Stowers Institute for Medical Research

A focused, independent biomedical research institute in Kansas City, Stowers has roughly 500 members on a 10-acre campus and a highly collaborative, technology-enabled research culture. Its 15 Technology Centers operate as scientific collaborators, giving investigators access to advanced instrumentation, computational support, imaging, genomics, mass spectrometry, and research-organism facilities while integrating technology development with scientific work. An accredited graduate school, postdoctoral program, and partnerships with the University of Kansas Medical Center and the Open University create structured pathways for recruiting and training research talent. Research is anchored by founder-supported funding through dividends from American Century Investments, with additional competitive support from the NIH and Howard Hughes Medical Institute. BioMed Valley Discoveries, an affiliated biotechnology enterprise, provides a route for translating selected discoveries toward clinical development.