During the month of April 2019, faculty and staff at the University of Oregon received 25 new awards totaling more than $8.5 million in support of research activities.*
For more information about awards to the UO, please see our monthly award reports.
April New Awards
| Last Name | First Name | Project | Department | Source | Length of Award (years) | Total Budget |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boos | Sonja | International Conference | CAS German and Scandinavian | German Academic Exchange Service | 1 | $4,500 |
| Bowerman | Bruce | Cytoskeletal Function in C. elegans Embryos | Institute of Molecular Biology | National Institutes of Health (NIH) | 5 | $2,814,067 |
| Carpenter | Justine | Crankstart Re-entry Scholarship Program | Office of Dean of Students | Crankstart Foundation (University of Oregon Foundation) | 2 | $100,000 |
| Cronce | Jessica | Society of Addiction Psychology (SoAP) Student Research Grant | Research Prevention Science Institute Operations | American Psychological Association | 2 | $1,250 |
| Fisher | Philip | FIND-Shelter Phase 2-3 | CAS Psychology/Center Translational Neuroscience | Robin Hood Foundation | 2 | $525,000 |
| Guldberg | Bob | Tetranite bone adhesive, segmental defect model | Knight Campus | LaunchPad Medical, Inc. | 1 | $16,534 |
| Howard | Michael | Lyons RFPD NHMP Development | DSGN Institute of Policy Research & Engagement | Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)( Oregon Emergency Management) | 2 | $7,500 |
| Howard | Michael | CBEMP Code and Policy Review Phase 1 | DSGN Institute of Policy Research & Engagement | Oregon Department of State Lands | 1 | $29,150 |
| Howard | Michael | CBEMP Code and Policy Review Phase 2 | DSGN Institute of Policy Research & Engagement | Coos County | 1 | $12,000 |
| Jankowski | Elizabeth | Literacy Intervention for FSM Leaders of Tomorrow Contract Project LIFT | Center for Equity Promotion | U.S. Department of Education (USDE)( Federated States of Micronesia) | 1 | $170,585 |
| Larco | Nico | Knight Foundation Urbanism Next Project - TBN | DSGN Sustainable Cities Initiative Ops | Knight Foundation (University of Oregon Foundation) | 3 | $249,662 |
| Li | Jun | DRAWBRIDGE Configuration and Deployment in Operational environments | CAS Computer & Information Science | U.S. Department of Homeland Security | 1 | $67,211 |
| Lind | John | Paths 2 the Future for Boys | Ed DESTNY Disability | U.S. Department of Education (USDE) | 4 | $1,378,477 |
| Melgar Moctezuma | Diego | Tsunami Modeling of the 1787 Tehuantepec Earthquake: An International Undergraduate Internship in Seismology and Hazards | CAS Earth Sciences Operations | Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology | 1 | $8,760 |
| Muenchinger | Kiersten | Unparalleled Oregon Product Design: a week-long series of educational workshops, lectures and exhibitions in uniquely Oregonian product design | DSGN Product Design Program | National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) | 2 | $25,000 |
| Parker | Robert | 2019-20 Co-operative Research Agreement between the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry, Japan and UO Community Service Center | Institute for Design, Policy Research and Engagement, | Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) | 1 | $17,000 |
| Postlethwait | John | A Single-Cell Transcriptome Atlas for Zebrafish Development | Institute of Neuroscience | National Institutes of Health (NIH) | 4 | $2,772,964 |
| Sabzalian | Leilani | Reducing Barriers for Indigenous Teacher Education | Oregon Educational Science Lab | Spencer Foundation | 1 | $25,000 |
| Saltzman | Riki | Oregon Folklife Network- North and Central Oregon Coast Survey and Public Folklore Mentorship | Museum of Natural and Cultural History Operations | National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) | 1 | $55,000 |
| Sokolowski | Susan | Stepping, Skipping and STEMming: Using the Power of Sport to Effect the Future Success of Middle and High School Girls | DSGN Product Design Program | Oregon Community Foundation (University of Oregon Foundation) | 1 | $19,000 |
| Stepick | Lina | Oregon Fair Scheduling Law Impacts | Labor, Education & Research Center | United Association for Labor Education | 1 | $5,000 |
| Underriner | Janne | National Breath of Life 2.0: Creating a 'Second Breath' for Indigenous Language Revitalization Program | NW Indian Language Institute Ops | National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)( Miami University) | 2 | $65,355 |
| Van Den Wymelenberg | Kevin | TDI Acoustic Lab Construction Support | DSGN Energy Studies Building Lab | Oregon State University | 1 | $50,000 |
| Wallace | Paul | Direct Measurement of Copper Speciation in Basaltic Glasses using X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy, a New Window on Metal Solubility and Transport in Magmatic Systems | CAS Earth Sciences Operations | National Science Foundation | 3 | $81,446 |
| Wee | Weili | Braddock Education Success Teams Program 2019-20 | College of Business | Braddock Charitable Foundation, Robert & Lois | 1 | $50,000 |
*Does not include recurring task orders on existing grants, non-competitive continuations and other types of supplemental funding.