The global nonprofit onganization InBIA just announced award winners from their International Conference on Business Incubation. This year, the University of Florida's Sid Martin Biotechnology Institute received two awards: the 2017 InBIA Technology/Science Entrepreneurship Center of the Year award and the Randall M. Whaley Incubator of the Year Award.
About the Sid Martin Biotechnology Institute:
The Sid Martin Biotechnology Instituteis the recipient of both the Technology/Science Entrepreneurship Center of the Year and Randall M. Whaley Incubator award. The Sid Martin Biotechnology Institute provides a unique combination of wet laboratories, greenhouses and animal facilities in one location. They also provide over $1.2mm of high-quality shared laboratory equipment for biotech startups to utilize. The program offers pro-bono legal services to clients one day per week, and “business coach for a day” services one day per week. Sid Martin Biotechnology Institute holds an annual “celebration of biotechnology” for clients and the clients of Progress Park which is attended by 400+ sponsors, vendors and entrepreneurs.