Incubators | IUIN

Supporting and advancing Illinois entrepreneurship,
innovation, and economic development.

Ignite Lab at Loyola University, Loyola University Chicago.

The Garage at Northwestern, Northwestern University

Peoria NEXT Innovation Center, Bradley University

Polsky Center at UChicago, The University of Chicago.

Helix 51 at RFUMS, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

The Incubator at SIU, Southern Illinois University

UIC Technology Innovation Lab, University of Illinois at Chicago

Innovate Springfield at UIS, University of Illinois at Springfield

Business Innovation & Growth (BIG) Center, Northeastern Illinois University

NIU EIGERlab (Rockford), Northern Illinois University.

EnterpriseWorks at UofI Research Park, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

University Technology Park, Illinois Institute of Technology

IIN Innovation Awards August 17 — Nominations Due August 1
June 28, 2022
Applications/nominations due August 1. Awards presentation is on August 17. The IIN Innovation Awards celebrate advances in research, technology commercialization and education across the IIN’s 15 hubs. Faculty awards will be presented in multiple categories, and student awards will be given in an open competition.
Chicago Innovation Award Nominations Due July 19
June 22, 2022
The Chicago Innovation Awards celebrate the most innovative products and services in the Chicago region. Nominations are due July 29. The awards ceremony will take place on November 9.
Chicago Quantum Exchange takes first steps toward a future that could revolutionize computing, medicine and cybersecurity
June 18, 2022
Researchers have created one of the world’s largest networks for sharing quantum information — a field of science that depends on paradoxes so strange that Albert Einstein didn’t believe them.
UChicago Spinout Super.tech Acquired by Quantum Ecosystem Leader ColdQuanta
May 10, 2022
A University of Chicago quantum software spinout and Duality Cohort 1 participant, Super.tech has been acquired by a global quantum ecosystem leader, ColdQuanta.
SIU’s $13M interdisciplinary food, fermentation and biotech research hub advances
April 29, 2022
Southern Illinois University’s Board of Trustees approved agreements clearing the way for a new multimillion-dollar interdisciplinary research and economic development hub, capitalizing on SIU Carbondale’s research into food, fermentation and biotechnology.