Updated August 1, 2024
Strategy 2
Strategy 4
Fostering a robust research, innovation, and creative research enterprise focused on the development of new ideas and platforms is key to our success. We must reduce real and perceived barriers to conducting investigator-initiated research and team-based projects across the university.
3.1 Improve and expand facilities.
- Received certificate of occupancy for the North Florida Innovation Labs building and preparing for grand opening.
- Completed conceptual design phase for the FSU Health academic health research building planned for the TMH Campus.
- Initiated assignment of space for Interdisciplinary Research and Commercialization Building (IRCB).
- Secured $2.5 M in HRSA funding for simulation and VR equipment to be used for educational and research purposes in our Nursing program at the new FSU Health Tallahassee Center.
- Secured a $98.4 million grant from Triumph Gulf Coast, Inc. to develop and build new aerospace and manufacturing facility in Panama City.
3.2 Streamline and enhance administrative support systems.
- Developed a pooled fringe rate to reduce administrative burden in budgeting.
- Added an additional research attorney to address the growing number of contracts and improve contract review time.
- Increased the CRC Small Grant Program to $5K, added subventions, and simplified the application and approval processes.
3.3 Enhance training programs.
- Offered 21 Research Development Workshops for Faculty in FY2024 with 1,078 FSU attendees.
- Offered 27 Research Administration educational opportunities in FY2024 with 1,308 attendees.
3.4 Increase and maintain shared resources.
- Initiated a Chemical Inventory database (EH&S).
- Updated the scientific equipment database. Please send your equipment that can be shared across our campus to aspire@fsu.edu!
