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Virginia State University

Petersburg, VA

$45,422,961

Total funding

86

Grants

Funding over time

peak $6.2M · FY2005–25

$10M$7.5M$5M$2.5M$0

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Funding mix

By agency

NSF$29,932,602 · 42

NIH$5,509,946 · 14

USDA$4,165,156 · 18

DOD$3,853,951 · 7

DOE$1,511,528 · 3

NASA$449,778 · 1

SAMHSA$0 · 1

By mechanism

—$39,913,015 · 71

P20$3,870,200 · 11

R15$900,922 · 1

R25$644,391 · 1

G11$94,433 · 1

H79$0 · 1

Investigators at Virginia State University

Investigator-initiated All funding

Investigatorsi

Rising Stars

First grant in the last 5 yrs

Not enough data

Emerging Leaders

6–10 yrs in

1Larry D Keen$900,9221 gr

All-Time

Most funded here, all years

1Larry D Keen$900,9221 gr 2Shobha Sriharan$644,3911 gr

Largest grants

Implementation Project: Trojan Center for Emerging Engineering Research$2,999,998

· FY2024 · EDU

Building Trojan STEM Infrastructure$2,605,103

· FY2005 · EDU

Implementation Project: Trojan Center for Undergraduate Applied Research$2,570,055

· FY2017 · EDU

Algebra Project Mathematics Content and Pedagogy Initiative$2,510,384

· FY2017 · EDU

Broadening Participation Research Center: HBCU Center for Math Education and Research$2,194,250

· FY2023 · EDU

Central Virginia Undergraduate Mathematics Scholarship Program (CVUMSP)$1,449,960

· FY2012 · EDU

Successful Transition to the Academic Realm 2.0$1,373,217

· FY2019 · EDU

BPRC Planning Grant: Nurturing Resilient Students and Teachers$1,330,112

· FY2019 · EDU

Excellence in Research: Elucidating the mechanisms of fungal bioluminescence through comparative genomic and biochemical approaches$1,148,010

· FY2025 · BIO

Excellence in Research: Genomic Characterization of Seed Filling and Nutritional Features in Edamame and Mature Soybeans$1,144,218

· FY2022 · BIO

Assessing the Impact of a University/Community Coalition On the Mathematics Performance of Minority Students$1,141,560

· FY2007 · EDU

ITEST Research Project: Assessing the Efficacy of Cognitive Training on the Mathematics and Science Performance of Minority Students$989,747

· FY2009 · EDU

Building Biomedical Research Center at VSU$908,723

P20 · FY2007 · MD

Building Biomedical Research Center at VSU$758,543

P20 · FY2008 · MD

Building Biomedical Research Center at VSU$758,519

P20 · FY2010 · MD

Collaborative Research: Ideas Lab: HBCU Research and Collaboration Exchange$693,664

