RASP Celebrates Research Success

Congratulations to faculty and staff who SUBMITTED proposals & received AWARDS for October 2025:

 

college of Allied Health and nursing

Total Submissions: $59,931
    • Anne Larson - "Addressing Structural Disparities for Children with Early Communication Disorders (ASCEND)"
    • Sonika Masih - "Minnesota Dental Foundation Grant"

College of education

Total Awards: $1,202,398
    • Dana Wagner, Shawna Petersen-Brown,Alexandra Panahon, & Kiersten Hensley- "Project LEAP IT - Y1 funding"
    • Tracy Peed, Thomas Mitchell & Laura Maki - "Professional School Counseling Student Support Personnel Workforce"
    • Dana Wagner, Alexandra Panahon & Shawna Petersen-Brown - "Project PASS-IT 25-26 (Y4 award)"
Total Submissions: $1,195,891
    • Dana Wagner, Alexandra Panahon, & Shawna Petersen-Brown "Project PASS-IT 25-26 (Y4 award)"

    • Teri Preisler, Yuxiang Zhu, Nancy Drescher & Dana Wagner- "Teacher Apprenticeship Program Planning Grant Proposal"

    • Kiersten Hensley - "MDE Apprenticeship Implementation Grant"

College of Humanities and social services

Total Awards: $22,000
    • Ronald Schirmer & Andy Brown - "SD Model"

    • Dale Haefner - "FY 2026 Flexible Support Grant"

    • Abigail Bakke - " Student Perceptions of Trust in AI-Generated Human Portraits"

College of science, Engineering & technology

Total Awards: $334,798
    • Jacob Swanson - "Neighbors for Clean Air"
    • Elizabeth Pluskwik - "Entrepren Mindset in CSET- KEEN Annual Support Y4"
    • Beth Wisely -"St. Peter Ditch Monitoring FY26"

Total Submissions: $835,075

    • Beth Wisely - "St Peter Ditch Monitoring FY26"
    • Rushit Dave &Mansi Bhavsar - "Bringing Tomorrow's Tech to Today's Classrooms: RET for High School Teachers in AI, Cybersecurity, AR.VR, Computer Vision & UI/UX"
    • Gary Mead & Paul Steevens - "Northern Power Products Development and Testing"

Division of marketing & Communications

Total Awards: $114,000
    • Dwayne Megaw "KMSU FY26-27 Legacy Grant (Arts and Cultural Heritage)"

global Education

Awards: $5,000
    • Kristen Odland & Paulina Camacho - "Mankato Area International Festival"

Institutional diversity

Awards: $24,300
    • Abdurrahman Guantai - "Maverick Pathways: Bridging the Gap"

Library services

Awards:  $836,509
    • George Corey - "Upward Bound"
    • Kathryn Clay - "Educational Talent Search FY26"
Submissions:  $400,397
    • Kathryn Clay - "Educational Talent Search FY26"

student success & engagement Leadership

Awards:  $14,500
    • Travis Thul - "Integrated Industry Education Initiative""
Submissions:  $1,000,000
    • Mike Hahn - "SBDC CORE CY 2026-2030"

Strategic business, education & REgional Partnerships

Submissions: $2,095,475
    • Kacie Lamont - "Madelia Health MJSP Partnership Grant-Short Form & 3M MJSP Partnership Grant Short Form"
    • Tammy Bohlke - " From Recovery to Resilience in Region Nine"