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Each year, millions of dollars in sponsored funding fuel groundbreaking research and creative activity at University of Idaho. Our researchers are solving real-world challenges, expanding knowledge across disciplines and delivering impact that reaches far beyond Idaho.

In the 2024 fiscal year alone, U of I earned $123 million in new sponsored awards — from the National Science Foundation, NASA, the U.S. Department of Education, USDA and other major federal and state agencies. These awards support projects in everything from climate-smart forestry and artificial intelligence to women's health, semiconductor technology, teacher training and beyond.

This momentum speaks volumes. It reflects the strength of our research enterprise, the vision of our faculty and the trust our partners place in us to lead transformative work.

Explore the latest sponsored awards to see the breadth and depth of innovation happening at University of Idaho.

2025 new sponsored awards

1st quarter awards

ISDE ICIE Center Year 2
Janice D. Carson, Cari L. Murphy, and Andrew R. Scheef
Idaho State Department of Education 
Oct. 1, 2024 to Sept. 30, 2025
$1,102,465.00

USDA NIFA Digital Access
Paul A. Lewin and Nadeeka D. Weerasekara 
National Institute of Food & Agriculture/USDA
Sept. 1, 2024 to Aug. 31, 2029
$649,994.00

ISDE: ID Forestry & NS Edu Collab
Robert F. Keefe
Idaho State Department of Education
Oct. 3, 2024 to Dec. 31, 2026
$580,000.00

ISU CIPP Industrial Cybersecurity
Dakota Roberson, Robert A. Borrelli, and Konstantinos Kolias 
Idaho State University
Oct. 1, 2023 to Sept. 30, 2025
$575,477.00

NREL PROTECT-IT Protection of Inver
Brian K. Johnson, Hangtian Lei, and Romulo Goncalves Bainy 
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Oct. 1, 2023 to Sept. 30, 2025
$480,000.00

IDAPOW Renewal AEEP FY25
Lindsay D. Woods, Dylan M. Agnes, and Farnaz Nazari 
Idaho Power Company
Jan. 1, 2025 to Dec. 31, 2025
$365,610.00

Additional 1st quarter awards

Janice D. Carson, Cari L. Murphy, and Andrew R. Scheef | ISDE ICIE Center Year 2 – $1,102,465.00 | Idaho State Department of Education

Paul A. Lewin and Nadeeka D. Weerasekara | USDA NIFA Digital Access – 649,994.00 | National Institute of Food & Agriculture/USDA

Robert F. Keefe | ISDE: ID Forestry & NS Edu Collab – 580,000.00 | Idaho State Department of Education

Dakota Roberson, Robert A. Borrelli, and Konstantinos Kolias | ISU CIPP Industrial Cybersecurity- $575,477.00 | Idaho State University

Brian K. Johnson, Hangtian Lei, and Romulo Goncalves Bainy | NREL PROTECT-IT Protection of Inver- $480,000.00 | National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Lindsay D. Woods, Dylan M. Agnes, and Farnaz Nazari | IDAPOW Renewal AEEP FY25- $365,610.00 | Idaho Power Company

Lee A. Vierling and Dennis R. Becker | Murdock CNR Freezers - $350,000.00 | M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust

Robert F. Keefe | USFS FS Keefe BIL Wildfire Crisis - $315,000.00 | USFS

Yolanda J. Bisbee and Steven C. Martin | USDA NIFA NBTS: All My Relations - $250,000.00 | National Institute of Food & Agriculture/USDA

Andrew S. Nelson | USDAFS Pitkin Nursery BIL St FY24 - $250,000.00 | USDA Forest Service

Larry Stauffer | BSU CY25 TechHelp NIST - $237,720.00 | Boise State University

Larry Stauffer | BSU CY25 TechHelp NIST PI - $235,642.00 | Boise State University

Xiaogang Ma | NSF EPSCOR Track-4 Xiaogang - $213,433.00 | National Science Foundation

Mariana Dobre and Laurel M. Lynch | CDA Tribe Salmon restoration - $209,407.00 | Coeur d’Alene Tribe

Gregory Latta | MSU NIFA Interstate Trade - $199,836.00 | Michigan State University

Meetpal S. Kukal | NIFA AFRI: Penn State Relinquish: S - $166,829.93 | National Institute of Food & Agriculture/USDA

Tianfang Han | NSF 24-528 New Modeling Preparation - $164,597.00 | National Science Foundation

Meng Zhao | NASA SMAP - $142,639.00 | National Aeronautic Space Administration

Scott Grieshaber and Nicole A. Grieshaber | NIH Understanding Chlamydial Dev Cy - $130,950.00 | Department of Health and Human Services

Erik J. Wenninger and William K. Meeks | UC Davis UI Field Trials 2024-2025 - $129,443.15 | University of California, Davis

Frank M. Wilhelm | WDFW Blue Mtn Interns - $118,846.06 | Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife

Kendra Kaiser and Margaret A. Wolf | CoP: Portneuf Watershed Partnership - $100,000.00 | City of Pocatello

Lance Hansen | WSU WRASAP 2024 - $99,540.00 | Washington State University

Zachariah B. Etienne | ILLUNI NSF Einstein Toolkit Grant - $95,764.00 | University of Illinois

Travis B. Paveglio | USDI BLM Recreational Use Planning - $80,479.87 | USDI Bureau of Land Management

Devin Becker, Evan P. Williamson, Sarah A. Fogarty-Morrison, Kathleen M. Powers-Kusio, and Andrew R. Weymouth | NEH Digital Dramaturgy - $74,807.00 | National Endowment for the Humanities

