Song Cui (PI, Agriculture, College of Basic and Applied Sciences) was awarded funding of $74,541 from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (through the University of Tennessee) for the period 9/1/2022-8/31/2026.
Carroll West (PI, Center for Historic Preservation, College of Liberal Arts) was awarded funding of $500,000 from the Dept. of the Interior/National Park Service for the period 9/14/2022-9/30/2027.
Amelia Bozeman (PI, Small Business Development Center, Jennings A. Jones College of Business) was awarded funding of $186,000 from the US Small Business Administration (through the Tennessee Small Business Development Center) for the period 1/1/2023-12/31/2023.
Carroll West (PI, Center for Historic Preservation, College of Liberal Arts) was awarded funding of $34,351 from the USDA Forest Service for the period 9/16/2022-12/31/2026.
Connie Casha (PI, Ann Campbell Early Learning Center, College of Education) was awarded funding of $66,106 from the US Dept. of Health and Human Services (through the Tennessee Dept. of Human Services) for the period 8/16/2022-9/30/2023.
Cynthia Chafin (PI, Center for Health and Human Services, Academic Affairs) was awarded funding of $124,874 from the US Department of Health and Human Services for the period 12/31/2022-12/30/2024.
Paul Eubanks (PI, Sociology and Anthropology, Liberal Arts) and Noel Lorson (co-PI, Art and Design, Liberal Arts) were awarded funding of $3,541.00 from the US Department of the Interior (through the Tennessee Historical Society) for the period 10/1/2022-9/30/2023.
Ken Currie (Engineering Technology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences) was awarded funding of $24,557.00 from the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance for the period 2/13/20223-6/30/2023.
Richard Chapman (PI, MTSU Health Services, College of Behavioral and Health Sciences) was awarded additional funding of 336,461.00 from the US Department of Health and Human Services (through the Tennessee Department of Health) for the period 2/1/2021--12/31/2023.
Ryan (Seth) Jones (PI, Womack Educational Leadership, College of Education) was awarded additional funding of $143,721.00 from the National Science Foundation for the period 2/1/2020-1/31/2025.
Brandon Grubbs (PI, Health and Human Performance, College of Behavioral and Health Sciences) and Vaughn Barry (co-PI, Health and Human Performance, College of Behavioral and Health Sciences) were awarded additional funding of 13,000.00 from the US Department of Health and Human Services (through Vanderbilt University) for the period 7/1/2020--6/30/2024.
Kristi Julian (PI, Human Sciences, College of Behavioral & Health Sciences) was awarded funding of $5,786.00 from the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance for the period 2/13/2023-6/30/2023.
Connie Casha (Ann Campbell Early Learning Center, College of Education) was awarded funding of $5,000.00 from the Tennessee Department of Human Services (through The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee) for the period 1/1/2023-12/31/2023.
Benjamin Stickle (PI, Criminal Justice Administration, College of Behavioral & Health Sciences) and Vickie Harden (co-PI, Social Work, College of Behavioral & Health Sciences) were awarded funding of $142,456.00 from the US Department of Justice (through Rutherford County, TN) for the period 1/1/2023-9/30/2025.
Cynthia Chafin (PI, Center for Health and Human Services, Academic Affairs) was awarded funding of $89,700.00 from the Centers for Disease Control (through the Tennessee Department of Health) for the period 2/1/2023-6/30/2026.
Liz Barnes (PI, Biology, College of Basic and Applied Sciences) was awarded funding of $39,000.00 from the National Science Foundation (through the University of Maryland) for the period 8/1/2022-7/31/2025.
Samantha Johnson (PI, Health and Human Performance, College of Behavioral & Health Sciences) and Jennifer Caputo (co-PI, Health and Human Performance, College of Behavioral & Health Sciences) were awarded additional funding of $6,516.00 from the Tennessee Department of Health (through Western Kentucky University) for the period 7/1/2022-6/30/2023.
David Wood (PI, Martin Chair of Insurance, Jennings A. Jones College of Business) was awarded funding of $11,350.00 from the Spencer Foundation for the period 1/1/2023-4/30/2023.
Hongbo Zhang (PI, Engineering Technology, College of Basic & Applied Sciences) was awarded $47,838.00 from the US Department of Agriculture (through the Tennessee Department of Agriculture) for the period 12/01/2022-08/01/2025.
