Quality of Life
About QOL
Nova Southeastern University has partnered with several community agencies to form the Quality of Life Council (QOL). The council’s members include many significant figures from our local community such as: Children’s Services Council, Henderson Mental Health Center, Broward Health, Broward Sheriff’s Office, Bellsouth Business, South Florida Region Planning Council, along with many directors, associates and faculty from NSU.
The mission of the QOL Council is a simple one: take the most serious problems affecting the quality of life in the community, bring the best minds of NSU’s faculty, students, and community providers to bear, and the results will be a better quality of life. Through the efforts of the university president and its trustees, as well as community organizations, funds have been targeted to support faculty scholarship in applied research to improve the quality of life in our local communities. These funds are awarded in the following seven categories: Autism, Children & Families, Criminal Justice, Adult General, Elderly Services, Foster Care, and Other.
Project Growth & Sustainability
In addition to improving the quality of life for the Tri-County area and other NSU campus communities, the goal of the QOL Council is to promote scholarly research which will achieve sustainability and ultimately have a statewide, national, and global impact. Over the duration of the quality of life grants a plethora of community based research studies have been funded and we’re proud to say that many of these projects have gained sustainability through community and national funding sources.
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 FY2026
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
Contact Us
Office of Sponsored Programs/QOL Administrator
qol@nova.edu