Mississippi State University

2026–2029 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: FIRE-MODEL: Impacts of rapid shifts of moisture availability on regional landscapes, forest hydrology and flammability

Courtney Siegert · Mississippi State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$313.7kFire effects on ecosystems

2026–2030 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: Using AI-powered Non-lethal Sampling to Inform Evidence-based Forest Management Practices and Enhance Pollinator Conservation

Christine Fortuin · Mississippi State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$797.8k

2026 · facilities

NX School 2026

Donald Walko · Mississippi State University · funded by U.S. Department of Energy

2026 · grant · National Leadership Grants - Museums

National Leadership Grants - Museums — Mississippi State University (FY2026)

Mississippi State University · funded by Institute of Museum and Library Services

$679.3k

2026–2031 · grant · Experimental Physics Investigators

Benjamin Crider, Experimental Physics Investigator

Benjamin Crider · Mississippi State University · funded by Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

$1.3M

2025–2026 · grant · PROJECT GRANT (B)

MICROSCOPIC AND MOLECULAR INSIGHTS INTO THE PLASMA TRANSPORT AT THE LOW TEMPERATURE PLASMA -LIQUID INTERFACE USING OPTICAL TRAPPING SINGLE DROPLETS IN PLASMA

Mississippi State University · funded by Office of Science

$567.4k

2025–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

POSE: Phase I: LOCI Software Consortium

Shanti Bhushan · Mississippi State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$318.7k

2025–2030 · grant · Standard Grant

NRT: Smart Agriculture Energy Innovation Network: Building the Workforce for Sustainable Rural Energy Communities

Tonya Stone · Mississippi State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$3M

2025–2030 · grant · Standard Grant

CAREER: Constructing Schematic Maps for Construction Robots in Highly Dynamic Environments

Jingdao Chen · Mississippi State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$510.5kInnovations in Concrete and Construction Materials

2025–2030 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: PACSP TOOLS:Identifying unique genotypic and phenotypic characteristics of Gulf Coast canids to revive genomic variation in the endangered red wolf

Dana Morin · Mississippi State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$251.6k

2025–2031 · grant · Standard Grant

Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program Track 2 Project: Mississippi Teacher Residency for STEM Critical Shortage Areas

Michelle Stubbs · Mississippi State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$1.8M

2025–2029 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: FMitF: Track I: Specification-Guided Multiagent Reinforcement Learning

Chuangchuang Sun · Mississippi State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$450kReinforcement Learning in Robotics

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

REU Site: Cybersecurity in Emerging Technologies

Charan Gudla · Mississippi State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$468.2k

2025 · grant · Standard Grant

Planning: ERISE: Increasing Mississippi’s Research Capacity in Autonomous Agricultural Machines for Food Security and Upskilling Farm Work

John Thomasson · Mississippi State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$100k

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

MRI: Track 1 Development of Machine-Learning Assisted Continuous Fiber Deposition for Multi-Material Additive Manufacturing

Wenbo Liu · Mississippi State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$582.3k

2025–2028 · grant · Continuing Grant

REU Site: Environmental Focus in Food, Energy and Water Security

Todd Mlsna · Mississippi State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$447k

2025 · grant · Standard Grant

Internet Search Effects on Learning and Cognitive Style

Julia Soares · Mississippi State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$260.4kLearning Styles and Cognitive Differences

2025–2028 · grant · Continuing Grant

Equipment: MRI: Track 1 Acquisition of a High-Resolution Scanning Electron Microscope to Enhance Advanced Materials Research and Training in the State of Mississippi

Santanu Kundu · Mississippi State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$363.2k

2025

Streamlining Development of the Brief Vulnerability Overview Tool (BVOT) and Assessing the BVOT's Impact on Tailored Messaging

Daphne Ladue · Mississippi State University · funded by NOAA Weather Program Office

$485.1k

2025–2030 · grant · Standard Grant

CAREER: Rational Engineering of Efficient, Transparent, and Broadband LEDs from Low-Dimensional Ternary Copper Halides

Mahesh Kumar Gangishetty · Mississippi State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$550k

2025–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

POSE: Phase I: Mississippi State University (MSU) Autonomous Vehicle Simulator (MAVS) Software Foundation

Christopher Goodin · Mississippi State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$259.2k

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Beginnings: XAI: EXperiential Learning in AI/ML for Future Innovators

Vini Chaudhary · Mississippi State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$1,000k

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Nuclear Properties Using Continuum and Lattice Effective Field Theories

Gautam Rupak · Mississippi State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$270k

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

SCC-IRG: Resilient and Affordable Housing for Rural Communities

Nazanin Tajik · Mississippi State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$1.3M

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: Innovating Decision Aids for Sheltering for Natural Hazard Risks

Nazanin Tajik · Mississippi State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$191.6k

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Understanding the Effects of Electric Field on Polyelectrolytes

Santanu Kundu · Mississippi State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$399.6k

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Effect of Molecular Confinement and Solvation on Diffusion and Reaction Kinetics in Zeolite Nanopores

Neeraj Rai · Mississippi State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$299.7k

2025–2030 · grant · Continuing Grant

CAREER: From Fragmentation to Integration: Advancing Cross-Graph Dynamics in Interdependent Networks

Zhiqian Chen · Mississippi State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$314.3k

2025–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

Conference: 2025 NSF CyberTraining/SCIPE Principal Investigator (PI) Meeting

Neeraj Rai · Mississippi State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$134.1k

2025–2030 · cooperative agreement · U19

Strengthening Mississippi’s Integrated Food Safety System by Enhancing Chemical Testing Capabilities

Erika Danielle Womack Peoples · Mississippi State University · funded by U.S. Food and Drug Administration

$250k

2025–2028 · research · R15

Approaches to heterocyclic rich anti-microbial natural products

Carl Lovely · Mississippi State University · funded by National Institutes of Health

$528.6k

2025–2026 · cooperative agreement · U18

Integra ASSIST PLUS Pipette workstation to Enhance Sample Throughput and Workflow Efficiency

Lifang Yan · Mississippi State University · funded by U.S. Food and Drug Administration

$40.1k

2024–2025 · grant · Standard Grant

Conference: 33rd Cumberland Conference

Vaidyanathan Sivaraman · Mississippi State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$27k

2024–2027 · grant · Standard Grant

REU Site: Intelligent Edge Computing Systems

Samee Khan · Mississippi State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$333.6k

2024–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

I-Corps: Translation Potential of an Automated Handling and Feeding Technology for Skewering Operations in Kebab Production

Wenbo Liu · Mississippi State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$50k

2024–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

ERI: Progressive Formation and Collapse Mechanisms of Sinkholes Caused by Defective Buried Pipes

Fei Wang · Mississippi State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$168.4kKarst Systems and Hydrogeology

2024–2029 · grant · Standard Grant

CAREER: Chest Vibrations as Markers of Critical Congenital Heart Defects: Characterization, Genesis, and Clinical Significance

Amirtaha Taebi · Mississippi State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$600k

2024–2029 · grant · Continuing Grant

CAREER: The Effect of Trial-Level Lexical Entropy on Language Processing

Hossein Karimi · Mississippi State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$484.1k

2024–2029 · grant · Continuing Grant

CAREER: Leveraging Virtual Reality (VR) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Maximize Skill Transfer in Human-Robot Interaction and Collaboration (HRI/C) for Advanced Construction

Jun Wang · Mississippi State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$557.4k

2024–2025 · grant · Standard Grant

I-Corps: Translation Potential of a Kinetic Fluorogenic Technology for Rapid Chemical and Biological Testing

Dongmao Zhang · Mississippi State University · funded by National Science Foundation

$50k