Writing effective external funding proposals is a time-consuming and difficult but ultimately rewarding task. The odds against success are sometimes long because many projects compete for limited funding. It’s not uncommon for initial proposals to be rejected, and many individuals finally earning a grant award have had to apply multiple times before achieving success.
Congratulations to all faculty members and staff who have received external funding awards!
Winners of external funding awarded from January 2012 through December 2016.
Winners of external funding awarded from January 2007 through December 2011.
List of winners from 1999 to December 2006.
Scroll down to see the Awards Made to UMW from January 2017 to the present.
| Awarded to | Project Title | Award Amount | Funding Source |
| Parrish Waters, Department of Biological Sciences | RUI, ABR: Olfactory Compensatory Plasticity | $59,661 |
Sub-Award from Randolph-Macon; National Science Foundation
August 2023 |
| Andrew Marshall, Department of Computer Science | UMW Cybersecurity Summer Camp | $9,000 |
Sub-Award from George Mason University; Virginia Innovation Partnership Authority for CCY FY23 Initiatives
August 2023 |
| Robert Karachuk, James Monroe Papers | James Monroe Papers: Volumes 8 and 9 | $345,000 |
National Endowment for the Humanities
August 2023 |
|
Melissa Yakabouski, Dean of Admissions Rita Dunston, Registrar |
Recruiting, Enrolling, Retaining, and Graduating Pell Eligible Students at the University of Mary Washington | $3,668,668 |
State Council for Higher Education Virginia
July 2023 |
| Laura Sipe, Department of Biological Sciences | The dual functions of Methionine Sulfoxide Reductase B3 in tumorigenesis versus cancer cell death and response to chemotherapy | $3,000 |
Virginia Academy of Science – Mary Louise Olds Andrews Award for Cancer Research
May 2023 |
| Michael Hall, UMW Police Department | ARPA University of Mary Washington Law Enforcement Equipment | $54,000 |
Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services
May 2023 |
| Varun Makhija, Department of Chemistry and Physics | Towards Molecular Frame Ultrafast Quantum Dynamics | $5,000 |
Chance to Change Lives Foundation
May 2023 |
| Keith Mellinger, Dean, College of Arts & Sciences | University of Mary Washington Summer Science Program | $50,000 |
Department of Defense: NSWC Dahlgren Division
April 2023 |
| Keith Mellinger, Dean, College of Arts & Sciences | Cyber Security Initiative: CCI Fellow | $200,000 |
Sub-Award from George Mason University; Northern Virginia CCI-Node
March 2023 |
| Jennifer Barry, Department of Classics, Philosophy, and Religion | Gender Violence in Late Antiquity | $40,000 |
Loeb Classical Library Foundation
March 2023 |
|
Brittany Garvin-Hudson, Venitta McCall, Kyle Schultz, College of Education and Leanna Giancarlo, Department of Chemistry and Physics |
DISCOVER: Developing Identities in STEM to Cultivate Opportunities that Validate, Empower, and Retain | $1,430,494 |
National Science Foundation
March 2023 |
| Pete Kelly, College of Education | Academy of Technology and Innovation at the University of Mary Washington (in conjunction with Stafford County Public Schools) | $200,000 |
Virginia Department of Education
December 2022 |
| Swati Agrawal, Department of Biological Sciences (supporting undergraduate research by students, Abigail Delapenha and Emily Sizemore) | Characterization of two novel Toxoplasma gondii Calcium regulator proteins | $750 |
Virginia Academy of Sciences
November 2022 |
| Swati Agrawal, Department of Biological Sciences (supporting undergraduate research by student, Jay Boudreau) | Counteracting Antibiotic Resistance in Bacillus Bacteria with Phage Therapy | $750 |
