{"id":1979,"date":"2020-02-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/blogtest\/graduate-studies-and-research\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T15:34:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T20:34:58","slug":"graduate-studies-and-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/president\/graduate-studies-and-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Studies and Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p class=\"p1\"><strong>Graduate Studies<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">MTSU has aggressively transitioned from a primarily undergraduate institution to a doctoral research university with significant research activity. Increasing graduate student enrollment helps strengthen MTSU\u2019s position as a publicly funded research university; enhances MTSU\u2019s reputation as a research institution from both faculty and students\u2019 points of view; meets market need for a more educated workforce in Tennessee, within the region, and across the nation; and increases revenue from both tuition and fees and the state funding formula.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p class=\"p1\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/mtsu.edu\/graduate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">College of Graduate Studies<\/a> achieved several significant successes in the past year.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\">MTSU now has an <a href=\"https:\/\/mtsu.edu\/programs\/professional-counseling-eds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ed.S. in Professional Counseling<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">The College of Graduate Studies is launching its Online Faculty Fellows program in Spring 2020 to explore and implement cutting-edge online teaching and programs at the graduate level.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">In collaboration with MTSU\u2019s Information Technology Division, Graduate Studies launched an online self-service portal for students applying to graduate school at MTSU. Additionally, there is a faculty online portal to review graduate application packets expeditiously. This will lead to faster processing time, more efficiencies, and an expected increase in enrollment.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">The college also is working on increasing our efficiency and customer service and will be focusing on retention and recruiting efforts for the fall.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Research<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">MTSU is continuing to ramp up research efforts at a rapid pace. Creating a culture of research and inquiry is at the heart of the University\u2019s mission among faculty and students and in vital industry partnerships. This work often involves undergraduate<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">research opportunities that are unique for non-master\u2019s and non-doctoral students at MTSU.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Here are some recent research-related highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\">Since last July, 39 MTSU principal investigators (PIs) have received 46 new awards with a total value of $7,039,000. Another 21 MTSU personnel are involved as co-PIs. The new awards involve 25 academic departments or research centers across seven colleges and three administrative units.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Thus far in the fiscal year, the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP) has managed a portfolio of 168 active awards with a lifetime award value of $37,513,000.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">During the same time, 65 PIs for 35 departments or centers in seven colleges have submitted 79 proposals, requesting a total of $17,242,000.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">The Faculty Research and Creative Activity Committee (FRCAC) awarded $69,017 to eight faculty applicants in the Fall 2019 competition. Twenty faculty requested a total of $175,380. Those applicants not selected for funding in the fall cycle are eligible to revise and resubmit to the Spring 2020 deadline.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">The Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity (URECA) Committee awarded $27,276 to 25 of the 51 applicants to its Fall 2019 competition.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">ORSP\u2019s ongoing efforts to build on MTSU\u2019s exceptional legacy of mentored undergraduate research and creative activity\u2014a high-impact practice for student success and complement to the faculty research enterprise\u2014include commissioning a series of video vignettes to highlight our faculty-and-student scholar teams.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">ORSP Program Manager Jamie Burriss now serves as an advisor to the new Student Organization for the Advancement of Research (SOAR). The student-centered organization will provide members with opportunities to improve their own research skills through conferences, workshops, and peer-to-peer activities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MTSU has aggressively transitioned from a primarily undergraduate institution to a doctoral research university with significant research activity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":350,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1979"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3168,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1979\/revisions\/3168"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}