Posted October 31, 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 Aug. 16 and Sept. 15, 2025, as reported through NuRamp, the university’s electronic research administration system.
Center for Science, Mathematics and Computer Education/Department of Mathematics
A. Bennett, R. Funk, W. Smith
$400,000
National Science Foundation
Sustaining Undergraduate STEM Transformation and Improvement Networks through Change Agent Turnover (SUSTAIN-CAT)
Dean’s Office – College of Arts and Sciences
B. Dotan
$25,000
Illinois State University
Sharing Primary Sources in the Nebraska Stories of Humanities Collection
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture/Department of Biological Systems Engineering
A. Jhala, S. Pitla, M. Singh
$299,452
North Central Soybean Research Program
Exploring New Technologies for Integrated Management of Herbicide-Resistant Weeds in Soybean in North Center Region: Research & Extension
Department of Animal Science/Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication/Department of Agricultural Economics
R. Woiwode, H. Akin, E. Dennis
$300,000
U.S. Department of Agriculture-National Institute of Food and Agriculture
A Novel System for Objective Scoring of Animal Handling
Department of Biochemistry
N. Buan
$1,087,895
NSF
Dynamics of Carbon and Energy Fluxes in Methanogenic Archaea
Q. Tang
$2,041,875
National Institutes of Health
Single Molecule Dissection of Arp2/3 Complex Activity and Regulators in Living Cells
S. Travis
$747,000
NIH
How to Make a Microtubule Organizing Center
Department of Biological Systems Engineering/Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction
H. Diefes-Dux, K. Kim
$331,973
Clemson University
Improving Engineering Student Engagement, Self-Efficacy, Diversity Awareness and Retention using Visualization and Virtual/Augmented Reality Technologies
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
S. Dishari
$600,000
NSF
Improving Interfacial- and Confined State-Ionic Conductivity via Manipulating Interfacial Chemistry and New Design of Ionomers
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
G. Panther
$346,929
NSF
Collaborative Research: Leveraging Ethnographic Methods to Build Foundational Knowledge About Spatial Skills that are Relevant to Contemporary Engineering Practice
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering/Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
L. Perry, J. Deters
$399,551
NSF
Research: Engineering Preparedness Reimagined: Bridging Stakeholder Perspectives to Shape the Future Workforce
Department of Entomology/Department of Agronomy and Horticulture/School of Biological Sciences
J. McMechan, G. Graef, I. Keesey
$398,097
North Central Soybean Research Program
Management Tactics and Tools for Insect Pests in the North Central Region
Department of Food Science and Technology
S. Martini
$454,676
USDA-NIFA
Effect of Thermodynamic Parameters and Intrinsic Properties On Crystallization Kinetics and Physical Properties of Fats
Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences/Department of Chemistry
J. Zempleni, J. Guo
$250,000
NIH
Programmable Milk Exosomes Deliver an Editor in Distinct Brain Regions
Department of Physics and Astronomy
R. Streubel
$849,399
NSF
CAREER: Short-Range Order as Design Parameter for Topological Magnetism
I. Kravchenko, K. Bloom, D. Claes
$1,800,000
NSF
Shaping the Future of Particle Physics: In-Depth Analysis of Run 3 Data and HL-LHC Detector Upgrades for CMS
B. Shadwick
$1,031,843
National Science Foundation
Control of Instabilities and Energy Transfer in Vlasov Plasmas
Department of Plant Pathology
D. Mangel
$215,000
North Central Soybean Research Program
The SCN Coalition: Elevating Research Developments & Management Tools to Benefit Farmers
Department of Psychology
B. Brock, T. Nelson
$2,907,654
NIH
Impact of the Early Family Emotional Climate on Preschooler Emotion Dysregulation
Department of Statistics
H. Hofmann
$305,912
NSF
Collaborative Research: Framework for Better Visual Communication Practices
Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction/School of Computing
X. Liu, I. Konstantzos, D. Tran
$1,196,135
NSF
CPS: Medium: Causal Reinforcement Learning for Smart Building CPS
NE State Forest Service
J. Erixson
$603,722
USDA-Forest Service
2025 IIJA State Forest Action Plan
Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools
A. Witte, H. Yoon
$601,743
Nebraska Department of Education
Nebraska Multi-Tiered System of Support Implementation Support Team
School of Computing
S. Balasubramaniam
$299,998
NSF
EAGER: Closed-loop Bioelectronic Control of Computing through Bacterial Gene Regulatory Artificial Neural Networks
School of Global Integrative Studies
W. Belcher, B. Hoffman
$285,900
Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine
DPAA Terrestrial Recovery 25-4DE RT-P, Brandenburg State, Germany
School of Natural Resources/Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
R. Wang, J. Gamon, N. McMillan
$277,531
Oklahoma State University
HI-GRASS – Holistic Investigation of Grassland Systems across Scales
School of Natural Resources/Department of Agricultural Economics/Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute
M. Svoboda, N. Brozovic, J. Cobbing, B. Fuchs, T. Haigh, C. Knutson, T. Mieno, R. Rimsaite, K. Smith, T. Tadesse
$1,280,000
USDA-Office of the Chief Economist
USDA Support of the U.S. Drought Monitor 2025-2026
