaign-Urbana is coming to SXSW! We invite University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign alumni who are attending SXSW Interactive - or live in the Austin... - [Mesh++ raises $4.9M to bring internet connectivity to rural and underserved communities](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/mesh-raises-4-9m-to-support-its-mission/) - Mesh++, a startup that graduated from EnterpriseWorks, announced this week it has raised $4.9 million to bring internet connectivity to rural and underserved... - [Trova is launching its new AI system: Beta](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/trova-is-launching-its-new-ai-system-beta/) - Trova, an EnterpriseWorks startup, is an artificial intelligence system that is designed to help people organize information scattered across various... - [Research Park Companies Win Big at Innovation Celebration](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-companies-win-big-at-innovation-celebration/) - CHAMPAIGN, IL March 3, 2015 -- The annual Innovation Celebration was held on Tuesday in Champaign. Three Research Park companies came away with some hardware... - [EnterpriseWorks Startup SimBioSys Raises $15 Million Series A to Develop the Future of Precision Cancer Care](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/enterpriseworks-startup-simbiosys-raises-series-a/) - SimBioSys announced today it raised $15 million in Series A funding to accelerate the development and commercialization of its TumorScope software platform. - [Caterpillar Celebrates Grand Opening of Data Innovation Lab](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/caterpillar-celebrates-grand-opening-of-data-innovation-lab/) - URBANA-CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Caterpillar Inc. today announced the grand opening of its first data innovation lab, located in Research Park at the University of... - [Common Ground Research Networks Signs Publishers Compact on the UN Sustainable Development Goals](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/common-ground-research-networks-publishers-compact-un/) - Common Ground Research Networks (Not-for-Profit) is proud to be a signatory to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Publishers Compact. Launched... - [Revolution Medicines Receives 45 Million to Research Fungal Disease Treatment](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/revolution-medicines-receives-45-million-to-research-fungal-disease-treatment/) - REVOLUTION Medicines, located in the EnterpriseWorks incubator, has received a $45 million dollar investment from Third Rock Venture, a financing investment... - [Research Park Receives $500,000 State Grant to Build Wet Lab Space for Growth-Stage Companies](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-wet-lab-development/) - A $550,000 investment from the State of Illinois will support new construction of specialized facilities to advance life sciences technology companies at the... - [Governor Rauner Visits EnterpriseWorks](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/governor-rauner-visits-enterpriseworks/) - CHAMPAIGN, IL Feb 15, 2015 -- Governor Rauner visited EnterpriseWorks for the launch of Uber service in Champaign-Urbana. He spoke about his new Innovate Ill... - [Ameren Innovation Center Opens at the University of Illinois Research Park](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/ameren-innovation-center-opens-at-the-university-of-illinois-research-park/) - Media Coverage: News-Gazette Ameren opens center in research park St. Louis Post-Dispatch Ameren opens Innovation Center at University of Illinois CHAMPAIGN... - [Petronics Talks About Success and Innovation](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/petronics-talks-about-success-and-innovation/) - CHAMPAIGN, IL Feb 9, 2015 -- Petronics, a startup company within EnterpriseWorks, was recently highlighted in the News-Gazette. In the article, the three fou... - [Third Rock Ventures Invests $45 Million in Revolution Medicines](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/third-rock-ventures-invests-45-million-in-revolution-medicines/) - Revolution Medicines is currently located in the EnterpriseWorks incubator at the University of Illinois Research Park. San Francisco/Redwood City, Calif... - [AbbVie Innovation Center Opens at Research Park](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/abbvie-innovation-center-opens-at-research-park/) - CHAMPAIGN, (January 20, 2015) — The University of Illinois today announced that AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV), a global research-based biopharmaceutical company based... - [Electroninks Co-Founder Named to Forbes "30 Under 30" List](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/electroninks-co-founder-named-to-forbes-30-under-30-list/) - Brett Walker, co-founder of recent EnterpriseWorks graduate startup Electroninks, was named to the Forbes "30 Under 30" 2015 in Manufacturing "who are moder... - [MulticoreWare Ranks in 110 Fastest-Growing Private Companies](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/multicoreware-ranks-in-110-fastest-growing-private-companies/) - CHAMPAIGN, IL, Nov 18, 2014 -- MulticoreWare, founded by University of Illinois professor Wen-mei Hwu, has recently been ranked by Inc.com as one of the 110... - [Tech Crunch features Rithmio for Receiving $650K in Seed Funding](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/tech-crunch-features-rithmio-for-receiving-650k-in-seed-funding/) - CHAMPAIGN, IL, Sept. 26, 2014 -- Rithmio has just announced that they have reached their fundraising goal of $650,000 that will enable them to build and... - [Caterpillar Celebrates 15-Year Anniversary of Champaign Simulation Center at University of Illinois and Announces Expansion Plans](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/caterpillar-celebrates-15-year-anniversary-of-champaign-simulation-center-at-university-of-illinois-and-announces-expansion-plans/) - Caterpillar Celebrates 15-Year Anniversary of Champaign Simulation Center at University of Illinois and Announces Expansion Plans Company to establish new... - [Research Park Honors Most Valuable Interns of 2014](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-honors-most-valuable-interns-of-2014/) - Outstanding interns working for companies in the Research Park were honored Thursday, August 8, 2014 at the Research Park Intern Awards Picnic. More than 400... - [Intelliwheels Receives $1.5 Million Grant To Develop Multispeed Geared Wheels For Manual Wheelchairs](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/intelliwheels-receives-1-5-million-grant-to-develop-multispeed-geared-wheels-for-manual-wheelchairs/) - CHAMPAIGN, IL, Aug. 4, 2014 -- A $1.5-million grant will enable IntelliWheels, Inc. to advance development of ultra-lightweight, multi-geared wheels for manu... - [University of Illinois Honored With "Innovation & Economic Prosperity University" Distinction](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/university-of-illinois-honored-with-innovation-economic-prosperity-university-distinction/) - The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) designated the University of Illinois an “Innovation and Economic Prosperity (IEP) University,”... - [Chicago Tribune Highlights Research Park's Ability to Capitalize on Student Talent](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/chicago-tribune-highlights-research-parks-ability-to-capitalize-on-student-talent/) - The Chicago Tribune's BlueSky tech magazine highlighted the talent development opportunities in the Research Park in a series about venture capitalists... - [Research Park Highly Attributed to Champaign Being "3rd Fastest-Growing City In Illinois"](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-highly-attributed-to-champaign-being-3rd-fastest-growing-city-in-illinois/) - The Daily Illini showcased Research Park as the muscles behind Champaign's status of being Illinois' "3rd fastest-growing city." Highlighted in the article... - [Chromatin’s Recent Success Highlighted in Crain’s Chicago Business](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/chromatins-recent-success-highlighted-in-crains-chicago-business/) - Crain's Chicago Business profiled the success of startup Chromatin, a graduate from the EnterpriseWorks incubator who currently has a 6,000-square foot... - [Frerichs Visits Capitol Hill to Discuss Champaign-Urbana's Growing Tech Sector](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/frerichs-visits-capitol-hill-to-discuss-champaign-urbanas-growing-tech-sector/) - University of Illinois Research Park Director Laura Frerichs visited the US Capitol today to address staff from the Illinois Congressional delegation about... - [Genective Named Finalist for IHS Markit's Crop Science Award's “Best Industry Collaboration” Award](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/genective-named-finalist-for-ihs-markits-crop-science-awards-best-industry-collaboration-award/) - Genective, an agtech company that is globally headquartered at Research Park, has been named a finalist for IHS Markit’s Crop Science Awards 2021 under the... - [EnterpriseWorks Graduate SNOOZ Launches New Product on Kickstarter](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/enterpriseworks-graduate-snooz-introduces-new-product/) - EnterpriseWorks startup SNOOZ recently launched a Kickstarter page new product Breez: White Noise Sleep Fan. Breez is a powerful two-in-one bedroom fan and a... - [Research Park: One Reason Why Young Homebuyers are Flocking to Champaign](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-named-reason-to-move-to-champaign/) - A recent article written by Realtor.com echoed what we here at the UIRP already know to be true: the University of Illinois Research Park in Champaign is the... - [EnterpriseWorks Receives 5-Year Continuation of EDA University Center Grant](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/enterpriseworks-eda-university-center-grant/) - The EnterpriseWorks incubator at the University of Illinois Urbana- Champaign, has been awarded a five-year grant of $70,000 per year from the United States... - [New Turn Research and Development Center to Focus on Data-Driven Marketing Technologies](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/new-turn-research-and-development-center-to-focus-on-data-driven-marketing-technologies/) - Silicon Valley-Based Turn Opens First Innovation Center at University of Illinois Research Park CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The University of Illinois today announced... - [EnterpriseWorks Graduate APriori Raises $30 Million Series D Investment](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/enterpriseworks-graduate-apriori-raises-30-million-series-d-investment/) - EnterpriseWorks graduate aPriori announced that the company has recently completed a Series D investment round of $30 million, co-led by Bruce Clarke of PBJ... - [EnterpriseWorks Graduate IntelinAir Raises $20 Million in Series B Funding](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/enterpriseworks-graduate-intelinair-raises-20-million-in-series-b-funding/) - EnterpriseWorks graduate IntelinAir, a startup that collects data-driven insights on crop performance, has announced $20 million in Series B funding. - [Using Technology to Improve the Lives of First Responders: Innovations @ Research Park Podcast with Ascent Integrated Tech CEO](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-podcast-paul-couston-ascent-integrated-tech/) - Episode 7 of the Innovations @ Research Park podcast features Paul Couston, CEO of Ascent Integrated Tech. The EnterpriseWorks-based startup is using and... - [Motorola Solutions Expands Research Park Innovation Center](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/motorola-solutions-expands-research-park-innovation-center/) - Motorola Solutions has announced the expansion of its college campus innovation center at the University of Illinois Research Park.The innovation center employs undergraduate and graduate students from a variety of backgrounds and talents to focus on developing products, applications and services in key growth areas, including command center software and video security and analytics.“We are - [Motorola Solutions Opens Innovation Center at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/motorola-solutions-opens-innovation-center-at-university-of-illinois-at-urbana-champaign/) - Motorola Solutions announced the opening of its first college campus innovation center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Research Park. The... - [EP Purification Wins Clean Energy Challenge $100,000 Grand Prize](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/ep-purification-wins-clean-energy-challenge-100000-grand-prize/) - EP Purification captured the $100,000 Wells Fargo Grand Prize for Clean Energy Entrepreneurship at the 2014 Clean Energy Trust Challenge on April 3. The Ente... - [John Deere Technology Innovation Center To Double in Size at Research Park](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/john-deere-technology-innovation-center-to-double-in-size-at-research-park/) - CHAMPAIGN, IL - The John Deere Technology Innovation Center (JDTIC) located at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Research Park will double in... - [FrostDefense Envirotech Receives $1 Million Phase II NSF SBIR Award](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/frostdefense-envirotech-receives-phase-ii-nsf-sbir-award/) - FrostDefense Envirotech Inc., an agtech startup based at the EnterpriseWorks technology incubator in Research Park, has been awarded a highly competitive... - [Congratulations to Innovation Celebration Winners!](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/congratulations-to-innovation-celebration-winners/) - Congratulations to all the winners and finalists from Innovation Celebration, especially those with Research Park ties. The event, held on Feb. 27 at the NCS... - [SBA Awards Second FAST Partnership Grant to University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/fast-center-renewal/) - The U.S. Small Business Administration recognized the FAST Center at EnterpriseWorks with another 12-month award to build on its early successes in helping... - [EnterpriseWorks Startups PSYONIC, EarthSense, Natrion Win IIN Innovation Awards](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-startups-recognized/) - Three EnterpriseWorks startups received awards at the inaugural Illinois Innovation Network (IIN) innovation awards Wednesday at the Illinois State Fair’s... - [St. Mary's Road Improvements Impact Connectivity Between Campus, City](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/st-marys-road-improvements-completed/) - The St. Mary’s Road reconstruction project is now complete, and for the first time pedestrians and bicyclists have the ability to safely access Research Park... - [New MTD Route Expands Bus Frequency to Research Park](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/the-link-bus-research-park/) - The Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District’s newest year-round route, The Link, launched on Monday, Aug. 16, making transportation by bus more seamless... - ["Redefining Human" through Advanced Prosthetics: Innovations @ Research Park Podcast Episode with PSYONIC CEO](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-podcast-episode-6-psyonic-ceo/) - Episode 6 of the Innovations @ Research Park podcast features an interview with Aadeel Ahktar, CEO and founder of advanced prosthetics startup PSYONIC. - [FrostDefense's Gabriel Burks Advocates for More Startup Resources During Congressional Testimony](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/congressional-testimony-frostdefense-burks-innovation-entrepreneurship/) - Dr. Gabriel Burks, vice president and head of research and development of EnterpriseWorks startup FrostDefense Envirotech, recently delivered testimony in... - [2021 Intern Awards Recognize Top Talent Across Research Park](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/interns-recognized-at-2021-summer-intern-awards-ceremony/) - The Research Park gathered to celebrate the most outstanding interns across its 120+ companies at the 15th annual Intern Awards, the longest-running event in... - [EnterpriseWorks Startup Reconstruct Secures $17.3 Million in Series B Funding](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/enterpriseworks-startup-reconstruct-secures-17-3-million-in-series-b-funding/) - Reconstruct, a startup that provides progress tracking and quality control solutions to construction project stakeholders, has announced $17.3 million in... - [Reconstruct Named One of Crunchbase's 50 Hot Tech Companies in 2019](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/reconstruct-named-one-of-crunchbases-50-hot-tech-companies-in-2019/) - Crunchbase published a list of the 50 Hot Tech Companies Globally in 2019, featuring Reconstruct, a Research Park startup. The companies were filtered based... - [Innovations @ Research Park Podcast Episode 5: Insights from a Startup Journey & Empowering Other Entrepreneurs](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/innovations-research-park-podcast-episode-5-insights-from-a-startup-journey-empowering-other-entrepreneurs/) - The University of Illinois Research Park launched a new episode of the Innovations @ Research Park podcast featuring Gerald Wilson, President and CEO... - [PSYONIC CEO Named to MIT Technology Review’s 35 Under 35](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/psyonic-akhtar-mit-technology-reviews-35-under-35/) - Aadeel Akhtar, CEO of EnterpriseWorks startup PSYONIC, was named to the MIT Technology Review’s list of 35 Innovators Under 35 for 2021. The MIT Technology... - [Yahoo Breaks Ground For New Facility In Champaign](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/yahoo-breaks-ground-for-new-facility-in-champaign/) - Today, Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) broke ground on a new state-of-the-art facility that will serve as an important expansion of its Champaign, IL technology... - [Caterpillar Innovation Center Intern Makes an Impact](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/caterpillar-innovation-center-intern-featured-on-caterpillars-career-news-page/) - Abhi Kapoor, a Data Analytics Intern at the Champaign Caterpillar Innovation Center, shares how interns make an impact at Caterpillar. Kapoor talks about his... - [Oracle Biosciences Awarded $1 Million for Cancer Research](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/oracle-biosciences-awarded-1-million-for-cancer-research/) - A Carle physician has received a $1 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to study a diagnostic test that could help identify the often deadly... - [EnterpriseWorks Graduate Runtime Verification Raises $5.3 Million to Advance Blockchain Security](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/runtime-verification-5-3-million-blockchain/) - EnterpriseWorks graduate Runtime Verification, a startup that uses runtime verification-based techniques to conduct security audits on virtual machines and... - [Mobile Day 2014: Registration is Open](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/mobile-day-2014-registration-is-open/) - The Research Park is excited to announce that registration is open for the third annual Mobile Development Day, to take place on January 31, 2014 at the iHot... - [Imaging Startup Phi Optics Closes Seed Funding Round](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/imaging-startup-phi-optics-closes-seed-funding-round/) - CHAMPAIGN, Ill.