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Faculty Internal Awards are activating research at the USF Sarasota-Manatee campus!
Internal Funding
| Project Team | Project Title |
|---|---|
| Melissa Sloan, USF Sarasota Manatee campus, Sociology Rachael Powers, USF Tampa campus, Criminology Murat Haner, USF Sarasota Manatee campus, Criminology |
Recognizing Domestic Terrorism: Identifying Strategies to Raise Public Awareness |
| Jessica Grosholz, USF Sarasota Manatee campus, Criminology Sandra Stone, USF Sarasota Manatee campus, Criminology Sondra Fogel, USF Tampa campus, Social Work |
Understanding the Reentry Experiences of Older Formerly Incarcerated Individuals |
| Jay Michaels, USF Sarasota Manatee campus, Psychology Feng Hao, USF Sarasota Manatee campus, Sociology James Cavendish, USF Tampa campus, Sociology |
Why Are Religious Americans both Interested in the Environment but Unconcerned about Climate Change? |
| Ying Zhong, USF Tampa campus, Engineering Ehsan Sheybani, USF Sarasota Manatee campus, IS/DS, Muma College of Business |
CD-Robot: Corona Discharge Enabled Smart Robots for Automatic and Non-Contact Disinfection |
| Yao Sun, USF Tampa, Engineering Feng Hao, USF Sarasota Manatee campus, Sociology Giti Javidi, USF Sarasota Manatee campus, Information Technology, Muma College of Business Ehsan Sheybani, USF Sarasota Manatee campus, IS/DS, Muma College of Business |
Leveraging collective intelligence for psychosocial rehabilitation of COVID-19 positive persons and combating vaccine hesitancy |
| Sandra Stone, USF Sarasota Manatee campus, Criminology Marie Byrd, USF Sarasota Manatee campus, Education Denise Davis-Cotton, USF Sarasota Manatee campus, PAINT Center |
Artfully Inclusive Manatee (AIM) Project: Addressing Racial Disparities in Elementary School Suspensions by Teaching Arts Integrated Social Awareness and Conflict Resolution Skills to Children |
| Sarina Ergas, USF Tampa, Engineering Qiong Zhang, USF Tampa, Engineering Ken Caswell, USF Sarasota Manatee campus, Chemistry |
Recovery of Water, Energy and Nutrients from Craft Brewery Wastes |
The USF Sarasota-Manatee campus Internal Awards program is activating research on the USF Sarasota-Manatee campus
These awards resulted in pilot data for proposals to external sponsors, students engaged in the research enterprise, high impact publications, and faculty presentations at national and international conference on research at USF Sarasota-Manatee campus. In addition, internal awards provide seed funding for equipment acquisition and pilot research projects so that faculty can demonstrate research capacity, publish initial findings and populate competitive proposals with relevant seed data.
Measurable Return on Investment
- Seed data for competitive proposals to federal sponsors.
- High-impact journal publications, book chapters and books.
- Inquiry based learning opportunities as students are engaged in research.
- Visibility at national and international conferences of the breakthrough research happening on the USF Sarasota-Manatee campus.
The USF Sarasota-Manatee campus Internal Awards program is poised to support research projects, strengthen grantsmanship skills, and provide an opportunity for research service for our faculty. This Internal Awards Program is designed to support USF faculty in their research and scholarship goals. A benefit of this formalized support is that the program participation demonstrates the capacity and enthusiasm for research activity on our campus. In collaboration with the USF Faculty Senate, we established the Research Advisory Board (RAB) of elected faculty members. The RAB provides rigorous peer review of proposals and provide feedback on the Internal Awards to help steer the direction of this program.