In answer to the Targeted Excellence RFP that was extended in June 2006, 33 pre-proposals were received for consideration. Of these, 13 were chosen to submit full proposals, with 7 of those receiving funding. Recommendations regarding proposals to be funded were made to Provost Nellis by a panel of reviewers from on, and off, campus. This group was chaired by K-State Professor Roger McHaney (Management), with final allocations for funding as follows:
KSU Center for Sustainable Energy--$750,000--Ron Madl, Mary Rezac, Kirby Chapman, Bill Hargrove, John Schlup, co-PIs
The K-State Digital Prairie Plant and Insect Collection: Elevating Biodiversity and Bioinformatics to the Next Level--$800,000--Greg Zolnerowich, Carolyn Ferguson, David Allen, Michael Haddock, co-PIs
Center for Nanostructured Materials for Indoor Air Quality--$625,000--Steven Eckels, Christopher Sorensen, co-PIs
The Sorghum Translational Genomics Program: Mining Genomic Diversity for Sorghum Improvement--$1,000,000--Frank White, Mitch Tuinstra, Jianming Yu, John Tomich, Clare Nelson, co-PIs
Establishing the Research Programs of the Midwest Institute for Comparative Stem Cell Biology--$350,000--Duane Davis, J. Earnest Minton, Deryl Troyer, Mark Weiss, co-PIs
East Asian Studies Enhancement Project--$210,000--David Graff, Max Lu, Wei Wu, co-PIs
Beef Cattle Institute at Kansas State University--$490,000--Dan Thomson, Chris Reinhardt, Deanna Retzlaff, co-PIs