Peng Tian, assistant extension professor and director of the MU Plant Diagnostic Clinic, plans to use his grant to study novel virus strains in Missouri elderberries.
June 2, 2025
In May, the University of Missouri Division of Research, Innovation and Impact awarded the final round of Research Council grants for the 2024-25 academic year.
Funded researchers received these internal grants of up to $15,000 for projects and activities leading to book contracts, juried performances, art exhibits, peer-reviewed articles, the generation of pilot data for grant proposals and more. In the last five years, Mizzou has awarded $2.27 million to faculty leading 197 projects.
M. Michelle Morris, associate professor of history, received a grant earlier this year to study the Hartford, Connecticut, witchcraft trials of the 1660s. She plans to use the funds to support a research trip to Massachusetts and completion of a book proposal for Oxford University Press.
Morris says older models of university funding supported historical research with a traditional sabbatical coupled with periodic small grants that allowed historians to travel to archives and set aside time for sustained research and writing.
"The newer model, which eliminates predictable research leave, is more challenging for those in disciplines, like history, that require research travel, significant time devoted to writing and relatively few outside grant opportunities," Morris says. "In this environment, internal grant programs like the one funded by the Research Council are key resources."
Research Council grant applications will be accepted again during the fall semester. More details will be available soon. For more information, email Internal Funding staff.
Below are investigators with newly awarded Research Council grants and a list of those who won grants earlier in the 2024-25 academic year.
ARTS, HUMANITIES, SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
Assistant Professor, Religious Studies
Principal investigator
Department of Classics, Archaeology and Religion — College of Arts and Science
Associate Professor, Political Science
Principal investigator
Truman School of Government and Public Affairs — College of Arts and Science
Associate Professor, English
Principal investigator
Department of English — College of Arts and Science
Associate Professor, History
Principal investigator
Department of History — College of Arts and Science
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS
Professor, Biological Sciences
Principal investigator
Department of Biological Sciences — College of Arts and Science
Associate Professor, Natural Resources
Principal investigator
School of Natural Resources — College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
Professor, Biomedical Sciences
Principal investigator
Department of Biomedical Sciences — College of Veterinary Medicine
Chancellor’s Professor Emeritus, Animal Sciences and Biochemistry
Co-investigator
College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
Assistant Extension Professor; Director, MU Plant Diagnostic Clinic
Principal investigator
Division of Plant Science and Technology — College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Principal investigator
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering — College of Engineering
Additional funded researchers in 2024-25
ARTS, HUMANITIES, SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
| Principal investigators | College/School |
|---|---|
| Kristy Wilson Bowers, Associate Professor, History | College of Arts and Science |
| Amy Braddock, Associate Professor, Family and Community Medicine (co-investigator) | School of Medicine |
| Sarah Buchanan, Associate Professor, Information Science and Learning Technologies | College of Education and Human Development |
| Signe Cohen, Associate Professor, Religious Studies | College of Arts and Science |
| Merve Fejzula, Assistant Professor, History | College of Arts and Science |
| John Frymire, Associate Professor, History | College of Arts and Science |
| Noah Glaser, Assistant Professor, Information Science and Learning Technologies | College of Education and Human Development |
| Seth Howes, Associate Chair and Associate Professor, School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures | College of Arts and Science |
| Jennifer Hulett, Assistant Professor, Nursing | Sinclair School of Nursing |
| Ilyana Karthas, Associate Professor, History | College of Arts and Science |
| Kimberly Kimchi, Associate Clinical Professor, Health Psychology (co-investigator) | College of Health Sciences |
| Suhwon Lee, Teaching Professor, Statistics; Director, Center for Applied Statistics and Data Analysis (co-investigator) | College of Arts and Science |
| Crystal Lim, Chair and Associate Professor, Health Psychology | College of Health Sciences |
| Willie Mack, Assistant Professor, Black Studies | College of Arts and Science |
| Desireé Moore, Assistant Professor, Visual Studies | College of Arts and Science |
| M. Michelle Morris, Associate Professor, History | College of Arts and Science |
| Anne Myers, Associate Professor, English | College of Arts and Science |
| Joseph Pintz, Professor, School of Visual Studies; Director, Graduate Studies | College of Arts and Science |
| Russell Ravert, Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Science | College of Education and Human Development |
| Linda Reeder, Professor, History | College of Arts and Science |
| Susan Scott, Nurse Scientist, Office of Professional Nursing (co-investigator) | Sinclair School of Nursing |
| Brian Silvey, Professor, Music Education and Director of Bands, School of Music | College of Arts and Science |
| James van Dyke, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Visual Studies | College of Arts and Science |
| Robert Walker, Associate Professor, Anthropology | College of Arts and Science |
| Sonja Winter, Assistant Professor, Educational, School and Counseling Psychology (co-investigator) | College of Education and Human Development |
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS
| Principal investigators | College/School |
|---|---|
| Ridwan Adesola, Graduate Student, Biomedical Sciences (co-investigator) | College of Veterinary Medicine |
| Pamela Adkins, Associate Professor, Food Animal Medicine and Surgery | College of Veterinary Medicine |
| Talissa Altes, Chair and Gwilym S. and Maria Antonia Lodwick Distinguished Professor in Radiology (co-investigator) | School of Medicine |
| Shawn Bender, Associate Professor, Biomedical Sciences | College of Veterinary Medicine |
| David Beversdorf, Professor, Radiology, Neurology and Psychology; William and Nancy Thompson Endowed Chair, Radiology | School of Medicine |
| Chandrasekar Bysani, Margaret Proctor Mulligan Endowed Professor, Medical Research (co-investigator) | School of Medicine |
| Kevin Cummings, Associate Professor, Biomedical Sciences | College of Veterinary Medicine |
| Daniel Davis, Assistant Research Professor, Veterinary Pathobiology (co-investigator) | College of Veterinary Medicine |
| Hesham El-Emam, Assistant Research Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering | College of Engineering |
| Ahmed Elkilani, Postdoctoral Fellow, Civil and Environmental Engineering (co-investigator) | College of Engineering |
| Aaron Ericsson, Associate Professor, Veterinary Pathobiology (co-investigator) | College of Veterinary Medicine |
| Jorge Gomez-Gutierrez, Associate Professor, Pediatrics | School of Medicine |
| Neha Goyal, Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular Medicine (co-investigator) | School of Medicine |
| Tamara Gull, Associate Clinical Professor, Veterinary Pathobiology (co-investigator) | College of Veterinary Medicine |
| Sarah Jacquet, Assistant Professor, Geological Sciences | College of Arts and Science |
| Maddie Mueller, Graduate Student, Biomedical Sciences (co-investigator) | College of Veterinary Medicine |
| Julia Nuelle, Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery | School of Medicine |
| Md Saidur Rahman, Assistant Research Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health | School of Medicine |
| Hani Salim, Chair Engineering and Information Technology; Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering (co-investigator) | College of Engineering |
| Tara Selly, Research Assistant Professor, Geological Sciences (co-investigator) | College of Arts and Science |
| Chi-Ren Shyu, Paul K. and Dianne Shumaker Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (co-investigator) | College of Engineering |
| Changyu Sun, Assistant Professor, Radiology, Biological and Biomedical Engineering | College of Engineering |
| Lydia Tackett, Visiting Associate Professor, Geological Sciences (co-investigator) | College of Arts and Science |
| Carlos Wexler, Professor, Physics | College of Arts and Science |
| Esma Yolcu, Professor, Pediatrics (co-investigator) | School of Medicine |
| Peifen Zhu, Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | College of Engineering |