External Grants2017-07-20T19:32:09+00:00

Project Title: 2018 Miami International GuitART Festival

Lead Faculty: Mesut Özgen

Funding Agency: Florida Department of State Division of Cultural Affairs

Program: Specific Cultural Project

Date: June 2017

Award: $25,000

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Project Title: 2018 Miami International GuitART Festival

Lead Faculty: Mesut Özgen

Funding Agency: Knight Foundation

Program: Knight Arts Challenge

Date: November 2016

Award: $55,000

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Project Title: 2017 Miami International GuitART Festival

Lead Faculty: Mesut Özgen

Funding Agency: Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs

Program: Tourist Development Council Grants Program

Date: February 2017

Award: $5,000

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Project Title: 2016 Miami International GuitART Festival

Lead Faculty: Mesut Özgen

Funding Agency: D’Addario Foundation

Program: D’Addario Music Grants Program

Date: December 2015

Award: $1,500

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Project Title: 2018 Miami International GuitART Festival

Lead Faculty: Mesut Özgen

Funding Agency: National Endowment for the Arts

Program: Art Works

Date: December 2016

Award: $15,000

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Project Title: First Recording of Handel’s Allelujah Amen Arias

Lead Faculty: David Dolata

Funding Agency: Boston University Matching Funds

Program: Matching Funds

Date: June 2016

Award: $6,000

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Project Title: Advancing Coastal Resilience through Urban Design and Economic Development

Lead Faculty: Marilys Nepomechie

Faculty Team: Mark Marine

Funding Agency: National Endowment for the Arts, American Architectural Foundation, and the U.S. Conference of Mayors

Program: FIU Faculty Research in…

Date: February 2016

Award: $50,000

Project Abstract:: Through this grant, FIU has been selected to convene the 2016 East Regional Session of the Mayors’ Institute on City Design [MICD]. Co-hosted with the City of Miami Beach, the FIU session will invite the mayors of 8 coastal U.S. cities and a resource team of 8 national subject matter experts to focus on dual complimentary agendas: Addressing coastal inundation challenges through urban design, and advancing economic development through partnerships between cities and research universities that target resilience initiatives.

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Project Title: FDOT District VI Building Envelope Water Proofing Project

Lead Faculty: Mark Marine

Funding Agency: Florida Department of Transportation

Program: Florida Department of Transportation

Date: February 2016

Award: $10,436

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Project Title: Parkland Library Renovation

Lead Faculty: Mark Marine

Funding Agency: City of Parkland

Program: Parkland Library Renovation

Date: January 2016

Award: $15,000

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Project Title: FIU + Miami-Dade Police Youth Community Dialogues

Lead Faculty: Mark Marine

Funding Agency: Miami-Dade Police Department

Date: January 2016

Award: $52,900

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Lead Faculty: Orlando Garcia

Faculty Team: Jacek Kolasinski, John Stuart, Campbell McGrath, Augusto Soledade, and Faena Art

Funding Agency: Knight Foundation Challenge Grant

Program: Knights Arts Challenge

Date: November 2015

Award: $30,000

Project Abstract:: The project is to create a new multidisciplinary event on the theme of sea level rise. The site specific evening long event includes videos, electronics, instrumentalists, singers, and dancers. The work is tentatively scheduled for premiere in December 2017

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Project Title: FIU Music Season 2015-2016

Lead Faculty: Karen Fuller

Funding Agency: Miami-Dade County Cultural Affairs

Program: FIU School of Music Concert Series

Date: October 2015

Award: $40,000

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Project Title: 2016 Miami International GuitART Festival

Lead Faculty: Mesut Ozgen

Funding Agency: Miami-Dade County Cultural Affairs

Program: FIU School of Music Concert Series

Date: October 2015

Award: $5,000

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Project Title: Strategies for Learning: Augmented Reality and Collaborative Problem-Solving for Building Sciences”

Lead Faculty: Shahin Vassigh

FIU Faculty: Cheng-Xian, Mechanical and Materials Engineering; Debra Davis, Computing and Information Sciences; and Ali Mostafavidarani, OHL School of Construction

External Faculty: Winifred Newman, University of Arkansas Amir Behzadan Missouri State

Funding Agency: National Science Foundation

Program: Improving STEM Undergraduate Education (IUSE)

Date: September 2015

Award: $201,500

Project Abstract:: This interdisciplinary project integrates Augmented Reality (AR) with Building Information Modeling (BIM), visual simulations, and interactive lessons to create a tool for helping students to better understand the complex systems and processes of sustainable building design and construction.

