← LeaderboardsInvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Tarleton State University
Stephenville, TX
$6,893,506
Total funding
17
Grants
Funding over time
peak $1.4M · FY2007–25$2M$1.5M$1M$500K$0
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Funding mix
By agency
NSF$4,432,228 · 11
NIH$1,663,016 · 4
USDA$798,262 · 2
By mechanism
—$5,230,490 · 13
R15$1,663,016 · 4
Investigators at Tarleton 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
Not enough data
All-Time
Most funded here, all years
Largest grants
From Discovery to Market: Integrating Interdisciplinary Skills through a Collaborative Research-Based Lab Curriculum$1,412,944
· FY2021 · EDU
The Central Texas 2-STEP: Attraction TO STEM and Retention and Graduation IN STEM$1,215,215
· FY2009 · EDU
Program to Increase College Opportunities and Successes (PICOS)$598,293
· FY2007 · EDU
THE OVERALL GOAL OF THIS PROJET IS TO DEVELOP USABLE AND READILY ACCESSIBLE PROFITABILITY DATA THAT WILL EQUIP SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED DAIRY AND BEEF GRAZING OPERATIONS IN THE SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS TO BECOME MORE COMPETITIVE IN CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL MARKETS. THE KEY TO THE COMPETITIVENESS OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED OPERATIONS LIES IN THE CHOICE OF OPTIMAL PRODUCTION SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS - THE PORTFOLIO OF INPUT, LIVESTOCK, CROP/FORAGE, WASTE, AND MARKETING (PRODUCT) MANAGEMENT THAT ARE MOST OPTIMAL FOR THEIR HERD SIZE. BY LEVERAGING DECADES OF DAIRY AND BEEF GRAZING PRODUCTION SYSTEMS MODELING AND ANALYSES, WE WILL BE ABLE TO GENERATE PROFITABILITY DATA BY SIZE AND PRODUCTION SYSTEM THAT SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED FARMERS CAN USE TO ENHANCE THEIR FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE. WE WILL SYNTHESIZE THE DATA INTO READILY USABLE FORM AND SHARE THEM WITH PRODUCERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC THROUGH USDA'S FARMER-FRIENDLY, WEB-BASED NUTRIENT TRACKING TOOL (NTT).TO ACHIEVE THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT, WE WILL USE A BIO-ECONOMIC MODELING SYSTEM COMPRISING OF FARM-LEVEL ECONOMIC MODEL AND AGRICULTURAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTAL EXTENDER. ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS WILL BE SIMULATED FOR DAIRY AND BEEF GRAZING OPERATIONS OF EACH APPLICABLE SIZE IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE PRODUCTION SYSTEM THAT IS MOST PROFITABLE FOR EACH HERD SIZE. WE WILL USE DATA DISAGGREGATION AND CLUSTERING METHODS TO DETERMINE APPLICABLE SIZE GROUPS FOR EACH FARM TYPE AND THE CORRESPONDING PRODUCTION SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS TO SIMULATE. WE WILL COMBINE THE DATA FROM THIS PROJECT AND RESULTS FROM PREVIOUS STUDIES AND SYNTHESIZE THEM TO MAKE THEM MORE USEFUL AND TRANSFERRABLE TO PRODUCERS ACROSS THE NATION.$500,000
· FY2022 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Creating an Interactive Computer Model of Left Atrium Electrophysiology to Study the Underlying Mechanisms Leading to Atrial Fibrillation$464,502
R15 · FY2025 · HL
Detecting Fatigue and Assessing Cognitive Performance in Video-Based Meetings: Integration of Lab, Field, and Machine Learning Approaches$419,534
R15 · FY2025 · MH
Elucidating the neural oscillations of the sensory-discriminative and affective-motivational dimensions of pain.$408,000
R15 · FY2024 · NS
A meta-transcriptomic assessment of chronic respiratory exposure to cobalt-based nanomaterials using a microfluidic three-dimensional lung model for determining potential predisposition to lung injury$370,980
R15 · FY2024 · ES
REU Site: Restoring cattle ranches for sustainable land and water resources$349,822