-- Phi Optics, Inc., a company that develops imaging solutions for life sciences and bio-pharma researchers, has secured $250,000 in seed fund... - [First University of Illinois I-Corps Site Cohort Starts Aug. 29](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/first-university-of-illinois-i-corps-site-cohort-starts-aug-29/) - The Daily Illini splashed news about the University of Illinois' first NSF I-Corps Site program cohort across its front page on Tuesday, Aug. 27. The program... - [Fourth Street Extension Opens Opportunities For Research Park Expansion](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/fourth-street-extension-opens-opportunities-for-research-park-expansion/) - The Fourth Street Extension road project opened to traffic on Thursday, Aug. 22, just in time for move-in day at the University of Illinois, extending Fourth... - [Research Park Honors Most Outstanding Interns of 2013](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-honors-most-outstanding-interns-of-2013/) - Five outstanding interns working for companies in the Research Park, all students at the University of Illinois, were honored Aug 1. More than 400 highly-ski... - [EnterpriseWorks Graduate aPriori Secures An Additional $6 Million in Funding](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/enterpriseworks-graduate-apriori-secures-an-additional-6-million-in-funding/) - aPriori, graduate of EnterpriseWorks, raises additional venture capital funding. Important milestones for the company in FY 2013 include: Revenues grew 84%... - [Innovations @ Research Park Podcast Episode 4: Transforming Cancer Care with SimBioSys](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-podcast-episode-4-transforming-cancer-care-with-simbiosys/) - The University of Illinois Research Park launched Episode 4 of the Innovations @ Research Park podcast. The podcast highlights the thriving entrepreneurial... - [Research Park Recognizes Edward McMillan's Leadership and Contributions](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/edward-mcmillan-retires-board-of-managers/) - Edward McMillan’s distinguished 20-year tenure as a member of the Research Park Board of Managers concluded in January, following his retirement from the... - [Tami Craig Shilling, University of Illinois Board of Trustees, Joins Research Park Board of Managers](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/tami-craig-shilling-trustee-university-of-illinois-board-of-trustees-joins-research-park-board-of-managers/) - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Tami Craig Shilling, Trustee on The University of Illinois Board of Trustees, has joined The University of Illinois Research Park Board of... - [Epivara Featured on WCIA 3 News for SBIR Award](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/epivara-feature-on-wcia-3-news/) - Epivara, a startup based at EnterpriseWorks, was recently featured on WCIA 3 News after receiving a $255,000 SBIR Phase I award from the National Science... - [Research Park Recognized in The College Tour](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-recognized-in-the-college-tou/) - Research Park was recognized in the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s episode of “The College Tour”, which is available on Amazon Prime Video. - [Ascent Integrated Tech Closes Seed Funding Round](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/ascent-closes-seed-funding-round/) - EnterpriseWorks startup Ascent Integrated Tech has closed a $400,000 seed funding round from multiple investors, the company announced. Multiple strategic... - [Kelly Gust, Human Resources Expert-in-Residence for the Research Park](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/kelly-gust-human-resources-expert-in-residence-for-the-research-park/) - The Research Park welcomes Kelly Gust as a new Expert-in-Residence, specialized in Human Resources. She is available to startup and corporate sites at the... - [Synchrony: "You Have to Go Where the Talent is"](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/synchrony-university-illinois-urbana-champaign/) - Synchrony’s efforts targeting University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign students to fulfill its needs to recruit tech talent was featured in the Wall Street... - [EnterpriseWorks Verizon 5G Innovation Hub Highlighted by EdTech Magazine](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/verizon-5g-innovation-hub-edtech-magazine/) - Ed Tech Magazine’s Summer 2021 edition features a two-page spread telling the story of the Verizon 5G Innovation Hub at the University of Illinois Research... - [Epivara Granted NSF SBIR Phase I Award](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/epivara-nsf-sbir-award/) - Epivara, a startup at the EnterpriseWorks tech incubator in the University of Illinois Research Park, recently received a $255,000 Small Business Innovation... - [Natrion Sweeps Grand Prize Winnings at Cozad New Venture Challenge](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/natrion-grand-prize-cozad-new-venture-challenge/) - Natrion, a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign student startup developing advanced battery technologies, captured the grand cash prize of $20,000 and.... - [Brunswick Expands i-Jet Innovation Lab at University of Illinois Research Park](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/brunswick-expands-i-jet-lab/) - Brunswick Corporation announced April 7, 2021 a major expansion of its i-Jet Innovation Lab at the University of Illinois Research Park to support an acceleration of the Company’s ACES (Autonomy, Connectivity and Electrification) strategy and vision to use technology and design to enhance the recreational boating experience. The new space will triple the square footage of the - [Brunswick Officially Opens Illini Joint Explorations in Technology Lab](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/brunswick-officially-opens-illini-joint-explorations-in-technology-lab/) - Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC) recently celebrated the grand opening of new quarters for what has been known as the Brunswick Innovation Laboratory in... - [Innovations @ Research Park Podcast Episode 3: The Research Park Intern Experience](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-podcast-episode-3/) - The University of Illinois Research Park launched Episode 3 of the Innovations @ Research Park podcast, which highlights the thriving entrepreneurial and... - [2020 Research Park Year in Review](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/2020-year-in-review/) - In 2020, Research Park accomplished several milestones despite the numerous adaptions. Research Park offered several programming opportunities for small... - [Continued Construction in Research Park](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/construction-researchpark/) - Research Park is expanding as construction continues for the I-Hotel and Conference Center, 1907 S. Fourth St., and the Greenhouse. I-Hotel and Conference Center The I-Hotel and Illinois Conference Center expansion construction continues, and the walls of the expansion space are going up. The opening of the renovated I-Hotel and Conference Center is set to take place - [Greenhouse Groundbreaking at the University of Illinois Research Park](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/greenhouse-groundbreaking-at-the-university-of-illinois-research-park/) - Representatives from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation broke ground Wednesday, October 23 on a new, state-of-the-art greenhouse in the Research Park. - [Illinois Conference Center Expansion Celebrated with Groundbreaking Ceremony](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/illinois-conference-center-expansion-celebrated-with-groundbreaking-ceremony/) - Representatives from campus and community gathered to celebrate the groundbreaking of the Illinois Conference Center expansion on Monday, Nov. 25. The... - [Susan Martinis Named Vice Chancellor for Innovation and Research](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/susan-martinis-named-vice-chancellor-for-innovation-and-research/) - On November 7, 2019, Chancellor Robert J. Jones announced that Susan Martinis accepted the offer to become the vice chancellor for research and innovation... - [Verizon Accelerates 5G Research and Development with 5G Innovation Hub at University of Illinois Research Park](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/verizon-accelerates-5g-research-and-development-with-5g-innovation-hub-at-university-of-illinois-research-park/) - Verizon Business continues to accelerate the development of real-world 5G use cases with the rollout of its latest 5G Innovation Hub at the University of... - [Cargill Innovation Lab Opens at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Research Park](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/cargill-innovation-lab-opens-at-university-of-illinois-at-urbana-champaign-research-park/) - The Research Park at the Urbana-Champaign campus will be the home of the newest Cargill Innovation Lab, the company announced today. Led by Cargill’s digital... - [Gov. Pritzker Signs Legislation to Create Illinois SBIR/STTR Funding Match Program](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/pritzker-legislation-creates-illinois-sbir-matching-funds/) - Historic legislation signed by Governor Pritzker on Tuesday included creation of a new funding program that will advance Illinois startups who secure federal... - [Innovations @ Research Park Podcast Episode 2: Research Park Origins, Impact, and Student Talent Pipeline](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-podcast-episode-2/) - The University of Illinois Research Park launched Episode 2 of the Innovations @ Research Park podcast. The podcast highlights the thriving entrepreneurial... - [St. Mary's Road Construction To Improve Connectivity to Research Park](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/st-marys-road-construction-research-park/) - The first concrete steps to improved connectivity and safety at one of the main access points to Research Park will start on March 15. St. Mary’s Road betwee... - [2021 Virtual AgTech Innovation Summit a Success](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/2021-agtech-summit-a-success/) - The 2021 Agriculture Technology Innovation Summit was a success yet again, bringing together the biggest agriculture companies and brightest minds in agtech. - [Aspiring Universe Corporation Awarded 2020 Edwin Moore Family Agriculture Innovation Prize](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/aspiring-universe-corporation-awarded-2020-edwin-moore-family-agriculture-innovation-prize/) - Aspiring Universe Corporation, a company that provides in-depth intelligence and cost-effective assessments of farmland, is the recipient of the 2020 Edwin... - [TellTail Honored with 2019 Edwin Moore Family Agriculture Innovation Prize](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/telltail-honored-with-2019-edwin-moore-family-agriculture-innovation-prize/) - TellTail, a startup that uses predictive and forecast algorithm technology to improve the management of pig production systems, is the recipient of the 2019... - [Epivara Awarded 2021 Edwin Moore Family Agriculture Innovation Prize](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/epivara-moore-innovation-prize/) - Epivara, a company developing more humane, natural sterilization methods for livestock and companion animals, is the recipient of the 2021 Edwin Moore Family... - [EarthSense Receives 2018 Edwin Moore Family Agriculture Innovation Prize](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/earthsense-receives-2018-edwin-moore-family-agriculture-innovation-prize/) - EarthSense, a company that develops ultracompact autonomous robots for crop breeders, agronomists, and growers, is the recipient of the second Edwin Moore... - [Farmer Will Glazik Awarded 2021 Glen "GB" Brandt Prize for Ag Entrepreneurism](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/will-glazik-brandt-prize-ag-entrepreneurism/) - Fifth generation Illinois farmer Will Glazik was named the inaugural recipient of the Glen “GB” Brandt Prize for Ag Entrepreneurism, an award that honors an... - [Research Park Launches Innovations @ Research Park Podcast](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/uirp-launches-innovations-at-research-park-podcast/) - The University of Illinois Research Park celebrated the launch of its new “Innovations @ Research Park” podcast, designed to give voice to the stories of inn... - [EarthSense Co-Founder Featured by BBC](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/earthsense-co-founder-featured-in-bbc-article/) - Girish Chowdhary, co-founder of EnterpriseWorks startup EarthSense, was featured in a BBC article for his expertise in the field of agricultural robotics. - [Celebration of AgTech: Summit Brings Together Thought Leaders Across the Value Chain of Ag](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/agtech-summit-champaign-urbana/) - The most innovative minds in agtech will convene virtually Wednesday, March 10 for the sixth annual AgTech Innovation Summit hosted by the University of... - [New Glen Brandt Prize for Ag Entrepreneurism Honors Legacy of Influential AgriBusiness Leader](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/glen-brandt-prize-for-ag-entrepreneurism-announced/) - Nominations are now being accepted for the Glen Brandt Prize for Ag Entrepreneurism, a new prize established to honor the memory of Glen “GB” Brandt, a... - [Research Park Recognized in Site Selection Magazine’s 2020 Illinois Investment Guide](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-recognized-in-site-selection-magazine/) - Research Park was recognized in Site Selection Magazine’s 2020 Illinois Investment Guide as a leading force in the field of agriculture technology. Over the... - [EnterpriseWorks Graduate Mesh++ Helps Champaign Schoolchildren Access Internet for Remote Learning](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/mesh-helps-champaign-schoolchildren-access-internet-for-remote-learning/) - Mesh++, a startup that came out of the University of Illinois startup ecosystem and graduated from EnterpriseWorks, is part of a collaborative effort to... - [EnterpriseWorks Startup EarthSense wins AURP 2020 Innovation Award](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/earthsense-aurp-2020-award/) - EnterpriseWorks startup EarthSense won the 2020 Innovation Award from the Association of University Research Parks. Each year, the Innovation Award is awarde... - [EnterpriseWorks Startup Aspiring Universe founder's study Highlighted By Forbes](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/aspiring-universe-founders-study-highlighted-in-a-forbes-article/) - Kaiyu Guan, founder of EnterpriseWorks startup Aspiring Universe, was a principal investigator to the University of Illinois report, Redefining drought in th... - [EnterpriseWorks Graduate Aptimmune Featured in APLU's University Innovation and Entrepreneurship Showcase](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/enterpriseworks-graduate-aptimmune-aplu/) - EnterpriseWorks graduate Aptimmune Biologics was featured as a successful university-related startup at The Association of American Universities and the... - [University of Illinois Research Park Releases Request for Proposal](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/university-of-illinois-research-park-request-for-proposals/) - Research Park released a request for proposal to accelerate development in accordance with the Master Plan as adopted by the University of Illinois Board... - [Illinois Soybean Association Examines AgTech Sector Growth at Research Park](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/illinois-soybean-association-research-park-agtech/) - A report in the July issue of the Illinois Soybean Association magazine Soy Perspectives examines the burgeoning AgTech startup scene at the University of... - [EnterpriseWorks Graduate IntelinAir Ranked in Inc. 5000](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/enterpriseworks-graduate-intelinair-in-inc-5000/) - Inc. introduced its annual ranking of private companies for 2020, and IntelinAir, a 2019 EnterpriseWorks graduate, came in at #714 in the list of 5000 compan... - [EDA University Center at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Awarded $300,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance Grant from U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/u-s-department-of-commerces-economic-development-administration-eda-awards-300000-cares-act-recovery-assistance-grant-to-the-eda-university-center-at-the-university-of-illinois-at-urbana/) - The EDA University Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has received $300,000 from the EDA CARES Act Recovery Assistance program to boost... - [EarthSense TerraSentia Featured in Successful Farming](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/earthsense-terrasentia-featured-in-successful-farming/) - EarthSense, an agtech startup based in EnterpriseWorks, was featured by Successful Farming for their innovative robot, TerraSentia. 80 of these robots have... - [New Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation Has Significant Ties to Research Park](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/new-institute-for-mathematical-and-statistical-innovation-has-significant-ties-to-research-park/) - The National Science Foundation has awarded a $15.5 Million grant to four Illinois universities, including the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, to create an Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation... - [TEKMILL Robot Powers University's COVID-19 Test Processing](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/tekmill-robot-powers-universitys-covid-19-response/) - TEKMILL, a company headquartered in Research Park, has partnered with the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to automate and accelerate the processing... - [Study Says Champaign-Urbana Economic Development Efforts Should Target Three Clusters – AgTech, MedTech and Manufacturing](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/business-cluster-report-champaign-urbana/) - A recent study commissioned by the Champaign County Economic Development Corporation, University of Illinois Research Park and the University of Illinois... - [Illinois Conference Center at Research Park Serves as Community Vaccine Clinic](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/illinois-conference-center-at-research-park-serves-as-community-vaccine-clinic/) - The Illinois Conference Center at Research Park has played a central role in getting the COVID-19 vaccine into Champaign County arms. The newly expanded... - [Illinois Agtech Accelerator Announces Spring 2021 Companies](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/illinois-agtech-accelerator-spring-2021-companies/) - CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS – Illinois AgTech Accelerator, a gener8tor program based at the University of Illinois Research Park, has announced the participants... - [New oversight for FAST Partnership Program](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/new-oversight-for-the-fast-partnership-program/) - Alex Gorsuch has joined the EnterpriseWorks staff as a Visiting Associate Director for Entrepreneurship. In this position, he manages the US Small Business... - [Sabrina Chang](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/sabrina-chang/) - Sabrina Chang is an alumnus of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, graduating with her B.S. in Operations Management with a minor in Hospitality... - [EnterpriseWorks Named a College-Town Incubator to Watch by Inc. Magazine](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/enterpriseworks-named-a-college-town-incubator-to-watch-by-inc-magazine/) - An article in the June 2013 issue of Inc. magazine declares EnterpriseWorks, the technology business incubator at the University of Illinois Research Park... - [New Name, Strong Ties: State Farm Center Neighbors State Farm Research and Development Center in Research Park](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/new-name-strong-ties-state-farm-center-neighbors-state-farm-research-and-development-center-in-research-park/) - With the announcement today that State Farm has acquired the naming rights to the building formerly known as the Assembly Hall, what Illini fans may not know... - [Oso Technologies Product Inspires Letterman "Top Ten" and Conan](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/oso-technologies-product-inspires-letterman-top-ten-and-conan/) - The "Top Ten List" segment from David Letterman's Late Night show on Feb. 7 was inspired by Oso Technologies' PlantLink system. Its product was also... - [Dow Opens Innovation Center at the University of Illinois Research Park to Advance Computing and Informatics Applications](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/dow-opens-innovation-center-at-the-university-of-illinois-research-park-to-advance-computing-and-informatics-applications/) - As part of its mission to solve challenging problems through innovation, The Dow AgroSciences announced a partnership with the University of Illinois to open... - [Illinois Applied Research Institute Launched in the Research Park](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/illinois-applied-research-institute-launched-in-the-research-park/) - The