← LeaderboardsInvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Prairie View A&M University
$31,555,741
Total funding
53
Grants
Funding over time
peak $10M · FY2008–24$10M$7.5M$5M$2.5M$0
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Funding mix
By agency
DOD$19,924,462 · 24
DOE$7,030,034 · 12
USDA$2,831,848 · 13
NASA$1,769,397 · 4
By mechanism
—$31,555,741 · 53
Investigators at Prairie View A&M 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
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Emerging Leaders
6–10 yrs in
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All-Time
Most funded here, all years
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Largest grants
NEW START COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT, TITLE: "CREDIT+: ADVANCING DATA ANALYSIS FOR MISSION-CRITICAL APPLICATIONS IN THE ERA OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE"$8,000,000
· FY2024 · Department of the Army
THE ARO CENTER OF BATTLEFIELD LOS/BLOS LETHALITY RESEARCH (CBLLR0$2,321,323
· FY2008 · Department of the Army
EXTENSIVE STUDY OF ROTAMAK PLASMAS$1,932,119
· FY2008 · Department of Energy
BUILDING A DIVERSE WORKFORCE IN NANOMATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION AND SOLID-STATE CHEMISTRY$1,725,000
· FY2023 · Department of Energy
NEW REP GRANT "DATA DRIVEN RADIO FREQUENCY LEARNING AND SPECTRUM SHARING IN CONGESTED AND CONTESTED WIRELESS ENVIRONMENT"$800,000
· FY2023 · Department of the Army
NEW START GRANT$799,999
· FY2023 · Department of the Army
LI-ION BATTERY CRITICAL METAL RECYCLING USING SUGARS$774,676
· FY2022 · Department of Energy
SOUTHEAST TEXAS URBAN IFL: EQUITABLE SOLUTIONS FOR COMMUNITIES CAUGHT BETWEEN FLOODS AND AIR POLLUTION$750,000
· FY2022 · Department of Energy
SPACE RADIATION AND MICROGRAVITY ARE TWO MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS FOR HUMAN IN SPACE TRAVEL. ONE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS IN SPACE BIOLOGY RESEARCH IS WHETHER THE COMBINED EFFECTS OF MICROGRAVITY AND EXPOSURE TO COSMIC RADIATION ARE SYNERGISTIC. WHILE STUDIES ADDRESSING THIS QUESTION HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT FOR HALF A CENTURY IN SPACE OR USING SIMULATED MICROGRAVITY ON THE GROUND THE REPORTED RESULTS ARE CONFLICTING. ALTHOUGH THE REASON FOR THE VARIATION IN RESULTS IS NOT KNOWN IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IT MAY BE DUE TO THE DIVERSITY OF BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS USED BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY TO THE EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS AND HARDWARE USED IN THESE STUDIES. FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF HUMAN HEALTH RISKS IN FUTURE MOON AND MARS MISSIONS IT IS NECESSARY TO OBTAIN MORE BASIC DATA ON THE MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR RESPONSES TO COMBINED EFFECTS OF RADIATION AND MICROGRAVITY. TO ESTABLISH A FIRM BASELINE DATABASE WE PROPOSE TO UNDERTAKE A SYSTEMATIC STUDY ON CULTURED MAMMALIAN CELLS' RESPONSES TO THE SIMULTANEOUS INSULT OF RADIATION AND MICROGRAVITY (BOTH IMMEDIATE AND LONG TERM) TO ELUCIDATE THE MOLECULAR SIGNALING PATHWAYS THAT LEAD TO THESE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS. THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY WILL PROVIDE CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGICAL BASES FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF HUMAN HEALTH RISKS IN SPACE. RECENTLY DR. TAKAHASHI CO-I OF THIS PROPOSAL HAS DEVELOPED MICROGRAVITY-IRRADIATION SYSTEMS CONSISTING OF A 3D CLINOSTAT SYNCHRONIZED TO THE CARBON-ION OR X-RAY IRRADIATION SYSTEMS. OUR NEW EXPERIMENTAL SETUP ALLOWS US TO AVOID STOPPING CLINOSTAT ROTATION DURING IRRADIATION WHICH WAS REQUIRED IN ALL OTHER PREVIOUS