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- EIN 59-3753473
- (850) 425-5223
- 223 Grinter Hall Gainesville FL 32301-0000 USA
- www.floridaresearch.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: General Science, Technology
Mission: To facilitate and foster technology advancement in florida through collaboration and research partnerships.
Programs: Research: the florida research consortium completed the second in a series of reports analyzing the importance of innovation elements to the economy. The report titled: "research as economic foundation? " was substantially completed in 2016 and released in 2017. The report can be found here:https://www. Dropbox. Com/s/ehpnp3uyiyjxf1a/the%20importance%20of%20research%20%28final%29. Pdf? Dl=0commercialization: in 2015 the florida legislature approved operational and seed funding for the institute for commercialization of public research, but the funding was vetoed by the governor. This initiative promotes the commercialization of research through company creation and development. The legislature also funded several independent research institutes and various translational biomedical research programs. Education:in 2016 the frc continued a comprehensive campaign to promote the value of the elements of an innovation economy: research/ideas, capital/commercialization and talent/people. A weekly electronic newsletter outlining the success of florida university and research institute successes in discovery and commercialization was continued, committee testimony regarding commercialization opportunities and presentations to influential organizations were given.