Research & Grants

CCRS is an NSF grant-funded research team since 2012.

Research Anchor

Current Grant

HBCU-UP (NSF Grant No. 2306671) - "Broadening Participation Research: Understanding faculty attitudes, competency, and perceptions of providing career advising to African American STEM students at HBCUs"

Co-PI's - Drs. Elaine Martin, Thomas Broyles, Ranganathan Parthasarathy
Citation: Hammond, M.S., Broyles, T.W., Martin, E., & Parthasarathy, R. (2023-2026). Broadening Participation Research: Understanding faculty attitudes, competency, and perceptions of providing career advising to African American STEM students at HBCUs. Three-year, $ 349,991 National Science Foundation’s HBCU-UP Broadening Participation Research grant proposal.

Goal: To understand the career development skills and knowledge of STEM faculty.

HBCU-UP (NSF Grant No. 2332074) - "Excellence in Research: Extending the impact of research using Social Cognitive Career Theory through meta-analysis and systematic review"

Citation: Hammond, M.S. (2023). Extending the impact of research using Social Cognitive Career Theory through meta-analysis and systematic review. Role: PI. One-year, $99,999 National Science Foundation’s HBCU Excellence in Research Planning Grant.

Goal: To engage in skill development so as to effectively and efficiently carry out a meta-analysis of the research literature testing the Social Cognitive Career Theory for effectiveness.

Previous Grants and Awards

HBCU-UP (NSF Grant No. 2011931) - "Broadening Participation Research Project: Understanding the role of culture in an intervention to increase the persistence of African American STEM students"

Co-PI's - Drs. Elaine Martin and Thomas Broyles
Citation: Hammond, M.S., Broyles, T.W., & Martin, E. (2020-2023). Broadening Participation Research Project: Understanding the role of culture in an intervention to increase the persistence of African American STEM students. Three-year, $350,000 National Science Foundation’s HBCU-UP Broadening Participation Research grant proposal.

Goal: To understand the role of institutional support, campus programs, and external supports/preparation on engagement with college major and the program activities.

NSF ECR Core Grant (NSF Grant No. 1561584)- "Career Commitment and Retention in STEM: The Intersection of Professional Identity and Career Management Skills in Minority and Women STEM Students"

Co- PI's - Drs. Artenzia Young-Seigler (Biology), Korsi Dumenyo (Agriculture), and Carlos D. Beane (Engineering)
Citation: Hammond, M.S., Hall, J., Hargrove, S., & Young-Seigler, A. (2016). Career Commitment and Retention in STEM: the Intersection of Professional Identity and Career Management Skills among Minority and Women STEM students. Three year, $1,500,000 National Science Foundation's EHR Core Research Grant.

Goal: To understand the career development strengths and needs of African American and Women STEM students.

HBCU-Up (NSF Grant No. 1623145) - "Career Commitment and Retention in STEM: Examining the Impact of a Career Management Intervention"

Co-PIs: Drs. Elaine Martin (Biology), Tom Broyles (Agriculture), and Bethany King-Wilkes (Engineering)
Citation: Hammond, M.S., Hargrove, S., Hall, J., & Martin, E. (2016). Broadening Participation Research: Career Commitment and Retention in STEM: Building the STEM Workforce. Three year, $350,000 National Science Foundation's HBCU-UP Broadening Participation Research grant.

Goal: Refine the culturally-appropriate career intervention for African American STEM students which was developed and tested during previous award.

NSF HBCU-UP BPR (2012-2016; NSF Grant No. 1238778): " Career Commitment and Retention in STEM: Building the STEM Workforce"

Co-PIs: Drs. S. Keith Hargrove and Elaine D. Martin as well as William Hayslett, M.S.
Citation: Hammond, M.S., Hall, J., & Hargrove, S.K. (2012). Supplemental Grant to the Broadening Participation Research: Career Commitment and Retention in STEM: Building the STEM Workforce. Four year, $420,000 National Science Foundation’s HBCU-UP Broadening Participation Research grant program.

Goal: To develop and test a culturally-appropriate career management intervention for African American STEM students.

Collaborator (NSF Grant No. 0748934):

Citation: Favor, K. (2007). HBCU Evaluators Consortium Planning Proposal. (Site PI). Two-year, $200,000, six institution collaboration in planning grant from the National Science Foundation of which Tennessee State University received $23,000.

Goal: The goal is to diversify and build leadership in the field of program evaluation; as well as to strengthen evaluator skills in assessing STEM programmatic initiatives directed towards multiethnic and underrepresented populations.

Subcontract under Research on Gender in Science & Engineering (2006-2009; NSF Grant No. 0624720).

Citation: Hammond, M.S. (2006). Project site under B. Kerr and K.D. Multon’s GSE/RES - Milestones and Danger Zones for Talented Women in STEM. Three year, $500,000 National Science Foundation grant of which Tennessee State University received $57,514. Institutional Collaborators: University of Kansas & Arizona State University.

Goal: To test a model of women's persistence in science that incorporates the constructs of ability, privilege, and gender relations.

Tennessee Board of Regents' Faculty Research Grant:

Citation: Hammond, M.S., Luke, C. Michael, T. & Hartwig, M. (2015). At-risk and under-represented students’ decisions to withdraw: Effects of personality, career, and developmental factors on intent to return. One year, $40,000 grant funded by the TBR Faculty Research Grant program. (funded).

Goal: To examine the role of personality, developmental, and career developmental factors in both under-represented minorities' and at-risk students' decisions to withdraw from college.