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Lilly Endowment and CICP announce the launch of a new annual endowed life sciences speaker series in recognition of the 150th anniversary of Eli Lilly and Company

Courtney Kerr2026-05-12T13:04:14-04:00May 12, 2026|

INDIANAPOLIS – Lilly Endowment Inc. and the CEOs of Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP) today unveiled during the “150 Years of Medicine” celebration at the recently completed Lilly Event Center a new annual speaker series that will bring to Indiana world-renowned experts in important and timely topics regarding life sciences. “The annual series is endowed through a $10 million grant from Lilly Endowment to the CICP Foundation in tribute to the role the Endowment’s founders played in developing and leading Eli Lilly and Company during its first century and in recognition of the company’s 150th anniversary. The speaker series will help raise the profile and build on the state’s national leadership in the life sciences,” said N. Clay Robbins, Lilly Endowment’s Chairman and CEO. “Indiana is home to some of the world’s most innovative life sciences companies and research institutions, [...]

CICP Launches Catalyst Scholars Fund to Drive Advanced Chemistry Innovation in Indiana

Courtney Kerr2026-03-05T09:52:48-05:00March 5, 2026|

Indianapolis (March 5, 2026) – The Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP) has announced the launch of the Catalyst Scholars Fund, which marks the first phase of a broader Advanced Chemistry strategy for Indiana. The strategy involves a coordinated effort to position Indiana as the national leader in the development and deployment of technologies needed to reshore and secure critical supply chains for medicines, animal health products, and agricultural inputs, which is a national security priority. The Catalyst Scholars Fund is a five-year initiative to enable Indiana’s leading STEM higher education institutions, including its four R1 research institutions (Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana University Indianapolis, Purdue University and the University of Notre Dame) along with Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology to attract world-class research teams in Advanced Chemistry through strategic cluster and eminent scholar recruitment. The Fund will provide matching support for [...]

CICP Foundation receives grants totaling $34.6 million from Lilly Endowment Inc.

Raquel Bahamonde2022-03-14T09:03:19-04:00March 14, 2022|

INDIANAPOLIS (March 14, 2022) – The CICP Foundation, as the supporting foundation for the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP), has received five inter-related grants totaling $34.6 million from Lilly Endowment Inc. for work by CICP and four of its sector initiatives, AgriNovus Indiana, BioCrossroads, Conexus Indiana and TechPoint. CICP and its related sector initiatives are focused on the development and implementation of collaborative strategies and programs to build upon Indiana’s prosperity. Approximately one-fourth of the grant funding will be used to support CICP’s coordinated leadership across the organization’s initiative structure to deliver programs and projects that include: Accelerating and increasing innovation and the deployment of digital technologies across Indiana’s advanced industries to strengthen regional economic competitiveness. Increasing economic vitality by identifying and enhancing entrepreneurial opportunities for more Hoosiers; and Developing new opportunities for diversity, equity and inclusion through Business Equity [...]

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