The ÎçÒ¹Ó°Ôº System’s statewide network of research parks provides a thriving environment for discoveries to move from the laboratory to the marketplace. The atmosphere of innovation and collaboration attracts national and international tenants who create quality employment opportunities for Missouri citizens and millions of dollars of capital investment across the state.
Locations
Parks managed by UM System
Discovery Ridge
In 2005, the ÎçÒ¹Ó°Ôº Board of Curators approved the development of a section of Columbia’s South Farm for a new research park. The belief was, and continues to be, that the research occurring in the living fields and laboratories at South Farm, and at the ÎçÒ¹Ó°Ôº, will attract tenants who desire close proximity to innovative intellectual resources. It is the mission of the ÎçÒ¹Ó°Ôº System Office of Research and Economic Development to link research and commercialization from the system’s four campuses with emerging and existing firms across the state — Discovery Ridge does just that.
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Missouri Research Park 
Owned and managed by the ÎçÒ¹Ó°Ôº System and located in St. Charles, MO, the Missouri Research Park officially opened in 1985. Today, more than 180 acres of land in the park are developed for high-tech and research facilities. 
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Parks managed by UM System campuses
Missouri S&T Innovation Park 
The Missouri University of Science and Technology’s Innovation Park in Rolla, MO, will encompass approximately 60 acres of University-owned property adjacent to the current Missouri S&T campus and will include a business incubator. This site will be developed to create a mixed academic and private research park to enhance economic activity in the South Central Missouri region.
Parks managed by UM System partners
CORTEX
The Center of Research, Technology and Entrepreneurial Exchange (CORTEX) is an office and research district in mid-town St. Louis created by a nonprofit consortium formed by the ÎçÒ¹Ó°Ôº-St. Louis, Saint Louis University, Washington University, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, and the Missouri Botanical Garden.
MU Life Science Business Incubator at Monsanto Place
The facility and incubation program in Columbia, MO, are operated by the Missouri Innovation Center, a public non-profit organization specializing in assistance to entrepreneurial technology firms.
Partners
The ÎçÒ¹Ó°Ôº System understands the benefits to partnering with other innovative organizations and institutions. The exchange of ideas and the opportunity to mutually promote initiatives encourages innovation and economic development.