The FEO Task Force encourages applications for creative and flexible faculty development activities, including, but not limited to: educational experiences/conferences, work with consultants/experts, time devoted to intensive writing or creative work or activities in support of a new direction for one’s scholarly work.
FEO’s are available to all full-time faculty in the Health Sciences, IFAS and the College of Law, and other faculty who are not covered by a collective bargaining agreement. Part time faculty are funded within the College of Medicine.
Once again, “e” Letters of Intent (eLOI) are required for COM applications (email hamleen@ufl.edu ). Please submit a brief “e Letter of Intent (eLOI)” prior to the application deadline. Please tell us what date you joined the UF faculty and describe what is the activity you will be requesting support (1-2 sentences), an estimated total cost, and the time frame that the activity will take place, and your response to the special instructions for the college of medicine below.
Special instructions for the College of Medicine
- Please explain how the FEO will benefit your department, the college, and/or the university.
- If you are requesting salary support, to be competitive, it is suggested that you justify why this activity can’t be performed during your academic time.
- If you are requesting funds for a new clinical procedure, indicate if any resources are needed to bring the procedure to UF Health and who has agreed to provide them.
- If multiple individuals, from the same department, are requesting the same activity, please consider whether it is possible and more cost-effective to bring that activity to UF verse multiple UF faculty traveling to the activity.
- The FEO is currently the preferred mechanism to support involvement in the Provost endorsed NCFDD Faculty Success Program.
Resources
- FEO Application
- COM Full-Time FEO Budget Worksheet
- COM Part-Time FEO Budget Worksheet
- FEO Principles and Procedures
- FEO Final Report Form
- Leaves Chart
Examples
Fall 2026 FEO Awardees
| Name | Department | FEO Activities |
|---|---|---|
| Antonette Bennett, PhD | Biochemistry | Training at the Stanford-SLAC Cryo-EM Center |
| Jing Chen, PhD | Pathology | iPSC Workshop in Maine Biological Laboratory |
| James Clugston, MD, MS, CAQSM, FAMSSM | CHFM | Training in Musculoskeletal Ultrasound |
| Alpa Desai, DO | CHFM | Meeting at the National Menopause Society |
| Katherine Edenfield, MD, CAQSM, FAMSSM | CHFM | Training in Musculoskeletal Ultrasound |
| Dan Jin, PhD | Neurosurgery | Synthetic Biology Course at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory |
| Alice Rhoton-Vlasak, MD | OBGYN | Certification in Nature Therapy |
| Ramzi Salloum, PhD | HOBI | Certification in Leading AI Innovation at Harvard |
| David Winchester, MD, MS, FACC, FACP | Medicine | Certification in Cardiovascular Business and Management Essentials |
Spring 2026 Awardees
| Name | Department | FEO Activities |
|---|---|---|
| Sarah Baxley, MD, PhD | OBGYN | Developed Project Focused on Enhancing OBGYN Education |
| Lauren Berkow, MD, FASA | Anesthesiology | Attended Plenary Meeting in Jeju Island, South Korea |
| Carla Fisher, PhD, MSW | HOBI | Helped Develop Caregiver Support Proposal for UF Health Cancer Center |
| Maryam Rahman, MD, MS | Neurosurgery | Observed Expert in Awake Mapping Procedures |
| Amy Sheer, MD, MPH | Medicine | Created a Clinical Nutrition Curriculum & Attended Nutrition Workshop |
| Yu Yang, MD | Pathology | Attended Neoplastic Hematopathology Tutorial on New Classifications |
| Jayanth Dasika, MD | Anesthesiology | Attended Anesthesia Education Theory Workshop |
| Mayur Virarkar, MD | Radiology | Completed the AI Imaging Certificate Program for the Radiological Society of North America |