UW-Superior's involvement in funded research and proposal development is significant.  We are exceedingly proud of the extramural support given to our four research institutes.

Currently UW-Superior has the fourth highest level of federally funded research of all UW schools.  This can be attributed to the pivotal work of our research centers and institutes.  Faculty and staff at the research centers and institutes have built national and international reputations in applied transportation and logistics research, ballast water treatment testing, invasive species testing and natural estuarine protection.  Warm congratulations to Principal Investigators Mary Balcer, Richard Stewart, Matt TenEyck and Ralph Garono on new FY12 awards.  

UW-Superor's Research Centers and Institutes

• Lake Superior Research Institute (LSRI), Directed by Dr. Mary Balcer with Associate Researchers Matt TenEyck and Amy Elliot
• Transportation & Logistics Research Center (TLRC), Directed by Dr. Richard Stewart
• Great Lakes Maritime Research Institute (GLMRI), Co-directed by Dr. Richard Stewart and Carol Wolosz at the University of Minnesota Duluth
• Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve(LSNERR), Directed by Dr. Ralph Garono

UW-Superior Faculty and Staff

Both new and senior faculty and staff are generating proposals to advance scholarship, learning and student success.  We have doubled the number of proposals submitted in FY11 from FY10 levels.  Four of the twelve academic departments are actively involved.

Congratulations to our hard working faculty and staff who applied to new sources of federal and private or System dollars for scholarly research and student success during FY11-FY12.  See awards page for further details.  They include:

Dr. Mary Balcer

Dr. Mei Cao

Dr. Virginia Donovan

Deanna Erickson with LSNERR

Dr. Ralph Garono

Dr. Shon Schooler

Angie Hugdahl and Mary Hauk

Paul Hlina

Dr. Sarah LaChance Adams

Dr. Jim Lane

Dr. Uwe Leck

Ms. Jenice Meyer

Dr. Monica Roth Day

Dr. Peter Nordgren

Dr. Eleni Pinnow

Ms. Kathy Pykkonen

Dr. Kristin Ryker-Coleman

Dr. Lorena Rios-Mendoza

Dr. Rhoda Robinson

Ms. Julie Schmidt

Dr. Kurt Schmude

Dr. Bill Simpson

Dr. Richard Stewart

Mr. Matthew TenEyck

Dr. Michael Waxman

Special recognition to the wide participation in UW System grants.  The following staff and faculty were awarded UW System dollars for conferences, faculty development, equity and diversity projects and curriculum development grants:

Dr. Lorena Rios

Acacia Nikoi

Chip Beal

Dr. Maria Cuzzo

Dr. Suzanne Griffith

Ms. Kathy Pykkonen

Mickey Fitch

Special recognition also to the Jim Dan Hill Library who became in FY11 a designation for the Foundation Center Library collection.  The Foundation Center is a nationally renowned, cooperating collection to research U.S. grantmakers and philanthropic funders.  Congrats to Dr. Debra Nordgren, Ella Cross and Connie Moeller for this award.

Faculty currently active in grant and fellowship proposal development Spring 2012 are representing the following departments: Communications, Social Inquiry, Natural Sciences, Center for Business and Economics, GEARS (Academic Service Learning), McNair Scholars Program and the Multicultural Affairs Office.  We are cheering you on.

Want to learn more on how to advance your potential for funded scholarship, research and creative activities?  Call Kaelene, your Grant and Research Administrator, at ext. 8488 and visit the funding opportunities on this webpage.