RESEARCH
The economic impact of those salaries may be around $103.5
million. Researchers also bring millions of dollars worth of grants
and other funding to the Treasure Coast. And the institutions attract
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related businesses that supply and support them.
“Not only are they high wage jobs, they also provide a lot of
education for students with internships,” she says. “And they do
put us on the map to bring more companies into the area to do
research or to support the research industry.”
Importantly, they and their institutions are creating jobs that
pay well, boost the local economy, spread money around to suppliers
and from workers’ pockets to the restaurants, shops and
other businesses that keep the counties and cities alive.
The Treasure Coast had been home to five research organiza- >>
ORCA
Samples of blue-green algae are collected by a researcher at the Ocean
Research and Conservation Association, also known as ORCA.
OTHER NOTABLE RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS
IN FLORIDA
Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience
in Palm Beach County
SRI (formerly Stanford Research Institute)
in St. Petersburg
Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium
in Sarasota
Scripps Research in Jupiter
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