Systemic Resilience: COTA Meta-Strategy, 2021-2025
Systemic Resilience: COTA Meta-Strategy, 2021-2025

Implementation

Pillar V: Research and Creative Work

Excellence in Research and Creative Activity in the College of the Arts is recognized in accordance with excellence in research across the UF campus. We commit to the support and amplification of the impacts and reach of our faculty’s research and creative work production.  

Implementation Highlights

YEAR 1  |  COMPLETED
  1. Amplify and support the visibility and impact of COTA faculty research.
  2. Increase levels of external funding for COTA faculty research. NEA EpiArts Research Lab established in CAM.
  3. Facilitate the expansion of disciplines, new perspectives, ideas, and methodologies. Hired 11 new faculty, 9 visiting faculty, 6 staff, and 3 existing faculty to administrative positions across the college; Hired a new faculty member as a Banks Preeminence Chair. 
  4. Increase multi-disciplinary engagement and innovative research. Launched CAME, which welcomed first cohort of affiliate faculty in August 2020.
  5. Increase COTA participation in UF and college-level opportunities to expand faculty/student collaborative research. Increased COTA participation in UF initiatives, including Artificial Intelligence.
YEAR 2  | COMPLETED
  1. Amplify and support the visibility and impact of COTA faculty research. Launched COTA Research Series with information sessions on: internal COTA Research Funding Awards, Intellectual Property, Intro to External Fund-Seeking 101, and COTA Research Lightning Rounds. First three COTA Work-In-Process Forums held with faculty in SOTD.
  2. Increase levels of external funding for COTA faculty research. $750,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded for Racial Equity in Community Based Research, a partnered project between CAM and CAME faculty and community members. 
  3. Facilitate the expansion of disciplines, new perspectives, ideas, and methodologies. 10 faculty and 8 staff searches across units launched with constitution and training of search committees.
  4. Increase multi-disciplinary engagement and innovative research. CAM launches its Social Prescribing Pilot, part of its EpiArts Lab partnership  to connect people to practical and emotional community support through GP practices and local arts organizations. CAM engaged with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control to generate field guides and vaccine confidence initiatives.
  5. Increase COTA participation in UF and college-level opportunities to expand faculty/student collaborative research. COTA purchased a three-year research investment in HiPerGator for use by COTA faculty and students doing research related to big data, computational analysis, and artificial intelligence.
YEAR 3 | IN PROGRESS
  1. Amplify and support the visibility and impact of COTA faculty research.
  2. Increase levels of external funding for COTA faculty research.
  3. Facilitate the expansion of disciplines, new perspectives, ideas, and methodologies.
  4. Increase multi-disciplinary engagement and innovative research.
  5. Increase COTA participation in UF and college-level opportunities to expand faculty/student collaborative research.
Year 4
  1. Amplify and support the visibility and impact of COTA faculty research.
  2. Increase levels of external funding for COTA faculty research.
  3. Facilitate the expansion of disciplines, new perspectives, ideas, and methodologies.
  4. Increase multi-disciplinary engagement and innovative research.
  5. Increase COTA participation in UF and college-level opportunities to expand faculty/student collaborative research.
Year 5
  1. Amplify and support the visibility and impact of COTA faculty research.
  2. Increase levels of external funding for COTA faculty research.
  3. Facilitate the expansion of disciplines, new perspectives, ideas, and methodologies.
  4. Increase multi-disciplinary engagement and innovative research.
  5. Increase COTA participation in UF and college-level opportunities to expand faculty/student collaborative research.