Partners in Applied Research/Matching Grant Program
partnerships in applied research brochure
With
its Central Florida location, Volusia County is an important link in the
23-county Florida High Tech Corridor.
Matching Grants Research
Program
Every year,
dozens of companies across Central Florida’s High Tech Corridor
participate in this multi-million dollar Matching Grants Research Program,
a program which provides matching grants to companies interested in
pursuing innovative research for product or technology development. It
does so by leveraging the strengths of the three Corridor universities:
the University of Central Florida (UCF); the University of South Florida (USF);
and the University of Florida (UF) in the development of
commercially-applicable emerging technologies.
The Matching
Grants Research Program was established to foster applied research between
the partner universities and their high tech industry partners. Under the
auspices of the Florida High Tech Corridor Council (FHTCC), sponsored
research programs are currently underway at UCF and USF. UF joined this
effort in January 2005 with a commitment of $2 million for the Matching
Grants Research Program. The Council’s primary focus is to foster applied
research between the partner universities and their high tech industry
partners.
Since the
inception of the FHTCC, the Matching Grants Research Program has generated
more than $128 million in applied research with industries targeted for
growth.
These
industries are:
- aviation
and aerospace;
- information
technology;
- medical
technologies and life sciences;
-
microelectronics and nanotechnology;
- modeling,
simulation and training; and,
- optics and
photonics.
The applied
research funds have supported more than 550 projects in side-by-side
research with scientists and engineers from 225 different companies and
institutions across the Corridor.
For more
information, download the brochure above, or contact
The Florida
High Tech Corridor Council.
