Sponsored Projects

Award Spotlights

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July 2024 Awards

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Theresa Ebeler Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity APEX/Procurement Technical Assistance-FY25 $103,000
Heather Hotz Illinois Law Enforcement Executive Institute Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board ASSIST Program FY25 $1,800,000
Heather Hotz Illinois Law Enforcement Executive Institute Illinois Law Enforement Training and Standards Board ILETSB-Programming FY25 $2,060,053
Heather Hotz Illinois Law Enforcement Executive Institute Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board ILETSB-Administrative FY25 $1,880,600
Brandon John Center for the Application of Information Technologies Penn State Hershey College of Medicine iLookOut Hosting and Support $24,216
Hollie Mason Education Illinois Elevating Special Educators Network State Personnel Development Grant: Illinois Elevating Special Educators Network FY25 $114,535
Connie Shugart Center for the Best Practices in Early Childhood Education Illinois State Board of Education Illinois STARNET Northwest Region I and Central Region III-FY25 $1,076,350
Paul Sweet Center for the Application of Information Technologies Illinois Community College Board Alternative Methods of Credentialing (AMOC)-FY25 $80,155
Sandy Wittig Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs Various Sources SILC Survey $13,200

 

June 2024 Awards

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Heather Hotz Illinois Law Enforcement Executive Institute Illinois Emergency Management Agency Jail Intelligence Officer FFY23-SHWIUJL $69,438
Heather Hotz Illinois Law Enforcement Executive Institute Illinois Emergency Management Agency Cyber Intelligence officer FFY23-UAWIUCYB $94,438
Heather Hotz Illinois Law Enforcement Executive Institute Illinois Emergency Management Agency Cyber Intelligence Officer FFY23-SHWIUCYB $94,437
Heather Hotz Illinois Law Enforcement Executive Institute Illinois Emergency Management Agency Homeland Security Preparedness and Program Management Staff FFY23 23UAWIU $540,000
Heather Hotz Illinois Law Enforcement Executive Institute Illinois Emergency Management Agency  FFY23 HS 23SHWINTEL $540,000
Joan Mason Beu Health Center Illinois Department of Public Health IL National Health Service Corp State Loan Repayment Program (SLRP)-Mason $25,000
Lindsay Meeker Education Grow Your Own Illinois GYO-Illinois $140,000
Heather Norman WIUM-FM Illinois Art Council WIUM PRTV Operating Grant FY24 $10,900
Dawn Schmitt WQPT Illinois Art Council WQPT Operating FY24 $41,000

 

May 2024 Awards

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Doug Freed Admissions & Enrollment Illinois Board of Higher Education Common App for FY23-24 $2,338
Heather Hotz Illinois Law Enforcement Executive Institute Illinois Emergency Management Agency Jail Intelligence Officer FFY23-UAWIUJL $69,438
Heather Hotz Illinois Law Enforcement Executive Institute Illinois Emergency Management Agency Mobile Training Units & ILETSB-EI Homeland Security Training FFY23 23UAILETSB $40,000
Heather Hotz Illinois Law Enforcement Executive Institute Illinois Emergency Management Agency Law Enforcement and Emergency Services Fellowship FFY23 23UAWIULE $13,724
Christopher Merrett Illinois Institute of Rural Affairs Various Sources Village of Chatham IMPLAN economic-impact analyses for 3 Projects $4,250
Paul Sweet Center for the Application pf Information Technologies Illinois Department of Children and Family Services DCFS Training Year 19 State-Supplemental  $18,900
Keela Trennepohl Agriculture Illinois Beef Association Application of SenseHub Feedlot Technology at a Teaching University Bull Development Center $20,671
Keela Trennepohl Agriculture University of Illinois Illinois Beef Experiential Learning and Industry Exposure Fellowship (I-BELIEF) $14,156
Sandy Wittig Illinois Institute of Rural Affairs Various Sources IMPLAN Study 516280 $15,000

 

April 2024 Awards

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Kaila Fox Nursing Illinois Board of Higher Education Nurse Educator Fellowship-Fox

