2021 Faculty Research Fund Awards announced
The Faculty Research Fund program aims to support faculty in establishing or maintaining high-quality research programs and other creative achievements. Competitions are held annually and funded by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School through a review and nomination process by the Faculty Research Fund Committee.
Regular Faculty Research Awards
Assists members of the faculty in establishing or maintaining high-quality research programs that will extend the limits of existing knowledge and lead to a tangible final product (e.g., performance, showing, publication, grant proposal, etc.)
- Alicia Cruz-Uribe, Assistant Professor, Mineralogy and Petrology
鈥淒evelopment and application of in situ Rb-Sr dating of micas鈥 - Anne Knowles, Professor, History
鈥淎n Atlas of the Holocaust鈥 - Sampath Gunukula, Research Associate, Forest Bioproducts Research Institute
鈥淐onversion of a Mix of Plastic Waste and Cardboard to Edible Macronutrients鈥 - Margaret Killinger, Professor, Honors
鈥淛oanna Paul: The Otago Years, 1977-1983鈥
Summer Research Awards
Provides $8,000 awards for faculty summer salaries for a minimum of 1.5 months of research effort.
- Suzanne Pellegrini, Assistant Professor of Veterinary Science
鈥淧otential infection risk to livestock and humans posed by wild mammals who are migrating north because of climate change.鈥 - Michael Haedicke, Associate Professor, Sociology
鈥淐onstructing and Contesting Climate Adaptation Plans in Southern Louisiana鈥 - Kathryn Swacha, Assistant Professor, English
鈥淭he Coping with COVID Project: Examining Everyday Negotiations of Public Health鈥 - Sheila Edalatpour, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
鈥淗arnessing the Coldness of the Universe as a Renewable Energy Source鈥 - Yongjiang Zhang, Assistant Professor, Plant Physiology
鈥淎 bright or dim future for wild blueberries: Disentangling the positive and negative impacts of climate warming鈥 - Katherine Glover, Research Associate, Climate Change Institute
鈥20,000 years of wildfire, climate and vegetation interactions in Southern California鈥
Scholarly Equipment and Materials
The Scholarly Materials and Equipment Award assists faculty in establishing or maintaining high-quality research programs by providing items of equipment and library collections.
- Seth Campbell, Assistant Professor, Glaciology
鈥淎irborne Earth Systems Lab: The Development of a New Multi-Platform and Multi-Sensor Array for 91福利 Earth Science Research鈥 - Shawn Fraver, Associate Professor, Forest Ecology
鈥淭oward a Better Understanding of the Forest Carbon Cycle: Request for Funds to Purchase a Portable CO2 Gas Analyzer鈥 - Lauren Ross, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
鈥淐oastal Resource Management Solutions with Land-Sea Connection Diagnostics鈥 - Emily Haigh, Associate Professor, Psychology
鈥淢obile Peripheral Physiological Recording: Out of the lab and into the wild.鈥