COVINGTON, Ky. — Covington Life Sciences Partners, a Covington based nonprofit is expanding and rebranding as LifeSciKY to help and attract more entrepreneurs and advance sciences in the region.

What You Need To Know

  • Covington Life Science Partners is rebranding as LifeSciKY, but will still support entrepreneurs and sciences

  • LifeSciKY’s 15,000-square-foot facility is set to open in late summer 2025

  • It will be housed in the nearly completed in OneNKY Center

After years of supporting entrepreneurs and advancing science, LifeSciKY will move into the nearly completed OneNKY Center. For Executive Director Christin Godale, it’s a full circle moment.

“We’re developing this corridor where entrepreneurs can create a density work to share ideas and innovate,” she said.

LifeSciKY’s 15,000-square-foot facility will open in late summer 2025 and while the name has changed, Godale is clear that the mission remains the same.

“Our mission is to provide a space to do science to all entrepreneurs,” she said. “We want them to come into our laboratory and innovate and build new companies that will advance our life sciences sector in the region.”

Lab residency at LifeSciKY will offer early-stage life sciences companies access to more than $1 million in shared equipment, shared and private lab facilities, resources and network contacts.

Chairman of LifeSciKY, Chuck Scheper, said they just want to continue to aid entrepreneurial growth.

“There’s a lot of great ideas out there and scientists, if they want to percolate those ideas and really have it grow into a company, they need space,” he said. “But as importantly, they need collaboration with other scientists. They need mentoring, they need access to capital.”

Covington city leaders are backing the efforts. In a written statement to Spectrum News, Covington Mayor Ron Washington’s office said:

“It is our hope that Covington’s community and strong regional partnerships will fuel further investment in life sciences research and biotech startups within the City. LifeSciKY is an integral part of that effort and with their help, our city will be at the forefront of the region’s biotech industry.”

For Godale, she said she can’t wait for what’s in store.

“It’s really, a privilege to even run the organization as executive director. I’m really excited to see where this goes and how we can change, life sciences in Kentucky,” she said.

Applications are now open. Interested candidates can visit the organizations new website.

Correction: A portion of Chuck Scheper’s quote was incorrect in a previous story. The error has been corrected. (March 3, 2025)

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