$10,000

Heather Hotz Illinois Law Enforcement Executive Institute Illinois Emergency Management Agency Mobile Training Units & ILETSB-EI Homeland Security Training FFY23 SHLETBIN $360,000
Heather Hotz Illinois Law Enforcement Executive Institute Illinois Emergency Management Agency School and Campus Safety Program FFY23 23SHWIUTRG $367,465
Heather Hotz Illinois Law Enforcement Executive Institute Illinois Emergency Management Agency School and Campus Safety Program FFY23 23UAWIUTRG $478,187
Heather Hotz Illinois Law Enforcement Executive Institute Illinois Emergency Management Agency Law Enforcement and Emergency Services Fellowships FFY23 23SHWIULE $13,724
Hollie Mason Education Illinois Elevating Special Educators Network State Personnel Development Grant: Illinois Elevating Special Educators Network $55,747
Karen Mauldin-Curtis Illinois Institute of Rural Affairs Illinois Department of Human Services FY24 AmeriCorps Supplement $77,180
Eric Sheffield Education Illinois State Board of Higher Education CTE Programs in Rural and Small Illinois School $250,000

 

March 2024 Awards

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Gisele Ham Illinois Institute of Rural Affairs Corporation for National & Community Service IIRA-VISTA

$50,000

 

February 2024 Awards

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Julia Albarracin Political Science Field Foundation Advancing Racial Inclusion at WIU $25,000
Michelle Frederick Central Illinois Adult Education Service Center Illinois Community College Board CIAESC/CPC FY24-Federal $390,000
Michelle Frederick Central Illinois Adult Education Service Center Illinois Community College Board CIAESC/CPC FY24-State $87,905
Ashley Frederick Nursing Illinois Board of Higher Education Nurse Educator Fellowship $10,000
Brandon John Center for the Application of Information Technologies Penn State Hershey College of Medicine iLookOut Hosting and Support $25,840
Pamela Rockwood  Education Grow Your Own Illinois Illinois Great Rivers Region Grow Your Own Consortium $20,000
Dawn Schmitt WQPT  Illinois Art Council WQPT Operating Support FY24 $21,000

 

January 2024 Awards

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Theresa Ebeler Illinois Institute of Rural Affairs Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Illinois AEX Accelerator-FY24 FKA PTAC $70,000
Heather Hotz Illinois Law Enforcement Executive Institute Illinois Emergency Management Agency In-Service Training Unit FY24 $3,500,000
Vaskar Nepal Biology Virginia Institute of Marine Science Forecasting the effects of climate change on Chesapeake Bay fisheries species using physiologically informed habitat models $62,934
Heather Norman WIUM_FM Illinois Art Council FY24 PRTV Basic-WIUM_FM $10,362
Dawn Schmitt WQPT Illinois Art Council PRTV Basic-WQPT-TV FY24 $46,625
Liguo Song Chemistry National Institute of Justice Quanitification of Psychotropic Cannabinoids in Newly Emerging Hemp-Deprived Products and Evaluation of Their Stability and Interconversion During Storage $251,505
Paul Sweet Center for the Application of Information Technologies Illinois Department of Children and Family Services DCFS-OLPD FY24 $946,200
Sandy Wittig Illinois Institute of Rural Affairs Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Collaborative Strategies for Small Business Development in West Central Illinois $60,000

 

December 2023 Awards

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Julia Albarracin Political Science US Department of Education WIU Addressing Equity Gaps Among Rural STudents (AEGARS) $2,211,294
Gisele Hamm Illinois Institute of Rural Affairs Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity MAPPING the Future of Your Community Program (FY24) $160,000
Richard Mathers Sociology & Anthropology Illinois Department of Children and Family Services Test, Construction, Delivery, Scoring, Test Eval, Trainer, Course Evaluation FY24 $175,482
Dana Moon Bureau of Cultural Affairs Illinois Art Council Youth Performing Arts Series (YPAS) FY24 $2,750
Heather Norman WIUM_FM Corporation for Public Broadcasting WIUM_FM CSG FY24-26 $175,482
Sean Park Illinois Institute of Rural Affairs US Department of Agriculture Using Collective Action to Improve the quality of Life in Rural Communities $200,000
Winthrop Phippen Agriculture Illinois State University Interrogating pennycress natural and induced variation to improve abiotic stress tolerance and oilseed bioenergy crop resilience $136,777

 

