FY2025 EHHD Grant Activity Summary

 

College of Education, Health and Human Development FY2024 Expenditures

(Expenditure numbers provided by MSU Office of Sponsored Programs)

Academic Unit Expenditures
College of EHHD (as a separate unit) $198,083
Department of Education $1,935,648
   
Department of Health & Human Development (combined) $4,814,867
   

TOTAL FULL COLLEGE

$6,948,598

 

 
FY2025 EHHD Grant SUBMISSIONS by Unit Principal Investigators/Project Directors
Academic Unit Submitted $
FY2025 EHHD-PI Led Grant Submissions  
College of Education, Health & Human Development * $4,273,000
Department of Education  * $6,783,542
Department of Counseling * $1,321,234
Department of Food Systems, Nutrition & Kinesiology * $4,413,742
Department of Human Development & Community Health * $2,867,428
* includes only grants in which EHHD PIs led the grant  
   
FY2025 Collaborative Grant Submissions  
College of Education, Health & Human Development ** $4,273,000
Department of Education ** $8,748,049
Department of Counseling ** $1,321,234
Department of Food Systems, Nutrition & Kinesiology ** $4,413,742
Department of Human Development & Community Health ** $2,920,327
 **includes partnerships where another department's faculty or another institution leads the grant  

 

 

 

 
FY2025 EHHD Grant AWARDS by Unit Principal Investigators/Project Directors*
Academic Unit $ Awarded *
College of Education, Health & Human Development $178,000
Department of Education $2,328,812
Department of Counseling

$4,000

Department of Food Systems, Nutrition & Kinesiology

$2,104,171

Department of Human Development & Community Health

$2,183,300

*total award dollars for proposals submitted in FY25; includes only grants in which EHHD PIs led the grant

 
FY2025 EHHD Collaborative Grant Awards including PIs in Other Units**
Academic Unit
$ Awarded **
College of Education, Health & Human Development
$178,000
Department of Education
$2,388,812
Department of Counseling
$4,000
Department of Food Systems, Nutrition & Kinesiology
$2,104,171
Department of Human Development & Community Health
$2,183,300

**total award dollars for proposals submitted in FY25; includes partnerships where another department's faculty or another institution leads the grant

 
FY2025 EHHD-Led and Collaborative Grants Success Rate
Academic Unit
Percentage Success
Department of Education **
42%
Department of Counseling **
33%
Department of Food Systems, Nutrition & Kinesiology **
46%
Department of Human Development & Community Health **
42%

**proposals submitted in FY2025, including partnerships.

 

FY2025 Submitted Grants that Remain Pending**

Academic Unit

$ Still Pending (7/1/25)

College of Education, Health & Human Development **
$4,095,000
Department of Education **
$3,564,622
Department of Counseling **
$1,317,234
Department of Food Systems, Nutrition & Kinesiology **
$1,436,404
Department of Human Development & Community Health **
$581,107
**proposals submitted in FY25; includes funds proposed through another department or agency

 

 

Current Grants 

Includes funds awarded to PIs through another department and submitted in a prior FY

College of EHHD (as a separate Unit) - Currently Funded Projects

Principal Investigator & Partners Funding Agency Grant Title Start/End Dates &
Total Award
Bird, Elizabeth with Mr. Robbie Magnan (PD), Fort Peck Tribes Fish & Game Director and Michael Everts, MSU School of Architecture Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Trail Stewardship program Pté Bahá Ocą́gu [Nakona - Buffalo Hills] Wamákha?kaŋ?kaŋ [Dakota - All that move on the land] (Buffalo Connections Trail) 6/1/23 - 10/15/26
$75,000
Bird, Elizabeth with Mr. Robbie Magnan (PD), Fort Peck Tribes Fish & Game Director, Suzi Taylor, MSU SMRC and Michael Everts, MSU School of Architecture National Fish &
Wildlife Foundation

Fort Peck Buffalo Program (MT) – Northern Plains Bison Range Conservation Improvements via Improved Fencing, Technician Skill & Enhanced Forage Quality; Community Access via an Attractive Walking Trail; and Workforce & Economic Development via Public Education Programming and Tourist Access

