Learn about the Park’s history, mission, founding partners, facilities and more.

Meet our staff and board members.

Here’s the Park’s comprehensive list of business services. You can also find specific resources by which stage your business is in:

• Early stage
• Growth stage
• Industry

We also have virtual tenancy options for early-stage companies that aren’t quite ready for their own space.

The Park system includes three facilities:

• Main
• Phase III
• West

The Park is also working on its next facility, Phase IV, the Kansas National Security Innovation Center.

Here is a list of the Park’s amenities.

The Park employs students as part of its business analyst program. Hiring usually happens for each semester and the summer. Check out the Park’s blog and social media channels for announcements about these opportunities.

The Park’s tenant companies list job opportunities on our careers page.

KU Innovation Park, formerly known as the Bioscience & Technology Business Center (BTBC), is a 501(c)6 non-profit economic development organization focused on creating, recruiting, growing, and retaining high-tech and life science companies that produce jobs in Lawrence and Northeast Kansas.

The Park is the University of Kansas’s technology commercialization partner. It is located on the West Campus and has an additional facility in West Lawrence. In addition to highly specialized spaces, the Park offers an extensive scope of business services to meet individual business needs. KU Innovation Park is a unique coalition of local government, private industry, and academia.

KU Innovation Park’s main facility is located on KU’s West Campus, and an expansion facility is in West Lawrence.

• Main Facility (Phase I & II): 2029 Becker Drive, Lawrence, Kansas 66047
• Phase III Facility: 2033 Becker Drive, Lawrence, Kansas 66047
• West Facility: 4950 Research Park Way, Lawrence, KS 66049

No. KU Innovation Park is an independent entity formed through a coalition of four founding partners: the University of Kansas, the City of Lawrence, Douglas County, and the Chamber of Lawrence.

While KU Innovation Park is not part of the university, there is close collaboration between KU and fellow economic development partners. For those who wish to access university research resources, the Park can act as a gateway and connect you with individuals and departments through our expansive network.

KU Innovation Park offers its companies a wide range of business services. Drawing on extensive startup and technology experience, KU Innovation Park can help companies with general business planning, commercial feasibility assessments, financial modeling and assistance, grant management, market research and analysis, management, and more.

Companies can also tap into the Park’s public and private organizations network and develop strategic collaborations. Due to the Park’s proximity to the University of Kansas, companies can continue to grow connections by leveraging the university talent pipeline.

Additionally, the Park provides an ultra-high-speed, low-latency Internet connection through our partner organization, KanREN, which is also a Park company.

No. While KU Innovation Park supports many university spinouts, it is open to all high-tech and life sciences companies. Small and large companies come to the Park from across campus, the country, and internationally.

All job postings for companies located at KU Innovation Park can be found here. New openings are added periodically, so keep checking for updates.

If you are a student and would like to join the student business analyst team, find out more here.

KU Innovation Park provides a local infrastructure of talent, resources, and business support to help each company grow. The Park team provides independent perspectives and insights to help businesses and entrepreneurs succeed.

We also have an established network of partners who want your business to flourish. We strive to understand our tenant companies to identify which individuals in our network can best provide value. This often leads to collaborative opportunities with KU researchers, professional service providers, domain experts, private industry contacts, and other companies in our system.

The assets and resources of the University of Kansas are also readily accessible, no farther than across the street. Your company can leverage the university’s talent pipeline to find outstanding interns and highly skilled employees among KU’s large and diverse student body.

We also offer our tenants ultra-high speed, low-latency gigabit internet connection through a partnership with  KanREN (the Kansas Research and Education Network).

To lease space at KU Innovation Park, you must have a formally established company in the high-tech or life-sciences industries and can demonstrate high-growth potential. KU Innovation Park looks for companies with highly ambitious revenue and employment growth goals. We do not offer co-working space for those outside of our targeted industries.

No. KU Innovation Park does not require you to give up equity in return for office space, lab space, or business services.

Share equipment rooms include the following:

• Autoclave
• Centrifuge
• Ice machine
• -80°C freezer space
• -20°C freezer space

Locating at KU Innovation Park allows larger companies to tap into the local resources. With the University of Kansas located across the street, the Park will open the doors for your company to connect with researchers, students, labs, equipment, and more.

Companies can leverage the diverse talent pipeline and enhance their recruiting efforts. They can also collaborate with top KU researchers and the brightest minds in the industry to conduct cutting-edge research. By providing high-end office and lab space, the Park enables its companies to form strategic connections with key partners, leading to greater success.

The KU Innovation Park Virtual Business Suite provides access to a shared workspace, conference rooms, and other tenant amenities, including Park staff and business analysts. This may be an option for you, depending on your needs.

For tenants and visitors at all three facilities, free parking is available.

Connectivity to the KU Innovation Main and Phase 3 facilities is a 10Gb fiber link into KanREN’s backbone with a 1Gb dropout to the tenant’s router or network equipment. This KanREN connectivity provides Internet connectivity and direct Internet 2 connectivity to thousands of research universities and laboratories worldwide. KanREN is the only Internet 2 provider in the state of Kansas. Connectivity is redundant and supports multicast, Quality of Service, IPV6, MPLS, jumbo frames, and other advanced protocols and services.

By allowing everyone full access to the KU Innovation Park connection with KanREN, tenants will achieve a faster, more robust, and capable end-user experience that can absorb high-volume transient use.

Due to the unique offering provided by the KU Innovation Park, we welcome further discussion regarding the full amenities and offerings that accompany our market-competitive lease rates. For your consideration, KU Innovation Park lease rates current rate includes utilities – water, gas, and electric, taxes, insurance, shared/common space (locker rooms, conference rooms), janitorial, and parking.

Please fill out this quick form to let us know about your company. A KU Innovation Park team member will follow up with you.

You can also contact us at info@kuinnovationpark.com if you need more information.

No. Pets are not permitted in the building, with the exception of approved service animals, due to the highly specialized wet labs in the facilities.

Yes. Furniture is provided in the space. However, you may furnish you own at your own cost.

Yes, tenants may paint the walls at their own expense, and they must return them to their original color at the end of the lease.

Yes. Hilltop Child Development Center has two locations: the West location for infants and the Main location for children over one. More information is available here.

Our spaces are intended for business-related activities, including meetings, workshops, seminars, networking events, etc. Please ensure your event has a clear business connection, as the Park is not a general event space. There is a cost to use conference space at the Park for non-tenants. Please contact us for availability and rates.