Virginia Academy of Sciences
November 2022 |
| Randy Reif, Department of Chemistry and Physics (supporting undergraduate research by student, Shreya Murali) | Apoptosis Induction in Jurkat T-Lymphocytes by Proton Pump Inhibitors | $750 |
Virginia Academy of Sciences
November 2022 |
| Parrish Waters, Department of Biological Sciences (supporting undergraduate research by students, Abigail Algeier and Emily Landry) | The Effects of Estrous Stage on Voluntary Wheel Running and Anxious Behavior in Female CD-1 Mice | $750 |
Virginia Academy of Sciences
November 2022 |
| Parrish Waters, Department of Biological Sciences (supporting undergraduate research by student, Cidney Collins) | The Effects of Exercise on Brain-derived Neurotrophic Factor and Cortisol on Cognitive Function | $750 |
Virginia Academy of Sciences
November 2022 |
| Parrish Waters, Department of Biological Sciences (supporting undergraduate research by student, Dillon Crann) |
The Effect of Social Isolation on Depression-like Symptoms in Male Mice
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$750 |
Virginia Academy of Sciences
November 2022 |
| Parrish Waters, Department of Biological Sciences (supporting undergraduate research by student, Timothy Philbeck) | An assessment of the Tube Test as a method to determine dominance in mice | $750 |
Virginia Academy of Sciences
November 2022 |
| Kristina Peck, College of Education | Pathways to Excellence – Clinical Faculty Development and Mentor Advisory Group | $41,066.60 |
Virginia Department of Education November 2022 |
| Melissa Jenkins and Kevin Good, College of Education | Supporting Provisionally Licensed Special Educators with a Community of Practice |
$14,759
|
Virginia Department of Education October 2022 |
| Kristina Peck, College of Education | Teacher Apprenticeship Residency Partner Planning Grant | $14,200 |
Virginia Department of Education October 2022 |
| Pamela Grothe, Department of Earth and Environmental Science | Christmas Island Coral-Climate: A multi-coral genus approach to reconstructing central tropical Pacific during the 19th and 20th centuries | $87,640 |
Sub-Award from George Tech and Florida State University; National Science Foundation
October 2022 |
| Cristina Turdean, Department of Historic Preservation | Historic Furnishings Report for the Stone House at Manassas National Battlefield Park | $27,630 |
Sub-Award from Parliament, LLC; National Park Service
September 2022 |
| Marcel Rotter, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures | Germany on Campus 2022 | $2,325 |
German Embassy September 2022 |
| Robert Karachuk, James Monroe Papers | James Monroe Papers: Volumes 8 and 9 | $100,000 |
National Endowment for the Humanities
September 2022 |
| Keith Mellinger, College of Arts & Sciences | Community Engagement & Transformation – University of Mary Washington Summer Science Program | $60,000 |
Sub-Award from NSWC; National Center for the Advancement of STEM Education
August 2022 |
| Kimberly Young, Career and Workforce | VTOP Regional Collaborative: Rappahannock Work and Learn Collaborative | $250,000 |
State Council for Higher Education Virginia
August 2022 |
| Hunter Rauscher and Ray Tuttle, Residence Life | Virginia Collegiate Recovery Expansion; Eagles in Recovery Program | $50,000 |
Sub-Award from Virginia Commonwealth University; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services August 2022 |
| Tyler Frankel, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences | 2022 FMC New Investigator Award | $50,000 |
FMC Services, Inc.
