Grant Application
CLUE Program Enhancement and Graduate Student Support
The Center for Land Use Efficiency is pleased to announce a request for proposals for the 2024-25 Program Enhancement and Graduate Student Support Grants. Please note that we have updated information requested in the RFP, so please read even if you’re familiar with previous versions. Please find details for this year's call below (and as a PDF attachment). Applications are due before January 19, 2024, 11:59 pm.
Purpose: To support research and extension projects and graduate student activity related to the mission of the Center for Land Use Efficiency including projects related to agricultural and urban land use. Projects that involve collaboration among center faculty, affiliates, and state and county specialists are strongly encouraged. Proposals that move ideas forward with the Future Urban Landscapes of Florida are also encouraged.
Eligibility
All CLUE faculty are eligible to apply. Proposals must be led by core CLUE faculty. Affiliate faculty are encouraged to collaborate with core faculty on proposal ideas.
Proposal Format
- Title of project
- Name and e-mail of faculty contact
- Justification (250 words max.) – Why is this project important? Why should it be funded now?
- Project objectives and brief description (250 words max.) – What are you proposing?
- How will the funding be used? Name graduate student if applicable.
- Plan of work. Must include a seminar each year if requesting funding for a graduate student (e.g. Departmental seminar, conference, etc.).
- Final deliverable – What will be the final deliverable/s? Please specify deliverables relevant to this funding cycle. All projects should lead to peer-reviewed research and extension publications, and possibly conference presentations.
- Timeline – Funds must be spent by June 30, 2025. All awards provide funding for one year. Funding for two-year master’s and four-year Ph.D. students will need to be requested annually. Please note, this request for proposals is being released in anticipation of having a budget to support this program, and we hope to provide awards to recipients in July 2024.
Budget
Please describe and justify the budget request, noting any outside sources of support, along with a table similar to the examples provided below, the department ID the funds will be transferred to, and the name and email of the staff member that will process this award. Voluntary cost-share is preferred, but not required. If including cost-share, be sure to incorporate this into the total budget, and include a letter of commitment.
Program Enhancement Budget: Awards can be used for salaries, materials, and travel. Funds cannot be used for food, awards, or giveaway items. Label and summarize which portions of your budget are expenses or OPS.
Graduate Student Budget: Awards must be used for graduate student stipend and tuition.
Total available funding: Total is $150,000. Most awards will be $30,000 or less, but larger amounts may be funded with appropriate justification. All awards are contingent upon legislative allocation.
| Faculty Deptarment ID: | ||
| Fiscal Contact to Process Award (name, email): | ||
| Program Enhancement Budget | Notes | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Salary | OPS | $9,500 |
| Fringe | @ 1.7% | $161 |
| Total CLUE Request | $9,661 | |
| Sample Processing | $7,500 | |
| Total Cost Share | $7,500 | |
| Faculty Deptarment ID: | ||
| Fiscal Contact to Process Award (name, email): | ||
| Graduate Student Budget | Amount | |
|---|---|---|
| Stipend for 12 month .50 FTE | $22,754 | |
| Fringe @ 11.8% | $2,685 | |
| Tuition/Fees | $10,770 | |
| Total CLUE Request | $30,000 | |
| Remaining Student Cost | $6,209 | |
| Total Cost Share | $6,209 | |
Important Dates
- Proposals due - January 19, 2024, 11:59 p.m.
- Notification - On or about February 23, 2024
Submit proposals to: Melissa Friedman. Proposals will be accepted by e-mail until January 19, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. You will receive an email confirming receipt of your proposal.
For further information: Please contact Dr. Michael Dukes or Melissa Friedman.
Evaluation and Ranking Criteria
| Criteria | Possible Points | Points Awarded | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Relevance to urban or agricultural land use | 15 | ||
| Current on deliverables from past CLCE/CLUE grants if applicable | 10 | ||
| Collaboration with CLUE faculty/affiliate faculty, state specialists, and/or county faculty | 15 | ||
| Clear plan for future extramural funding | 5 | ||
| Innovation | 10 | ||
| Deliverables include peer-reviewed research and/or extension publication | 10 | ||
| Voluntary cost-share (preferred is extramural funds but must be direct cost or extramural in-kind) | 15 | ||
| Stayed within/met proposal guidelines, including clear budget breakdown and details for processing the award | 10 | ||
| Actively participates in CLUE activities | 10 | ||
| Total Points | 100 |
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2022-23 Combined Program Enhancement and Graduate Student Support Grant.
| PI | Co-PIs/Collaborators | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Eban Bean | Irrigation conservation potential for top-dressing turfgrasses with compost | |
| Gail Hansen | Mike Volk, Belinda Nettles | Investigating alternative approaches and techniques for designing ecology-based landscapes for urban residential lots |
| Basil Iannone | Patrick Bohlen, Adam Dale, Mark Hostetler, Pierce Jones, Jennison Kipp | Restoring food web resources in residential landscapes: Are native landscaping plants helping? |
| Ryan Klein | Andrew Koeser, Laura Warner, Paul Monaghan, Larry Figar, Eric North | Urban forestry stewardship: Teaching volunteers how to structurally prune young trees |
| Andrew Koeser | Mysha Clarke, Deb Hilbert, Mary Lusk, Lara Roman, Laura Warner, Elise Willis | Greening development: Curbing urban tree canopy loss and increasing green infrastructure adoption through incentives |
| Mary Lusk | Kate Rotindo and Dylan Barr | Streets don’t grow: A research and extension project to improve water supply and water quality by eliminating wasteful application of reclaimed water used for urban irrigation |
| Chris Marble | Adam Dale, Erin Harlow | Determining the causal agent of galling damage on Florida ornamentals |
| A.J. Reisinger | Urbanization effects on stream energy dynamics | |
| Bryan Unruh | Basil Iannone, Ann Blount, Adam Dale, Kevin Kenworthy | Statewide evaluation of novel turfgrass and perennial peanut mixtures that enhance ecosystem services |
| Laura Warner | Jaret Daniels, Adam Dale, John Diaz, Emily Marois, Dharmendra Kalauni | Identifying opportunities to increase urban consumer demand for landscape maintenance activities that support wildlife corridors |