GRANTS
  • Florida Department of Environmental Protection: “Evaluation of Florida-Friendly Landscaping
    Program.” $116,968. O. M. Savchenko (PI). 2024-2026.
    • Florida Department of Environmental Protection: “Synthesis and Recommendations for Approach
    to Complete an Economic Analysis of the Benefits of Good Water Quality in Florida.” $10,400. O.
    M. Savchenko     (PI). 2024.
    • National Science Foundation Dynamics of Integrated Socio-Environmental Systems: “Valuing and
    Managing Engineered Ecosystems: Primary and Secondary Services Provided by Stormwater Ponds
    in Urban Landscapes.” $1,599,994. A.J. Reisinger (PI), O. M. Savchenko, H. Khachatryan, H. D. Laughinghouse, and P. Monaghan (co-PIs). 2023-2027.
    • University of Florida Global Fellows Program. “Enhancing Water Policy through Interdisciplinary
    International Collaboration: Insights from Florida and New Zealand. $5,000. O. M. Savchenko (PI).
    2023.
    • University of Florida Faculty Collaborative Grant. “An Interdisciplinary Evaluation of New
    Zealand’s Approach to Invasive Plant Management and Application of Lessons Learned to Florida.”
    $12,000. O.M. Savchenko (PI), C. Prince and G. MacDonald (co-PIs). 2022.
    • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean
    Observing System. “Assessment of the short- and long-term socioeconomic impacts of Florida’s
    2017-2019 Red Tide Event.” $279,796. C. Court (PI), J. Kim, A. Ropicki, R. Telg, A. Lindsey, O.M.
    Savchenko     (co-PIs). 2019-2022.
    • Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. “Using economic choice experiments to
    measure public preferences for hydrilla management in Florida and to test the importance of
    selecting the right messenger to engage the public.” $53,139. O.M. Savchenko (PI), C. Prince and
    J. Leary (co-PIs). 2020-2022.
    • National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. “Ecological and Economic Impacts of
    Land Use and Climate Change on Coastal Food Webs and Fisheries.” $888, 847. M. Allen (PI), K.
    Grogan, D. Kaplan, B. Scheffers, W. Graham, C. Court, D. Chagaris, R. Telg, O.M. Savchenko
    (co-PIs). 2020-2023.
    • National Science Foundation—funding support from the Delaware EPSCoR program. “Reducing
    Household Nutrient Run-off: Power of Testimonials & Technology Persistence.” $59,979. L. H.
    Palm-Forster (PI), K.D. Messer and O. M. Savchenko (co-PIs). 2018.
HONORS & AWARDS
  • Global Award, Designing Virtual Exchange Category, University of Florida International Center, 2024-2025. 
  • Outstanding Article Award, Applied Economics Teaching Association Resources (AETR), a peer-reviewed journal of Agricultural & Applied Economics, 2023   
  • Global Fellow, International Center, University of Florida, 2023
  • Certificate of Completion, Teachers’ College, University of Florida, 2019
  • Clean Energy Education Fellowship, University of Illinois, 2014-2016
  • List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students, University of Illinois, 2014-2015
  • Best Graduate Research Paper Award, University of Illinois, 2013