Grants & Funded Projects
R.I.S.E. Leadership Program
- Co-Director and Co-Principal Investigator Campus-wide leadership initiative at Jackson State University focused on mentors and mentees across the university.
Entrepreneurship Minor for Business Majors Subgrant
- Principal Investigator Supports entrepreneurship curriculum development and program expansion.
Mandela Washington Fellowship - U.S. Department of State
- Co-Principal Investigator Supports international business and executive-education programming at Jackson State University.
SBA Women’s Business Center at Jackson State University
- Co-Principal Investigator Supports entrepreneurship and small-business programming.
NSF COMPASS Water Monitoring Project
- Senior Faculty (University of South Carolina) Interdisciplinary grant-supported project with faculty collaboration.
VentureWell Faculty Grant
- Principal Investigator Supports faculty-led innovation and entrepreneurship activity.
PNC Faculty Fellowship Grant
- Principal Investigator Supports faculty fellowship activity connected to entrepreneurship and higher education.
Successful Grants and Competitive Awards










Grant Reviewer Role
- Grant Reviewer, U.S. Department of Agriculture Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program
- Grant Reviewer, Lahore School of Economics Research Development Fund