Award Opportunities

Please see below for current award opportunities.

Past PHHP Awardees

Distinguished Professor/Curator:

This award acknowledges an exceptional record of achievement in the areas of teaching, research and publication, and professional and public service that is recognized both nationally and internationally. The final decision is made by the President with the advice of the Academic Personnel Board.

UF Research Foundation Professorships:

These awards annually recognize faculty research contributions and provide incentives for continued excellence in research. Each Professorship is awarded for a three-year period and includes a $5,000 annual salary supplement and a $3,000 research grant. Associate and Full Professors who are tenured and who have been on the UF faculty for at least five years are eligible to be nominated by their colleges.

Research Opportunity Seed Fund:

This annual seed grant program targets interdisciplinary, faculty-initiated research initiatives with potential for extramural support up to $100,000 over two years. It funds new projects and/or new collaborative partnerships. Awardees listed are either PI or CoPI.

• Current 2022 Research Opportunity Seed Fund Guidelines
• Research Opportunity Seed Fund Criteria

Excellence Awards for Assistant Professors:

The Provost’s Office offers the Excellence Awards for Assistant Professors recognizing excellence in research. Each award is a one-time allocation of $5,000 in support of research that can be used to fund travel, equipment, books, graduate students, and other research-related expenses.

For information regarding nomination packet requirements: Excellence Awards for Assistant Professors

Faculty Enhancement Opportunity (FEO) Awards:

This award advances the academic/professional/scholarly abilities of faculty members in the Health Science Center. The awards are more flexible in nature and duration than traditional sabbaticals. The award, of approximately $40,000, is sponsored by the President’s Office and the award amount can vary widely, depending on the expenses required by the project; however, the recipient’s unit is required to provide some resources towards the activity. A number of awards have been made to PHHP faculty—approximately 2 per year.

Travel Awards for Research Grant EnhancemenT (TARGET Initiative):

OVERVIEW
Faculty visits to granting agencies can reap significant benefits. For junior faculty, it can increase participation on review panels, awareness of future calls for funding, and networking with agency staff. For senior faculty, it can create mentoring opportunities and bolster multidisciplinary teams to develop stronger grant proposals.

The UF Office of Research announces an announcement of a campuswide call for proposals to the TARGET (Travel Awards for Research Grant EnhancemenT) program in support of team science. The fall 2019 call funded approximately 100 faculty, and with financial support from the Provost, at the rate of $2000 for airfare, hotel, meals and incidentals for travel completed by June 2020 to:

• Support grantsmanship efforts. Most teams will spend a few days interacting with program staff at one or more major funding agencies in Washington D.C., but other venues will be considered.
• Team leads must be senior faculty (Associate Professor or higher) identified within each team, who lead on submitting the team’s TARGET proposal to their respective college. A senior faculty member may lead on only one (1) proposal, and each team is allowed to submit one proposal only. Junior faculty may be members of more than one team.
• Team themes are flexible and can be defined broadly – teams are expected to leverage their TARGET awards to prepare competitive proposals.
• All team members will be responsible for their own travel logistics, and they are expected to:
  • Engage in all scheduled group activities,
  • Share their biosketch with agency staff, and
• Volunteer to provide ad hoc proposal reviews and serve on grant review panels.

For Eligibility, Submission Guidelines, Selection & Follow-Up Processes