Although biotechnology is a multi-billion dollar industry with markets projected to grow 15-20% annually over five years, Florida lags far behind other states and countries in this field. About a fourth of the Florida Sea Grant budget for research addresses marine biotechnology. This pool of funding represents the only coherent, coordinated and central source of support for Florida faculty and students in the state. The potential for this field is so great that Sea Grant is seeking to establish a formal multi-university program.
Florida Sea Grant Research Projects 2000 – 2010
Containing project abstracts and contact information of principal investigators for Florida Sea Grant research projects funded from 2000-2010.
Search the National Sea Grant Research Database 1995-Present
A growing, searchable database of research funded through state programs comprising the national Sea Grant network, dating from 1995 to the present. Check back often as archived research information is added.
Search the National Sea Grant Information Management Systems
A growing, searchable database of research funded through state programs comprising the national Sea Grant network, dating from 1995 to the present. Check back often as archived research information is added.
Marine Biotechnology Research at Florida Sea Grant
Marine biotechnology is an exciting new area of scientific discovery and application serving a broad variety of fields including medicine, seafood production and safety, environmental monitoring and conservation of ocean fisheries. Sea Grant has established one of the larger marine biotechnology research efforts in the United States, in a fairly short time. Twenty-four major studies (21 started since 1998) are summarized in easy-to-read language useful to lay and scientific readers alike, in a format that describes research goals, methods and breakthrough, with publications and student degrees indicated.