· FY2017 · 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.** AGRICULTURAL FOOD PRODUCTION MUST INCREASE WITH HUMAN POPULATION, BUT PRODUCTION WILL HAVE TO DO SO WITH LESS ARABLE LAND AND LESS FRESHWATER. THIS IS A CRITICAL ISSUE AS A MAJORITY OF OUR FOOD IS PRODUCED USING SOIL-BASED AGRICULTURE TECHNIQUES IN BREADBASKET LOCATIONS WHICH REQUIRE LARGE AMOUNTS OF BOTH ARABLE LAND AND FRESHWATER. ADDITIONALLY, THIS DECREASE IN ARABLE LAND AND FRESHWATER IS ONLY EXPECTED TO BE FURTHER EXACERBATED BY THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND INCREASED GROWTH ACROSS THE URBAN-RURAL CONTINUUM. WHILE SOIL-BASED AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION IS A MAJOR CATALYST OF CLIMATE CHANGE, IT IS ALSO A MAJOR VICTIM OF THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE. THE USDA ESTIMATED THAT FROM 1980-2010 OVER $700 BILLION WORTH OF CROP LOSSES WERE CAUSED BY OVER 90 EXTREME EVENTS (DROUGHTS, FLOODS, TORNADOES, ETC.) THAT EACH RESULTED IN MORE THAN $1 BILLION WORTH OF DAMAGES. IN 2020, THERE WERE A RECORD SETTING 22 $1 BILLION DISASTERS CAUSED BY EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS. THIS NUMBER WILL UNDOUBTEDLYCONTINUE TO INCREASE AS A RESULT OF TODAY'S CLIMATE CONDITIONS, WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN HUGE CROP AND ECONOMIC LOSSES. IT IS NOT ECOLOGICALLY NOR ECONOMICALLY SUSTAINABLE TO CONTINUE RELYING HEAVILY ON SOIL-BASED AGRICULTURE. THEREFORE, WE MUST ADOPT ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE SYSTEMS THAT ARE CLOSER TO MARKETS AND USE LESS-RESOURCES (FRESH WATER, ARABLE LAND, AND PETROLEUM-BASED CHEMICALS) TO PRODUCE HIGHER YIELDS IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE FOOD SECURITY FOR A GROWING POPULATION IN AN EVER-CHANGING CLIMATE.ONE ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION SYSTEM WITH INCREASING GLOBAL RECOGNITION AS A SOLUTION TO SOME OF THE NEAR FUTURE ISSUES AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION FACES IS AQUAPONICS. AQUAPONICS INTEGRATES RECIRCULATING AQUACULTURE SYSTEMS (RAS) AND SOILLESS PLANT PRODUCTION (HYDROPONICS) INTO A SINGLE CLOSED/SEMI-CLOSED LOOP SYSTEM. AQUAPONICS DOES NOT REQUIRE ARABLE LAND AND PRODUCES MORE PER SQUARE FOOT WITH 90% LESS WATER THAN TRADITIONAL SOIL-BASED PRODUCTION AND WITHOUT USING SYNTHETIC FERTILIZERS OR PESTICIDES. ADDITIONALLY, AQUAPONICS CAN BE INTEGRATED VIRTUALLY ANYWHERE WITH ACCESS TO FRESHWATER AND ELECTRICITY. THE INTEGRATION OF TWO ADVANCED PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES (RAS AND HYDROPONICS) HAS CREATED AN EQUALLY EFFICIENT YET LESS ENVIRONMENTALLY IMPACTFUL PRODUCTION SYSTEM WHEN COMPARED TO RAS, HYDROPONICS, OR SOIL-BASED AGRICULTURE ALONE. HOWEVER, AQUAPONICS IS STILL CONSIDERED A NEW AND EMERGING ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE SYSTEM THAT LACKS SKILLED PERSONNEL AND HAS TECHNICAL CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH THE TECHNOLOGY THAT ARE CONSIDERED CRITICAL AND MUST BE ADDRESSED IN ORDER TO CONTINUE FACILITATING THIS MARKET GROWTH. SOME OF THESE CRITICAL CHALLENGES ARE NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY, INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMPONENT COSTS, SYSTEM DESIGN IMPROVEMENTS, ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL COSTS (E.G., HEATING THE WATER DURING COLD WEATHER), FINANCING, AND WASTE MANAGEMENT. REPLICATED LARGE-SCALE AQUAPONIC RESEARCH SYSTEMS INCORPORATED INTO INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE STUDENTS AND RESEARCHERS WITH A VALUABLE MULTIDISCIPLINARY TOOL TO ADDRESS CRITICAL ISSUES FACED BY AQUAPONIC PRODUCERS. HOWEVER, THE DISSEMINATION OF THE INFORMATION THROUGH ESTABLISHED EXTENSION AND