EXPERIMENTS. GUNMA UNIVERSITY HEAVY ION MEDICAL CENTER IS THE ONLY FACILITY IN THE WORLD WHERE WE CAN EXPOSE SAMPLES TO HIGH-LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER (LET) IRRADIATION AS WELL AS LOW-LET IRRADIATION UNDER THE SIMULATED MICROGRAVITY CONDITION (I.E. WITHOUT INTERRUPTING CLINOSTAT ROTATION). OUR PRELIMINARY DATA OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THIS NEW DEVICE ON GENE EXPRESSION IN HUMAN FIBROBLASTS SHOW THAT SPLICING CYCLERELATED GENES AND CELL CYCLE RELATED GENES ARE SIGNIFICANTLY UP-REGULATED AND S-PHASE DNA REPLICATION AND DNA REPAIR-RELATED GENES WERE DOWN-REGULATED WITH C-ION IRRADIATION UNDER SIMULATED MICROGRAVITY. IN THIS PROPOSAL WE WILL INVESTIGATE 3 DIFFERENT ENDPOINTS FROM EARLY TO LATE RESPONSES IN 2 HUMAN CELL LINES USING OUR NEW DEVISES TO STUDY COMBINED EFFECTS OF MICROGRAVITY AND SPACE RADIATION. HUMAN FIBROBLASTS AND EPITHELIAL CELLS WILL BE EXPOSED TO X-RAYS AND C-IONS UNDER THE SIMULATED MICROGRAVITY CONDITION (ROTATED WITH 3-D CLINOSTAT). CONTROL CELLS WILL BE IRRADIATED IN 1G ENVIRONMENT (WITH THE STATIC STAGE). WE WILL INVESTIGATE THE EXTENT OF EXPRESSION OF SPECIFIC PROTEINS AND OF THE POST-TRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATION STATES OF SIGNALING PROTEINS (AIM 1) GENE EXPRESSIONS AND THE PATHWAYS INVOLVED (AIM 2) AND THE EXTENT OF CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS (AIM 3) CAUSED BY THE COMBINED EFFECTS OF SIMULATED MICROGRAVITY AND RADIATION. TO INVESTIGATE FROM THE EARLY TO LATE ENDPOINTS IN THE SAME CELL TYPES WILL PROVIDE CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGICAL DATA THAT ARE NEEDED TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF COMBINED EFFECTS OF SIMULATED MICROGRAVITY AND SPACE RADIATION ON HUMAN HEALTH. ONE OF THE SELECTED ENDPOINTS IS CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS WHICH IS A WELL-ESTABLISHED BIOMARKER FOR CANCER RISK AND HAS BEEN USED BY NASA FOR THE RISK ASSESSMENT OF ASTRONAUTS. STUDYING THIS ENDPOINT ALLOWS US TO COMPARE OUR RESULTS TO THE ASTRONAUTS' DATA AFTER THEIR ISS MISSIONS. COMPLETION OF THIS PROPOSAL WILL ALLOW US TO DETERMINE HOW THE COMBINATION OF MICROGRAVITY AND RADIATION WILL AFFECT THE TRANSCRIPTOMIC METABOLOMIC AND PROTEOMIC STATES OF CELLS AS WELL AS HERITABLE CHANGES IN DNA. THESE FINDING WILL ALLOW US TO HELP DEVELOP THE COUNTERMEASURES FOR THE FUTURE SPACE MISSIONS.$722,711
· FY2020 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
DEVELOPMENT OF CLASSIFIERS FOR NOVEL BLADDER CANCER SUBTYPES$706,947
· FY2019 · Defense Health Agency
NEW START REP GRANT$696,570
· FY2024 · Department of the Army
SMART AGRICULTURE (SMARTAG) SEEKS TO INCREASEAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION WITHOUT DEGRADING NATURAL RESOURCE QUALITY AND BUILDS RESILIENCY OF PRODUCTION SYSTEMS TO CHANGING CLIMATE. IT IS IMPORTANT TO TRAIN AND EQUIP THE CURRENT AND FUTURE AGRICULTURAL WORKFORCE WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS FOR EMERGING JOBS IN SMARTAG TECHNOLOGIES.THE PROJECT'S MAIN GOAL IS TO DEVELOP CAPACITY FOR UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES OF YOUTH GRADES 6-12,STUDENTS, AND ACTIVE PROFESSIONALS IN SMARTAG TECHNOLOGIES, SO THEY GETAGSMART. THIS GOAL ISSUPPORTED BY DEVELOPING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AND FOSTERING A MULTIGENERATIONAL LEARNINGCOMMUNITY. THIS PROJECT WILL ENHANCE THE TRAINING OF UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS IN AGRICULTURALDISCIPLINES BY DEVELOPING EDUCATIONAL MODULES IN SMARTAG TECHNOLOGY. IT WILL ALSO PROVIDE TRAININGFOR AGRICULTURE PROFESSIONALS ON ADVANCED AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES THROUGH INFORMAL LEARNINGOBJECTS DEVELOPED BY YOUTH PARTICIPANTS. THE PROJECT ADDRESSES THE USDA