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===Research and technology parks===
As part of its economic development mission to support high-tech growth in Missouri, the UM System owns and operates 10 research parks throughout the state.<ref>[http://www.umsystem.edu/ums/departments/ed/ UM Research and Economic Development]</ref>

*[[Missouri Research Park]] is a {{convert|200|acre|ha|1|adj=on}} park in [[Weldon Spring, Missouri|Weldon Spring]] created in 1985. It is home to over a dozen high-tech companies and helped catalyze a high-tech corridor along I-64.<ref>[http://www.um-mrp.org/tenants.htm Missouri Research Park tenants]</ref><ref>[http://www.um-mrp.org/aboutmrp.htm About the Missouri Research Park]</ref>
*[[Technology Park at Fort Leonard Wood]] in [[St. Robert, Missouri|St. Robert]] is the first technology park in the nation to be located on an active Army post.<ref>[http://www.um-mrp.org/otherprojects.htm Technology Park at Fort Leonard Wood]</ref> It houses the MRP Business Center, which was created to be a catalyst for partnerships between the military, corporations, and academia.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mrpbusinesscenter.org/ |title=MRP Business Center |access-date=2007-12-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511183551/http://mrpbusinesscenter.org/ |archive-date=2008-05-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Discovery Ridge (research park)|Discovery Ridge]], near [[Columbia, Missouri|Columbia]], was established in 2005 on {{convert|114|acre|ha|1}} of MU's South Farm, a {{convert|1452|acre|ha|0|adj=on}} agricultural experiment station operated by MU's College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources. The park is jointly operated by the UM System's Office of Research and Economic Development and MU.<ref>[http://www.umsystem.edu/ums/departments/ed/park/ Discovery Ridge]</ref>
*[[Innovation Park (University of Missouri)|Innovation Park]] in [[Rolla, Missouri|Rolla]] was announced in April 2007. The {{convert|56|acre|ha|2|adj=on}} former golf course will be "a research, development and office park project" jointly operated by the UM System's Office of Research and Economic Development and Missouri S&T.<ref>[http://news.mst.edu/news/2007/researchparkapproved.html Curators approve UMR research and technology park plans]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ecodevo.mst.edu/info/ceo_ipark_res.html |title=Innovation Park |access-date=2007-12-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511184434/http://ecodevo.mst.edu/info/ceo_ipark_res.html |archive-date=2008-05-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[UMSL Research Park]] is a {{convert|100|acre|ha|1|adj=on}} park on UMSL's north campus.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.umsl.edu/services/ora/econdev/growing.html |title=UMSL Research Park |access-date=2007-12-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080215191211/http://www.umsl.edu/services/ora/econdev/growing.html |archive-date=2008-02-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is home to [[Express Scripts]]' new {{convert|315000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} corporate headquarters, which opened in June 2007.<ref>[http://www.umsystem.edu/ums/departments/gr/newsletter/070629/Express Scripts opens headquarters at UMSL park]</ref> The park is jointly operated by the UM System's Office of Research and Economic Development and UMSL.
* Innovative Technology Enterprises at UMSL is a business incubator that supports innovation in a wide-variety of fields including IT and the life sciences, providing the physical, mentoring, business development and computational resources required for startup companies to grow.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ite-stl.org/ |title=Laboratory and IT Incubator at University of MO – St. Louis |publisher=Ite-stl.org |date=2014-06-20 |access-date=2015-11-12}}</ref>
* Center for Emerging Technologies (CET) has provided the specialized facilities, knowledgeable support services, entrepreneur training programs, and access to capital needed to establish and develop next generation bioscience, medical and other advanced technology companies. CET's operations began in 1998 and are supported by the Missouri Technology Corporation, City of St. Louis and private donors<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cortexstl.com/the-district/innovation-centers/cet/ |title=Cortex &#124; CET: Center for Emerging Technologies &#124; Cortex |publisher=Cortexstl.com |access-date=2015-11-12}}</ref>
* Center of Research, Technology and Entrepreneurial Exchange (CORTEX) is an office and research district in mid-town St. Louis created by a nonprofit consortium formed by the University of Missouri-St. Louis, Saint Louis University, Washington University, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, and the Missouri Botanical Garden.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cortexstl.com/ |title=Cortex Innovation Community &#124; St. Louis Innovation Hub |publisher=Cortexstl.com |access-date=2015-11-12}}</ref>
* Missouri Plant Science Center in Mexico is a partnership between the University of Missouri, Missouri Technology Corporation and the City of Mexico. The nearly 25,000 sq. ft. facility houses wet and dry labs, offices and has unique pilot/scale manufacturing capabilities to process soybeans and other plant-derived materials into value-added products.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mopsc.org/Home.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506023016/http://www.mopsc.org/Home.aspx |url-status=usurped |archive-date=May 6, 2012 |title=MPSC History > Home |publisher=Mopsc.org |access-date=2015-11-12}}</ref>
* MU Life Science Business Incubator at Monsanto Place – The facility and incubation program in Columbia, MO, are operated by the Missouri Innovation Center, a public non-profit organization specializing in assistance to entrepreneurial technology firms.