Item: AS: I-4 COMMITTEE ON ACADEMIC AND STUDENT AFFAIRS Thursday, April 19, 2012 SUBJECT: SPONSORED RESEARCH TRENDS AND HIGHLIGHTS PROPOSED COMMITTEE ACTION No action required. Information item. BACKGROUND INFORMATION An update on proposal submissions, contract and grant awards received and select new award information. IMPLEMENTATION PLAN/DATE N/A FISCAL IMPLICATIONS N/A Presented by: Dr. Barry Rosson, V.P. for Research Phone: (561) 297-0268 Florida Atlantic University Division of Research Research Trends and Highlights April 19, 2012 Contract and Grant Awards Received $50 $40 $30 Million $20 $10 As of March 31, 2012 $0 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 Division of Research Goal: Double Funded Research in 5 Years $100 $90 $86.9M $80 $75.6M $70 $65.7M $57.1M $60 $50 $49.7M $43.2M Million $40 $30 $20 $10 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 $0 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016 Division of Research Awards Received As of March 31, 2012 Arts & Letters Medicine ($224K) ($2.2M) HBOI ($6.9M) DSI ($2.2M) Education ($4.3M) Science ($4.9M) Engineering Honors ($2.9M) Nursing ($178K) ($2.3M) $34M Fiscal Year 2011-2012 “Other” ($7.6M) not shown Division of Research Total Submissions: 333 As of March 31, 2012 Honors Medicine HBOI $461K ($17.6M) ($18.5M) Education ($12.1M) Arts & Letters ($331K) Science ($47.1M) Engineering ($48.2M) Nursing DSI ($3.17M) ($734K) Proposal Submissions $155M Fiscal Year 2011-2012 “Other” ($6.4M) not shown Division of Research Proposal Submission Comparisons April 1, 2011 – March 31, 2012 vs. April 1, 2010 – March 31, 2011 HBOI Medicine DSI Nursing Difference in Proposal Honors Submissions Between the Two Years. Education Business Arts & Letters Science Engineering –25 +25 +75 +125 +175 +225 Division of Research Selected New Awards Amount Funding Source Project Principal Investigator $256K National Institutes of Health Functional Analysis of Neuroglian/L 1 in Tanja Synaptogenesis Godenschwege $302K National Institutes of Health Intersensory Perceptual Narrowing in David Human Infants Lewkowicz $308K National Institutes of Health Testing a Substance Abuse Prevention John Lowe for Cherokee Early Adolescents $352K National Institutes of Health Production of Pilot Scale Libraries of Amy Wright Marine Natural Products $346K National Institutes of Health Molecular Analysis of Microdissected Marc Kantarow Human Lenses $693K National Institutes of Health Early Dual Language Development in Erica Hoff Children from Spanish-Speaking Families Division of Research Presidential Visit to Washington, DC March 27 & 28, 2012 M.J Saunders, B. Rosson, M. Leinen, C. Coley Congressional Offices Visited Senator Bill Nelson Senator Marco Rubio Representative Kathy Castor Representative Thomas Rooney Representative Ted Deutch Representative Debbie Wasserman-Schultz Representative Alcee Hastings Representative Allen West Representative Bill Posey Representative Bill Young Division of Research Engaging the Community (Jan – March 2012) More than 125 meetings with businesses, donors, partner organizations, and CEO’s • 37 businesses • 29 organizations • 28 CEO’s/company leaders • 34 Prospects and donors Developing Major Corporate Partnerships • Citrix • AccuDial Pharmaceutical • GEO Group • Bank of America • FPL • FTI Consulting • NIPRO Diagnostics • Modernizing Medicine 9 Business Outreach Focus Career Center Connections • FPL • GEO Group • WCS Lending • Guaranteed Rate Corporate Supported Research • Citrix • NIPRO Diagnostics • GEO Group • Modernizing Medicine 10 Business Outreach Focus Alumni Connections • Business Plan Competition speaker: Manny Medina (Founder of Terramark) • Shindig Partner honoree: Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance • Alumni Hall of Fame honoree: Jaime Borras (former CIO of Motorola, 42 patents) • Summer Outreach Visit: Google (FAU engineering alumnus is one of the founders) 11 Business Outreach Focus Business Development Boards Connections • Hosting Martin County Development staff for FAU visit • Participating in the Palm Beach Strategic Forum • Participating in the Six Pillars work of Palm Beach County • Serving as chair for a Pillar for Broward County Six Pillars • Life Science South Florida Planning meeting • Visit UCF’s Research Park 12 .