Opportunities and Awards

Current Awards and Opportunities

Research and scholarly activity within our College can span many different industries and opportunities. Below you’ll find details and links to annual, semi-annual, and other opportunities and awards available to our faculty and staff.

Recent grant recipients from the last twelve to eighteen months can be seen on this page. If your project is not listed below and should be, please email the CVPA Research Office.

Research Grants Awarded in 2024

Sang Nam, Computer Game Design

Developing A Multimodal LLM AI Agent for the XR, Extended Reality Platform for Personalized and Highly Immersive Trauma Training.
4-VA@Mason
In collaboration with University of Virginia

Research Grants Awarded in 2020-2021

James Robert Casey, Computer Game Design

Innovative Methodologies in Gaming Technology for Outreach, Office of the Flood Insurance Advocate at FEMA
Dewberry Engineers, Inc.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Center for the Arts

Mason Artists-in-Residence Engagement with SWING OUT
National Endowment for the Arts

Mason Artists-in-Residence engagement with ‘Cartography’ 
Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation 
National Endowment for the Arts

Niyati S. Dhokai, Veterans and the Arts Initiative 

Community Connections Project: Ukelele Workshops for Military Families 
Creative Forces: National Endowment for the Arts   
Military Healing Arts Network

Community Connections Project: Effects of Ukulele Workshops on Sense of Community and Social Engagement for Veterans and Servicemembers 
Creative Forces: National Endowment for the Arts   
Military Healing Arts Network

Megan Lavengood, Music

A New Vision for Open Music Theory 
State Council of Higher Education

Don Russell - Art

The Mural Project
George Mason University 
State Council of Higher Education

Justin Peter Sutters, Art

Research: How is Art Education Looking? 
National Art Education Foundation

Gail S. White, Art 

Impacts of White-tailed Deer Herbivory on Vegetation in Harpers Ferry National Historical Park 
National Park Service 
 
Multimedia Products 
National Park Service 
 
White-tailed Deer Herbivory 
National Park Service

Michael Wilson McDermott, Art 

Undeleted, a public exhibition addressing data insecurity and identity theft 
Virginia Research Investment Fund

Commonwealth Cyber Initiative