Tampa Bay Business Journal is reporting that “Charles Stark Draper Laboratory to set up shop in Tampa Bay.”
Here’s some high level cooperation to bring a high-tech business to the Tampa area.
“Hillsborough County and USF are collaborating to provide a site, construction and equipment for the Tampa center, while funding to design and build the St. Petersburg facility will be provided by Pinellas County, Progress Energy, the Florida High Tech Corridor Council and Draper Laboratory. The City of St. Petersburg is providing land for the St. Petersburg Center.”
Draper will also help fund a couple of graduate students.
“Draper also will sponsor two graduate students at USF each year, supporting the graduate education and co-advising the thesis work conducted.”
Here’s Draper’s website, and some info about the $500,000 Draper Prize awarded annually for the advancement of engineering and the education of the public about engineering.”
