The College of Social Sciences and Public Policy (COSSPP) supports a wide range of faculty and student research across its departments, interdisciplinary programs and multiple research centers. The office of the Associate Dean for Research promotes research endeavors across all college units and seeks to increase the amount and scope of funded projects being conducted by COSSPP faculty.
Support is provided through programming thematic workshops and trainings, engaging in faculty outreach and mentorship, offering seed funding programs and fostering collaboration across campus. Moreover, we seek to increase the funded research capacity of our faculty through facilitating college-wide research initiatives, as well as by forging interdisciplinary partnerships with other FSU colleges, state and local agencies, federal entities and other collaborators.
Highlights
We are very proud of our faculty’s research accomplishments and the college’s research support efforts.
- During Fiscal Year 2024-25, COSSPP faculty participated in 37 externally funded research projects with total awards of $4.3 million. 28 of the 37 projects were new awards in FY25, and funding was received from Federal (59%), state (21%), and other (20%) entities.
- During Fiscal Year 2024-25, COSSPP faculty participated in the development of 66 unique proposal submissions. These funding requests totaled $76.2 million, and they targeted Federal (54%), State (11%) and Other (35%) entities.
- Recent awards to COSSPP faculty include:
- Dr. Driscoll, NSF, “Collaborative Research: Democratic Accountability and Judicial Legitimacy.”
- Dr. Hauer, NIA, “Abandoned Settlements, Abandoned Health.”
- Dr. Tang, NSF through Stevens Institute of Technology, “SCC-IRG Track 1: Assessing the Potential for Transactive Energy Communities in Rural New Hampshire.”
- Drs. Taylor and Carr, Florida Department of Health, “Data Reporting and Quality Improvement for the Telehealth Minority Maternity Care Program (TMMC).”
Research News
Read our College’s research news here!
COSSPP Academy of Scholars
The College of Social Sciences and Public Policy is pleased to introduce the inaugural members of the COSSPP Academy of Scholars. The academy members for the 2024-2025 academic year are Amanda Driscoll (Political Science), David Berlan (Public Administration), Eric Coleman (Political Science), and Tony Kwasnica (Economics). Academy of Scholars members organize and host four research/scholarship-oriented events for college faculty, serve as members of the proposal review panel for the COSSPP Faculty Research Support Grant Programs, and provide general advice on research initiatives to the COSSPP Associate Dean for Research.
About the COSSPP Research Team
Interim Associate Dean for Research Jeff Brown received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Los Angeles in 2003 and joined the Florida State faculty that same year. His research interests include surface transportation policy and planning, transportation finance, and transportation history. He also serves as Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives in the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy.
Laura Kitchens is the Pre-Award Grants Specialist for the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy. She has worked at Florida State University since 2014 and has been serving in her role in the Dean’s office since 2018. Laura has over 18 years of experience working on Contracts and Grants. You can contact her at lkitchens@fsu.edu.
Crystal Workman is the Post-Award Grants Specialist for the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy. She began serving in her role in the Dean’s office during 2025. Crystal has over 19 years of experience working on Contracts and Grants. You can contact her at cw25l@fsu.edu.
