2008 Woodie Awards
FSU Faculty and Staff Receive Grants
FSU PUBLIC RELATIONS
Issue date: 6/13/07 Section: News
The months of February through May were good for grant writers at Fayetteville State University (FSU). Nearly $887,000 in funds was granted from various sources.
Leading the way were Dr. Juliette B. Bell and Dr. Sherrice Allen, who received $380,289 from the United States Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health for the FSU Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) Program. Dr. Bell is provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs. Dr. Allen is an assistant professor in the Department of Natural Sciences.
Dr. Colleen Walker, from the School of Education, and Dr. Ji Kim, from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, received a $196,940 grant from North Carolina Quest for Quality Educators Academy: Effective Leadership and Content Instruction for K-8 Teachers Working with (Limited English Proficient) LEP Students. Dr. Paul Prabhaker, dean of the School of Business and Economics, and Dr. Mohammad Bhuiyan, from the Department of Managerial Economics and Finance, received a $140,000 grant from the Ewing Marion Kaufmann Foundation for the HBCU Minority Entrepreneurship Forum.
Other grant recipients include:
Dr. Daniel Autrey, from the Department of Natural Sciences, received $51,811 from North Carolina A&T State University for the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Program.
Dr. Alex Umantsev, Dr. Cevdet Akbay, Dr. Jianshi Wu, Dr. Radoslav Nickolov, Dr. Shirley Chao, and Dr. Shubo Han, all from the Department of Natural Sciences, received a $55,149 grant from the United States Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health for the FSU Score Program.
Dr. Juliette B. Bell received $25,000 from GlaxoSmithKline Foundation for the Women in Science Program Endowment.
Dr. Maxwell Twum, from the Department of Psychology, received $18,138.42 from North Carolina A&T State University for the Center for Human-Centric Command and Control Decision Making.
Dr. Valeria Fleming, from the Department of Natural Sciences, was granted $8,000 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for the project, Seeding Postdoctoral Innovators in Research and Education.
Dr. Kimberly Smith Burton, director of the Math Science Education Center, received $6,000 from the Mathematical Association of America/Tensor Foundation, for Girls Excited about Mathematics and Sciences (GEMS).
Dr. Clara Jones, from the Department of Psychology, received $4,799 from the Association for Psychological Science, for the Teaching and Public Understanding of Psychological Science project.
For more information, please call (910) 672-1474.
Leading the way were Dr. Juliette B. Bell and Dr. Sherrice Allen, who received $380,289 from the United States Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health for the FSU Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) Program. Dr. Bell is provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs. Dr. Allen is an assistant professor in the Department of Natural Sciences.
Dr. Colleen Walker, from the School of Education, and Dr. Ji Kim, from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, received a $196,940 grant from North Carolina Quest for Quality Educators Academy: Effective Leadership and Content Instruction for K-8 Teachers Working with (Limited English Proficient) LEP Students. Dr. Paul Prabhaker, dean of the School of Business and Economics, and Dr. Mohammad Bhuiyan, from the Department of Managerial Economics and Finance, received a $140,000 grant from the Ewing Marion Kaufmann Foundation for the HBCU Minority Entrepreneurship Forum.
Other grant recipients include:
Dr. Daniel Autrey, from the Department of Natural Sciences, received $51,811 from North Carolina A&T State University for the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation Program.
Dr. Alex Umantsev, Dr. Cevdet Akbay, Dr. Jianshi Wu, Dr. Radoslav Nickolov, Dr. Shirley Chao, and Dr. Shubo Han, all from the Department of Natural Sciences, received a $55,149 grant from the United States Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health for the FSU Score Program.
Dr. Juliette B. Bell received $25,000 from GlaxoSmithKline Foundation for the Women in Science Program Endowment.
Dr. Maxwell Twum, from the Department of Psychology, received $18,138.42 from North Carolina A&T State University for the Center for Human-Centric Command and Control Decision Making.
Dr. Valeria Fleming, from the Department of Natural Sciences, was granted $8,000 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for the project, Seeding Postdoctoral Innovators in Research and Education.
Dr. Kimberly Smith Burton, director of the Math Science Education Center, received $6,000 from the Mathematical Association of America/Tensor Foundation, for Girls Excited about Mathematics and Sciences (GEMS).
Dr. Clara Jones, from the Department of Psychology, received $4,799 from the Association for Psychological Science, for the Teaching and Public Understanding of Psychological Science project.
For more information, please call (910) 672-1474.