Research & Sponsored Programs

$585 Million

Research funding since opening in 1997

Research Enriches

Faculty and Students

$24 Million

Research funding for fiscal year 2023-2024

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Awards Received Last Quarter

TITLE SPONSOR PRIMARY INVESTIGATOR
Is a Meaningless World Easier to Destroy? Examining Primal World Beliefs and Support for Violent Extremism in a Sample of Imprisoned Terrorists University of Pennsylvania Dr. Daniel Snook
Head Start Coach District School Board of Collier County Vickie Johnston
2020-2025 SSS STEM U.S. Department of Education Valerie Garcia-Rea
2020-2025 SSS Classic U.S. Department of Education Valerie Garcia-Rea
Graduate Research Fellowship Program National Science Foundation Dr. Rosemary Higgins
Expansion of the Estero Bay HAB Water Quality Monitoring Network Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association Dr. Michael Parsons
Naples Botanical Garden - Beach Dune Research project FGCU Foundation Dr. Jeannine Hyde Richards
Focus on Four and ELLM Lee County 2024-2025  FGCU Foundation  Jessica Essary 
National Summer Transportation Institute (NSTI) at FGCU Florida Department of Transportation Dr. Claude Villiers
Habitat and population enhancement for the recovery of aboriginal prickly-apple (Harrisia aboriginum), a federally endangered cactus endemic to SW Florida US Department of the Interior Dr. Johns Griffis 
Evaluation of Lake Okeechobee Ecosystem Health South Florida Water Management District Dr. Barry Rosen 
WGCU Public Television Grant 2025 Florida Department of Education Corey Lewis
WGCU Public Radio Station Grant 2025 Florida Department of Education Corey Lewis
Non-coding RNA in CKD Progression National Institutes of Health/NIDDK Dr. Jayanta Gupta
AI-Directed Tool Development for Pathogenic “Flesh-eating” Vibrio Bacteria Prediction and Control Florida Institute of Technology Dr. Nora Demers
Conference Broadening Accessibility to STEM Ethic National Science Foundation Dr. Sherri Emer
The NCEF Early Childhood Development Center 2024-25 Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation Dr. Timothy Ferguson
Collaborative Research: Polarimetric Asteroseismology of Massive Hot Stars National Science Foundation Dr. Derek Buzasi
KEEN-KERN Annual Support Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation Dr. Seneshaw Tsegaye
Study to Identify and Analyze Potential Regional Water Quality Improvement Projects Florida Department of Environmental Protection Dr. Rachel Rotz
Act Early Ambassador Program-Fabrizi American Academy of Pediatrics Sarah Fabrizi
Increasing Resilience Capacity within Southwest Coastal Communities in the wake of Hurricane Ian University of Florida Christopher Daly
Geographic Programs - South Florida Geographic Initiatives Programs: A Model-Experiment (ModEx) Framework to Advance Understanding of Fertilizer and Pesticide Reactive Transport in Rural Agricultural Areas Florida State University Dr. Ahmed Elshall
Fullbright TEA 2025 Bureau of Educational & Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State and IREX Dr. Ally Zhou
APEX Accelerator at FGCU FY25 University of West Florida Dorian Zwierewicz
2024-2025 SBDC Program - State Performance Funding University of West Florida Dorian Zwierewicz

ORSP Events

November 2024

TRAINING - Budget Transfer Requests for Grants
Monday, November 4th, 1:00-1:30


2024-2025 Hanover Grant Academy Kick-Off Meeting
Monday, November 4th, 10:00-11:00

SRHM 225


Career Advancement Assistance Program
Deadline for Summer 2025 is Friday, November 15th

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About Externally Funded Research

Funding Sources  Need assistance finding a Research Sponsor? See what funding sources are available.

Definitions — See the Academic Resources of the Provost's Office for Sponsored Project, Gift, and Continuing Education Definitions

Externally Funded Awards (EFA) Guidelines and Procedures:


Misconduct in Research  FGCU holds all individuals involved in scientific research and scholarly/creative activity to the highest ethical standards in the conduct of these activities. Faculty, staff, and students are expected to comply with generally accepted ethical and legal standards for the conduct of and reporting of possible violations in the conduct scientific research and scholarly/creative activity.

