Photo collage representing five of the Fall 2025 Grant-in-Aid awarded projects. Photo Credit: stock.adobe.com and Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station (turkeys).
The Research and Innovation Office (RIO) has awarded funds to thirty-five projects as part of the fall cycle of the Grant-in-Aid of Research, Artistry, and Scholarship (GIA) program. This cohort includes principal investigators from fourteen colleges or units across three campuses, with an average award of $42,173.
As RIO’s longest-running program, the GIA supports the University’s strategic plan, Elevate Extraordinary 2030, and promotes academic excellence by bolstering the research, scholarly, and artistic activities of faculty university-wide. The program’s impact is significant: from fiscal years 2019 to 2023, every dollar RIO invested in the GIA generated thirteen dollars in external funding.