| Grant Proposal Title |
P/I or Author |
Summary |
Requested Amount |
Org/Grantor |
| TRIO-US Department of Postsecondary Educ. |
Don Stansbury |
Empower first generation, low income, students with disabilities, to increase retention
and graduation through activities. |
$1,147,395.00 |
Department of Education |
| Institute for Higher Education Faculty |
Eric Bridges |
"Past, Present, and Future of Transformative Scholarship" Institute, which will focus
on the question of what does it mean to be American in a 21st -century plural society.
The institute will be a combined residential and virtual program that will last for
two weeks: one week of residential (five days of five hours of activities) and one
week of virtual follow-up nonconsecutive activities. The institute will have a national
appeal but will be of particular interest to faculty members in American History,
African American History, African American Studies, and Political Science. The virtual
portion of the institute will engage participants for several months after the in-person
institute concludes. Clayton State's institute will serve 30 participants, made up
of 10% graduate students and 20% non-tenure track. |
$171,942 |
National Endowment for Humanities |
| NSF |
Ebrahim Khosravi |
Collaborative Resources for Education and Success in STEM (CRESS) program to expand
opportunities in the S-STEM industry. CRESS will identify academically talented, low-income
students in computer science (CS), information technology (IT), and mathematics (math),
providing them with scholarships and comprehensive support to improve retention, graduation,
and workforce readiness. Proposed resources include effective teaching practices,
tutoring, academic coaching, on-hands learning, networking with industry and community
S-STEM partners, academic seminars, workshops, conferences, faculty mentoring, career
counseling, wellness support, and recreational activities. |
$2,000,000 |
National Science Foundation |
| NCAA |
Don Stansbury |
Health and Wellness Living Learning Community, which fosters an environment that encourages
and promotes the development and maintanence of a healthy body, mind, and spirit through
a wide range of programs. Institutional data indicate that student-athletes face unique
academic and social challenges, making them a key population for targeted retention
initiatives. The LLC will provide dedicated housing, academic support, mentorship,
and career development opportunites to enhance their success. |
$50,000 |
NCAA |
| Ossoff/Warnock |
Shuju Bai |
The CAIL Laboratory project aims to establish advanced artificial intelligence computing
infrastructure at Clayton State University to enhance research capabilities, support
student education across STEM disciplines, and strengthen community outreach programs
that will address technological gaps and create economic opportunities throughout
Georgia's southern metro Atlanta region. |
$1,125,000 |
Congressional District Spending |
| Ossoff/Warnock |
Shuju Bai |
CSU Cyber Youth Program, a one-year initiative in 2025, consisting of a one-week,
non-residential summer camp along with pre- and post- camp activities designed to
engage high school students in fundamental cybersecurity ethics, network security,
phishing, password management, cryptography, ethical hacking, and forensics. |
$740,000 |
Congressional District Spending |
| Ossoff/Warnock |
Joshua Meddaugh |
Enhance research capacity and provide innovative training opportunities in wildlife
crime studies at Clayton State University. The year-long initiative, scheduled from
spring 2026 to spring 2027, will immerse students and faculty in intensive international
and domestic training courses, culminating in guided research projects on wildlife
crime and related policies in the United States. Key components include: 1. Development
of two courses; 2. A two-week intensive course at the Wildlife Forensic Academy in
Cape Town, South Africa; 3. Student-led research projects focusing on domestic wildlife
crime; 4. Presentation of research findings at academic conferences; and 5. Faculty-authored
white papers on wildlife crime policy and practice. |
$328,329 |
Congressional District Spending |
| Ossoff/Warnock |
Joshua Meddaugh |
CSI lab will provide hands-on learning opportunties for students, strengthen partnerships
with local law enforcement agencies and the newly established medical examiner's office,
and contribute to a better-qualified workforce in the field of forensics. |
$425,000 |
Congressional District Spending |
| NEH-Humanities Initiative |
Eric Bridges |
Honors Program |
$147,000 |
National Endowment for Humanities |
| Spencer Foundation |
Eric Bridges |
Honors Program |
$350,000 |
Spencer Foundation |
| CSU Pathway Academy |
Reginald Turner |
Transition and Postsecondary Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities
(TPSID) provides grants to institutions of higher education or consortia of institutions
of higher education to enable them to create or expand high quality, inclusive model
comprehensive transition and postsecondary programs for students with intellectual
disabilities. |
$2,036,340.00 |
Department of Education |
| Dental Clinic renovation |
Naquilla Thomas |
Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program supports the education of technicians
for the high-technology fields that drive our nation's economy. |
$1,000,000.00 |
National Science Foundation |
| Undergraduate Research |
Louisa Catalona |
REU opportunities usually involve groups of about 10 students who work on research
projects at a host institution based in the U.S. or in a foreign location. |
$449,037.00 |
National Science Foundation |
| CER Research |
Shuju Bai |
