Research Park

ALTERNATIVE OPERATIONS DUE TO COVID-19

Starting Wednesday, March 18, 2020, staff from the following SIU Research Park offices will be working remotely until further notice. SIU Research Park buildings will be closed to the public and accessible only to tenants and staff with key fob access.

Most services will still be available through alternate formats. For your convenience, see the list of office contacts below. Staff will be available by email and/or phone during regular business hours, Monday thru Friday, 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Thank you for your interest in the programs and services of the SIU Research Park. We look forward to hearing from you and working with Southern Illinois--one business at a time.

SIU Research Park and Business Incubator Tenants

Administrative Questions: Lynn Andersen Lindberg lindberg@siu.edu (618-453-6754)

General Questions: Deb Barnett dbarnett@siu.edu (618-453-3849)

Facilities Questions or Requests: Amy Ortiz aortiz@siu.edu (618-453-1495)

Business Office Questions: Lynn Harbert lharbert@siu.edu (618-453-6752)

Illinois Small Business Development Center at SIU

Greg Bouhl greg@siu.edu or Ken Stoner kstoner@siu.edu (618-536-2424)

Illinois Procurement Technical Assistance Center at SIU

ptac@siu.edu (618-536-2424)

Office of Workforce Innovation and Research and Illinois Nurse Aide Testing

Tom Hovatter cobra7@siu.edu (618-453-4367)

Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center

Lori Amerman lamerman@imec.org (618-453-3829)

The SIU Research Park is a non-profit corporation affiliated with Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIU Carbondale) promoting technology and knowledge-based enterprise development within the Park and southern Illinois. It is the primary innovation and technology space in the southern third of Illinois and is a member of the Association of University Research Parks (AURP). As the University’s arm for technology transfer and research spin-outs, the Research Park is the local manifestation of the global innovation system. Its strength and success are directly tied to SIU’s classification as a Carnegie Doctoral Universities: Higher Research Activity institution, ranked among the top four percent of higher education research institutions in the United States.

Prospective tenants may apply to the SIU Research Park to lease land and construct buildings or to lease rooms in a multi-tenant facility. Start-up companies should apply for tenancy in the SIU Incubator Program, housed in the Dunn-Richmond Economic Development Center: a 55,000 square-foot, mixed-use facility offering multiple types of assistance to start, grow, and sustain innovative and technology-based companies.

Dunn-Richmond Economic Development Center First Floor

Dunn-Richmond Economic Development Center Second Floor

The Dunn-Richmond Economic Development Center's incubator space is nearing capacity. For details on available space and pricing, visit https://incubator.siu.edu/available-space

Recent News

This section is dedicated to news surrounding the SIU Research Park, SIU Carbondale, and the region as a whole, in regard to research, innovation, and technology enterprise development.

Strategic Planning Projects

The Strategic Planning Report Presentation for the World Shooting and Recreational Complex, and Pyramid State Recreation Area, was held on Monday, August, 5, 2019 at 4:00 p.m. at the World Shooting and Recreational Complex’s Main Event Center. An electronic version of each report is linked at https://econdev.siu.edu/

For additional information, visit https://news.siu.edu/2019/07/072319-pyramid-shooting-event.php.

Lectures, tours and workshops highlight fiftieth anniversary of Buckminster Fuller’s design revolution

In 1969, designer, scientist, developer, writer and Southern Illinois University Carbondale professor Buckminster Fuller published his manifesto for a design revolution. Now, fifty years later, Fuller’s work will be recognized as part of the Charles D. Tenney Lecture series at SIU.

Discover how to start a business at SIU’s Small Business Development Center workshops

If you’ve ever considered starting your own business, or expanding a small business to the next level, you’ll want to attend one of the “Starting a Business in Illinois” workshops the Small Business Development Center at Southern Illinois University Carbondale is hosting in 2019.

Novel bacterium designated ‘SIUC-1’ likes it hot, may make history

Life: You find it in the darnedest places, and in all its weird glory.

Now the challenge for a student in the microbiology program at Southern Illinois University Carbondale is keeping it alive to study where it fits within the tree of life.

SIU students getting special entrepreneurship training and experience

Several Southern Illinois University Carbondale students are participating in a unique program designed to help them become more innovative, creative and entrepreneurial and to foster those traits in fellow students.

INNOVA-SHIP 2020

Innova-Ship 2020 is a 9-week program with focus on commercializing innovative ideas, technologies and research. The program is open to SIU faculty, staff, students, and innovative thinkers throughout southern Illinois.

Click on the flier to learn more about training topics which include identifying funding and investors (with emphasis on federal SBIR/STTR funding).

Program application is now open. Click here to apply. Limited space is available. Other than your time, there is no cost to participate in this program.

Have questions? Contact Dr. Barnett at dbarnett@siu.edu.

Funding provided by the Small Business Administration Growth Accelerator Fund

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