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Taking Stock
Top-funded faculty grab the gold for groundbreaking grant projects
Every organization has people who excel in their roles. Universities are no exception.
Each university has a unique group of folks who, over their careers, bring a substantial amount of grant and contract dollars to the institution in support of their research, teaching, and service. These dollars help facilitate the university’s mission of research, teaching, and service, and they help the bottom line, adding to the traditional revenue streams of tuition and state funding.
In this issue, we are taking stock and time to celebrate those individuals who have achieved the distinction of bringing more than $5 million in grants and contracts to the University over their careers at Middle Tennessee State University.
Besides these $5M+ gold achievers, we also highlight the silver medalists who have brought in between $2 million and $4.99 million in their careers at MTSU, many of whom are on pace to become part of the gold medal group, and the bronze group of $1 million–$1.99 million. Each of these rare people has earned our respect in their top achievements.
As a publicly supported institution of higher learning, we take our role to serve the state of Tennessee very seriously, which includes conducting research and creative activities that produce knowledge, information, data, technologies, know-how, and other outcomes that are disseminated from MTSU to the whole state to help improve the economy, services, and quality of life for all Tennesseans.
Last year, we celebrated our advancement to an R2 high research activity doctoral university designation by Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. This elite status places us among a select group of only 3% of institutions nationwide to earn the R2 designation. The MTSU Office of Research and Sponsored Programs is now building the foundation for expanding the research enterprise at MTSU, including supporting wider participation and increased dollar amounts in grants brought to the University.