Advancing Workforce Readiness through AI-infused Undergraduate Computing Education:
Our approach combines gamification and CBL together with GenAI infusion to help students
learn programming. |
$1,000,000.00 |
National Science Foundation |
| International- Wildlife Forensics Academy |
Andrea Allen |
This project aims to enhance research capacity and provide innovative training opportunities
in wildlife crime studies in a year-long initiative that will immerse students and
faculty in intensive international and domestic training courses, culminating in guided
research projects on wildlife crime and related policies in the United States. |
$270,701.00 |
National Science Foundation |
| Integrating Mental Performance Strategies into Community Design for Physical Activity |
Melanie Poudevign |
Participation in the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) 2025 Annual Conference,
held October 15-18, 2025. This event directly aligns with our institutional goals
to integrate physical activity and mental performance strategies into community-centered
wellness. |
$1,986.00 |
National Science Foundation |
| Robotics and Forensics |
Andrea Allen |
The CSI Experience Lab will serve as a living laboratory for developing and rigorously
testing a mutimodal robotic platform. Students, law enforcement trainees, and professionals
will engage in scaffolded, simulation-based learning and hands-on research. |
$910,000.00 |
National Science Foundation |
| Pre-licensure BSN Program |
Victoria Foster |
Increase in enrollment in the pre-licensure BSN program capacity by 20 additional
nursing students at Main campus (Morrow, GA) and 10 additional students at the Center
for Innovation (Peachtree City, GA), for a total of 30 students for both campuses. |
$301,390.00 |
Georgia Board of Healthcare |
| Project PROTECT (Postsecondary Responsiveness and Oversight Training in Eliminating
Child Trauma) |
Samuel Maddox |
Project PROTECT will increase the availability of post-secondary training opportunities
for child protection professionals. The target beneficiaries are child protection
professionals, including law enforcement officers, social workers, medical professionals,
behavioral health professionals, and the protection of children and youth they serve
throughout the geographic areas of Clayton, Fulton, Dekalb, Henry, and Fayette counties. |
$414,719.00 |
Department of Justice (War) |
| Global Business, MKTG3 |
George Nakos |
The department of Management, Marketing, and Supply Chain is committed to implement
the developed resources in all sections of MKTG 3420, the Global Business course that
is required for all business students to take |
$26,000.00 |
Affordable Learning Grant |
| CMS 3560: Intro to Public Relations |
Carolyn Walcott |
Transformation of CMS 3560: Introduction to Public Relations. The creation of scripts,
narratives and engaging instructional videos that reinforce PR writing techniques,
self-appraisal and demonstrates progress toward portfolio preparation. |
$26,000.00 |
Affordable Learning Grant |
| PHYS 2212L and PHYS 1112L |
Dmitriy Bensnosko |
The largest part of this project will be the creation of the 46 lab manuals (as OER). |
$17,000.00 |
Affordable Learning Grant |
| MLA Pathways |
Cantice Greene |
The English And... project to retain current majors, attract new first-time English
students, and increase student interest in obtaining a certificate, badge, minor or
major in English. |
$13,000.00 |
Modern Language Association |
| Archie Cephas |
Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) |
|
$4,000,000.00 |
Department of Education |
| Andrea Allen |
Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Directorate for STEM Education |
Multi-Fidelity Crime Scene Simulations |
$390,189.00 |
National Science Foundation |
| Aliabadi Mohsen |
PUI Research Enhancement Grant |
This project advances a unified research program on matchings in three related settings:
matchings inabelian groups, linear matchings for finite-dimensional subspaces. |
$9,000.00 |
American Mathematical Society |
| Jason Gutherie |
Foster at 200: A Critical Reprisal |
Fosters scholarly research & writing related to the music and entertainment industries. |
$2,000.00 |
Music & Entertainment Industry Educators Assoc. |
| Ashlee Spearman |
One Stop Shop |
The proposed project will establish a permanent, centrally located OSS that consolidates
Admissions, Recruitment, Financial Aid, Veterans Affairs, the Registrar's Office,
advising, retention services, and basic disability services support under one roof. |
$225,000.00 |
Congressional District Funding |
| Shuju Bai |
AI in Undergraduate Research |
The initiative will integrate AI-powered instructional tools into core computing courses,
providing real-time feedback, adaptive practice, and personalized learning support. |
$243,000.00 |
Congressional District Funding |
| Khosravi Ebrahim |
S-STEM: Collaborative Resources for Education and Success in STEM (CRESS) |
Expand opportunties in the S-STEM industry. CRESS will identify academically talented,
low-income students in computer science (CS), information technology (IT), and mathematics
(math), providing them with scholarships and comprehensive support to improve retention,
graduation, and workforce readiness. |
$1,999,999.00 |
National Science Foundation |
| Muhammad Rahman |
Cybersecurity Essentials - CSCI 1701 |
10 sections in fall and spring/ 5 in the summer - 30 sections each. |
$24,990.00 |
Congressional District Funding |
| K M Ibrahim |
CyberAI |
Clayton State University (CSU) proposes a CyberAI Scholars Program that will recruit,
educate, and prepare highly motivated Scholars for service in federal, state, and
local government AI and cybersecurity missions. |
$1,266,725.00 |
National Science Foundation |
