The University of Central Florida's Department of Psychology led the Targeted Research Training (TRT) that specifically targeted health and safety issues relevant to hospitality/tourism workers including precarious work, violence, intervention implementation and evaluation, health disparities, migrant workers and aging workers. The TRT program helped to prepare Sunshine ERC trainees to identify, evaluate, and ultimately intervene effectively in the workplace with a special mission to address the challenges faced by hospitality/tourism workers.

The Sunshine ERC supported by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) provided small seed grant funding to support pilot research projects in Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health each year. The Pilot Project Research Training (PPRT) grant program was designed to increase research opportunities in the field of Occupational Health, Safety and Wellness (OHSW) for young investigators or experienced investigators proposing innovative work.