Federal Grants Pending
2025-current: PAR-22-164.
R01 (scored 1/22/2026; pending advisory council meeting and decision)
MPIs: Darren Mays/Elise M. Stevens/Russell B. Clayton; Co-I: Abigail Shoben
Optimizing Social Media Messages Targeting Young Adult Women About the Risks of Breast Cancer from Alcohol Consumption.
Submitted to National Institutes of Health, pass thru The Ohio State University.
Impact Score 26; Percentile 4%
Total award $3,931,914
Federal Grants Resubmitted
2026-current: PAR-25-167
R01 (Submitted on 1/2026)
MPI: Elise M. Stevens; Co-I: Russell B. Clayton/ Darren Mays/Dongmei
Identifying E-Cigarette Advertising Features to Inform Youth-Protective Regulation.
Submitted to National Institutes of Health, pass thru University of Massachusetts.
Total award: $3,631,234.
2025-current: PAR-25-294
R01 (Scored & Resubmitted)
MPIs: Elise M. Stevens; Co-I: Russell B. Clayton/Darren Mays/Sybil Crawford
Leveraging Social Media to Prevent Oral Nicotine Pouch Use: Identifying Effective Public Health Messaging Strategies for Young Adults.
Submitted to National Institutes of Health, pass thru University of Massachusetts.
Impact Score 39; Percentile 18%
Total award: $3,864,960.
Federal Grants Not Funded
2025-current: PAR-25-221
R01 (Scored, Resubmitted, & Not Funded)
MPIs: Darren Mays/Elise Stevens; Co-I: Russell B. Clayton/Abigail Shoben
Enhancing Tobacco Cessation Strategies: Evaluating the Predictive Power of Self-Report vs. Psychophysiological Responses to Risk Messages.
Submitted to National Institutes of Health, pass thru Ohio State University
Impact Score 38; Percentile 27%
Total award: $4,059,534.
State Contracts and Internal Grants Funded (N=8, Total Amount Awarded: $318,600)
2023 Florida State University Committee on Faculty Research Support (COFRS) Grant Competition
PI: Russell B. Clayton
Project: Self-transcendent media and the role of elevation as a means to counter defensive responses to persuasive health messages: A self-report and psychophysiological investigation
Total award: $20,000
2020 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Emerging Scholar Program
PI: Russell B. Clayton
Project: Examining E-Cigarette Users’ Psychophysiological, Affective, Attitudinal, and Behavioral Responses to Freedom-Threatening Anti-Vaping Public Service Announcements.
Total award: $3,000
2019 Florida State University Committee on Faculty Research Support (COFRS) Grant Competition
PI: Russell B. Clayton
Project: Fight, Flight, Vape? Investigating E-Cig Users’ Cognitive Processing of Anti-Vaping PSAs
Total award: $20,000
2016 University of Missouri Research Board
PI: Micah Mazurek; Co-PIs: Glenn Leshner, Paul D. Bolls, Russell B. Clayton
Project: Measurement of Social Reward Processing of Boys with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Total award: $35,000
2016 American Academy of Advertising (AAA) Research Fellowship Competition
PI: Russell B. Clayton
Project: Measurement of Cognitive Dissonance Elicited by Anti-Tobacco Ads.
Total award: $1,500
2015 Florida Department of Transportation, Florida State University
PIs: Neil Charness, Wally Boot, Laura Arpan, Mike Kaschak; Co PIs: Russell B. Clayton, Juliann Cortese
Project: Human Factors Guidelines for Educational Tip Cards for Aging Road Users.
Total award: $215,000
2015 Florida State University First Year Assistant Professor Grant Competition
PI: Russell B. Clayton
Project: Fight and Flight Responses in Smokers and Non-Smokers Processing of Anti-Smoking PSAs.
Total award: 20,000