June 2022 |
| Janine Davis and Brittany Garvin-Hudson, College of Education | Open up the Gates: Creating an OER of Equitable, Evidence-Based K12 Practices of Instructional Design and Assessment | $15,500 |
Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA) May 2022
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| Jennifer Barry, Department of Classics, Philosophy and Religion | Shohet Fellowship: Textual and Material Fantasies of Gender Violence in Late Antiquity | $5,000 |
Dumberton Oaks
April 2022 |
| Suzie Kim, Department of Art | Support for Overseas Museums: Fragrance of Ink Painting and Calligraphy of Park Dae Sung | $25,000 |
Korea Foundation
February 2022 |
| Marcel Rotter, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures | German Day 2022 | $4,000 |
German Embassy January 2022 |
| Andrew Marshall, Department of Computer Science | UMW Cybersecurity Summer Camp | $10,000 |
Sub-Award from George Mason University; Virginia Innovation Partnership Authority for CCY FY22 Initiatives
January 2022 |
| April Brecht and Kristina Peck, College of Education | Praxis and Literacy Assessment Assistance | $8,265 |
Virginia Department of Education
January 2022 |
| Brian Baker, UMW Small Business Development Center | UMW SBDC | $148,617 |
Sub-Award from George Mason University (U.S. Small Business Administration)
December 2021 |
| Brian Baker, UMW Small Business Development Center | Virginia SBDC Recovery Effort; GOVA | $68,000 |
Sub-Award from George Mason University (U.S. Small Business Administration)
December 2021 |
| Scott Harris, UMW Museums | Fredericksburg Savings Charitable Foundation in support of the Horseshoe Staircase Restoration Project | $3,000 |
Community Foundation of the Rappahannock River Region
December 2021 |
| Sarah Dewees, Community Engagement | UMW Ask Every Student | $3,000 |
Students Learn Students Vote Coalition, Project of the National Conference on Citizenship
December 2021 |
| Tyler Frankel, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences | Assessing ecological adverse effects of coal ash repositories on freshwater wetlands | $92,038 |
Morris Animal Foundation
December 2021 |
| Melissa Jenkins, College of Education | Supporting Provisionally Licensed Special Educators with Structured Advising and Online Professional Learning Communities | $14,950 |
Virginia Department of Education
November 2021 |
| Xin Wu, Department of Computer Science | CCI Undergraduate Research Assistantship: Securing Emerging Networks of Diverse Devices with Intelligent and Resource-Efficient Mechanisms | $7,200 |
Sub-Award from Northern Virginia CCI-Node (sub award through George Mason University)
October 2021 |
| Marcel Rotter, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures | Campus Weeks 2021- Time to Act | $4,225 |
German Embassy September 2021 |
| Erin Devlin, Department of History and American Studies | Digital Story Map Product to Accompany HRS submitted to NPS in 2017 | $10,000 |
Organization of American Historians
September 2021 |
| Marissa Miller, Title IX | Program to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking on Campus | $300,000 |
US Department of Justice, Office of Violence Against Women
September 2021 |
| Michael Spencer, Department of Historic Preservation | Tobacco Barn Documentation and Material Integrity Assessment at the Booker T. Washington National Monument |
$14,925
|
National Park Service
August 2021 |
| Jennifer Walker, Kevin Good, and Melissa Jenkins, College of Education | Special Education Endorsement Pathway Case Studies | $16,995 |
Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA) June 2021 |
| Keith Mellinger, Dean, College of Arts & Sciences |
Cyber Security Initiative: New Faculty Position |
$208,344 |
Sub-Award from George Mason University; Northern Virginia CCI-Node
May 2021 |
| John Tippett, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences | Addressing Underperformance in Stormwater Bioretention | $12,350 |
Oak Hill Fund March 2021 |
| Janet Asper, Department of Chemistry and Physics | NMR Study: Materials Testing | $2,000 |
Aerojet Rocketdyne February 2021 |
| Elizabeth Johnson-Young, Department of Communication and Digital Studies | OER text for COMM 206: Small Group Communication | $2,000 |
Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA) December 2020 |
| Lance Gentry and Dave Henderson, College of Business | Alliance for Pharmacy Compounding Survey | $12,000 |
Alliance for Pharmacy Compounding December 2020 |
| Jennifer Barry, Department of Classics, Philosophy, and Religion | The Shiloh Project | $103,869 |
