- Bioscience in Oklahoma
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Imagine the Possibilities
Oklahoma offers multiple incentive programs to benefit bioscience companies.
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Looking to relocate to or expand in Oklahoma? Tell our team more about your project.
Oklahoma City Innovation District
The Oklahoma City Innovation District is the ecosystem hub for STEM-based sectors and economic development, connecting professionals in research, aerospace, energy, healthcare, biomanufacturing, and technology. It co-led the $35 million Oklahoma Biotech Innovation Cluster grant, hosts the BioTC biomanufacturing workforce training center and serves as a key community event space.
Tulsa Innovation Labs (TIL) connects unique partners to identify opportunities and design solutions for Tulsa’s workforce training, business growth and industry support. In biosciences, TIL supports virtual health companies and technologies encompassing telemedicine, remote monitoring, hybrid care and continuous patient engagement. This aims to make virtual care the primary clinical option, driving innovation in healthcare delivery through technology.
University of Tulsa
The University of Tulsa (TU) is one of 14 federally designated Centers of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance and Cyber Defense Education. TU offers a minor in Healthcare Informatics which combines technology with healthcare to support better patient outcomes by transforming the planning, delivery and management of healthcare.
FAA’s Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
Oklahoma is home to the FAA’s Civil Aerospace Medical Institute (CAMI), focused on enhancing aviation safety through medical certification, research, education, and occupational health. CAMI studies human performance in aerospace, including pilots, air traffic controllers, and passengers, to understand and communicate factors impacting safety to the aviation community.
University Research Park
University Research Park, in Oklahoma City, is a springboard to further biomedical research, encouraging commercialization of equipment and technologies. The campus has more than 700,000 square feet of modern research lab and office space and is home to more than 40 science-based companies.
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
More than 300 researchers at Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) are making groundbreaking discoveries as they explore the mysteries of human diseases including Alzheimer’s, brain diseases, cancers, diabetes and lupus.
Oklahoma is a state that fosters innovative ideas and a pioneering spirit. A hub for life sciences and medical research combines with a focus on growing venture capital and low cost of doing business to create a dynamic state for entrepreneurs.
The Tom Love Innovation Hub is a leader in Oklahoma’s entrepreneurial sector. Its programs have rapidly grown, producing an estimated economic impact of more than $200 million on the Oklahoma economy since 2018.
i2E’s investment arm, i2E Management Company Inc. (iMCI), has more than $90 million of investment capital under management. iMCI serves Oklahoma companies in all phases of the business life cycle, from startups looking for their first round of capital to established businesses seeking funding to expand their markets or products.
The Love’s Cup
The Love’s Cup is a statewide collegiate business plan competition that simulates the real-world process of researching a market, writing a business plan and making a presentation to potential investors. In the 16-year history, nearly 2,458 college students from 36 campuses statewide have been awarded $2.1 million in cash, as well as additional scholarships and fellowships. More than 38 plans have turned into a
scalable business.
A Ready Workforce
- 180,000+ employed in bioscience
- 41% growth in life science program studies since 2010
- Advanced Medical Instruments
- ARL Bio Pharma
- Convergence
- Cytovance Biologics
- Diagnostic Laboratory of Oklahoma / Quest Diagnostics
- Hanger Prosthetics
- IMMY
- Midwest Medical Isotopes
- Novartis
- Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
- Perigon Imaging
- Pure Protein
- Tulsa Innovation Labs
Your Site Selection Experts
Contact us today for a confidential, no-cost incentives analysis for your project. Call the Oklahoma Team at 800-588-5959.
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Akiva Israel
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