Alyson Lischka (PI, Mathematical Sciences, College of Basic and Applied Sciences) was awarded $275,000.00 from the National Science Foundation (through the University of Nebraska) for the period 10/1/2022-8/31/2026.
Rick Chapman (PI, MTSU Health Services, College of Graduate Studies) was awarded $500,000 from the Centers for Disease Control (through the Tennessee Department of Health) for the period 12/1/2022-7/31/2024.
Dong Ye (PI, Mathematical Sciences, College of Basic and Applied Sciences) was awarded $19,906.00 from the National Science Foundation for the period 4/1/2023-3/31/2024.
Blake Osborn (PI, Student Recreation Center, Student Affairs) was awarded $75,000.00 from the U.S. Department of the Interior (through the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency) for the period 3/20/2023-6/30/2027.
Christabel Devadoss (PI, Global Studies and Human Geography, College of Liberal Arts) was awarded $5,000.00 from the American Council of Learned Societies for the period 7/1/2023-8/31/2024.
Connie Casha (PI, Ann Campbell Early Learning Center, College of Education) was awarded $3,089.47 from the Tennessee Department of Human Services (through The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee) for the period 2/2/2023-8/31/2023.
Ngee Sing Chong (PI, Chemistry, College of Basic & Applied Sciences) was awarded $21,600 from the National Institutes of Health for the period 11/2/2022-5/31/2023.
Connie Casha (PI, Ann Campbell Early Learning Center, College of Education) was awarded $15,000.00 from the US Department of Education (through the TN Department of Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities) for the period 6/1/2023-9/30/2023.
Kelly Strong (PI, Concrete & Construction Management, College of Basic & Applied Sciences) and co-PIs Zhifu Yang, Jonathan Huddleston, Jarrell Whitman and Jacob Avila (all of Concrete & Construction Management, College of Basic & Applied Sciences) were awarded additional funding of $136,516.00 from NASA (through the JF Drake State Community & Technical College) for the period 9/1/2021-8/31/2024.
Tiffany Saul (PI, Forensic Institute for Research and Education, College of Liberal Arts) was awarded funding of $171,188.00 from the US Department of Defense (through the Henry M. Jackson Foundation) for the period 1/15/2023-1/31/2024.
Jennifer Kaplan (PI, PhD Mathematics Science Education, College of Basic & Applied Sciences) was awarded funding of $154,929.00 from the National Science Foundation for the period 3/15/2023-2/28/2027.
Song Cui (PI, Agriculture, College of Basic & Applied Sciences) was awarded funding of $4,951.00 from The Land Institute for the period 4/1/2023-4/1/2024.
Karen Tan (PI, Health & Human Performance, College of Behavioral and Health Sciences) and Elizabeth Whalen (co-PI, Health & Human Performance, College of Behavioral and Health Sciences) were awarded funding of $3,000.00 from the Tomkins Institute for the period 5/15/2023-5/14/2025.
Michelle Stevens (PI, Center for Fairness, Justice, and Equity, College of Education) was awarded funding of $92,974.50 from the Tennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) for the period 7/1/2023-6/30/2024.
Zada Law (PI, Geosciences, College of Basic & Applied Sciences) was awarded funding of $18,502.00 from the Tennessee Wars Commission for the period 2/1/2023-7/30/2023.
Kevin Ragland (PI, TN STEM Education Center, College of Basic and Applied Sciences) and Chaney Mosley (co-PI, Agriculture, College of Basic and Applied Sciences) were awarded funding of $500,000.00 from the US Department of Agriculture for the period 6/1/2023-5/31/2026.
Cynthia Chafin (PI, Center for Health & Human Services, Academic Affairs) and Keith Gamble (co-PI, Economics & Finance, Jennings A. Jones College of Business) were awarded funding of $100,000.00 from Rutherford County for the period 7/1/2023-6/30/2024.
David Nelson (PI, Biology, College of Basic & Applied Sciences) and Rebecca Seipelt-Thiemann (co-PI, Biology, College of Basic & Applied Sciences) were awarded funding of $389,747.00 from the National Institutes of Health for the period 5/31/2023-4/30/2026.
Alisa Hass (PI, Geosciences, College of Basic & Applied Sciences) and Mark Abolins (co-PI, Geosciences, College of Basic & Applied Sciences) were awarded funding of 260,031.00 from the National Science Foundation for the period 8/7/2023-8/7/2026.
*Data reported weekly. Awards finalized after the 1st of each month will be reported the following month.
