Industry Partnerships
A strong tradition of innovation and commercialization
We lead the nation in funding from the National Science Foundation and are conducting a critical mass of research in many important areas including: advanced materials and manufacturing, big data/data analytics/computing, biomedical/bioengineering, and energy technologies. Our corporate partners are also making huge impacts in these areas and we're happy to join forces with them for even greater results.
Sample of Current Partners
- Abbott
- AB InBev
- ADM
- Boeing
- BP
- BNSF Railway
- Caterpillar
- Chevron
- Citrix
- Dow Chemical
- Intel
- John Deere
- Microsoft
- Neustar
- Pepsi
- Phillips 66
- Raytheon
- Rolls-Royce
- Samsung
- Sony
- State Farm
- Yahoo!
160+
corporate partners to date
115+
companies throughout the fast-growing 200-acre Research Park
650+
interns trained per year in the Research Park alone
2,000+
research projects per year across every engineering discipline
Great Startups from Illinois
When you combine hundreds of world-renowned faculty and thousands of the best and brightest students you get an explosion of innovation across a vast array of technologies. The result is a top-ranked incubator and Research Park.
- More than 150 startups to date
- Raised more than $550 million in venture capital and angel funding
- Several large-scale successes, including ByteMobile's purchase by Citrix for $425 million
- Top 3 College Town Incubator – Inc. Magazine
Companies Built by Grainger Engineering Talent
PayPal
YouTube
Yelp
BP
Bloom Energy
Flex-n-Gate
Affirm