American Council of Learned Societies December 2020 |
| Pamela Grothe, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences | OER text for EESC 121: Oceanography w/ Lab | $2,000 |
Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA) December 2020 |
| Julius Esunge, Department of Mathematics | OER Text | $2,000 |
Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA) December 2020 |
| Jennifer Walker, College of Education | Supporting Provisionally Licensed Special Educators with Structured Advising and Online Professional Learning Communities | $14,470 |
Virginia Department of Education November 2020 |
| Swati Agrawal and Parrish Waters, Department of Biological Sciences (supporting undergraduate research by students, Kaelyn Parker and Clayton Parker) | Characterization of the apoptosis pathways in Kinetoplastids using Crithidia fasciculata as a Model Organism | $1,000 |
Virginia Academy of Sciences October 2020 |
| Swati Agrawal, Department of Biological Sciences (supporting undergraduate research by student, Sophie Dixon) | The influence of naturalistic social stress on the microbiome in mice-relevance in human psychopathology | $500 |
Virginia Academy of Sciences October 2020 |
| Marcel Rotter, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures | World Languages OER E-textbook Collaboratory | $5,000 |
Sub-Award from Virginia Commonwealth University; Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA) October 2020 |
| Chris Garcia and Mukesh Srivastava, College of Business | A Smart Scale Analysis Tool for Intelligent Bid Planning | $107,600 |
Spotsylvania County September 2020 |
| Allyson Poska, Department of History and American Studies | Convincing the Masses: Global Public Health and Smallpox Vaccination in the Spanish Empire (1803–1810) | $1,000 |
Social Science Research Council September 2020 |
| Robert Karachuk, James Monroe Papers | James Monroe Papers | $180,000 |
National Endowment for the Humanities
September 2020 |
| Brian Baker, UMW Small Business Development Center | SBDC Cares ACT 2020 State Office | $190,021 |
Sub-award from George Mason University (U.S. Small Business Administration) May 2020 |
| Steven Harris, Department of History and American Studies | Flying Aeroflot: A History of the Soviet Union in the Jet Age. | $6,000 |
National Endowment for the Humanities April 2020 |
| Andrew Marshall, Department of Computer Science | Building Capacity for Cyber-Capable Workforce | $5,000 |
Northern Virginia CCI-Node (sub-award through George Mason University) January 2020 |
| Veena Ravishankar, Department of Computer Science | Secure 5G Wireless Communications | $30,000 |
Northern Virginia CCI-Node (sub-award through George Mason University) January 2020 |
| Marco Millones Mayer, Department of Geography | Scoping trip to assess to potential pilot projects for ERIE-MERLIN in San Martin, Peru | $15,070 |
USAID (sub-award through University of California, Santa Barbara) December 2019 |
| Melissa Wells, College of Education | Foundations of Education, Foundations of OER | $10,000 |
Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA) December 2019 |
| Caitie Finlayson, Department of Geography | Creating an Open Lab Manual for Quantitative Methods in Geography | $5,000 |
Sub-award from George Mason University; Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA) December 2019 |
| Jennifer Walker, College of Education | Supporting Provisionally Licensed Special Educators with Structured Advising and Online Professional Learning Communities | $18,896 |
Virginia Department of Education October 2019 |
| Melissa Wells, College of Education | Reading the River | $5,000 |
Chesapeake Bay Trust August 2019 |
| Janet Atarthi-Dugan, BSN Program | Gold-AACN White Coat Ceremony | $1,000 |
Arnold P. Gold Foundation August 2019 |
| Courtney Clayton (College of Education), Debra Hydorn (Department of Mathematics, and Kristina Peck (College of Education) | 2019-2020 Pathways to Excellence, Clinical Faculty Program at the University of Mary Washington | $35,219 |
Virginia Department of Education July 2019 |
| Marcel Rotter, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures | Campus Weeks 2019 – Wunderbar Together | $5,175 |
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany July 2019 |
| Hunter Rauscher, Residence Life | Virginia Collegiate Recovery Expansion; Eagles in Recovery Program | $50,000 |
Sub-Award from Virginia Commonwealth University; Department of Behavorial Health and Developmental Services July 2019 |
| Michael Spencer, Department of Historic Preservation | Prince William Forest Park Cultural Landscape Field School | $53,287.13 |