2/1/24 - 1/31/28
$1,030,259
Collins, Julian US Dept of Education MSU-Bozeman TRIO Student Support Services 9/1/20 - 8/31/24
$1,330,392
Johnston, Betsy MSU/OIP International Seed Grant Travel to Tunisia to conduct an exploratory visit to plan for a NEW short-term faculty-led study abroad program 12/11/2024- 12/11/2025
$3000
Meyer, Joshua US Dept of Education MSU-Bozeman McNair Student Support Services 10/1/23 - 9/30/28
$484,580
Seifert, Tricia Montana State GEAR-UP Program  Games for Learning Gains 2/8/25 - 2/7/32
$175,000
Spence, Mackenzie  Council for Opportunity in Education (COE) and First-Gen Forward 2024 Montana State University First-Generation College Celebration Grant 9/1/24 - 8/31/25
$1,000
       

 

 

COLLEGE of EHHD UNIT TOTAL CURRENT GRANT FUNDING

$3,099,231

 

 

Department of Education - Currently Funded Projects

Principal Investigator & Partners
Funding Agency
Grant Title
Start/End Dates &
Total Award
 
 
 
 
Davis, Lauren with Molly Cashion, Rebecca Turk and Sarah Wilson
MT OPI
Strategic Pathway Design and Implementation in Support of Montana Teacher Residency Program
7/1/25 - 6/30/26
$100,000
Downey, Jayne
MSU Faculty Excellence
Preparing and Sustaining the Next Generation of Rural Educators
7/1/25 - 6/30/26
$5000
Downey, Jayne; with Jenny Luebeck, Math
Margaret A. Cargill Foundation
Resolving the Rural Teacher Shortage in Montana 2023 (ASPIRE) Renewal
1/1/24 -
6/30/26
$2,500,000
Downey, Jane and Kelley Edwards
USDA-NIFA Rural Health & Safety Education
Cultivating Youth Mental Health in Rural and Reservation Communities
9/1/23 - 8/31/26
$240,444
Downey, Jayne; Kelley Edwards
Bozeman Deaconess Health
Bozeman Health YAM (Youth Aware of Mental Health)
9/1/21 - 6/30/26
$60,000
Downey, Jayne
Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies
Planning for the Center for Research on Rural Education Space Transformation
3/1/25 - 8/31/25
$150,000
Downey, Jayne
Helena Public Schools
Youth Aware of Mental Health Program in Helena
9//1/19 - 6/30/26
$97,996
Downey, Jayne with Nick Lux
Rural Schools Collaborative
Rural Teacher Recruitment and Community Connection Toolkit
5/1/25 - 6/30/27
$40,000
Downey, Jayne
National Alliance on Mental Illness
Youth Aware of Mental Health
9/1/24 - 8/31/26
$209,995
 
 
 
 
Downey, Jayne
MT Office of Public Instruction
Mentoring for Montana's Teachers
9/27/24 to 6/30/27
$1,405,245
 
 
 
 
Elfreich, Alycia and Leslie Rogers
MSU - Scholarship & Creativity
Exploring Inclusive Practices: Relationship Building and Asset Exploration in Rural K-12 Schools and an Institute of Higher Education
5/15/24 - 6/30/25
$8,248
Hancock, Hailey
Library of Congress
Indian Education for All and the Library of Congress: Uplifting Montana’s Constitutional Commitments
10/1/2024 – 9/30/2025
$99,291
Hancock, Hailey
Humanities Montana
History Day for All in Montana
10/1/24 - 7/31/25
$9,959
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hughes, Bryce with PI. Stephanie Wettstein (Chem/Bio Engineering)
Kern Family Foundation
Accelerating Development an Entrepreneurial Mindset Ecosystem Using Faculty Development and Outcomes Based Research
8/31/27
$598,000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Luo, Fenqjen [with Suzi Taylor/SMRC,  Paul Gannon (Chemical and Biological Engineering); Jiong Qiu (Physics)]
NSF-EHR - Division Of Undergraduate Education (DUE); Noyce
Rural and American Indian School Educators as Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Leaders
6/1/2024 - 5/31/2029
$2,997,472
Rogers, Leslie with Carolyn Long
MSU Faculty Excellence
Laying the Foundation: Exploring Education Innovation Centers to Inform an MSU Model
7/1/25 - 6/30/26
$5000
Rogers, Leslie with Nadya Modyanova, (MIE), Marcie Reuer, Mosey Hardin et al.
MSU/ORD/Research Collaborative Grant
Meeting students where they are: Discovering and testing neuro-inclusive approaches to STEM education
1/15/25 - 1/14/26
$60,000
Rogers, Leslie
Montana INBRE Technology Access Grants
Statistical Analysis of Longitudinal Data on School-Home Communication and Evidence-Based Practices
4/1/25 - 3/31/26
$4,000
 
