University of South Florida's Research Park is the 2008 winner of the "Emerging Research Park of the Year" Award presented by the Association of University Research Parks (AURP). The USF Research Park was singled out for leading the way in clean energy research and medical device development, among other areas. (USF/AURP)
When companies, educational institutions and the state government combine their resources to engage in joint research proposals and projects, innovative things happen. Florida’s Technology and Research Parks are the hubs where such collaboration thrives.
Incubators
Bay County Small Business Incubator (Lynn Haven)
Business Technology Commercialization Program of the Florida Small Business Development Center Network (Amelia Island)
Cenetec (Boca Raton)
Disney Entrepreneur Center (Orlando)
EDGE Business Innovation Center (Belle Glade)
Enterprise Development Corporation of South Florida (Boca Raton)
Enterprise North Florida Corporation (Jacksonville)
Florida Atlantic University Technology Business Incubator (Boca Raton)
Florida/NASA Business Incubation Center (Titusville)
Gainesville Technology Enterprise Center (Gainesville)
Indian River Community College High Technology Business Incubator (Stuart)
MetroBroward Technology Enterprise Center (Ft. Lauderdale)
MILCOM (Maitland)
Orlando Business Development Center District 2 (Orlando)
Seminole Technology Business Incubation Center (Sanford)
Sid Martin Biotechnology Development Incubator (University of Florida) (Alachua)
STAR TEC (Largo)
Start Up Florida, Inc. (Sarasota)
Tampa Bay Technology Incubator (Tampa)
Technological Research and Development Authority (Titusville)
University of Central Florida Technology Incubator (Orlando)
Young-Rainey STAR Center (Largo)
Technology & Research Parks
Central Florida Research Park (Orlando)
FirstCoast Technology Park (Jacksonville)
Florida Atlantic Research Park (Boca Raton)
Florida Center for Innovation (Tradition)
Innovation Park (Tallahassee)
International Space Research Park (Cape Canaveral)
Lake Nona Science and Technology Park (Orlando)
Progress Corporate Park (Alachua)
St. Lucie Research and Education Park (St. Lucie County)
University of South Florida Research Park (Tampa)