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Project Title: City of Miami Beach Junior Cultural Anchors Grant” that funds much of our programming at MBUS.

Lead Faculty: John Stuart

Funding Agency: City of Miami Beach

Program: City of Miami Beach Grant

Date: September 2015

Award: $24,364
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Project Title: City of Miami Police Department

Lead Faculty: Joann Brown

Funding Agency: City of Miami Police Department

Program: City of Miami Police Department

Date: September 2015

Award: $88,110

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Project Title: City of Miami Beach Fly-Over Bridge

Lead Faculty: Mark Marine

Funding Agency: City of Miami Beach

Program: City of Miami Beach Fly-Over Bridge

Date: June 2015

Award: $7,000

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Project Title: Sweetwater Community Center

Lead Faculty: Winifred Elysse Newman

Funding Agency: Li’l Abner Foundation

Program: Sweetwater Community Center

Date: May 2015

Award: $8,104

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Project Title: Hampton University Ministers’ Conference

Lead Faculty: Maria Elena Villas

Funding Agency: Hampton University

Program: Hampton University Ministers’ Conference

Date: January 2015

Award: $18,996

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Project Title: Woodcrete: The Concrete for a Sustainable Future

Lead Faculty: Nicholas Gelpi

Faculty Team: John Stuart, Roberto Rovira

Funding Agency: FIU Foundation

Program: Woodcrete: The Concrete for a Sustainable Future

Date: January 2015

Award: $72,750

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Project Title: City of Miami Beach Grant FY 1

Lead Faculty: John Stuart

Funding Agency: City of Miami Beach

Program: City of Miami Beach Grant FY 1

Date: November 2014

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Project Title: Villagers Inc. Scholarships

Lead Faculty: Jason Chandler

Funding Agency: Villagers Inc.

Program: Villagers Inc. Scholarships

Date: June 2014

Award: $15,000

Award: $24,966

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Project Title: Sea Level Rise: South Florida

Lead Faculty: Robert Gutsche

Funding Agency: Online News Association

Program: Sea Level Rise: SoFl

Date: April 2014

Award: $35,000

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Project Title: GrowLight

Lead Faculty: John Stuart

Funding Agency: FIU Foundation

Program: GrowLight

Date: November 2013

Award: $66,750

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Project Title: Miami Urban Neighborhood Build

Lead Faculty: Jason Chandler

Funding Agency: FIU Foundation

Program: Miami Urban Neighborhood Build

Date: November 2013

Award: $58,2000

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Project Title: Hannibal Cox Jr.

Lead Faculty: Karen Fuller

Funding Agency: Miami-Dade County Cultural Affairs

Program: Hannibal Cox Jr.

Date: October 2013

Award: $35,000

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Project Title: Energy and Climate Partnership

Lead Faculty: Camilo Rosales

Funding Agency: U.S. Department of State

Program: Energy and Climate Partnership

Date: September 2013

Award: $659,043

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Project Title: Music | Wertheim Performing Arts

Lead Faculty: Robert Dundas

Funding Agency: FIU Foundation

Program: Music | Wertheim Performing Arts

Date: July 2013

Award: $34,300

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Project Title: Theatre | Wertheim Performing Arts

Lead Faculty: Phillip M. Church

Funding Agency: FIU Foundation

Program: Theatre | Wertheim Performing Arts

Date: July 2013

Award: $14,701

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Project Title: School of Architecture General

Lead Faculty: Jason Chandler

Funding Agency: U.S. Department of State

Program: School of Architecture General

Date: June 2013

Award: $46,173

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Project Title: School of Architecture (SoA)

Lead Faculty: Jason Chandler

Funding Agency: U.S. Department of State

Program: School of Architecture SoA Paul Cejas Endowed Chair & Eminent Scholars

Date: June 2013

Award: $55,772

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Project Title: District 11 Strategic Development

Lead Faculty: Winifred Elysse Newman

Funding Agency: FIU Foundation

Program: West End Strategy: A Vision for the Future, Miami-Dade County Commission District 11

Date: May 2013

Award: $96,479

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Project Title: Own the Overpath

Lead Faculty: Roberto Rovira

Funding Agency: YMCA of Broward County Florida

Program: Own the Overpath

Date: March 2013

Award: $14,347

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Project Title: Infill Housing Sponsored Studies

Lead Faculty: Jason Chandler

Funding Agency: FIU Foundation

Program: Infill Housing Sponsored Studies

Date: January 2013

Award: $19,400

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