2025-2026 External Grants (Preliminary)
Federal & State Grants
Eun-Hwa Kim and Jay R. Johnson. Collaborative Research: Propagation and Dissipation of Electromagnetic Ion Cyclotron Waves in the Magnetosphere and Ionosphere. National Science Foundation: Geospace Environment Modeling. April 2024 - March 2028.
Eun-Hwa Kim and Jay R. Johnson. Collaborative Research: CEDAR: Effects of Ionospheric Density Irregularities on High-Frequency Radio Wave Propagation. National Science Foundation: Coupling, Energetics, and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions (CEDAR). November 2024 - October 2027.
Jay R. Johnson (PI: Peter Damiano, University of Alaska). Investigating magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling associated with flow-induced Alfven wave energy in the magnetotail. NASA: Heliophysics Supporting Research. October 2021 – September 2025.
Jay R. Johnson (PI: Yukitoshi Nishimura, Boston University). Identifying driving mechanisms of GPS scintillation in the high-latitude ionosphere. NASA: Heliophysics Supporting Research. July 2021 - June 2026.
Jay R. Johnson and Simon Wing. Magnetosphere-Ionosphere coupling of small-scale structures. NASA: Heliophysics Guest Investigator Open. April 2022 - March 2026.
Jay R. Johnson and Yu Lin (Auburn University). Collaborative Research: GEM: Investigation of Radiation Belt Losses Using Combined Global Hybrid and Test Particle Simulations. National Science Foundation: AGS-Magnetospheric Physics. August 2021 - July 2025.
Jay R. Johnson (PI: Xuanye Ma, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University). Role of Solar Wind Fluctuations on Solar Wind-Magnetosphere - Ionosphere Coupling Processes and Magnetotail Energetics. NASA: Living With a Star. May 2023 - May 2027.
Peter Lyons. Instrumentation for purification and analysis of proteolytic enzymes. U.S. Army Contracting Command. September 2024 - August 2025.
Renette Portecop-Prentice. Expand enrollment and develop distance education school psychology program. Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity: School Psychologist Training Program. August 2025 - July 2028.
Matias Soto, Gunnar Lovhoiden, and Gary Burdick. Collaborative Research: EPIIC: Excellence in Partnership with Industry, Academia, and New Discoveries (EXPAND). National Science Foundation: Technology, Innovation and Partnerships. September 2024 - August 2027.
Shannon Trecartin, Michigan Social Work Grant. Michigan Department of Health & Human Services. June 2024 - September 2025.
Padma P. Tadi Uppala. Andrews University: Developmental Education strategies for Native American and at-risk students to improve graduation rates: We make World Changers. Department of Education. October 2020 - September 2025.
Church Grants
Erich W. Baumgartner and Randy J. Siebold. Global Leadership Institute: Developing leaders in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. January 2022 - December 2025.
Ryan T. Hayes and James Carter. Debunking your biology textbook: Science & the origin of life (videos 1-12). Faith & Science Council, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. November 2021 - October 2025.
Other Grants & Foundations
Anthony M. Bosman, Christopher W. Davis, Taylor Martin, Sarah Seger, and Katherine Vance. Structure of Link Homotopy: Gordian Distance and Beyond. Simons Laufer Mathematical Science Institute: Summer Research in Mathematics, Summer 2025.
Kevin Burton. Young Scholars of American Religion. Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture, Indiana University Indianapolis. October 2024 - April 2026.
Oliver Glanz. Biblical Hebrew Goes TOEFL. American Bible Society. May 2023 – April 2026.
Oliver Glanz. Creating Annotated Corpora of Classical Hebrew Texts. Charis Charitable Foundation. January 2019 - December 2025.
Daniel Gonzalez (PI) with the Halda River Research Laboratory as collaborators. Acoustic ecology and environment of the Ganges River dolphin in the Halda River, Bangladesh. National Geographic Society: Exploration Technology Lab Bioacoustics Opportunity, June - October 2025.
Martin Hanna. Science Informed Creation Care Ministry at the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary. American Association for the Advancement of Science, Dialogue on Science, Ethics and Religion. January 2024- December 2025.
Jenica D. Joseph, Marileda C. Tomé, Heather L. Ferguson, Tammy R. Shilling, Brynja K. Davis, Phillip Stone, and Suzanne M. Mondak. Therapy and Research Center Grant. Parkinson Voice Project. June 2023 – May 2028.
Monica Nudd. STEM Day 2025. Versacare Foundation. May 2025 - April 2026.
Rodney Palmer. Going on Vocation Workshop Series. NetVUE, Council of Independent Colleges. July 2025 - June 2026.
Padma P. Tadi Uppala and Matias Soto. Installation of a river water turbine. Second Nature: Catalyst Grant. November 2024 - October 2025.
Joydel Trail. Going on Vocation. NetVUE Vocation across the Academy, Council of Independent Colleges. July 2022 – June 2025.
Katharine Van Arsdale. Collaboration Agreement for Digitizing, Preserving, and Sharing the Jenks Collection. Aurora University and Andrews University (private funding). April 2024 - May 2025.
Katharine Van Arsdale. Digital Preservation Outreach & Education Network (DPOE-N) Microgrant, Pratt Institute School of Information, Digital POWRR Institute, Seattle, WA, May 2025 - May 2026.
Curtis J. VanderWaal. Michigan Statewide Early Literacy Media Campaign Evaluation. Berrien Regional Educational Services Administration. June 2024 - September 2025.
Cedric E. W. Vine and Carlisle Sutton. Strengthening and sustaining the capacities of Theological Schools to Prepare and Support Pastoral Leaders for Christian Churches. Pathways for Tomorrow Initiative (Phase 2), Lilly Endowment. December 2021 – December 2026.
Cedric E. W. Vine and Carlisle Sutton. The Center for Community Change: A Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary. Pathways for Tomorrow Initiative (Phase 3), Lilly Endowment. September 2022 - December 2027.
Cedric E. W. Vine. Support for Ministry in Rural Areas and Small Towns Initiative, Lilly Endowment. December 2024 - December 2029.