TRED Annual Report FY2016

14 NSU OFFICE OF SPONSORED PROGRAMS—PFRDG The President’s Faculty Research and Development Grant (PFRDG) Program , established in 1999, was designed to bring recognition and funding to the university’s full-time faculty members as they attempt to secure resources in support of research activities. Since the beginning of the PFRDG program, the NSU Board of Trustees has allocated $2 million to support and sustain this university initiative. For each award given, 50 percent of the funding comes from interest generated from the allocation, while the other 50 percent comes from the winning faculty members’ college. PFRDG funding complements existing resources for faculty support in the academic units by providing seed money for a new research area for which external funding will be sought, or by expanding current research to a new level of competitiveness for external funding. Each spring, NSU faculty members across the university compete for these grants that award up to $15,000 (increased from $10,000 with the FY 16 competition, held in the spring of 2015). In the 17-year history of these awards, faculty members and students have shared $4,245,162 in financial support. Grant winners have come from each of the university’s academic units. The President’s Faculty Research and Development Grant Program has been successful in meeting its goals of fostering inquiry, research, and creative professional activity at Nova Southeastern University. As reflected in the following table, the number of presentations, publications, and external funding proposals submitted and funded are a direct result of this program since its inception. President’s Faculty Research and Development Grant Program