Academic Affairs Small Grant Program
The Academic Affairs Small Grants Program provides seed funding up to $5,000 for faculty research projects. Funds can be used for supplies, equipment, software, or travel expenses incurred in carrying out the research. Faculty Research Grant Committee members individually read and rank research proposals using a rubric to make funding decisions. The calls for proposals are every fall and spring semester.
Call for Academic Affairs Small Grants
The call for research grant proposals for 2024-2025 Round I opens September 1, 2024 with a deadline of September 15, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. EST. Applicants should read the guidance provided by Academic Affairs. Review the Faculty Research Grant rubric, the Creative Endeavor Grant rubric, and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Grant rubric for more information. Once the applicant has her/his materials ready to submit, please log into GeorgiaVIEW/D2L, click on the Self Registration menu option, find the Academic Affairs Small Grants Program course. Be sure to complete the self-registration for the course. Submission instructions and forms to upload your materials are in the course announcements.
For assistance, contact ctl@gcsu.edu, or call (478)445-2520
Fall 2024 Submission Timeline
Application Open: September 1, 2024 to September 15, 2024 @ 5:00 p.m. EST
Committee review of proposals: October 6, 2024
Proposal decisions submitted to Provost's office: October 7, 2024
Notification letters distributed to applicants: October 11, 2024
Award Lasts Until: May 1, 2025
Project Period: Up to one calendar year
Preliminary Reports Due by: May 1, 2025
Final Reports Due by: November 1, 2025
Submitting Preliminary Reports
Faculty who have received grants will need to submit a preliminary (six-month) Research Grant Report. This report should summarize your activities and progress toward the achievement of your research objectives and will provide information for the Faculty Research Grant committee. Acceptance of this award constitutes your agreement to have your proposal and report shared with committee members. The report should contain the following:
• Summary of results during the course of the project and how they addressed the Seed Funding program goals.
• Budget report outlining utilization of funds and details of any expenditure(s) outside the approved budget.
• Resulting publications, performances, conferences, exhibits, including titles, dates, venues, and bibliographic information.
• Progress in applying for external funding, including titles, agencies, date submitted (past and future), amounts requested, status, and awarded amount. You are encouraged to meet with Donna Douglas, Interim Director of the Office of Grants and Sponsored Projects, to identify potential funding sources.
• Recognition: awards, honors, prizes, and reviews.
Preliminary reports should be submitted through this survey link: https://bit.ly/3kTNwKY.
Submitting Final Reports
Faculty who have received grants will need to submit final reports by November 1 for Round I grants and May 1 for Round II grants. The following conditions will need to be met:
- All expenditures from this award must follow Georgia College’s e-procurement, purchasing, and travel procedures. It is your responsibility to process your travel expenses and to enter all purchase requests into the e-pro system. All computer and software purchases must be approved by IT through AskIT@gcsu.edu. Travel expense statements are to be entered into the system. You must maintain records in your research file.
- Any equipment purchased will remain the property of Georgia College. During the active life of your project, you will have priority use of this equipment.
- Any funds not encumbered or spent by May 1 (Round I) or November 1 (Round II), will be returned to the Faculty Research Grants Committee for reallocation.
- Submit a copy of the final report to OGSP(grants@gcsu.edu).
The final report template can be found here.
Academic Affairs Small Grants Program Committee Members
The following faculty members serve on the Academic Affairs Small Grants Program Committee. They spend time and effort examining each application and determining who should be funded. Their efforts help make this process stronger.
