Top Sponsored Awards, February 2022

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Posted March 31, 2022 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 Jan. 16 and Feb. 15, 2022, as reported through NUgrant, the university’s electronic research administration system.    

Center for Great Plains Studies 
M. Jacobs, K. Nieland, D. Wall 
$10,500 
Humanities Nebraska 
Great Plains Passages Program 

College of Education and Human Sciences, Dean’s Office 
D. Smidt 
$238,563 
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services 
Occupational Health, Wastewater Surveillance, and Syndromic Surveillance Epidemiologists 
 
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture 
J. Yang, D. Schachtman 
$849,000 
U.S. Department of Agriculture-National Institute of Food and Agriculture 
Leveraging the Naturally Occurring Maize-Microbe Symbiotic Partnership to Improve Maize NUE 
 
Department of Biochemistry 
A. Vecchio 
$219,836 
National Science Foundation-Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research 
RII Track-4: Structures of Membrane Protein Assemblies Resolved by Cryogenic Electron Microscopy 
 
K. Glowacka 
$1,375,334 
NSF 
CAREER: Understanding non-photochemical quenching under chilling in the warm-season C4 grasses 
 
Department of Biological Systems Engineering 
N. Iverson 
$550,000 
NSF 
CAREER: Extracellular Hydrogen Peroxide and Nitric Oxide Detection and Quantification Via Biocompatible Carbon Nanotubes 
 
Department of Chemistry 
J. Yesselman 
$1,235,574 
NSF 
CAREER: Determining the Fundamental Rules of RNA Tertiary Contact Formation 
 
Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering/Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 
J. Park, Y. Li 
$418,120 
NSF 
Exploring Flow Enhancements of Hydrophobic Particles in Confined Fluid Flow 
 
Department of Psychology 
K. Holland 
$502,113 
NSF 
CAREER: The Efficacy of Sexual Assault Mandatory Reporting Policies 
 
International Quilt Museum 
L. Levy 
$10,500 
Humanities Nebraska 
Humanities Nebraska ARP Grant 
 
Lied Center for Performing Arts 
N. Engen-Wedin 
$10,500 
Humanities Nebraska 
Humanities NE ARP: Lied Center 

Nebraska State Forest Service 
A. Smith 
$4,500,000 
USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service 
Nebraska Forest Restoration Partnership 
 
Public Policy Center 
S. Hoffman 
$268,402 
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services 
NE DHHS HIV Prevention & Ryan White Part B Planning 
 
Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education/Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools 
G. Trainin, K. D’Adamo, H. Yoon 
$1,942,920 
U.S. Department of Education 
Art TEAMS: Nurturing Educators Who Integrate Art, Core Subjects, and Culturally Responsive Teaching to Support Students in Becoming Makers of Change 

University of Nebraska State Museum 
S. Weller, E. Brown 
$10,500 
Humanities Nebraska 
Humanities Nebraska ARP Grants Program 


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