KU Centers
Regional Organizations
Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis (CEBC)
Dedicated to engineering environmentally responsible chemical processes and
products, CEBC is a collaborative research center at University of Kansas,
University of Iowa, and Washington University-St. Louis. Innovations resulting
from CEBC research will impact a wide cross-section of the chemical industry
including agriculture, fine and specialty chemicals, consumer products, petroleum
and petrochemical processes, and pharmaceuticals.
Enterprise Center of Johnson
County (ECJC)
ECJC is a business incubator that provides high-growth potential companies
and entrepreneurs with the resources they need to build successful businesses
in Johnson County, Kansas, including cost-effective office space, shared resources,
an entrepreneurial environment and business consulting services. The ECJC
is a not-for-profit corporation funded by the government of Johnson County,
the Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation (KTEC), Kauffman Foundation,
and several corporate and foundation sponsors.
Higuchi Biosciences Center
(HBC)
HBC scientists conduct research in basic biomedical problems, bioanalytical
chemistry, drug delivery systems, neurological sciences and immunology.
Many HBC-affiliated scientists work closely with companies to license
and commercialize technologies developed in HBC laboratories. The center
is named for Takeru Higuchi, a longtime KU distinguished professor and
the founder of physical pharmacy.
Information and Telecommunication Technology
Center (ITTC)
ITTC scientists focus on research and development, as well as technology
transfer, in the area of transmission systems. Under investigation
are networking and distributed systems, lightwave communication systems,
intelligent systems and information management, wireless communications,
digital signal processing, radar systems and remote sensing. ITTC helps
regional and national companies to study and solve problems and thus
increase their competitive advantage.
Kansas City Area Life Sciences
Institute (KCALSI)
KCALSI is a non-profit organization assisting with the transformation
of Kansas City into a center for excellence in life sciences research
and development. The KCALSI and its stakeholder institutions share
an ambitious goal—to make new discoveries in aging and related diseases,
neurodegenerative and cardiovascular diseases, cancer and infectious
diseases.
KCSourceLink
A referral network, KCSourceLink connects emerging and existing small
businesses to nonprofit resource partners in the Kansas City
region..
Kansas
Technology Enterprise Corporation (KTEC)
KTEC is a state-owned corporation established to promote
advanced technology economic development. KTEC has designed and
built a statewide network to support researchers, entrepreneurs,
and businesses through each phase of the technology life cycle,
resulting in a successful product.
Lawrence Life Sciences Center
The Lawrence Life Sciences Center is designed to intermingle firms
focused on life sciences, research, university spin-off companies
and related support businesses on a site adjacent to the KU Life
Sciences Research Laboratories and in collaboration with the university.
Lawrence
Regional Technology Center (LRTC)
LRTC is a not-for-profit small business incubator whose mission
is to provide business development assistance to early-stage businesses
that have spun off from the University of Kansas, as well as to
local entrepreneurs. LRTC works with all types of technology-based
companies, with a particular focus on life sciences, information
technology, communications and software.
The Biotechnology Development
Center of Greater Kansas City (BDC)
The BDC is a community-based wet lab incubator that provides high-growth
potential companies with the resources they need for the development
and commercialization of biotechnology products and services.
University
of Kansas Small Business Development Center
The KU SBDC assists with the growth of Kansas small businesses by
providing low cost training seminars, and one-to-one counseling services.
The KU-KSBDC is a partnership program between the U.S. Small Business
Administration (SBA), Kansas Department of Commerce and Housing
(KDOCH), University of Kansas School of Business.
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