| Name | Department | Term | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angela Queen | Health Sciences | 2021-2024 | Member |
| Mariana Stoyanova | Arts & Sciences | 2022-2025 | Member |
| Jeremy Cudd | Arts & Sciences | 2022-2025 | Member |
| Mehrnaz Hedayati | Business | 2024-2027 | Member |
| John Swinton | Business | 2022-2025 | Member |
| Jo Spalding | Heath Sciences | 2022-2025 | Member |
| Kasey Karen | Arts & Sciences | 2024-2027 | Member |
| Jonathan Harwell | Library | 2022-2025 | Member |
| Stephen "Russ" Merritt | Education | 2022-2025 | Member |
| Alex Berglund | Education | 2024-2027 | Member |
| Jim Berger | Center for Teaching & Learning | Ex-officio | |
| Dana Gorzelany-Mostak | Center for Teaching & Learning | Ex-officio | |
| Kadian Leslie | Grants Office | Ex-officio |
Grant Recipients
Spring 2024 round ii recipients
| Faculty Name | Title | Award Amount | Grant Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tsu-Ming Chiang | Understanding the Effects of COVID-19 on Young Children's Social-Emotional Development to Build Tools for Emotional Coaching | $2,786.10 | FRG |
| Dominic DeSantis | Effects of roadways on seasonal movement strategies and mate location success in an imperiled pit viper (Crotalus horridus) | $4,970.00 | FRG |
| Susmita Sadhu | Early warning signals of tipping in multispecies ecological models | $5,000.00 | FRG |
| Ashley Taylor | Enhancing Social-Emotional Learning in Rural Classrooms: A Teacher-Centered Needs Analysis | $5,000.00 | FRG |
| Amy Johnson | Appalachian Anthropocene: Wayfinding with Women in Northwest Georgia | $4,915.00 | FRG |
| Jamie Downing | Mapping and Making Sense of Munich’s Dispersed WWII Monuments | $2,222.00 | FRG |
| Katie Simon | Driving While Black: Mobility, Travel, and Violence in Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find” | $3,150.00 | FRG |
| Krystal Canady | Primary Prevention of Incivility in Nursing Students | $4,262.00 | FRG |
| Matthew Forrest | Dyslexia resource support K-12 | $4,750.00 | CEG |
FRG = Faculty Research Grant, CEG = Creative Endeavor Grant, SOTL = Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Grant
Fall 2023 round i recipients
| Faculty Name | Title | Award Amount | Grant Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helen Dupree | The Body Project: An Assessment of Program Impacts on Eating Disorder Behaviors among College Students | $5,000.00 | FRG |
| Indiren Pillay | Effects of Soil Chemistry on the Distribution and Genomic Diversity of Actinobacteriophages in Central Georgia | $4,944.50 | FRG |
| Chris Clark | Estimating the Effects of The HOPE Scholarship on College Tuition | $1,465.00 | FRG |
| Sunita Manian | Interview of Key Informants Working with Trans Men in India | $5,000.00 | FRG |
FRG = Faculty Research Grant, CEG = Creative Endeavor Grant, SOTL = Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Grant
Spring 2023 round ii recipients
| Faculty Name | Title | Award Amount | Grant Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Allen | Sigurd Raschèr in the United States: 1940-1945 | $2,175.00 | FRG |
| Kevin Hunt, Lisa Griffin, Candice Griffeth | Exercise is Medicine: An Assessment of Early Onset Osteopenia and Osteoporosis in College Aged Individuals | $5,000.00 | FRG |
| Hasitha Mahabaduge | Development of Solid-State Detectors for CubeSat Satellite Missions | $5,000.00 | FRG |
| Bruce Snyder | South Georgia Millipede Survey | $5,000.00 | FRG |
| Ellen France | Identification of novel interactor of Sec6 protein via Yeast Genetic Screen | $4,954.00 | FRG |
| Joanne Spalding | Analysis of the Physical and Positional demands of an NCAA DII Women’s Soccer Season with Measures of External and Internal Load | $4,984.00 | FRG |
