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Top Sponsored Awards, December 2025

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Posted January 30, 2026 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 Nov. 16 and Dec. 15, 2025, as reported through NuRamp, the university’s electronic research administration system.      

Bureau of Business Research/Department of Agricultural Economics/Department of Economics/Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute/Nebraska Water Center 
E. Thompson, F. Avileis, M. Herian, U. Jarrett, R. Rimsaite, K. Schoengold 
$250,000 
Nebraska State Chamber Foundation 
Nebraska Economic Development and State Natural Resources 
 
Department of Agricultural Economics 
B. Lubben 
$2,121,750 
U.S. Department of Agriculture-National Institute of Food and Agriculture 
North Central Extension Risk Management Education Center 
 
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 
M. Schubert, M. Bauer 
$450,000 
Department of Defense-Air Force Office of Scientific Research 
High-resolution THz-EPR/ENDOR-Ellipsometry on Quantum Complexes in UWBG Semiconductors 
 
Department of Food Science and Technology 
B. Chaves-Elizondo 
$399,999 
USDA-NIFA 
Developing Experiential Learning Tools for Pathogen Environmental Monitoring within Small and Very Small Ready-to-Eat Food Settings 
 
Department of Statistics 
S. VanderPlas 
$550,000 
National Science Foundation 
CAREER: What Do You See? Perception, Engagement, and Statistical Graphics 
 
Midwest Roadside Safety Facility 
A. Loken, R. Bielenberg, R. Faller, B. Perry 
$292,620 
Nebraska Department of Transportation 
Development of Small Wildlife Exclusion Fencing Incorporated into Guardrail 
 
School of Computing 
H. Yu, J. Sun 
$600,000 
Department of Energy-Argonne National Lab 
Argonne Base: Scientific Data Management and Visualization to Advance AI for Science 


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