Grants
2020 Project Title: Evaluation and Economic Impact Analysis of the 23rd International AIDS Conference, Investigator, Transmittal Number: 3615
2020, International Travel Grant, Exploring the Leadership Profiles of Social Entrepreneurs: The Case of Edinburgh, Scotland’s Economic Development Policy, $2,700, Office of Global Engagement Collaboration Grant, Pending, (Principal Investigator), Edinburgh, Scotland
2020, International Travel Grant, Exploring the Leadership Profiles of Social Entrepreneurs: The Case of Edinburgh, Scotland’s Economic Development Policy, $900, ORSP Travel Grant, Awarded, (Principal Investigator)
2019, International Travel Grant, Leadership Studies: An International, Generational Comparative Analysis of Leadership, $4,000, Office of Global Engagement Collaboration Grant, Pending, (Principal Investigator), Prague, Czech Republic
2019, International Travel Grant, Leadership Studies: An International, Generational Comparative Analysis of Leadership, $1,200, ORSP Travel Grant, Awarded, (Principal Investigator)
2018, MS Forge: A Cooperative Project Between Education and Industry to Address Workforce Needs, Office of Economic Adjustment, $1,471,000, Awarded, (Investigator),
2018, International Collaboration Grant, Global Food Policy: Understanding the Relationship between the Italian Food System and the American Food System, $3,100, Office of Global Engagement, Awarded, (Principal Investigator), Siena Italy
2018, International Travel Grant, Global Food Policy: Understanding the Relationship between the Italian Food System and the American Food System, $1,200, ORSP Travel Grant, Awarded, (Principal Investigator) , Siena Italy
2018 IES Abroad Centers Research Grant, Siena, Italy, $1,200, Awarded, (Principal Investigator). , Siena Italy
2017 Sullivan Service Corps, 51,054, not awarded (Principal Investigator)
2017 Health Care Insurance Economic Impact Analysis, $12,910. Awarded, (Co-Investigator)
2016 Sullivan Service Corps, $19,500, Awarded (Principal Investigator)
2016 College of Liberal Arts Summer Research Grant, $7500, Awarded (Principal Investigator)
2015 CIEE Faculty Development Seminar Award from the College of Liberal Arts, $8500, Awarded, Lima, Peru studying the Regional Food System. (Principal Investigator)
2015 College of Liberal Arts Summer Research Grant, $7500, Awarded (Principal Investigator)
2014 Office of Design and eLearning Travel Grant, Professional Development, Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs and Administration. NASPPA, University of Mississippi, $1500, Awarded (Principal Investigator)
2014 SEC Visiting Faculty Travel Grant Program, Mississippi’s Local Food System: A Changing Landscape & an Examination of The Center of Agribusiness & Economic Development at The University of Georgia., $1500 Awarded (Principal Investigator)
2014 Enhancing Local Assets and Economies through Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Farmers’ Markets in the ARC Region, $87,655, Not Awarded, May (Principal Investigator)
2013 Lott Leadership Institute: “Building a Better LOTT Program through Nonprofit Management and Job Placement”, $2000, Awarded, August. (Principal Investigator)
2013, The Charleston-Tallahatchie due Diligence Committee: “Economic Development Opportunities in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi.” $1,010,964, Not Awarded, (Co-Principal Investigator)
2012, Appalachian Regional Commission: “Promoting Economic Development through Farmers’ Markets: An Analysis of the Local Food System”. $47,000, Awarded, June. (Principal Investigator)
2010, National Center for Intermodal Transportation (NCIT): Integrated Intermodel Transportation Corridors for Economically Viable and Safe Global Supply Chain. $50,000, Awarded, February. (Investigator)
2010, National Center for Intermodal Transportation (NCIT): “Measurements for Success of Container on Barge Utilization on the Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway”. $49,973, Awarded, February. (Investigator)
2010. Department of Homeland Security: Southeast Regional Research Initiative (SERRI), “Interruption to Ports – Impacts Analysis and Decision Support (IPIADS)” $245,000, Awarded, January 2010. (Investigator)
2009, Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation: Organization for Competitive Markets (OCM) “Investigating the Concentration of Food Production and the Industrialization of Agriculture”, $25,000, Awarded, November. (Investigator)
2009, Department of Homeland Security: The Southeast Regional Research Initiative (SERRI), grant proposal “Disruptions to Rail – Impacts Analysis and Decision Support (DRIADS)”, $750,000, Awarded, June. (Investigator)
2007, Mississippi State Community Action Team (MSCAT): Excellence in Engagement Grant, grant proposal “Rail Service Authority Planning and Implementation for Continued Revitalization Efforts and Logistics Relief in Central Mississippi”, $25,000 Awarded, October. (Investigator)