 
 
 
Seifert, Tricia
MT Office of Public Instruction
Tribal Colleges' Enrollment During COVID
3/7/22 - 2/28/26
$229,564
 
 
 
 
Seifert, Tricia with Nick Lux and Paul Gannon (CBE)
OPI Extended/Expanded Learning Opportunity
Language Games for English Gains
1/1/24 - 8/31/25
$25,000
Stanton, Christine with Marcie Reuer
MSU Outreach & Engagement
Youth Knowledge Carriers: Blackfeet High School Students Teaching, Learning, and Leading 
7/1/25 - 6/30/26
$8,000
Stanton, Christine with Jayne Downey
Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies
Educator Development with Indigenous Nations of Montana Amskaapi Piikani Pilot
7/1/25 - 6/30/28
$500,000
Taylor, Suzanne with Yves Idzerda (Physics PI)
Air Force Research Lab
Applied Quantum CORE (Workforce Development)
9/1/23 - 8/31/26
$1,875,959
Taylor, Suzi with Nicholas Lux, Jeannie Chips
Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFSR)
Geospatial Skills Camp for Rural Montana Youth
9/1/24 - 9/30/27
$450,000
Taylor, Suzi and partners
NASA Science Action Award
Aerokats and Rovers Education Network
3/1/2021 - 2/28/2026
$135,000
Taylor, Suzanne with Nika Stoop (MSU_CFE) & Nicole Motzer (MSU_ORD)
NSF via Rutgers University
Implementation and Evaluation of the ARIS Broader Impacts Toolkit
3/20/23 - 9/30/25
$25,011
Taylor Suzi with PI Robert Walker (Chemistry)
NSF/EPSCoR
IMERSS/SMARTFireS Education/Workforce
8/1/23 - 7/31/28
$733,700
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Windchief, Sweeney with PI Sarah Morris (Mech & Industrial Engineering)
NSF
Engineering Perspectives and Indigenizing Curriculum (EPIC) 
8/1/24 - 7/31/27
$399,930
Windchief, Sweeney with PI Craig Ogilvie (Grad School), MSU President Waded Cruzado and Paul Gannon (CBE)
National Science Foundation
LSAMP BD: Montana State University All Nations Alliance
7/1/23 - 6/30/26
$1,075,000
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TOTAL CURRENT GRANTS
$14,723,239

 

Formerly combined as Department of Health & Human Development:

Department of Counseling - Currently Funded Projects

Principal Investigator & Partners
Funding Agency
Grant Title
Start/End Dates &
Total Award
 
 
 
 
Dunbar, Ed
MSU/CFE Instructional Innov ation
Integrating AI into Online Addictions Counseling Training Program
7/1/25 - 6/30/26
$4,000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Koltz, Rebecca with Jayne Downey
US Dept of Ed Mental Health PD via UMT
Rural School Mental Health Prepare In Place (RSMHP2): Reaching High Needs Montana 
7/1/24 - 6/30/29
$1,284,402
Koltz, Rebecca with Jayne Downey, Katey Franklin
US Dept of Education
Rural Mental Health Preparation Practice Pathway Partnership (RMHP4): Expanding a Model to Prepare Rural School-Based Mental Health Service Providers
4/1/23 - 12/31/27
$4,168,528
DEPARTMENT OF COUNSELING TOTAL CURRENT GRANTS
$5,456,930


Department of Food Systems, Nutrition & Kinesiology - Currently Funded Projects

Principal Investigator & Partners Funding Agency Grant Title Start/End Dates &
Total Award
       
