← LeaderboardsInvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, TX
$31,027,014
Total funding
65
Grants
Funding over time
peak $5.4M · FY2006–26$10M$7.5M$5M$2.5M$0
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Funding mix
By agency
NSF$16,823,738 · 42
DOD$7,166,634 · 8
NIH$5,644,459 · 10
USDA$1,191,118 · 3
NASA$201,065 · 1
SAMHSA$0 · 1
By mechanism
—$25,382,555 · 54
R01$3,860,258 · 3
R15$1,006,724 · 3
R16$512,380 · 1
T34$117,196 · 1
R03$77,577 · 1
Investigators at Sam Houston 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
SUPPORT OF "DEVELOPMENT & OPTIMIZATION OF A NOVEL PORTABLE BIOLOGICAL WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM FOR EMERGENCY RELIEF AND DECENTRALIZED DEPLOYMENT$4,376,839
· FY2008 · Department of the Army
CyberCorps Scholarship for Service: Interdisciplinary Cybersecurity and Cyber Forensics$2,373,870
· FY2023 · EDU
A Comprehensive Model for Improving the Success of STEM Majors through the STEM Center$2,028,798
· FY2017 · EDU
BORDER SECURITY OPEN SOURCE RESEARCH PROJECT$1,527,000
· FY2009 · Department of the Army
IGE Track 2: Improving STEM Graduate Student Success and Workforce Readiness at a Regional R2 Public University$999,989
· FY2025 · EDU
HSI Institutional Transformation Project: Building Community Success through Institutionalized and Culturally Responsive Support Systems$891,547
· FY2023 · EDU
Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program Capacity Building/Track 1 at Sam Houston State University – Round 1$849,577
· FY2023 · EDU
BORDER SECURITY OPEN SOURCE RESEARCH PROGRAM$783,998
· FY2010 · Department of the Army
Collaborative Research: Pacific Undergraduate Research Experience in Mathematics$765,973
· FY2011 · MPS
CAREER: Using fossil bivalves to study controls on longevity and establish a paleobiological learning ecosystem in southeast Texas$620,929
· FY2024 · GEO
Peers Enhancing their Education through Research and Scholarship (PEERS)$599,980
· FY2007 · EDU
PEERS Exploring Biology, Mathematics and Statistics$599,249
· FY2012 · EDU
Building Capacity to study mixed metal-induced neurotoxicity in rural Bangladeshi children-A1$575,138
R01 · FY2021 · ES
CAREER: Development and Application of Oxidative Biocatalysts for Chiral Resolutions and Increasing Student Success in Organic Chemistry$555,432
· FY2024 · MPS
Building Capacity to study mixed metal-induced neurotoxicity in rural Bangladeshi children-A1$537,654
R01 · FY2023 · ES
Building Capacity to study mixed metal-induced neurotoxicity in rural Bangladeshi children-A1$537,527
R01 · FY2022 · ES
Building Capacity to study mixed metal-induced neurotoxicity in rural Bangladeshi children-A1$528,209
R01 · FY2024 · ES
** 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 APPLICATION OF SOPHISTICATED HORTICULTURAL AND ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES IN CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT AGRICULTURE (CEA) REQUIRES A MORE HIGHLY SKILLED WORKFORCE.THE OVERARCHING GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO TRAIN K-14 EDUCATORS IN CEA, ENABLING THEM TO BRING CEA INTO THEIR CLASSROOMS THROUGH A HEALTHY HYDROPONIC PROJECT (HHP). SPECIFICALLY, THIS HHP AIMS TO HELP K-14 EDUCATORS: 1) ACQUIRE DEEPER KNOWLEDGE OF CEA AND HEALTHY EATING THROUGH IMMERSIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCES, AND 2) DEVELOP IMPROVED CURRICULA TO TRAIN THE NEXT GENERATION OF AGRICULTURAL WORKFORCE IN CEA AND HEALTHY EATING. THE TARGET PARTICIPANTS ARE K-14 EDUCATORS, ESPECIALLY THOSE FROM FOOD DESERTS AND/OR RESOURCE-CONSTRAINED REGIONS. THE OBJECTIVES WILL BE ACHIEVED IN TWO STEPS. FIRST, PARTICIPANTS WILL ENGAGE IN A THREE-DAY WORKSHOP. THEY WILL LEARN THE FOUNDATION OF CEA AT SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY, VISIT A HYDROPONIC FARM IN HOUSTON, HARVEST CROPS, AND COOK THEM FOLLOWING THE CHEF'S HEALTHY RECIPE ON AN URBAN FARM IN A HOUSTON FOOD DESERT. WE WILL ASSESS PARTICIPANTS' KNOWLEDGE OF CEA AND COLLECT THEIR FEEDBACK AT THE END OF THE WORKSHOP. SECOND, PARTICIPANTS WILL DEVELOP CEA CURRICULA WITH A HEALTHY EATING COMPONENT AND IMPLEMENT THEM IN THE CLASSROOMS. WE WILL PROVIDE PARTICIPANTS WITH HYDROPONIC GROWKITS AND GROWPODS EQUIPPED WITH COMPUTERIZED ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL. THE GROWPODS WILL STAY IN K-14 CLASSROOMS, WHEREAS THE GROWKITS CAN BE TAKEN HOME FOR STUDENTS TO EXPERIMENT WITH HYDROPONIC FARMING AND CONSUMPTION OF LEAFY GREENS.STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOMS ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE AN ASSESSMENT SURVEY BEFORE AND AFTER THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HHP.COMBINING CEA WITH HEALTHY EATING IN THIS HHP WILL FACILITATE THE PATHWAY FROM CEA TO IMPROVED FOOD SECURITY AND HEALTHY DIETS, ESPECIALLY IN FOOD DESERTS.$495,000
· FY2024 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Collaborative Research: A Longitudinal Randomized Trial Study of Middle School Science for English Language Learners (Project MSSELL)$465,228
· FY2008 · EDU
SMEFT, Collider, Primordial Black Hole, Dark Matter, and Gravitational Wave Phenomenology$450,000
· FY2024 · MPS