Office of Sponsored Programs
Research & Creative Projects
Small Grants for Faculty Research & Creative Projects
Each year, faculty from a wide range of disciplines apply for funding through Minot State University’s Small Grants for Faculty Research & Creative Projects (SGFRCP) program. The title of this grant program has been updated to include and encourage both research and creative project proposals. Each grant application is reviewed by members of the MSU Faculty Research Committee. Committee members use a scoring rubric to rank the applications and use these rankings in making final funding decisions.
Grant Proposal Deadline: Spring 2026, Date TBDCurrent MSU faculty are eligible to apply.
SUBMIT GRANT APPLICATION HERE- Request for Proposals 2025
- Attachment A: Budget Template (Does not count toward page limit.)
- Scoring Rubric
| Faculty Member(s) | Title | Amount funded |
| Abusqer, Muhammad | Expanding and Validating Cyber Tweet Grader & Labeler: A Domain-Focused NLP Tool for Cyberattack Relevance Assessment | $4,000 |
| Bittle, Kyle | Is Sharing Caring? Investigating Perceptions of Privacy within Sharenting Behaviors on Social Networking Sites | $1,279 |
| Chen, Yung-Ju (Ruth) | Exploring the Relationship between Parent Perception of Physical Activity and Motor Development in Infants | $4,000 |
| Corneliusen, Lacey | Headset On, Stress Off: A Pilot Exploration of Virtual Reality for Mental Well-Being | $3,938 |
| Odufuwa, Abiodun (Ebenezer) | Silver Nanoparticles as Alternative Therapy Against ESKAPE Bacteria | $3,968 |
| Paterno, David | Stakeholder Engagement Communications: Mapping and Managing Audiences | $2,700 |
| Powers, Elyzia | The MSU Student Retention Project | $3,262 |
| Zheng, Wenjing | Cultivating Critical Thinking Skills in Students with Special Needs by Incorporating Folktales | $3,952 |
| TOTAL | $27,099 |
Annual Research & Scholarly Work Poster Session
Event Details: Spring 2026, Date TBD
Poster Abstract Deadline: Spring 2026, Date TBD
Current MSU faculty, staff, and students are eligible to apply.