Illinois Applied Research Institute, which is now located in the Research Park, was featured in the (Champaign-Urbana) News-Gazette on Nov. 6. It is housed in space being leased by the Center for Advanced Design, Research, and Exploration, in the Caterpillar building. “The Illinois Applied Research Institute plans to work with agencies such as the Air - [AMI Graduates to New Facility, Stays in Champaign County](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/ami-graduates-to-new-facility-stays-in-champaign-county/) - AMI has graduated to a new facility in Champaign County, and recently closed on Series B funding worth $3.9 million, the News-Gazette reported. AMI spent five years at EnterpriseWorks. In that time, it raised the $3.9 million and increased from two to seven employees. - [Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon Performs Ribbon Cutting at Grand Opening of Weatherization Training Facility](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/lt-gov-sheila-simon-performs-ribbon-cutting-at-grand-opening-of-weatherization-training-facility/) - The new Indoor Climate Research & Training (ICRT) program training facility held its Grand Opening Ceremony on October 16, 2012. Dr. Manohar Kulkarni (ISTC Director) and Paul Francisco (Research Engineer and Program Leader for ICRT) kicked of the ceremony with welcoming remarks and short history of the ICRT program. Special guest Lt. Governor Sheila Simon was given the - [Progress Continues in the Research Park Residential/Retail Project](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/progress-continues-in-the-research-park-residential-retail-project/) - The Research Park continues to make progress to develop an additional 160 acres on the east side of First Street, with the first project being the long-anticipated retail and residential component. The News-Gazette reported on the recent meeting of the Research Park Board of Managers, which featured discussion of the retail/residential amenities as well as - [Research Park Expansion Update: Fourth Street Extension Paved](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-expansion-update-fourth-street-extension-paved/) - One of the key factors in the expansion of the University of Illinois Research Park is the extension of Fourth Street to connect St. Mary’s and Windsor Roads. The concrete for this road was poured on Thursday, Sept. 13. From the News-Gazette: “For 12 hours on Thursday, workers poured, smoothed and worked the concrete that - [Intelliwheels Raises more than $500,000 to Create Innovative Wheelchairs](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/intelliwheels-raises-more-than-500000-to-create-innovative-wheelchairs/) - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- IntelliWheels, Inc., a startup that develops technology to improve mobility options for wheelchair users, has announced it has secured more than $500,000 in funding. It has received venture capital funding from Champaign-based Serra Ventures and San Francisco-based Crestlight Venture Productions; additional support from the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) through - [EarthSense selected for John Deere Startup Collaborator program](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/earthsense-selected-for-john-deere-startup-collaborator-program/) - EarthSense, a startup located at the EnterpriseWorks incubator, was selected to participate in John Deere‘s 2020 Startup Collaborator program. This program... - [EarthSense Selected for Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/earthsense-wells-fargo-innovation-incubator/) - EarthSense, a growing agtech startup at EnterpriseWorks, has been selected by the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2) to join the program as a member of... - [Enterpriseworks graduate, Pattern Insight, technology acquired by VMware](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/enterpriseworks-graduate-pattern-insight-technology-acquired-by-vmware/) - Pattern Insight was founded by former University of Illinois Computer Science professor YY Zhou and the company’s first employee was Jed Taylor, who now advises EnterpriseWorks clients as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence. Pattern Insight was located at EnterpriseWorks from 2007 to 2011. Pattern Insight is a data mining technology company that enables real-time analysis of source code, - [EarthSense Receives Phase II SBIR Award from NSF](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/earthsense-wins-phase-ii-award-from-americas-seed-fund/) - EarthSense, a startup located at the EnterpriseWorks incubator, received Phase II SBIR funding from the National Science Foundation. This award will allow... - [EarthSense Creating Autonomous Disinfecting Robots to Fight COVID-19 Transmission](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/earthsense-begins-creating-autonomous-disinfecting-robots-to-fight-transmission-of-covid-19/) - EnterpriseWorks startup EarthSense has received accelerated funding from the National Science Foundation to support the development of autonomous sanitizing... - [Research Park Honors Most Valuable Interns of 2012](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-honors-most-valuable-interns-of-2012/) - Outstanding student interns working for companies in the Research Park were honored Aug. 2 at the annual Intern Recognition Event. Supervisors nominated a broad spectrum of interns for this year’s awards; all the awardees are students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. At any given time more than 400 highly-skilled student interns work for - [Bytemobile Acquired by Citrix](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/bytemobile-acquired-by-citrix/) - Citrix today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Bytemobile, a leading provider of data and video optimization solutions for mobile network operators. This acquisition gives Citrix a key strategic foothold in the core infrastructure of more than 130 mobile operators in 60 countries around the world, significantly extending the company’s - [Champaign City Council Approves Critical Step in Research Park Expansion](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/champaign-city-council-approves-critical-step-in-research-park-expansion/) - Critical to the planned expansion of Research Park is the construction of roads and other infrastructure. The Champaign City Council unanimously signed off on the project at its meeting May 1. The $4.9 million, state-funded project will extend a network of roads to the east of First Street, including South Fourth Street from St. Mary’s Road - [Research Park Innovators Win Big at Innovation Celebration](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-innovators-win-big-at-innovation-celebration/) - Several companies and individuals with close ties to Research Park won awards at Thursday night’s 7th annual Innovation Celebration.Research Park director Laura Frerichs was the emcee for the event, which took place at the Beckman Institute. Innovation Celebration recognizes those individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions, taken risks, and provided leadership to ensure the - [Research Park Tenant Abbott and U of I establish Center for Nutrition, Learning, and Memory](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-tenant-abbott-and-u-of-i-establish-center-for-nutrition-learning-and-memory/) - Abbott, a tenant at the Research Park, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign announced today they have established the first-ever multi-disciplinary nutrition and cognition research center, which will be located on the Urbana campus. The Center for Nutrition, Learning, and Memory will lead directed and solicited research on the impact of nutrition on learning - [AURP Honors Research Park at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as the 2011 Outstanding Research Park](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/aurp-honors-research-park-at-the-university-of-illinois-at-urbana-champaign-as-the-2011-outstanding-research-park/) - NEW ORLEANS — The Association of University Research Parks (AURP) named the Research Park at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign the 2011 Outstanding Research Park during its annual Awards of Excellence ceremony on Dec. 1. The awards were presented at the AURP 2011 International Conference in New Orleans.The 16th Annual AURP Awards of Excellence recognize the - [News Coverage of Research Park 10th Anniversary Events](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/news-coverage-of-research-park-10th-anniversary-events/) - The (Champaign-Urbana) News-Gazette reported on Research Park expansion progress, as detailed at the Board of Managers meeting on Nov. 10, 2011. It continued its coverage of Research Park 10-Year Anniversary event with a photo gallery of the Research Park tours, the Atkins Building dedication and the 10-Year Anniversary Program. The Daily Illini also wrapped up the Research Park’s 10-Year Anniversary - [AgTech Startup EarthSense Featured in New York Times](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/agtech-startup-earthsense-featured-in-new-york-times/) - EnterpriseWorks agtech startup EarthSense was featured in an article in the New York Times in its February 13 edition. In the article, co-founder... - [Research Park Celebrates 10th Anniversary](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-celebrates-10th-anniversary/) - CHAMPAIGN – University officials, government representatives and members of the technology community will join together to celebrate a decade of innovation at the Research Park at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign during ceremonies on Nov. 10.The first building at Research Park opened in 2001. Today, the complex has 12 buildings with more than 90 - [Sen. Dick Durbin Visits UI Research Park to Learn about Innovation, Entrepreneurship](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/sen-dick-durbin-visits-ui-research-park-to-learn-about-innovation-entrepreneurship/) - Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois toured the Research Park on Monday, Oct. 24, to learn about how high-tech companies in Champaign-Urbana are adding jobs through innovation and entrepreneurship. Durbin saw demonstrations from two IT/software startups at the EnterpriseWorks high-tech incubator, Nuvixa and Cazoodle, before touring three other buildings. He visited with representatives from Starfire Industries, a - [New NSF Innovation-Corps (I-Corps) Program to Provide Startup Support](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/new-nsf-innovation-corps-i-corps-program-to-provide-startup-support/) - On July 28, 2011, the National Science Foundation launched Innovation-Corps (I-Corps), a public-private partnership designed to bring promising research projects out of the lab and into the marketplace. Supported by the Deshpande and Kauffman Foundations, I-Corps was developed in conjunction with the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and is a part of the - [Research Park Honors Most Valuable Interns of 2011](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-honors-most-valuable-interns-of-2011/) - CHAMPAIGN – Outstanding student interns working for companies in the Research Park will be honored August 4 at the Intern Recognition Event in the Gateway Building. Supervisors nominated broad spectrum of interns for this year’s awards; all the awardees are students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. At any given time more than 400 - [I-Start Program Launching Soon, IL DCEO Awards Grant Funding](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/i-start-program-launching-soon-il-dceo-awards-grant-funding/) - EnterpriseWorks is creating a new entrepreneur kick-start program to help launch more companies out of the University of Illinois. EnterpriseWorks is developing the I-Start program to encourage more University of Illinois inventors to pursue start-up formation and commercialization of their research and technology. Working alongside proof-of-concept funding programs, I-Start will help facilitate the administrative and - [Inc.com lists EnterpriseWorks as one of the "10 Start-up Incubators to Watch"](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/inc-com-lists-enterpriseworks-as-one-of-the-10-start-up-incubators-to-watch/) - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. —Inc.com’s recently published list of 10 start-up incubators to watch featured EnterpriseWorks as one of the “most productive, innovative, and nurturing start-up incubators in the country.” EnterpriseWorks, a business incubator for early-stage technology firms located within the Research Park at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, was included in Inc.com’s July 15 article, - [Littlefuse Grand Opening press release](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/littlefuse-grand-opening-press-release/) - WHAT: On January 25, 2011, Littelfuse Inc. (NASDAQ/NGS:LFUS) is hosting a grand opening event for their new engineering facility in the Research Park at the University of Illinois. This event will include leadership from Littelfuse dedicating the new building, including their CEO, Mr. Gordon Hunter. The University of Illinois will also welcome Littelfuse to the Research - [New Entrepreneur-in-Residence at EnterpriseWorks: Alan Singleton](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/new-entrepreneur-in-residence-at-enterpriseworks-alan-singleton-2/) - EnterpriseWorks hires Entrepreneurs-in-Residence to assist entrepreneurs and inventors that are starting a business. EnterpriseWorks hires local-experienced entrepreneurs that have effectively commercialized technology to provide consultation to local entrepreneurs at no cost to the company. The EIRs provide advice on business development, attracting investment, revenue creation, and engagements with industrial clients. They also provide entrepreneur training, - [2010 Research Park Year in Review](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/2010-research-park-year-in-review/) - The year 2010 was an eventful one for the Research Park. Attached is an overview of the milestones and accomplishments of Research Park companies and of the development of the Research Park itself. - [Software company opens center in Research Park](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/software-company-opens-center-in-research-park/) - Canadian software company Infobright has opened a satellite development center in EnterpriseWorks at the University of Illinois Research Park. Infobright, based in Toronto, Ontario, markets a high-performance analytic database designed to support companies’ needs for analytics and business intelligence. The Champaign office plans to recruit five student interns to work with community manager Jeff Kibler - [2010 Outstanding Research Park Student Interns Announced](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/2010-outstanding-research-park-student-interns-announced/) - Roman Semenyuk, BS Molecular & Cellular Biology, Autonomic Materials:Roman advanced the research and development of self-healing coatings and healing chemistries while also providing direction on projects to the other interns.Ryne Beeson, MS Aerospace Engineering, Caterpillar Simulation Center:Ryne mastered the use of complex engineering simulation software and contributed to over 30 projects over three years alongside - [Forbes Cites University of Illinois Research Park as a Technology Incubator Changing the World](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/forbes-cites-university-of-illinois-research-park-as-a-technology-incubator-changing-the-world/) - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Forbes.com’s list of technology incubators that are changing the world included the University of Illinois Research Park. The Champaign park was included in an April 16 online story — “In Depth:10 Technology Incubators That Are Changing the World” –because of it’s the combination of established firms and start-ups in close proximity, student - [Innovation Celebration 2010 Winners - Congratulations!!](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/innovation-celebration-2010-winners-congratulations/) - This year was the fifth annual Innovation Celebration, on Thursday, February 25, 2010. The Innovation Celebration recognizes those individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions, taken risks, and provided leadership to ensure the continuing economic success of Champaign County, the ongoing success of the University’s economic development mission, and the growth of entrepreneurial talent - [Yahoo Congratulates Research Park Employees Creating Patents and Papers](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/yahoo-congratulates-research-park-employees-creating-patents-and-papers/) - Yahoo in the Research Park is recognizing their engineering staff who have submitted patents and published papers in academic journals. Their team is working on many innovations that will help advance Yahoo and provide improvements for users and advertisers. Impressive work!Dale Nussel and Allie Watfa: Commercial Incentive Presentation System and Method, Interactive System for Internet Information - [AirV Labs Wins Prestigious Manufacturing Innovation Award for Novel Virtual Reality Technology](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/airv-labs-wins-prestigious-manufacturing-innovation-award/) - AirV Labs, a global leader in rapid creation of mixed reality content for advanced human centered applications, has won the NASSCOM Manufacturing Innovation... - [Sony Joins Research Park at U of I by Acquiring iCyt](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/sony-joins-research-park-at-u-of-i-by-acquiring-icyt-3/) - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Sony Corp. announced at a celebration today (Feb. 10) that it had acquired iCyt Mission Technology Inc., a fast-growing University of Illinois Research Park biotechnology company. iCyt’s flow cytometry machines use electronic devices to count, examine and sort cells and chromosomes for diagnostic and research purposes. iCyt’s customers include university research laboratories, - [Former US Speaker of the House Visits Research Park, NanoSi](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/former-us-speaker-of-the-house-visits-research-park-nanosi/) - The Research Park was pleased to host Dennis Hastert, former United States Speaker of the House in the Research Park this week on 2/8/10. He was interested in learning more about technology commercialization at the University of Illinois. He also visited with Nanosi, an EnterpriseWorks company making ultra small fluorescent silicon nanoparticles. Nanosi founder, Munir - [EnterpriseWorks Startup PSYONIC wins Product of the Year at Fourth Revolution Awards](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/psyonic-recognized-at-mhubs-2020-fourth-revolution-awards/) - EnterpriseWorks startup PSYONIC received the Fourth Revolution Awards’ Product of the Year honors during a virtual ceremony held Oct. 13. PSYONIC was also... - [Genective Opens Global Headquarters at University of Illinois Research Park](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/genective-opens-global-headquarters-at-university-of-illinois-research-park/) - Genective, a joint venture established between Limagrain and KWS to develop transgenic traits for corn, opened its global headquarters today at the Universit... - [Genective Named Finalist in Agrow Crop Science Awards](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/genective-named-finalist-agrow-crop-science/) - Genective, an agtech company that opened its new global headquarters at Research Park in March, is a finalist for Agrow’s Crop Science Awards 2020 in the “be... - [Gerald O. Wilson Added to Research Park’s Entrepreneur-in-Residence Program](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/gerald-wilson-added-to-research-parks-entrepreneur-in-residence-program/) - Dr. Gerald O. Wilson, the President and CEO of Autonomic Materials, Inc. (AMI) joined the EnterpriseWorks Entrepreneur-in-Residence program in September 2020. - [Celebration puts the spotlight on innovation](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/celebration-puts-the-spotlight-on-innovation/) - By Don DodsonCHAMPAIGN, Ill. (March 2, 2008)– Mondelēz International, one of the world’s largest snack companies, has opened an innovation center at the University of Illinois Research Park, its first on a college campus. Robin ScholzStudent Start-Up award winner Patrick Walsh, left, talks with Social Entrepreneurship Award winner Madhu Viswanathan at the Innovation Celebration at the Beckman Institute last - [University of Illinois Research Park Releases Development RFI](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/university-of-illinois-research-park-releases-development-rfi/) - The Research Park is now seeking information via project-based proposals to accelerate development in accordance with the Master Plan as adopted by the University of Illinois Board of Trustees. This RFI... - [EnterpriseWorks Graduate PhotoniCare Receives Over $7 Million in Funding from Series A and Phase ll SBIR](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/photonicare-series-a/) - CHAMPAIGN, IL.