Tennessee State University

2025–2027 · grant · PROJECT GRANT (B)

INITIATIVES TO GROW NEW INNOVATE TALENT TO ENABLE FUSION ENERGY (IGNITE FUSION ENERGY)

Tennessee State University · funded by Office of Science

$663.9k

2025–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

CISE MSI: RPP: IIS: Deep Clustering of Unlabeled Tabular Data for Transfer Learning in Heterogeneous Feature Space

Manar Samad · Tennessee State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$200k

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Targeted Infusion Project: Infusing Computational Fluid Dynamics into Mechanical and Architectural Engineering Curricula through an Integrated Multimodal Learning Framework

Zufen Wang · Tennessee State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$400k

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Excellence in Research: Artificial Intelligence-Driven Learning Analytics to Predict Student Performance in STEM Education at Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Jing Yan · Tennessee State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$600k

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Excellence in Research: Enhancing Thermal Transport in Polymers via Phonon Polaritons

Richard Mu · Tennessee State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$956.7k

2025–2026 · cooperative agreement · U54

PILOT PROJECT - RSK Inhibition as a Targeted Therapy for Basal-Like Breast Cancer Pilot Project

Quincy Antoine Quick · Tennessee State University · funded by National Institutes of Health

2025–2026 · cooperative agreement · U54

FULL PROJECT 1 - Circulating Immune Cell Profiles, Immune Biomarkers and Lung Cancer Risk

Quincy Antoine Quick · Tennessee State University · funded by National Institutes of Health

2024–2027 · grant · Continuing Grant

Collaborative Research: Ideas Lab: Panoramic Institutional Assessments: A Playbook for Advancing Research Capacity

Xiaofei Wang · Tennessee State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$436.5k

2024–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

Catalyst Research on Broadening Participation in STEM Project: Application of AR/VR Technology Based on Project-oriented CDIO Approach to Enhance STEM Education in HBCUs

Shihui Liu · Tennessee State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$175k

2024 · grant · Higher Education

Higher Education - Tennessee State University (2024)

Bharat Pokharel · Tennessee State University · funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

$250k

2024–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

I-Corps: Translation Potential of Bacterial Endophytes for Growth Promotion and Disease Management in Organic Vegetable Production

Margaret Mmbaga · Tennessee State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$50kPlant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity

2024–2027 · grant · Continuing Grant

Collaborative Research: Ideas Lab: The HBCU Ujima Collective: Building Research Capacity at HBCUs through a Grow Your Own Research Corps Model

Lin Li · Tennessee State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$580k

2024–2030 · grant · Continuing Grant

Tennessee State University - Fisk - Illinois Partnership for Research and Education in Materials

Richard Mu · Tennessee State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$2.2M

2024–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

Planning grant Increasing geoscience graduate students in Tennessee's flagship state university

Reginald Archer · Tennessee State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$240k

2024–2029 · research · R25

AGTC: Attaining Genomics Talent Cloud through Undergraduate Research Education

Kimberly Ann Cooney · Tennessee State University · funded by National Institutes of Health

$123k

2024–2027 · grant · Standard Grant

Excellence in Research: Mechanism of plant-bacterial interactions in bacterial wilt pathosystem

Korsi Dumenyo · Tennessee State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$836.1kPlant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies

2024–2027 · cooperative agreement · UC2

Tennessee State University Needs Assessment and Five Pillar Strategic Action Plan

Quincy Antoine Quick · Tennessee State University · funded by National Institutes of Health

$155.2k

2024–2027 · grant · Standard Grant

Research Initiation Award: Deciphering Multi-scale Mechanisms governing the Chemo-mechanical behavior of Crosslinked Polymers

Ranganathan Parthasarathy · Tennessee State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$303.1k

2024–2027 · grant · Standard Grant

EXCELLENCE-IN-RESEARCH: FATE AND TRANSPORT OF EMERGING PFASS-F-53B AND GENX IN SOIL

Lin Li · Tennessee State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$600kPer- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research

2024–2028 · research · R16

Effect of TRB3 and Leucine Supplement on Beige Fat Formation

Ho-Jin Koh · Tennessee State University · funded by National Institutes of Health

