2023 Office of Research & Creative Activities Reception Awardees: 

First Time Lead Award (Individuals who were awarded their first external grant in FY 23)

• Tania Basta
• Kristen Brewer
• Ellen Casale
• Tiffany Isselhardt
• Kent Johnson
• Hilary Katz
• Zachary Suriano
• Cres'Sena Thomas
• Kaylee Woodard

 

Prolific Proposer Award (Individuals who submitted more than 5 external grants in FY 23)

• Amy Brausch
• Vladimir Dobrokhotov
• Christina Noel
• Katrina  Burch   
• Amy Hood         
• Kirolos  Haleem
• Jerry Brotzge     
• David Pollack    
• Jay Stottman     

 

The One Million Dollar Grant Club (Individuals who have received more than one million dollars in external grants by FY23)

• Amy Brausch    
• Mary Lloyd Moore
• Jennifer McWhorter      
• Christina Noel
• Jimmie  Martin 
• Ke Peng

 

Department Award for Largest Number of Proposing Faculty: Physics and Astronomy

 

Department Award for Largest Number of Faculty Awardees: Physics and Astronomy

 

College Award for Highest Amount of External Funding: College of Education and Behavioral Sciences

 

 

Award Categories & Criteria

First Time Awardee
Lead PIs who received their first award at WKU during FY22

Prolific Proposer
Individuals who have submitted four or more proposals during FY22 as either PI or Co-PI

Million Dollar Club
PIs who reached $1/5/10 million in awards during FY22

Department Awards
The (1) department with the largest percentage of proposing faculty and the (1) department with the largest percentage of faculty awardees in FY22

Associate Provost for Research & Creative Activity's Innovation & Impact Award
An individual or team recognized for outstanding entrepreneurship and commercialization efforts in FY22