Community Funding Requests - Defense

Community Funding Requests by Rep. Castor - Defense Appropriations

Amount Requested Project Requestor Purpose Address 
$1,000,000 Near Infrared Spectroscopy Military Personnel Assessment  University Community Hospital This request supports UCH use of Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) to provide a more accurate and detailed assessment of coronary artery disease to military personnel.  It is expected that LBI will enhance identification of individuals at low or higher risk of an event post cardiac catheterization technology.  This will also provide a valuable assessment for the patient's future activities, and results of the study can help improve civilian treatment of coronary artery disease. 3100 E. Fletcher Ave
Tampa, FL 33613
$2,250,000 Battlefield-Related Injury Translational Research Strategies USF Translational research is not conducted by DoD as a means to document and improve long-term disability or predictive models to identify individuals at increased rish for long-term disability from TBI.  Intervention and translational research will save taxpayers dollars by effectively diagnosing and treating potential long-term disability, and assisting potentially at-risk persons to better cope with TBI long-term from medical, educational, and community perspectives, thus enhancing their contributions to the workforce and community. 4204 E. Fowler Ave TPA, FL 33620
$3,000,000 Eckerd College leadership Development and Training for Managers in Govt Agencies and Nonprofits Eckerd College Project offers leadership development programs to 900 managers in local, state and federal agencies, including the military.  It is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it provides professional growth for government and nonprofit employees. 4200 54th Ave S
St. Petersburg, FL 33711
$2,400,000 Supplemental Services and Research to improve the Emotional Health and quality of life of vets with several disabilities USF School of Nursing The project focuses on MBSR model for cancer survivors to assist active and national guard service members to cope with stress and emotional difficulties associated with disabilities incurred in polytrauma traumatic brain injury (TBI), amputation, spinal cord injury and post traumatic stress disorder upon their redeployment from the Gulf.  The project is valuable because it assists veterans in regaining full function after service. 4204 E. Fowler Ave TPA, FL 33620
$2,000,000 USF/Haley VA Rehab and Assistive Tech  Project USF/Haley VA Thousands of returning military personnel who have served our country in battlefields over the pas several years in Iraq and Afghanistan have lost limbs and are in need of the best care and prosthetic devices that will allow them the ability to achieve the best quality of life in our country and the communities in which they reside.  There is no better use of taxpayer money than to provide the research, test and development of the best technology available to provide our men and women who have served our country this opportunity. 4204 E. Fowler Ave TPA, FL 33620
$2,000,000 Online Technology Program at MacDill Air Force Base MacDill AFB / Giant Campus, Inc. The online technology training program at MacDill AFB is a valuable use of taxpayer funds as it serves as a critical aid for improving morale, welfare and recreation for service people and their families.  MacDill AFB
$16,190,853 National Functional Genomics Center Moffitt Cancer Center The National Functional Genomics Center is conducting research to rapidly develop and validate that molecular signatures in tumors to predict cancer risks, diagnosis, prognosis and response to individualized molecular based therapies. The genomics center works to find ways to detect and treat cancer in its earliest stages to provide more effective cancer treatment.  H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute
12902 Magnolia Drive
Tampa. FL 33612
$3,000,000 Research to treat TBI through the use of Neurogenic Drugs USF, Dept. of Neurology USF's Neurology Department is researching, in conjunction with the FDA, to ascertain whether new neurogenic drugs will reduce chronic neurologic symptoms suffered by service members with TBI.  The research will help develop better ways of treating chronic neurologic conditions that will benefit both the military and civilians. 12901 Bruce Downs Blvd, MDC 55
Tampa, FL 33612
$2,500,000 USF Healt h and Partners Health Informatics Initiative USF College of Medicine The Health Informatics Initiative at the University of South Florida’s College of Public Health developing an electronic medical records system, which will improve and expedite medical care by storing veterans' health records.  It is a valuable use of taxpayer funds as it will help streamline medical records, avoiding costly mistakes. 4204 E. Fowler Ave TPA, FL 33620
$2,500,000 Carbon Enabled Detection Systems USF Engineering This project is the latest cutting-edge technology of its kind.  The more research, study and development of these sensing devices that occurs and is put into practice, the better the taxpayer will be servied not only in better health and related outcomes, but in cost savings. 4204 E. Fowler Ave TPA, FL 33620

Program Level Requests

$150,000,000 - Department of Defense Peer-Reviewed Breast Cancer Research Program

$125,000,000 - Prostate Cancer Research Program

$30,000,000 - Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs Ovarian Cancer

$15,000,000 - Mulitple Sclerosis (CDMRP)

$10,000,000 - Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research Program