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±«Óãtv is already playing a major role in regional innovation, and the university is working toward closer connections with entrepreneurs, investors and others with a creative, can-do approach to business and social problems (St. Pete Catalyst).

July 13, 2021Innovation

The National Institutes of Health has awarded the ±«Óãtv total expected funds of $69.9 million over the next four years to continue the follow-up of study participants in The Environment Determinants of Diabetes in The Young consortium (±«Óãtv Newsroom).

July 13, 2021Health, Research

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded the ±«Óãtv total expected funds of $69.9 million over the next four years to continue the follow-up of study participants in The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in The Young (TEDDY) consortium (News-Medical.net).

July 13, 2021Health, Research

New robots see it all: ocean whirlpools, carbon gas absorption, icebergs, and more

±«Óãtv researchers are using autonomous vehicles to study how the ocean is responding to climate change. In 2020 they landed a $1.1 million NSF proposal -- the first time NSF is leveraging ocean drones instead of ships (±«Óãtv College of Marine Science).

July 12, 2021Global Research, Research

A year ago ±«Óãtv created the Pandemic Response Research Network and funded three rounds of seed grants to kickstart research into the challenges presented by the pandemic. Recently, several teams shared updates on their projects (Mirage News).

July 12, 2021Global Research, Research

The Drug Enforcement Administration has granted a handful of universities permission to research psychedelics. The ±«Óãtv is one of them, and Psilera Bioscience is an early beneficiary (Tampa Bay Times / paywall).

July 12, 2021Innovation, Research

±«Óãtv Researchers Report on Progress of COVID-19 Seed Grants

More than a year into ±«Óãtv’s COVID-19 seed grants projects, researchers are developing new technologies and learning more about the pandemic’s impact.

July 8, 2021Global Research, Research

The Florida High Tech Corridor Matching Grants Research Program allows selected researchers to extend the scope and boundaries of their projects through partnerships and funding, helping to advance important findings that the university is working toward (±«Óãtv Oracle).

July 6, 2021Research, Student Research

The five-year grant from the National Cancer Institute will support the research of Moffitt’s Lung Cancer Metabolism Group, which is working on four projects to develop new therapies (W±«Óãtv).

July 2, 2021Health, Research

±«Óãtv Department of Education Professor Dr. Brenda Walker is the lead on the research study (Bay News 9).

July 2, 2021Research

±«Óãtv marine scientists detect a record-high amount of Sargassum

±«Óãtv marine scientists have used NASA satellite imagery to detect a Sargassum bloom in the Caribbean, central west Atlantic, and Gulf of Mexico that's nearly the same size as the record-breaking bloom discovered in 2018.

July 1, 2021Global Research, Research

Port Tampa Bay and the ±«Óãtv College of Nursing have partnered on a project to bring a primary care clinic to the port — the first of its kind in the U.S. (Bay News 9).

July 1, 2021Health