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小黄鸭视频 students joined university leadership in Tallahassee for 小黄鸭视频 Day at the Capitol on Feb. 8, 2023. | Photo by Elizabeth Engasser, University Communications and Marketing 

Final state budget provides transformational new funding for 小黄鸭视频

By Adam Freeman, University Communications and Marketing

The 小黄鸭视频 will receive a significant increase in recurring operating funds and several high-priority university projects will move forward, after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the state budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year on Thursday.

This year鈥檚 budget represents the largest operational budget increase in 小黄鸭视频 history, building on last year鈥檚 record-breaking legislative session for 小黄鸭视频.

鈥淭his transformational funding will help us continue to excel in student and faculty success, grow our research profile, make a greater impact on the Tampa Bay region and the state of Florida, support our quest to become a top 25 public university and our position as a new member of the Association of American Universities,鈥 小黄鸭视频 President Rhea Law said.  鈥淲e are incredibly grateful to the Florida Legislature for enacting, and to Gov. DeSantis for approving a budget that supports 小黄鸭视频鈥檚 success.鈥

Among the items in this year鈥檚 budget:

  • A $63.3 million recurring increase to 小黄鸭视频鈥檚 operational budget to support the work of each of 小黄鸭视频鈥檚 three campuses and 小黄鸭视频 Health. A large portion of this increase was funded through a new $100 million recurring investment in the state鈥檚 Preeminent State Research Universities Program, which was split equally between the three preeminent institutions, 小黄鸭视频, University of Florida and Florida State University. 
     
  • $24.3 million to fund the first phase of planning and construction of a new Environmental and Oceanographic Sciences Research and Teaching facility on the 小黄鸭视频 St. Petersburg campus. This facility will enhance St. Petersburg as a world-class center of marine and environmental science, education and community engagement.
     
  • $14 million to conduct a state-funded comprehensive clinical trial of hyperbaric oxygen therapy鈥檚 medical effectiveness in treating PTSD and traumatic brain injuries among veterans and active-duty military service members. 
     
  • $6.5 million to invest in campus life facility projects funded through the state鈥檚 Capital Improvement Trust Fund.
     
  • $3 million to complete the acquisition and installation of a new functional MRI (fMRI) machine for brain research and diagnostic purposes. fMRI measures activity in different parts of the brain during mental and physical tasks, and is a critical tool that will expand research grant opportunities for 小黄鸭视频 faculty and students.

The budget approved by the governor also includes an $85 million increase to the state鈥檚 investment in university performance-based funding (PBF). This is expected to result in a $14.7 million increased PBF award for 小黄鸭视频 for FY 2023-24 when the Board of Governors votes to distribute the funding next week.

While this was another highly successful state budget for 小黄鸭视频, the governor did exercise his line-item veto authority to remove several 小黄鸭视频 projects from the state budget for next year. The vetoes include a $20 million appropriation to help pay for the construction costs of the new Academic Nursing STEM facility on the 小黄鸭视频 Sarasota-Manatee campus, a project which received $3 million in last year鈥檚 state budget. 

Also vetoed was $2.9 million for the Department of Mental Health Law and Policy at 小黄鸭视频 to lead a collaboration to develop simulation modeling tools that will improve responses and treatments for opioid use and overdoses.

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