Project Grant SBAHQ19V0025

Mississippi State University received a $824,100 Cooperative Agreement award from the Small Business Administration's (SBA) Office of VA Business Development under the Veterans Outreach Program (CFDA 59.044) effective June 1, 2025, through May 31, 2026. Under this award, Mississippi State University will deliver entrepreneurship training and business development support services to military-connected populations, including veterans, service-disabled veterans, transitioning service members, and...

Federal Grant Award Summary Mississippi State University received a $274,999.59 Project Grant from the Naval Sea Systems Command under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) awarded on September 22, 2025, with a completion date of September 21, 2026. The award supports a thermomechanical processing study for a new hot-rolled high-strength low-alloy (HSLA) steel. This research effort aligns with the Office of Naval Research's mission to develop advanced materials and...

Federal Grant Award Summary Mississippi State University received a $1.8M Project Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the State and Local Homeland Security National Training Program (CFDA 97.005) beginning September 20, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of September 19, 2028. As a member of the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium, the university is developing and delivering specialized continuing training grants (CTG) designed to enhance national...

Federal Grant Award Summary: TRIO Student Support Services Mississippi State University received a $304,614 Project Grant award from the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) Program (CFDA 84.042) for the period September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2026. The award funds comprehensive support services designed to enhance postsecondary educational outcomes for disadvantaged college students, including low-income,...

This $2,842,325 Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service under the Agricultural Research Basic and Applied Research program (CFDA 10.001) supports comprehensive scientific research and development initiatives across diverse agricultural domains at Mississippi State University (MSU). The award will fund projects at MSU designed to make agricultural research discoveries, evaluate alternative research methodologies, and provide scientific and...

Federal Grant Award Summary Mississippi State University received a $272,364 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) Program (CFDA 84.042), awarded on September 25, 2025, with a completion date of September 24, 2026. The grant funds comprehensive supportive services designed to enhance postsecondary educational outcomes for disadvantaged college students, including low-income, first-generation, and...

This federal Project Grant award from the Department of Defense (CFDA 12.431 - Basic Scientific Research) provides $599,083 to Mississippi State University (MSU) to conduct an "Experimental and Computational Investigation of Propeller-Wing Aerodynamics during Transitional Flight Mode." The award period runs from June 15, 2024 to June 14, 2027. Through this grant, MSU will leverage its expertise in aerospace engineering, computational modeling, and materials research to advance the...

Federal Grant Award Summary Mississippi State University received a $485,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture under the Research Facilities Act Program (CFDA 10.246) awarded on September 15, 2025, with a completion date of September 14, 2027. The award funds the construction and installation of two modular fish research laboratories equipped with an automated chemical effluent decontamination system at the university's College...

Federal Grant Award Summary Mississippi State University (MSU) Extension received a Smith-Lever Extension Funding (CFDA 10.511) formula grant award of $14.77 million from the Institute of Food Production and Sustainability (USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture) effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2030. The grant supports comprehensive extension services across all 82 Mississippi counties, addressing five critical issue areas: agricultural system viability and...

The Mississippi State University was awarded a $299,860 cooperative agreement from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 under the Geographic Programs – Gulf of Mexico Program (CFDA 66.475). The award will support expansion of MSU's established Plan-It Marsh educational training program on growing native plants for habitat restoration and development of a new Plan-It Dunes program. At least four new educational modules will be developed for the programs to provide skills training to...