Active Grant Offerings

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For information on grant offerings please see the STEM Opportunities links for for UofM Faculty and Teachers.

Interested in researching grant opportunities? Go to the Research Support Services link to learn more about COS-Pivot, a search engine available to faculty through UofM at https://www.memphis.edu/rsp/research_resources.php

Faculty: If you need an external evaluator for a grant submission, try contacting The Center for Research in Educational Policy at 901.678.4157 or Dan Strahl at jstrahl@memphis.edu.

A list of archived grants is listed on the tab to the left.

GRANT ACRONYMS

College and Department Abbreviations:

Funding Agency Abbreviations:

College of Arts and Sciences (CAS): Chemistry (Chem), Mathematics (Math), Physics
College of Education COE, Instruction & Curriculum Leadership (ICL), Instructional Design & Technology (IDT)
Fogelman College of Business & Economics (FCBE)
Herff College of Engineering (HCOE): Biomedical Engineering (BE), Civil Engineering (CE)
Institute of Intelligent Systems (IIS)
School of Public Health (SPH), Social and Behavioral Science (SBS)
TRIO (SSP)

City of Memphis, Division of Public Works (CMDPW)
Improving Teacher Quality (ITQ)
Intermodal Freight Transportation Institute (IFTI)
Math Science Partnership (MSP)
Memphis Research Support Consortium (MRSC)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Office of Naval Research (ONR)

Race to the Top (RTTT)
Shelby County Schools (SCS)
State of Tennessee (ST)
Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC)
University of Memphis (UM)
U.S. Dept. of Education (USDOE)
U.S. Dept. of Transportation (USDOT)
Women’s Foundation for Greater Memphis (WFGM)

GRANT INFORMATION

Name of Grant	Funding Agency	Years Funded	Amount	College	Dept.	Principal Investigator	(HE, P-12)
Biomedical Engineering Project for People with General and Age Related Disabilities	NSF	2012-17	$111,490	HCOE	BE	J. Bumgardner	HE
Collaborative Project: Puzzle-Based Cyber Security Learning Learning to Enhance Defensive Skills of Front Line Technicians	NSF	2014-2017	$364,864	CAS	CS	D. Dasgupta	HE
Developing and Testing the Internship-nator, a Virtual Internship in STEM Authorware (VISA) System	NSF	2014-2019	$1,000,000		IIS	A.Graesser	HE
Exploring the "M" in STEM: Problem Solving Strategies and Reading/Writing Connections	ITQ	2015-2016	$37,371.50	CEHHS	ICL	D. Owens	K-8
Girls Experiencing Engineering (Funding amounts vary by year)	WFGM, UM, IFTE, HCOE, MRSC	2007-16	$205,000	HCOE	CE	S. Ivey	P-12
Integration of Intelligent Tutoring Systems for Electronics	ONR	2015-2016	$1,462,272	CAS	IIS	A. Graesser	HE
Memphis Virtual STEM Academy at East HIgh School	NSF	2013-17	$1,342,970	COE	ICL	S.Ivey	P-12
MRI: Acquisition of a 400 MHz NMR Spectrometer	NSF	2016-19	$339,585	CAS	Chemistry	T. Burkey	HE
Project FitWizard: Increasing Physical Activity in Schools	ST	2013-16	$500,000	SBS	SPH	K. Ward	HE
S-STEM: Supporting a New Generation	NSF	2012-16	$574,848	CAS	Math	A. Windsor	HE
STEM Hub Grant	ST-RTTT	2012-17	$950,000	HCOE	CE	S. Ivey	P-12
Tennessee Louis Stokes Association for Minority Participation (TLSAMP)	NSF	2013-18	$220,000	HCOE	HCOE	R. Swiegard	HE
TRIO-STEM (Funding varies-Typically $220,00 per year)	USDOE TRIO	2010-16	$1,100,000		SSP	M. Harding	HE
Total STEM Education Grant Funding at UofM (five year period):	$$8,208,400.50