November 2023 Awards

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Doug Freed Admissions & Enrollment Illinois Board of Higher Education Common App for FY23-24 $31.500
Joel Gruver Agriculture Illinois Nutrients Research and Education Council Integrating livestock grazing into the Western Illinois corn-soybean cropping system to enhance farm profitability and reduce nutrient loss $63,377
Kimberley McClure Pscyhology Department of Justice De-escalation Training through Active Learning (DeTals): A Center for Research and Assessment to Foster Community Partnerships $747,198
Lindsay Meeker Education Illinois State Board of Higher Education Advancing Inclusion and Supporting Early Childhood Special Education $25,000
Heather Norman WIUM-FM Illinois Humanities Forgottonia Files Podcast $5,000
Dawn Schmitt WQPT Corporation for Public Broadcasting WQPT CPB Television Interconnection Grant (IG) FY24-25 $12,329
Dawn Schmitt WQPT Corporation for Public Broadcasting WQPT CPB Television Community Service Grant (CSG) FY24-25 $749,789
Dawn Schmitt WQPT  Corporation for Public Broadcasting WQPT CPB Television Universal Service Support Grant (USSG) FY24-25 $63,546
Paul Sweet Center for the Application of Information Technologies Illinois Community College Board Alternative Methods of Credentialing (AMOC) $79,934

 

October 2023 Awards

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Josh Averbeck Communications UofI Expanding Broadband Adoption and Utilization in the Rural Communities of Western Illinois $75,000
Gloria Delany-Barmann Education Ascendium Creating Equity-Based Postsecondary Education Pathways for Rural Low-Income Paraeducators-Travel Grant $3,250
Ann Friederichs Illinois Institute of Rural Affairs Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity SBDC-FY23 (Federal) $135,000
Heather Hotz Illinois Law Enforcement Executive Institute Illinois Emergency Management Agency Safe2Help FY24 $62,000
Karen Mauldin-Curtis Illinois Institute of Rural Affairs Illinois Department of Human Services Peace Corps Fellows/AmeriCorps Program FY24-25 $276,000
Lindsay Meeker Education Illinois Network of Child Care Referral Agencies PLA Pilot: 2023-2024 $4,000
Linsday Meeker Education Illinois Department of Human Services Provider Connections-FY24 Supplemental $21,951
Joseph Ryner Center for the Application of Information Technologies Illinois Community College Board DAISI-FY24 $195,000
Brice Shake Center for the Application of Information Technologies DC Child and Family Services Agency DC Mandated Reporter Implicit Bias & Hosting/Support $25,235
Paul Sweet Center for the Application of Information Technologies Illinois Community College Board i-Pathways FY24 $183,305
Derek Watts Office of Public Safety Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board Office of Public Safety--Officer Recruitment and Retention Initiative $608,605

 

September 2023 Awards

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Cara Cerullo Counseling Center Illinois Board of Higher Education Mental Health Early Action on Campus FY24 $178,279
Shelby Henning Agriculture Bayer HN23USAJBB SC617/Corn/Weed Control $6,800
Shelby Henning Agriculture  Bayer HN23USAJBD SC617 Tank-Mixtures/PRE/Corn/Safety External $8,840
Shelby Henning Agriculture Bayer HN23USAJBG SC600/619 Soybean/Safety and Yield External  $9,792
Shelby Henning Agriculture Bayer HN23USAJBF SC600/619 Soybean/Weed Control $9,520
Margaret Taylor Center for the Application of Information Technologies Arkansas Commission on Child Abuse, Rape, and Domestic Violence Arkansas Mandated Reporter H/S $8,280

 

August 2023 Awards

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Kyra Dean WIUM Illinois State Library WIUM/WIUW Radio Information Service $36,968
Heather Hotz Illinois Law Enforcement Executive Institute Illinois Emergency Management Agency Preparedness and Response (FY24) $400,000
Blair McDonald Engineering Jackson State University Excellence in Research: Exploring Effectiveness of Automatic Assessment of Cognitive and Metacognitive Processes in Engineering $30,000
Dana Moon Bureau of Cultural Affairs Illinois Art Council Partners in Excellence FY24 $5,900
Eric Sheffield Education Illinois State Board of Education CTE Programs in Rural and Small Illinois Schools $250,000

 

July 2023 Awards

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James Boyd Illinois Institute of Rural Affairs Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity SBDC-FY23 (State) $90,000
Heather Hotz Illinois Law Enforcement Executive Institute Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board ILETSB-Administrative FY24 $1,500,000
Heather Hotz Illinois Law Enforcement Executive Institute Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board ILETSB-Programming FY24 $1,000,000
Heather Hotz Illinois Law Enforcement Executive Institute Illinois Emergency Management Agency Safe2Help  $113,257
Lisa Litchfield Center for Preparation of Education Professionals Illinois State Board of Education Teacher Residencies Continuation FY24 $150,000
Lindsay Meeker Education Illinois Department of Human Services Provider Connections-FY24 $421,206
Connie Shugart Center for Best Practices in Early Childhood Education Illinois State Board of Education Illinois STARNET Northwest Region I and Central Region III-FY24 $978,500

