ANNOUNCEMENT The 2025 Panther Rise (PRISE) Grant Program, a collaboration between Prairie View A&M University and Texas A&M University, invites applications for research and scholarly collaborations between the two institutions to pursue multidisciplinary research and innovation projects. Key Dates: May 30, 2025: Proposal Deadline August 2025: Decision/PI Notifications October 1, 2025: Award Start Date Please adhere [...]
Anne Lippert, Ph.D. PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (April 11, 2025) — Anne Lippert, Ph.D., an assistant professor of Psychology in the Samuel Brailsford College of Arts and Sciences at Prairire View A&M University has been awarded more than $90,000 in grant funding from the National Institute of Health. Dr. Lippert's research focuses on understanding how [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (March 21, 2025) — Ananda Amarasekara, Ph.D., a Texas A&M University System Regents Professor and head of the Department of Chemistry and Physics at Prairie View A&M University, has been awarded a $42,000 grant from Oklahoma State University through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA). Jesse [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (March 18, 2025) —Gina Maria Chiarella, Ph.D., an assistant professor in Prairie View A&M University’s Brailsford College of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded a $96,000 grant from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Institute of Science and Education to address a critical environmental concern — arsenic contamination in fertilizers. Gina [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (March 18, 2025) — Temilola Salami, Ph.D., an Associate Professor of Psychology at Prairie View A&M University, has secured two significant grants from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), totaling nearly $700,000. These awards aim to address critical issues related to violence against women and human trafficking through targeted research, training, and intervention [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (February 6, 2025) — Evelyn Todd, a graduate student in the Master of Business Administration program at Prairie View A&M University, is making a lasting impact on the university’s historical preservation efforts through her work in the RISE Program. Her research project, Preventing Erasure of PVAMU History through Digitization – The Digital [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas – Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) has once again secured its place as a distinguished R2 institution (Doctoral University; High Research Activity) under the newly revamped Carnegie Classification system. This reaffirmation highlights PVAMU’s ongoing commitment to research excellence, innovation and academic distinction among higher education institutions nationwide. The updated Carnegie Classification framework [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (February 14, 2025) — In January, Magesh Rajan, Ph.D., Vice President of Research & Innovation at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU), has been reelected to the board of directors for the Texas Space Grant Consortium. Dr. Rajan joins seven other Executive Committee members elected statewide from participating universities across the United States. [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (February 14, 2025) – Peter Ampim, Ph.D., has been awarded over $66,000 in grant funding by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service through the USDA-National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Peter Ampim, Ph.D. Ampim is an Associate Professor in the College of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources at Department of Agriculture [...]
PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (February 11, 2025) — As he prepares to graduate with a degree in mechanical engineering from Prairie View A&M University, Christopher L. Houston is gaining recognition for his academic excellence and groundbreaking research on hydrogen embrittlement and its applications. Houston, a senior, from Houston, Tx, has immersed himself in the RISE Program [...]
