Frequently Asked Questions

The 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 and is located on the West Campus of KU, with expansion facilities in Kansas City and West Lawrence. More than just 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, with future growth comprised of an Innovation District at the University of Kansas.

The KU Innovation Park’s main facility is located on the West Campus of KU, with expansion facilities in west Lawrence and the KU Medical Center (KUMC) campus in Kansas City.

• Main Facility: 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 primary stakeholders, including the University of Kansas, the City of Lawrence, Douglas County, and the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce.

KU Innovation Park is not a part of the university; however, there is close collaboration between the organizations and fellow stakeholders. 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.

Companies come to the Park for a variety of reasons, such as access to research resources, specialized lab space, and proximity to the university. Regardless of your primary reason for locating at the Park, our highly specialized spaces, experienced team, and customizable business services can be adapted to fit your company’s needs.

The 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 University of Kansas’ assets and resources are also readily accessible, no farther than across the street. Your company can leverage the university 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).

Free parking is available for tenants and visitors at the Main and West Lawrence facility.

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

All job postings for companies with the 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.

To lease space at the KU Innovation Park, you must have a formally established company that is in the high-tech or life-sciences industries or can demonstrate high-growth potential. The KU Innovation Park looks for companies with highly ambitious goals and aims for rapid growth in terms of revenue and employment.

First, please fill out the information here to become a tenant. A KU Innovation Park team member will follow up with you. You can also request a tour of the Park to learn more about our available spaces.

Contact us at info@kuinnovationpark.com if you need more information.

The 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 ultra-high speed, low-latency Internet connection, which allows companies to develop a better end-user experience.

The KU Innovation Park provides a local infrastructure of talent, resources, and business support to help each company grow. The KU Innovation 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 University of Kansas’ assets and resources are readily accessible, no further than across the street. Your company can leverage the university talent pipeline and 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).

Being located at the KU Innovation Park allows larger companies to tap into all of 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 stakeholders, leading to greater success.

Shared equipment rooms include the following:

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

To lease space at the KU Innovation Park, you must have a formally established company that is in the high-tech or life-sciences industries or can demonstrate high-growth potential. The KU Innovation Park looks for companies with highly ambitious goals and aims for rapid growth in terms of revenue and employment.

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

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.

Through a partnership between the KU Innovation Park and KanREN, we can offer our tenants an ultra-high speed, low-latency internet connection at an additional cost that is highly competitive.

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 better end-user experience that is faster, more robust, and capable of absorbing 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, parking, insurance, shared/common space (locker rooms, conference rooms), janitorial, and parking.

Please fill out the “Become a Tenant” form here. 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. Due to the nature of having highly specialized wet labs in the facilities, pets are not permitted in the building, with the exception of approved service animals. 

Yes. Furniture comes provided in the space. If you wish to furnish your own, you may at your own cost.

Yes. Walls may be painted at tenant cost and must be painted back to the original color at the end of the lease. 

Yes. There is a daycare on KU’s main campus. More information may be found here. 

Yes. Please contact us to receive the rates.