Office of the Dean
Florida Center for Students with Unique Abilities
Principal Investigator: Janice Seabrooks-Blackmore, Ph.D.
Sponsor: State of Florida
Award Period: 7/1/2016 to 6/3/2026
Total Award: $21,616,927
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Center for Community Schools
Principal Investigator: Amy Ellis, Ed.D.
Sponsor: Florida Board of Governors
Award Period: 7/1/2022 to 6/30/2023
Total Award: $7,180,571
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Florida Department of Health Colorectal Cancer Control Program Evaluation
Principal Investigator: Bonnie Swan, Ph.D.
Sponsor: Florida Department of Health
Award Period: 7/1/2021 to 6/9/2025
Total Award: $85,000
Counselor Education and School Psychology
Project Harmony
Principal Investigator: Sejal Barden, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigator: Dalena Taylor, Ph.D.
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Award Period: 9/30/2020 to 9/29/2025
Total Award: $7,499,995
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UCF-Aspire Behavioral Health Paraprofessional Training Program
Principal Investigator: K. Dayle Jones, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigator: W. Bryce Hagedorn, Ph.D.
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Award Period: 9/1/2020 to 8/31/2024
Total Award: $1,954,347
UCF-Aspire Opioid Workforce Expansion Program
Principal Investigator: K. Dayle Jones, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigators: W. Bryce Hagedorn, Ph.D. and Gulnora Hundley, Ph.D.
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Award Period: 9/1/2019 to 8/31/2023
Total Award: $494,412
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UCF-Aspire Integrated Behavioral Health Care Internship Program
Principal Investigator: W. Bryce Hagedorn, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigator: Gulnora Hundley, Ph.D.
Sponsor: Health Resources and Services Administration
Award Period: 9/1/2021 to 6/30/2025
Total Award: $472,658
Culturally Adapted Online Couples Communication Program for Latina Breast Cancer Patients
Principal Investigator: Sejal Barden, Ph.D.
Sponsor: University of South Florida
Award Period: 2/1/2022 to 1/31/202
Total Award: $252,141.00
Removing Obstacles to HIV Prevention for Black Women in Orange County, Florida
Principal Investigator: J. Richelle Jo, Ph.D.
Sponsor: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Interdisciplinary Research Leaders
Award Period: 7/15/2022 to 10/31/2024
Total Award: $64,763
Criminal Justice
Safe Transitions: Longitudinal Examination of Domestic Violence Transitional Housing Models on Survivor Outcomes
Principal Investigator: Bethany Backes, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigators: Erica Fissel, Ph.D., Alison Cares, Ph.D., Jacqueline Woerner, Ph.D., and Julia O'Connor, Ph.D.
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Justice
Award Period: 11/1/2020 to 10/31/2025
Total Award: $1,000,000
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Assessing the Impact of Domestic Violence-Specific Risk Assessment Tools on Pretrial Decision Making, Case Outcomes, and Victim Safety
Principal Investigator: Bethany Backes, Ph.D.
Sponsor: Arizona State University
Award Period:$554,300
Total Award: 5/1/2021 to 6/30/2024
Evaluation on Stepping Up Efforts to Improve Mental Health Services and Justice Evaluation
Principal Investigator: Jill Viglione, Ph.D.
Sponsor: George Mason University
Award Period: 9/3/2019 to 7/31/2023
Total Award: $417,973
UCF Approach to Reducing Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking
Principal Investigator: Erica Fissel, Ph.D.
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Justice
Award Period: 10/1/2021 to 9/3/2024
Total Award: $300,000
Evaluation of Improvements to Offender Violation Guide and Dashboards in Arkansas
Principal Investigator: Jill Viglione, Ph.D.
Sponsor: Arkansas Division of Community Corrections
Award Period: 10/1/2021 to 9/30/2024
Total Award: $149,603
Evaluation of the Hidalgo County Virtual Supervision Caseload
Principal Investigator: Jill Viglione, Ph.D.
Sponsor: Adult Probation of Hidalgo County
Award Period: 10/1/2021 to 9/30/2024
Total Award: $144,779
Evaluation of Virtual Supervision in Maine
Principal Investigator: Jill Viglione, Ph.D.
Sponsor: State of Maine
Award Period: 6/15/2022 to 9/30/2024
Total Award: $126,600
Florida Pathways to Awareness, Support, and Services
Principal Investigator: Kristina Childs Fisher, Ph.D.
Sponsor: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Award Period: 9/30/2021 to 9/29/2023
Total Award: $62,398
The Role of State Medicaid Policies in Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in the Criminal Justice Population: Evidence from the Treatment Episode Datasets
Principal Investigator: Fatema Ahmed
Sponsor: National Institue on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Award Period: 3/15/2022 to 2/28/2023
Total Award: $53,290
ADVANCE Catalyst: UCF Intersectional Self-Assessment as Catalyst for STEM Faculty Equity
Principal Investigator: Jacinta Gau, Ph.D.
