Resources

Note that the following is meant to provide a glimpse of resources available and is not a comprehensive list of all opportunities in Illinois.

Innovation Centers

Illinois Innovation Network Hubs
Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center
Illinois University Incubator Network
Carbondale - Southern Illinois University Incubator
Carbondale - Southern Illinois University Research Park
Champaign - University of Illinois Urbana Champaign Research Park
Chicago - 1871
Chicago - Discovery Partners Institute
Chicago - IIT Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship
Chicago - Illinois Quantum & Microelectronics Park
Chicago - IIT Illinois Tech University Technology Park
Chicago - Loyola University Ignite Lab
Chicago - Matter
Chicago - mHub
Chicago - Northeastern Illinois University Business Innovation and Growth Center
Chicago - University of Chicago Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Chicago - University of Illinois Chicago Spark Innovation Hub
Chicago - Quantum Exchange
DeKalb - Northern Illinois Center for Community Sustainability
DeKalb - Northern Illinois University Innovation
Evanston - Northwestern INVOHub
Evanston - Northwestern Garage
Glen Ellyn - Innovation DuPage
Lemont - Argonne National Laboratory
North Chicago - Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science Helix 51 Incubator
Peoria - Bradley University Peoria NEXT Innovation Center
Peoria - Distillery Labs
Rockford - EIGERLab
Springfield - University of Illinois at Springfield Innovate Springfield
Urbana - iFAB

DCEO APEX Accelerator to support businesses with government contracting needs.
DCEO Small Business Assistance to provide business guidance, training and resources for startups and existing small businesses.
DCEO First Stop Business Center to help identify and navigate regulatory requirements.
FAST (Federal and State Technology) Partnership Center at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign