During the month of February 2019, faculty and staff at the University of Oregon received 20 new awards totaling more than $5.3 million in support of research activities.*
For more information about awards to the UO, please see our monthly award reports.
February New Awards
| Last Name | First Name | Project | Department | Source | Length of Award (years) | Total Budget |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ackerman | Sarah | Contributions of astrocyte function and dysfunction to ALS | Institute of Neuroscience | ALS Association | 2 | $100,000 |
| Barkan | Alice | High-resolution modeling of protein-RNA interfaces | Institute of Molecular Biology | National Institutes of Health (NIH) (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center) | 1 | $119,941 |
| Bruce | Josh | Lane County Organizational Resilience | Institute for Policy Research and Engagement | Lane County | 1 | $43,935 |
| Bruckner | Joseph | Microbial modulation of forebrain development and social behavior | Institute of Neuroscience | National Institutes of Health (NIH) | 3 | $190,962 |
| Connolly | Thomas | Cultural Resources Survey for the Porter Tract Restoration Project, Kilchis Estuary Preserve, Tillamook County | Museum of Anthropology | Nature Conservancy | 1 | $30,309 |
| Connolly | Thomas | Shooting Range Grant Projects: Bend Trap Club | MNCH/OSMA Research Ops | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service State Wildlife Grants (Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife) | 1 | $8,634 |
| Connolly | Thomas | 2018-19 Shooting Range Grant Projects (Emerald Empire Gun Club and Wapiti Bowman Archery Range) | MNCH/OSMA Research Ops | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service State Wildlife Grants (Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife) | 1 | $15,149 |
| Erlandson | Jon | Archaeological and Biological Assessment of Submerged Landforms in the Pacific Coast - Year 3 & 4. | Museum of Natural and Cultural History | U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) (San Diego State University) | 2 | $23,778 |
| Fisher | Philip | RCT of FIND video coaching intervention for caregivers facing economic adversity | CAS Psych/Ctr Translation Neurosci | National Institutes of Health (NIH) | 5 | $3,132,378 |
| Fitzpatrick | Scott | Doctoral Dissertation Research: Genetic and Isotopic Investigations of Population Origins and Dispersals in Palau, Micronesia | Department of Anthropology | National Science Foundation | 1 | $24,822 |
| Hester | Nathalie | Inventing America in Baroque Italy: Columbus, Vespucci, and New World Epic | College of Arts and Science Dean's Office | National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) | 1 | $60,000 |
| Karns | Christina | TRACK (Tools for Reading to Acquire Content Knowledge): An intelligent application for middle and high school students with neurodevelopmental disorders | Center for Brain Injury Research & Training | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) (Cogmetric) | 1 | $28,500 |
| Lynn | Kathy | Tribal Climate Change Project Partnership | CAS Environmental Studies Operations | U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) (Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians) | 1 | $10,000 |
| Schlossberg | Marc | Bicycle Transportation Study Abroad Program - Scan Design (Summer 2019 and 2020) | Sustainable Cities Initiative | Scan Design Foundation (University of Oregon Foundation) | 2 | $113,410 |
| Shende | Sameer | Co-design Center for Online Data Analysis and Reduction at the Exascale | Research Neuroinformatics Center | U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) | 1 | $150,000 |
| Sokolowski | Susan | Sustainable Sport Product Innovation Ecosystems | DSGN Product Design | VentureWell (formerly NCIIA) | 3 | $29,500 |
| Sokolowski | Susan | Advancing the Awareness of Cotton in Sports Product Design | DSGN Product Design Program | Cotton Incorporated | 1 | $16,050 |
| Sutherland | Kelly | Short-circuiting the microbial loop: Comparative feeding by gelatinous grazers on microbial prey | Institute of Ecology & Evolution | National Science Foundation | 3 | $396,702 |
| Vignola | Frank | Reducing Photovoltaic (PV) Performance Uncertainty | Materials Science Institute | U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) | 3 | $84,755 |
| Widom | Julia | Novel Tools to Investigate Local and Global RNA Conformations in the Spliceosome | Oregon Center for Optical, Molecular, and Quantum Science | National Institutes of Health (NIH) | 3 | $747,000 |
*Does not include recurring task orders on existing grants, non-competitive continuations and other types of supplemental funding.