National Parks Service June 2019 |
| Brian Baker, Center for Economic Development | Virginia SCDC State CY 2019 | $140,869 |
Sub-award George Mason University (Small Business Administration) June 2019 |
| Kimberly Young, Executive Director of Continuing and Professional Studies | Cyber Security Certification Program at UMW (Non-credit based) | $110,000 |
GoVirginia March 2019 |
| Cristina Turdean, Department of Historic Preservation | Develop a new museum exhibition for the John J. Wright Educational and Cultural Center Museum (in Spotsylvania County) | $3,000 |
Virginia Humanities March 2019 |
| Lauren McMillan, Department of Historic Preservation | Continuation funding, analyzing archaeological materials from the Nomini (Nominy) Plantation | $1,677 |
Virginia Department of Historic Resources February 2019 |
| Elizabeth Larus, Department of Political Science and International Affairs | 2019-20 Fulbright U.S. Scholar grant to Poland | monthly stipend, travel expenses, and a small operating budget to cover conference and research materials expenses |
Institute of International Education (IIE) January 2019 |
| Tim O’Donnell, Associate Provost for Academic Engagement and Student Success | Development of Transfer Pathways and Academic Program Maps between Germanna Community College and the University of Mary Washington | $12,000 |
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia January 2019 |
| Ben Kisila, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences | Urban Runoff Water Quality Monitoring for Fredericksburg | $9,013 |
sub-award from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University January 2019 |
| Courtney Clayton (College of Education), Debra Hydorn (Department of Mathematics, and Kristina Peck (College of Education) | Pathways to Excellence, Clinical Faculty Program at the University of Mary Washington | $32,594 |
Virginia Department of Education December 2018 |
| Andrew Marshall, Department of Computer Science | Symbolic Methods for the Verification of Automatically Synthesized Cryptosystems | $116,231 |
Office of Naval Research (collaborative project with Clarkson University, the University of Maryland, the University of Albany-SUNY, and the Naval Research Lab) October 2018 |
| Debra Hydorn, Department of Mathematics | Data-Driven: A flexible, accessible, multidisciplinary superhighway breaking disparities and opening the data analytics economy to everyone | $10,410 |
Wesleyan University (sub-award from an NSF grant) October 2018 |
| Nora Kim, Department of Sociology and Anthropology | Local Agency and National Responses to Globalization: The South Korean Case in Comparative, Transnational and Diasporic Perspective. | $163,855 |
Monash University (sub-award; funding source is the Academy of Korean Studies September 2018 |
| Brian Baker, Center for Economic Development | Virginia SBDC State CY 2018 | $144,790 |
Sub-award George Mason University (Small Business Administration) August 2018 |
| April Wynn, Department of Biological Sciences | Collaborative Research: Digitization PEN: Filling in knowledge gaps with key herbaria for understanding vascular plant diversity in the Atlantic coastal plain | $19,811 |
National Science Foundation (sub-award from Old Dominion University) July 2018 |
| Nabil Al-Tikriti, Department of History and American Studies | Fulbright Fellowship award to Azerbaijan (academic year 2018-19) | $56,590 |
J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board June 2018 |
| Daniel Preston, James Monroe Papers | The Papers of James Monroe (volume 7) | $44,625 |
National Historical Publications and Records Commission June 2018 |
| Clint Often | Division III Ethnic Minorities and Women’s Internship Grant | $26,660 |
National Collegiate Athletics Association April 2018 |
| Michael Spencer, Department of Historic Preservation | Prince William Forest Park Cultural Landscape Field School | $44,999.55 |
National Parks Service April 2018 |
| Lauren McMillan, Department of Historic Preservation | Rappahannock River Valley Survey | $2,630.90 | National Endowment for the Humanities (sub-award through St. Mary’s College of Maryland) April 2018 |
| George Meadows, College of Education | Pre-K-12 Environmental Education Mini Grant | $4,917 |
Chesapeake Bay Trust March 2018 |
| Eric Gable, Department of Sociology and Anthropology | Occupant Protection in Virginia: Working to Expand Effective Programs | $5,234 |
Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (sub-award through Old Dominion University) March 2018 |
