RASP Celebrates Research Success

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

 

College of Allied Health and Nursing

Total Awards: $250,000
    • Sheen Chiou - "Speech-Language Pathology Services for Madelia Schools"
Total Submissions: $3,170,585
    • Alyssa Wempen - "Community Development Block Grant (CBDG)"

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Total Awards: $150,000
    • Mark Bowen - "Expanding Opportunities for Research and High-Impact Experiential Learning in the Earth Systems Laboratory; Minnesota State University Mankato"

Total Submissions: $45,077
    • Ron Schirmer & Andy Brown - "PIIC Cemetery Survey"
    • Robin Becker - "Good Thunder Reading Series"

College of Science, Engineering and Technology

Total Awards: $1,697,521
    • Jason Bruns & Melissa Huppert - "STEM Ecosystem Partnership Grant - EAMCOE Workplan and Deliverables"
    • Jason Bruns & Melissa Huppert - "Microelectronics Curriculum Training and Mini Externship Facilitation"
    • Kimberly Musser - "St. Peter Ditch Monitoring FY27"
    • Kimberly Musser -"Nicollet County Drainage Demo -FY27"
    • Michael Wells - "Project Federated 2026-2031"
    • Ryan Wersal - "Survey of Aquatic Vegetation in Duck Lake, MN"
Total Submissions: $826,106
    • Sarah Kruse - "General Label Income Contract"
    • Robert Sleezer - " Designing Together: A Toolkit and Community for Creative Human-Centered STEM Course Design"
    • Rebecca Bates - "Conference: Advancing Engineering Education through Integrated Models"
    • Lauren Singelmann - "CAREER: Investigating Conceptual Learning and Reasoning Patterns about Artificial Intelligence across Engineering Education Contexts"
    • Jason Bruns & Melissa Huppert - "Microelectronics Curriculum Training and Mini Externship Facilitation"
    • Ryan Wersal - "Survey of Aquatic Vegetation in Duck Lake, MN"

Division of Student Affairs

Total Awards: $38,801
    • Antonia Yenser  - "Student Insurance FY27"

Global Education

Total Submissions: $5,000
    • Kristin Odland & Paulina Camacho - "Mankato Area International Festival-50th Anniversary"

Student Success and Engagement

Total Submissions: $2,780,879
    • Travis Thul, Tammy Bohlke & Rajeev Bukralia - "Minnesota Coordination Hub; Rapid Educational Partnerships in Artificial Intelligence Readiness (REPAIR)"