Faculty Productivity Grant Program Awardees

The Faculty Productivity Grant program provides concentrated time for faculty to generate pilot or preliminary data that will enhance their competitiveness for a major grant or contract. The Office of Research and Economic Development will provide funds for up to three faculty “buy-outs” from teaching annually.

2024-25 Awardees


Claire Cage

Dr. Claire Cage
Professor, Department of History
College of Arts and Sciences


Laura Frost

Dr. Laura Frost
Assistant Professor, Biology
College of Arts and Sciences


▼   2023-2024
Samuel Baker
Dr. Samuel Baker
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy
College of Arts and Sciences

Zoya Khan

Dr. Zoya Khan
Associate Professor, Department of Modern & Classical Languages & Literature
College of Arts and Sciences

▼   2022-2023
Claire Cage

Dr. Claire Cage
Associate Professor, Department of History
College of Arts and Sciences


Christina Lindeman

Dr. Christina Lindeman
Associate Professor, Department of Art & Art History
College of Arts and Sciences

▼   2021-2022
Dr. Kelly Urban

Dr. Kelly Urban
Assistant Professor, Department of History
College of Arts and Sciences

▼   2020-2021
Dr. Christine Ruey Shan Lee

Dr. Christine Ruey Shan Lee
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
College of Arts and Sciences


Dr. Kimberly Smith

Dr. Kimberly Smith
Assistant Professor, Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology
College of Allied Health

▼   2019-2020
Dr. Claire Cage

Dr. Claire Cage
Associate Professor, Department of History
College of Arts and Sciences


Dr. James Davis

Dr. James Davis
Professor, Department of Chemistry
College of Arts and Sciences


Dr. Lesley Gregoricka

Dr. Lesley Gregoricka
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work
College of Arts and Sciences

▼   2018-2019
Dr. Kimberly Smith

Dr. Kimberly Smith
Assistant Professor, Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology
College of Allied Health

▼   2017-2018
Dr. Mark Yampolskiy

Dr. Mark Yampolskiy
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
School of Computing

▼   2016-2017
Dr. Claire Cage

Dr. Claire Cage
Assistant Professor, Department of History
College of Arts and Sciences


Dr. Lesley Gregoricka

Dr. Lesley Gregorika
Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work
College of Arts and Sciences


Dr. Kyre Lahtinen

Dr. Kyre Lahtinen
Assistant Professor, Department of Finance
Mitchell College of Business


Dr. Silas Leavesley

Dr. Silas Leavesley
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
College of Engineering


▼   2014-2015
Dr. Benjamin Hill

Dr. Benjamin Hill
Assistant Professor, Psychology Department
College of Arts and Sciences


Dr. Silas Leavesley

Dr. Silas Leavesley
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
College of Engineering