← LeaderboardsInvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, NC
$10,642,729
Total funding
38
Grants
Funding over time
peak $1.9M · FY2005–25$2M$1.5M$1M$500K$0
'05
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'22
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Funding mix
By agency
NSF$9,576,216 · 30
NIH$732,474 · 3
USDA$245,121 · 2
DOD$59,805 · 1
NASA$29,113 · 1
DOE$0 · 1
By mechanism
—$9,910,255 · 35
R21$374,504 · 1
R15$325,729 · 1
R03$32,241 · 1
Investigators at Western Carolina 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
Not enough data
Emerging Leaders
6–10 yrs in
All-Time
Most funded here, all years
Largest grants
The Elwha Science Education Project (ESEP): Increasing the Representation in the Geosciences by Native American Youth Through Participation in Environmental Restoration Projects$1,506,494
· FY2007 · GEO
Fostering Technology Entrepreneurship through a Project‐Based Learning Community$1,495,415
· FY2022 · EDU
Smoky Mountain Noyce Scholars Program: Recruiting, Preparing, and Retaining Secondary Mathematics Teachers for High-Need Schools$1,173,228
· FY2024 · EDU
SPIRIT: Scholarship Program Initiative via Recruitment, Innovation, and Transformation$625,179
· FY2014 · EDU
Assessing the Distribution and Variability of Marine Mammals through Archaeology, Ancient DNA, and History in the North Atlantic.$557,970
· FY2015 · GEO
Collaborative Research: L.E.A.R.N.ing to Build STEM Research Communities - A Proposal to Strengthen, Expand, and Disseminate a Successful Retention Model$557,362
· FY2015 · EDU
CSBR: Natural History: Development of the Catamount Biological Collections to Enhance Biodiversity Research and Education in Southern Appalachia$517,282
· FY2020 · BIO
Collaborative Research: EPIIC: Enabling Meaningful External Research Growth in Emergent Technologies (EMERGE)$399,286
· FY2023 · TIP
Developing Inhibitors of Superoxide Dismutase Enzymes$325,729
R15 · FY2010 · GM
MRI: Acquisition of a Raman Microscope for Undergraduate Research and Education$306,175
· FY2010 · MPS
Modernized Research & Training Laboratories for Coker West Wing, Highlands Biological Station$286,603
· FY2012 · BIO
A MODERNIZED AQUATICS LABORATORY FOR RESEARCH AND TRAINING AT HIGHLANDS BIOLOGICAL STATION$265,151
· FY2017 · BIO
New Classrooms and Teaching Laboratories for Highlands Biological Station$252,571
· FY2007 · BIO
PRE-HARVEST SAMPLING OF FONTANA PROJECT AREA$233,929
· FY2012 · Forest Service
Discovering How Stress Induced Histomorphogenesis Effects the Long-term Leaching from an Implanted Medical Device using Phase Field Models$199,824
· FY2024 · ENG
Testing the Benefits of Undergraduate Research-Based Learning at Various Curricular Levels Using Authentic Research Questions in Hydrogeomorphology$199,099
· FY2011 · EDU
Culturally tailoring an advance care planning intervention for American Indians$192,782
R21 · FY2021 · NR
Culturally tailoring an advance care planning intervention for American Indians$181,722
R21 · FY2022 · NR
Collaborative Research/RUI-A comprehensive examination of the emotional and behavioral effects of gender-biased humor$154,287
· FY2010 · SBE
FSML: New Housing for Researchers, Faculty, and Students at Highlands Biological Station$139,300
· FY2001 · BIO