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) 2020 in (a) dollar amount of proposal submissions, (b) dollar amount of newly funded awards, (c) number of newly funded awards, (d) dollar amount of currently funded awards and projects, (e) number of currently funded awards and projects, (f) funding per faculty member, (g) number of collaborative proposal submissions, (h) dollar amount of collaborative newly funded awards, (i) number of collaborative newly funded awards, (j) dollar amount of collaborative currently funded awards and projects, and (k) number of collaborative currently funded awards and projects. The following represents a summary of external funding activities for FY 2022.
The following represents a summary of external funding activities for FY 2022.
Proposals
COE faculty members in all schools and centers submitted 195 proposals, requesting $222.9 million in external funding. Proposals were submitted to 88 agencies.
Research Funding
Research funding per faculty member totaled $2.2 million, which is 66% higher than the previous fiscal year. Of the 111 COE faculty members eligible to submit proposals, 68 (61%) received external funding as a PI or Co-PI and submitted at least one proposal.
Newly Funded Awards
COE Principal Investigators (PIs) and Co-PIs received funding for 85 new awards totaling over $134 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, 7.8% were funded by federal agencies, 78% were funded by state organizations, 4.8% were funded by subcontracts, 0.4% were funded by Florida School Districts, 8.7% were funded by private foundations, and 0.2% were funded by other organizations.
Currently Funded Projects
COE schools and centers have 188 currently funded projects totaling $2476.5 million. Of the total dollar amount of currently funded projects, 30.3% were funded by federal organizations, 50.4 % were funded by state organizations, 0.1% were funded by the University of Florida, 8.8% were funded by subcontracts, 0.5% were funded by Florida School Districts, 8.3% were funded by private foundations, and 1.5% were funded by other organizations. The COE experienced an 83% increase in the number of currently funded projects as compared to the previous fiscal year.
