Scholars Directory

Basic and Applied Sciences

$28.7 million in 82 active grants and sponsored programs

Project	Project Title	Amount
23-0322	NSF Noyce Track 3 Teacher Leader	$2,999,332
24-0151	Organic Perennial Grain System	$1,999,958
23-0046	Scholarships for Masters Students in the Chemical Sciences S4MSCS	$1,972,199
23-0157	Preparation & Refinement of Postdocs in STEM	$1,249,445
23-0311	Advancing the Culture of Teaching in STEM (ACT-STEM)	$1,199,915
24-0084	Improving Undergraduate Biology Students’ Ability to Communicate with Non-Scientists	$1,044,794
24-0009	CAREER: Fungal pathogen induced dysbiosis alters microbiome assembly along host resource gradients	$1,000,000
23-0086	NEXTGENeration Inclusion Consortium Building FANHP Scholars	$901,398
24-0035	Gut-Inhabiting Fungi Influence Structure and Function of Herptile Microbiomes	$870,000
24-0094	Reducing Enteric Methane Production in Livestock through Dietary Supplements	$800,213
23-0205	ExpandQISE: Track1: Building Quantum Capacity at Middle Tennessee	$800,000
23-0003	Establishing the Perennial Grain Center in the Climate Transition Zone of Tennessee	$750,000
24-0238	Soil, Animal, Food, and Economic (SAFE) Research, Education, and Outreach	$749,999
24-0016	Tennessee Digital Agriculture Center-An Integrated Non-formal Approach	$749,924
24-0088	Agri-analytics Fellowship	$749,443
23-0202	An Investigation of Virtual Reality Initiatives and Workforce Development Outcomes in Libraries	$549,560
23-0095	AgXplore Professional Development Institute for Middle School Agriculture Teachers	$500,000
24-0027	CAREER: Beyond Ideal Quantum Materials	$499,879
24-0021	Evaluating Disease Prevention Methods for Organic American Ginseng Production in Appalachia	$455,000
23-0300	Improving soil health and cropping systems sustainability through cover crops	$399,984
23-0310	Modulation of Macrophage Polarization by a Facultative Intracellular Pathogen	$389,747
24-0072	Critical elements of muscle contractile machinery	$382,436
23-0084	Light Harvesting in Semiconductor Quantum Dots	$351,854
24-0327	Postdoctoral Fellowship – Erin Rowland-Schaefer	$305,378
24-0011	Framework for Integrating Technology (FIT) for Equity	$305,225
24-0102	Research of Swarm Control by Synthesizing Reinforcement Learning with Temporal Logic	$302,577
23-0150	Using Networked Improvement Communities to  Scale Up Program Transformation	$275,000
23-0096	A Delphi Study to Develop a Department Self-Assessment Tool	$272,956
23-0078	Beginnings: Creating and Sustaining a Diverse Community of Expertise in Quantum Information Science (EQUIS) Across the Southeastern United States	$264,322
24-0040	Testing for the Stages of Vertebrate Radiation using Freshwater Fishes of the Family Percidae	$263,712
23-0061	Undergraduate Students Learning About Urban Microclimates, Extreme Heat, and Climate Change	$260,031
23-0254	Acquisition of an Ultra High Performance Liquid Chromatograph	$252,700
23-0040	Nonequilibrium Dynamics of Non-Ideal Quantum Materials	$252,123
24-0269	Assessment of Conservation Practice Impacts on Water and Sediment Loads	$240,000
23-0208	Tennessee Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation	$238,000
24-0270	Mössbauer Spectroscopy Low Temperature Equipment	$222,390
23-0222	Exploring the Impact of Noyce Master Teaching Fellowship Programs on Teacher Retention	$214,350
23-0270	Collab Research: ROL	$203,040
23-0228	Creation and Expansion of Botanical Compound Database And Data Analysis Tools	$200,000
23-0238	Assessment of Conservation Practice Impacts on Water & Sediment Loads	$200,000
24-0203	Exploring science identity development of first-gen students through their perceived norms of STEM	$199,802
23-0006	Research Initiation: Embodied and Student-Centered Robotics in the Professional Formation of Engineers	$199,683
24-0018	The MYC-SWI/SNF Connection in Rhabdoid Tumors	$191,571
24-0148	The age of cichlids	$179,700
24-0064	Discovery of fused heterocyclic pyrazine based novel anti-mitotic agents for metastatic melanoma	$177,058
24-0070	Adapting AI Service to Local Applications via Semi-Supervised Federated Learning	$174,770
23-0256	Developing Open Response Assessments in Mathematical Sensemaking	$154,929
24-0014	Exposing the role of MYC in small cell carcinoma of the ovary hypercalcemic type	$131,300
23-0021	Learning Microbiology Open Education Resource Science Literacy	$131,173
24-0083	Acquisition of a Fluorometer to Support Research and Research Training	$114,636
23-0280	NSF Includes Alliance	$108,705
24-0106	Certify Future Robotics Technicians	$98,184
23-0292	In vitro culture of freshwater mussels	$94,508
23-0203	The Tennessee Space Grant Consortium 2020-2021 Base and Augmentation	$91,928
23-0063	Case-based Active Science Education (CASE) Mentoring Network	$82,062
24-0065	A DBER network to stabilize and grow science communication education research	$74,950
23-0232	Native Warm Season Perennials	$74,541
24-0051	Web-based user interface for RUSLE2	$73,000
24-0157	Geospatial and computing services for Tennessee Historical Commission	$66,668
24-0068	RUSLE2 Climate Database Update	$60,000
24-0077	AutoGrow: An Intelligent Hydroponics Growing Platform for Sustainable Agriculture	$50,000
25-0009	AnnAGNPS-Support	$50,000
24-0204	The development of science identity for first-generation students through the Learning Assistant Program	$49,991
23-0173	Evaluating Short-term Near Infrared Radiation on Salanova® Lettuce Storage Pathogen Control	$49,984
23-0112	Zhang, SCBG Award	$47,837
23-0111	Simons travel grant	$42,000
23-0149	Race, Religion, and STEM: Examining the Intersections for Black Students	$39,000
23-0215	Coordinating the Tennessee Amphibian Monitoring Program (TAMP)	$36,658
23-0236	To Partially Develop Science Components and Code Features	$27,000
23-0315	A Multi-Faceted Approach for Understanding Hydrologic Controls on Transmission Losses in Dryland Environments	$25,677
25-0042	Aviation Education Program	$24,136
23-0283	TDOT Aviation Education Project	$22,499
24-0274	Development of Robotics and Control Engineering Interactive Textbook	$22,148
24-0328	Gut Microbiota–Muscle Axis in Rainbow Trout	$19,493
23-0036	NLP and other AI Techniques for Applications in Actuarial Science	$15,000
24-0198	AERO 2710: sUAS Remote Pilot Certificate Textbook	$14,765
24-0086	Development for Rules of Engagement and Operations Procedures for Autonomous Vehicles	$13,663
25-0038	Assessment of Compounded Thyrotropin Releasing Hormone	$13,052
24-0060	The Repeatability of T30ACTH Measurements Following Administration of Thyrotropin Releasing Hormone	$12,162
24-0190	OER	$7,383
23-0148	Perennial Sorghum Production Agreement	$4,951
25-0046	SME Chapter  Sponsorship	$4,000

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