Completed in conjunction with the Association of University Research Parks (AURP), this 2023 benchmarking survey demonstrates how research parks and innovation districts are growing and changing. Among the key findings:
- 88% of parks and districts cite funding for new infrastructure as their top 2024 challenge
- 58% of respondents report having between 20-200 tenant organizations residing in their parks / districts (up from average of 26 resident organizations reported in 2012)
- Parks / districts have increased available programming in many areas such as incubator space (94%), networking facilitation (95%), and entrepreneurial programming (93%)