← LeaderboardsInvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, KY
$13,485,900
Total funding
42
Grants
Funding over time
peak $1.7M · FY2005–26$2M$1.5M$1M$500K$0
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'22
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'26
Funding mix
By agency
NIH$5,945,237 · 14
NSF$4,271,286 · 24
DOE$1,645,824 · 2
CDC$1,623,553 · 2
By mechanism
—$5,917,110 · 26
R15$4,305,936 · 10
T03$1,623,553 · 1
R01$1,056,800 · 1
R16$531,845 · 2
S10$50,656 · 1
Investigators at Western Kentucky 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
ESTABLISHMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL TECH LAB WITH A CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BED COMBUSTION SYSTEM$1,345,824
· FY2008 · Department of Energy
Mechanisms of Telomere Maintenance and Protection$531,584
R15 · FY2025 · GM
CAREER: Historical and Projected Atmospheric and Energetic Forcings of Eastern United States Snow Ablation$443,791
· FY2025 · GEO
Sympathetic regulation of inflammation from sleep fragmentation$429,768
R15 · FY2021 · GM
Cognitive and Contextual Factors in Suicide Ideation Persistence in Adolescents$418,800
R15 · FY2023 · MH
Bingocize: A Novel Mobile Application to Help Maintain or Improve Older Adults' Health, Function, and Cognition$417,398
R15 · FY2018 · AG
Evaluation of an Interactive Mobile Phone-Based Brief Intervention to Reduce Substance-Impaired Driving among Emerging Adults$417,056
R15 · FY2022 · DA
Finding novel platinum(II) complex anti-cancer drugs with reduced ototoxicity$414,320
R15 · FY2015 · CA
Dimensions of emotion regulation in nonsuicidal self-injury and suicide in adolescents$413,400
R15 · FY2018 · MH
Sympathetic Regulation of Inflammation from Sleep Fragmentation$400,803
R15 · FY2016 · GM
MRI: Acquisition of a Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope for Research and Instruction at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution$377,259
· FY2019 · BIO
Insights into Catalysis of Directed Ortho-Metalation Reactions$314,500
· FY2001 · MPS
MRI: Acquisition of a meter-class telescope at Western Kentucky University$312,294
· FY2021 · MPS
MRI: Acquisition of a 400 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectrometer$304,487
· FY2019 · MPS
TAS::89 0211::TAS RECOVERY GEOLOGIC SEQUESTRATION TRAINING AND RESEARCH FOR NEW AWARD ENTITLED, "RECOVERY ACT: NOVEL OXYGEN CARRIERS FOR COAL-FUELED$300,000
· FY2010 · Department of Energy
Equipment: MRI: Track 1 Acquisition of a Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorter (FACS) to Enhance Research Capabilities at Western Kentucky University$297,393
· FY2023 · BIO
MRI/ RUI: Acquisition of Manufacturing Systems for Quality Assurance in Precision Machining Processes using Data Mining$268,426
· FY2001 · ENG
EPSCoR Research Fellows: NSF: Regenerative Capacity of Mechanosensory Neurons within the Lamprey Spinal Cord$266,574
· FY2026 · O/D
CAS-Climate: RUI: Systematic trends of structure-property relations of metal-organic frameworks built from mixed transition metal ions$250,966
· FY2022 · MPS
RUI: CAS: Production of Highly Reactive Metal-Oxo Species with Molecular Oxygen and Visible Light for the Selective Oxidative Catalysis$225,560
· FY2022 · MPS