Planting the Seed: A Look at UF Medicine’s 2024 Research Opportunity Seed Fund Recipients

Like their Gator Olympian counterparts who went for gold this summer, the University of Florida College of Medicine faculty shined through this year’s UF Research Opportunity Seed Fund awards.

The ROSF awards, a university-wide grant program, are given to principal investigators on multidisciplinary, faculty-initiated research projects arising from partnerships across departments and colleges. Winning proposals push science to the next level and have strong potential for extramural support.

“The academic biomedical research enterprise is primarily fueled by grants awarded to investigators from private foundations and public agencies,” Todd Brusko, a professor in the Department of Pathology, UF’s 2024 Research Opportunity Seed Fund(ROSF) awards are given to principal investigators on multidisciplinary, faculty-initiated research projects. Immunology, laboratory medicine, and the assistant dean for basic research said, “Successful grant applications typically require some compelling preliminary data demonstrating feasibility.”

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