- EnterpriseWorks Graduate PhotoniCare, Inc., a company dedicated to revolutionizing healthcare by providing physicians with better diagnostic tools, announced an oversubscribed $5.2 million Series A financing led by i2E Management Company Inc., with co-investment from OSF Ventures, Sony Innovation Fund, and Dreampact Ventures. The company also announced that it has received a $2.1 million Phase II Small - [TearDx, LLC](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/teardx-llc/) - TearDx, LLC jtaylor.teardx@gmail.com 60 Hazelwood Drive, Champaign, IL 61820 TearDX is an early-stage company focused on providing devices that unlock the potential of tear fluid for medical diagnostics. The company is developing an easily-inserted wearable ocular device that analyzes specific biomarkers in tear fluid vision is to give clinicians simple, convenient, and reliable tools to - [Interns Recognized at 2020 Summer Intern Award Ceremony](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/2020-research-park-intern-award-winners/) - The Research Park gathered virtually to celebrate the most outstanding interns across its 120+ companies on Thursday, July 28.Fittingly, the ceremony was held on National Intern Day.The students honored as finalists and winners encompass a variety of disciplines, majors, and colleges from across the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, exemplifying the nature of interdisciplinary work - [Cathy McArthur](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/cathy-mcarthur/) - Cathy McArthur coordinates a rigorous schedule of more than 200 events a year, focusing on the community building efforts of the Research Park... - [Laura Bleill](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/laura-bleill/) - Laura Bleill manages the community building portfolio of the Research Park. She develops strategy behind the Research Park’s events, programming... - [Riverbed Technology](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/riverbed-technology/) - Riverbed Technology dwain.dixson@riverbed.com 217-531-8318 2100 S. Oak St. Champaign, IL Since its inception in 2002, Riverbed has helped organizations maximize networks and application performance to optimize return on investment on IT investments. Riverbed enables organizations to visualize, optimize, accelerate, and remediate the performance of any network for any application. Riverbed is the only company that - [Webster McGrath & Ahlberg](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/webster-mcgrath-ahlberg/) - Webster McGrath & Ahlberg (WMA) michaelb@wmaltd.com630-668-76031800 S. Oak Street, Suite 202C, Champaign, IL Webster McGrath & Ahlberg (WMA) was established in 1906 by Arthur Lake Webster. Today, the company employs professional engineers, surveyors and landscape architects, enabling it to provide complete civil engineering, land surveying and construction layout services for clients across the Midwest.WMA launched - [Fire At Five June 2024](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/fire-at-five-june-2024/) - Fire At Five June 2024 The “Fire At Five” Happy Hour and Bonfire is an event open to Research Park employees and their families and friends. The June Fire At Five, “Pride and Pets at the Park” was on Thursday, June 27 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on the Atkins Patio and lawn.To learn about - [America’s Seed Fund Road Tour](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/americas-seed-fund-road-tour/) - America’s Seed Fund Road Tour The Research Park was proud to host the Illinois stop of the America’s Seed Fund 16-state Road Tour on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. This event was a unique opportunity for innovators, entrepreneurs, researchers, and small technology startups to explore over $4 billion in early-stage funding opportunities. - [Fire At Five July 2024](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/fire-at-five-july-2024/) - Fire At Five July 2024 The “Fire At Five” Happy Hour and Bonfire is an event open to Research Park employees and their families and friends. The July Fire At Five, “Beach Party” was on Thursday, July 18 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on the Atkins Building Patio and lawn.To learn about more events at - [Fire At Five October 2024](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/fire-at-five-october-2024/) - Fire At Five October 2024 The “Fire At Five” Happy Hour and Bonfire is an event open to Research Park employees and their families and friends. The October Fire At Five, “Murder Mystery” was on Thursday, October 24 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on the Atkins Building Patio and lawn.To learn about more events at - [Fire At Five September 2024](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/fire-at-five-september-2024/) - Fire At Five September 2024 The “Fire At Five” Happy Hour and Bonfire is an event open to Research Park employees and their families and friends. The September Fire At Five was a celebration of Hispanic Heritage month and was held on Thursday, September 26 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on the Atkins Building Patio - [MircoMGx Grand Opening](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/mircomgx-grand-opening/) - MircoMGx Grand Opening The MircoMGx Grand Opening occurred on Thursday, September 12, 2024, at Research Park LabWorks. This partnership deepens the collaborations between the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and MircoMGx, from talent pipeline to agricultural scientific innovation to uncovering new areas of partnership across campus. - [Fire At Five August 2024](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/fire-at-five-august-2024/) - Fire At Five August 2024 The “Fire At Five” Happy Hour and Bonfire is an event open to Research Park employees and their families and friends. The August Fire At Five, “Wild Wild West” was on Thursday, August 22 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on the Atkins Building Patio and lawn.To learn about more events - [2024 Intern Awards](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/2024-intern-awards/) - 2024 Intern Awards On Thursday, July 25, the Research Park celebrated the 18th annual Summer Intern Awards Ceremony and Picnic. Six awards were presented to student interns from across the Park’s 120+ companies to honor and recognize them for their outstanding work. This summer, interns impacted Research Park companies through diligence, hard work, and innovation. - [2024 Research Park Block Party](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/2024-research-park-block-party/) - 2024 Research Park Block Party The 2024 Research Park Block Party took place on Thursday, September 5, 2024. Over 1,000 students came to the Research Park to network with 24 employers and learn about employment opportunities. - [Epivara](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/epivara/) - Epivara Jay@epivara.com 859-494-0082 2109 S. Oak Street, Champaign, IL Epivara is innovating better ways that pets are spayed and neutered worldwide. Epivara’s mission is to make life better for animals and humans through innovative science and compassionate care. The company has developed iSpay/iNeuter, a low-cost injection to spay and neuter pets efficiently. Currently, this is the only - [Epivara Grand Opening](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/epivara-grand-opening/) - Epivara Grand Opening The Epivara Grand Opening took place on Tuesday, April 9, 2024 at the LabWorks space in Champaign, IL. Epivara is the first company to relocate into LabWorks. Founded by College of Veterinary Medicine Professor Jay Ko, the move to LabWorks signifies Epivara’s growth plans following its graduation from EnterpriseWorks.Share - [Provenance Security](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/provenance-security/) - Provenance Security transforms how security metadata is represented, capturing relationships between system events and providing insight into threats. - [Eight Cozad New Venture Challenge Startups Receive Awards from EnterpriseWorks](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/cozad-startups-receive-awards/) - EnterpriseWorks and the Research Park are happy to have sponsored awards for eight student startups at the 2025 Cozad New Venture Challenge. - [RSM US](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/rsm-us/) - RSM US lesa.hassinger@rsmus.com 2021 S. First St. Champaign, IL RSM’s purpose is to deliver the power of being understood to its clients, colleagues and communities through world-class audit, tax and consulting services focused on middle-market businesses. The clients it serves are the engine of global commerce and economic growth, and RSM is focused on developing - [New Podcast Episode: Cara Bognar](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/new-podcast-episode-cara-bognar/) - In this Innovations @ Research Park episode, host Tanmay Shah interviews Cara Bognar about her transition from student-athlete at Illinois to founder and CEO of Top Tier Lessons. Inspired by her experiences balancing sports and academics, Cara became interested in startups that create meaningful, flexible opportunities for student-athletes like herself.Top Tier Lessons is a company that - [Brunswick Site Manager Jeffrey Reifsnyder named to Boating Industry 40 Under 40](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/jeffrey-reifsnyder-40-under-40/) - Jeffrey Reifsnyder, the Brunswick BI DesignLab site manager and Advanced Technology Director, was recognized on the Boating Industry 40 Under 40 Program. - [Mondelēz Grand Opening](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/mondelez-grand-opening/) - Mondelēz International, one of the world’s largest snack companies, opened its Research Park innovation center on April 9, 2025. - [Mondelez International opens Innovation Center at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/mondelez-opens-innovation-center/) - Mondelēz, one of the world's largest snack companies, has opened an innovation center at the University of Illinois Research Park. - [Reconstruct](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/reconstruct/) - Reconstruct mani.golparvar@reconstructinc.com 217-417-9552 60 Hazelwood Dr. Champaign, IL Reconstruct uses visual data to improve planning, coordination, and communication on job sites. Its web-based platform continuously reconstructs and visualizes reality directly within 4D BIM, measures progress and productivity, and analyzes risk for delay. Reconstruct’s actionable data analytics empowers smart construction and supports project teams to proactively - [PowerWorld Corporation](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/powerworld-corporation/) - PowerWorld Corporation info@powerworld.com 217-384-6330 2001 S. First St. Champaign, IL PowerWorld Corporation provides simulation and visualization software to the global electric power industry. PowerWorld specializes in making complex power system concepts easy to understand through a rich, user-friendly graphical interface and powerful visualization platform. It also includes utilities, independent system operators (ISO), regional transmission organizations - [Kaleb Medina](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/kaleb-medina/) - Kaleb Medina develops content for the Research Park’s digital, and print communications. In his role, he captures stories of events, programming, innovation... - [Bryan Goode](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/bryan-goode/) - Bryan Goode leads the workforce development and recruitment programs for Research Park and client companies. He oversees the coordinated recruitment... - [Nutrien Ag Solutions Opens Innovation Farm in Champaign County](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/nutrien-ag-solutions-opens-innovation-farm-in-champaign-county/) - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Nutrien Ag Solutions has opened a cutting-edge Innovation Farm in Champaign County. The farm celebrated its grand opening on March 20, showcasing the latest agricultural technology and sustainability practices.The new 250-acre state-of-the-art facility is designed to serve as a testing ground for advanced farming solutions, offering a hands-on space to explore real-world - [NVIDIA](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/nvidia/) - NVIDIA jackien@nvidia.com 1901 S. First St. Champaign, IL NVIDIA is a global leader in accelerated computing. It designs graphics processing units (GPUs) and chip units for mobile computing, automotive, gaming, and professional markets. NVIDIA’s invention of the GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined modern computer graphics, and revolutionized parallel - [Kohler Innovation Center](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/kohler-innovation-center/) - Kohler Innovation Center will.newton@kohler.com 2100 S. Oak St. Champaign, IL Kohler supplies quality kitchen and bath products internationally. The company strives to enhance the consumer experience through quality design, craftsmanship and innovation. Kohler’s Innovation Center at Research Park supports research and design efforts related to robotics, electro-mechanical systems, machining, and pneumatic and hydraulic functions. us.kohler.com - [GlucoSentient](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/glucosentient/) - GlucoSentient tianlan.glucosentient@gmail.com 217-487-4087 2100 S. Oak St. Champaign, IL The Personal Glucose Meter (PGM) is a widely available and proven medical device that is used by millions of diabetics around the globe. Today’s glucose meter is the culmination of over 30 years of engineering and development efforts to make it do one thing extraordinarily well: - [Wolf Creek Farm Awarded 2025 Glen “GB” Brandt Prize for Ag Entrepreneurism](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/roger-bock-from-wolf-creek-farm-awarded-2025-glen-gb-brandt-prize-for-ag-entrepreneurism/) - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (March 6, 2025) — Wolf Creek Farm was named the recipient of this year’s Glen “GB” Brandt Prize for Ag Entrepreneurism, an award that honors a grower/producer/farmer who exemplifies an entrepreneurial spirit and advances innovation through their business practices. Located in Williamsville, Wolf Creek Farm provides wholesale produce purchase options for farm-to-table retailers, - [EarthSense wins Startup World Cup: Agriculture and Food Regional competition](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/earthsense-wins-startup-world-cup-agriculture-and-food-regional-competition/) - CHAMPAIGN, IL. (March 06, 2025)—A distinguished panel of investors named EarthSense the winner of the inaugural Startup World Cup: Agriculture and Food Regional pitch competition, earning the Champaign-based startup the opportunity to compete for a $1 million investment at the Startup World Cup finale in October. The regional, held at the 10th Annual AgTech Summit in - [Gerald Wilson](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/gerald-wilson/) - Dr. Gerald Wilson is the inaugural Director of Entrepreneurship at EnterpriseWorks and the University of Illinois . He is responsible for the strategic... - [Ji Eun Kim](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/ji-eun-kim/) - Ji Eun Kim, Assistant Director at the FAST Center, plays a pivotal role in driving the commercialization of innovative ideas and technologies by providing... - [Cynthia Faullin](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/cynthia-faullin/) - Cynthia Faullin brings more than 10 years of intensive experience working with deep tech startups to her role as Associate Director of Operations at the... - [Roger West](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/roger-west/) - Roger West oversees the financial aspects of our organization, including accounting, budgets, grant oversight, and contracts for EnterpriseWorks and UIRP LLC... - [Finalists announced for Startup World Cup: Agriculture and Food Regional](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/champaign-startup-world-cup-finalists/) - Research Park announced 10 startups selected as finalists in the inaugural Startup World Cup: Agriculture and Food Regional pitch competition. - [2025 AgTech Summit](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/2025-agtech-summit/) - 10th Annual AgTech Innovation Summit On March 6, 2025, Research Park hosted the 10th Annual AgTech Innovation Summit. This conference brings together agriculture industry leaders, entrepreneurs, academics, and innovators to learn and share knowledge about the current and future of agtech. The 2025 AgTech Summit included panels, keynote presentations, networking opportunities, a pitch competition, and - [Research Park startups awarded Illinois Innovation Voucher funding for tech advancements](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-startups-awarded-illinois-innovation-voucher-funding-for-tech-advancements/) - CHAMPAIGN, ILL. — Several University of Illinois Research Park startups and graduates have been awarded funding through the state’s Innovation Voucher Program, reinforcing the park’s role as a hub for innovation. Cache Energy, Eleuthra Photonics Inc., Epivara, Shothawk and TearDx are among the 35 recipients sharing $2.3 million in grants to advance cutting-edge research and - [Research Park Career Fair 2025](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-career-fair-2025/) - On February 25, Research Park held its annual career fair to connect Research Park employers with students from the University of Illinois. - [New Podcast Episode: 2024 Year In Review](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/new-podcast-episode-2024-year-in-review/) - Research Park leaders Laura Appenzeller and Laura Bleill join the Innovations @ Research Park podcast to reflect on an incredible year of groundbreaking innovation and growth. This episode, hosted by Tanmay Shah, explores the key milestones and exciting advancements that made 2024 unforgettable. "This place [Research Park] is kind of like a family for a - [Cache Energy Wins EPIC DC Pitch Competition](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/cache-energy-wins-epic-dc-pitch-competition/) - EnterpriseWorks clean energy startup Cache Energy won first place in the Energy Program for Innovative Clusters (EPIC) pitch competition. Founder Arpit Dwivedi presented at the White House for this competition on May 15, 2024, winning $30,000 for the company. The Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Technology Transitions (OTT) announced $70,000 total of prize money to three clean energy - [Cline Center for Advanced Social Research](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/cline-center-for-advanced-social-research/) - Cline Center for Advanced Social Research salthaus@illinois.edu 217-265-7845 2001 S. First St. Champaign, IL The Cline Center for Advanced Social Research equips and empowers a new generation of social scientists, humanists, and data scientists to take up key challenges that threaten humans, like climate change, civil unrest, sustainability, inequality, and public health. By applying advanced - [Campus Resources](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/campus-resources/) - Campus Resources By virtue of our affiliation with the University of Illinois, Research Park and EnterpriseWorks tenants also benefit from university-administered resources.Our University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus location provides Research Park companies and startups with unparalleled convenience when it comes to accessing university-related resources.Facility Use AgreementsCompanies can gain access to University of Illinois laboratory equipment - [2022 AgTech Summit](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/agtech/) - On Wednesday, March 9, the University of Illinois Research Park hosted the 2022 AgTech Summit in partnership with the University and other University departments at the Colonnades Club. The summit highlighted new innovations and challenges facing the AgTech industry. Attendees came to the summit to learn about the future of agriculture and how technology plays - [Brunswick Student Interns Showcase Boating Tech at CES](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/brunswick-corp-interns-showcase-boating-tech/) - Brunswick Boating Intelligence Design Lab made waves at CES 2025 showcasing its latest advancements with the help of Research Park interns. - [Workshops](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/workshops/) - Workshops The University of Illinois Research Park hosts a variety of workshops every month. From entrepreneurial support, to professional events, to intern development, Research Park supports ongoing education by inviting speakers of various backgrounds to discuss experiences, share advice, and provide insight into particular fields.Workshop TopicsRecruitingIntellectual PropertyPitchingDiversity in the WorkplacePricing & SalesCustomer DiscoveryTechnology CommercializationTeam DevelopmentFinancial LiteracyImprovBranding & StorytellingBusiness StrategyInvesting & FundingNegotiation - [Makerspace](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/makerspace/) - Makerspace EnterpriseWorks at the University of Illinois Research Park houses a shared Makerspace and shared labs. These spaces are open to Research Park tenants and offer free, well-maintained resources.EnterpriseWorks’ MakerspaceEnterpriseWorks, the startup incubator of the University of Illinois Research Park, is home to a shared Makerspace. 