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Clarence Bunch Secures Funding for PVAMU’s Natural Resources Program

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (March 18, 2024) -- Clarence Bunch, Ph.D., has secured $104,264 in grant funding from the US Department of Agriculture-Natural Resources Conservation Services. Bunch is a Program Manager III for the College of Food and Natural Resources, Cooperative Agricultural Research Center (CARC), at Prairie View A&M University. The grant was awarded through the American [...]

Empowering Education: Beverly Sande Secures Grant to Enhance Teacher Readiness

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (April 14, 2024) – Beverly Sande, Ph.D., P.E., has been awarded $112,200 in grant funding by Texas Tech University through the Education Service Center Region 13. Sande is an Associate Professor is in the Whitlowe R. Green College of Education at Prairie View A&M University (WRGCOE). Douglas Butler, Ph.D., serves as the [...]

Research Vibes: PVAMU’s Research & Innovation Week 2024

Research Vibes: Changing Ideas into Reality Prairie View, Texas (March 1, 2024) -- As Prairie View A&M University's Division of Research and Innovation (R&I) prepares for its annual Research & Innovation Week, scheduled from April 1 to 5, 2024, a palpable excitement permeates "The Hill!" This week-long celebration stands as a testament to the university's [...]

PVAMU’s Dr. Suxia Cui Collaborates on TAMU-Led NSF Grant Initiative

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (March 1, 2024) -- Suxia Cui, Ph.D., has received a sub-award grant exceeding $15,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) through the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES). Cui is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Prairie View A&M University. Additionally, this grant initiative involves collaboration with esteemed researchers from Texas [...]

On the Road to Success: PVAMU Trio Awarded Grants by the Department of Transportation

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (February 16, 2024) -- Against the vibrant backdrop of Washington, DC, from January 7 to 11, 2024, at the 103rd Transportation Research Board (TRB) annual meeting, three Prairie View A&M University students were honored as recipients of the esteemed US Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program [...]

Dr. Richard Griffin Secures Nearly $170K in Grants from Kansas State University and the Dept. of Agriculture

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (February 14, 2024) Richard Griffin, Ph.D., has been awarded two grants totaling nearly $170,000. One comes from Kansas State University via the US Department of Agriculture-NIFA, and the other originates from Harris County. Griffin is a Professor and Research Scientist in the Cooperative Agricultural Research Center at the College of Agricultural, Food, [...]

Dr. Harriette Howard-Lee Block Awarded nearly $2M Natl. Institutes of Health Grant

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (February 13, 2024) – Harriette Howard-Lee Block, Ph.D., was recently awarded obtained a significant grant totaling $1,981,178 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Block, Department Head and Associate Professor of Biology at Prairie View A&M University, is the Principal Investigator. The Co-PIs include Deirdre Vaden, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology at [...]

Dr. Sarah Conrad Receives nearly $78K National Academies Grant

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas, (February XX, 2024) -  Sarah Conrad, Ph.D., has been awarded $77,424 by the National Academies for her work on the Gulf Scholars Program (GSP). Conrad is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Prairie View A&M University. The co-PIs include Assistant Professor of Political Science Kyu Young Lee, Ph.D.; Tamika Baldwin-Clark, Ph.D., LCSW-S, [...]

Dr. Ayodeji Iyanda Receives nearly $1.5M Robert G. Wood Foundation Grant

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (February 6, 2024) – In partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Gulf Research Program of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) has awarded Ayodeji Iyanda, Ph.D., $1,488,160 to better address structural racism and achieve health equity in at-risk communities. Iyanda is an Assistant Professor of Geography at [...]

Dr. Lijun Qian Receives $61K IBM Grant

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas, January 19, 2024) -  Lijun Qian, Ph.D., has been awarded $61,000 by the International Business Machines Corporation (IBM). Qian is an AT&T Endowed Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Prairie View A&M University. The Co-PIs are Professor and Director of Broadening Global Learning Opportunities Building Academic Leaders, Richard Wilkins, Ph.D.; Associate [...]