2023 FACT BOOK 29 Sponsored Funding Nova Southeastern University supports faculty and staff members in their pursuit of sponsored funding from a variety of government and private sources. In FY 2022, the university’s sponsored funding totaled more than $140 million. Research at NSU is supported by more than 100 external agencies, including the National Science Foundation; the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health; the U.S. Department of Education; the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association; and the Department of Defense. The largest amount of funding, 56 percent, came directly from the federal government. State and local government represented 20 and 15 percent of total funding, respectively. Funding from for-profit and other nonprofit corporations, foundations, and other universities round out the funding portfolio. Of the FY 2022 total, 44 percent, or $62 million, is to support research activities. In addition, the university funds faculty research through the President’s Faculty Research and Development Grant. Under this program, university faculty members compete for awards of up to $15,000 for the support of their scholarly inquiry and research. In the 23-year history of these awards, approximately $6.2 million in financial support has been awarded. Grant winners have come from each of the university’s academic units. Since 2001, the President’s Faculty Research and Development Grants resulted in 818 presentations and 378 publications. The program has also led to 246 external grant proposals, 76 of which were funded for a total of more than $14 million. The Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine held the largest amount of total sponsored funding for research, followed by the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center. The Office of the President, with its COVID-19 relief funding, was third, while the College of Dental Medicine received the fourth-largest amount of total sponsored funding. Sponsored funding received by the university includes support for both new and continuing programs, centers, and institutes. Among these initiatives are Broward County Sea Turtle Conservation Program and Marine Environmental Education Center; Deep Pelagic Nekton Dynamics of the Gulf of Mexico (DEEPEND) Consortium; Emil Buehler Research Center for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics; Guy Harvey Research Institute; Institute for Natural and Ocean Sciences Research; Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine; National Coral Reef Institute; NSU Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) Programs; NSU AutoNation Institute for Breast Cancer Research and Care; NSU Cell Therapy Institute; NSU RumbaughGoodwin Institute for Cancer Research; and Save Our Seas Foundation Shark Research Centre. Major funding sources include the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (including the National Institutes of Health), U.S. Department of Defense, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, U.S. Department of Education, other governmental agencies, and private foundations. Moreover, many of NSU’s programs and initiatives, as well as other sponsored projects, include collaborations with other universities, hospitals, and community organizations.
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