Federal Grants

ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY - JONESBORO CARES INSTITUTIONAL RELIEF PACKAGE

ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY - JONESBORO CARES ACT APPLICATION

PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THE GRANT IS TO STAND UP AN ADVANCED STEEL RESEARCH CENTER WITHIN ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY AT JONESBORO THAT WILL BE CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING THE LOCAL STEEL INDUSTRY IN ARKANSAS WHICH IS POISED TO BECOME THE LARGEST STEEL PRODUCING STATE IN THE US. IT WILL ALSO BENEFIT LOCAL MATERIAL HANDLING INDUSTRIES AND HELP DEVELOP A SKILLED LOCAL WORKFORCE CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING THESE INDUSTRIES AND PROVIDING GOOD LOCAL JOBS. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: THE PRIMARY ACTIVITY WILL BE T

CARES ACT INSTITUTIONAL PORTION

STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

HIGHER EDUCATION EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND - STRENGTHENING INSTITUTIONS PROGRAM

Collaborative Research: FEC: Boosting Tolerance to Water Stress in Rice and Wheat Using Mycorrhizal Inoculants

Understanding Invasion and Disease Ecology and Evolution through Computational Data Education

CONNECTED FROM THE START

THE ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY (A-STATE) POSITIVE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS AND SUPPORTS (PBIS) RESOURCE CENTER (THE CENTER) IN JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, PROPOSES PROJECT PEACE (PREVENTION, ENGAGEMENT, AND CONNECTION IN EDUCATION). THIS PROJECT WILL ADDRESS TWO FUNDING AREAS: (1) TRAIN SCHOOL PERSONNEL AND STUDENTS ON PREVENTING SCHOOL VIOLENCE. (2) PROVIDE SPECIALIZED TRAINING OR CREATE SPECIALIZED NON-TRAINING POLICIES FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT WHO WORK IN SCHOOLS AND/OR WITH SCHOOL-AGE POPULATIONS SUCH AS

ASUB UPWARD BOUND

ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY BEEBE UPWARD BOUND BEEBE CAMPUS

ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES 2020-2025

ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY BEEBE - HEBER SPRINGS CAMPUS UPWARD BOUND

ASUB SSS PROJECT PROVIDES SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO LOW-INCOME, FIRST GENERATION STUDENTS AND STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, TO INCREASE THEIR RETENTION, GRADUATION AND TRANSFER RATES.

TRIO UPWARD BOUND

SSS PROJECT PROVIDES SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO LOW-INCOME, FIRST GENERATION STUDENTS, AND STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AT ASUBHS TO ENHANCE THEIR PROBABILITY OF BEING RETAINED, GRADUATING AND TRANSFERRING.

STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM

STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM

STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM

MRI Track I: Acquisition of an UHPLC-TQ and DESI for facilitation of interdisciplinary ecotoxicological and analytical research at Arkansas State University

THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY (LMRV) INCLUDES MORE THAN 4 MILLION HA OF IRRIGATED CROPLAND IN PORTIONS OF ARKANSAS, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, MISSOURI, AND TENNESSEE AND IS ONE THE MOST PRODUCTIVE AGRICULTURAL REGIONS IN THE UNITED STATES. NATIONALLY, ARKANSAS AND MISSISSIPPI RANK THIRD AND EIGHTH, RESPECTIVELY, IN TERMS OF IRRIGATED ACRES. WHILE OTHER AREAS DECLINED, THE AMOUNT OF IRRIGATED CROPLAND IN THE LMRV HAS BEEN STEADILY INCREASING AND GREW AT AN AVERAGE ANNUAL RATE OF APPR

THE CCAMPIS PROGRAM AT ASU BEEBE WILL PROVIDE CHILD CARE FUNDING TO 50 PELL ELIGIBLE STUDENTS WITH CHILDREN ENABLING THEM TO PERSIST THROUGH GRADUATION AND/OR TRANSFER TO 4-YEAR INSTITUTIONS.

CARES ACT - STRENGTHENING INSTITUTIONS PROGRAM

MRI Track 1: Acquisition of an X-Ray Diffractometer to Enhance Materials and Biomaterials Research and Education at Arkansas State University

ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NINE ZOOS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WILL CREATE THE NATIONAL REPTILIAN IMMUNOLOGY DATABASE BY CROSSING DISCIPLINES TO ADDRESS THE GLOBAL CONSERVATION CRISIS IN REPTILES. SAMPLES FROM PARTNERING ZOOS WILL BE GATHERED FROM THE EXTENSIVE REPTILIAN COLLECTIONS TO ESTABLISH THE LARGEST DATASET OF REPTILIAN IMMUNOLOGICAL PROFILES. THE PROJECT WILL SUPPORT A POST-DOCTORAL SCHOLAR, A PHD STUDENT, THREE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, AND NINE INTERNS WHO WILL ASSIST

PREVENTING LANDSCAPE LEVEL INVASION BY UNDERSTANDING SOURCES OF NONNATIVE WEED SPECIES HITCHHIKING VIA GLOBAL TRADE ROUTES A FOCUS ON THE PANAMA CAN

MRI: Acquisition of a Nanoindenter for Materials Science and Biomaterials Research

Collaborative Research: Unraveling the phylogenetic and evolutionary patterns of fragmented mitochondrial genomes in parasitic lice

ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY CENTER SMALL TOWN INSTITUTE

