Ball State University Research

News about research and sponsored projects from the office of Sponsored Projects Administration

Category: Faculty Highlights

  • Celebrating Early-Career Faculty Internal Grant Recipients
    January 15, 2026 by

    Sponsored Projects Administration’s Aspire Internal Grant program is honored to recognize the awardees of the Proposal Enhancement Grant (PEG). This internal grant opportunity aims to support tenured and tenure-line faculty as they work to enhance preliminary research or scholarly projects with the goal of engaging with an external funding agency through a competitive grant proposal. In November 2025, Aspire reviewed applications from pre-tenure faculty members. After reviewing many quality […]

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  • 2023 Outstanding Research Awardee, Lan Lin
    February 20, 2024 by

    Lan Lin, Associate Professor of Computer Science, is currently collaborating with multiple professionals from a range of disciplines and professions. Their work focuses on an intricate puzzle that assists environmental scientists in assessing and predicting hydrological events. Her knowledge in software engineering has earned her multiple National Science Foundation (NSF) awards along with numerous journal […]

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  • 2022 Outstanding Research Award winner, Sergei Zhuk
    October 20, 2022 by

    2022 Outstanding Research Award Dr. Sergei Zhuk  World-renowned Russian/Soviet and Ukrainian historian, Dr. Sergei Zhuk has led a distinguished and prolific academic career. With expertise and research specialties in Cold War history, popular culture, international relations, knowledge production, cultural consumption, religion, and identify in a history of imperial Russia, Zhuk began his career in Soviet […]

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  • Photo of a booklet for the Facing Police Community Engagement Event in Muncie, Indiana

    Critical Service Learning as a Vehicle for Change
    September 1, 2021 by

    By Gandzhina Dustova — Dr. Kiesha Warren-Gordon, Ball State associate professor of criminal justice and criminology and director of the African American studies minor, works with members of the Muncie community to create opportunities for student engagement in service learning and research focusing on social justice issues. As a senior faculty fellow for Indiana Campus […]

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  • 2020 Julian L. Simon Memorial Award Winner
    September 15, 2020 by

    Each year since 2001, CEI pays tribute to free-market economist, professor, and consummate optimist Julian Simon by presenting the Julian L. Simon Memorial Award to an individual whose work supports Simon’s vision of mankind as the ultimate resource. This year, CEI is pleased to honor Dr. Steven Horwitz, Director of the Institute for the Study […]

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