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Award Period:3/1/2021 to 2/9/2024
Total Award: $52,111.00
Educational Leadership and Higher Education
School Leadership Micro-Credential Series (SLMS): Driving Principal Leadership for Academic Excellence
Principal Investigator: RoSusan Bartee, Ph.D.
Sponsor: School District of Osceola County
Award Period: 7/12/2022 to 7/31/2024
Total Award: $374,336
Culturally Relevant Messaging and the Political Socialization of HBCU Students
Principal Investigator: Amanda Wilkerson, Ed.D.
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Award Period: 8/15/2021 to 1/31/2023
Total Award: $122,171
Improving Transfer Student Learning and Academic Success Through Peer Academic Coaching
Principal Investigator: Amanda Wilkerson, Ed.D.
Sponsor: UCF Vice President for Research
Award Period: 1/11/2021 to 1/10/2023
Total Award: $40,000
Global Health Management and Informatics
JCOIN Coordination and Translation Center Yr 2 - Rapid Response:Identifying MOUD Decision-Making Factors in Criminal Problem-Solving Courts
Principal Investigator: Barbara Andraka-Christou, Ph.D.
Sponsor: George Mason University
Award Period: 1/10/2022 to 1/9/2024
Total Award: $47,500.00
Developing the Causal Network to Identify Factors Leading to Data Incompleteness of Electronic Health Records
Principal Investigator: Varadraj Gurupur, Ph.D>
Sponsor: UCF College of Graduate Studies
Award Period: 8/23/2022 to 8/22/2023
Total Award: $24,857
Exploratory Mixed Method Study of Recovery Coaching for Family Members of Loved with Ones with Substance Use Disorder
Principal Investigator: Barbara Andraka-Christou, Ph.D.
Sponsor: UCF College of Graduate Studies
Award Period: 1/11/2021 to 1/10/2023
Total Award: $20,000
Exploring attitudes and policies toward medical marijuana in dependency courts / JCOIN Coordination and Translation Center
Principal Investigator: Barbara Andraka-Christou, Ph.D.
Sponsor: University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Award Period: 9/1/2021 to 8/31/2023
Total Award:$10,000
Learning Sciences and Educational Research
Collaborative Research: Building Undergraduate Capacity in STEM at a Hispanic Serving Institution utilizing Culturally-Relevant Instruction with Micro-Credentialing
Grant Principal Investigator: Laurie O. Campbell, Ed.D.
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Award Period: 5/1/2020 to 4/30/2024
Total Award:$356,112
HSI Implementation and Evaluation Project: Enhancing Student Success in Engineering Curriculum through Active e-Learning and High Impact Teaching Practices
Grant Principal Investigator: Michelle Taub, Ph.D.
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Award Period: 10/1/2022 to 9/30/2025
Total Award:$172,709
Collaborative Research/Research Initiation: What Practice Makes Perfect
Principal Investigator: Haiyan Bai, Ph.D.
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Award Period: 9/1/2019 to 8/31/2023
Total Award: $94,956
Examining the Use of Self-Regulatory Processes during Game-Based Learning Among Students with Cognitive or Learning Disabilities
Principal Investigator: Michelle Taub, Ph.D.
Sponsor: UCF College of Graduate Studies
Award Period: 1/5/2020 to to 1/4/2023
Total Award: $50,537
Examining the use of Self-Regulatory Processes during Game-Based Learning among Students with Cognitive or Learning Disabilities
Principal Investigator: Michelle Taub, Ph.D.
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Award Period: 5/1/2021 to 4/30/2023
Total Award:$18,270
Understanding How Multiply-Marginalized Black Youth and Children in Florida Make Meaning of their Schooling amid COVID-19
Principal Investigator: Michele Gill, Ph.D.
Sponsor: American Psychological Association
Award Period: 2/1/2021 to 8/31/2022
Total Award: $5,000
Legal Studies
Conference: Advanced Air Mobility: Will Law Lift or Ground a New Era of Human Transportation?
Principal Investigator: Timothy Ravich, JD
Co-Principal Investigators: Sarah Bush, Ph.D., and Laurie O. Campbell, Ed.D.
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Award Period: 8/1/2022 to 7/31/2023
Total Award: $49,999
Public Administration
The New First Line of Defense: Building Community Resilience through Residential Risk Disclosure Resilience
Principal Investigator: Christopher Emrich, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigators: Jacopo Baggio, Thomas Wahl, Kristy Lewis and Sonia Stephens
Sponsor: National Academy of Sciences
Award Period: 10/1/2019 to 9/30/2023
Total Award: $3,403,554
Leveraging Smart Technologies and Managing Community Resilience through Networked Communities and Cross-Sector Partnerships
Principal Investigator: Yue Ge, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigators: Jeremy Hall, Ph.D., Naim Kapucu, Ph.D., Liqiang Wang
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Award Period: 9/1/2020 to 8/31/2023
Total Award: $1,225,000
Exploring the Role of Adaptive Capacity on Democratic Performance (ERAC-DP): Governmental and Nonprofit Organizations in the Pandemic
Principal Investigator: Thomas Bryer, Ph.D.
