Dr. Cheldelin has been a Grant Recipient and Principle Investigator for following projects:
- Building Stakeholder Consensus for Involuntary Inpatient Services: A Collaborative Project with Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, $23,870.
- Religion and Education in Tajikistan: Toward Tolerant Civic Society, from the State Department, $199,991.
- Collaboration in Public-Private Partnerships from the Department of Homeland Security, $119,000.
- Collaborative Mechanisms for Information Sharing and Analysis Centers (ISACs) from the United States Department of Homeland Security National Capital Region Project, $46,700.
- Tbilisi State University/George Mason University Partnership from the State Department, $301,321.
- National Taurida Vernadsky University/George Mason University Partnership, from the State Department, $600,000.
- After September 11: Building Community Resilience through Dialogue and Understanding Immigration. Subcontracted with Fairfax County of Virginia, funded by FEMA, $88,765.
- After September 11: Building Community Resilience through Dialogue with Adolescents, subcontracted with Loudoun County of Virginia, funded by FEMA, $18,488.
- Building Community Resilience through Dialogue, funded by the Freddie Mac Community Foundation, $100,000.