3D printers, table saws, laser cutters, and much more - [Workforce Development](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/workforce-development/) - Workforce Development Workforce development resources are available to tenants large and small at the University of Illinois Research Park. Research Park and EnterpriseWorks companies have access to our Recruiter-in-Residence, Human Resources Expert-in-Residence, in-house workforce development expertise, and numerous recruiting events and workshops.The Talent Manager at the Research Park supports the growth of the workforce in - [EnterpriseWorks Historical Gallery](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/enterpriseworks-historical-gallery-2/) - Take a step back in time to explore the construction of the 43,000 square foot EnterpriseWorks incubator. EnterpriseWorks opened in June of 2003 and has since incubated many science and technology startups. Now there are over 100 tenants within EnterpriseWorks, several conferences, and hundreds of interns working across Research Park. Alumni of EnterpriseWorks also created - [Research Park Historical Development](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-historical-development-2/) - The creation Research Park in 2001 was the first step into one of the many technological programs at the Research Park. Ever since the first tenants moved into EnterpriseWorks in 2003, the funding, development, and commercialization of the companies and product gained nationwide recognition. “The mission of the Research Park is much in collaboration with - [DeepWalk Co-Founders Named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30: Transportation and Mobility List](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/deepwalk-co-founders-named-to-forbes-30-under-30-transportation-and-mobility-list/) - Anshul Shah and Brandon Yates, co-founders of the EnterpriseWorks startup graduate DeepWalk, have been named to 2025 Forbes 30 Under 30- Transportation and Mobility list. DeepWalk was launched out of the University of Illinois in 2019 to improve sidewalks with planning software and make it easier for cities to bring them into compliance with the Americans - [EnterpriseWorks Startups to Present at 2021 Illinois Life Sciences Showcase](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/enterpriseworks-startups-2021-illinois-life-science-showcase/) - EnterpriseWorks startups Revive, Visionaire, Life Foundry, and Fruit Vaccine will be presenting at the 2021 Illinois Life Sciences Showcase presented by iBio. The four-day conference aims to connect innovators to investment and talent, stimulate collaboration and foster the next generation of innovations and entrepreneurs to help bridge the gap in translating groundbreaking discoveries into biomedical - [CASI](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/casi/) - CASI info@casicorp.com 217-244-7875 2001 S. First St. Champaign, IL Computer Application and Systems Integration (CASI), is a technology and business services company delivering robust solutions for multiple industries since 1993. CASI has been developing and licensing mission-critical solvers for solutions of linear systems for over a decade. These are widely used in the areas - [CABBI Greenhouse Opening](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/cabbi-greenhouse-opening/) - CABBI Greenhouse Opening The CABBI Grand Opening occurred on Friday, November 15, 2024, at its Research Park greenhouse at 1904 S. Fourth St. The Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) is developing efficient ways to grow bioenergy crops, transform biomass into valuable chemicals, and market the resulting bioproducts. - [S’MORES WITH THE SENATOR](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/smores-with-the-senator/) - S’MORES WITH THE SENATOR Senator Tammy Duckworth visited the Research Park on Friday, September 8 for a fireside chat discussing technology and innovation in Illinois.9 imagesShare - [RESEARCH PARK STARTUP WEEK](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-startup-week/) - RESEARCH PARK STARTUP WEEK Throughout the week of February 8, Research Park hosted Startup Week that featured the Brand Hub Presentation: Marketing Strategy for Startups; Startup Cafe: EarthSense; Startup Cafe: PhotoniCare; and EIR Workshop with Alan Singleton.16 imagesShare - [RESEARCH PARK CAREER FAIR 2024](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-career-fair-2024/) - RESEARCH PARK CAREER FAIR 2024 On February 26, 2024, Research Park held its annual career fair to connect employers with students from the University of Illinois. Multiple job opportunities are open year-round, and students from any major and discipline are invited to apply. The Research Park Career Fair helps form connections between the University of Illinois at - [RESEARCH PARK CAREER FAIR 2023](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-career-fair-2023/) - RESEARCH PARK CAREER FAIR 2023 On February 28, 2023, Research Park held a career fair to connect Park employers with students from the University of Illinois. Multiple job opportunities are open year-round, and students from any major and discipline are invited to apply. The Research Park Career Fair helps form connections between the University of Illinois at - [RESEARCH PARK CAREER FAIR 2022](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-career-fair-2022/) - RESEARCH PARK CAREER FAIR 2022 On March 2, 2022, Research Park held a career fair to connect Park employers with students from the University of Illinois. Multiple job opportunities are open year-round, and students from any major and discipline are invited to apply. The Research Park Career Fair helps form connections between the University of Illinois at - [LABWORKS OPEN HOUSE](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/labworks-open-house/) - LABWORKS OPEN HOUSE LabWorks, a turn-key wet lab and office suite space in the Research Park, celebrated its completion at an open house on Wednesday, January 10, 2024. The space is now open for occupancy.Learn more about the LabWorks Space on the Research Park website.15 imagesShare - [KOHLER INNOVATION CENTER GRAND OPENING: OCT 10, 2023](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/kohler-innovation-center-grand-opening-oct-10-2023/) - KOHLER INNOVATION CENTER GRAND OPENING: OCT 10, 2023 Kohler Co. and other involved parties celebrated the grand opening of the new Kohler Innovation Center at the University of Illinois Research Park on Tuesday, October 10, 2023. The new center is a reflection of the company’s objective of positively impacting current and future generations through design, craftsmanship, and innovation.Read more: Kohler Establishes - [GENECTIVE LAB SPACE EXPANSION 2022](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/genective-lab-space-expansion-2022/) - GENECTIVE LAB SPACE EXPANSION 2022 Genective, a global biotech solutions company, celebrated the Phase 2 expansion of its current lab space at Research Park in August 2022. The company added 30 percent more lab space to help accommodate its work in the agtech industry.Genective specializes in the research, development, and commercialization of transgenic traits, specifically insect-resistant corn. - [GDM GRAND OPENING](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/gdm-grand-opening/) - GDM GRAND OPENING The GDM Grand Opening took place on Wednesday, April 3, 2024 at the Illinois Conference Center. This partnership deepens the collaborations between the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and GDM – from talent pipeline, to scientific innovation, to uncovering new areas of partnerships across campus. - [FIRE @ FIVE MAY 2024](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/fire-five-may-2024/) - FIRE @ FIVE MAY 2024 Fire @ Five Happy Hour and Bonfire is an event open to Research Park employees and their families and friends. The May Fire @ Five, “Picnic at the Park” was on Thursday, May 30 from 5:00 to 6:30 PM on the Atkins Patio.To learn about more events at Research Park, - [FIRE @ FIVE 2023](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/fire-five-2023/) - FIRE @ FIVE 2023 Fire @ Five Happy Hour and Bonfire is an event open to Research Park employees and their families and friends. This event occurs on Thursdays towards the end of every month between May and October and includes food, activities, and music. Some of the Fire at Five themes from 2023 include - [FIRE @ FIVE 2022](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/fire-five-2022/) - FIRE @ FIVE 2022 Fire at Five Happy Hour and Bonfire is an event open to Research Park employees and their families and friends. This event occurs on the last Friday of every month between May and October and includes food, activities, and music. Some of the Fire at Five themes from 2022 included Camping, - [Electric Power Engineers Grand Opening](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/electric-power-engineers-grand-opening/) - Electric Power Engineers Grand Opening Electric Power Engineers, a global power system engineering and consulting firm, has opened an innovation center at the University of Illinois Research Park. This is the company’s first operation in the state of Illinois.EPE offers comprehensive services and proprietary solutions spanning utility engineering, grid and resource integration, reliability and compliance, and software - [AGTECH HACKATHON 2024](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/agtech-hackathon-2024/) - AGTECH HACKATHON 2024 On March 2 and 3, The University of Illinois Urbana Champaign’s Research Park hosted the inaugural AgTech Hackathon, drawing in students of all disciplines. Sponsored by Bayer and John Deere, the event showcased the AgTech solutions produced by students. The top teams will had the opportunity to present their pitch at the AgTech Summit on Tuesday, - [AGCO GRAND RE-OPENING](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/agco-grand-re-opening/) - AGCO GRAND RE-OPENING On Wednesday, March 30, AGCO had a grand opening to commemorate the completion of the AGCO Acceleration Center at the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana Research Park. The expansion increases intern capacity to 80 workstations with an innovative Maker Lab for collaborative work and prototyping. The Acceleration Center has a bright future ahead and is expected to be a - [ADM OFFICE EXPANSION](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/adm-office-expansion/) - ADM OFFICE EXPANSION ADM (NYSE: ADM) celebrated the grand opening of the new ADM Science and Technology Center at the University of Illinois Research Park on September 23, 2022. The facility quadruples ADM’s footprint at the University of Illinois Research Park and reflects a significant expansion of its capabilities. Learn more about the expansion here.10 imagesShare - [2024 AGTECH SUMMIT](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/2024-agtech-summit/) - 2024 AGTECH SUMMIT The 2024 AgTech Summit took place on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, at the Illinois Conference Center in Champaign, Illinois. The agenda included a unique mix of panel discussions on navigating digital agriculture, policy impact on AgTech, bioprocessing, and more. Learn more about the AgTech Summit on the Research Park website.11 imagesShare - [2023 TABLE TENNIS TOURNAMENT](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/2023-table-tennis-tournament/) - 2023 TABLE TENNIS TOURNAMENT The Annual Research Park Table Tennis Tournament made a return to EnterpriseWorks this summer for its 12th year on June 27 and 28. The results of Round-Robin games on day one were used to seed participants for the single-elimination tournament played on day two. In these games, companies were awarded points based - [2023 RESEARCH PARK BLOCK PARTY](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/2023-research-park-block-party/) - 2023 RESEARCH PARK BLOCK PARTY The 2023 Research Park Block Party took place on Thursday, August 31, 2023. Over 1,500 students came to the Research Park to network with 30 employers and learn about employment opportunities.13 imagesShare - [2023 INTERN AWARDS](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/2023-intern-awards/) - 2023 INTERN AWARDS On Thursday, July 25, the Research Park celebrated its 17th annual Summer Intern Awards Ceremony and Picnic. This year, there were six awards presented to student interns from across the Park’s 120+ companies to honor and recognize them for their outstanding work. These interns have left long-lasting impacts on our companies through - [2023 AGTECH SUMMIT](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/2023-agtech-summit/) - 2023 AGTECH SUMMIT The 2023 AgTech Summit took place Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at the Illinois Conference Center in Champaign, Illinois. The agenda included a unique mix of panel discussions on sustainability in agriculture, the intelligent farm, the future of the agtech workforce, carbon strategy, and more. 11 imagesShare - [2022 RESEARCH PARK TABLE TENNIS TOURNAMENT](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/2022-research-park-table-tennis-tournament/) - 2022 RESEARCH PARK TABLE TENNIS TOURNAMENT The Annual Research Park Table Tennis Tournament made a return to EnterpriseWorks this summer for its 11th year on June 28 and 29. The Table Tennis Tournament is a beloved tradition at Research Park that began back in 2010. Participants from companies across the park were cheered on as - [2022 RESEARCH PARK INTERN AWARDS](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/2022-research-park-intern-awards/) - 2022 RESEARCH PARK INTERN AWARDS On Thursday, July 28, the Research Park celebrated its 16th annual Summer Intern Awards Ceremony and Picnic. This year, there were six awards presented to student interns from across the Park’s 120+ companies to honor and recognize them for their outstanding work. These interns have left long lasting impacts on - [2022 AGTECH SUMMIT](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/2022-agtech-summit/) - 2022 AGTECH SUMMIT On Wednesday, March 9, the University of Illinois Research Park hosted the 2022 AgTech Summit in partnership with the University and other University departments at the Colonnades Club. The summit highlighted new innovations and challenges facing the AgTech industry. Attendees came to the summit to learn about the future of agriculture and how technology - [Designer-In-Residence](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/designer-in-residence/) - Designer-In-Residence EntrepriseWorks has engaged Dr. Deana McDonagh, Professor of Industrial Design in the School of Art + Design at the University of Illinois, as a Designer-in-Residence. In this role, she assists University of Illinois inventors and entrepreneurs to incorporate empathic design and design thinking in their technology development to help improve user experiences and performance of products - [Resource: Ceo + Founders Roundtable](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/resource-ceo-founders-roundtable/) - Resource: Ceo + Founders Roundtable The University of Illinois Research Park hosts a CEO + Founders Roundtable open to CEOs/Founders of Champaign-Urbana scientific and tech companies. Currently, the chair is Chinmay Soman, CEO of EarthSense.Typically held 3-4 times per year, the C-U Tech CEO Roundtable provides a peer community and resource-sharing opportunities.Since 2005, the CEO Roundtable has provided - [NSF I-CORPS](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/nsf-i-corps/) - NSF I-CORPS National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Innovation Corps, or I-Corps, is a public-private partnership program for university faculty and student entrepreneurs working on STEM-related technology. I-Corps consists of a targeted curriculum to identify valuable product opportunities that may emerge from academic research. Additionally, the program provides entrepreneurship training to participants.The Illinois I-Corps Site was one - [Nominations sought for 2023 Glen “GB” Brandt Prize for Ag Entrepreneurism](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/nominations-sought-for-2023-glen-gb-brandt-prize-for-ag-entrepreneurism/) - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and The BRANDT Foundation Prize Honors the Legacy of GB Brandt CHAMPAIGN – Nominations are now being accepted for the third Glen “GB” Brandt Prize for Ag Entrepreneurism, recognizing an Illinois farmer for their role in advancing innovation and entrepreneurship in the ag sector. Established in 2021 to honor the memory - [Illinois Reboot: Application Now Open For Free Tech Skills Training Course](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/illinois-reboot-application-now-open-for-free-tech-skills-training-course/) - Applications have now opened for the fifth cohort of Illinois Reboot, a free virtual coding pre-academy that gives participants a strong foundation in data science literacy. This year American Family Insurance and the University of Illinois Research Park have partnered together to fund this awesome program so that young professionals hoping to expand their tech skills - [Nominations sought for 2024 Glen “GB” Brandt Prize for Ag Entrepreneurism](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/nominations-sought-for-2024-glen-gb-brandt-prize-for-ag-entrepreneurism/) - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and The BRANDT Foundation Prize Honors the Legacy of GB Brandt CHAMPAIGN – Nominations are now being accepted for the fourth Glen “GB” Brandt Prize for Ag Entrepreneurism, recognizing an Illinois farmer for their role in advancing innovation and entrepreneurship in the ag sector. Established in 2021 to honor the memory - [Research Park 2020 Big Data Summit Recap](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/research-park-big-data-recap/) - On November 12, 2020, the University of Illinois Research Park hosted its eighth annual Big Data Summit virtually through Zoom. The 2020 Big Data summit focused on machine learning, artificial intelligence, and digital transformation. Keynote speaker Phil Hajduk, VP for Information Research at AbbVie, discussed how to turn data into knowledge to solve real problems - [Interns Recognized at 2019 Summer Picnic and Intern Awards](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/interns-recognized-at-2019-summer-picnic-and-intern-awards/) - Interns from around Research Park gathered on Thursday, July 25, 2019, for the Summer Picnic and Intern Awards. The Research Park community celebrated with food, games, and awards for the most outstanding interns of the year. Throughout the academic year and summer, interns gained valuable work experience while working on projects