The University of Illinois Research Park provides an environment where technology-based businesses can work with the research faculty and students at the University of Illinois to take advantage of opportunities for collaborative research and easy access to University labs, equipment, and services. Located on campus, the Research Park is now home to more than 90 companies and growing, employing over 1,400 people in high-technology careers. At any given time over 400 UIUC student interns with leading-edge technical skills are working in these companies gaining valuable work experience while making real contributions to internal corporate R&D and product development programs. Publically traded firms in the Research Park include: ADM, Abbott Laboratories, Caterpillar, Deere & Company, Littelfuse, Riverbed, SAIC, Sony, State Farm, and Yahoo. The Research Park is also home to 50+ startup companies that are commercializing technology. EnterpriseWorks is a 43,000 sq ft startup business incubator in the Research Park for early stage tech firms. It is operated by the University of Illinois to help launch successful start-up companies.

Illinois Technology Park (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.iltechparks.com/ResearchPark_UIUC.aspx

Works Cited

1.  Illinois Technology Parks (2013). Retrieved on March 4, 2013 from http://www.iltechparks.com/ResearchPark_UIUC.aspx
2 Research Park (2013). Retrieved on March 4, 2013 from http://researchpark.illinois.edu/about