Top Sponsored Awards, October 2023

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Posted December 1, 2023 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 Sept. 16 and Oct. 15, 2023, as reported through NUgrant, the university’s electronic research administration system.

Center on Children, Families and the Law 
M. Graef, M. Paul 
$700,000 
Center for Adoption Support and Education 
National Center for Adoption Competent Mental Health Services 

Department of Agricultural Economics/Department of Psychology 
C. Gustafson, M. Dodd 
$500,196 
U.S. Department of Agriculture-National Institute of Food and Agriculture 
Incomplete Consumer Consideration In Food Product Markets: Implications For Valuation Estimates, Research, and Policy 
 
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture 
G. Graef 
$331,581 
Nebraska Soybean Board 
Soybean Breeding and Genetics Studies for Nebraska 
 
G. Graef 
$280,412 
Nebraska Soybean Board 
Winter Nursery Support for Soybean Breeding and Genetics Studies 
 
Department of Animal Science 
A. Cupp, L. Prezotto, J. Wood 
$233,332 
University of Nebraska Medical Center 
Metabolic and Mitochondrial Signals During Ovulation 
 
Department of Biochemistry 
J. Zhang 
$349,789 
National Science Foundation 
BCSER: Faculty Professional Identity in Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs): A Framework in Communities of Practice 
 
Department of Biochemistry/Center for Biotechnology 
R. Roston, B. Altartouri, M. Naldrett 
$632,874 
Department of Energy 
Photosynthetic Membrane Lipid Transport through Chloroplast Membrane Contact Site Homologs 
 
Department of Biological Systems Engineering 
S. Taghvaeian 
$259,142 
USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service 
Demonstrating Best Irrigation Practices in Small-Scale Agriculture 
 
Department of Biological Systems Engineering/Department of Food Science and Technology 
H. Song 
$360,000 
DOE
Computational Identification of Bioavailable Organic Matter and Their Traits for Predictive Biogeochemical and Ecosystem Modeling 
 
Department of Biological Systems Engineering/Eastern Nebraska Research and Extension Center 
J. Luck, Y. Ge, Y. Pan, S. Pitla, N. Thorson 
$350,000 
USDA-Agricultural Research Service
Developing a Standardized and Integrated Living Agricultural Research Data System of Systems 
 
Department of Chemistry 
A. Moon 
$364,595 
NSF
Collaborative Research: Supporting Chemistry Students Science Practice Self-Efficacy 
 
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 
N. Aich 
$491,627 
NSF
CAREER: 3D Printed Carbon-Metal Nanohybrid Aerogels for Highly Efficient Adsorptive/Catalytic Removal of PFASs 
 
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering/Midwest Roadside Safety Facility 
N. Huynh, J. Hawkins, C. Stolle, L. Zhao 
$1,126,672 
Department of Transportation-Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Multi-Sensor Fusion for Proactive Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety at Work Zone 
 
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering/Department of Agricultural Economics/Department of Agronomy and Horticulture/School of Natural Resources/Water Center 
T. Roy, K. Schoengold, D. Uden 
$1,000,000 
USDA-Farm Service Agency 
Hydrological Outcomes of the Conservation Reserve Program in Water-stressed High Plains Watersheds 
 
Department of Educational Psychology/Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools 
K. Edwards, L. Wheeler 
$405,415 
University of Washington 
Sexual Assault Recovery Among Sexual Minority Women: A Longitudinal, Multi-Level Study 
 
Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering 
R. Yang 
$1,879,902 
National Institutes of Health-National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Direct and Quantitative Probing of Desmosome Mechanotransduction 
 
A. Laraoui 
$240,000 
Wichita State University 
ExpandQISE: Track 1: Understanding and Controlling Decoherence in Hybrid Spin Qubit-magnon Systems for Advancing Education and Building Workforce in Emerging Quantum Technologies 
 
Department of Physics and Astronomy 
J. Ngoko Djiokap 
$848,984 
DOE
Dynamics of Two-Electron Atomic and Molecular Processes 
 
Department of Plant Pathology 
C. Rojas 
$483,090 
NSF
CAREER: Dissecting the Cellular Pathways and Signaling Networks Orchestrating Plant Defense Responses and their Interplay with Bacterial Virulence Factors 
 
Nebraska State Forest Service 
J. Erixson 
$200,000 
USDA-Forest Service
Urban Reforestation-Emerald Ash Borer 
 
Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools 
A. Witte, H. Yoon 
$782,664 
Nebraska Department of Education 
Nebraska Multi-Tiered System of Support Implementation Support Team 
 
Nebraska EPSCoR 
M. Andrews 
$765,465 
NSF-Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research 
Conference: NSF 28th National EPSCoR Conference at Omaha, Nebraska (Oct. 13-16, 2024) 
 
School of Computing 
D. Tran 
$529,041 
NSF
Collaborative Research: SLES: Foundations for Qualitative and Quantitative Safety Assessment of Learning-Enabled Autonomous Systems 
 
School of Global Integrative Studies 
P. Bitterman 
$297,535 
NSF 
Collaborative Research: GCR: Convergent Anthropocene Systems (Anthems) – A System-of-Systems Paradigm 
 
School of Natural Resources 
F. Munoz-Arriola 
$225,000 
U.S. Department of the Interior-Geological Survey 
OpenET Science Team support and eeMETRIC Development, Operation and Review 
 
School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences 
D. Loy 
$250,000 
USDA-NIFA 
NAHLN Level 1 Cooperative Agreement FY2023 
 
School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences/Department of Animal Science 
S. McVey, G. Delhon, H. Vu 
$776,723 
USDA-ARS 
Production of Master Seed Virus for Development of Vaccine Against African Swine Fever 


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