that positively impacted their - [2019 Intern Awards Finalists Announced](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/2019-intern-awards-finalists-announced/) - We are excited to announce the finalists for the 2019 Research Park Intern Awards. The winners will be named on Thursday, July 25, during our annual Summer Picnic and Intern Awards between 4-5:30PM and, consequently, will be listed here. Missed the awards ceremony? Watch the video. Best Entrepreneurial Leadership in a Startup Winner - Shaoyu - [Turn Innovation Center: "There's no upper limit on how the site can grow"](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/turn-innovation-center-theres-no-upper-limit-on-how-the-site-can-grow/) - The Turn Innovation Center was featured in the (Champaign-Urbana) News-Gazette on Thursday, May 1. The article details why the Silicon Valley-based company wanted to open its first innovation center at the University of Illinois, in the Research Park. "... The company zeroed in on a location in Champaign because of its access to top engineering ## Pages - [Home](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/) - Research Park is a technology hub for corporate research, development operations, and startup companies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. - [AgTech Summit](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/all-events/agtechsummit/) - Join us for AgTech Summit on March 10, 2026 in Champaign to explore how technology is addressing the most significant challenges facing agriculture today... - [Research Park Career Fair](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/all-events/career-fair/) - Research Park Career Fair The Research Park Career Fair is an opportunity for students at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to connect with Research Park employers. This fair is an exclusive benefit for companies operating at the Research Park. In 2024, a record 800 students attended the Career Fair. This fair is a great opportunity to - [Tenant Directory](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/tenant-directory/) - Tenant Directory Over 120 companies, including more than 70 homegrown startups, are located at the Research Park. We’re home to international and publicly-traded companies, including Fortune 500 corporations. Browse our tenant directory to learn more about and connect with these companies.For more information on joining the Research Park at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, click - [Glen “GB” Brandt Prize](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/glen-gb-brandt-prize/) - Glen "GB" Brandt Prize Nominations Now Open Nominations are now being accepted for the fifth Glen “GB” Brandt Prize for Ag Entrepreneurism, recognizing an Illinois farmer for their role in advancing innovation and entrepreneurship in the ag sector.The deadline for submission is Feb. 2, 2025. Nominate Here The Glen “GB” Brandt Prize for Ag Entrepreneurism was established in 2021 - [Edwin Moore Family Agriculture Award](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/edwin-moore-agriculture-award/) - Edwin Moore Family Agriculture Award The Edwin Moore Family Agriculture Award was established in 2016 with a generous gift to EnterpriseWorks. The goal of this award is to help startup companies engaged in the development of new innovative technologies that may lead to increased productivity and/or efficiency in farming or to create new agricultural opportunities, - [Board of Managers](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/about/board-of-managers/) - Board of Managers The Research Park is governed by the University of Illinois Research Park LLC Board of Managers. All members of the Board of Managers are appointed by the University of Illinois Board of Trustees. As of September 2025, the Research Park Board of Managers has 11 members and consists of:The Research Park’s principal - [EnterpriseWorks Tenant Services and Resources](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/tenantservices/) - Enterpriseworks Tenant Services The EnterpriseWorks Tenant Portal serves as a way to centralize important resources and information for EnterpriseWorks tenants. Below, you’ll find information about access, maintenance, and the wide ranging benefits of being a tenant at EnterpriseWorks. Submitting a Maintenance & Training Request Please complete the online maintenance and training request form, and an - [Our Team](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/our-team/) - The Research Park is managed by a tight-knit team that facilitates resources for tenants and cultivates community among employees... - [Food](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/about/amenities/food/) - Food Research Park offers a variety of fresh, delicious food options for every schedule and taste Whether you’re looking for a relaxed dining experience or need to grab something quick between meetings, Research Park has you covered.Between a sit-down restaurant, rotating food trucks, and a grab-and-go cafe, there are plenty of options for food in - [Becoming a EnterpriseWorks Tenant](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/locate-here/becoming-a-tenant/) - Becoming a Tenant To become a tenant or affiliate at EnterpriseWorks, a company must apply. See the application process below.For information about leasing space or other types of membership at EnterpriseWorks, contact Cynthia Faullin at cfaullin@illinois.edu. Leasing Labs and Offices Tenants at EnterpriseWorks have full access to its suite of services for entrepreneurs and benefit - [Now Leasing](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/now-leasing/) - Now Leasing The University of Illinois Research Park gives companies access to talent, ideas, and technology at scale, with incredible impact. It is a purpose-built environment where startups and corporations can connect, collaborate, and thrive, embedded within the campus fabric and the energy that it brings.Teams based in the Research Park represent a wide range - [Podcast](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/podcast/) - Innovations at Research Park Podcast Hear insightful conversations on fascinating industry innovations with members of the Research Park community- startups, corporations, students, and alumni. Tanmay Shah, an alumnus of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Grainger College of Engineering, is your host.Stream now on iTunes or Spotify. Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 - [Development History](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/locate-here/developer-partnership/) - Research Park Development: A Story of Partnerships The Research Park’s evolution has been significantly influenced by public-private partnerships, with external development and commercial real estate entities. The University of Illinois continues to contribute land, staff, and other resources to support development, community building, and other strategies to making Research Park a world-class, on-campus technology hub. - [EnterpriseWorks Incubator](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/locate-here/enterpriseworks-incubator-1/) - EnterpriseWorks Where Innovation Becomes Market Reality EnterpriseWorks empowers University of Illinois and community entrepreneurs to turn ideas into successful ventures. From the start to market launch, the incubator supports startups building disruptive technologies across agtech, biotechnology, software, materials sciences, and beyond.Clients tackle transformative challenges by bringing university research to market. Startups here move discoveries out - [Job Board](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/work-here/careers/) - Job Board Employment opportunities include full-time employment and student internships on campus in Champaign. All corporations and startups hire independently. Please direct questions regarding specific applications to the hiring company. Companies interested in posting jobs to the Research Park Job Board may contact uirp-jobs@illinois.edu. Keywords Filter by tag: Full Time Internship Part Time Student Employment & Internships - [Affiliation Benefits](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/about/amenities/affiliation-benefits/) - Affiliation Benefits While Research Park provides Research Park companies and their employees access to resources like professional development workshops, recruiting assistance, mentorship, and networking events, our on-campus location also allows corporations and startups to access benefits offered by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.Allied Status BenefitsAllied Agencies can receive specific benefits offered by the University of - [FAQ: How to Secure Student Internships at Research Park](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/work-here/student-employment-at-research-park/) - Frequently Asked Questions How to access student internships at Research Park? How do I stay updated on what is going on in the Research Park? Research Park Announcements Newsletter featuring information on Research Park events, opportunities in our community, and the successes of innovative companies in the area. Subscribe Research Park Student Newsletter Newsletter featuring - [Corporate Innovation Success Stories](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/success-stories/) - Corporate Innovation Success Stories Each company in the Research Park has a story. From homegrown startups rooted in the incubator to corporations with innovation centers, these companies found success. Read the success stories of the past and present of Research Park here. Abbott Click Here ADM Click Here Ameren Click Here Agrible-Nutrien Click Here Brunswick i-Jet - [About Us](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/about-us/) - The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: Research Park is an innovation hub for technology commercialization with a unique environment that cultivates... - [Resources](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/resources/) - Resources Research Park and EnterpriseWorks are supportive spaces with programs, workshops, and tools for all its companies to use. Whether your company is just getting started, or whether you’re working for a Fortune 500 company, we provide a range of resources to meet the needs of our tenants. Search ResourcesSEARCH FAST Center at Illinois Entrepreneur-in-Residence - [Connect With Us](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/connect/) - Connect with us! Subscribe to our newsletters and stay up to date with the latest happenings. Research Park Announcements... - [Housing](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/locate-here/housing/) - Shaping the future of residential development at Research Park Shaping the future of residential development at Research Park Thank you to everyone who took the survey to gauge interest in residential development. The data collected will directly impact the next steps of the project.As plans evolve for the new housing being planned along First Street - [FAST Center Updated](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/all-events/fast-center-updated/) - Empowering Illinois Innovators to Secure Federal Funding The Illinois Federal and State Technology Partnership (FAST) Program at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is led by EnterpriseWorks and helps small businesses secure SBIR and STTR funding through free workshops, one-on-one mentoring, and proposal assistance. Getting Started What is the SBIR Program? I am item content. Click edit - [Infill Development Opportunities](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/locate-here/infill-development-opportunities-at-research-park/) - Land Development Opportunities Research Park has identified specific parcels of land that are available for ground lease. Infill development is desired to promote better use of land and more robust physical connections between Research Park and the University campus core. All three sites are zoned for commercial development and may include retail/amenity uses. More sites - [EnterpriseWorks Tours](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/all-events/enterpriseworks-tours/) - EnterpriseWorks Tours Whether you’re an entrepreneur, student, or community member, you’re welcome to join us for a 30-minute tour of the EnterpriseWorks incubator. Please visit our calendar for the date of the next scheduled tour, which are most Fridays at 3 p.m. Led by staff and student ambassadors of the University of Illinois Research Park, - [Founders Week](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/all-events/founders-week/) - At Illinois, We Produce Founders | Founders Week celebrates our collective entrepreneurial successes and showcases the innovative ecosystem that fosters... - [History & Awards](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/about-us/history-awards/) - History & Awards The Research Park at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has received several high-profile honors in recent years for supporting entrepreneurship, and facilitating innovation. The Research Park at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is the most visible result of a significant shift in the history of the University of Illinois: the incorporation of economic development - [Facts and Figures](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/facts-and-figures/) - Facts and Figures Research Park EmploymentAs one of the largest employers in Champaign County, thousands of students and employees advance their career here. 2,000 Employees 800 Student Workers 3rd Largest Employer in Champaign County 200 Annual Events500+ hours spent in meetings with Entrepreneurs-in-Residence and Experts-in-Residence Workshops, Training, and Events in the Research ParkFrom monthly social - [Research Park Block Party](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/all-events/blockparty/) - Research Park Block Party Thank you for joining us! Research Park’s annual Block Party fosters relationships between students and employers through an informal, career fair-like setting. Students are invited to come as they are for networking, lawn games, and pizza. This event is held outside on the Atkins Building Lawn & Patio, behind the building located at - [Recent News](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/news/) - Recent News Search News Stories Search for:Search Button New Podcast Episode: Frenzy Ag • February 17, 2026 • AgTech Summit, EnterpriseWorks, Graduates, Media Mentions, News New Podcast Episode: Year in Review 2025 • January 8, 2026 • Community, Features, News, Research Park Calling Ag and Food Tech Startups: Apply to Pitch at Startup World Cup - [Media Gallery](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/media-gallery/) - Media Gallery Explore our media gallery to find photos from Research Park events, workshops, and activities. The Research Park hosts multiple events weekly. From grand openings to career fairs to holiday celebrations, the park fosters community by bringing people together. For information on upcoming events, view our calendar. Search Media Gallery Search for:Search Button Founders - [Awards](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/awards/) - Awards The Research Park at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has received several high-profile honors in recent years for supporting entrepreneurship, and facilitating innovation.“12 Business Incubators Changing the World,” Forbes, 2013: “The facility is unique in that it combines established firms and startups under one roof…The companies here employ more than 400 student interns.”“3 College-Town Incubators - [Getting Here](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/about/getting-here/) - Getting Here The Research Park is located on the University of Illinois campus with student dorms, recreational centers, and academic buildings within walking distance. Whether walking, biking, driving, or riding the bus, the Research Park is highly accessible for students, faculty, staff, employees and guests. Download the Research Park MapView the Campus Map Buses The - [Research Park Table Tennis Tournament](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/all-events/table-tennis-tournament/) - The Table Tennis Tournament is a Research Park favorite! In two days of matches, players in three different brackets compete in round-robin and tournament play. - [Intern Awards](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/all-events/intern-awards/) - Intern Awards Nominations Are Now Open! Every year, we recognize the amazing work of six outstanding interns and one team of interns working in Research Park at the summer Intern Awards. Winners receive trophies commemorating their achievement at the award ceremony on Thursday, July 24 and are featured across Research Park channels; a press release will - [Summer Softball League](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/all-events/summer-softball-league/) - Summer Softball League The Research Park Summer Softball League takes place on Monday evenings throughout the summer. The league is open to participants working for an organization located with the Research Park or EnterpriseWorks. Where will games take place? Matches will take place at the softball fields located along S Lincoln Ave. across the street - [Research Park Hackathon](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/all-events/research-park-hackathon/) - Research Park Hackathon This one-day summer hackathon is a team competition open to anyone working for an organization located within the Research Park or EnterpriseWorks. It is an exciting and fast-paced event where teams can create together. New and experienced employees are all invited to participate in this free event. Hackathon Schedule July 1 July - [OceanComm](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/oceancomm/) - OceanComm OceanComm is developing the equivalent of Wi-Fi for subsea using high-frequency ultrasound, rather than radio waves. Today, real-time remote control of subsea machinery still requires a tethered communication link. Remotely controlled underwater vehicles (ROVs) are tethered to $100k/day support ships. Its wireless modems will enable tetherless control of such underwater vehicles reducing operating costs - [Startup Graduates](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/) - Startup Graduates Startup graduates are companies who have gone through the EnterpriseWorks incubator and gone on to run successful companies. Since 2001, EnterpriseWorks has supported over 250 startups including receiving over $1.2 billion in venture capital funding. Over 71% of the graduate companies remain in the state of Illinois and 66% remain in Champaign County. - [Events](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/all-events/) - Research Park holds over 200 events a year, many of which occur in the summer months stay up-to-date on what is happening in... - [Agrible](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/agrible/) - Agrible Agrible is a team of agronomic experts, world-class scientists, and growers working to provide whole-acre sustainable solutions to meet our customers’ needs. Agrible provides real-time agronomic information and sustainable solutions through long-term, scalable sustainability programs for growers, ag retailers, and consumer packaged goods companies (CPGs) to take action. Whether that’s improving field-work or providing premium - [Autonomic Materials (AMI)](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/autonomic-materialsami/) - Autonomic Materials (AMI) Autonomic Materials Incorporated (AMI) provides a range of self-healing solutions compatible with most coatings chemistries. AMI’s... - [Monthly Tech Meetups](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/all-events/monthly-tech-meetups/) - Monthly Tech Meetups in the Research Park make the Champaign-Urbana tech community feel smaller. - [Calendar](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/all-events/calendar/) - View our calendar to explore, interact, and learn at the 200+ events Research Park offers annually. Attend these events for tips on professional development... - [Electric Vehicle Charging](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/about/amenities/electric-vehicle-charging/) - Electric Vehicle Charging Charge your electric vehicle with ease at the multiple charging stations across Research Park There are several locations across Research Park where you can find electric vehicle charging