Sponsored Projects
Award Spotlights:
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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