| Allyson Poska, Department of History and American Studies | First Global Health Initiative: The Royal Philanthropic Expedition to bring Smallpox Vaccination to the Spanish Empire (1803-1810) | $16,800 |
Council of American Overseas Research Centers’ NEH Senior Research Fellowship April 2018 |
| Allyson Poska, Department of History and American Studies | First Global Health Initiative: The Royal Philanthropic Expedition to bring Smallpox Vaccination to the Spanish Empire (1803-1810) | $5,000 |
American Council of Learned Societies March 2018 |
| Allyson Poska, Department of History and American Studies | First Global Health Initiative: The Royal Philanthropic Expedition to bring Smallpox Vaccination to the Spanish Empire (1803-1810) | $6,000 |
American Philosophical Society March 2018 |
| Emile Lester, Department of Political Science and International Affairs | Demonstration Models of Religious Literacy and Religious Liberty in Three Georgia Public School Districts | $40,000 |
Religious Freedom Center December 2017 |
| Steve Hanna, Department of Geography | Cartography Editor for three of the American Association of Geography journals | $40,000 (four years) |
American Association of Geography November 2017 |
| Parrish Waters, Department of Biology (supporting undergraduate research by student Alexandra Piercy) | The effect of cognitive stimulation on senescent cognitive decline | $750 |
Virginia Academy of Sciences November 2017 |
| Lauren McMillan, Department of Historic Preservation | Analysis of Archaeological and Archival Information Relating to the Nomini (Nominy) Plantation | $4,999.23 |
Virginia Department of Historic Resources October 2017 |
| Brian Rizzo, Department of Geography | Exploring and Developing WebGIS Content for the Classroom Using ArcGIS Online | $5,465 |
Fauquier County Public Schools October 2017 |
| Patricia Reynolds, College of Education | Offer an online section of TESL 532 to educators of English Learners | $20,196 |
Virginia Department of Education September 2017 |
| Venitta McCall, Courtney Clayton (College of Education), and Debra Hydorn (Department of Mathematics) | “Pathways to Excellence, Serving Regions 3 and 4” | $42,874 |
Virginia Department of Education August 2017 |
| Jennifer Walker, College of Education | “Supporting Provisionally Licensed Special Educators with Evidence-Based Classroom Management Practices” | $34,670 |
Virginia Department of Education August 2017 |
| Brian Baker, Center for Economic Development | Virginia SBDC State CY 2017 | $122,999 |
Sub-award George Mason University (Small Business Administration) August 2017 |
| Dan Preston | James Monroe Papers | $300,000 (three years) | National Endowment for the Humanities, August 2017 |
| Rita Thompson, Rappahannock Scholars | Rappahannock Scholars Program Support (renewal) | $5,000 | Wells Fargo, July 2017 |
| Parrish Waters, Department of Biological Sciences | Visualizing big data to determine the effects of physical exercise on social ethology, social rank and neurophysiology in laboratory mice | $100,000 |
Jeffress Trust Awards Program in Interdisciplinary Research June 2017 |
| Erin Devlin, Department of History and American Studies | Historic Resource Study: Segregation in the Virginia Parks | $60,000 |
National Park Service April 2017 |
| Dianne M. Baker (Department of Biological Sciences), Katherine N. Crowder (Department of Chemistry), Charles E. Whipkey (Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences), and Mary Kayler, (Director, Center for Teaching Excellence and Innovation) | STEM Talent Expansion through Research, Engagement, Preparation, and Scholarship (STEREPS)II: the Jepson Scholars Program |
$996,215 |
National Science Foundation April 2017 |
| Suzanne Sumner and Debra Hydorn (Department of Mathematics) and Marie Sheckels (College of Education) | Spotsylvania Math and Science Partnership | $6,600 |
Virginia Department of Education April 2017 |
| Marie Sheckels and Jane Huffman (College of Education), and Brian Rizzo (Department of Geography and Director of CeSAR) | How to bring GIS to the classroom (professional development course). | $5,000 |
Fauquier County Public School April 2017 |
| Patricia Reynolds (College of Education) | Offer an online section of TESL 532 to educators of English Learners | $20,196 |
Virginia Department of Education January 2017 |
*All grants, fellowships, and contracts involving government agencies, foundations, business, and so forth MUST receive prior approval from officials at the University of Mary Washington BEFORE the proposal or application is submitted to the external funding entity.