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Top Sponsored Awards, June 2021

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Posted July 30, 2021 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 May 16 and June 15, 2021, as reported through NUgrant, the university’s electronic research administration system.

 
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture/Dean’s Office for Cooperative Extension/Department of Biological Systems Engineering/Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering/Water Center/West Central Research and Extension Center 
C. Proctor, D. Heeren, M. Mamo, J. Milander, C. Powers, C. Ray, D. Rudnick, A. Timmerman 
$272,574 
Lower Elkhorn Natural Resources District 
Development of Research and Demonstration Sites in the BGMA for Nitrate Reduction 
 
Department of Biological Systems Engineering 
Y. Ge 
$624,997 
Soil Health Institute 
A Rapid In-Field System to Measure Deep Soil C Stock and Flux 
 
Department of Biological Systems Engineering/Dean’s Office for Cooperative Extension/Eastern Nebraska Research and Extension Center/School of Natural Resources 
J. Luck, K. Pekarek, L. Thompson 
$452,540 
Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy 
Initiation of Nitrogen and Cover Crop Application Technology Demonstration 
 
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 
S. Nejati 
$593,240 
National Science Foundation 
CAREER: Molecular Layer Deposition of Porous Organic Frameworks 
 
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 
M. Schubert, R. Korlacki 
$499,987 
U.S. Department of Defense-Air Force Office of Scientific Research 
Terahertz Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Ellipsometry Defect Characterization in Ultrawideband Gap Monoclinic Gallium Oxide and Related Alloys 
 
Department of English/University Libraries  
K. Dawes, L. Dawes 
$750,000 
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 
African Poetry Digital Portal 

Department of Mathematics 
A. Seceleanu 
$220,507 
NSF 
Symbolic Powers and Lefschetz Properties: Geometric and Homological Aspects 
 
Department of Sociology/Department of Computer Science and Engineering/Department of Psychology 
B. Khan, T. Andrews, D. McChargue, K. Tyler 
$408,187 
Department of Health and Human Services-National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism 
Mapping the Co-Evolution of Craving, Affect, Stressors, and Access to Alcohol (CASA) using Responsive EMA 

Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film 
C. Kirk 
$20,000 
Woods Charitable Fund 
Nebraska Rep and The Black Rep Outreach for #realchange 
 
Lied Center for Performing Arts 
N. Engen-Wedin 
$20,000 
National Endowment for Arts 
Ajijaak on Turtle Island – Arts for ALL 

Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools 
S. Sheridan, L. Wheeler, A. Witte 
$3,800,000 
Department of Education-Institute of Education Sciences 
Efficacy of Virtual Professional Development in Rural Schools to Enhance Teacher-Parent Partnerships for Students with Behavioral Challenges 
 
Public Policy Center/Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication/Department of Psychology 
M. Scalora, D. Bulling, L. McElravy 
$239,802 
Department of Defense-Army Research Institute for Behavioral and Social Sciences 
The Role of Leadership Identity in Developing Noncommissioned Officers for the Future Force (B4) 
 
School of Biological Sciences/Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences 
K. Lyons, P. Wagner 
$500,131 
NSF 
RCN: Ecological and Evolutionary Effects of Extinction and Ecosystem Engineers (E6) 
 


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