Quality of Life
QOL FY2026 Application Cycle Now Open
For more information about how to apply for this year's competition, click here, as the platform for proposal submissions has changed. All applications must be submitted through InfoReady by the application deadline, Tuesday, March 4, 2025, 5:00 p.m., EST.
Congratulations to the FY25 QOL Winners
QOL Priority Issues
Priority Issues for 2025
The Quality of Life program is designed to promote scholarly research that will address community needs and have a significant impact on improving the quality of life areas where NSU has a campus.
Quality of Life grants (up to $15,000) are awarded for proposals which fall under one or more of the following six categories: Autism, Criminal Justice, Children and Families, Adult General, Elderly Services, and Foster Care. Within these six categories are several top priority issues indicated by our community partners and/or obtained via countywide reports, which are currently significantly impacting Broward, Dade, and Palm Beach County residents. See below for QOL's FY2026 Broward, Dade, and Palm Beach Counties priority issues:
- Obesity
- Maternal Health & Infant Mortality
- Affordable Housing
- Veterans Reintegration
- Elderly Services
- School Class Size
- Access to Health & Human Services
- Autism
- Child Abuse Prevention
- Transition Skills/Programming
- Delinquency Prevention & Diversion
- Family Strengthening
- Unemployment
- Early Literacy
- Mental Health