The Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute's Cancer Center has been rated "outstanding" by the National Cancer Institute and earned a five-year core grant renewal which provides more than $21 million to support advanced cancer research. (Read more)

Progressive, the fourth largest auto insurance group in the country, has announced plans to fill approximately 240 new positions in sales, service, and claims in Tampa by January 31, 2011. (Read more)

Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) and JEA join forces to launch PSEG Jacksonville Solar, northern Florida's largest solar facility. PSEG Jacksonville Solar is a 15-megawatt facility consisting of 200,000 ground mounted solar panels situated on 100 acres. (Read more)

Four Florida schools were leaders in non-S&E research and development spending in FY 2009. University of South Florida (4th), University of Florida (7th), Florida State University (9th), and the University of Central Florida (11th) all earned top rankings. (Read more)

Boca Raton's Watermark Medical Inc., a medical products and services company that has developed a web-based sleep diagnostics product, secures a $6 million equity investment. (Read more)

Sanborn Studios LLC announces the creation of a new film and television production facility in Sarasota County. The company has committed to adding 177 jobs and making an initial capital investment of $30 million over the next 18 months. (Read more)

A Palm Beach Gardens publisher and a new Boca Raton healthcare innovation company are strengthening their corporate presence in Palm Beach County by adding jobs and expanding their headquarters locations. (Read more)

The University of South Florida ranks among the nation's Top 25 Graduate Schools for Entrepreneurs, according to The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine. The schools were selected because they have high numbers of experienced faculty, students launching businesses after graduation, and experiences outside of the class room. (Read more)

Florida is home to 15 of the 2010 InformationWeek 500 companies. These rankings recognize business technology teams that have made a demonstrable impact on the way their organizations do business. (Read more)

U.S. Department of Energy selects UCF as one of five projects to build and strengthen "innovation ecosystems" that will accelerate the movement of cutting-edge energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies from university laboratories into the market. (Read more)