2021 NSU Fact Book

28 NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY Sponsored Funding OVERVIEW u Nova Southeastern University supports faculty and staff members in their pursuit of sponsored funding from a variety of government and private sources. In FY 2020, the university’s sponsored funding totaled in excess of $127 million. The university is receiving sponsored funding from more than 100 funding entities, with the largest amount of funding, 44 percent, coming directly from the federal government. State and local government represented 23 and 17 percent of total funding, respectively. Fund- ing from for-profit and other nonprofit corporations, foundations, and other universities round out the funding portfolio. Of the FY 2020 total, 53 percent, or $67 million, is to support research activities. In addition, the university funds faculty research through the President’s Faculty Research and Development Grant. Under this program, university faculty members compete for awards of up to $15,000 for the support of their scholarly inquiry and research. In the 21-year history of these awards, approximately $5.6 million in financial support has been awarded. Grant winners have come from each of the university’s academic units. Since 2001, the President’s Faculty Research and Development Grants resulted in 725 presentations and 340 publications. The program has also led to 205 external grant proposals, 67 of which were funded for a total of almost $106 million dollars. The Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center held the largest amount of total sponsored funding for research, followed closely by the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine and the College of Dental Medicine. The Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine is the leader in sponsored funding for teaching/training projects. Many of the university’s schools, colleges, and centers, also receive sponsored funding to support community service, with the largest total going to the College of Dental Medicine. In spite of an increasingly competitive funding environment, sponsored funding received by the university includes support for both new and continuing programs, centers, and institutes. Among these initiatives are NSU Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) Programs, NSU’s AutoNation Institute for Breast Cancer Research and Care, NSU’s Cell Therapy Institute, the NSU Center for Applied Research on Substance Use and Health Disparities, NSU’s Institute for Natural and Ocean Sciences Research, NSU’s Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine, and the NSU Rumbaugh- Goodwin Institute for Cancer Research. Major funding sources include the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (including the National Institutes of Health), U.S. Department of Defense, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, U.S. Department of Education, other governmental agencies, and private foundations. Moreover, many of these, as well as other sponsored projects, include collaborations with other universities, hospitals, and community organizations.