Smart Cities
for Good

As of 2026, I have contributed to securing approximately $10.4 million in externally funded research support as PI or Co-PI. Across these projects, my direct allocated share totals approximately $568,840 in research funding and support.

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External Grants

• National Institutes of Health (NIH/NIDA #RM1DA064594) GEO IMPACT: Geo-Targeted Implementation of a Novel Mobile Pharmacy and Clinic Healthcare Delivery Model with Community Health Workers for Prevention, Care, and Treatment of HIV and Substance Use (~$10.2 M, Site PI. Kim’s Share: USD 449,980, Subaward through Yale University)

• National Science Foundation (NSF #2435428) IUCRC Planning Grant Virginia Tech: Center for Digital Twin Research, Innovation and Collaboration Hub (DT-RICH) (2025-27, Role: Co-PI, USD 20,000)

• National Science Foundation (NSF #1841520) Analyzing and Mapping Dental Care Access in the U.S.: A Study in Collaboration with the American Dental Association (2024-25, Role: Co-PI, Subaward through George Mason University, USD 50,000)

• OpenAI Researcher Access Program (2025-26, Role: PI, USD 5,000 API Credit) 

• Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth (#852P025) Healthy Communities Action Teams to Prevent Childhood Obesity Grants (2026-29, Role: PI, USD 119,719) 

• Commonwealth Cyber Initiative (CCI) (2025-26, Role: PI, Southwest Virginia Node, USD 50,000)

Internal Grants (Selected)

• +Policy Fellow Grant (2025-26, Role: PI, USD 10,000)

• Whole Health Consortium Seed Grant (2025, Role: PI, USD 40,000)

• ICTAS COE Engineering Faculty Organization-Opportunity (2024-25, Role: Co-PI, USD 10,000)

• 4-VA Collaborative Research Grant (2024-25, Role: PI, USD 30,000)

• 4-VA Pre-Tenure Faculty Research Grant (2023, Role: PI, USD 15,000)

• Institute for Society, Culture, and Environment (ISCE) Grants (2022-24, Role: PI, USD 17,225)