INDUSTRY NETWORKS IS REQUIRED TO HELP BUILD A STRONGER LOCAL AND REGIONAL INDUSTRY NETWORK. BUILDING A STRONGER AQUAPONIC NETWORK AND INDUSTRY WILL BE CRUCIAL TO ALLOW FOR THE CONTINUAL GROWTH OF THE INDUSTRY. THE GROWTH OF THE AQUAPONICS INDUSTRY WILL BENEFIT THE AGRICULTURE SECTOR BY BUILDING A HEALTHIER, MORE RESILIENT, LOCALIZED, AND PRODUCTIVE INDUSTRY, WHICH BENEFITS THE LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND GLOBAL ECONOMY.THIS PROJECT INTENDS TO BLEND RESEARCH FROM REPLICATED LARGE-SCALE MEDIA BED AQUAPONIC SYSTEMS WITH EDUCATION AND EXTENSION IN AN EFFORT TO ADDRESS CRITICAL NEEDS THAT HINDER THE GROWTH OF THE AQUAPONIC INDUSTRY. DR. HENNEN CUMMINGS OF TSU WILL SERVE AS THE PI FOR THIS GRANT. RESEARCH WOULD BE CONDUCTED AT THE HYDROTRON, AN AQUAPONIC DEMONSTRATION GREENHOUSE ANDLEARNING CENTER AT TSU. SYMBIOTIC AQUAPONIC LLC WOULD PARTNER WITH THE UNIVERSITY IN EFFORT TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN INDUSTRY AND INSTITUTION-LED RESEARCH. SYMBIOTIC AQUAPONIC WILL HELP BUILD THE REPLICATED SYSTEMS, CONNECT LOCAL PRODUCERS, CONTRIBUTE TO CURRICULUM BUILDING AND WORKSHOP ACTIVITIES WITH DR. CUMMINGS, HIS STUDENTS, AND THE COMMUNITY. THE OVERARCHING GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO PROVIDE NOVEL AQUAPONIC RESEARCH AND CRITICAL EXTENSION SUPPORT FOR THE INDUSTRY THAT CONTINUES BEYOND THE DURATION OF THIS PROJECT. THIS WILL BE DONE BY TRAINING SKILLED PERSONNEL AND CONDUCTING RESEARCH THAT PROVIDES PRODUCERS WITH BIOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVE PRODUCTION AND EFFICIENCY OF THEIR MEDIA BED SYSTEMS, IMPROVE PROFITABILITY OF AQUAPONIC PRODUCTION, ADDRESSES FOOD SECURITY, AND ESTABLISHES AN AQUAPONIC EXTENSION OUTREACH CENTER AT TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY. IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE PROJECTS GOAL, MULTIPLE OBJECTIVES WILL BE UNDERTAKEN. THESE INCLUDE: 1) FOUR RESEARCH PROJECTS, 2) TWO-PART FREE VIRTUAL WORKSHOP SERIES, 3) ENHANCED AQUAPONICS CURRICULUM, 4) THREE-PART FACTSHEET, 5) ONE TEXAS STATEWIDE SURVEY, 6) 2+ PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS, AND 7) 6+ EXPERIENCED AND SKILLED STUDENTS INVOLVED IN AQUAPONICS. OVERALL THIS PROJECT INTENDS TO STRENGTHEN THE AQUAPONICS INDUSTRY BY GENERATING MEANINGFUL DATA THAT CAN BE APPLIED TO COMMERCIAL AQUAPONIC PRODUCTION, PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO ANY PRODUCER THROUGH THE EXTENSION OUTREACH CENTER, AND SPARK AQUAPONIC COLLABORATIONS WITHIN AND OUTSIDE THE STATE OF TEXAS. BY STRENGTHENING THE AQUAPONICS INDUSTRY, WE ARE DIVERSIFYING THE AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY, WHILE STRENGTHENING FOOD SECURITY, AND PRODUCING FOOD IN A MANNER THAT IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS HARMFUL TO THE ENVIRONMENT.$298,262
· FY2022 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
ERI: Progressive Formation and Collapse Mechanisms of Sinkholes Caused by Defective Buried Pipes$200,000
· FY2023 · ENG
Research Infrastructure: Research Laboratory at Timberlake Biological Field Station$190,350
· FY2024 · BIO
MRI/RUI: Acquisition of an Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometer (ICP-AES)$107,701
· FY2003 · MPS
Conference: A Collaborative Approach towards Building Sustainable Research Capacity$99,979
· FY2023 · O/D
MRI: Acquisition of an Automated DNA Analysis System for Biology Teaching and Research$99,677
· FY2001 · BIO
Collaborative Research:FW-HTF-P: The Future of Virtual Teams: Enhancing Collaborative Creativity and Socio-cognitive wellbeing in Video-based Teams$98,746
· FY2023 · CSE
RUI (Collaborative Research): Ion and Radical Beam Tailored Oxide, Nitride, and Germanide Electronic Film Materials$59,501
· FY2002 · MPS