Research was conducted by Innovation Insight, Inc. under contract with the Canadian Consulate General in Miami. The purpose of this research was to provide an overview of selected science and technology resources in the state of Florida.
This report contains the following sections:

Overview of Statewide Research and Development
This chapter compares overall R&D trends at the statewide level. It does not look at individual sectors or
clusters.

Employment in Florida Science and Technology Sectors
Examination of employment in private sector science and technology related industry clusters requires looking at public employment records classifi ed by industry category. These categories are aggregated into “clusters” of industries recognized for their prominence in Florida by state economic development organizations. These clusters include medical technologies, aerospace, photonics and lasers, information technologies, financial services, modeling and simulation, and “other” science and technology industries combined. The defi nitions are derived from Florida High Tech Corridor research efforts, and collated from federal Bureau of Labor Statistics datasets for the years 1999 to 2003 for the state of Florida for this project. Each sector is described in detail.

Research and Development in Select Florida Science and Technology Sectors
Several sectors were identified of particular interest: fuel cells, nanotech, photonics, and stem cells. These,
and several other sectors of prominence in Florida (modeling and simulation, photonics, medical technology,
etc.) are impossible to examine at the industry code level; companies that conduct business and research
in these topics may be classified in numerous overlapping (and not mutually exclusive) categories. These
sectors are better identified using keyword searches of federal research and development databases. This
chapter reviews the Catalogue of Federally Funded Research (CFFR) and/ or the Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance (CFDA); keyword-based searches of extramural federal R&D grants are examined to identify
research and development levels by science and technology sector in the US and Florida from 1999 to 2003
(the most recent year available). Each sector is described in detail.

Summary Observations
Combining information from previous chapters, this section summarizes each science and technology sector in
one paragraph, and makes observations regarding growth, subsectors, relative state strength, and partnership
opportunities.