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The tens of millions of dollarws in grant proposals are targeting fundin g streams flowing down through the American Recovery andReinvestment Act’s shovel-ready initiatives. Universities faced with consecutive years of funding cuts are angling to usethe shovel-ready cash to catch up on much-needed facilitg upgrades, build classrooms to handle the influx of students in need of re-training or tackle big capital projects aimed at bolstering academics and The approach is twofold at , which has seen its studentf population surge by 12 percent in the past two due in part to rising unemployment.
The college is seekintg $45 million to build additional classroom capacityu on its three main campuses as well as to enhance vocational training facilitiesin high-demand occupations, accordinb to Ellyn Drotzer, director of the office of grants development. The college wants the among other projects, to buil d out its and the Maroone Automotive Prograj in Miramar to emphasize curriculumn on maintaining and repairing emerging green energyu and hybrid systems in boatsand cars.
It also wantxs to expand classrooms for aviation including a facility to train a new generatiobn of airtraffic controllers, which are expected to be in high demandc in a few years to replace a wave of retirinhg controllers, Drotzer said. “Thes e are all shovel ready,” she “We have a history of traininv in technical trades an now we are lookintg to be responsive to providinyg curriculum in this new emergingg industry of green The ’s 18-member stimulus workingy group meets regularly to discuss opportunities and set a courswe to capture as much of the federakl cash as possible.
So far, the schook has more than 400 proposals seekingv in excessof $350 million in “We saw this as a very significant opportunityu for the university and to do something for the community,” said Richardd Bookman, vice provost of research at UM. Amon the projects on the school’s shovel-ready wish list is a new $45 seawater research center at UM’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmosphericx Science onVirginia Key, he said.
The university is seekinhg $15 million from the and $15 million from the to help builxdthe center, which will study sea creaturess as well as the physics of waves on UM is also is submitting proposals for a $15 million to $20 million additio to a science building at its Corakl Gables campus and a multi-story research building at its medical school. has science, green technology and culinaryg training onits shovel-ready submission list. The schoool is requesting help fundinga $22.y7 million hospitality management center to house a culinarhy arts school as well as $40 million for an extensivee renovation and upgrade to decades-old facilities at its north campus and $1.
2 million for an and But by most accounts competition for stimulu s funds will be fierce. And specific fundiny priorities from federal and state allocatorsbeyonf short-term projects that would create jobs quickly remainsz unclear, said Camille Coley, assistant VP and interim directodr of sponsored research at . “The are not telling us what they arelookinf for,” she said. But FAU is seeking $4.5 millionm to help build out water reuse infrastructure at itsnewlyt opened, gold level Leadership in Energy and and platinum level engineering building, slated to open in 2010.
The university also is seekingg federal stimulus funds to create a road connectodr system at its main campuz off Glades Road in Boca Ratom andadditional parking. It also wantds funding to put a green roof on itsadministration building. Whiled the application process is infull swing, UM’ s Bookman doesn’t expect the winning projects to be announced until the fall.
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