Indiana University’s 10-year capital project plan for all campuses was approved by the IU Board of Trustees. The plan will be presented to the Indiana Commission for Higher Education and the Indiana State Budget Agency, which will determine whether to include the priorities in the upcoming Indiana General Assembly Biennial Budget Session.
These steps are a part of the 2025-27 Biennial Legislative Request process. The 10-year plan includes repair and rehabilitation projects as well as new construction projects.
Science Learning Initiative in Bloomington
In Bloomington, the next phase in Project Inspire is the Science Learning Initiative, which includes renovating the Biology Building to modernize and enhance research laboratories, instructional classrooms and academic support spaces. The existing atrium lobby will be renovated as well.
Updating the 332,875-square-foot space will provide student and faculty areas for common use. Additional mechanical and system upgrades will support the science and research enterprise of the Biology Building and proximate science research buildings.
A new Science Learning Building is also proposed that will house classrooms and consolidate instructional laboratory opportunities in the science research district. As a result of the new building, current facilities will have additional space to expand existing research laboratories.
Indianapolis campus renovation and lab expansion
Renovations to a central corridor of the IU Indianapolis campus — which connects the Kelley School of Business, O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, School of Education and School of Social Work — include enclosing the breezeway to create year-round seasonal spaces and updating the existing interior. This will create additional support spaces for student learning, research support and food service.
The next phase of new science research and laboratory facilities is also being advanced. The project, which is planned to be located southwest of the existing Science and Engineering Laboratory Building, will be an 80,000-square-foot facility to house an array of science research and laboratory spaces.
Priorities for improvements across all campuses
Consolidation of the IU Fort Wayne Health Sciences programs into one structure is moving forward. The space will house instructional classrooms, teaching and research laboratories, a career center, simulation rooms, and more.
Additionally, a project to modernize instructional classrooms and laboratories on all five regional campuses was approved.
The board has made requests to fund seven special state line items. Updates to current line items include inflationary adjustments; increased funding for the Indiana Geological and Water Survey to account for new legislative duties due to the creation of the Center for Water and the Center for Energy; and increased funding for the Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute to support expanded cancer research. Funding requests for two new special state line items include the state’s matching investment of $1.3 million per year for IU Innovates and staffing needs for IU Public Safety.