BRC-BIO: Uncoiling the ecological and evolutionary drivers of snail-symbiont interrelationships

** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** THIS IS AN INTEGRATED PROJECT SUBMITTED BY OUR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH TEAM CONSISTING OFPRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS FROM THREE COLLABORATIVE INSTITUTIONS IN TWO STATES (ARKANSAS AND KANSAS).OUR PROJECT ADDRESSES THE PRIMARY GOAL AND OBJECTIVE OF THE METHYL BROMIDE TRANSITION PROGRAMBY RESEARCHING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PRACTICAL IN

Systematic Functional Genomics Analysis of the Oral Pathogen Streptococcus Mutans

Dual localization of angiopoietin like protein 4 in the extracellular milieu and nucleus regulates the hematogenous brain metastasis of triple negative breast cancer

PRESERVING WATER QUANTITY AND QUALITY FOR AGRICULTURE IN THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN - DEVELOP INTEGRATED LAND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OF MAJOR ROW CROPS IN THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN THAT IMPROVE REGIONAL WATER RESOURCES INVENTORY AND WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT.

Engineering novel designer biologics in plant cells for oral treatment of ulcerative colitis

Engineering GPI-anchored Proteins in Plant Cells for Enhanced Protein Production and Applications

THE CONSORTIUM FOR INCLUSIVE POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION AND TRANSITION (CIPET)

MRI: Acquisition of a 400 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) for Research at Arkansas State University

FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES OF SOILING AND CEMENTATION OF PV COVER GLASS MATERIALS: ADDRESSING RELIABILITY WITH ADVANCED X-RAY SCATTERING/SPECTROSCOPY AND FIRST PRINCIPLES MODELING

ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM

ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY BEEBE STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROJECT SERVES THOSE LOW-INCOME, FIRST-GENERATION, OR STUDENTS WITH A DISABILITY WHO HAVE THE MOST ACADEMIC NEED IN ORDER TO SUCCEED.

ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY COVID-19 RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE PROGRAM

MECHANISM OF RECOMBINANT PROTEIN ACCUMULATION IN MAIZE SEED

**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** FINDING NOVEL GENETIC TARGETS TO IMPROVE CROP YIELDS AND MAINTAIN QUALITY IS INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT AS PLANT BREEDERS RACE TO KEEP UP INCREASINGLY UNPREDICTABLE CLIMATES, RISING COSTS OF AGRICULTURAL INPUTS, AND THE NEED TO CONSERVE NATURAL RESOURCES. THIS PROJECT FOCUSES ON TWO THEMES TOWARDS ACCELERATING PLANT BREEDING EFFORTS: 1

**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** THE PROPOSED RESEARCH PROJECT ADDRESSES THE TARGETED NEED AREA OF APPLIED STUDIES IN THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES. FIRST, THE LONG-TERM RESEARCH GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO INCREASE CROP PRODUCTION THROUGH THE MANIPULATION OF CROP GENOMICS, GENETIC RESOURCES, AND BIOTECHNOLOGY. PHYTOPHTHORA STEM AND ROOT ROT (PSR) IS CAUSED BY

PHYTOPHTHORA STEM AND ROOT ROT (PSR), CAUSED BY THE OOMYCETEPHYTOPHTHORA SOJAE, CAUSES SIGNIFICANT LOSSES IN SOYBEAN.P. SOJAESECRETES EFFECTOR PROTEINS CODED BY AVIRULENCE (AVR) GENES TO SUCCESSFULLY INFECT SOYBEAN. PSR IS PRIMARILY MANAGED BY PLANTING VARIETIES WITH RESISTANT GENES (RPS) THAT PREVENT INFECTION. HOWEVER, THE DURABILITY OF THESE GENES IS LIMITED TO 8-15 YEARS BECAUSE NEW VIRULENT PATHOTYPES EVOLVE TO BECOME VIRULENT AGAINST THERPSGENE. CONSEQUENTLY, NOVEL WAYS TO MANAGE THIS PSR

CHRONIC DISEASES SUCH AS INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE, DIABETES, AND OSTEOPOROSIS AFFECT MILLIONS OF AMERICANS AND REQUIRE LONG-TERM TREATMENT WITH EXPENSIVE DRUGS THAT ARE USUALLY DELIVERED BY INJECTION. INJECTIONS ARE NOT ONLY COSTLY AND INCONVENIENT, BUT THEY ALSO DISCOURAGE PATIENTS FROM STAYING ON THEIR MEDICATIONS, WHICH CAN WORSEN HEALTH OUTCOMES AND INCREASE HEALTHCARE COSTS FOR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. FINDING AFFORDABLE, SAFE, AND EASY-TO-USE ALTERNATIVES IS A CRITICAL NEED.THIS PROJECT

ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY BEEBE HEBER SPRINGS CAMPUS STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROJECT SERVES THOSE LOW-INCOME, FIRST-GENERATION, OR STUDENTS WITH A DISABILITY WHO HAVE THE MOST ACADEMIC NEED.

TO DOCUMENT THE ECONOMICS AND PROFITABILITY OF COVER CROPS AND SOILHEALTH MANAGEMENT IN THE ARKANSAS DELTA AND INCREASE PRODUCER UNDERSTANDING OF THE ECONOMICS AND PROFITABILITY OF COVER CROPS AND SOIL HEALTH MANAGEMENT IN ARKANSAS