 

June 2023 Awards

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Andrew Baker Agriculture Illinois State Board of Education Ag Ed-University-FY24 $16,823
Andrew Baker Agriculture Illinois State Board of Education FY24 Agriculture Education-GAST $40,000
Jill Cassady

Recreation, Park, and Tourism Administration

Western Area Career Systems WACS Food Services-FY24 $24,020
Heather Norman WIUM_FM Illinois Art Council WIUM-PRTV Operating FY24  $7,210
Rafael Obregon Engineering and Technology Western Area Career Systems WACS Building Trades-FY24 $24,020
Dawn Schmitt WQPT Illinois Art Council WQPT-TV-PRTV Operating FY23 $33,950
Paul Sweet Center for the Application of Information Technologies Illinois Attorney General IL Attorney General Website Development, Hosting, & DotCMS Consulting $67,684
Honey Zimmerman Management & Marketing Governor's State University NSF Engines: Type-1: Smart Logistics Engine $70,764

 

May 2023 Awards

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Shelby Henning Agriculture Pioneer University Enlist Weed Control System Endorsement Demo-Spray Volume and Nozzle Impact on Liberty + Enlist One Weed Control $5,000
Jill Myers Law Enforcement and Justice Administration Illinois Emergency Management Agency Western Illinois University Emergency Operations Center (Western EOC) $2,000,000
Jennifer Plos Kinesiology National Collegiate Athletic Association VitalCog: Suicide Prevention Navigator (VC SPN) Program

$17,500

Keela Trennepohl Agriculture University of Illinois Illinois Beef Experiential Learning and Industry Exposure Fellowship (I-BELIEF)

$13,879

 

April 2023 Awards

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Theresa Ebeler Illinois Institute of Rural Affairs Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Procurement Technical Assistance - FY 23

$75.000

Cara Cerullo BEU Illinois Board of Higher Education Mental Health Early Action on Campus FY 23 $123,300
Winthrop Phippen Agriculture CoverCress CoverCress Soybean Planting Data Study $3,000

 

March 2023 Awards

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Gloria Delany-Barmann Education & Interdisciplinary Studies Ascendium Creating Equity-Based Postsecondary Education Pathways for Rural Low-Income Paraeducators $311,100
Joel Gruver Agriculture  Purdue University Ecologically-intensified organic cropping systems in the upper Midwest: Quantifying effects on pests, predators, pollinators and crop parameters. $205,175
Gisele Hamm Illinois Institute for Rural Affairst Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity MAPPING the Future of Your Community Program (FY23) $160,000
Winthrop Phippen Agriculture Illinois State Univeristy Assessing Diverse Cover Crops for Carbon Sequestration, Mineralization, N and P Efficiency, and Economic Impact on Illinois Crop Rotations $25,916

 

February 2023 Awards

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Heather Hotz Illinois Law Enforcement Executive Institute Illinois Emergency Management Agency Law Enforcement and Emergency Services Fellowships $19,232
Heather Hotz Illinois Law Enforcement Executive Institute Illinois Emergency Management Agency Intelligence Gathering and Information Sharing $362,750
Heather Hotz  Illinois Law Enforcement Executive Institute Illinois Emergency Management Agency Intelligence Gathering and Information Sharing $34,000
Heather Hotz Illinois Law Enforcement Executive Institute Illinois Emergency Management Agency FY2 Homeland Security 22UWIUTRG  $422,625
Heather Hotz Illinois Law Enforcement Executive Institute Illinois Emergency Management Agency Jail and Cyber Intelligence Officers $58,926
Heather Hotz Illinois Law Enforcement Executive Institute Illinois Emergency Management Agency Jail and Cyber Intelligence Officers $58,926
Heather Hotz Illinois Law Enforcement Executive Institute Illinois Emergency Management Agency Homeland Security Preparedness Projects and Program Management Staff $513,283
Heather Hotz Illinois Law Enforcement Executive Institute Illinois Emergency Management Agency Homeland Security Preparedness Projects and Program Management Staff (UASI) $513,283
Heather Hotz Illinois Law Enforcement Executive Institute Illinois Emergency Management Agency Law Enforcement and Emergency Services Fellowships $33,314
Heather Hotz Illinois Law Enforcement Executive Institute Illinois Emergency Management Agency Jail and Cyber Intelligence Officers $102,074
Heather Hotz Illinois Law Enforcement Executive Institute Illinois Emergency Management Agency Jail and Cyber Intelligence Officers $102,074
Heather Hotz Illinois Law Enforcement Executive Institute Illinois Emergency Management Agency 22UWIUTRG $422,625
Sean Park Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs U.S. Department of Agriculture ReFED Project: Creating a Regional Food Economic Development Program $442,273
James Rabchuk Physics National Science Foundation Recruiting and Preparing Outstanding STEM Teachers for Placement in West Central Illinois Public Schools to Repair and Sustain the Regional STEM Teacher Pipeline $908,236

