2008. USDA Capacity Building Grant proposal written by Li Lu, Kirk Pomper, and Karan Kaul entitled: “Creation of Summer Educational Opportunities in Biotechnology to Recruit Students and Enhance STEM Areas at Kentucky State University,” was funded for $199,293.

2007. USDA Capacity Building grant entitled: Anticancer and neuroprotective properties of pawpaw fruit extracts and acetogenin bioavailability was funded for $299,000; the grant was coauthored by Hideka Kobayashi, Kirk Pomper, and Changzheng Wang.

2007. National Plant Germplasm System. Evaluation of Cydonia Germplasm for Resistance to Fire Blight (Erwinia amylovora) by Joseph Postman, Kirk Pomper, and Virginia Stockwell for $3,000.

2006. A USDA Capacity Building Research Grant entitled: “Use of DNA Markers to Evaluate Genetic Diversity in Different Strains of Freshwater Prawns for Selective Breeding and Hybridization,” #2006-02916, by James Tidwell, Boris Gomelsky and Kirk Pomper was funded for $297,791.

2006. A research grant from the Kentucky Agricultural Development Board entitled “Evaluation of DNA Protective and Immune Modulating Capacity of Grape Products from Kentucky” was awarded to Drs. Avinash Tope, Sanjun Gu and Kirk Pomper for $7,200 for a two year period.

2005. The USDA Capacity Building Teaching Grant entitled: “Development of Biotechnology Courses to Enhance Aquaculture and Life Science Programs and Recruit Students” was written and awarded to Drs. Kirk Pomper, Karan Kaul, Narayanan Rajendran, and James Tidwell for $199,984.

2004. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SARE) Research and Education Grant entitled: The Southern Region Organic Fruit Production Initiative: Identifying Barriers, Needed Research, Markets, and Opportunities (LS04-167). Planning grant awarded to Curt Rom in 2004 (Kirk Pomper is the Coordinator for Kentucky on this grant).

2003. USDA Capacity Building grant entitled: “Sustainable control of grape black rot, Japanese beetle, and leafhoppers in the Southeastern United States” was funded for $299,633 and was co-authored by Drs. Jonathan Egilla (formerly of KSU) and Kirk Pomper in 2003.

2003. USDA Capacity Building grant entitled: “Identification of pawpaw genotypes with high fruit antioxidant capacity” was funded for $293,250; the grant was coauthored by Changzheng Wang and Kirk Pomper in 2003.

2003. Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SARE) Research and Education Grant entitled: “Development of Organic Production Practices for Pawpaw on Selected Rootstocks” by Kirk Pomper was funded for $153,698 in 2003.

2002. An 1890 Capacity Building Grant proposal entitled, "Development of Seedless Pawpaw Fruit by Germplasm Enhancement," by Kirk Pomper and Karan Kaul, was funded for $140,000 in 2002.

2002. KBRIN supplement grant entitled: “Determination of the Genetic Profile and Population Structure of Solidago shortii (Asteraceae)” by Dr. Pat Calie, Eastern Kentucky University (P.I.), Mr. Brent Smith, Eastern Kentucky University (graduate student), Dr. Jerri Higginbotham, Transylvania University (co-PI), Dr. Rob Kingsolver, Kentucky Wesleyan College (co-PI), Dr. Kirk Pomper, Kentucky State University (co-PI), Dr. David Westneat, University of Kentucky (co-PI) for $90,000 ($8,500 for KSU) in 2002.

2002. Kentucky Nut Grower Association: $1,000 to the pawpaw program at KSU in 2002.

2001. NRI Competitive Grant: Ripening and Storage Life Extension of the Native American Pawpaw Fruit," for $114,212 to Dr. Douglas Archbold at UK, sub-contract ($6,000) to Dr. Pomper at KSU in 2001.