Sponsored Projects

Award Spotlights:

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