Grants and Contracts

Funded Projects as PI:

Spencer Foundation.  Research Grants on Education (Small).  PI with Heidi Scherer and James McCafferty (co-PIs).  “Examining the Educational Impact of Tennessee’s Campus Concealed Carry Law.”  $50,000.  Awarded; August 3, 2020 – July 30, 2021.

Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA-2019-15225).  Innovative Prosecution Solutions for Combatting Violent Crime.  Kim McCoy (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office).  Subcontract awarded to KSU: $72,000. “Cobb County Sexual Assault Response Program Evaluation.” PI on subcontract awarded to KSU with Heidi Scherer (co-PI).  Awarded; October 1, 2019 – September 20, 2021.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC-RFA-CE19-1902).  Rape Prevention and Education: Using the Best Available Evidence for Sexual Violence Prevention. Mosi Bayo (Georgia Department of Public Health).  Subcontract awarded to KSU: $79,538. “Evaluation of the Georgia Department of Public Health's Sexual Violence Prevention Programs.” PI on subcontract awarded to KSU with Heidi Scherer and Sara Evans (co-PIs). Awarded; February 1, 2020 – January 31, 2021.

Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC-RFA-CE19-1902).  Rape Prevention and Education: Using the Best Available Evidence for Sexual Violence Prevention. Mosi Bayo (Georgia Department of Public Health).  Subcontract awarded to KSU: $71,938. “Evaluation of the Georgia Department of Public Health's Sexual Violence Prevention Programs.” PI on subcontract awarded to KSU with Heidi Scherer and Dawn Baunach (co-PIs). Awarded; February 1, 2019 – January 31, 2020.

Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC-RFA-CE14-1401). Rape Prevention and Education Program. Mosi Bayo (Georgia Department of Public Health). Subcontract awarded to KSU: $106,523.  “Evaluation of the Georgia Department of Public Health's (GA-DPH) Four Sexual Violence Prevention Programs (SVPP).” PI on Subcontract Awarded to KSU with Heidi Scherer and Dawn Baunach (co-PIs). Awarded; February 1, 2018 – January 31, 2019.

American Sociological Association. “Examining the Effects of Passing a Campus Carry Law: Comparing Perceptions of Safety, Campus Activities, and Crime Before and After Georgia’s New Campus Carry Law.”  PI with Heidi Scherer and James McCafferty (co-PIs). ($8,000). Awarded;  October 15, 2017 – January 15, 2020.

Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC-RFA-CE14-1401). Rape Prevention and Education Program. Mosi Bayo (Georgia Department of Public Health). Subcontract awarded to KSU: $66,690.   “Evaluation of Two Rape Prevention Education (RPE) Programs.” PI on Subcontract Awarded to KSU with Dorthy Marsil, Corinne McNamara, Heidi Scherer, and Evelina Sterling (co-PIs).  Awarded; February 1, 2017 – January 31, 2018.

Center for Disease Control and Prevention (5R49CE001494). CDC Injury Control Research Center Grant.  Emory Center for Injury Control (ECIC) Faculty Pilot Grant Program, Violence Prevention, Community-based Research.  Subcontract awarded to KSU: $19,488. “Training Social Workers to Identify Youth at Risk for the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC): A Pilot Evaluation Study.” PI with Dahlia Bell Brown and Kaffie McCullough (co-PIs).  February 1, 2012 – January 31, 2013.

Funded Projects as CoPI:

Office of Justice Programs – Office for Victims of Crime (2017-VT-BX-K006). Specialized Services for Victims of Human Trafficking. Mary Frances Bowley (Wellspring Living).  Subcontract awarded to KSU: $3,600.  Co-PI/evaluation consultant on subcontract awarded to KSU with A.L. Burruss Institute of Public Service and Research.  July 1 2018 – October 1, 2020.

Research Consulting Contract with Wellspring Living. “Wellspring Living Evaluation Plan and Evaluation Report for 2018-2019.” (co-investigator), with A.L. Burruss Institute of Public Service and Research. ($10,000). October 2018 – September 2019.

Research Consulting Contract with Wellspring Living. “Wellspring Living Evaluation Report for 2017-2018.” (co-investigator), with A.L. Burruss Institute of Public Service and Research. ($2,500). February 2018-July 31, 2018.

Research Consulting Contract with Wellspring Living. “Wellspring Living Evaluation Report for 2016-2017.” (co-investigator), with A.L. Burruss Institute of Public Service and Research. ($2,000). October 2017 – July 31, 2017.

Research Consulting Contract with Wellspring Living. “Wellspring Living Evaluation Report for 2015-2016.” (co-investigator), with A.L. Burruss Institute of Public Service and Research. ($2,500). October 2015 – July 31, 2016.

Research Consulting Contract with Wellspring Living.  “Evaluation Design for Wellspring Living.” (co-investigator), with A.L. Burruss Institute of Public Service and Research.  ($4,788).  February 4, 2014 – July 31, 2014.

National Science Foundation. (0820649).  Dissertation Improvement Grant. “Doctoral Dissertation Research: Diffusion and the Law Formation Process – A Comprehensive Analysis of the Spread of Rape Law Reforms in United States.” Co-PI with Jody Clay-Warner (PI). ($9030). July 15, 2008 – July 15, 2009. 

Competitive Contracts Funded as Research Assistant/Technician:

National Addiction & HIV Data Archive Program. 2010 Small Subcontract Competition: Archiving Drug Abuse and HIV Datasets.  “Older Drug Users: A Life Course Study in Turning Points in Drug Use and Injection.” (Research Assistant), with Thor Whalen (PI) and Miriam Boeri (co-PI).  ($20,000). February 1, 2011 – January 31, 2012.