“This initiative fits well with Kansas’ efforts to bring bioscience and technology talent to the state. It also complements the recruiting work that colleges and universities are doing to bring back recent graduates. “Come Home to Kansas” is a flagship piece of a coordinated effort.”
Kathleen Sebelius - Governor, State of Kansas
Over the past 20 years, Kansas has created a tech-based, innovative economy and support structure known for incubating and accelerating great bioscience and technology companies. There are several successful industry leaders that proudly call Kansas home:
| Aquila |
AT&T |
Bayer Animal Health |
| Bayer Crop Science |
Boeing |
Cessna |
| Cerner Corp |
DST Corp |
Epiq Systems |
| Euronet |
Garmin International |
Hill’s Pet Nutrition |
| Honeywell |
ICM, Inc. |
Koch Industries |
| LabOne |
Mediware |
Perceptive Software |
| PRA International |
Quintiles |
Sprint Nextel |
Complete listing of software and IT companies located in Kansas
Listing of Kansas Bioscience Organization Members
The “Come Home to Kansas” initiative is aimed at recruiting professionals and investors seeking opportunities in the technology and bioscience sectors in Kansas.
- This will address the needs of Kansas bioscience and technology companies in recruiting talent.
- Kansas has built a critical mass of bioscience and technology companies that can be used as magnets to attract additional bioscience and tech-based professionals and investors.
- The time is right to promote Kansas’ quality of life and lower cost of living as attractive alternatives to living on the coasts.
- Fertile opportunities abound for bioscience and technology companies due to the passage of the $580 million Kansas Economic Growth Act (KEGA) in 2004. This bundle of economic incentives includes significant cash resources for bioscience and technology companies, tax credits for investors, entrepreneurial training and venture capital funding.
- Working in tandem with the economic incentives, the Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation (KTEC) is the point of entry and the resource coordinator for start-up and established technology companies. A call to KTEC immediately gets you hooked into the network of services and assistance Kansas provides.
We invite you to consider coming home to:
- 1,000+ bioscience and technology careers that Kansas companies offer.
- Resources that make the Kansas business environment unique to technology and bioscience companies.
- Blend of urban sophistication, easy lifestyle and other quality of life amenities that Kansas residents enjoy.
- A diversified blend thriving metropolitan areas, as well as sophisticated college towns and rural communities.