       
Ebel, Roland WSARE Professional/Producer Grant Purslane, a novel self-growing vegetable for the Montana food system  5/1/25 - 4/30/28
$85,000
Ebel, Roland with PI Zach Miller (MSU-WARC) Montana Department of Agriculture  Increasing profitability of organic vegetable farms through improved integrated weed management 10/1/2022 - 9/30/2025
$335,330
Grossenbacher, Jenny with Barb Watson US EPA - P2 program Closing the Loop: Innovations in Pollution Prevention for the Food and Beverage Manufacturing Industry 1/6/25 - 1/4/27
$406,882
Grossenbacher, Jenny with Barb Watson US EPA - P2 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Bridging Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Pollution Prevention for Sustainable Solutions 1/6/25 - 1/4/27
$327,381
       
       
Kuo, Wan-Yuan Montana Department of Agriculture RFBC contract –product development and testing to support Montana businesses (meat and poultry)  1/1/24 - 5/25/27
$72,687
       
       
Kuo, Wan-Yuan Montana Dept of Ag 2023 Montana RFSI contract - product development and testing to support Montana businesses (non-meat/poultry)  1/1/24 - 5/25/27
$210,647
       
Kuo, Wan-Yuan with Jenny Grossenbacher and Barb Watson (Pollution Prevention Program) US EPA Montana Pollution Prevention Program: Technical Assistance for the Food & Beverage Manufacturing Industry and Environmental Justice Through Integration of Traditional Ecological Knowledge With Existing P2 Framework to Advance TEK in Federal Decision Making 10/01/22 - 9/30/25
$349,977
       
Kuo, Wan-Yuan with Sophia Seffrood USDA/NIFA Research Facilities Act Program Extrusion Facility Renovations To Advance Underutilized Crops In Mountain States 10/1/24 - 9/30/27
$119,847
       
       
       
Kuo, Wan-Yuan with Sophia Seffrood Montana Dept of Ag / SCBG Expanding value-added product innovation capacity and offering extrusion training for specialty crop stakeholders 9/30/23 - 9/29/26
$373,637
       
Miles, Mary Cotton Incorporated Investigating the potential anti-inflammatory benefits of a cotton seed oil-rich diet 2/16/22 - 12/31/25
$406,938
       
Miles, Mary USDA/AFRI & Pulse Association Therapeutic Impacts of Dietary Pulses on Serum Bile Acids 2/1/2021 - 1/31/26
$294,000
       
       
Miles, Mary; with Zach Miller (Western Ag Rsch Ctr); Brian Bothner (Chem/Biochem); Seth Walk (Microbiology); Carl Yeoman (Animal & Range Science) USDA NIFA AFRI PARTNERSHIP: Elucidating Gut Microbiota-dependent Health Impacts of Haskap Berries to Inform Agricultural Production Practices that will Maximize Bioactive Potential  6/1/24 - 5/31/29
$800,000
       
