Research today cuts across the boundaries of academic disciplines and institutions. Indiana University is a leader in fostering the multidisciplinary research essential to solving challenges of life and health. It is also a leader in forming the partnerships with business, industry, government, and other academic institutions that lead to important research and development and economic growth.

Indiana Life Sciences Initiative
IU, as a partner with the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP), Indianapolis, Purdue, and the Indiana Health Industry Forum (IHIF), is working to increase the number of jobs, businesses, and research opportunities in the life sciences industry in Indiana.

Indiana University Research & Technology Corporation (IURTC)
IURTC gives businesses access to IU's strategists and scientists, cutting-edge laboratories, communication tools, and information technologies. It promotes the transfer of new discoveries from the laboratory to the marketplace.

Indiana Proteomics Consortium
This partnership among Eli Lilly, IU, and Purdue combines the world-class expertise of IU and Purdue in analytical chemistry and instrumentation with Lilly's long history of experience with protein therapeutics and protein drug targets.

Indiana Technology Partnership
This group is working with IU to create fertile ground for high-tech growth in Indiana. The goal is to establish Indiana as the nationally recognized leader in technology in the Midwest by 2005.