The Office of Educational Research has helped College of Education faculty build an impressive track record for winning large, competitive grants.
The Office of Educational Research (OER) completed its annual report outlining data on externally funded projects and grant activities in the College of Education (COE). Faculty productivity and efforts toward securing external funding remain high and have surpassed fiscal year (FY) 2022 in (a) dollar amount of proposal submissions, (b) dollar amount of newly funded awards, (c) dollar amount of currently funded awards and projects, (d) number of currently funded awards and projects, (e) dollar amount of collaborative proposal submissions, and (f) dollar amount of research funding per faculty member.
The following represents a summary of external funding activities for FY 2023.
Proposals
COE faculty members in all schools and centers submitted 190 proposals, requesting $398.7 million in external funding. Proposals were submitted to 117 agencies.
Research Funding
Research funding per faculty member (including tenure and non-tenure track COE faculty, excluding P.K. Yonge faculty) totaled $3.4 million. Of the 126 COE faculty members eligible to submit proposals, 42 (33%) submitted at least one proposal.
Newly Funded Awards
COE Principal Investigators (PIs) and Co-PIs received funding for 74 new awards totaling over $180 million. These new awards included contracts or grants from the U.S. Department of Education (U.S. ED), including the Institute of Education Sciences, the National Science Foundation, and the Florida Department of Education.
Of the total dollar amount of newly funded awards, 15.4% were funded by federal agencies, 1.5% were funded by state organizations, 58.1% were funded by subcontracts, 1.3% were funded by Florida School Districts, 0.5% were funded by private foundations, and 0.6% were funded by other organizations.
Currently Funded Projects
COE schools and centers have 207 currently funded projects totaling $427.8 million. Of the total dollar amount of currently funded projects, 20% were funded by federal organizations, 34.7% were funded by state organizations, 11.2% were funded by the University of Florida, 28.2% were funded by subcontracts, 0.7% were funded by Florida School Districts, 3.1% were funded by private foundations, and 2.1% were funded by other organizations. The COE experienced an 74% increase in the number of currently funded projects compared to the previous fiscal year.