Ramaker, Jill USDA/FSA via Piikani Lodge Health Institute The New Golden Triangle: A Bold Vision to Advance the Tribal Agriculture Economy in the Upper Great Plains 1/1/2024 - 12/31/2028
$529,756
Ramaker, Jill with Roland Ebel USDA via NHS Tribal College Calling People Back to the Land - Intergenerational Knowledge Network & Curriculum for Indigenous Food Sovereignty 6/1/23 -5/31/28
$2,174,281
Ramaker, Jill Mellon Foundation Buffalo Nations Foodways - Recovering Cultural Knowledge through Reconnecting to  Foodways and Place in the Buffalo Nations Biocultural Region 12/1/24 - 11/30/26
$500,000
Routh, Brianna MT DPHHS Families First and Kinship Evaluation 07/01/26 - 06/30/26
$99,915
Routh, Brianna with Dawn Tarabochia USDA- NIFA via Missoula CFAC GusNIP Produce Prescription Program 9/15/22-9/14/25
$82,500
Seffrood, Sophia MDA/MT Pulse Crop Committee Equipping Montana Pulse Stakeholders with Market Readiness Skills for Extruded Food and Feed Products 7/1/25 - 6/30/26
$87,723
Seffrood, Sophia MSU/OIP International Seed Grant Site Visit to Cape Peninsula University of Technology 12/11/2024- 12/11/2025
$3000
Stagg, Jay USDA via MT-OPI Foraging the 406 7/1/24 - 6/30/26
$291,608
Stagg, Jay USDA via OPI Farm to School Formula Subgrant 2/15/23 - 11/30/26
$190,399
Stenberg, Molly with Kate Huston MSU Outreach & Engagement Expanding Peer Education to School Food Service Directors in Rural Montana Schools 7/1/25 - 6/30/26
$7,961
Stenberg, Molly with Jay Stagg, Wenhao Zhang USDA/FNS via MT-OPI 2024 USDA Team Nutrition Training Grants for Meal Pattern Modernization and Retention and Mentorship Opportunities 9/15/24 - 9/30/27
$774,680
Stenberg, Molly with Dawn Tarabochia MT OPI MT Team Nutrition for School Nutrition and Farm to School Support 10/1/23 - 9/30/25
$150,000
Stenberg, Molly Novo Nordisk via Northeast Washington Educational Service District  School Food Service Peer Mentoring Expansion in Montana  9/1/24 - 12/31/25
$161,000
Tomayko, Emily with PI Alex Adams (CAIRHE) Cancer Control Research in Persistent Poverty Areas NIH/NCI through U. Utah Delivery of Turtle Island Tales to Promote Family Wellness
(Part of "HOPE and CAIRHE 2gether (HC2)")
5/1/23 - 4/30/28
$1,280,643
Whittier, Tyler Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program Bayesian inference as a way of understanding sensorimotor deficits resulting from ACL Injury 3/1/25 - 11/30/27
$193,133
Zhang, Wenhao USDA - HEC via U.TN Development of the Certificate of Food Security Program, Modeling Food4Vols, a Food Upcycling Program on the College Campus 10/1/23 - 9/30/26
$200,395

DEPARTMENT OF FOOD SYSTEMS, NUTRITION & KINESIOLOGY

TOTAL CURRENT GRANTS


$10,584,630

 

 

Department of Human Development & Community Health -
Currently Funded Projects

Principal Investigator & Partners Funding Agency Grant Title Start/End Dates &
Total Award
       
      9/30/2025
$1,099,236
Brennan, Alison USDA via University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Farm Stress Training for Farm Service Agency: Continuing Training 9/1/24 - 7/31/26
$63,899
       
       
Forrester, Taylor MT  DPHHS Early Care and Education Career Development 10/1/24 - 9/30/25
$1,099,236
Grocke, Michelle with PI Laura Balis (PIRE) NIH via Center for Nutrition and Health Impact Built environment approaches to physical activity: testing community-driven implementation strategies 9/1/24 - 8/31/26
$75,244
Grocke, Michelle with Alison Brennan USDA via Washington State U. Supporting Montana's Agricultural Communities Through Research, Education and Outreach 9/1/24 - 8/31/26
$393,054
Koltz, Dan MT DPHHS Lifespan Respite Grant Program Montana Caregiving Respite Retreat Program 7/1/21 - 6/30/26
$510,249
Koltz, Dan with Brianna Routh MT DPHHS Montana Kinship Navigator Program 10/1/24 - 9/30/25
$171,000
Lee, Ji Hyun Alzheimers Association Social Network, Loneliness, and Cognitive Decline in Diverse Older Adults 9/01/22- 8/31/25
$119,999
Lee, Ji Hyun with U.Hawaii & U.Alaska partners Regional Alliance of INBRE networks (RAIN) Collaborative Research Project Medical Informatics to Characterize and Predict ADRD Risks in a Gender Dysphoric Population 5/1/25 - 4/30/27
$29,000
Lux, Christine (with Chris Kearns, Marianne Brough and Deidre Hodgson, Offices of Student Success and Student Engagement) U.S. Dept of Education Montana State University CCAMPIS 10/1/2022 - 9/30/2026
$1,465,032
       
       
       
Simonds, Vanessa with Mari Eggers (LRES) (NIH) University of New Mexico  Center for Native American Environmental Health Equity 4/1/24 - 3/31/26
$12,600
       
