Indiana as the Silicon Valley of the Midwest? How key players across the state aim to make it happen

Indiana is poised to become a global leader in life sciences and biotechnology – think lab-grown organs, plastic-eating bacteria and quantum machine learning that could revolutionize cancer treatments – thanks to a project decades in the making, that spans partnerships with universities, municipalities, state government and life sciences behemoths like Eli Lilly.

Now armed with a $51 million implementation grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Indiana’s Heartland BioWorks, one of 31 regional technology hubs across the country, hopes to make the Hoosier state a Silicon Valley of the Midwest.

If all goes well, Heartland BioWorks leaders expect an economic windfall in the next 10 years, including the launch of 40+ companies, 50 or more FDA-approved products, 9,000 new jobs and billions in economic output.

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