| Stephanie Jett & Laurie Peebles | Sights and Sounds of Veteran Identity: The Use of Photovoice Technique and Lyric Analysis in a Community-Based Participatory Action Research Framework | $4,998.00 | FRG |
| Benjamin (Chad) Whittle & Christina C. Smith | Local Media Start-Up: Baldwin County High School Podcasting Club | $3,030.00 | CEG |
FRG = Faculty Research Grant, CEG = Creative Endeavor Grant, SOTL = Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Grant
fall 2022 round i recipients
| Faculty Name | Grant Title | Award Amount | Grant Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dana Gorzelany-Mostak | Songs of Political Persuasion: Hearing Music on the U.S. Presidential Campaign Trail, 1840-1918 | $3,700.00 | CEG |
| David Weese | Ecological Succession in Macroinvertebrate Communities Following a Volcanic Eruption | $4,406.89 | FRG |
| David Zoetewey | Understanding the Structural Mechanism of SARS-CoV2 Membrane Fusion During Infection | $5,000.00 | FRG |
| Kasey Karen | Potential Roles of the Proteins E4 11k and Ddx6 in RIG-I-dependent Interferon Activation in an Adenovirus Infection | $5,000.00 | FRG |
| Natalie Toomey | Individual Differences and Multimedia Learning | $5,000.00 | SOTL |
| Sandra Trujillo | Ravenna Mosaic Project | $4,976.00 | CEG |
FRG = Faculty Research Grant, CEG = Creative Endeavor Grant, SOTL = Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Grant
Spring 2022 Round II Recipients
| First Name | Last Name | Grant Name | Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arnab | Sengupta | Regulation of mRNA translation in cancer genes | $5,000.00 |
| Andrei | Barkovskii | Emerging waterborne Vibrio pathogens: method development | $4,947.00 |
| Sarah | Myers | Athletic Training Student Perceptions of Standardized Patient Post Encounter Feedback | $4,800.00 |
| Dominic | DeSantis | Revisiting the energetics hypothesis: can accelerometer recording reveal hidden variation in the movement behavior of secretive species? | $5,000.00 |
| Kim | Muschaweck | Special Education Teacher Mentoring, Instructional Coaching, & Professional Development Project | $5,000.00 |
| Ruben | Yepes-Munoz | Art and Covid-19 Crisis in Latin America | $5,000.00 |
| Andrea | Christoff | Who are we? Exploring the civic possibilities of Washington DC | $3,562.00 |
| Owen | Lovell | "Aaron Copland's 1930 'Piano Variations': a video reference recording" | $1,875.00 |
| Tina | Holmes-Davis | Center for Music Education at Georgia College | $3,600.00 |
| Sajad | Amini | Intelligent UX in Graphic Design, Human-computer interaction using CV | $4,977.00 |
Fall 2021 Round I Recipients
| First Name | Last Name | Grant Name | Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hasitha | Mahabaduge | Design and Fabrication of a Smart, Passive Greenhouse | $5,000.00 |
| Richard | Adams | Harnessing artificial intelligence, evolutionary biology, and robust undergraduate training to solve an apparent paradox of evolutionary inference | $5,000.00 |
| Jennifer | Piazza-Pick | Whistling Hens: Creating an Equitable, Sustainable Future for Women Composers | $5,000.00 |
| Tsu-Ming | Chiang | Helping Parents Provide Emotional Coaching to Children in Pandemic Times | $3,270.00 |
| James | Daria | The Garinagu in Georgia: Garifuna Migration, Displacement, and Diaspora from Central America to the US Southeast | $4,975.00 |
| Gregory | Glotzbecker | Curation of the Georgia College Fish Collection | $3,344.00 |
| Chika | Unigwe | Leaving Meshach | $5,000.00 |
spring 2021 Round II Recipients
