RASP Celebrates Research Success

Congratulations to faculty and staff who SUBMITTED proposals & received AWARDS for August 2026:

College of Education

Total Awards: $494,399
    • Lina Wang, Chalandra Gooden, Felicia Smith, & Laura Maki -"Growing the Teacher Pipeline Through Student Supports"
    • Karolyn Mauer -"Triple Licensure Apprenticeship Program Planning (TriLAP)"
Total Submissions: $568,736
    • Mwrumba Mwavita - "Teaching Fellow Contracts with Area School Districts:  Tri-City United ISD 2905, Waseca ISD 829, Owatonna ISD 761, Mankato ISD 77, LeSueur-Henderson 2397, Madelia ISD 837, Faribault ISD 656"
    • Praneel Acharya - "Determining When Terrestrial Landscape Transitions Become Detectable from NASA HLS Observations"

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Total Submissions: $86,696
    • Ron Schirmer & Andy Brown - "Grand Meadow Geophysical and Archeological Survey"

College of Science, Engineering and Technology

Total Awards: $85,466
    • Ryan Wersal -"Research and Development for European Frogbit Herbicide Control - Year 3"
Total Submissions: $58,000
    • Kimberly Musser - "Region Nine Resilience Plan"
    • Kimberly Musser - "Farming for Soil Health in Southern Minnesota"
    • Trevor Vannatta - "Engineering Unleashed Fellowship: Learning from Failure"
    • Ellen Thompson - "Engineering Unleashed Fellowship"

Student And Industry Success

Total Submissions: $266,657
    • Hannah Bretz & Kimberlee Watkins-RockVam - "SBDC CORE 2026-2030"