stations, making it convenient for employees, visitors, and partners to power their EVs while working or visiting our facilities. The I Hotel and Conference - [PSYONIC](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/psyonic/) - PSYONIC PSYONIC makes advanced bionic limbs that are accessible to all people with amputations. Their first product was the Ability Hand. It was an advanced bionic hand that was the fastest on the market, easy to control, provided touch feedback, and was robust to impacts. The Ability Hand is an affordable and accessible prosthesis with - [Prenosis](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/prenosis/) - Prenosis Founded by Bobby Reddy and Rashid Bashir, Prenosis, inc. is leading a paradigm-shifting revolution in the healthcare industry. They envision a day not so far in the future when the vast majority of diseases are detected and prevented well before debilitating symptoms present themselves. In March 2023, the Prenosis team, co-led by Greg Damhorst, - [Entrepreneurial Workshops](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/all-events/entrepreneurial-workshops/) - Entrepreneurial Workshops The Research Park has created an Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) program that hires local experienced technology entrepreneurs to provide monthly consulting to new startup ventures and prospective technology entrepreneurs. By sourcing this talent from the local region, the program selects peers that have faced similar challenges in commercializing research/early stage technology and are able to provide advice - [TellTail](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/telltail/) - TellTail TellTail, Inc. is an innovative AgTech company focused on Smart Animal Management. It looks to produce more pork with fewer resources. TellTail applies predictive and forecasting algorithm technology to improve the management of pig production systems. The company’s first and primary goal is to provide data insights to inform decisions that give confidence to - [Bus](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/about/amenities/bus/) - The public transit system in Champaign-Urbana makes traveling to and from Research Park easy. The Champaign-Urbana MTD’s Link bus route... - [America's Seed Fund Road Tour 2024](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/americas-seed-fund-road-tour-2024/) - America’s Seed Fund Road Tour 2024 The Research Park was proud to host the Illinois stop of the America’s Seed Fund 16-state Road Tour on Wednesday, July 17, 2024. This event was a unique opportunity for innovators, entrepreneurs, researchers, and small technology startups to explore over $4 billion in early-stage funding opportunities.Learn more about the - [Women In Tech](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/all-events/cu-women-in-tech/) - Women In Tech The CU Women in Tech Forum is an informal networking event for women working in the technology sector in the Champaign-Urbana area.The Research Park invites accomplished women in the community to give presentations on their areas of expertise, provide motivational talks and share their experiences. This event takes place several times a - [Fire at Five](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/all-events/fire-at-five/) - Every month from May to October, Research Park professionals and interns gather to celebrate the end of the month at the Fire at Five happy hour. - [Bikes](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/about/amenities/bike/) - In Champaign-Urbana, we love sustainable transportation. That's why Research Park has plenty of bike paths and docks, making getting here easy... - [Amenities](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/about/amenities/) - Amenities Maintain a unique work-life balance at the Research Park , with access to a host of amenities for today’s working professionals. Within the scope of the park, enjoy a workout center, hotel, daycare, transportation services, and more. Buses Commute to work with ease via CUMTD’s accessible public transit. Click Here Bikes Use bike paths and dockless - [Success Stories - John Deere Technology Innovation Center](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/success-stories/john-deere-technology-innovation-center/) - SUCCESS STORIES – JOHN DEERE TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION CENTER “Made up of several different departments, the John Deere Technology Innovation Center (JDTIC) hosts experts across many fields to help the university continue to innovate. In Intellectual Property, a team of key researchers supports the university’s internal library system. In Software Development, the main team for Connect - [2024 Research Park AgTech Hackathon](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/all-events/agtech-hackathon/) - 2024 RESEARCH PARK AGTECH HACKATHON Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2024 Research Park AgTech Hackathon on Saturday, March 2, and Sunday, March 3, 2024. View pictures from the event on this media gallery.This event will not be taking place in 2025.This two-day hackathon is a team competition open to any University of Illinois - [Lab Spaces](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/locate-here/lab-spaces/) - Lab Spaces Labs are leased individually. Some have connecting doors, which makes those prime for growing companies. EnterpriseWorks has a professional lab manager, Dustin Mayfield-Jones, who our tenants say is “like an additional member of a startup team.”Other significant benefits:EnterpriseWorks lab tenants have the ability to leverage specialty facilities on campus at faculty-staff rates, a significant - [EarthSense](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/earthsense-2/) - EarthSense EarthSense creates dramatic new possibilities for crop breeders, plant protection product developers, crop scientists, and field agronomists. Through advanced mechatronics, design, cutting-edge autonomy, and machine learning, the company make outdoor robots to optimize work in dynamic and uncertain field environments. TerraSentia, its first robot, improves the quantity, accuracy, cost, and speed of in-field plant - [SimBioSys](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/simbiosys/) - SimBioSys SimBioSys is a computational oncology company founded in 2018 at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign on a mission to deploy Computational Oncology to transform decision making and patient experience in Cancer Care. By virtualizing cancer, clinicians and patients are empowered with a better understanding of the disease which provides new insight into the behavior - [Hypercell Technologies](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/hypercell-technologies/) - Hypercell Technologies Hypercell Technologies has developed novel biological solutions to control infectious diseases in production animals that cause major economic losses and present potential threats to human health. The Hypercell approach revolutionizes the control of infectious diseases by bringing two innovative technologies: rapid, easy-to-use molecular diagnostics on the farm and biotherapeutic treatments to reduce the - [LifeFoundry](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/lifefoundry/) - LifeFoundry LifeFoundry consists of engineers who work to enable microorganisms, as cell factories, to produce value-added chemicals from low-cost renewable feedstocks like corn and sugar cane. To create desired traits in these industrial microorganisms, LifeFoundry leverages its fully-automated robotic platform and a proprietary machine-learning algorithm to explore the vast number of genomic configurations. LifeFoundry is - [Sports & Recreation](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/about/amenities/sports-and-recreation/) - Sports & Recreation Atkins Fitness Center The Atkins Fitness Center located at 1800 S Oak St. has been recently revamped and gained a number of equipment enhancements. The equipment available for use includes: Kettlebells Dumbbells Medicine Balls Yoga Balls Jump Boxes Smith Machine FS-100 Pulley Trainer Treadmills Fan Bike Seated Bike Elliptical Rowing Machine Bench Press - [Work Here](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/work-here/) - Work Here Research Park offers the most unique career and professional opportunities in the greater Champaign-Urbana region. Full-time employees can find a blend of roles, from bench science to digital to software to hardware to many other support roles. Explore job opportunities at the University of Illinois Research Park — a blend of startups and multinational companies - [Startup Highlights](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-highlights/) - Startup Highlights Behind every startup, there is a great story. We are proud to highlight a handful of the best and brightest tech startups that currently are or previously were in residence at EnterpriseWorks, the technology incubator for the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. To learn more, check out the EnterpriseWorks company directory or read startup - [Corporate Innovation Centers](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/locate-here/corporate-innovation/) - Corporate Innovation Centers A Top Destination Champaign-Urbana is a top destination for corporate innovation centers due to the availability of a talented workforce, low business costs and a vibrant tech community. Champaign County is the most highly-educated county in Illinois. Champaign is also one of the top 20 US cities for early-stage venture capital funding - [Impact](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/) - Impact Research Park and the EnterpriseWorks incubator are making an impact on the Champaign-Urbana community, the State of Illinois, and beyond. Explore the pages below to discover the ways we’re impacting the entrepreneurial world. EnterpriseWorks Graduates Learn More Facts & Figures Learn More Corporate Success Stories Learn More Awards Learn More Startup Highlights Learn More - [iCyt>Sony Biotechnology](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/success-stories/icyt/) - ICYT>SONY BIOTECHNOLOGY iCyt is synonymous with innovation and entrepreneurial success in Champaign. iCyt was one of the first tenants at the Research Park, opening an office with just two employees.Today, iCyt Mission Technology is an independent subsidiary of Sony. The customers for its cell-sorting equipment and research analyzers include pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, medical centers, - [Caterpillar Data Innovation Lab](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/success-stories/cat-data-lab/) - CATERPILLAR DATA INNOVATION LAB The Caterpillar Data Innovation Lab is located at the University of Illinois Research Park in Champaign, IL. As part of Caterpillar’s commitment to innovation and technology, the Lab takes on data driven projects to research and prove out concepts that are on the edge of our current business. These projects involve - [Family Activities](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/about/amenities/family-activities-2/) - Family Activities Outside of work hours, the whole family can spend time together with the various activities offered at the Research Park. The park hosts year-round, family-friendly events, such as the monthly Fire @ Five Happy Hour from May to October. Additionally, the park hosts holiday celebrations, including Halloween Trick-or-Treating, Lunar New Year, Diwali, and - [Fine Arts](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/about/amenities/fine-arts/) - Fine Arts The University of Illinois Research Park has multiple fine arts installations scattered around its campus. You can use the Research Park’s biking and walking paths to see all the installations. Fine Arts Installation Information "New Day," created by Jeffrey Breslow, is dedicated to Professor Emeritus Edward J. Zagorski. "My lifelong teacher, mentor and - [More Startup Graduates](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/more-startup-graduates-2/) - More Startup Graduates Additional Startup Graduates Include004 Technologies USAAccendo SystemsAmbientAutoScoutBUMPCbana LabsEnvironmental Sorbent EngineeringGreen PurposeHazard Management Systems, Inc. (HMSI)Iguana RoboticsINI Power SystemsiSenseKim LaboratoriesLEAMgroupLost Pointsmerge.fmmpressInteracctiveNetwork GeographicsOnconostic TechnologiesPrintEcoRao Research and ConsultingR-SystemsSIMnextSynergyTekionUT DotsZero Percent - [Xerion Advanced Battery](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/xerion-advanced-battery/) - Xerion Advanced Battery Xerion Advanced Battery Corp. (XABC) develops advanced batteries through a nanostructured electrode architecture, called StructurePoreTM. StructurePoreTM enables high power, high-capacity batteries with enhanced safety and cycle life, all at a reduced cost. This combination of properties is applicable to a wide range of industries, most notably the automotive and utility industries.Xerion Advanced - [Trova AI](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/trova-ai/) - Trova AI Trova AI develops AI-driven conversational search tools. This tool can be used in email, chats, documents, and more. Trova AI launched BFFs Beta, an AI system that helps you find where your message is. This tool can be connected to your Gmail, Google Drive, Slack, Outlook, Dropbox, MS Teams, and Jira accounts to - [Veriflow](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/veriflow/) - Veriflow Veriflow’s mission is to apply formal mathematical verification to complex networks, preventing outages and breaches that lead to astronomical losses. The systems give security and operations professionals a map of their networks and a way to model any configuration or device changes before implementing them. The models reveal where security holes may open up, - [TrackBill](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/trackbill/) - TrackBill TrackBill is the solution government affairs professionals trust for simple, fast, mobile access to state and federal legislative information. Professional service firms, corporations, and interest groups of all sizes rely on TrackBill to identify bills within their areas of interest, track their activity, and report this information to their stakeholders. Its website provides real-time - [Tiptek](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/tiptek/) - Tiptek Tiptek was founded by Scott Lockledge, Joseph Lyding, and Gregory Girolami. Field Directed Sputter Sharpening (FDSS) enables Tiptek to manufacture hard, conductive, and ultra-sharp probes. The probes are used for scanning probe microscopy, transfer of lamella formed by focused ion beams (FIB), and scanning electron microscope-based nanoprobes used in semiconductor failure analysis. The proprietary - [Tiesta Tea](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/tiesta-tea/) - Tiesta Tea Tiesta Tea provides the highest quality custom-blended, flavored teas in the world, specifically created to cater to a customer’s daily lifestyle needs.Tiesta Tea offers five lines of teas categorized by their effects on the consumer rather than by their color or type. The five effects we focus on are vital to every person’s - [TetraVitae](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/tetravitae/) - TetraVitae Founded by Faculty member Hans Blashek, TetraVitae Bioscience developed biobased chemicals, plastics, and fuels. Their proprietary technology and expertise in the fields of industrial fermentations, process engineering, microbiology, and cellulosic feedstocks aimed to dramatically lower the costs of production, allowing them to compete with and replace petroleum-derived products.EnterpriseWorks Tenure: 2007-2012News & MilestonesInnovation Celebration 2010 Winners-Congratulations!TetraVitae - [Starfire Industries](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/starfire-industries/) - Starfire Industries Starfire Industries LLC specializes in innovative plasma engineering across a range of markets, including aerospace, defense, nuclear, homeland security and manufacturing semiconductors. Plasma technologies are ubiquitous across industry, touching nearly every computer chip produced and every satellite flying over the earth. As a result, there are many novel applications waiting to be discovered - [SpectroClick](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/spectroclick/) - SpectroClick SpectroClick develops hand-held spectrometers and markets educational SpectroBurst. SpectroClick’s instruments use inexpensive hardware, smart software, and knowledge of analytical chemistry so that just people can monitor their environment without having to know analytical chemistry. Initial markets include defense, agriculture, and education, expanding into industrial quality control triage and citizen science.Spectroclick was founded by Alexander - [SNOOZ](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/snooz/) - SNOOZ SNOOZ is a consumer electronics company that creates products for home and hospitality use. Its primary focus is in optimizing the interaction between air movement and sound generation, and building devices that produce sound masking for sleep or privacy, and are energy efficient. SNOOZ’s current product offering can be found in hotels and for - [ShareThis](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/sharethis/) - ShareThis ShareThis has unlocked the power of global digital behavior by synthesizing social share, interest, and intent data since 2007. Powered by consumer behavior on over three million global domains, ShareThis observes real-time actions from real people on real digital destinations. ShareThis transforms user-level behavioral data to better understand, validate, and expand consumer behavior for - [RiverGlass](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/riverglass/) - RiverGlass RiverGlass Inc. is an optical monitoring and analytics company based in California. It was originally founded by Kirk Dauksavage. The company focuses on providing monitoring, analytics, and control solutions to support process optimization, energy management, site automation, logistics optimization, asset management, predictive maintenance, and similar applications in a wide range of industries including smart - [Runtime Verification](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/runtime-verification/) - Runtime Verification Runtime Verification creates tools that will improve software engineering by extracting information from running systems and using it to detect code faults and behaviors. The company’s unified runtime verification system provides both runtime monitoring and predictive runtime analysis.Grigore Rosu, a professor, and researcher at the University of Illinois’ Computer Science Department created Runtime - [Semprius](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/semprius/) - Semprius Semprius, Inc., is a leading innovator in developing low-cost, high-performance concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) modules to make solar power generation economically viable in sunny, dry climates. Semprius builds its modules using novel processes that combine extremely tiny solar cells with low-cost, efficient optics that concentrate the incoming sunlight more than 1,000 times. The company’s unique - [Serionix](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/serionix/) - Serionix Serionix is an advanced materials company developing high-performance filtration technologies. Serionix filters are made to fit into your air purifier or furnace unit; installed like other filters, but they allow contaminant and odor removal. The proprietary formula includes color-changing technology that indicates when filters have reached the end of their lifetime.James Langer and Weihua - [Quicket Solutions](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/quicket-solutions/) - Quicket Solutions Quicket empowers local government with intuitive cloud-based applications to capture, manage, and make sense of data. The company was founded by Christiaan Burner and Akshay Singh, both graduates from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.The Quicket mission is to make communities safer and better served by the government through revolutionary technologies.Christiaan Burner and - [Revolution Medicines](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/revolution-medicines/) - Revolution Medicines Revolution Medicines (formerly Midasyn, inc.) is developing a platform to rapidly open chemical space hereto inaccessible for drug development while