Recent Grant Proposals
May 2026
| Faculty/Staff | Department | Funding Source | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laura Dzurec | College of Nursing | Ohio Department of Higher Education | Testing and refining an AI-powered approach for equipping clinicians to enhance health outcomes through psychographic engagement -- A mixed methods study |
| Sarah Bitzer | St. Peter Faber Academy | Ohio Department of Public Safety/Ohio Emergency Management Agency | Improving Security at St. Peter Faber Academy |
April 2026
| Faculty/Staff | Department | Funding Source | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Ronis-Tobin | Center for Population Health | AmeriCorps | Musketeers Care |
| Kathy Winterman | Educational Centers | Joe Burrow Foundation | Teaching the Village to Fish: A new System for Children's Mental Health |
March 2026
| Faculty/Staff | Department | Funding Source | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kathy Winterman | Educational Centers | Millstone Foundation | LOI: Supporting the Anxious Child: Empowering Educators and Families, Building Capacity in Cincinnati |
| Kayla Wheeler | Race, Intersectionality, Gender, and Sociology | Association for the Sociology of Religion | Fashioning Black Islam: Race, Gender, and Belonging in the Ummah |
February 2026
| Faculty/Staff | Department | Funding Source | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Russ | Counseling | OneOhio Recovery Foundation | Hamilton County Addication Counseling Workforce Expansion Project |
January 2026
| Faculty/Staff | Department | Funding Source | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colleen Ryan Mayrand | Dorothy Day Center for Faith and Justice | Charles H. Dater Foundation | Summer Service Internship Program 2026 |
| Mary Kochlefl and Scott Breloff | Office of Provost/Center for Research Excellence | National Institutes of Health | Building Capacity in Biomedical Research at 今日看料 |
October 2025
| Faculty/Staff | Department | Funding Source | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Bitzer | Saint Peter Faber Academy | Ohio Department of Public Safety/Ohio Emergency Management Agency | Faber Academy School Safety |
| Thomas Lebesmuehlbacher | Williams College of Business | Greater Cincinnati Foundation | Expanding Access to the D'Artagnan Business Academy |
September 2025
| Faculty/Staff | Department | Funding Source | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Skiles/Joe Leonard | Theatre | William H. Albers Fund | Support for 2026 Theatre Productions |
| Pete Mallow | Health Services Administration | William H. Albers Fund | Scholarships for students in the MHSA program |
| Colleen Ryan Mayrand | Center for Faith and Justice | Interfaith America | Interfaith Bridging the Gap |
| John O'Keefe | Brueggeman Center for Dialogue | Creative Arts Collective for Christian Life and Faith | Terraforming Iowa: A Documentary Film |
| John O'Keefe | Brueggeman Center for Dialogue | Lilly Network | Exploring the Spiritual But Not Religious Moment: Learning from New Psychological Models for Religious Engagement in Church-Related Higher Education |
| Caressa Miles and Sharee Allen | Art | FotoFocus | 2026 FotoFocus Biennial Participating Venues |
| Jamie Baxter | Health and Wellness | Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services | Campus-Community Collaborative Grants |
August 2025
| Faculty/Staff | Department | Funding Source | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kathleen Winterman | School of Education | Ohio Deans Compact | Collaborating to meet the employment needs of learners |
| Kathryn Morris | Biology | National Science Foundation | REU Site: Undergraduate Focused Interdisciplinary Research on Resource Stewardship |
| Laura Dzurec | College of Nursing | Ohio Board of Nursing | Increasing Post-Licensure Enrollment Capacity, 2025-2027 |
July 2025
| Faculty/Staff | Department | Funding Source | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ahlam Lee and Rachael LaRose | Psychology and Economics | National Science Foundation | Structured Intellectual Dialogue and Intellectual Humility: Reducing Affective Polarization in College Students |
| Nathan Sommer | Computer Science | National Science Foundation | Computing Competency Development through Workforce Alignment |
June 2025
| Faculty/Staff | Department | Funding Source | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Crowe and Hanna Wetzel | Biology | NASA | Estrogen Receptor-Mediated Skeletal Muscle Effects in Simulated Spaceflight Conditions |
May2025
| Faculty/Staff | Department | Funding Source | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Ronis-Tobin | Center for Population Health | Joe Burrow Foundation | Musketeers Care |
March 2025
| Faculty/Staff | Department | Funding Source | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Roni-Tobin | Center for Population Health | CareSource | Musketeers Care AmeriCorps Program |
| Hanna Wetzel | Biology | Yale Univeristy Subward: NIH | Biological Mechanisms of Food-Related Decision Making |
| Ann Ray | Biology | USDA | Development of tools for use against spotted lanternfly |
| Ann Ray | Biology | USDA | Enhancing and improving control of Emerald Ash Borer biological control |
