Office of Research Development

Research program unites faculty, local leaders tackling community problems

Published: May 2, 2022 | 9:54 am | Posted in: University News

Florida State University · Research program unites faculty, local leaders tackling community problems A project using artificial intelligence to aid older adults with Alzheimer’s disease earned the top prize at a Florida State University competition designed to develop interdisciplinary research teams tackling complex issues. The project, which unites faculty and staff members from the College […]

Expanded interdisciplinary research program to fund fire resilience project

Published: December 15, 2021 | 1:43 pm | Posted in: University News

A well-managed prescribed fire is medicine for a forest. Too much medicine can be deadly. The right dosage is crucial for health. Finding the optimal properties for controlled burns in the longleaf pine forests found in Florida and elsewhere in the Southeastern United States is the goal of a newly formed interdisciplinary team of Florida […]

FSU expands program to spark interdisciplinary research

Published: September 16, 2021 | 3:42 pm | Posted in: University News

A Florida State University program to support interdisciplinary research teams is getting an upgrade. The FSU Office of Research Development’s Collaborative Collision program started in 2016 to offer faculty a way to meet others at FSU who might share their research interests. Now, it’s expanding to become “Collaborative Collision 2.0” and offer more support to […]

Collaborative Collision program celebrates five years of bringing researchers together

Published: April 6, 2021 | 2:22 pm | Posted in: University News

The Collaborative Collision program has helped bring together researchers from across Florida State University.

When Marcia A. Mardis and her research team were looking for collaborators for a new research project, they didn’t know they would find them in Florida State University’s College of Medicine. Mardis is a professor and the associate dean for research at FSU’s College of Communication and Information. Her team, which includes CCI faculty researcher […]

Collaborative Collision: FSU and FAMU researchers seek climate change solutions through interdisciplinary efforts

Published: March 25, 2021 | 2:40 pm | Posted in: University News

Researchers from Florida State University and Florida A&M University came together at an event looking for solutions to help solve the problems posed by climate change. The latest Collaborative Collision — a networking event organized by the FSU Office of Research Development (ORD) — brought together faculty from the two universities to look for answers […]

Podcasts across FSU’s campus foster connections during the COVID-19 pandemic

Published: March 17, 2021 | 9:46 am | Posted in: University News

The rise in popularity of podcasts is a trend that’s hit Florida State University, especially as the campus community looks for ways to stay connected during the COVID-19 pandemic. A variety of faculty, staff, students and alumni have launched an array of podcasts that share compelling stories featuring different programs and people at the university. […]

FSU Office of Research Development to fund research of microaggressions and bystander intervention

Published: March 5, 2021 | 1:28 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

From left, Associate Professor Lara Perez-Felkner, Associate Professor Lyndsay Jenkins and Assistant Professor Laura Reid Marks.

A Florida State University program to promote interdisciplinary research will fund a trio of College of Education researchers investigating subtle racial insults and bystander intervention. The researchers will investigate brief, commonplace behavior that communicates negative racial slights — called racial microaggressions — and how bystanders can step in to disarm the situation. Assistant Professor Laura […]

A roadmap to success: FSU invests in interdisciplinary research to meet future challenges

Published: February 24, 2021 | 3:17 pm | Posted in: University News

Florida State University is increasing interdisciplinary research and teaching as part of the university's strategic plan.

The biggest problems facing the world often don’t stay nicely within the boundaries of a single academic discipline to be easily understood and solved. Those problems spread out, affecting many people in different ways. Solutions are imperfect, and progress might be pieced together by experts from many fields. Those are the sorts of problems that […]

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