| First Name | Last Name | Grant Name | Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel | Burt | Increasing the Use of Poultry Litter in Georgia: Isolation and Characterization of Poultry Liter Urease-Producing Bacteria for Construction Remediation/Detection and Survival of Fusarium Species in Georgia's Agricultural Soils | $4,900.00 |
| Angela | Criscoe | Soundscapes, Audio Dramas, and Foley, Oh My! From Concept to Distribution | $2,098.00 |
| Mehrnaz | Khalaj Hedayati | The Role of Digitization in Knowledge Creation: A Case of Hospice Industry | $4,925.00 |
| Jinkyung | Park | Effects of Different Time-Restricted Eating Schedules with Exercise on the Body Composition in Overweight Adults | $4,925.00 |
| Damian | Francis | Assessing blight and community assets in rural underserved communities in Georgia | $4,745.00 |
Fall 2020 Round I Recipients
| First Name | Last Name | Grant Name | Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred | Mead | Using stable isotopic signatures in late Pleistocene alligator teeth to interpret prevailing environmental conditions in Georgia 20,000 years ago | $1,325.00 |
| Laura | Whitlock | Beyond the Dome | $5,000.00 |
| Katie | Stumpf | Detection and description of nest predation on Black-cheeked Ant Tanager nests on the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica | $4,985.00 |
| Hasitha | Mahabaduge | Investigating Magnetic Properties of Semiconductor Thin Films | $5,000.00 |
| Jessamyn | Swan | The Seventh Circle Chronicles: Documenting Milledgeville's Lesbian Community | $4,936.00 |
Spring 2020 Round II Recipients
| First Name | Last Name | Grant Name | Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dominic | DeSantis | Validating an automated classification system for snake movement behavior: refining and extending the radio telemetry-accelerometry framework | $5,000.00 |
| Aurora | Castillo-Scott | Cross-Cultural Competence through Virtual Exchange Programs | $1,600.00 |
| Sterling | Roberts | Validating Senior and Graduate Nursing Students Educating Junior Learners Utilizing Mid-fidelity Simulation: Implementing and Testing of the CJMM Theoretical Framework | $5,000.00 |
| William Daniel | Holcombe | Center for Dalinian Studies: Research Completion for First Monograph | $5,000.00 |
| Ashleigh | Ikemoto | Examining the Proposed Spanish Conquest of China, 1565- 1610 | $1,701.00 |
| Dave | Bachoon | Molecular Detection of Pathogenic Leptospira in Rivers and Lakes of Georgia | $5,000.00 |
| Dana | Gorzelany-Mostak | Trail Trax 2.020: Tracking the Electoral Soundscape | $2,960.00 |
| Kasey | Karen | Characterizing the impact of an adenovirus infection on cellular P-bodies | $4,955.00 |
| Matthew | Forrest | Program Development & Residency for Artists with Special Needs | $4,950.00 |
Fall 2019 Round I Recipients
| First Name | Last Name | Grant Name | Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrei | Barkovskii | Impact of aquaculture technique and post-harvest treatment on Vibrio pathogens in diploid and triploid oysters: targeting Vibrio in oysters meat and their environment | $ 4,850.00 |
| Tsu-Ming | Chiang | Promoting Young Children’s Social Emotional Skills | $ 2,640.00 |
| Emily J. | Gomez | Cumberland Island: Land, Water, Wind, and Light | $ 3,213.20 |
| Debbie | Greene | Impact of TeamSTEPPS Training and Simulations on BSN Student Communication and Teamwork Skills | $ 4,435.00 |
| Hasitha | Mahabaduge | High Efficiency Flexible Cadmium Telluride Solar Cells | $ 2,500.00 |
| Wathsala | Medawala | A Salivary Hormonal Study to Evaluate Socio-economic Risk Factors of Prostate Cancer among African Immigrants | $ 2,942.00 |
| Christine | Mutiti | Investigating the cause of tree mortality on Sapelo Island, Georgia | $ 5,000.00 |
| Sandra | Trujillo | ARTAIC Custom Mosaic | $ 5,000.00 |
Spring 2019 Round II Recipients
