VPRI GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE RISE

Vice President Rajan remains committed to fostering and growing the research and innovation enterprise for faculty and students across all Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) disciplines. In the last fiscal year, the Division of Research & Innovation (R&I) launched the Faculty Research & Innovation for Scholarly Excellence (RISE) for Undergraduate and Graduate programs.

Faculty-RISE is rooted in the firm belief at the student level. The programs enable faculty researchers to expand and sustain their research through external grants and contracts while mentoring students to become the next generation of experts.

Each successful faculty applicant received funding support of $5,000 for undergraduate research; and $10,000 for graduate research. These grants supported more than 100 students, as well as faculty-mentored research and innovation activities to flourish.

The Faculty RISE-Graduate Research grant program also enables faculty researchers to expand and sustain their research through external grants and contracts while training graduate students into becoming the next generation of experts.

Even during the global pandemic and remote learning, the faculty awardees provided an exceptional learning environment and experience for undergraduate and graduate scholars. R&I is funding another year of Faculty-RISE for Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 for over 100 students..