{"id":85,"date":"2022-05-17T18:17:26","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T18:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/unleashing-potential\/?page_id=85"},"modified":"2024-09-05T17:26:06","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T17:26:06","slug":"discovery-exploration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/unleashing-potential\/discovery-exploration\/","title":{"rendered":"Discovery and Exploration"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Broad-based prosperity requires a knowledge engine.<\/h2>\n

To advance economic prosperity, a public metropolitan research university drives innovation. Through deep investments in research and expanding the infrastructure that provides knowledge, UCF seeks to accelerate economic growth<\/a> for our community and State.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/section>\n

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Increase UCF\u2019s focus on research by supporting basic, applied, clinical, and translational research activities.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\tInvest in infrastructure and personnel in areas of strategic focus, such as increasing research to perform secure work supporting national security.
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\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\tOptimize utilization of research facilities and infrastructure. Increase research reliability by investing in critical capital projects that reduce the risk for lost scholarship.
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Extend the impact, application, and commercialization of knowledge.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t
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Number of Patents Awarded Annually<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\tEvaluate the development of an independent, applied, cooperative research institute as part of a regional innovation ecosystem.
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\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\tEncourage research as pedagogy and the integration of research knowledge in curriculum design and instruction.
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\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\tRecognize and incent research translation through targeted funding and criteria for promotion, tenure, and awards.
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Recruit and retain highly qualified faculty, post-doctoral appointees, and doctoral students to increase academic outcomes and support our research activity.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\tDevelop a comprehensive strategic marketing and recruitment plan designed to enhance the pipeline of graduate and doctoral appointee candidates.
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Note. *Faculty FTE from the Common Data Set (CDS).<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullscreen.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-85","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nDiscovery and Exploration | UCF Strategic Plan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A public metropolitan research university must drive innovation. 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