IISC+Grant

After various departments at USF, the Children's Board of Hillsborough County, the MacDill Air Force Base Family Advocacy & Outreach Program, SCOPE, and the Sarasota County Government invested in the Community & Complexity Initiative, the next system to invest was the USF Graduate School, through the provision of a seed grant relating to its Interdisciplinary Initiative for Sustainable Communities. This seed grant provides funding for up to two graduate assistants, .25 faculty, and some support for a speaker series and the development of a virtual hub.

Tameria Vickerson of the USF Graduate School has requested an update regarding this Initiative's efforts to date, and has provided a form, requesting that we complete and return it by March 3 in order to provide this information. Please contribute any information that you see as relevant. You can add information by clicking on "edit this page" above. Remember to click on "save" before exiting!

So here's the template:


 * Multidisciplinary Research and Graduate Education Enhancement Initiative**
 * Annual Report Template**

I. __Graduate Education and__ __Capacity__ __Building__

A) Number of:

Graduate Multidisciplinary Scholars (GMS) Graduate students (non-GMS) working on initiative research Undergraduate students conducting research in REU capacity (if any) Faculty supervising GMS Faculty conducting research without GMS supervisory responsibilities Post docs

B) Description of:

Courses developed/offered Course modules developed/offered Certificates in development stage Degree programs

II. __Scholarly Reputation and Productivity Accomplishments__ A) Paper(s) Journal Article(s) Conference and Poster Presentation(s) Books or Book Chapter(s) Theses and Dissertation(s) Faculty Honor(s)/Award(s) Received (for past 12 month period)

B) Marketing, Recruitment, and Public Relations

C) Community Collaboration and Partnership Building

III. __Student Success and Retention__

A) Academic and Career Development:

comprehensive exams Graduate degree completions Job placement of graduates Seed grant projects students actively involved with Summer semester activities conducted
 * 1) of GMS and non-GMS students who achieved candidacy or passed

B) Equipment/Facilities:

Examples of how the equipment purchased by the initiative has been made accessible to research faculty and graduate students across departments

Examples of how the sharing of facilities has contributed to student research opportunities and the enhancement of graduate experience

IV. __Graduate Education and Research__

A) New funding proposals submitted and/or awarded including # of students supported and duration IGERT proposals planned/submitted

B) Patent Applications/Disclosures

V. __Thrust Area and/or Grant Description (40 words or less)__