Rural Reimagined would like to recognize Dr. Pedro Arce (Chemical Engineering), Dr. Andrea Arce-Trigatti (Curriculum and Instruction Adjunct), and Dr. J. Robby Sanders (Chemical Engineering) for receiving Level 3 funding ($10,000-$25,000) from our Faculty Grant Program. Dr. Arce’s team proposed their project titled “Expanding Sustainability Efforts through Intentional Learning: Using a Mixed Method Approach to Exploring Student Perceptions of the BioFoundry Initiative,” which discerns “student perceptions of sustainability efforts and design” by combining survey methods design and content analysis. Their project’s social implications for rural research relate to water resources utilization and recycling. Our Faculty Grant Program seeks to promote faculty research and development inside Tech and surrounding rural communities. We congratulate Drs. Arce, Arce-Trigatti, and Sanders and encourage other faculty members to submit their ideas in the future!