Kansas Bioscience Centers of Innovation

The hub of the KBA's research capacity investment strategy is the Kansas Bioscience Center of Innovation program (Centers of Innovation). Through this program, Kansas can address its dual needs to build world-class bioscience research centers in its research institutions and to assist existing and emerging bioscience industries in capturing new knowledge and research findings for their product and production functions.

The Centers of Innovation will focus on research and development in core technology areas that establish national and international research excellence and lead to high commercial payoff in new products and processes. KBA funds will leverage significant private and federal funds and enable Kansas to have several large-scale national and international centers within 10 years. This "scaling up" of Kansas' R&D to a world-class level with connectivity to Kansas industry can jump start the state's knowledge economy. The R&D agenda of these centers will focus on areas of interest to Kansas companies and potential entrepreneurs. They are designed not only for excellent research, but also for productive commercialization. Centers will operate as consortia of industry, higher education, and other private research organizations driven by strong industry involvement.

For more information about the Kansas Bioscience Centers of Innovation, please contact the KBA.