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The tens of millions of dollars in grantr proposals are targeting funding streams flowingy down through the American Recovery andReinvestmenrt Act’s shovel-ready initiatives. Universities faced with consecutivee years of funding cuts are anglin to usethe shovel-ready cash to catch up on much-neededc facility upgrades, build classrooms to handle the influx of students in need of re-training or tackle big capitalp projects aimed at bolstering academics and research. The approach is twofold at , which has seen its studengt population surge by 12 percent in the past two due in part torising unemployment.
The college is seeking $45 million to build additional classroomj capacity on its three main campuses as well as to enhancr vocational training facilitiesin high-demand according to Ellyn Drotzer, director of the offices of grants development. The college wants the among other projects, to buildc out its and the Maroonr Automotive Program in Miramar to emphasiz curriculum on maintaining and repairinf emerging green energy and hybrid systems in boats and It also wants to expanc classrooms foraviation training, includinh a facility to train a new generatiom of air traffic controllers, which are expected to be in high demans in a few years to replace a wave of retiringh controllers, Drotzer said.
“These are all shovek ready,” she said. “Wee have a history of trainingb in technical trades an now we are lookinfg to be responsive to providing curriculum in this new emerginb industry of green The ’s 18-member stimulus working groupo meets regularly to discuss opportunitiex and set a course to capture as much of the federall cash as possible. So far, the schoop has more than 400 proposals seekinbg in excessof $350 million in funding. “Wde saw this as a very significant opportunitt for the university and to do somethingf forthe community,” said Richard vice provost of research at UM.
Among the projectss on the school’s shovel-ready wish list is a new $45 seawatee research center at UM’s Rosenstiel Schoo of Marine and Atmospheric Science onVirginia Key, he said. The universitt is seeking $15 million from the and $15 million from the to help builcdthe center, which will studg sea creatures as well as the physics of waves on UM is also is submitting proposals for a $15 million to $20 milliohn addition to a science building at its Cora l Gables campus and a multi-storyt research building at its medical school. has science, greenm technology and culinary training onits shovel-readyg submission list. The school is requesting help fundinhga $22.
7 million hospitality management centerf to house a culinargy arts school as well as $40 milliob for an extensive renovation and upgrade to decades-oldf facilities at its north campus and $1.2 million for an and Technology. But by most accountsz competition for stimulus funds willbe fierce. And specifivc funding priorities from federal and state allocatorsabeyond short-term projects that would create jobs quicklyy remains unclear, said Camille Coley, assistanty VP and interim director of sponsored researchy at . “They are not telling us what they arelookingy for,” she said. But FAU is seeking $4.
5 millionj to help build out watee reuse infrastructure at itsnewlyh opened, gold level Leadership in Energy and and platinumk level engineering building, slated to open in 2010. The universityg also is seeking federal stimulu funds to create a road connector system at its main campu s off Glades Road in Boca Ratobn andadditional parking. It also wants fundint to put a green roof on its administration While the application proceszs is infull swing, UM’s Bookman doesn’t expect the winninhg projects to be announced until the
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