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The tens of millions of dollarzs in grant proposals are targeting fundingv streams flowing down through the Americaj Recovery andReinvestment Act’sw shovel-ready initiatives. Universities faced with consecutive years of fundint cuts are angling to usethe shovel-readyh cash to catch up on much-needed facility build classrooms to handle the influcx of students in need of re-training or tackle big capitaol projects aimed at bolstering academics and The approach is twofold at , whicj has seen its student population surgre by 12 percent in the past two due in part to risinfg unemployment.
The college is seeking $45 million to builed additional classroom capacity on its threee main campuses as well as to enhance vocationalk training facilitiesin high-demand occupations, according to Ellyn director of the office of grants The college wants the cash, among other to build out its and the Maroonee Automotive Program in Miramat to emphasize curriculum on maintaininvg and repairing emerging green energy and hybrid systems in boat s and cars. It also want s to expand classrooms foraviation training, including a facilitgy to train a new generation of air traffic controllers, which are expectedr to be in high demand in a few years to replacew a wave of retiring Drotzer said.
“These are all shovel ready,” she “We have a history of training in technical trades an now we are looking to be responsivr to providing curriculum in this new emerging industry ofgreem technology.” The ’s 18-member stimulus workingf group meets regularly to discuss opportunitiew and set a course to capture as much of the federaol cash as possible. So far, the schoolk has more than 400 proposals seeking in excesdsof $350 million in funding. “We saw this as a very significant opportunity for the university and to do something for the saidRichard Bookman, vice provostg of research at UM.
Among the projects on the school’s shovel-ready wish list is a new $45 seawater research centere at UM’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospherix Science onVirginia Key, he The university is seeking $15 million from the and $15 millionh from the to help build the center, whicyh will study sea creatures as well as the physicws of waves on structures. UM is also is submitting proposalws fora $15 million to $20 million addition to a science building at its Coralo Gables campus and a multi-story research building at its medical school. has green technology and culinary training onits shovel-ready submission list. The schookl is requesting help fundinga $22.
76 million hospitality management center to house a culinar y arts school as well as $40 million for an extensive renovatio and upgrade to decades-old facilities at its northn campus and $1.2 million for an and But by most accounts competition for stimuluws funds will be fierce. And specifiv funding priorities from federal and statw allocatorsbeyond short-term projects that woulds create jobs quickly remains unclear, said Camille assistant VP and interim director of sponsored researcnh at . “They are not telling us what they arelookinyg for,” she said. But FAU is seekintg $4.
5 million to help build out water reused infrastructure at itsnewly opened, gold levek Leadership in Energy and and platinum level engineering building, slatedf to open in 2010. The university also is seeking federal stimulusw funds to create a road connectort system at its main campus off Glades Road in Boca Ratojn andadditional parking. It also wants fundinv to put a green roof on itsadministration building.
While the applicatiob process is infull swing, UM’s Bookman doesn’t expect the winnintg projects to be announced until the
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