Posted December 1, 2025 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, 2025, as reported through NuRamp, the university’s electronic research administration system.
Center on Children, Families and the Law
C. Lewis
$280,034
Nebraska Department of Education
IFSP Web and EDN Online/EDN Support
Center for Great Plains Studies
C. Seger-Franklin, A. Wilkinson
$165,000
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Securing the Future: Collection Housing Upgrade at the Great Plains Art Museum, Phase I
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
G. Graef
$374,735
Nebraska Soybean Board
Soybean Breeding and Genetics Studies for Nebraska
G. Graef
$334,697
Nebraska Soybean Board
Winter Nursery Support for Soybean Breeding and Genetics Studies
P. Grassini
$220,931
The Sulphur Institute
Global Assessment of Crop Sulphur Balance and Limitation
Department of Biochemistry
X. Sun
$2,758,121
National Institutes of Health-National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Regulation of endothelial function and vascular integrity by neddylation
Department of Biological Systems Engineering/Department of Agronomy and Horticulture/Department of Entomology
J. Luck, G. Balboa, J. Bradshaw, N. Chamara
$390,000
U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service
USDA National Precision Management Initiative – Remote Sensing Platforms
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
S. Dishari
$360,000
Department of Energy
Nature-Inspired Ionomer Design and Self-Assembly for Robust, Precise Synthetic Ion Channels
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering/Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction
B. Dvorak, D. Yuill
$298,650
Environmental Protection Agency
On-Site Source Reduction Technical Assistance for Nebraska’s Food Processors, Auto Manufacturers, Chemical Manufacturers and Metal Manufacturers
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering/Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering/Department of Food Science and Technology/Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering/Department of Sociology
Y. Li, L. Fernandez Ballester, S. Kim, Y. Lu, B. Wang
$1,479,178
National Institutes of Health-National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Decoding Exposure and Health Risks: Analyzing the Release of Nano- and Micro-Plastics from Plastic Food Containers into Water and Beverages
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
J. Wang
$1,802,642
DOE-Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy
Lateral-scaling Orthogonal-Cooling Packages for Next-Generation MVAC-LVDC Distribution Infrastructure (LincolnPak)
H. Sharif-Kashani, M. Hempel
$249,847
Department of Homeland Security
Vetting Privacy Preservation Strategies for SBOM Information to determine Robustness against AI-driven Re-Identification Attacks
L. Wang
$295,206
DOE
Early CAREER: Quantum Photonic-Phononic Transduction Empowered by Van Der Waals Layered Crystals
Department of Food Science and Technology/Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
E. Deehan, A. Benson, D. Rose
$455,700
USDA-National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Phenolic Dependent And Independent Effects Of Whole Grain Sorghum On Immunometabolism: A Randomized Crossover Trial In Adults With Excess Weight
Department of Mathematics
K. Yamazaki
$234,669
National Science Foundation-
Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research
NSF EPSCoR Research Fellow
Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences
M. Hopkins, M. Butler
$225,000
Nebraska Department of Transportation-Office of Highway Safety
Nebraska Collegiate Prevention Alliance HSO FY26
Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences/School of Natural Resources
I. Vechetti, M. Andrews
$363,482
National Institutes of Health-National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
THE ROLE OF MG53 IN AVOIDANCE OF DISUSE-INDUCED MUSCLE ATROPHY
Department of Physics and Astronomy
X. Hong, P. Dowben, E. Tsymbal, X. Xu, Z. Zhang
$1,256,341
DOE
Emergent Interface Phenomena Enabled by Ferroelectric Oxide Thin Films and Membranes
Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders
A. Thomas, M. Brennan, K. Pritchett, K. Weissling
$1,249,981
Department of Education
Mid-Plains Professional Upgrade Partnership in Leadership, Education, Advocacy, and Deafness (MPUP-LEAD)
Nebraska Extension Engagement Zone 8/Dean’s Office for Cooperative Extension
B. Nacke, C. Stoltenow
$416,054
Extension Foundation
EXCITE: Rural Health Educators Expand and Strengthen Health Partnerships
Nebraska State Forest Service
J. Erixson
$235,000
USDA-Forest Service
CAFA 2025 McKelvie Project in Nebraska
J. Erixson
$236,600
USDA-FS
Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act – State Fire Assistance
J. Erixson
$3,809,690
USDA-FS
FY 2025 Consolidated Payment Grant
School of Biological Sciences/Department of Biochemistry
C. Zhang, E. Cahoon, B. Yu
$520,743
DOE
Genome-wide identification of microexons and their alternative splicing to advance knowledge on gene functions and regulation in sorghum stress responses
School of Natural Resources
C. Leach, S. Sonsthagen, J. Spurgeon
$251,485
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
State-wide Connectivity of Deer and Other Big Game in Nebraska
P. Hanson, K. Cameron, M. Joeckel, A. Young
$217,270
U.S. Department of the Interior-U.S. Geological Survey
FY2025 Nebraska Statemap Geologic Mapping Program
A. Kilic, F. Munoz-Arriola
$249,706
OpenET, Inc.
OpenET UCRC – Emery County Irrigation Efficiency Project
J. Spurgeon
$203,227
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
Geospatial Analysis of Wildlife Research
Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education/Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies/Department of Educational Administration
N. Engen-Wedin, S. Skretta, J. Torquati
$1,705,485
Department of Education
Indigenous Roots Teacher Education Program
