THE CHARLES E. SCHMIDT COLLEGE OF SCIENCE

GOAL 3: BUILDING WORLD-CLASS ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND RESEARCH CAPACITY

Objective 8. The Charles E. Schmidt College of Science will strengthen research programs to a position of national leadership.

• Campus(es):
  
  • Boca Raton
  • Davie
  • Jupiter
  • Port St. Lucie
  
  
  
  
• Outcome: By AY 09-10, the college will double the dollar amount of supported research per faculty member to $80,000 per year, an increase of about $8,000 per year.
  
  

  Research funding improvement	05-06	06-07	07-08
  Grant expenditures per faculty member	$48,000	$56,000	$64,000

  
  
• Strategy: Increase the time available for research by faculty members by adding faculty and shifting service course teaching to full-time instructors, as detailed under Objectives 1 and 3; to assist faculty in grant proposal submission, add two new grant-coordinator positions to the one being assigned to the college for AY 05-06 from the Division of Sponsored Research.
  
  
• Target Date: AY 09-10


• Accountable Individual: Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research
  
  
• Resources Required: The primary requirement is more time for faculty research, which will be accomplished via objectives 1 and 3. In addition, support will be needed from the Division of Sponsored Research in the form of two new grant-coordinator positions assigned to the college, one each in AY 06-07 and AY 07-08.
  
  

  Research support staffing	05-06	06-07	07-08
  New grant coordinators, S&B	$52,000	$52,000	$52,000

   

• Budget Summary:

	AY 05-06	AY 06-07	AY 07-08
Funding/Source
New E&G (1 Time)
New E&G (Continuing)
Existing E&G Reallocation
New Foundation (1 Time)
New Foundation (Continuing)
Contract/Grant- (annual increment)
Contract/Grant (Returned Overhead - College/Department Account)
Contract/Grant (Returned Overhead - VP Research Discretionary)	$52,000	$52,000	$52,000
Auxiliary – New, One-Time
Auxiliary – New, Continuing
Other - New, Continuing (Identify in description)
Other - New, Continuing (Identify in description)
Other - Existing Funds/Reallocation (Identify in description)