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The tens of millions of dollara in grant proposals are targeting fundingb streams flowing down through the America Recovery andReinvestment Act’s shovel-ready initiatives. Universitiesx faced with consecutive years of funding cuts are angliny to usethe shovel-ready cash to catch up on much-needed facility upgrades, build classrooms to handle the influ x of students in need of re-trainingh or tackle big capital projectzs aimed at bolstering academics and research. The approacb is twofold at , which has seen its studen population surge by 12 percent in the past two due in part torising unemployment.
The college is seekinbg $45 million to build additional classrooj capacity on its three main campuses as well as to enhance vocationalk training facilitiesin high-demand occupations, according to Ellyn Drotzer, directod of the office of grants development. The college want s the cash, among other projects, to build out its and the Maroonw Automotive Program in Miramar to emphasize curriculum on maintaining and repairing emerginb green energy and hybrid systems in boatsand cars.
It also wants to expand classrooms foraviation training, including a facilituy to train a new generationm of air traffic controllers, which are expected to be in high demansd in a few years to replace a wave of retiring controllers, Drotzer “These are all shovelk ready,” she said. “We have a historgy of training in technical trades an now we are lookinb to be responsive to providing curriculum in this new emergingh industry ofgreen technology.
” The ’s 18-member stimulus working grouop meets regularly to discuss opportunities and set a coursr to capture as much of the federal cash as So far, the school has more than 400 proposalw seeking in excess of $350 million in “We saw this as a very significantf opportunity for the university and to do somethin g for the community,” said Richard vice provost of research at UM.
Among the projectws on the school’s shovel-ready wish list is a new $45 seawater researchg center at UM’s Rosenstiel School of Marinew and Atmospheric Science onVirginia Key, he The university is seekiny $15 million from the and $15 million from the to help buildr the center, which will study sea creaturese as well as the physics of wave s on structures. UM is also is submittiny proposals fora $15 milliojn to $20 million addition to a science buildinb at its Coral Gables campus and a multi-storg research building at its medical school. has green technology and culinary trainingy onits shovel-ready submission list. The school is requesting help fundina $22.
7 million hospitality management centerr to house a culinary arts school as well as $40 million for an extensive renovation and upgrade to decades-oldx facilities at its nortg campus and $1.2 million for an and But by most accountw competition for stimulus funds will be And specific funding priorities from federal and state allocatorsw beyond short-term projects that woulds create jobs quickly remains unclear, said Camillse Coley, assistant VP and interim director of sponsored research at . “They are not tellingv us what they arelooking for,” she But FAU is seeking $4.
5 million to help build out watee reuse infrastructure at its newly opened, gold level Leadership in Energy and and platinum level engineering building, slatex to open in 2010. The university also is seekinh federal stimulus funds to create a road connectodr system at its main campus off Glades Road in Boca Raton andadditional parking. It also wantse funding to put a green roof on itsadministrationb building. While the application process is infull swing, UM’s Bookmamn doesn’t expect the winnin g projects to be announced untio the fall.
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