Newly Funded Awards – January 2025
Principal Investigator: Tyran Butler (Lastinger Center)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: School District of Hillsborough County
Project Title: Small Group Literacy: Hillsborough SG PL Access 2025 (Option 2)
Project Period: 2/1/2025–11/30/2025
Award Amount: $49,990
Principal Investigator: Tyran Butler (Lastinger Center)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: School District of Manatee County
Project Title: Manatee 2025 – Materials Only
Project Period: 12/19/2024–12/31/2025
Award Amount: $9,450
Principal Investigator: Zandra De Araujo (Lastinger Center)
Co-PI: Catherine Cavanaugh (Lastinger Center), Phil Poekert (Lastinger Center)
Funding Agency: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Project Title: Gates Data Lagoon Phase 2
Project Period: 11/14/2024—8/30/2027
Award Amount: $1,300,000
Principal Investigator: Melissa Mariani (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: Sara Jean-Philippe (SHDOSE)
Funding Agency: Chi Sigma Iota
Project Title: Beta Chapter Development Initiatives
Project Period: 12/1/2025–4/15/2025
Award Amount: $300
Principal Investigator: Melissa Mariani (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: Deaetta Grimes (SHDOSE), Sara Jean-Philippe (SHDOSE)
Funding Agency: Chi Sigma Iota
Project Title: Exploring the Effects of the Choosing Health and Happiness (CHH) Model on Aspects of Wellness for Counselors-in-Training (CITs)
Project Period: 1/10/2025–4/25/2025
Award Amount: $2,500
Principal Investigator: Justin Ortagus (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (Subcontract – Institute of Education Sciences Flow Through)
Project Title: Project REACT: A Multisite Randomized Controlled Trial
Project Period: 7/1/2024–6/30/2025
Award Amount: $136,102
Principal Investigator: Wanli Xing (STL)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Subcontract — Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Flow Through)
Project Title: RE-ALTER: Randomized Experiment
Project Period: 9/1/2024–8/1/2025
Award Amount: $74,999.61