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Award Period: 5/1/2022 to 4/30/2025
Total Award:$199,999
Orange County Capacity Buidling for Nonprofits
Principal Investigator:Maritza Concha
Sponsor: Orange County Board of County Commissioners
Award Period:5/20/2020 to 9/30/2023
Total Award:$168,601
Collaborative Research: Assessing the Impact of Lead Agency Cross-Functional Authority on City Sustainability Outcomes
Principal Investigator: Christopher Hawkins, Ph.D.
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Award Period: 9/1/2020 to 8/31/2023
Total Award: $115,380
Assessing Equity in Disaster Recovery Funding
Principal Investigator: Christopher Emrich, Ph.D.
Sponsor: University of Iowa
Award Period: 9/16/2019 to 9/16/2022
Total Award: $97,142
Science-Practice Partnerships for Hurricane Forecast Use in Enhancing Critical Infrastructure Resilience in Florida
Principal Investigator: Yue Ge, Ph.D.
Sponsor: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Award Period: 5/27/2022 to 9/30/2023
Total Award:$71,700
FCI: Sally Impact Assessment
Principal Investigator: Chris Emrich, Ph.D.
Sponsor: Florida Department of Economic Opportunity
Award Period:2/25/2022 to 3/28/2023
Total Award: $70,930
Comprehensive Resilience Analysis of Shoreline Changes in South Puerto Rico
Principal Investigator: Luis Santiago, Ph.D.
Sponsor: University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus
Award Period: 8/1/2019 to 10/31/2022
Total Award: $34,862
Reimagining Urban Resilience and Education Hubs Using a Community-Engaged, Equity-Centered Approach
Principal Investigator: Kelly Stevens, Ph.D.
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Award Period: 10/1/2022 to 3/31/2023
Total Award: $30,175
Building an Heir's Property Indicator to Support Disaster Planning, Response, and Recovery
Principal Investigator: Chris Emrich, Ph.D.
Sponsor: USDA Forest Service
Award Period: 8/2/2021 to 6/30/2023
Total Award:$30,000
Participatory Design of An Artificial Intelligent Digital Assistant to Improve Shared Decision Making for African American Men
Principal Investigator: Maritza Concha, Ph.D.
Sponsor: Central Florida Pharmacy Council, Inc
Award Period:10/14/2021 to 3/30/2023
Total Award:$20,000
Identification of Cost-Effective, Climate-informed Green Infrastructure Adaptations to Reduce Flood Risk in Houston Vulnerable Communities
Principal Investigator: Claire Knox, Ph.D.
Sponsor: University of Texas at Arlington
Award Period: 9/1/2021 to 8/31/2023
Total Award: $5,000
Cancer Research Dissemination Partnership
Principal Investigator: Maritza Concha, Ph.D.
Sponsor: Central Florida Pharmacy Council, Inc
Award Period: 8/25/2021 to 5/31/2023
Total Award:$1,499
Teacher Education
Enhancing Quality in Teacher Preparation in Mathematics within Urban Partnerships
Principal Investigator: Mary Little, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigators: Debbie Hahs-Vaughn, Ph.D., Ann Shillingford-Butler, Ph.D.
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education
Award Period: 10/1/2018 to 9/30/2023
Total Award: $3,586,797
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Dual Language Support through Technology Enhanced Programs and Strategies
Principal Investigator: Joyce Nutta, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigators: Kerry Purmensky, Ph.D., and Florin Mihai, Ph.D.
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education
Award Period: 9/1/2017 to 8/31/2023
Total Award: $2,145,356
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Preparation through Residencies and Enhanced Partnerships
Principal Investigator: Rebecca Hines, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigators: Roger Azevedo, Ph.D. and Lisa Dieker, Ph.D.
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education
Award Period: 11/1/2019 to 10/31/2024
Total Award: $1,606,626
Empowering STEM Teachers with Earned Doctorates: A Noyce Program for Elementary and Middle School Mathematics Teachers
Principal Investigator: Sarah Bush, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigators: Lisa Brooks, Ph.D., Juli Dixon, Ph.D., and Brian Moore, Ph.D.
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Award Period: 4/1/2021 to 3/31/2026
Total Award: $1,355,839
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Successfully Teaching Educators about Primary Sources
Principal Investigator: Scott Waring, Ph.D.
