In 2007 the Institute awarded Megan Ray and Allison Jedinak of Indiana University a grant for "Technology and Transitions: Academic Usage Among Traditional Age Transfer Students". Megan and Allison will be presenting their findings at the 2008 Conference.

Also in 2007, the Institute awarded a second grant to Rose Martinez of The University of Texas at Austin in support of her dissertation research, "The Effects of Internal and External Factors on transfer Student Access to Elite Public Universities".

The Institute awarded the first research grant for the study of transfer students in 2006. Barbara K. Townsend, Professor of Higher Education and Continuing Education at University of Missouri - Columbia and Kristin Wilson, Associate Professor of English at Moberly Area Community College received the grant to study "University Actions and Dimensions Affecting Transfer Students' Academic and Social Integration" and presented their findings at the 2007 Conference.