| Ann Ray | Biology | USDA | Improving traps for box tree moth and other invasive defoliators |
| Ann Ray | Biology | USDA | Developing and Improving Survey tools for exotic woodborers |
| Victor Ronis-Tobin | Center for Population Health | AmeriCorps | Musketeers Care AmeriCorps Program |
| Alejandra Gonzalez, Nick Salsman | School of Psychology | American Psychological Foundation | An Embedded Services Team in the Psychological Services Center |
February 2025
| Faculty/Staff | Department | Funding Source | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Browne | History | University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom Arts & Humanities Council) | Voices in Slavery's Archive: Law, Place and Testimony in British Guiana |
| Laney Bender-Slack | School of Education | US-UK Fulbright Commission | Global Challenges Teaching Award |
| Laney Bender-Slack and Beth Martens | School of Education | International Association of Lab Schools | Internationalizing Education: Building Global Competence in K-6 Laboratory Schools |
| Steve Frankel | The Stephen S. Smith Center | Apgar Foundation | Smith Scholars Program |
| Colleen Ryan Mayrand | Dorothy Day Center for Faith and Justice | Ohio Department of Higher Education | Building Bridges for the Common Good, Continued |
January 2025
| Faculty/Staff | Department | Funding Source | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colleen Ryan Mayrand | Dorothy Day Center for Faith and Justice | Ohio Department of Higher Education | Building Bridges for the Common Good |
| Colleen Ryan Mayrand | Dorothy Day Center for Faith and Justice | Charles H. Dater Foundation | Summer Service Internship Program (2025) |
| Colleen Ryan Mayrand | Dorothy Day Center for Faith and Justice | Jack Jr. Smith Charitable Trusts | Summer Service Internship Program (2025) |
December 2024
| Faculty/Staff | Department | Funding Source | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brenda Wiles | College of Nursing | The Health Collaborative | Xavier College of Nursing Adjunct Clinical Faculty Group Mentoring Program |
| Kathy Winterman | School of Education | U.S. Department of Education | Holistically Removing Barriers to Meet the Greatest Need |
| Kelly Crowe and Hann Wetzel | Biology | People's Bank | STEAM@XU Scholarships |
November 2024
| Faculty/Staff | Department | Funding Source | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Wagner | Communication | Carnegie Corporation of New York | Exploring Spiral of Silence Theory and Tolerance for Political Disagreement on Social Media at Universities |
September 2024
| Faculty/Staff | Department | Funding Source | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Skiles/Joe Leonard | Theatre | William H. Albers Fund | Support for Xavier Theatre Productions |
| Pete Mallow | Health Services Administration | William H. Albers Fund | Scholarships for Students in the Master's in Health Services Administration Program |
| Glenn Welling/ Brett Burton/ Laney Bender-Slack | Captain Phil H. Bucklew Veteran and Military Family Center and School of Education | Ohio Department of Education & Workforce | Empower VetEd |
| Karen Eutsler | Williams College of Business | P&G Higher Education Fund | Center for Women in Business & Leadership |
| Jamie Baxter | Health and Counseling Services | Ohio Campus Community Collaborative | Suicide Prevention Training |
| Thomas Lebesmuehlbacher | Williams College of Business | P&G Higher Education Fund | Williams College of Business- Summer Muskies Program |
| Jonathan Gibson | Art | National Endowment for the Humanities | LivingHistory.AI |
August 2024
| Faculty/Staff | Department | Funding Source | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ahlam Lee, Katie Robiadek, Rachael LaRose | Psychology, Political Science, Economics | National Science Foundation | Collaborative Research: Cross-Regionally Validated Political Orientation Scale, Regional Differences in (De-) Polarized Issues, and De-Polarized Intervention |
July 2024
| Faculty/Staff | Department | Funding Source | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ann Ray | Biology | United States Department of Agriculture | Biology, trapping, and control of invasive forest pests |
June 2024
| Faculty/Staff | Department | Funding Source | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ahlam Lee | Psychology | Institute for Humane Studies | Pursuing a Pluralistic, Free and Fair Society |
April 2024
| Faculty/Staff | Department | Funding Source | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Kwapong | Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion | Race Forward | The History of the Black-Led Church: An Educational Musical |
| Victor Ronis-Tobin | Center for Population Health | AmeriCorps (Ohio) | Ohio AmeriCorps Planning Grant FY24 |
March 2024
| Faculty/Staff | Department | Funding Source | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jason White | Art | Bloomberg Philanthropies | Digital Accelerator-CRM/Ticketing |
February 2024
| Faculty/Staff | Department | Funding Source | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashley Varol | Sport Science & Management | National Fitness Campaign | Fitness Court |
| Erika Eicholz | Montessori Lab School | Ohio Attorney General | School Safety |