| First Name | Last Name | Department | Grant Name | Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew | Milnes | Biological and Environmental Sciences | The Effects of a Common Pesticide Metabolite on Alligator Sex | $ 4,999.00 |
| Ellen | France | Biological and Environmental Sciences | Identification of Novel Interactors of SEC6 Via Genetic Suppressor Screen Using a Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Genomic DNA Library | $ 2,500.00 |
| Valeka | Holt | Theatre and Dance | Did You Take Your CLOMID?: A One Woman Show | $ 4,036.00 |
| Jennifer | Goldsberry | Nursing | Supplemental Instruction and BSN Student Success | $ 5,000.00 |
| Dana | Gorzelany-Mostak | Music | Trail Trax 2.020: Tracking the Electoral Soundscape | $ 2,697.00 |
| Stephanie | Opperman | History and Geography | Isabel Kelly Biography (Book Proposal) | $ 3,979.00 |
| TeaYoun | Kim-Kassor | Art | Shibori Workshops in Japan | $ 4,998.00 |
| Kim | Youngmi | Music | Two Solo Recitals in Europe | $ 4,921.00 |
Fall 2018 Round I Recipients
| First Name | Last Name | Department | Grant Name | Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher | Burt | Biological and Environmental Sciences | The Effect of an Acidified-Gypsum Mixture on Broiler Litter Urease Producing Bacteria and Nitrogen Mineralization | $ 4,800.00 |
| Jacob | Grazer | Health and Human Performance | Training Load Quantification in Division II Collegiate Athletes | $ 4,385.00 |
| Debbie | Greene | Nursing | Impact of TeamSTEPPS Training and Simulations on BSN Student Communication and Teamwork Skills | $ 5,000.00 |
| Doreen | Sams | Management, Marketing, and Logistics | Brand Communities in the Nonprofit Sector | $ 4,999.00 |
| Katie | Stumpf | Biological and Environmental Sciences | Population genetics of two Tryannid flycatchers: Eastern Phoebes and Southwestern Willow Flycatchers | $ 4,964.00 |
| Sandra | Trujillo | Art | Impronta Workshop, Mexico | $ 4,798.00 |
Spring 2018 Round II Recipients
| First Name | Last Name | Department | Grant Name | Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valerie | Aranda | Art | Women Artists of the Mexican Mural Movement | $ 4,211.00 |
| Carrie | Cook | Government & Sociology | Experiences with Inmate Misconduct and Victimization among an Incarcerated Jail Population | $ 1,838.00 |
| Glynnis | Haley | Nursing | Development of a RE-AIM Course for Nursing Success at Georgia College & State University | $ 1,082.00 |
| Tina | Holmes-Davis | Music | More Able Than Dis . . . | $ 5,000.00 |
| Gretchen | Ionta | Biological and Environmental Sciences | Determination of Ploidy Level and Nuclear Content in Meadow Beauties (Rhexia; Melastomataceae) Via Flow Cytometry | $ 4,824.00 |
| Matthew | Milligan | Philosophy & Liberal Studies | The Economic Growth of Buddhism in Sri Lanka 300 BCE to 300 CE | $ 5,000.00 |
| Amanda | Reinke | Government & Sociology | Faculty and Student Perceptions of GC2Y Effectiveness | $ 2,075.00 |
| Scott Butler | Butler | Health and Human Performance | ||
| Peter | Rosado-Flores | Chemistry, Physics, and Astronomy | Chemistry in Art: Understanding the Connection Between Art and Chemistry | $ 1,065.00 |
| Gennady | Rudkevich | Government & Sociology | Explaining Regional-Level Variation in the Results of Russian Federal Elections | $ 1,225.00 |
Fall 2017 Round 1 Recipients
| First Name | Last Name | Department | Grant Name | Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abraham | Abebe | Art | Guzo-Journey: A Collection of Poems and Short Stories | $ 1,409.00 |
| Elissa | Auerbach | Art | Spiritual Pilgrimage in Early Modern Dutch Visual Culture | $ 1,378.00 |