FGCU has established a Research Misconduct policy (available on the University Policies pagethat applies to individuals (other than students involved in regular classroom assignments) engaged in any form of research and scholarship, funded or otherwise, in every discipline throughout FGCU.

For more information and assistance with IACUC and IRB applications, please contact the Compliance Coordinator at research@fgcu.edu.

For more information and assistance with RSC, please contact Rhonda Holtzclaw at 239-590-1037 or rholtzcl@fgcu.edu.


Conflicts of Interest  Please refer to the current Faculty Collective Bargaining Agreement, the Employee Handbook, and FGCU Regulation 5.012, Outside Employment/Activities, for conflicts of interest relating to your employment with the university.

FGCU offers an online Conflict of Interest course through the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI). The course includes basic background in the elements of the revised Public Health Service (PHS) federal regulations on financial conflicts of interest and investigator and institutional responsibilities. CITI registration and logon instructions can be found by clicking on the above link. 

Intellectual Property — Pursuant to Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) Intellectual Property Policy (Policy No. 2.002), “The University is implementing this authority through this Intellectual Property Policy, which requires that all Florida Gulf Coast University employees disclose certain works and inventions that are developed or discovered while affiliated with the University.” View the Intellectual Property Policy or the Student Created Intellectual Property policy.

Complete the online Invention Disclosure Form.

Equipment  FGCU has partnered with LifeSciences South Florida (LSSF).

The overall goals of this initiative are to continue building a South Florida life science cluster, foster collaboration, enhance education opportunities, and increase access to and utilization of expensive instruments.

Today the database includes a searchable list of scientific instruments (manufacturer, model, and specifications), institution and point of contact (e-mail and telephone). You may search by instrument (e.g. confocal microscope) or institution (e.g. Florida Gulf Coast University). If you are interested in gaining access to any of the instruments in the database, the place to start is the point of contact. In the future the site will include a uniform terms of use agreement and confirmed availability.

Explore the resources available at the LSSF Resource Portal.

Student Research

The Office of Scholarly Innovation & Student Research supports hands-on experiences through research, employment opportunities, and various academic awards to facilitate student and faculty learning within any discipline.

Learn More About SISR

Contact The Office of Research & Sponsored Programs

Mailing Address:
Sugden Hall Suite 201
10501 FGCU Blvd. S.,
Fort Myers, FL 33965–6502
ORSP General Mailbox

Name Title Email Phone
Alexander, Sherry Assistant Director, Research Compliance & Integrity Officer sralexander@fgcu.edu (239) 590-7522
Ford, Judi Grant Coordinator I juford@fgcu.edu (239) 590-7549
Gilmore, Donna Director, Research & Sponsored Programs dgilmore@fgcu.edu (239) 590-7582
Higgins, Rosemary Associate Vice President, Research & Sponsored Programs rhiggins@fgcu.edu (239) 590-7021
Hutchison, Laura Data Management Analyst I lhutchison@fgcu.edu (239) 745-4237
Leyden, Julie Administrative Assistant II jleyden@fgcu.edu (239) 590-1443
Mitchell, Charlene Grants and Research Compliance Coordinator II cmitchell@fgcu.edu (239) 590-7881
Nordelo, Brianna Grant Coordinator II bnordelo@fgcu.edu (239) 590-7065
Payne, Nadia Data Management Analyst II npayne@fgcu.edu (239) 590-1853
Pollock, Tina Accountant III tpollock@fgcu.edu (239) 590-7323
Torres, Marie Research Compliance Coordinator metorres@fgcu.edu (239) 745-4538
Uluc, Ersun Grants and Research Compliance Coordinator II euluc@fgcu.edu (239) 590-7908
Watson, Samantha Research Compliance Coordinator swatson@fgcu.edu (239) 590-7022
Wood, Simon Grants and Research Compliance Coordinator II sawood@fgcu.edu (239) 590-7020
Contact

Office of Research & Sponsored Programs

Sugden Hall Suite 201
10501 FGCU Blvd. S.
Fort Myers, FL 33965-6502

 ORSP General Mailbox