{"id":9026,"date":"2023-01-20T13:51:31","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T19:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/?p=9026"},"modified":"2023-01-20T13:51:31","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T19:51:31","slug":"nicholls-received-over-8-million-in-grant-funding-for-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2023\/01\/20\/nicholls-received-over-8-million-in-grant-funding-for-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ Received Over $8 Million in Grant Funding for 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"
THIBODAUX, La. — ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ awarded its Top 10 Grants Winner Awards for Funding Received in 2022, who combined, received over $8 million in grant funding for 2022, at the university\u2019s Spring 2023 Convocation on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n
\u201cRigorous academic research and creative scholarship is time-consuming, requires great attention to detail, strong adherence to the standards and principles of your discipline, and takes substantial persistence to complete. For that reason, ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ has initiated the annual Grantsmanship Award as a means to celebrate and recognize ten outstanding faculty or staff who obtained the largest funding in the past year. This year\u2019s 10 recipients represent over $8 million in awards for both research and programmatic support,\u201d said Director of Research and Sponsored Programs Debi Benoit.<\/span><\/p>\n
The Top 10 Grants Winner Awards for Funding Received in 2022 are:<\/span><\/p>\n
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Dr. John Lajaunie, Awarded $5 million to establish the Bayou Region Accelerator Program to work in coordination with the Bayou Region Incubator<\/span><\/li>\n
Dr. John Doucet, Awarded over $1.8 million to ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ Coastal Center and College of Sciences and Technology for engineering and technology training for a new energy industry in South Louisiana\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
Zerica Washington, Awarded $581,002 to ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ Family Service Center\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
Dr. Jonathan Willis, Awarded $317,456 to ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ Department of Biological Sciences for wetland monitoring and reporting, integrated remote sensing and field base assessments, and ecology of ridge restoration projects in the Barataria-Terrebonne<\/span><\/li>\n
Katie Lasserre, Awarded $278,703 to Little Colonels Academy for Teacher Supplemental Pay Grants and Teacher Support Grants<\/span><\/li>\n
Dr. Balaji Ramachandran, Awarded $231,485 to ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ Department of Applied Sciences for enhancement of coastal Louisiana research and workforce infrastructure, data maintenance and geomatics program funding<\/span><\/li>\n
Dr. Kimberly Reynolds, Awarded $210,720 to Department of Psychology and Louisiana Child Welfare Training Academy\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
Dr. Allyse Ferrara, Awarded $188,530 to Department of Biological Sciences for enhancement of first-year general biology laboratory experience for science majors, discovery tools for major vertebrate transitions and coastal restoration efforts\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
Dr. Darcey Wayment, Awarded $173,700 for Department of Chemistry to use a liquid chromograph mass spectrometer to enhance learning in the agricultural, biological and chemical sciences<\/span><\/li>\n
Gina Bergeron, Awarded $141,760 to ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ Family Service Center for a nurse family partnership with regional infant and early childhood mental health supervisors<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ depends on support from alumni, parents, private foundations, corporations and organizations to help meet the increasing needs of providing academic excellence for students in the Bayou Region and beyond.<\/span><\/p>\n
The Office of University Development is charged with planning and executing annual fund campaigns, capital campaigns, endowments, planned giving initiatives and other fund-raising activities to provide financial support for ÐÓ°É´«Ã½.<\/span> To learn more about ways to donate, visit <\/span>https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/donate\/<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n