Strategic Initiatives Articles
Presidential Strategic Initiatives
As part of his goal to enhance UF’s overall student experience and interdisciplinary research impact, UF President Ben Sasse established that, for the first time, $50 million in legislative funding would be directed toward competitively selected strategic projects. To determine the best use of the funds, President Sasse called for ambitious and impactful proposals and received 250 submissions, 40 of which were selected for implementation. Taken together, these projects further fuel UF’s work to provide a learning environment that is both practical and elite and advance some of the most exciting and cutting-edge research opportunities of our time.
![As sporting events like the Olympics evolve, UF takes the lead in athletic innovation](/media/newsufledu/images/2024/07/OlympicsImage-copy-(1).jpg)
Global sports are shifting rapidly, changing how the 2024 Olympics will be played and who will be playing. With new technology emerging and accessibility for athletes improving, sports across the world barely resemble what they did 128 years ago at Athens 1896.
![Dynamic Doppelganger: Developing Florida’s Digital Twin](/media/newsufledu/images/2024/05/FLDigTwinStill1-fotor.jpg)
University of Florida researchers are virtually replicating Jacksonville to build solutions to tomorrow's problems.
![UF/IFAS Extension to upgrade technology infrastructure thanks to UF’s strategic funding](/media/newsufledu/images/2024/01/2021-06-23_Hastings-Agricultural-Extension-Center_8183.jpg)
The state-of-the-art business intelligence software systems will use artificial intelligence to collect, store and analyze data produced by Extension agents and programs
![Advancing the field of industrialized construction engineering](/media/newsufledu/images/2024/01/2022-07-17-Architecture-2515_square.jpg)
UF construction and engineering experts will apply tools like artificial intelligence and robotic automation to transform the way we design and build
![UF to launch Space Mission Institute](/media/newsufledu/images/2024/01/AdobeStock_238169477_square.jpeg)
With $2.5 million in strategic funding, UF will create a research hub where experts from across campus can work together to advance space exploration, development and commercialization
![UF announces strategic sports initiative](/media/newsufledu/images/2024/01/strat_fund_sport_square.jpg)
The UF & Sport Collaborative is a multi-faceted initiative that will propel the university to the global stage in sports performance, health care, and communications.
![President’s office announces $10.2 million for fourth round of strategic funding awardees](/media/newsufledu/images/2023/12/fourthstrat-1x1.jpg)
A space institute designed to expand exploration of the cosmos, a project to improve construction through robotic automation and AI, an initiative to propel the university to global prominence in sports performance, and an effort to improve agriculture and environmental sustainability are among four new initiatives receiving strategic funding at the University of Florida.
![Strategic funding supports Digital Humanities Lab](/media/newsufledu/images/2023/12/AdobeStock_339503989_CLAS_square.jpg)
The Digital Humanities Lab at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will create a physical and virtual hub for humanities researchers who work with big data, augmented reality, and digital storytelling tools
![McKnight Brain Institute to accelerate stroke research](/media/newsufledu/images/2023/12/COMM-MBI-stroke-projectsquare.jpg)
New project supported by UF strategic initiative funding will combine basic and clinical research with artificial intelligence to improve stroke treatments
![Building a team of software engineers to help power UF’s research engine](/media/newsufledu/images/2023/12/2023.RSE_Size01.png)
UF strategic investment will advance research software engineering and enable leading-edge data modeling
![Transforming K-12 mathematics learning statewide, Accelerating undergraduate research](/media/newsufledu/images/2023/12/squareCOE.jpg)
Two projects taking shape in the College of Education will help 'change the way teach and learn in Florida.'
![UF Health Cancer Center to launch mammography unit in North Central Florida](/media/newsufledu/images/2023/11/Mobile-unit-inside_2.jpg)
A grant from the UF president's strategic funding initiative supports breast cancer screening services where access is limited
![President’s office announces $10.9 million for third round of strategic funding awardees](/media/newsufledu/images/2023/11/20230721-Medicine-4072.png)
A program for enhancing access to cancer screenings, a center for advancing cell and gene therapies, an AI-augmented learning platform for mathematics, and a digital humanities lab are among 10 new projects receiving strategic funding at the University of Florida, President Ben Sasse announced.
![UF engineering researchers lead collaboration to improve student experience through AI](/media/newsufledu/images/2023/11/14-0371-UF-Wertheim-Engineering-Lab_sm.jpeg)
Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering researchers receive a strategic funding award for a project called Leveraging the Power of Large Language Models.
![Advancing patient care in Jacksonville](/media/newsufledu/images/2023/11/UF20Health20Jacksonville20front20photo.jpg)
The College of Medicine - Jacksonville receives special UF funding to help establish the Center for Convening Transformative Care