NEEDS IN THE SMARTAGRICULTURE SYSTEM AND FOOD SAFETY. THIS PROJECT IS LED BY A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM OF EXPERTS THAT WILL SERVE TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SMARTAG TECHNOLOGY EDUCATIONAL COMPONENTS THAT CAN BEUSED FOR IN-PERSON, ONLINE/VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS, LECTURING, LABORATORY, AND HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES. PUBLICLYACCESSIBLE PLATFORMS WILL BE USED TO ENGAGE YOUTH, UNDERREPRESENTED UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, ANDAGRICULTURAL PROFESSIONALS ON THE USE OF SMARTAG TECHNOLOGIES. TECHNOLOGIES INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOTLIMITED TO, INNOVATIVE DATA COLLECTION TECHNOLOGIES (E.G., DRONES, GEO-SPATIAL AND WIRELESS SENSINGTECHNOLOGIES, AND ANIMAL FEEDING PATTERN AND HEALTH MONITORING SENSORS) AND THEIR APPLICATIONS FORAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT. THE PROJECT WILL ENGAGE THE TARGETEDAUDIENCES IN LEARNING SMARTAG TECHNOLOGIES AND PREPARE THEM FOR FUTURE ROLES IN AGRICULTURE.$662,312
· FY2022 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
NEW REP GRANT$659,000
· FY2024 · Department of the Army
THIS WORK ADDRESSES THE NEED TO DEVELOP AND UTILIZE MIXED FIELD IRRADIATION PROTOCOLS THAT APPROXIMATELY REPRESENT THE SHIELDED TISSUE ENVIRONMENT IN$622,883
· FY2016 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
SOLUTION-BASED SYNTHESIS OF STRUCTURALLY WELL-DEFINED CARBON NANOBUDS AND THEIR ENERGY APPLICATIONS$562,499
· FY2023 · Department of Energy
MAGNETIC AND ELECTRICAL STUDIES OF CECOIN5 AND RELATED COMPOUNDS USING THE EXTREME CONDITIONS OF TEMPERATURE AND MAGNETIC FIELD$516,997
· FY2011 · Department of Defense
INTEGRATED RESEARCH AND TRAINING IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING FOR ROTC STUDENTS AT PVAMU$500,000
· FY2023 · Department of the Army
**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** CELLULOSE IS THE MOST ABUNDANT BIOPOLYMER ON EARTH AND THE RESOURCEFUL UTILIZATION OF THIS RENEWABLE CARBON SOURCE IS A PARAMOUNT FACTOR IN ACHIEVING A SUSTAINABLE CARBON BASED FUTURE. HOWEVER CERTAIN DEFICIENCIES SUCH AS PRE-TREATMENT REQUIREMENTS AND ENZYME COSTS IN CURRENT ENZYMATIC CELLULOSE HYDROLYSIS TECHNOLOGIES HAVE ENCOURAGED THE RESEARCH INTO MORE EFFICIENT RECYCLABLE CATALYTIC METHODS FOR HARVESTING THE FULL POTENTIAL OF THIS POLYSACCHARIDE.IN A PRELIMINARY STUDY WE HAVE RECENTLY FOUND THAT A COMBINATION OF CERTAIN TRANSITION METAL SALTS AND ACIDIC IONIC LIQUIDS CAN ACT AS CATALYSTS IN THE HYDROLYSIS OF CELLULOSE IN WATER MIMICKING CELLULASE ENZYMES. NEVERTHELESS, THE MECHANISM OF THIS EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH CATALYTIC ACTIVITY OF THE NEW COMBINED ACIDIC IONIC LIQUID - METAL ION SYSTEM IS NOT KNOWN. THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THE PROJECT IS TO INVESTIGATE THE MECHANISM OF THE NEW CATALYST SYSTEM BY SPECTROSCOPIC METHODS, STUDYING KINETIC, THERMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS AND DEVELOP A NEW CLASS OF ARTIFICIAL CELLULASE TYPE CATALYSTS BASED ON THIS VERY ENCOURAGING PRELIMINARY RESULT. THE FINAL OBJECTIVE IS TO ENGINEER A RECYCLABLE NEW CELLULASE MIMIC TYPE CHEMOCATALYTIC SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS FORMS SUCH AS ENERGY- CROPS AND AGRICULTURAL WASTES TO FUELS/FEEDSTOCK CHEMICALS WITHOUT AN ENERGY INTENSIVE PRETREATMENT.$500,000
· FY2020 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
THE ARO CENTER OF BATTLEFIELD LOS/BLOS LETHALITY RESEARCH(CBLLR)$499,999
· FY2010 · Department of the Army
ACQUISITION OF BIG DATA ANALYTICS INSTRUMENTS FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN BIG MILITARY DATA INTELLIGENCE AT PVAMU$498,820
· FY2016 · Department of Defense