Simonds, Vanessa with PI Mari Eggers (Microbio & Immunology) & Sweeney Windchief Howard Hughes Medical Institute  IMPACT STEM Transfer: Inclusive And Meaningful Partnerships for Cultivating Transformation in STEM Transfer 11/01/22 -08/31/28 
$470,666
Simonds, Vanessa with PI Mari Eggers (Microbio & Immunology) USDA/AFRI New Beginnings Returning to Our Good Camp 9/1/21 - 4/15/26
$1,000,000
Simonds, Vanessa with PI Mari Eggers (Microbio & Immunology) USDA/NIFA Supplement Tribal College STEM Faculty Summer Institute 10/1/22 - 8/31/25
$123,425
 Simonds, Vanessa NSF-AISL Guardians of the Living Water: Advancing Informal STEM Learning in a Tribal Community 9/1/2020 - 8/31/2025
$999,417
       
Simonds, Vanessa (with Mari Eggers, Microbiology) NSF via U-MASS Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Science: Guardians of the Living Water Case Study  9/15/23 - 8/31/28
$427,111
Simonds, Vanessa with PI Diane Bimczok (Microbiology) NIH Post-Bac Research Education Program PREP MT: Providing a Research Education Pathway for Minority and Tribal Students in Montana 1/5/24 - 4/30/29
$1,990,655
       
       

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT & COMMUNITY HEALTH

TOTAL CURRENT GRANTS


$9,074,012

 

TOTAL CURRENTLY AWARDED GRANTS ALL FIVE UNITS OF COLLEGE OF EHHD                                                                                                                  $42,938,042

 

 

Pending Grants

Includes proposals submitted by PIs in another department and submitted in a prior Fiscal Year:

College of EHHD (as a separate Unit) - Pending Grants

Principal Investigator & Partners Funding Agency Grant Title Start/End Dates &
Total Award
Collins, Julian US Dept of Education 2025 TRIO-Student Support Services 9/1/25 - 8/31/30
$1,361,820
Collins, Julian with Office of Disability Services US Dept of Education 2025 TRIO - Disabilities Student Support Services 9/1/25 - 8/31/30
$1,361,820
Collins, Julian US Dept of Education 2025 TRIO - STEM Student Support Services 9/1/25 - 8/31/30
$1,361,820
COLLEGE OF EHHD (SEPARATE UNIT) TOTAL PENDING GRANTS $4,085,460


Department of Education - Pending Grants

Principal Investigator & Partners Funding Agency Grant Title Start/End Dates &
Total Award
Cummins, Jason with Bill Ruff US Dept of Education Indian Leadership Education & Development 2025 (ILEAD) 10/1/25 - 9/30/30
$1,696,396
Downey, Jayne Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies Center for Research on Rural Education Space Transformation 8/1/25 - 5/31/27
$1,000,000
Downey, Jayne with Kelley Edwards MT DPHHS Strengthening Montana Resilience: A Continued Investment in Youth Aware of Mental Health 7/1/25 - 6/30/26
$100,000
Elfreich, Aly with Jen Brown (Chemical & Biological Engineering) NSF-BCSER Building Capacity for Qualitative Study of Mentoring Relationships Between Faculty and Graduate Students in STEM 9/1/25 - 8/31/28
$349,336
       
Hughes, Bryce Spencer Foundation Exploring the Participation of LGBTQ Undergraduates in STEM 7/1/25 - 12/31/25
$25,000
Lux, Nicholas with PI Paul Gannon (Chem/Bio Engieering) and Sweeney Windchief NSF - RET Culturally Sustaining Energy and Engineering Education for Rural and Reservation Elementary Schools 6/1/25 - 5/31/28
$555,000
       
Pennington, Sarah Association for MIddle Level Education Foundation Investigation of a Successful Middle School 1/1/26 - 8/31/27
$40,000
       
       
Seifert, Tricia with Nicholas Lux, and Paul Gannon (Chem/Bio Eng) NSF-AISL Building STEM belonging through gaming: Crash Course  9/1/25 - 8/31/30
$1,999,855
       
       
       
 Taylor, Suzanne with PI Dean Adams (CAA) Air Force Research Lab Applied Quantum CORE - Education and Workforce Development 1/1/25 - 12/31/27
$1,900,000
Turk, Rebecca Spencer Foundation B.I.L.I.N.G.U.A.L. Pathways to Higher Education and Workforce Development Building Innovative Learning and Inspiring New Generations through University Advancement and Leadership for Bilingual Students and Families 10/1/25- 9/30/30
$399,623
       
