Top Sponsored Awards, September 2024

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Posted October 31, 2024 by Dan Moser

The following list of awards from public entities includes all arts and humanities grants of $10,000 or more and all other grants of $200,000 or more between Aug. 16 and Sept. 15, 2024, as reported through NuRamp, the university’s electronic research administration system.    

College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Dean’s Office 
T. Heng-Moss 
$2,000,000 
Nebraska Department of Labor 
Elite 11 Veterinarian Program  

Center for Digital Research in the Humanities 
L. Weakly 
$304,870 
National Endowment for the Humanities 
Nebraska Digital Newspaper Project, Phase VI 
 
Center for Science, Mathematics and Computer Education/Department of Mathematics 
A. Bennett, R. Funk, W. Smith 
$200,000 
ImpactEd, LLC 
ImpactED PD^2 Evaluative Research Phase 1 
 
College of Engineering, Dean’s Office/Center for Science, Mathematics and Computer Education/Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering/Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering/Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education 
L. Perez, T. Daher, J. Deters, Y. Li, U. Nguyen, L. Perry, T. Wonch Hill 
$1,199,999 
National Science Foundation
Track 4: Developing Complete Engineers: Nebraska Engineering Inclusive Excellence Center (NEIEC) 
 
Department of Animal Science/Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering 
S. Fernando, T. Burkey, P. Miller, S. Ryu 
$649,929 
U.S. Department of Agriculture-National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Assessment of Environmental Impacts and Ecological Consequences Associated with Genetically Engineered Microbes in Livestock Production Systems 
 
Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies/Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences 
D. Dev, D. Behrends 
$216,829 
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services 
Early Care and Education Policy, System and Environment Approaches for Improving Children’s Health Behaviors: The Nebraska NAP SACC program 
 
Department of Educational Psychology/Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies/Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools 
K. Edwards, R. Dalla, L. Wheeler 
$1,088,688 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Rigorous Evaluation of the READY to Stand Curriculum as a Tool to Prevent the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children Among Racially and Ethnically Diverse Urban Youth 
 

Department of English/Center for Digital Research in the Humanities 
K. Price, B. Barney, M. Cohen, K. McMullen 
$124,976 
National Historical Publications and Records Commission
Charles Chesnutt’s Cleveland Archives: Phase Two 

 
Department of Physics and Astronomy 
T. Gay 
$683,990 
NSF
Polarized Electron Physics 
 
P. Huang 
$255,000 
NSF
Unlocking Cosmic Mysteries Through Theoretical Particle Physics Studies 
 
Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders 
K. Pitt 
$585,000 
NSF
CAREER: Applying Human-Technology Interfaces to Support Communication for Children 
 
Midwest Roadside Safety Facility/Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 
A. Loken, R. Bielenberg, B. Perry, J. Steelman, C. Stolle 
$400,000 
National Academies of Sciences-National Cooperative Highway Research Program-Transportation Research Board 
NCHRP 22-62: Tool for Estimating the Deflection of Temporary Traffic Barriers with Reduced Impact Angles 

Nebraska Water Center/Department of Biological Systems Engineering/Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering/Panhandle Research, Extension and Education Center/West Central Research, Extension and Education Center 
C. Ray, S. Beegum, A. Katimbo, A. Mitra, X. Qiao 
$624,000 
USDA-Agricultural Research Service
On-Farm ApplCrop and Soil Models in the Grower’s Fields for Crop Management and Input Optimization 

Panhandle Research, Extension and Education Center/Department of Agronomy and Horticulture/Department of Animal Science/Department of Biological Systems Engineering 
M. Stephenson, M. Drewnoski, K. McCarthy, Y. Shi, Y. Xiong 
$450,000 
USDA-ARS
Improving Livestock Production through the Development of Precision Rangeland Management Technologies 
 
School of Computing 
S. Nie 
$340,000 
NSF
Collaborative Research: NeTS: Medium: Design and Algorithms for Active Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for sub-THz Wireless Networks 
 
B. Duncan 
$200,000 
NSF
Planning DCL EPSCOR: CISE Large: Sensing, Planning, and Acting in a Multi-Human, Multi-Aerial Vehicle Job Site 
 
School of Computing/Department of Biological Systems Engineering 
N. Ghose, Y. Ge, M. Vuran 
$1,198,575 
NSF
SaTC: CORE: Medium: SATTVA: Soil-Assisted Things Trust Verification for Ag-IoT 
 
School of Computing/Center for Science, Mathematics and Computer Education/Department of Mathematics/Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools/Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education 
L. Soh, G. Nugent, W. Smith, G. Trainin 
$1,999,675 
NSF
Computer Science: Focusing on Undergraduate Pre-Service Teachers, with Unified Research, Ecosystems, and Structures (CS Futures) 
 
School of Natural Resources/Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication 
T. Gilmore, H. Akin, N. Shrestha 
$599,801 
NSF
Innovative Resources: Cyberinfrastructure and Community to Leverage Ground-Based Imagery in Ecohydrological Studies 
 
School of Natural Resources/CASNR, Dean’s Office 
J. Dauer, C. Haney 
$399,997 
NSF
My Impact: Experiential Learning in a Large-Enrollment Introductory Science Course 

State 4-H Office 
B. Swanson 
$1,412,763 
NSF 
Facilitating Constructive Engineering Talk 
 
State 4-H Office/Department of Agronomy and Horticulture/Department of Educational Psychology/Nebraska Extension Engagement Zone 8 
B. Barker, S. Adams, K. Edwards, T. Hibbeler, C. Stephenson 
$1,999,341 
NSF 
Integrating Environmental Data Systems and Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK): A framework for (re)connecting Indigenous youth to traditional foods and modern growing practices. 
 


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