House Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #313

FAU/FMRI/Harbor Branch Oceanographic Inst. Marine Science Partnership

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Requester:

Dr. Anthony Cantonese

Organization:

FAU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Title:

FAU/FMRI/Harbor Branch Oceanographic Inst. Marine Science Partnership

Date Submitted:

01/27/2000 3:12:28 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

District Member:

Kenneth Pruitt

Service Area:

Statewide

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Counties Affected:

{Statewide}

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recipient:

Florida Atlantic University

Contact:

Dr. John Wiesenfeld

 

777 Glades Rd.

Contact Phone:

(561) 297-3035

 

 

Boca Raton 33431-3035

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Project Description:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FAU, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution and the Florida Marine Research Institute have agreed to form an exciting new partnership that will bring Bachelors, Masters and Doctoral students to the Treasure Coast to study Marine Sciences.  A 50,000 plus square foot joint-use facility will be built on the Harbor Branch Campus and house specialized labortary space as well as faculty offices and classrooms.  It will be shared by FAU and FMRI.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Services Provided/Benefit to State:

 

 

 

 

 

This partnership in education provides an extaordinary combination of location, personnel, and facilities to provide training in marine science to Florida students.  We plan to pursue approval from the Board of Regents to offer the program as an interdisciplinary degree, the B.S. in Marine Science.  Once approved, this will be the first undergraduate program in marine science in the SUS.  We are currently cooperating with Indian River Community College to develop an articulation between IRCC and FAU of lower division course requirements.  This proposed articulation would serve as a model for other community colleges in our service area (e.g. PBCC and BCC).  The last two years of training will be offered on the HOBI site and will emphasize a variety of advanced elective courses in marine sciences by FAU and Harbor Branch faculty, with added support from staff of FMRI and the nearby Smithsonian Marine Field Station.  The capstone experience for the student will be a Senior Project in a specific research area.  The location of the program on the Indian River Lagoon will provide students with a unique opportunity to engage in reseach in estuarine, coastal, and ocean environments.  The Indian River Lagoon, with its geographic overlap of both tropical and warm temperature species, is the highest diversity estuarine system in the continental United States.  The critical role the Laggon plays as a fish nursery and an ecosystem of extraordinary diversity will train students in industries of major importance to the state of Florida: aquaculture, commercial and game fishing, and marine biotechnology.  Students will also gain insight and expertise in the policy development and decision making in one of the most significant environmental recovery projects in the world, the Everglades Restoration Project.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Measurable Outcome Anticipated:

 

 

 

 

 

Cooperative teaching and research programs between FAU, HBOI, the Florida Marine Research Institute and the Smithsonian Marine Field Station should provide a diverse expertise that will foster a large variety of courses and research experiences for the students at relatively low cost to the SUS.  This partnership will result in a world-class training program for a new generation of young marine scientists.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount requested from the State for this project this year:

$10,998,843

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total cost of the project:

$10,988,843

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Request has been made to fund:

Construction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?

 

Yes

 

 

 

 

In-Kind Amount:

$500,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project previously funded by the State?

 

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is future-year funding likely to be requested?

 

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?

 

No

 

Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there a documented need for this project?

 

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?

Yes

 

 

Hearing Body:

St. Lucie County Legislative Delegation

 

Meeting Date:

12/01/1999