Top Sponsored Awards, October 2024

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Posted November 26, 2024 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, 2024, as reported through NuRamp, the university’s electronic research administration system.      

Center on Children, Families and the Law
J. Chambers, B. Brakenhoff
$1,300,937
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Nebraska Youth Homelessness System Improvement Partnership 

J. Bahm
$225,000
Woods Charitable Fund
Safe and Healthy Families Initiative 

Community and Regional Planning Program/Holland Computing Center
Z. Tang, H. Yu
$1,000,000
U.S. Department of Agriculture-Farm Service Agency
Map Eco-Benefits for Nationwide CRP Land 

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
G. Graef
$314,192
Nebraska Soybean Board
Winter Nursery Support for Soybean Breeding and Genetics Studies 

G. Graef
$356,892
Nebraska Soybean Board
Soybean Breeding and Genetics Studies for Nebraska 

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture/Nebraska Extension Engagement Zone 10/Nebraska Extension Engagement Zone 5/Nebraska Extension Engagement Zone 8/School of Natural Resources
C. Cordova, A. Basche, E. Hunt, L. Johnson, K. Koehler-Cole, M. Mamo, G. Meredith, N. Mueller, C. Proctor, L. Sandall
$362,585
USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service
Climate-Smart Agriculture: Building Capacity Among Agricultural Advisors and Producers 

Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies/Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences/Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools
D. Dev, L. Franzen-Castle, L. Knoche, N. Koziol
$3,068,916
National Institutes of Health-National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Effectiveness of a Multilevel Rural Community Engagement Model for Improving Children’s Dietary Intake in Family Child Care Homes 

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering/Department of Food Science and Technology
X. Li, S. Bartelt-Hunt, Y. Li, B. Wang
$2,374,999
Environmental Protection Agency
A Multistate Study to Establish A Risk Assessment Framework for the AMR in Surface Water Attributable to Municipal Wastewater and Biosolids 

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering/School of Computing
N. Huynh, Q. Liu, M. Vuran, L. Zhao
$1,342,761
U.S. Department of Transportation-Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Roadside-to-Vehicle Crash Avoidance Warning System for Commercial Motor Vehicles on Rural Roads 

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Y. Lu
$600,000
University of Rochester
A Hub for Broadband Laser-Plasma Science Focused on Inertial Fusion Energy 

Y. Lu
$1,000,000
Department of Energy-Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research
Target Fabrication and Pre-implosion Diagnostics for Laser Inertial Confinement Fusion Research Using Two-Photon Polymerization and Cryogenic Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering Microscopy 

L. Wang
$300,000
National Science Foundation-Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research
EPSCoR Research Fellows: NSF: Integrated Photonic Platforms Empowered by Solution-Processed Wide-Bandgap Perovskites 

Department of Entomology/Department of Agronomy and Horticulture/School of Biological Sciences
J. McMechan, G. Graef, I. Keesey
$363,711
North Central Soybean Research Program
Management Tactics and Tools for Insect Pests in the North Central Region 

Department of Food Science and Technology/Department of Animal Science/Department of Biological Systems Engineering/School of Computing/School of Natural Resources/University Libraries
J. Clarke, S. Calvert, T. Franz, J. Luck, M. Spangler, H. Yu
$958,410
USDA-National Institute of Food and Agriculture
ODF: National Agricultural Producers Data Cooperative: Expansion through Strategic Development 

Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences
M. Hopkins
$225,000
Nebraska Department of Roads-Office of Highway Safety
Nebraska Collegiate Prevention Alliance 

Department of Plant Pathology
D. Mangel
$240,000
North Central Soybean Research Program
The SCN Coalition: A Checkoff-led, University-driven, Industry-supported Partnership Battling Soybean’s Biggest Underground Threat 

Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders/Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education
P. Shanahan Bazis, J. Bohaty, E. Fisher
$1,000,000
Nebraska Department of Education
Nebraska Literacy Project 

Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction/Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering/Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
F. Alsaleem, J. Turner, J. Zhu
$1,000,000
Deparment of Energy-EPSCoR
UMNS: Ultrasonic MEMS Neuromorphic Sensor for Additive Manufacturing In-Process Monitoring 

Midwest Roadside Safety Facility/Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
C. Stolle, R. Bielenberg, R. Faller, A. Loken, J. Steelman
$5,585,000
Department of Defense-U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center
Safe and Efficient Entry Control Points at Military Installations 

Nebraska State Forest Service
J. Erixson
$3,996,083
USDA-Forest Service
FY 2024 Nebraska Cooperative Forestry Assistance Program-CPG 

Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools
A. Witte, H. Yoon
$977,606
Nebraska Department of Education
Nebraska Multi-Tiered System of Support Implementation Support Team 

Panhandle Research and Extension Center/Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
B. Maharjan
$323,664
USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service
Regenerative Dryland Agriculture: Decision Support Tool to Inform and Promote Cover Crop Adoption on Dryland Farms 

School of Biological Sciences
Q. Li, S. Mandal
$3,504,751
National Institutes of Health-National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
MEPCS (Multi-Epitope Protease Cleavage Sites) Vaccine for Protecting against SIV Rectal Transmission 

School of Computing
V. Variyam
$324,999
National Science Foundation
Collaborative Research: AF: Small: NSF-DST: New Directions in Data Streaming: Models and Algorithms 

School of Natural Resources/Department of Agricultural Economics/Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute
M. Svoboda, B. Fuchs, T. Haigh, C. Knutson, T. Mieno, R. Rimsaite, K. Smith, T. Tadesse, B. Wardlow
$1,275,000
USDA-Office of the Chief Economist
USDA Support of the US Drought Monitor and Hub Activities for 2024-2025 

School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
B. Vander Ley, H. Clark
$240,828
USDA-Agricultural Research Service
Intentional Genomic Alteration of Beef Cattle for Reducing Susceptibility to BVDV 

4-H State Office
K. Stanke, B. Barker, B. Swanson
$225,000
National 4-H Council
Engaging Nebraska Youth and Educators in AI 

University Libraries
C. Maxey-Harris, L. Dawes
$235,197
Council on Library and Information Resources
Recovering Lost Stories: Digitizing the History of the Malone Community Center, the Heartbeat of an “Invisible” Black Community in Lincoln, Nebraska 

University of Nebraska State Museum
S. Tucker, A. Poust
$250,110
Nebraska Department of Transportation
Highway Paleontology Program 


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