Business Incubator

Innovations Development Facility (IDF)

Innovations Development Facility (IDF) is a major activity within the Plant Sciences Institute to promote business activity in the area of plant biotechnology and economic development for the state of Iowa. IDF encourages ISU faculty, staff, and students to commercialize their research in the plant sciences and promotes the development of start-up companies among aspiring entrepreneurs. IDF is housed in the Roy J. Carver Co-Laboratory and consists of a Co-Laboratory Business Incubator (CoBI) and a Public/Private Partnership (3P) Program.

CoBI serves as an incubator facility for start-up companies associated with the Plant Sciences Institute (PSI) and the 3P Program is designed to promote collaboration between ISU and private sector entities. CoBI offers an environment to transition research from a university to a business setting. The CoBI incubator facility is a productive research location where scientists from academe and industry can work together to advance the mission of the Plant Sciences Institute and to promote economic development in Iowa.

Goals of IDF

Services

IDF provides business assistance, in addition to the incubator facility (CoBI) with leased office and wet laboratory space. IDF encourages the creation of plant biotechnology companies, and helps companies succeed as entrepreneurial entities. IDF provides business start-up assistance to ISU faculty, staff and students who are contemplating the creation of a business, or have already started a commercial entity. These services include:

For more information about the IDF, please contact Bill Beavis, , 515-294-5252.

Innovations Development Facility (IDF) Information

For more information about the IDF, please contact Bill Beavis, , 515-294-5252.