enabling PhD chemists to focus on the utility of the molecules rather than the synthesis of the molecules.Martin D. Burke, Michael Fischbach, and Kevan Shokat co-founded Revolution Medicine in 2014. All three founders - [Rithmio](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/rithmio/) - Rithmio Rithmio is a technology company focused on creating advanced gesture recognition for wearable devices and machine learning solutions. Its technology is used to create novel interactive experiences on consumer and enterprise devices. The company has developed a platform that allows developers and companies to create custom interactive experiences using their natural gesture recognition capabilities.News - [Personify](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/personify-2/) - Personify Personify was founded in 2009 by University of Illinois Professor Sanjay Patel and his colleagues Minh Do and Wen-mei Hwu. The company has developed advanced video technology that allows users to have an immersive video experience. Users can use Personify’s “virtual green screen” to blur or customize video backgrounds. Learn more about Personify’s technology - [Phi Optics](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/phi-optics/) - Phi Optics Phi Optics is developing the next generation of optical imaging systems through its Quantitative Phase Imaging Platform. This company’s platform is aimed at augmenting conventional optical microscopy in various vertical markets. Backed by an extensive patent portfolio secured both through in-licensing and continued developments at Phi Optics, the company is targeting applications in - [OrangeQC](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/orangeqc/) - OrangeQC Founded in May 2009 by University of Illinois student Matthew Gornick, OrangeQC LLC is a business analytics company that provides software as a service (SaaS) product to companies looking to quantify and search humanly subjective data. OrangeQC software allows janitorial contractors to quickly track the quality of service that they provide to their customers. - [Oso Technologies](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/oso-technologies/) - Oso Technologies Oso Technologies was founded in 2011 by five University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign engineering graduate students. CEO Eduardo Torrealba’s wife, who was having trouble keeping a basil plant alive due to improper watering, inspired the idea for their first product. The team built a prototype and moved into the EnterpriseWorks incubator in 2012.In - [Pattern Insight](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/pattern-insight/) - Pattern Insight Pattern Insight is a company founded by a team of researchers with cutting-edge expertise in systems mining. The company brings powerful data mining technology to the advanced, real-time analysis of every type of system data. These solutions are changing how software-intensive products are developed, testing, and supported. Pattern Insight has developed Code Insight, - [Petronics](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/petronics/) - Petronics Petronics, formerly Sprite Robotics, specializes in building nimble, autonomous robots for the home and office. Their first product introduced was Mousr, an artificially intelligent robotic mouse designed to autonomously entertain cats. Mousr raised over $100k on Kickstarter and began shipping in 2018.Petronics was co-founded in 2014 by University of Illinois alumni Dave Cohen, David - [Network Perception](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/network-perception/) - Network Perception Network Perception delivers a pioneering solution that enables corporate compliance and cybersecurity managers to gain a complete view of their network security and to immediately determine if its configuration is in alignment with best practices and regulatory standards. Our software includes a network analysis engine and a topology visualization platform that continuously provides - [Obiter Research](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/obiter-research/) - Obiter Research Obiter Research was established in 2001 as a research-oriented chemical research startup. produces fine chemicals. They took advantage of their space at EnterpriseWorks in the early 2000s as a training arena for students at the School of Chemical Sciences at the University of Illinois. They marry engineering and chemistry to overcome the limitations - [Mammoth Trading](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/mammoth-water/) - Mammoth Trading Limited natural resources require ingenuity to manage wisely. Mammoth Trading develops market platforms that match buyers and sellers of natural resource use rights while maintaining anonymity and confidentiality of customer information. Trading resource use rights is typically time-consuming and expensive because of complex regulatory and legal requirements. Mammoth Trading offers a solution that - [Maxflow Technology](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/maxflow-technology/) - Maxflow Technology University of Illinois Civil Engineering alumnus Chau Le founded Maxflow, a company that is developing a cloud-based platform for creating and sharing computer-based workflows. Maxflow pieces together stand-alone apps to accomplish more complete tasks, similar to the assembly line in manufacturing where individual stations are chained together to create a more complete work. - [Mesh++](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/mesh/) - Mesh++ Mesh++ evolved from a student startup founded by Danny Gardner into a company that’s mission is bringing WiFi everywhere, regardless of preexisting infrastructure. Their efficient routing protocol allows for small, solar-powered routers to support high-speed access without the need for electrical, ethernet, or physical support. They hope to bring online resources to outdoor spaces - [Mimosa Acoustics](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/mimosa-acoustics/) - Mimosa Acoustics Mimosa Acoustics manufactures and distributes a portable Otoacoustic Emission System that is FDA-approved for testing the inner-ear function of infants but can also be used in hearing screening research. Mimosa plans to expand its market based on planned research into testing of middle-ear function.Mimosa Acoustics unique manufactures state-of-the-art auditory diagnostic systems for evaluating - [IntelinAir](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/intelinair/) - IntelinAir AgMRI, IntelinAir’s proprietary aerial analysis system, provides real-time information so growers and their agronomy partners can make proactive decisions with verifiable results. AgMRI’s in-depth analysis of a variety of image types throughout the season produces directed insights to maximize efficiencies, whether managing a single operation or servicing customers across a wide geography. AgMRI gives - [IntelliWheels](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/intelliwheels/) - IntelliWheels IntelliWheels, Inc. is a product development company dedicated to innovating wheelchair technology and improving mobility options for wheelchair users. Utilizing wheelchair users’ feedback in the design process and product development phases enables IntelliWheels to create products for wheelchair users with optimal features and greater functionality. IntelliWheels believes in creating innovative products that can be - [LabSimply](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/labsimply/) - LabSimply LabSimply develops CRISPR-powered molecular diagnostics in less than 5 minutes, bringing PCR accuracy at point-of-care in Antigen testing times and costs.EnterpriseWorks Tenure: 2021-2022News & MilestonesVedaBio Launches with Over $40 Million to Revolutionize Molecular DetectionVedaBio to Revolutionize Molecular Detection (illinois.edu)LabSimply NowLabSimply is now known as VedaBio and continues unveiling breakthroughs through the CRISPR CascadeTM platform in - [Lightform](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/lightform/) - Lightform Lightform was founded by Kevin Karsch, Brett Jones, and Rajinder Sodhi, and uses 3D scanning and advanced computer vision to revolutionize a technology called projection mapping. Projection mapping uses everyday video projectors (as used in conference rooms), but instead of projecting on a flat screen, light is mapped onto any surface, turning common objects - [Immuven](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/immuven/) - Immuven ImmuVen Inc., is a biotechnology company with novel technology to discover and develop new biotherapeutics to treat cancer, infectious disease, and autoimmune disorders. Based on proprietary technology developed in the laboratory of its scientific founder, ImmuVen’s platform allows rapid selection and optimization of T cell receptors with high affinity to targets in cancer, infections, - [InnSight Technology](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/innsight-technology/) - InnSight Technology InnSight Technology is dedicated to translational research initiatives that will advance diagnostics and evaluation of eye disease. Their primary focus is the development and commercialization of the OcuCheck biosensor, a novel, hand-held, point-of-service device for detecting anterior ophthalmic (eye) injuries. The device is an impedance-based sensor platform that measures target analyte concentration in - [Inprentus](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/inprentus/) - Inprentus Inprentus, Inc., manufactures ultrahigh precision diffraction gratings for x-ray applications. The technology is a novel, dual-atomic-force microscope-based mechanical lithography method that allows high-precision patterning with nanometer precision over areas of ~10 cm squared or greater, and is particularly well suited to fabricating diffractive optics. The initial customer base is synchrotron light source facilities but - [InstaRecon](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/instarecon/) - InstaRecon InstaRecon supplies technology and services to imaging scanner equipment producers and supply chain partners. The company’s patented algorithms increase the computational efficiency of image reconstruction in CT, PET, SPECT, and MRI by a factor of 20-100. InstaRecon’s technology can simultaneously improve image quality, increase reconstruction speed, and reduce reconstruction engine costs.Yoram Bresler and David - [GlucoSentient](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/glucosentient/) - GlucoSentient The Personal Glucose Meter (PGM) is a widely available and proven medical device that is used by millions of diabetics around the globe. Today’s glucose meter is the culmination of over 30 years of engineering and development efforts to make it do one thing extraordinarily well: measure blood glucose levels anytime, anywhere. GlucoSentient has - [HeyGears](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/heygears/) - HeyGears HeyGears (formerly OmniEars), an EnterpriseWorks student startup graduate, is building a 3D printing Research and Development facility in Guangdong, China. Formerly OmniEars, the company has created a range of five different in-ear products of wearable technology that operate through Bluetooth. While working at EnterpriseWorks, HeyGears was partially sponsored by the iFoundry program and graduated - [HDF Group](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/hdf-group/) - HDF Group The HDF Group provides open-source data management solutions to government, academe, business, and industry for managing any kind of data, especially large or complex scientific and engineering data collections. HDF technologies address the problems of how to manage, preserve and extract maximum use of data in the face of enormous growth in size - [Illinois Rocstar](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/illinois-rocstar/) - Illinois Rocstar Illinois Rocstar produces high-performance parallel engineering software and performs computational engineering analyses for U.S. industries and government agencies. Using an ever-growing set of multiphysics software tools, the technical staff employ first-principles-based physics for high-fidelity numerical analysis of fluid flows, combustion, materials, structures, and their interactions in complex changing geometries.Their unique combination of domain - [Eden Park Illumination](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/eden-park-illumination/) - Eden Park Illumination Eden Park Illumination is a fast-growing, dynamic lighting technology company, anchored in over fifty years of heritage through our affiliation with the Laboratory of Optical Physics and Engineering at the University of Illinois.We are leaders in the areas of lighting research, product development, and commercialization of the “Microplasma” technology. Our team includes - [Electroninks](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/electroninks/) - Electroninks Electroninks is a printed electronics company based on high-performance, low-cost printed electronics via novel materials. Currently, the company offers two product lines; Circuit Scribe, a rollerball conductive pen for the STEM education and maker communities, and Reactive Silver Inks, novel silver inks for the printed electronics industry that achieve conductivities of up to 90% - [EP Purification](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/ep-purification/) - EP Purification EP Purification develops prototypes for a series of ozone generators based on microplasma technology. Founded by Sung-Jin Park, EP Purification offers ozone “throughputs” ranging from 10 grams/hour to more than 1 kg/hour, those reactors will have a footprint at least an order of magnitude smaller than those available with conventional technology.EnterpriseWorks Tenure: 2012-2016News & - [Froberg Aerospace](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/froberg-aerospace/) - Froberg Aerospace Joshua Rovey, Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Illinois, and Steven Berg founded Froberg Aerospace LLC in 2016 to commercialize propulsion technology.Froberg Aerospace provides propulsion technologies that offer small satellite developers mission flexibility capabilities, rapid concept-to-orbit, and the ability to change satellite mission requirements on the fly. Froberg’s flagship multi-modal - [Dioxide Materials](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/dioxide-materials/) - Dioxide Materials Dioxide Materials is creating a new chemical value chain using carbon dioxide feedstock and renewable energy (instead of oil and gas) to obtain high-value fuels and chemicals. The company’s technology breakthrough lowers the cost of converting carbon dioxide into C1 building blocks by a factor of 3 – creating the first cost-competitive route - [Deepwalk](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/deepwalk/) - Deepwalk DeepWalk Research aims to make every piece of pedestrian infrastructure in the country accessible to everyone. To do this, they’re developing a mobile application that allows for a clear, integrated process to bring a city’s curb ramps to complete ADA Compliance. This mobile app supplements construction surveys with precision 3D models, allowing for less - [CU Aerospace](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/cu-aerospace/) - CU Aerospace CU Aerospace is engaged in identifying and developing promising aerospace technologies with the ultimate goal being distribution and commercialization of those technologies. The company’s products include Small-Satellite Propulsion, THERMOSYS MATLAB Toolbox, BLAZE-VI Multiphysics Software, and VascTech Microvascular Composite.Dr. Wayne Solomon, Dr. David Carroll, Dr. Rodney Burton, Dr. Michael Bragg, Dr. Victoria Coverstone, and - [Chromatin](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/chromatin/) - Chromatin Chromatin is focused on sorghum, a high-yielding, nutrient-efficient, and drought-tolerant crop that is vital to meeting the world’s growing demand for sustainable agricultural systems and can be cultivated on over 80% of the world’s agricultural land. Chromatin is tapping the tremendous natural biodiversity of sorghum to create new seed products that use resources efficiently - [Charmworks](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/charmworks/) - Charmworks Charmworks, Inc. is a small parallel computing company that is directly and indirectly supported by some of the best high-performance computing software experts in the world. Our supported machines include clusters, supercomputers, clouds, and single-node parallel computers with and without accelerators such as GPGPUs. We license and support Charm++ and are developing a parallel - [Common Ground Research Networks](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/common-ground-research-networks/) - Common Ground Research Networks Common Ground Research Networks was founded in 1984 by Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis.Since 1984, Common Ground Research Networks has been committed to the principles of access, participation, and equality through conference curation and journal publication. Common Ground Research Networks takes some of the most pivotal challenges of our time, and - [Cazoodle](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/cazoodle/) - Cazoodle Cazoodle provides software and internet services for Web search, integration, and mining, with a central objective to “deepen” search on the Web to access the vast amount of data beyond the reach of current search engines. The company focuses on developing a suite of solutions for enabling data-aware search to both the surface and - [Caterva](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/caterva/) - Caterva Caterva uses robust highly scalable technologies to track social media data, classify users, and provide advertisers and publishers the opportunity to target users based on real-time preferences. Caterva drives higher engagement on websites by automatically using algorithms to infer and learn what visitors want to see and share.This company was founded by UIUC alumna - [Cast21](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/cast21/) - Cast21 Cast21 is introducing a medical cast for treating broken bones to increase patient comfort and decrease medical complications. This product is completely waterproof, giving patients the freedom to shower, and its open design enables doctors to see the break site and dress accompanying wounds. Taking advantage of the company’s patent-pending technology, physicians can benefit - [ATSP Innovations](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/atsp-innovations/) - ATSP Innovations Aromatic ThermoSetting coPolyesters (ATSP) Innovations LLC is engaged in developing and commercializing a new family of resins that demonstrate robustness in severe thermal and mechanical environments. This resin can be introduced into many applications that require demanding performance and lifetime requirements. The development of the ATSP family of resin heralds a major advance - [Aqueous Solutions](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/aqueous-solutions/) - Aqueous Solutions Aqueous Solutions is developing and supporting software packages for solving problems in aqueous geochemistry, including those arising in environmental remediation and clean energy production. Areas of application include pollution abatement, clean energy, mineral extraction, and petroleum production. Aqueous is the maker of The Geochemists Workbench software package, as well as the ChemPlugin.ORG self-linking - [Ascent Integrated Tech](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/ascent-integrated-tech/) - Ascent Integrated Tech Ascent Integrated Tech is a venture-backed startup building a unifying dashboard for high-intensity, small-unit tactics. They provide actionable insight into the health, environment, and location of firefighters, SWAT, and Warfighters.Ascent was founded by Paul Couston and Alex Gorsuch.EnterpriseWorks Tenure: 2020-2023News & MilestonesAscent Integrated Tech Founder and CEO Recognized in Chicago Inno’s 25 - [Aptimmune Biologics](https://researchpark.illinois.edu/impact/startup-graduates/aptimmune-biologics/) - Aptimmune Biologics Aptimmune Biologics specializes in the development and application of prophylactic measures against viral diseases of swine. The current focus is bringing into the market effective prophylaxis against Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) virus. 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