Top Sponsored Awards, July 2022

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Posted September 2, 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 June 16 and July 15, 2022, as reported through NUgrant, the university’s electronic research administration system.  

Center for Science, Mathematics and Computer Education/Department of Mathematics/Social and Behavioral Science Research Consortium 
W. Smith, A. Bennett, R. Funk, T. Wonch Hill 
$1,500,000 
National Science Foundation 
Achieving Critical Transformations in Undergraduate Programs in Mathematics (ACT UP Math) 
 
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture 
P. Grassini 
$500,000 
NSF 
Identifying Pathways to Mitigate the Impact of Urbanization Trends on Croplands 
 
Department of Biological Systems Engineering/Department of Food Science and Technology 
R. Wachs, A. Ramer-Tait 
$1,589,840 
Department of Health and Human Services-National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases 
Decoupling Mechanical and Inflammatory Stimuli in Discogenic Low Back Pain 
 
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 
R. Saha 
$313,425 
NSF 
PlantSynBio: Deciphering the Roles of Genetics and Biochemical Redundancy and Pathway Regulation via Refactoring the Protective Plant Cuticle 
 
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering/Department of Biological Systems Engineering/Department of Food Science and Technology/Department of Statistics/Industrial Agricultural Products Center 
C. Jin, B. Clarke, M. Wilkins 
$320,000 
Department of Agriculture-National Institute of Food and Agriculture 
From Agricultural Waste to Lithium-Ion Battery Anodes: Deciphering the Feedstock-Processing-Property-Performance Relationship 
 
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences 
M. Van Den Broeke 
$473,485 
NSF 
Developing a Structural, Morphological, and Microphysical Understanding of Left-moving Supercells 
 
Department of Educational Psychology/Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education 
K. Edwards, C. Yellow Robe 
$1,000,000 
Department of Justice-National Institute of Justice 
Indigenous-led Research on Sex Trafficking among Native Americans in the Northern Great Plains 
 

Department of English 
K. Price, K. McMullen 
$130,544 
National Historical Publications and Records Commission 
A Life in Letters: Walt Whitman’s Complete Correspondence 
 

Department of Physics and Astronomy 
H. Batelaan 
$588,032 
NSF 
Coherent Electron Control 
 
Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film 
T. Ganser 
$15,000 
Shubert Foundation 
Shubert Foundation Theatre Grant 

Nebraska State Forest Service 
J. Erixson 
$300,000 
Department of Agriculture-Forest Service 
Deadman CAFA 
 
School of Biological Sciences/Department of Sociology 
K. Montooth, M. Burks, T. Wonch Hill 
$999,125 
NSF 
RII-BEC: STEM-POWER Research Program: Empowering Students from the Start with Purpose, Ownership, and Well-being as they Engage in Research Relationships 
 
Supply Chain Management and Analytics 
E. Gel 
$237,665 
Northern Arizona University 
EpiMoRPH: A Simulation Environment for Generating Spatially-Refined Intervention Strategies for the Control of Infectious Disease 


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