RASP Celebrates Research Success

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

College of Allied Health and Nursing

Total Awards: $22,691
    • Cindra Kamphoff - "Mental Performance Graduate Assistant Southwest Minnesota State"
Total Submissions: $864,519
    • Heather VonBank and Krysten Dane - "Family Consumer Science Pilot Frameworks Revision Project"
    • Anitha Peddireddy and Angela Monson - "FY26 Rural and Underserved Clinical Rotations Grant project Period 2"
    • Darcie Davis-Gage and Tracie Self - "Clinical Supervision Across Identities and Rural Contexts: A Strengths-Based, Anti-oppressive, and Rural-informed Course"
    • Darcie Davis-Gage and Laura Maki - "Rural-Informed Practice Pathways: Expanding Clinical Training and Supervision in Rural Minnesota"
    • Sarah Ogilvie - "MDH Community Clinic Grant 2027"
    • Sonika Masih - "Community Clinic Grant"

College of Education

Total Awards: $793,331
    • Dana Wagner and Alexandra Panahon - "Project PASS-IT 26-27 Year 5"
    • Dana Wagner, Shawna Petersen-Brown, Alexandra Panahon, and Kiersten Hensley - "Project LEAP-IT 26-27 Year 2"
    • Kiersten Hensley and Dana Wagner - "Project IMPACT 26-27 Year 4"
    • Caitlin Hoffmann and Andria Swafford - "Child and Adultcare Food Program"
Total Submissions: $958,772
    • Dana Wagner, Shawna Petersen-Brown, Alexandra Panahon, and Kiersten Hensley - "Project LEAP-IT 26-27 Year 2"
    • Kiersten Hensley and Dana Wagner - "Project IMPACT 26-27 Year 4"
    • Caitlin Hoffmann and Andria Swafford - "Child and Adultcare Food Program"
    •  Yuxiang Zhu, Kiersten Hensley, Nancy Drescher, Teri Priesler, and Sarah Salinas - "Breaking Through the Silos: Equity, Feasibility, and Collaboration in a Multi-Licensure Teacher Apprenticeship Partnership"

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Total Awards: $260,000
    • Mark Bowen - "Evaluating soil health benefits of controlled agricultural drainage"
    • Stephanie Rollag Yoon - "2026-27 NWP Fragile Freedoms Grant"
Total Submissions: $177,202
    • Allison Lundahl and Shawna Petersen-Brown - "School Psychological Services provided to LeSueur Henderson Public Schools"
    • Kristie Campana and Daniel Sachau - "Minnesota State Arts Survey"

College of Science, Engineering and Technology

Total Awards: $999,312
    • Mriganka De - "Past the Learning Curve: Soil Health Management Phase II"
    • Ryan Wersal - "Year 2 - Genetic Characterization of Curlyleaf Pondweed in the US "
    • Kimberly Musser - "College-School collaboration to restore campuses & activate regional stewardship"
    • Aaron Budge - "Roadway Features Integration with Vehicle Advanced Driver Assist Applications Phase II"
    • Sarah Kruse - "General Label Income Contract"
    • Kimberly Musser - "Region Nine Resilience Plan"
    • Ellen Thompson - "Engineering Unleashed Fellowship"
    • Sue Colvin - "MSU Student CWD Sampling"

Total Submissions: $849,365

    • Gary Mead and Paul Steevens - "Toro Company-MnCAR Testing"
    • Rushit Dave and Mansi Bhavsar - "RET Site: Bringing Tomorrow's Tech to Today's Classrooms Through Computer Science Research Experience for Teachers"

Institutional Diversity

Total Awards: $51,612
    • Liz Steinborn-Gourley, Nicole Stock and Natalie Schutte - "Maverick Student Parent Support Program"

Library Services

Total Awards: $745,674
    • Kathryn Clay - "Talent Search 26-31 - Year 1"
    • Margaret Hesser - "Trio Student Support Services"

School of Applied Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources

Total Submissions: $50,000
    • Aaron Budge - "MnDOT Foundation Office Driller Training Program"