Grant Success
Etown College's academic programs focus primarily on teaching and learning. Faculty members further sharpen this focus when they engage in externally funded research and programs that deepen their expertise while they serve as mentors to students and pride them with hands-on signature learnings experiences (SLEs) focused on research and community projects.
External Grant Highlights
Institutional Centers & Multischool Projects
- Conrad Kanagy (School of Public Service) & Shanon Haley Mize (Center for Global Understanding & Peacemaking-CGUP), Nichole Gonzalez (Vice President for Student Life & Dean of Students), Petru Sandu (School of Business), Mark Clapper (Alumni Relations/Institutional Advancement), and Kristi Kneas (Associate Provost for Academic and Faculty Affairs) — The Pathways Project: Promoting Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Etown College provided by the Lancaster County Community Foundation BB&T now Truist Economic Growth Fund
School of Engineering and Computer Science
- Sara Atwood — National Science Foundation (NSF) funding:
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Professional Formation of Engineers: Research Initiation in Engineering Formation (PFE: RIEF) grant: “Research Initiation: The Role of Internships in Developing Engineering Professional Identity for First Generation Low-Income Students” (Principal Investigator; Co-PI Sheri Sheppard, Stanford University)
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Division of Undergraduate Education: Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (DUE: IUSE) grant: “Making Grades Meaningful: Standards-based Grading for Engineering Project Courses.” (Co-PI; PI: Adam Carberry, Arizona State University)
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Division of Undergraduate Education: Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (DUE: S-STEM): “Engineering Practices with Impact Cohort (EPIC) Scholarship for High Achieving Women in Engineering at Elizabethtown College” (PI)
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- Peilong Li — A subaward from the University of Massachusetts–Lowell for a NSF grant focused on blockchain-based cyberinfrastructure for medical data sharing (Co-PI; PI: Yan Luo, UMass–Lowell). Two subawards from Intel Corporation focused on accelerated network traffic analysis using machine learning and deep learning (Co-PI; PI: Yan Luo, UMass–Lowell).
- Brenda Read-Daily — Funding from the Association of Engineering & Science Professors for outreach activities to a school district that show how concepts from AP Chem courses are applied in environmental engineering
School of Sciences and Health
- David Bowne — Funding from Drexel University for Headwater Aquatic Resource Restoration Monitoring
- James Mackay — A collaborative research proposal with the University of Binghamton funded by the National Science Foundation’s Chemistry of Life Processes program (Co-PI; PI: Eriks Rozners, Binghamton University–SUNY)
- Lauren Toote — 16th Annual Environmental Protection Agency's P3 (People, Prosperity, and the Planet) Award recipient for her work creating A Simple and Inexpensive Paper-Based Assay for Lead (PI; Co-PIs: Peilong Li and Brenda Read-Daily)
- Anya Goldina and Diane Bridge — funding by the PA Sea Grant (PSU) for Investigation of Chemical Signals for Improving Frapping Efficience and Preventing Further Expansion of Invasive Crayfish Species
School of Public Service
- Funding from the Zimmerman Heimbach Foundation to support the creation of the E. Fletcher McClellan Summer Internship Fund
- Funding from the Henry Janssen Foundation to support scholarships for students majoring in social work
- Shannon Haley-Mize — funding from the Montgomery County Intermediate Unit for serving as part of a collaborative group to help prepare pre-service teachers to better analyze critical data that impacts graduation and dropout rates with consideration of practices that support culturally responsive education
School of Arts and Humanities
- Mahua Bhatthacharya — The Japan–United States Friendship Commission to promote Japanese and Asian Studies through collaborative activities
- Kristi Kneas (Associate Provost for Academic and Faculty Affairs) — Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for Confronting Challenges with Confidence designed to increase student engagement with the humanities
School of Business
- Funding from Clark Associates to support capstone and course-based projects
- Petru Sandu — funding from the US Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship’s program funded by the Schulze Family Foundation to support entrepreneurship education and to encourage participation in a business plan competition
Staff and Faculty Outreach Programs
- Funding from Americorps VISTA for work with the Etown Community Homeless and Outreach Services (ECHOS) and Emergency Food and Shelter Program
- Science in Motion (located in the Department of Education)
School of Graduate and Professional Studies
- Funding from the Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation to support scholarships for adult learners
- Work with Members 1st Federal Credit Union to develop an Executive Leadership program focused on succession planning for mid-level management and engaging their employees to utilize Etown Edge’s microcredential content and Prior Learning Assessment, to help fast-track bachelor degree completion
- Affinity Partnerships that allow companies partnering with Etown to develop content-specific programs to meet industry needs and the opportunity to receive a 10% tuition discount. Current partners include but are not limited to: Members 1st, WellSpan Health, Masonic Villages, PSECU, Leadership Lancaster, UPMC Pinnacle, Jewish Home Harrisburg, T.W. Ponessa & Associates Counseling Services, Inc., May Grant Associates, The High Center for Family Business, and The Donegal Group