Sponsor: Library of Congress
Award Period: 11/30/2009 to 9/30/2023
Total Award: $1,297,998
Preparing Next Generation Special Education Leadership Scholars
Principal Investigator: Lisa Dieker, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigators: Michelle Taub, Ph.D. and Eleazar Vasquez, Ph.D.
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education
Award Period: 1/1/2019 to 12/31/2023
Total Award: $1,250,000
Preparing Scholars to Lead Inclusion and Transition
Principal Investigator: Rebecca Hines, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigator: Lisa Dieker, Ph.D. and Adam Myer, Ed.D.
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education
Award Period: 1/1/2017 to 12/31/2022
Total Award: $1,250,000
Preparing Special Teachers and Speech-Language Practitioners in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Principal Investigator: Eleazar Vasquez, Ph.D.
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education
Award Period: 1/1/2019 to 12/31/2023
Total Award: $1,000,000
Project SPEECH: Speech-Language Pathologists and Exceptional Educators Collaboration for Children with High Intensity Needs
Principal Investigator: Mary Little, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigators: Dena Slanda, Ph.D. and Debra Knox, CCC-SLP
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education
Award Period: 11/1/2019 to 10/31/2024
Total Award: $1,250,000
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Robots and Artificial Intelligence to Improve Social Skills for Elementary Students with ASD
Principal Investigator: Lisa Dieker, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigators: Rebecca Hines, Ph.D. and Charles Hughs, Ph.D.
Sponsor: UCP
Award Period: 1/1/2021 to 12/31/2025
Total Award: $997, 742
Collaborative Research: Transforming Undergraduate Mathematics Teacher Preparation Programs using the Professional Development: Research, Implementation, and Evaluation Framework
Principal Investigator: Sarah Bush, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigators: Janet Andreasen, Ph.D. and Farshid Safi, Ph.D.
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Award Period: 7/1/2020 to 6/30/2024
Total Award: $968,578
Technology Enhanced Learning Enabled by Partner Organizations, Research, and Teaching Success
Principal Investigator: Matthew Marino, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigator: Lisa Dieker, Ph.D. and Trey Vasquez
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education
Award Period: 1/1/2019 to 12/31/2023
Total Award: $923,306
Project Bridges 2.0
Principal Investigator: Mary Little, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigator: Oliver Edwards, Ph.D. and Dena Slanda, Ph.D.
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education
Award Period: 10/1/2018 to 12/31/2023
Total Award: $1,250,000
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Preparing Special Education Teachers and Speech-Language Practitioners in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Principal Investigator: Eleazar Vasquez, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigator: Jacqueline Towson, Ph.D.
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education
Award Period: 1/1/2019 to 12/31/2023
Total Award: $500,000
DebriefScape™ Suite: Personalized Dashboard and Open Education Resources for STEM Coaches to Support Special Education Teachers
Principal Investigator: Lisa Dieker, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigators: Rebecca Hines, Ph.D., Charles Hughes, Ph.D. and Trey Vasquez, Ph.D.
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Award Period: 10/1/2021 to 9/30/2026
Total Award: $346,815
Developing and Testing Innovations: Enhancing Engagement and Conceptual Understanding of Fractions for Students with Learning Disabilities using the ModelME Curriculum
Principal Investigator: Matthew Marino, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigator: Michelle Taub, Ph.D.
Sponsor: North Carolina State University
Award Period: 3/1/2020 to 2/28/2023
Total Award: $332,715
Developing a Practice-based Interdisciplinary Teacher Preparation Program at the Intersection of Science, Second Language, and Literacy Acquisition
Principal Investigator: Su Gao, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigators: Haiyan Bai, Ph.D., Malcolm Butler, Ph.D., Joyce Nutta, Ph.D. and Vicky Zygouris-Coe, Ph.D.
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Award Period: 10/1/2020 to 9/3/2023
Total Award: $300,000
Project CENTRAL: Connecting Enhanced Networks to Reach All Learners
Principal Investigator: Mary Little, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigators: Dena Slanda, Ph.D. and Oliver Edwards, Ph.D.
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education
Award Period: 9/1/2022 to 8/31/2027
Total Award: $1,250,000
EAGER: Improving Cybersecurity Education for Adolescents with Autism Through Automated Augmented Self-Monitoring Applications
Co-Principal Investigator: Lisa Dieker, Ph.D.
Award Period: 5/1/2021 to 4/30/2023
Total Award: $112,425
State Science Fair of Florida
Principal Investigator: Su Gao, Ph.D.
Sponsor: Florida Department of Education
Award Period: 7/1/2020 to 6/30/2023
Total Award: $72,032
Successfully Teaching Educators about Primary Sources
Principal Investigator: Scott Waring, Ph.D.
Sponsor: Library of Congress
Award Period: 11/30/2019 to 9/30/2021
Total Award: $40,015
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