$142kAdipose Tissue and Metabolism

2024–2027 · grant · Continuing Grant

CREST HBCU-RISE: Advancing Theoretical Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure for Modern Data Science Challenges

Ali Sekmen · Tennessee State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$813.4k

2024–2028 · research · R16

Effect of TRB3 and Leucine Supplement on Beige Fat Formation

Ho-Jin Koh · Tennessee State University · funded by National Institutes of Health

$142k

2024–2026 · contract · N01

SEER RESEARCH SUPPORT REGISTRIES PROGRAM AND LINKAGES AND DATA MANAGEMENT SUPPORT

Martin Whiteside · Tennessee State University · funded by National Institutes of Health

$55.6k

2024–2027 · cooperative agreement · UC2

Tennessee State University Needs Assessment and Five Pillar Strategic Action Plan

Quincy Antoine Quick · Tennessee State University · funded by National Institutes of Health

$339.8k

2023–2026 · grant · Continuing Grant

Broadening Participation Research: Understanding faculty attitudes, competency, and perceptions of providing career advising to African American STEM students at HBCUs

Marie Hammond · Tennessee State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$350kCareer Development and Diversity

2023–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

BRC-BIO: Bioconversion of Food Waste with Non-model Organisms

Joshua Ohair · Tennessee State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$502.8k

2023–2024 · contract · N01

SEER RESEARCH SUPPORT REGISTRIES PROGRAM LINKAGES AND DATA MANAGEMENT SUPPORT

Martin Whiteside · Tennessee State University · funded by National Institutes of Health

$49.5k

2023–2025 · grant · Standard Grant

Planning: Energy-harvesting Concrete Batteries for Smart Buildings and Cities

Shihui Liu · Tennessee State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$99.2k

2023–2025 · grant · Continuing Grant

Implementation Project: Enhancement of CUREs-based Curriculum and Immersive Engineering Studio to Enhance Engineering Education and Retention of Underrepresented Engineers at TSU

Lin Li · Tennessee State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$1.8M

2023–2025 · grant · Standard Grant

Planning: Excellence in Research: Extending the impact of research using Social Cognitive Career Theory through meta-analysis and systematic review

Marie Hammond · Tennessee State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$100k

2023–2026 · grant · PROJECT GRANT (B)

PARTNERING TO IMPROVE DIVERSITY IN THE FUSION WORKFORCE

Tennessee State University · funded by Office of Science

$309k

2023–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research:CISE-MSI:RCBP-RF:CNS:Orchestration of Network Slicing for 5G-Enabled IoT Devices Using Reinforcement Learning

Sagnika Ghosh · Tennessee State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$120k

2023–2024 · grant · Standard Grant

Planning: Integrating Distributed Energy Resources with Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings for Net Zero Energy and Community Resilience

Sagnika Ghosh · Tennessee State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$100k

2023–2025 · research · Education

Hewlett Education — Tennessee State University

Tennessee State University · funded by William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

$1M

2023–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

Excellence in Research: 2D Heterostructure Materials Based CRISPR Sensors for Detection of Salmonella and its serotypes

Ali Taheri · Tennessee State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$588.3k

2023–2027 · cooperative agreement · U2F

Development and Maintenance of Human and Animal Food Rapid Response Teams

Katie Garman · Tennessee State University · funded by U.S. Food and Drug Administration

$150k

2022–2027 · training · T34

U-RISE at Tennessee State University

Margaret M Whalen · Tennessee State University · funded by National Institutes of Health

$268.4k

2022–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: CISE-MSI: DP: CPS: Cyber Resilient 5G Enabled Virtual Power System for Growing Power Demand

Sagnika Ghosh · Tennessee State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$191.6k

2022–2025 · training · T34

U-RISE at Tennessee State University

Margaret M Whalen · Tennessee State University · funded by National Institutes of Health

$268.4k

2022–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

Excellence in Research of dietary blueberry delays aging and reverses aging-induced physical dysfunctions by regulating PPAR pathway

Hongwei Si · Tennessee State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$709.2k