· FY2024 · EDU

**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 WORLD'S POPULATION IS EXPECTED TO REACH 9.7 BILLION IN 2050. TO FEED THE EVER-INCREASING HUMAN POPULATION, GLOBAL CROP PRODUCTION MAY NEED TO BE INCREASED BY AT LEAST 50% BY 2050. TRADITIONAL BREEDING PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE FOR DRAMATIC YIELD INCREASES DURING THE GREEN REVOLUTION. HOWEVER, ANNUAL YIELD GAINS FOR SEVERAL MAJOR STAPLE FOOD CROPS HAVE BEEN PLATEAUED IN THE PAST TWO DECADES. INCREASING CROP PRODUCTIVITY HAS BECOME THE MOST CHALLENGING ISSUE FACING AGRICULTURAL SCIENTISTS AND NEW TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS ARE NEEDED TO MEET THE GLOBAL DEMAND FOR CROP IMPROVEMENT. ONE SUCH STRATEGY THAT MAY HOLD UNTAPPED POTENTIAL FOR SUSTAINABLE YIELD INCREASES IS TO IMPROVE CROPS' PHOTOSYNTHETIC EFFICIENCY. ANOTHER POTENTIAL STRATEGY IS TO EXPLORE WILD SPECIES, AND IDENTIFY NOVEL, BUT OFTEN NEGLECTED GENES THAT CAN BE USED FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF CROPS' RESILIENCE TO VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSES, AS WELL AS THE IMPROVEMENT OF YIELD AND QUALITY. THE LONG EFFORT IN PI'SLABORATORY IS TO EXPLORE PURSLANE (PORTULACA OLERACEA), A WILD SPECIES, FOR ITS POTENTIAL USE IN CROP IMPROVEMENT. RECENTLY, WE CLONED THE DRM2 HOMOLOGOUS GENE FROM PURSLANE (PODRM2). INTERESTINGLY, EXCEPT THE KNOWN CONSERVED DOMAINS, PODRM2 ALSO CONTAINS A UNIQUE CLFB DOMAIN AT ITS N TERMINAL THAT DOES NOT EXIST IN ALL OTHER AVAILABLE DRM2 HOMOLOGS. OVEREXPRESSION OF PODRM2 IN ARABIDOPSIS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED BIOMASS AND LEAF STARCH ACCUMULATION. IN ADDITION, THE PODRM2 TRANSGENIC LINE SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT SUGGESTING A ROLE OF PODRM2 IN REGULATING PHOTOSYNTHESIS. DRM2 ACTS AS MAJOR DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE AND IS ESSENTIAL FOR RNA-DIRECTED DE NOVO DNA METHYLATION OF CYTOSINE. BASED ON OUR PRELIMINARY RESEARCH AND THE ROLE OF DRM2 IN DNA METHYLATION, WE HYPOTHESIZE THAT PODRM2 REGULATES STARCH ACCUMULATION AND BIOMASS PRODUCTION THROUGH EPIGENETIC REGULATING PLANT PHOTOSYNTHESIS. TO TEST THIS HYPOTHESIS, WE WILL GENERATE TRANSGENIC SOYBEAN AND CORN LINES OVEREXPRESSING PODRM2 AND EXAMINE THEIR PHOTOSYNTHESIS-RELATED TRAITS. IN ADDITION, WE WILL ALSO SYSTEMICALLY INVESTIGATE MOLECULAR MECHANISMS AND GENE NETWORKS REGULATING PODRM2 MEDIATED EPIGENETIC CONTROL OF PLANT PHOTOSYNTHESIS. THIS PROJECT ADDRESSES THE FUNDAMENTAL ISSUE OF CROP PRODUCTION-CROP PHOTOSYNTHESIS, AND WOULD GENERATE BASIC KNOWLEDGES ON EPIGENETIC CONTROL OF PLANT PHOTOSYNTHETIC EFFICIENCY.$649,727

· FY2022 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture

** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** THIS PROJECT AIMS TO DIVERSIFY AND INCREASE THE PRODUCTION AND AVAILABILITY OFHIGH-QUALITY GREEN SEEDS FOR DIRECT HUMAN CONSUMPTION IN THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION OF THE UNITEDSTATES. CONSUMPTION OF COMMON BEAN GREEN SHELLED SEEDS IS ALREADY COMMON IN SEVERAL COUNTRIESIN LATIN AMERICA, THE CARIBBEAN, AFRICA, AND EUROPE. COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION OF DRY BEANS IS NONEXISTENTIN THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION. GREEN SEEDS FROM DRY BEANS HAVE GREAT POTENTIAL TO ENHANCEECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY AND COMPETITIVENESS OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED FARMS AND DIVERSIFY THECROPPING SYSTEM IN VIRGINIA AND OTHER STATES OF THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION. WE WILL STUDY PRODUCTIONOF GREEN SHELL BEANS AND GREEN SEEDS FROM SIX CLASSES OF DRY BEANS THAT ARE CURRENTLY GROWN IN THEU.S.: PINTO, NAVY, GREAT NORTHERN, DARK RED KIDNEY, BLACK, AND CRANBERRY. WE WILL CHARACTERIZEYIELDS OF GREEN SEEDS, THEIR NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION, AND CONSUMER ACCEPTABILITY. THREE VARIETIESFROM EACH SIX CLASSES OF BEANS (18 VARIETIES TOTAL) WILL BE GROWN IN REPLICATED TRIALS AT UNIVERSITYFARMS IN PETERSBURG (VIRGINIA), PAINTER (VIRGINIA), AND GEORGETOWN (DELAWARE) DURING FIRST TWOYEARS. DURING THE THIRD YEAR, ONE SELECTED VARIETY FROM EACH BEAN CLASS WILL BE GROWN AT THREE FARMER FIELD LOCATIONS (TWO IN VIRGINIA AND ONE IN DELAWARE) TO DEMONSTRATE MECHANICAL HARVESTINGAND SHELLING TO FARMERS AND CONSUMERS AND TO PROVIDE LARGE SAMPLES OF GREEN SEEDS FOR INITIALMARKETING. WE WILL ALSO CONDUCT CONSUMER SENSORY TESTS WITH GREEN SEEDS TO DETERMINE THEIRACCEPTABILITY AND COMPARE THEIR NUTRITIONAL QUALITY WITH GREEN PEAS, LIMA BEANS, AND EDAMAME.$648,184

· FY2024 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Initative Minority Students: BRIDGES to Baccalaureate$644,391

R25 · FY2001 · GM

Building Biomedical Research Center at VSU$604,125

P20 · FY2009 · MD