Central Indiana is the nation’s BioHeartland. That distinction did not emerge overnight. For generations, the region’s strengths in bio and life sciences—across plant, animal, and human health—have helped power the economy and shape its identity.
The Central Indiana’s Innovation Constellation report, which was produced in collaboration with the Global Institute on Innovation Districts (GIID), examines how the region can organize its life sciences assets across emerging constellation of innovation geographies: 16 Tech Innovation District, One Health Innovation District, LEAP, Fishers Life Science and Innovation Corridor, and other centers of research, enterprise, production, and growth.
The region already has global corporate anchors, major research universities, academic medical centers, hospitals, advanced production capacity, logistics strengths, startup activity, and a new generation of innovation districts and hubs taking shape.
These places represent a major investment in Central Indiana’s economic future. They give the region a more visible spatial form for its innovation economy and create settings where innovative people and organizations can engage around technical problems and market opportunities. The question is how deliberately Central Indiana wants to make those places work together.