| Stephen | Auerbach | History and Geography | Enlightenment, Revolution, and Rebellion in Provincial Bordeaux, 1750–1793 | $ 1,378.00 |
| Dave | Bachoon | Biological and Environmental Sciences | Molecular Detection of Bacterial Pathogens in Fecal Samples of Feral Pigs in Georgia | $ 2,500.00 |
| Jennifer | Flaherty | English and Rhetoric | The Ophelia Agenda: Folger Shakespeare Seminar and Research in London Archives | $ 3,281.00 |
| Brittney | Hardin | Health and Human Performance | Implementing Standardized Patients to Teach Cultural Competency to Athletic Training Students | $ 1,270.00 |
| Mandy | Jerriel | Health and Human Performance | ||
| Ashok Hegde | Biological and Environmental Sciences | Mechanism of Rpt6 Nuclear Translocation in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae | $ 4,997.24 | |
| Ellen | France | Biological and Environmental Sciences | ||
| Kevin | Hunt | Health and Human Performance | Exploring the Effects of Service Learning in the Kinesiology Curriculum: An assessment of Student Self-Efficacy, Empathy, and Learning | $ 3,898.53 |
| Nathan | Lord | Biological and Environmental Sciences | Next-Generation Student Training for Next-Generation Science | $ 4,200.00 |
| Deborah | MacMillan | Nursing | Try To See It My Way: Patient Perspective Video Capture Debriefing in Simulation | $ 4,394.70 |
| Hasitha | Mahabaduge | Chemistry, Physics, and Astronomy | Impact of Students’ Signature Work on Employability | $ 500.00 |
| David | Weese | Biological and Environmental Sciences | Revealing Cryptic Diversity in an Endemic Crayfish of Georgia (Procambarus lunzi) Using Molecular Genetics | $ 4,470.00 |
Fall 2016 Round I & Spring 2017 Round II Recipients
| First Name | Last Name | Department | Grant Name | Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dean | Baker | Nursing | SBIRT Project | $ 2,900.00 |
| Andrei | Barkovskii | Biology and Environmental Sciences | Analysis of Vibrio, Shigella, and Salmonella Pathogens in Georgia Sites Proposed for Oyster Aquaculture | $ 3,200.00 |
| Scott | Butler | Health and Human Performance | Condom Express: A Mail-in Condom Delivery Program at College Campuses | $ 2,581.00 |
| Tsu-Ming | Chiang | Psychology | Emotional Coaching for Autistic Spectrum Characteristics Children | $ 1,200.00 |
| Nicole | DeClouette | Teacher Education | Teacher Education, Cross-Cultural Diversity in Special Education (Tanzania) | $ 1,259.96 |
| Peggy | Elliott | World Languages & Cultures | Channeling Enlightenment Love: The Letters of Marie Le Prince de Beaumont (1711-80) | $ 4,943.00 |
| Allen | Gee | English and Rhetoric | At Little Monticello: a biography of James Alan McPherson | $ 3,813.15 |
| Kevin | Hunt and | Health and Human Performance | Promoting Global Health Awareness Through Community-based Engaged Learning in San Ignacio, Belize | $ 4,992.69 |
| Emily | Simonavice | Health and Human Performance | ||
| Monica | Ketchie | Nursing | Nurses' Attitudes, Beliefs, and Barriers Toward Physiologic Birth | $ 3,964.50 |
| Hasitha | Mahabaduge | Chemistry, Physics, and Astronomy | Spectrometer System for Sputter Deposition Monitoring | $ 5,000.00 |
| Amanda | Reinke | Government & Sociology | Policy-Drive Restorative Justice Implementation in Virginia | $ 1,201.00 |
| Bruce | Snyder | Biology and Environmental Sciences | Constructing a Preliminary Phylogeny of the Native Earthworm Genus Diplocardia | $ 4,978.00 |
| Katie | Stumpf | Biology and Environmental Sciences | Avian Community Analysis at Lake Laurel Research Station | $ 4,990.00 |
| Allison | VandeVoort | Biology and Environmental Sciences | Investigating the Long-term Impacts of Agriculture on Andalusia Farm Soil: A Soil of Historical, Agricultural, and Literary Importance | $ 5,000.00 |