← LeaderboardsInvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Ball State University
Muncie, IN
$52,428,082
Total funding
115
Grants
Funding over time
peak $7.5M · FY2005–26$10M$7.5M$5M$2.5M$0
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Funding mix
By agency
NIH$22,854,008 · 30
NSF$19,591,737 · 74
DOE$6,210,865 · 4
DOD$1,811,081 · 4
USDA$1,149,997 · 2
NASA$810,394 · 1
By mechanism
—$29,574,074 · 85
R15$9,688,202 · 21
U01$8,095,970 · 1
R01$4,598,869 · 4
R03$383,233 · 3
R34$87,734 · 1
Investigators at Ball State University
InvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Exposure= the full size of every grant they're on ($1M each).
Rising Stars
First grant in the last 5 yrs
Emerging Leaders
6–10 yrs in
Largest grants
TAS::89 0331::TAS RECOVERY RECOVERY ACT: BSU GHP DISTRICT HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEM (PHASE I)$5,000,000
· FY2010 · Department of Energy
The Exercise and Physical Activity Collaborative Team (ExPACT): a Proposed MoTrPAC Clinical Center$2,375,000
U01 · FY2021 · AR
The Exercise and Physical Activity Collaborative Team (ExPACT): a Proposed MoTrPAC Clinical Center$2,375,000
U01 · FY2022 · AR
The Exercise and Physical Activity Collaborative Team (ExPACT): A MoTrPAC Clinical Center$2,054,615
U01 · FY2023 · AR
Collaborative Research: I/UCRC Phase II: Security and Software Engineering Research Center (S2ERC)$1,609,108
· FY2015 · CSE
Collaborative Research: Security and Software Engineering Research Center (S2ERC)$1,570,883
· FY2010 · CSE
GK-12: Partners Investigating our Environment (PIE)$1,487,156
· FY2003 · EDU
The Exercise and Physical Activity Collaborative Team (ExPACT): A MoTrPAC Clinical Center$1,100,000
U01 · FY2024 · AR
SOFTWARE SECUIRTY$994,719
· FY2008 · Department of Defense
From genetic management to genetic rescue: Quantifying outbreeding depression thresholds in threatened Chiricahua Leopard Frogs (Lithobates chiricahuensis)$876,730
· FY2026 · BIO
THIS STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW) DESCRIBES THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA) JOHNSON SPACE CENTER (JSC) REQUIREMENT FOR THE COMPLE$810,394
· FY2014 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Pathways to STEM Degrees through Integrated Academic Support, Career Enhancement, and Personal Development$750,000
· FY2023 · EDU
CAREER: Structural-functional Analysis of the V-ATPase Subunit d by Site-directed Mutagenesis and Overexpression in Yeast$696,180
· FY2003 · BIO
EFFECTS OF MULTIAXIAL SKELETAL LOADING ON TIBIA MECHANICAL STRENGTH DURING LOAD CARRIAGE IN FEMALES$694,266
· FY2015 · Department of the Army
Transitions: Metagenomics of aquatic biofilms: evaluating linkages between autotrophic and heterotrophic microbial diversity and function$687,229
· FY2022 · BIO
** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO INCREASE THE PROSPERITY OF THE RURAL POOR AND RURAL COMMUNITIES BY IDENTIFYING THE ROLE THAT INFORMAL ECONOMIC ACTIVITY PLAYS IN THE LIVELIHOODS, SOCIAL STRUCTURE, AND RESILIENCE OF RURAL PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES, PARTICULARLY IN TIMES OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STRESS. AN INTEGRATED, MIXED-METHODS (MM) RESEARCH APPROACH WILL BE USED TO ADDRESS THE STUDY'S RESEARCH OBJECTIVES. NATIONAL LEVEL ANALYSIS WILL BE BASED ON DATA FROM THE SURVEY OF HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS AND DECISION-MAKING (SHED) TO IDENTIFY SOCIAL GROUP MEMBERSHIP AND GEOGRAPHIC CONTEXT OF INFORMAL WORKERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THESE DATA WILL ALSO HELP SET THE GROUNDWORK FOR PRIMARY DATA COLLECTION, WHICH WILL OCCUR IN THREE WAYS: A COMPARATIVE CASE-STUDY OF EIGHT COMMUNITIES, AN IN-DEPTH CASE-STUDY OF FOUR COMMUNITIES, AND A NATIONAL SURVEY OF INFORMAL WORKERS. THE CASE STUDIES WILL INCLUDE SURVEYS, INTERVIEWS, AND OBSERVATIONS, ENABLING A NUANCED UNDERSTANDING OF HOW INFORMAL WORK FUNCTIONS IN THERESILIENCE OF INFORMAL WORKERS AND THEIR COMMUNITIES, WHEREAS THE NATIONAL SURVEY OF INFORMAL WORKERS WILL GIVE US INSIGHTS INTO THE WAYS THAT INFORMAL WORK CHANGES IN RESPONSE TO ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STRESS AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT. BECAUSE OF THE STRONG RELIANCE ON SOCIAL NETWORKS TO DO INFORMAL WORK, WE BELIEVE INFORMAL WORK PLAYS AN OFTEN-OVERLOOKED ROLE IN INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCE TO ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STRESS, ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE DIFFERENCES IN HOW OR WHY THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF STRESS, SOCIAL GROUP MEMBERSHIP OF PARTICIPANTS, AND ACCESS TO NEW TECHNOLOGY. UTILIZING A MIXED-METHODS APPROACH, THIS RESEARCH WILL PRODUCE A UNIQUE AND NUANCED SET OF FINDINGS THAT MAY GUIDE POLICY DISCUSSION REGARDING THE LOCAL AND STATE RESPONSE TO INFORMAL WORK. THIS PROJECT IS ALIGNED WITH THE AFRI GOALS TO PROMOTE ECONOMICALLY AND SOCIALLY SUSTAINABLE, RESILIENT RURAL COMMUNITIES.$649,997
· FY2022 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW FIELD ENHANCED LOW TEMPERATURE THERMIONIC CATHODE$588,834
· FY2008 · Department of Energy
Nucleic Acid Nanoparticle-based Monoclonal Antibody Mimics$560,460
R15 · FY2025 · EB
Distinguishing features of C. albicans pseudouridylation and their roles in pathogenesis$549,460
R15 · FY2025 · AI
BRC-BIO: The role of serotonin signaling in autoregulation of axon morphology, connectivity, and behavior in Drosophila$503,000
· FY2023 · BIO