Success Stories

Mississippi State University has named Christian Wolf as the new head of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, bringing more than two decades of teaching, research and leadership experience to the university’s College of Arts and Sciences.

The National Institutes of Health has renewed a five-year grant for $5.75 million for the Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, one of only eight such centers in the nation.

Montana Technological University has secured a $7.5 million grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish the Center for Energy Technologies (CET), a new research hub focused on energy systems. Funding for the project, which begins September 1, 2025, was secured through a highly competitive NSF grant. The five-year award is part of the EPSCoR Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) Phase I program.

University of Nebraska–Lincoln researchers will continue their pursuit of novel two-dimensional materials with the aid of a new $1.8 million grant through the National Science Foundation’s EPSCoR program.

What do the Center for High Technology Materials (CHTM) and Explora Science Center have in common? More than you think.

Mohammad Khajenejad, Ph.D., assistant professor of mechanical engineering and electrical and computer engineering, has secured a U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) grant for his project titled “Combining Guaranteed Privacy and Resiliency in Dynamic Cyber-Physical Systems.”

Twenty-five years ago, University of Kansas Medical Center was chosen as the lead institution in Kansas for a statewide effort to support networks focusing on biomedical research. Today the Kansas Idea Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (K-INBRE) celebrates a strong history of collaboration with 10 universities across two states, all working together to shape the future of medical research. To date, K-INBRE has received more than $93 million in federal grants.

West Liberty University is completing $9.5 million worth of improvements on multiple campus facilities as the summer winds down. Projects include new HVAC in several buildings, new windows and doors across campus, and new academic facilities to promote experiential learning and community impact.

The Mississippi IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (Mississippi INBRE), in partnership with the Mississippi Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), co-hosted the fourth annual Mississippi IDeA/EPSCoR Conference (MIEC25) on July 24 at the Ole Miss Student Union. The event drew more than 350 attendees and featured over 190 oral and poster presentations.

NASA has selected Troy Sierra JV, LLC of Huntsville, Alabama, to provide engineering, research, and scientific support at the agency’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland.