[jQuery] Validator | does not submit ajax function in Firefox

[AlexGrande.com]

In IE it works fine but in FF I have to click again to make it go.

Here is the code:

ajax function-

function ajaxForm() {
        $("#researchCenterForm").submit(function() {
                $.ajax({
                        data:$("#researchCenterForm").serialize(),
                        url: this.action,
                        timeout: 2000,
                        error: function() {
                        console.log("Failed to submit");
                        },

                        success: function(response) {
                                if (response == "YES") {
                                $("#researchcenter div.research-mainbox-title
h3").replaceWith("<h3>You Qualify For This Study!</h3>");
                                
$("#researchCenterInitialForm").css('display','none');
                                $("#yesQualify").css('display','block');

                        } else if (response == "NO") {
                                $("#researchcenter div.research-mainbox-title
h3").replaceWith("<h3></h3>");
                                
$("#researchCenterInitialForm").css('display','none');
                                $("#noQualify").css('display','block');
                          }

                                var targetOffSet = 
$("#researchcenter").offset().top - 10;
                                $("html,body").animate({
                                        scrollTop: targetOffSet
                                        }, 650);
                                }

                        });
                                return false;
                });
        }


And in the validator function I have the method and property:

        submitHandler: function() {
                        ajaxForm();
        }

Any suggestions or hacks?