Discovery Park

Impact Statements

Discovery

• Translating Cancer Research into Cancer Treatments
• KIST-PU Global Research Laboratory in Nanomedicine Molecular Imaging and Theragnosis
• The Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN)
• Development of a Nanotechnology Research Network
• NNSA PRISM Center for Prediction of Reliability, Integrity and Survivability of Microsystems
• Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES)
• The Center for Direct Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels (C3Bio)
• Cancer Care Engineering
• International Breast Cancer & Nutrition (IBCN) Project
• Center for Visual Analytics for Command, Control and Interoperablity Environments
• The Indiana Clinical and Translational Science Institute (Indiana CTSI)
• Network for Photovoltaic Technology
• NEXTRANS
• Interdisciplinary Platforms for Nano-BioSensing
• Physiological Sensing Facility

Learning

• Enhanced Teaching Capabilities for Ivy Tech Faculty
• Sciences & Engineering Interdisciplinary Graduate Program (ESE IGP)
• Cancer Prevention Internship Program
• Making Entrepreneurship Education Accessible to Undergraduate Students in all Disciplines
• Interns for Indiana
• Discovery Park Undergraduate Reasearch Internship Program (DURI)
• Developing Student Entrepreneurs
• Graduate Certificate Program in Veterinary Homeland Security
• Purdue Realization and Entrepreneurship Postdoctoral and Doctoral Fellowship Program (PREPP)
• Comparative Mycobacteriophage Genomics: Purdue Branch of the HHMI National Genomics Research Initiative
• Burton D. Morgan Business Plan Competition

Engagement

• Yegor Gaidar Summer Leadership Program
• IU Health Arnett – Oncological Sciences Center Medical Research Advocate Program
• BNC Teacher Workshop
• China-U.S. Joint Research Center for Ecosystem and Environmental Change
• Technical Assistance Benefits Indiana Healthcare Systems
• Attracting New Companies and Start-ups
• Transforming Healthcare Delivery Systems
• Technology Realization Laboratory
• The Entrepreneurial Leadership Academy (ELA)
• Cancer, Culture, and Community Program
• Institute for Accessible Science
• Center for Global Food Security

New Technologies

• Nanovis
• SpeechVive
• Tymora Analytical Operations, LLC
• Matrix Bio LLC
• M4: Launching New Technology in the Marketplace
• Infusion Pump Informatics
• HUBzero
• Analytical Instrumentation Development
• BioRegeneration
• MEDTRIC, LLC
• Microfluidics
• Genomic Innovations for Vector Eradication—GIVE

Center Summaries

• Bindley Bioscience Center
• Birck Nanotechnology Center
• Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship
• Center for the Environment (C4E)
• Cyber Center
• Discovery Learning Research Center (DLRC)
• Discovery Park's Office of Engagement
• Energy Center
• International Programs at Discovery Park
• Oncological Sciences Center (OSC)
• Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering (RCHE)
• Visual Analytics for Command, Control, and Interoperability Environments (VACCINE)
• International Breast Cancer & Nutrition (IBCN) Project

Economic Impact of PurdueUniversity's Discovery Park

ExecutiveSummary
October 2010

Discovery Park (DP) was launched in August2001 with a $26 million grant from the Lilly Endowment.  These funds supported the activities of DP,helped attract top faculty, and initiated new projects.  DP programs were further supported by theLilly Endowment with a $25 million grant in February 2005.

To date, DP economic impact includes:

• 44 new companies seeded and/or assisted
• 174 disclosures and 27 licenses/options onintellectual property created within DP
• 185 jobs created within Discovery Park
• $506.6 million in externally sponsored researchto DP Centers, $140 million in 2009-10.
• 100+ companies have been engaged with DiscoveryPark Centers, using technical capabilities in laboratories and partnering on Center projects
• 172,000 hours of work provided by 461 studentsto 154 Indiana start-up companies as part of the Interns for Indianaprogram.  26 students have been hired bytheir internship company and 52 have been hired with other Indianacompanies.  60% of graduated IfI studentsstay in Indiana
• 4410 faculty and students involved inentrepreneurial education and activitiesAround 20 strategic global partnerships

Discovery Park is educating leaders for tomorrow and hiringand retaining the brightest minds in the state of Indiana.  Discovery Park is speeding up new inventionsand accelerating technology commercialization that is creating high-techindustry in the state of Indiana.  DiscoveryPark activities have had tremendous economic impact in shaping Indiana's future.