← LeaderboardsInvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS
$846,096,195
Total funding
1,477
Grants
Funding over time
peak $96.9M · FY2005–26$100M$75M$50M$25M$0
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Funding mix
By agency
NSF$274,965,446 · 688
NIH$241,424,658 · 337
USDA$152,079,401 · 292
DOE$132,318,636 · 67
DOD$33,600,495 · 63
FDA$8,690,705 · 18
NASA$2,864,854 · 8
CDC$152,000 · 3
SAMHSA$0 · 1
By mechanism
—$595,828,832 · 1118
R01$131,399,915 · 86
P20$47,969,723 · 116
R21$16,513,600 · 46
U01$9,205,945 · 7
R15$9,119,577 · 23
Investigators at Kansas 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
STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF ATOMS, IONS, MOLECULES AND SURFACES$45,400,000
· FY2010 · Department of Energy
ATOMIC PHYSICS WITH HIGHLY CHARGED IONS$20,219,000
· FY2008 · Department of Energy
RESEARCH AT KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY INTO THE BASIC NATURE OF MATTER, ENERGY, SPACE AND TIME$10,181,000
· FY2014 · Department of Energy
RAINFED AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS IN THE SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS (SGP) ARE PLAGUED BY PERSISTENTLY LOW YIELDS AND WATER USE, DUE TO THE COMBINED EFFECT OF DROUGHTS, MONOCULTURE, AND SOIL HEALTH DEGRADATION. THIS ENVIRONMENT AMPLIFIES YIELD VARIABILITY POSING A RISK TO THE FOOD SUPPLY AND PRODUCER'S INCOME. NOVEL CROPLAND OBSERVATION NODES (CRONOS) WILL DELIVER REAL-TIME SOIL MOISTURE INFORMATION TO PRODUCERS AND EXTENSION AGENTS. DATA FROM FIELD EXPERIMENTS WILL CONSTRUCT DETAILED WATER AND NUTRIENT BUDGETS OF EXISTING AND IMPROVED CROPPING SYSTEMS. INTEGRATED MODELING, REMOTE SENSING, AND GROUND-BASED MONITORING WILL SIMULATE INNOVATIVE CROP-LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION SYSTEMS AND GENERATE EFFECTIVE DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS. ON-FARM SITES WILL EVALUATE PRODUCTION PRACTICES FOR SUCCESSFUL ADOPTION OF INTENSIFIED/DIVERSIFIED SYSTEMS FOR ENHANCED WATER AND N USE. THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE TRAINING TO UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS, WHO WILL GAIN HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE REGARDING SUSTAINABILITY OFRAINFED AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS.$10,071,776
· FY2019 · 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.** DECLINES OF THE OGALLALA-HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER HAVE BEEN PARTICULARLY SEVERE IN THE SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS (SGP) REGION WHERE THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF IRRIGATED CROPLAND HAVE BEEN LOST FROM PRODUCTION. CLIMATE-CHANGE INDUCED DROUGHTS AND HEAT STRESS ACROSS THE REGION WILL INTENSIFY OVER THE NEXT 50 YEARS RAMPING UP PRESSURE ON AN ALREADY STRAINED AQUIFER SYSTEM. THE TRANSITION FROM FULLY IRRIGATED PRODUCTION TO CLIMATE-SMART SYSTEMS PRESENTS SIGNIFICANT BIOPHYSICAL SOCIOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS FOR THE REGION. TO ADDRESS THESE CHALLENGES WE WILL APPLY AN INTEGRATED APPROACH COMPOSED OF RESEARCH CLASSROOM AND PRODUCER-LED EDUCATION AND EXTENSION PROGRAMS ACROSS THREE AIMS: 1) SOCIO-ECONOMIC 2) TECHNICAL AND 3) EDUCATION AND OUTREACH. OPENET A SATELLITE-BASED EVAPOTRANSPIRATION (ET) MODELING DATA VISUALIZATION AND ACCESS TOOL CAN PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE IN ENABLING INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO IRRIGATION PLANNING AND SCHEDULING DECISIONS BY PRODUCERS AND IDENTIFYING AREAS OF DIFFERENTIAL IRRIGATION EFFICIENCY USING BOTH FIELD-SCALE AND HISTORICAL DATA. SIMILARLY THE 'Q-STABLE' APPROACH CAN PROVIDE DATA-DRIVEN INSIGHTS INTO PUMPING LEVELS REQUIRED FOR AQUIFER SUSTAINABILITY. BY COLLABORATING WITH STAKEHOLDERS TO IMPROVE AND USE THESE TOOLS IN NEW WAYS THE PROJECT WILL ADDRESS THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHALLENGES OF INCREASING WATER USE EFFICIENCY AND REDUCING WATER USE TO LEVELS NEEDED TO STABILIZE AQUIFER LEVELS. PRODUCERS WHO HAVE ALREADY EMBRACED CLIMATE-SMART TECHNOLOGY AND PRACTICES CAN PROVIDE VALUABLE INSIGHTS FOR IMPLEMENTING THESE SYSTEMS. WE WILL LEVERAGE THIS PRODUCER INSIGHT INTO DEVELOPMENT OF NEW EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS AIMED AT FOSTERING SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES AND RESILIENT SYSTEMS THAT CAN MITIGATE IMPACTS OF DECLINING WATER SUPPLIES AND CHANGING CLIMATE CONDITIONS.$10,000,000
· FY2025 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
LTER: Manipulating drivers to assess grassland resilience$6,971,548
· FY2020 · BIO
LTER: Long-Term Research on Grassland Dynamics- Assessing Mechanisms of Sensitivity and Resilience to Global Change$6,811,998
· FY2014 · BIO
ATTOSECOND OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY BASED ON RECOLLISION AND GATING$6,241,085
· FY2008 · Department of the Army
Konza Prairie LTER VI: Grassland Dynamics and Long-Term Trajectories of Change$6,164,830
· FY2008 · BIO
Konza Prairie LTER V: Long-Term Research on Grassland Dynamics and Global Change$5,321,772
· FY2002 · BIO
PIRE: High Temperature Ceramic Fibers: Polymer-Based Manufacturing, Nanostructure, and Performance$4,694,233
· FY2018 · O/D
HEAVY QUARK AND NEUTRINO PHYSICS$4,552,540
· FY2008 · Department of Energy
KSU/USAF 2017 FAP RESEARCH PROJECT$4,422,595
· FY2017 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
NEW; SISGR - MOLECULAR-LEVEL INVESTIGATION OF DIFFUSION BEHAVIORS WITHIN CYLINDRICAL NANOSCALE PORES; PI: TAKASHI ITO$4,051,612
· FY2009 · Department of Energy
RII Track-2 FEC: Building Field-Based Ecophysiological Genome-to-Phenome Prediction$4,000,000
· FY2018 · O/D
TAS::89 0331::TAS RECOVERY EERE NEW AWARD DE-EE0004173 WITH NEW PAX, INCORPORATED FOR A PROJECT TITLED, 'DEVELOPMENT OF A WATER BASED, CRITICAL FLOW,$3,996,358
· FY2010 · Department of Energy
MOBILIZING RURAL COMMUNITIES TO ASSESS AND IMPROVE THE ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT TO PREVENT CHILDHOOD OBESITY$3,909,495
· FY2011 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Award: Institutional Transformation at Kansas State University$3,500,000
· FY2003 · EDU
Consolidated Biomedical Core Facilities Supporting a Center on Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Disease Research$3,430,993
C06 · FY2021 · OD
Transcription Profiling and Functional Analyses of Bacterial Disease Susceptibility Pathways of Rice$3,301,127
· FY2008 · BIO