Agencies
Services
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 - 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
- DeKalb - Northern Illinois Center for Community Sustainability
- DeKalb - Northern Illinois University Innovation
- Evanston - Northwestern INVOHub
- Evanston - Northwestern Garage
- 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
Grants
- DCEO Grant Opportunities
- Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)/Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I Matching Program
Loans
Tax Incentives
Other Resources
- 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