Windchief, Sweeney with PI PaulGannon (Chem/Bio Engineering) NSF - Broadening Participation in Engineering Indigenous Mentoring Program in Engineering to Broaden Participation  6/1/25 - 5/31/30
$800,000
       
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TOTAL PENDING GRANTS $8,994,023


Department of Counseling - Pending Grants

Principal Investigator & Partners Funding Agency Grant Title Start/End Dates &
Total Award
       
Franklin, Katey with  Kari Finley & Bridget Hanson (MSU Center for Health & Safety Culture) and Jayne Downey Human Resources and Services Administration: HRSA Rural Communities Wellness Program 8/1/25 - 5/31/28
$1,197,234
Franklin, Katey with Bryan Lamb VOLO, PLLC Examining use of AI technology in Mental Health Counseling 8/1/25 - 7/31/26
$120,000
       
DEPARTMENT OF COUNSELING TOTAL PENDING GRANTS     $1,317,234


Department of Food Systems, Nutrition & Kinesiology - Pending Grants

Principal Investigator & Partners Funding Agency Grant Title Start/End Dates &
Total Award
Becker, Jim with Tyler Whittier and Scott Monfort, MIE, Corey Pew, MIE Murdock Charitable Trust Enhancing Scientific Rigor and Expanding Capabilities of Biomechanics Research in Montana via Markerless Motion Capture 6/1/25 - 5/31/28
$306,216
       
Ebel, Roland with Claire Luby (PSPP) MDA-Specialty Crops Block Grant Extending Vegetable Production with Leafy Green Varieties Tailored to Montana's Shoulder Seasons 09/30/2025 - 09/28/2028
$140,642
       
Grossenbacher, Jenny with Barb Watson, with Paul Gannon (Eng), Brooke Lahneman (Biz), Jordan Zignego (Arch), Paddy Fleming (MMEC) Environmental Research & Education Foundation Scalable Circular Solutions for Advancing Material Management in Non-Urban America: A Replicable Montana Model for National Impact 1/1/26 - 6/30/28
$350,000
       
Kuo, Wan-Yuan with Brad Whitaker (Computer Engineering) & Neda Nazemi (Computer Science) USDA ARS Pulse Crop Health Initiative  Artificial intelligence to optimize nutrition and biofunctionality of value-added lentils 8/1/25 - 7/31/28
$278,312
Kuo, Wan-Yuan USDA Resilient Food System Infrastucture via MDA Farm to Market product development with Montana agribusinesses  3/27/25 - 12/31/26
$10,000
Kuo, Wan-Yuan USA Dry Pea & Lentil Council Artificial intelligence to optimize flavor and sustainability marketing of lentils 8/1/25- 12/4/26
$58,759
       
       
Whitter, Tyler with James Becker, Scott Monfort & Corey Pew ( Mech'l Eng) Office of Naval Research Hybrid Markerless Motion Capture for Comprehensive Warfighter Performance Research 12/1/2025 - 11/30/2026
$443,117
       
       

DEPARTMENT OF FOOD SYSTEMS, NUTRITION & KINESIOLOGY

TOTAL PENDING GRANTS

$1,576,794


Department of Human Development & Community Health - Pending Grants

Principal Investigator & Partners Funding Agency Grant Title Start/End Dates &
Total Award
       
       
       
Rink, Elizabeth with Molly Secor & Julie Baldwin NIH Nen ŨnkUmbi/EdaHiYedo Plus (NE+): a multi-level intervention to reduce health disparities among American Indian youth 7/1/25 - 6/30/30
$408,515
Rink, Elizabeth NIMHD A Mixed Methods Syndemic Approach to Sexual Risk Behavior in American Indian Youth 7/1/25 - 6/30/27
$97,592
Rink, Beth with Molly Secor (Nursing) DHHS - Theory and Innovation Support Hub Development of Substance Use and Mental Health Logic Model for We Are Here Now 4/1/25 - 8/30/25
$75,000
       
       
       

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT & COMMUNITY HEALTH

TOTAL PENDING GRANTS


$581,107

 

TOTAL PENDING GRANTS ALL FIVE UNITS OF COLLEGE OF EHHD                                                                                                                                             $16,554,618