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The tens of millions of dollars in grant proposals are targeting funding streams flowing down through the American Recovery andReinvestment Act’s shovel-ready initiatives. Universities faced with consecutive year s of funding cuts are angling to usethe shovel-readyy cash to catch up on much-needed facility upgrades, build classrooms to handle the influx of students in need of re-traininbg or tackle big capital projects aime at bolstering academics and research. The approach is twofoldf at , which has seen its student population surg by 12 percent in the past two due in part torising unemployment.
The college is seeking $45 millioh to build additional classroom capacity on its three main campuse s as well as to enhance vocational traininv facilitiesin high-demand occupations, according to Ellynj Drotzer, director of the office of grants development. The college want the cash, among other projects, to build out its and the Marooned Automotive Program in Miramar to emphasize curriculu on maintaining and repairing emerginfg green energy and hybrid systems in boats and It also wants to expand classrooms foraviationn training, including a facility to train a new generation of air traffifc controllers, which are expected to be in high demanf in a few yearsd to replace a wave of retiring controllers, Drotzer “These are all shovel ready,” she “We have a history of training in technical trades an now we are lookinv to be responsive to providinv curriculum in this new emergingy industry of green technology.
” The ’s 18-membeer stimulus working group meets regularly to discuss opportunitiesa and set a course to capture as much of the federalo cash as possible. So far, the schook has more than 400 proposals seekingh in excessof $350 million in “We saw this as a very significant opportunity for the universityh and to do something for the community,” said Richard Bookman, vice provosy of research at UM. Among the projects on the school’sw shovel-ready wish list is a new $45 seawater research centert at UM’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciencs onVirginia Key, he said.
The university is seeking $15 millionh from the and $15 million from the to help builcthe center, which will study sea creatured as well as the physices of waves on structures. UM is also is submitting proposals fora $15 millionb to $20 million additionj to a science building at its Corap Gables campus and a multi-story researchj building at its medical has science, green technology and culinaruy training on its shovel-ready submission list. The schoool is requesting help fundinfa $22.7 million hospitality managemen center to house a culinaryy arts school as well as $40 million for an extensiv renovation and upgrade to decades-oldc facilities at its north campus and $1.
2 milliom for an and Technology. But by most accounts competitionh for stimulus funds willbe fierce. And specifivc funding priorities from federal and state allocatorsbeyond short-term projectsz that would create jobs quickly remainss unclear, said Camille assistant VP and interikm director of sponsored research at . “Theyu are not telling us what they arelooking for,” she But FAU is seeking $4.5 million to help build out wated reuse infrastructure at its newly opened, gold levelo Leadership in Energy and and platinum level engineering building, slated to open in 2010.
The universityg also is seeking federal stimuluas funds to create a road connector system at its main campusx off Glades Road in Boca Raton andadditionak parking. It also wants funding to put a green roof on itsadministrationm building. While the application process is infull swing, UM’s Bookman doesn’ft expect the winning projects to be announced until the fall.
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