 

January 2023 Awards

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James Boyd Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity SBDC - CY22 (Federal) $135,000
Karen Mauldin-Curtis Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs Illionis Department of Public Health Peace Corps/Americorps Project $196,548
Amber Schultz Enrollment Management Illinois Board of Higher Education WIU Common App Reimbursement $26,900
Paul Sweet Center for the Application of Information Technologies  Illinois Attorney General IL Attorney General Website Development $40,000
Sandy Wittig Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs Continuum of Care Support Various Sources $10,120

 

December 2022 Awards

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Mark Benards Agriculture Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Integrating livestock grazing into the western Illinois corn-soybean cropping system to enhance farm profitability and reduce nutrient loss $84,242
Blair McDonald Engineering National Science Foundation Improving Career Readiness for Engineering Students Through a Mentored Living Learning Community $750,000
Heather Norman WIUM_FM Corporation for Public Broadcasting WIUM-FM Community Service Grant FY23 $158,136
Dawn Schmitt WQPT Corporation for Public Broadcasting WQPT CPB Television Interconnection Grant (IG) FY23-24 $12,580
Dawn Schmitt WQPT Corporation for Public Broadcasting WQPT CPB Television Local Service Grant (LSG) FY23-24 $58,029
Dawn Schmitt WQPT Corporation for Public Broadcasting WQPT CPB Television Community Service Grant (CSG) FY23-24 $699,165

 

November 2022 Awards

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Patricia Eathington Nursing Illinois Healthcare Action Coalition Student nurses increasing awareness of health services at food banks in a rural county $400
Dawn Hughes Central Illinois Adult Education Service Center Illinois Community College Board CIAESC/CPC FY23-State $5,400
Dawn Hughes Central Illinois Adult Education Service Center Illinois Community College Board CIAESC/CPC FY23-Federal $442,000
Lindsay Meeker Education Illinois Network of Child Care and Referral Agencies Spanish PLA Workforce Diversity Grant $16,122
Christopher Merrett Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs UofI CEJA Workforce Training Program $15,000
Joseph Ryner Center for the Application of Information Technologies  Illinois Community College Board DAISI-FY23 $202,876

 

October 2022 Awards

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Andrew Baker Agriculture Illinois State Board of Education FY23 Growing Agriculture Science Teachers (GAST) $40,000
Eric Faierson WIU-QC University of North Texas Light-Weight Materials and Structures for Ballistic Protection $2,125,000
Gisele Hamm Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs Corporation for National and Community Service IIRA - VISTA $50,000
Brandon John Center for the Application of Information Technologies  Penn State Hershey College of Medicine iLookOut Hosting and Support $25,840
KMC Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs Various Sources Supplemental to 5-13520 Community & Economic Development Work-Brittany Sunderman $10,000
KMC Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs Various Sources Supplemental to 5-13520 Community & Economic Development Work-Delilah Sanders $7,750
Sherri Moon Infant & Preschool Center Illinois Network of Child Care Resource & Referral Agency Child Care Restoration Grant $13,680
Heather Norman WIUM_FM Illinois Humanities Council Forgottonia Files Podcast $10,000
Sean Park Illinois Institute for Rural Affiars U.S. Department of Agriculture Illinois Cooperative Development Center: Cooperatives as a Way of Increasing Food Access & Developing Economic Capacity in Rural Communities $163,595
Paul Sweet Center for the Application of Information Technologies Illinois Community College Board i-Pathways FY23 $185,195