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Summary of COE Faculty Accomplishments in 2013

We want to congratulate the COE faculty for their accomplishments in 2013 and look forward to continued success in 2014. We are constantly on the look out for opportunities for external funding to share. Contact us—we are here to help! Listed below are some noteworthy statistics from the 2012-2013 fiscal year:

  • COE faculty members in all schools and centers submitted a total of 66 proposals, requesting $66.8 million. Proposals were submitted to over 27 different agencies or organizations including:

18 to the National Science Foundation
9 to the US Department of Education, 5 of which were to the Institute of Educational Science
10 to the Florida Department of Education
2 to the Spencer Foundation

  • Research funding per faculty member totaled over $426,000, representing a 39% increase from the previous fiscal year.
  • COE principal investigators and co-principal investigators received funding for 22 proposals totaling over $30 million in new awards.
  • Of the newly funded awards, 89% were funded by federal agencies or organizations.
  • The COE experienced a 17% increase in the total dollar amount of newly funded awards as compared to the previous fiscal year.
  • COE schools and centers have 67 currently funded projects totaling over $77.7 million.
  • Of the currently funded projects, 73% were funded by federal agencies or organizations.
  • The COE experienced a 39% increase in the total dollar amount of currently funded projects as compared to the previous fiscal year.
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Grant Writing Workshop

The UF Office of Research recently hosted a two-day grant writing workshop presented by Dr. Robert Porter of GrantWinners Seminars. Session topics included the following:

  1. Writing Successful Grants
  2. Strategies for Success in Sponsored Research
  3. Building the National Endowment for the Humanities Grant Proposal
  4. Career Development Grants for Pre- and Postdocs

Look for summaries of the workshops in upcoming issues of the ORB. Session recordings are available online. Those who require copies of the handouts for any/all sessions may request them by emailing Jenn Hubbs at hubbsj@ufl.edu with their name, on-campus PO Box, and session(s) of interest.

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Submitted Projects for December 2013

College of Education – Submitted Projects – December 2013
Principal Investigator: Keith Miller (Health Outcomes and Policy)
Co-PI: Albert Ritzhaupt (STL)
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Proposal Title: A Master Course on Power for Multilevel and Longitudinal Health Behavior Studies
Requested Amount: $90,728.00
Principal Investigator: Hajar Kadivar (Health Outcomes and Policy)
Co-PI: Mirka Koro-Ljungberg (SHDOSE)
Funding Agency: American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation
Proposal Title: fPAIR UP: Family-Provider Asthma InteRvention for Underserved Populations—Phase 1
Requested Amount: $2,000.00
Principal Investigator: Joseph Gagnon (SESPECS)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Collaborative Research: Universal Access for Students with Mathematics Difficulties (USMD)
Requested Amount: $138,549.00
Principal Investigator: Timothy Jacobbe (STL)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: Informal Virtual Experience in Statistics for Teachers (INVEST)
Requested Amount: $2,829,858.00
Principal Investigator: Timothy Jacobbe (STL)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Loyola Marymount University (Subcontract)
Proposal Title: Collaborative Research: Project-SET: Increasing Teacher Preparation and Student Learning in Statistics
Requested Amount: $1,140,725.00
Principal Investigator: Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: The School Board of Miami-Dade County
Proposal Title: M-DCPS/Kellogg i3 Match
Requested Amount: $74,026.59
Principal Investigator: Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: The School Board of Miami-Dade County
Proposal Title: Miami Dade VPK Academy
Requested Amount: $750,000.00
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