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President's Faculty Research & Development Grant

Overview of PFRDG Program

In support of the University’s mission, and to recognize and support NSU faculty in their research endeavors, President Ray Ferrero, Jr. initiated the President's Faculty Scholarship Award Program in 1999. Early in its inception, the program was renamed the President’s Faculty Research and Development Grant (PFRDG) program. Today, PFRDG continues to directly support Vision 2020’s research-focused core values and strategic priorities by providing seed money for new research areas for which external funding will be sought, or to move current research initiatives to new levels of competitiveness for external funding. Because PFRDG leverages significant university resources to grow externally funded research activities, the program receives a considerable level of attention and support from the University's administration. 

Fifty percent of each PFRDG award is funded from the interest generated from this investment, and the other fifty percent comes directly from the winning faculty members' academic units; these funds represent new allocations for faculty development, and do not diminish existing resources for faculty support in the unit. 

Funding is prioritized for work that:

  1. represents new or expanded research and development activity for the university;
  2. falls within both the university’s and the academic unit’s identity, goals and mission;
  3. expands the knowledge and understanding of the academic community;
  4. is disseminated, through professional review, outside of the university; and
  5. represents a new research area for which external funding will be sought; or moves an existing research project to a new level of competitiveness for external funding or supports scholarly activities that contribute to general discipline knowledge, but are not expected to lead to external funding.
  6. supports scholarly activities that contribute to general discipline knowledge but are not expected to lead to external funding.
 

UPDATES:

See below for FY24 PFRDG and QOL awardees

Information regarding the PFRDG FY25 competition coming Fall 2023.

Any questions? Contact pfrdg@nova.edu

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REQUIRED PFRDG FORMS (AS APPLICABLE) REVISION DATE PDF/Link

FY 2025 Application Portal 

Please review RFP for proposal content

5/2023 Link coming Fall 2023

FY 2024 Request for Proposal

FY 2025 RFP coming Fall 2023

10/2022

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Deans Commitment Form (Download form if you are unable to view in browser)

11/2022

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PFRDG Scoring Rubric

11/2020 Adobe Acrobat PDF

PFRDG Application Portal Instructions

11/2021

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Applicant Training Document

11/2021 Adobe Acrobat PDF

Proposal Development Assistance by NSU Librarians

11/2022 Proposal Development
REQUIRED PFRDG FORMS (AS APPLICABLE) REVISION DATE PDF/Link

Apply to be a Reviewer

1/2022 PFRDG Reviewer Application

Reviewer Application Instructions

1/2022

PFRDG Reviewer Application Instructions

Reviewer Training Recording

 

1/2021 Coming Soon

Reviewer/Panel Chair Guide

2/2018 Reviewer/Panel Chair Guide Coming Soon

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REQUIRED PFRDG FORMS (AS APPLICABLE) REVISION DATE PDF

Post Award Procedures

8/2023

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Rebudgeting Request

6/2022

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No-Cost Extension Form (Download form if you are unable to view in browser)

11/2019

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Final Report Form (Download form if you are unable to view in browser)

6/2022

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Request to Waive External Funding Submission

8/2019

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Please be aware that the President's Faculty Research and Development Grants are not evaluated on the level of funding an individual may have for other projects locally or federally funded. Each project or submission is graded on its own merits, and not on past or present funding.

Additional Questions? Send an email to PFRDG@nova.edu.

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