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Northwestern plans innovative research facility

Lifesaving research complex to rise on site of old Prentice Women's Hospital

Chicago has an opportunity to become a global leader in medical research and lead the way in finding tomorrow’s cures by allowing Northwestern University to build a new state-of-the-art research center on the site of the old Prentice Women’s Hospital. The geographical positioning of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine near world-class partners – industrial, commercial, entrepreneurial and academic – provides rare opportunities for discovery that few universities can even consider.

With the new research facility, the University would attract an additional $150 million a year of new medical research dollars, create 2,000 new full-time jobs and generate an additional $390 million a year in economic activity in Chicago. The new center would attract the world's best medical researchers and go a long way in helping a world-class city find tomorrow’s cures.

New Developments

Latest Developments

Finalists with Chicago connections have been chosen to design new medical research facility on former Prentice site.

Voices of Support

Voices of Support

Respected architectural firms, cutting-edge scientific organizations, leading medical researchers, and key civic, business and labor groups have joined a growing coalition of support for finding tomorrow's cures.

Get the Facts

Get the Facts

Beyond furthering research on cures, a new facility will create more than 2,000 jobs for scientists and technicians and bring in an extra $1.5 billion in federal medical research dollars over the next decade. Learn more about why this project is vital.

Research Breakthroughs

Research Breakthroughs and Medical Cures

See how Northwestern doctors, professors and researchers are making strides in the fight to treat and cure a variety of diseases and conditions including ALS, Alzheimer’s, HIV and depression.

Existing Building Analysis

Existing Building Analysis

A feasibility study shows it is not viable to reuse the old Prentice Women’s Hospital building as a facility for 21st-century medical research. See the study for details on what is needed for the future of research.

Media Coverage

Media Coverage

Recent Chicago Tribune editorial says new building is still the right answer. Read news articles, letters and opinions from local and national media.