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Top Sponsored Awards, June 2022

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Posted July 29, 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 May 16 and June 15, 2022, as reported through NUgrant, the university’s electronic research administration system. 

Center for Science, Mathematics & Computer Education/Department of Physics and Astronomy/Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education 
K. Lee, D. Menon 
$299,344 
National Science Foundation 
Development and Research on Smartphone Simulations in Introductory College Astronomy 
 
Department of Biochemistry/Department of Agronomy and Horticulture/Department of Biological Systems Engineering/Department of Food Science and Technology/Industrial Agricultural Products Center 
E. Cahoon, J. Auchtung, A. Benson, O. Ciftci, T. Clemente, M. Danao, K. Frels, D. Holding, A. Ramer-Tait, D. Rose, J. Schnable, P. Velander, M. Wilkins, C. Xu 
$742,668 
Department of Agriculture-National Institute of Food and Agriculture 

Expanding Opportunities in Agricultural Sciences: Crop-to-Food Innovation 
 
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 
W. Bao 
$234,046 
Department of Defense-Office of Naval Research-Defense University Research Instrumentation Program 
Advanced Spectroscopy System for Micro- and Nanolaser Measurement and Characterization 
 
E. Schubert 
$343,615 
NSF 
NSF-DFG: Advances in Ion-Surface Interaction-Driven Manufacturing of One-Dimensional Metal Oxide Heterostructures 
 

Department of English 
K. Dawes, S. Masannat 
$343,750 
Poetry Foundation 
The African Poetry Book Distribution Project 

Department of Food Science and Technology/Department of Statistics 
Y. Yin, Y. Zhou 
$400,833 
Department of Health and Human Services-National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases 
Bioinformatics Discovery of Anti-CRISPR Operons in Human Gut Microbiome 
 
Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering 
K. Moore 
$404,621 
DOD-Air Force Office of Scientific Research 
YIP: Digital Engineering the Test and Modeling Process: Autonomous Methods for Reconciling Test and Model Results 
 
K. Moore 
$235,290 
NSF 
Detecting Gait Phases with Raised Metabolic Cost using Robotic Perturbations and System Identification for Enabling Targeted Rehabilitation Therapy 
 
Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering/Department of Sociology 
M. Sealy, J. McQuillan, K. Rajurkar 
$300,000 
Department of Commerce-National Institute of Standards and Technology 
Manufacturing USA Technology Roadmap for Cellular Agriculture: Initiative for Convergent-manufacturing of Agriculture and Food for Equity (I-CAFE) 
 
Department of Physics and Astronomy 
R. Streubel 
$517,069 
NSF 
Magnetic Order in Disordered Dipolar Nanostructures 
 
Department of Plant Pathology 
R. Wilson 
$700,000 
NSF 
On the Nature and Regulation of the Plant-Fungal Biotrophic Interface 
 
Department of Psychology/Institute for Ethnic Studies 
T. Andrews, D. Hansen, A. Jaffe, T. Lorenz, D. McChargue 
$220,857 
DHHS-Health Resources and Services Administration 
Advancing Graduate Psychology Education in Primary Care 
 
Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders 
A. Wragge 
$357,995 
Nebraska Department of Education 
Nebraska Autism Spectrum Disorders Network, State Coordinator Project 2022-23 
 
Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders/Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools 
M. Hebert, N. Koziol, D. Rodgers, A. Witte, H. Yoon 
$2,682,360 
U.S. Department of Education-Institute of Education Sciences 
WORDS (Workshops on Reading Development Strategies) for Pandemic Recovery in Nebraska 
 

Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film 
T. Ganser 
$25,000 
Pace Woods Foundation 
Nebraska Repertory Theatre  

 
Nebraska LTAP (Local Technical Assistance Program) – Center 
M. Doht 
$818,039 
Nebraska Department of Transportation 
Nebraska Local Technical Assistance Program FY23 
 
School of Global Integrative Studies 
C. Heitman 
$310,000 
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 
(Re)Connections Through Time: Developing a model for multi-modal storytelling about Indigenous communities and their collections 
 
School of Natural Resources/Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 
M. Svoboda, D. Bathke, B. Fuchs, T. Haigh, C. Knutson, T. Roy, K. Smith, T. Tadesse, B. Wardlow 
$998,218 
DOD-Air Force 
Building a Global Composite Drought Indicator (GCDI) Hot Spot Early Warning and Information System 
 
School of Natural Resources/Department of Chemistry 
J. Dauer, A. Moon 
$299,983 
NSF 
Supporting Students’ Critical Evaluation of Evidence in Socioscientific Issues Contexts 
 
Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs (Department) 
J. Mendoza-Gorham 
$312,480 
Department of Education 
Upward Bound Program 2022-2027 
 

Water Center 
D. Snow 
$575,112 
Papio-Missouri River NRD 
Growing Groundwater Science, proposal to the Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources District NET project 


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