Illinois Science + Technology Park
4901 Searle Parkway
Skokie, IL 60077
Illinois offers companies access to major research institutions with a high level of federal funding, one of the nation's largest medical communities, a highly-educated work force, a diverse international business community, and a large cluster of emerging technologies.
Illinois offers life science companies a wealth of resources
- World's 19th Largest Economy - $366 billion
- NIH Funding - $709 million (www.nih.gov)
- 30 Federally Funded Research Centers including:
- Argonne National Lab
- Fermi National Accelerator Lab
- National Center for Supercomputing Applications
- Home to 2 of 6 National Science Foundation Laboratories
- Home to several Nanotechnology Research Centers:
- Argonne Center for Nanoscale Materials
- Center for Nanoscale Chemical-Electrical-Mechanical Manufacturing Systems
- Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence
- International Institute for Nanotechnology
- Illinois Biotechnology Association - promoting the growth of life science businesses in the Midwest (www.ibio.org)
- Nobel Prize Winners - 83
- 6 Medical Schools and 31 Teaching Hospitals
- #1 and #2 Business Schools: Northwestern University (www.northwestern.edu) and University of Chicago (www.uchicago.edu) (Business Week - 2005)
- #1 in U.S. High-Tech Employment (624,500 workers)
- Diverse International Business Community
- 1,600 Foreign Firms in and around Chicago
- $46 Billion in Foreign Direct Investment
- 30 International Chambers of Commerce
- Over 440 Corporate R&D Facilities