Xian Min | INL: ML Image Processing AGR TRISO - $72,550.00 | Battelle Energy Alliance LLC

Gregory Latta, Philip Watson, and Timothy P. Nadreau | OFRI Forest Report 2025 - $72,150.00 | Oregon Forest Resources Institute

Nora L. Olsen Nelson and Gustavo H. de Almeida Teixeira | McCain Cultivar Storage 24-25 - $72,102.00 | McCain Foods Canada

Jessica M. Long | USDOJ 2022 JRJ - $70,957.00 | US Department of Justice

Terence Soule and Min Xian | INL LDRD Gen Multi High Dimension - $70,000.00 | Battelle Energy Alliance LLC

Matthew R. Falcy | IDFG Steelhead survival - $67,428.00 | Idaho Department of Fish & Game

Frank M. Wilhelm | IDFG Undergrad Internships 2025 - $63,658.00 | Idaho Department of Fish & Game

Michael C. Quist | IDFG Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout - $63,193.00 | Idaho Department of Fish & Game

Michael C. Quist | IDFG Mountain Whitefish Statewide - $63,193.00 | Idaho Department of Fish & Game

Michael C. Quist | IDFG: NOP in LPO FY25 - $58,245.00 | Idaho Department of Fish & Game

Kevin Chang | IOSU NCHRP Traffic Signal Timing - $55,150.00 | Iowa State University

Michael J. Colle and Phillip D. Bass | Beta Tec Barth Haas Hop byproducts - $55,019.00 | BetaTec Hop Products, Inc.

Elizabeth R. Bageant | DEQ-2024 - $55,000.00 | Idaho Department of Environmental Quality

Leslie L. Baker | SNL Aluminum chemistry in Hanford $52,705.50 | Sandia National Laboratories

Phillip D. Bass and Michael J. Colle | NCBA:Beef yield loss - $45,000.00 | National Cattlemen’s Beef Association

Laurel M. Lynch | UC Merced Food as Fire Buffers - $40,100.00 | University of California, Merced

Dennis Scarnecchia | NDFG Paddlefish investigations CY25 - $40,000.00 | North Dakota Game & Fish Department

Madison S. Powell | USDA FFY25 ARS Dubois – USSES - $30,653.05 | USDA Agricultural Research Ser

Lindsay D. Woods and Dylan M. Agnes | OEMR DOE FY25 - $22,756.00 | Office of Energy Resources

Frank M. Wilhelm | IDEQ Continuation Lake CDA Wakes - $22,177.00 | Idaho Department of Environmental Quality

Matthew R. Falcy and David Ausband | IDFG Predator-Predator FY25 - $22,066.00 | Idaho Department of Fish & Game

David Ausband | IDFG USFW wolf genes - $20,980.00 | Idaho Department of Fish & Game

John B. Hinton | IRS 2025 LITC Grant - $20,000.00 | Internal Revenue Service

Amin Ahmadzadeh | IDADAI Dairy Ed 2025 - $15,000.00 | Idaho Dairymen’s Association, Inc.

Madison S. Powell | USDA NIFA FFY2025 AHD - $12,268.00 | National Institute of Food & Agriculture/USDA

Simona Picarda | IDFG USFW sage-grouse - $10,000.00 | Idaho Department of Fish & Game

Bridget M. Morrisroe-Miller | DAI: UIDPP - $10,000.00 | Diabetes Alliance of Idaho, Inc.

Phillip D. Bass and Michael J. Colle | ICF: Beef Education - $9,000.00 | Idaho Cattle Foundation, Inc. 

Matthew Hedman | JPL MISE Co-I Phase E - $8,045.00 | Jet Propulsion Laboratories 

Omi Hodwitz | IHC PEI Student Support - $6,000.00 | Idaho Humanities Council

Eric M. Winford | UM NSF Engines - $5,800.00 | University of Montana

James W. Woodhall | PNVA FY26 PNVA Genie lite - $4,300.00 | Pacific Northwest Vegetable Association

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2024 new sponsored awards

4th quarter awards

DoEd: RSA: DIF 84.421F
Andrew R. Scheef, Cari L. Murphy and Janice D. Carson
U.S. Department of Education
Oct. 1, 2024 to Sept. 30, 2029
$7,805,939.00

NSF GRANTED AI for RA
Sarah S. Martonick, Barrie D. Robison, Lucas J, Sheneman
National Science Foundation
Sept. 15, 2024 to Aug. 31, 2029
$4,546,903.00

IDHW FY25 SNAP-Ed State
Annie J. Roe, Joey D. Peutz, Siew Guan Lee, Shelly L. Johnson, Marnie R. Spencer and Kristin E. Hansen
Idaho Dept. of Health and Welfare
Oct. 1, 2024 to Sept. 30, 2025
$1,180,000.00

NASA INE24 Ntnl EPSCoR Rsrch-stream
Matthew Bernards
NASA Shared Services Center
Jan. 1, 2025 to Dec. 31, 2027
$750,000.00

USDA-NIFA WRDC FY23
Paul A. Lewin
National Institute of Food and Agriculture/USDA
Sept. 15, 2024 to Sept. 14, 2025
$626,136.59

USDA-NIFA WRDC FY24
Paul A. Lewin
National Institute of Food and Agriculture/USDA
Sept. 1, 2024 to Aug. 31, 2025
$617,167.00

Additional 4th quarter awards

Andrew R. Scheef, Cari L. Murphy and Janice D. Carson | DoEd: RSA: DIF 84.421F-$7,805,939.00 | U.S. Department of Education

Sarah S. Martonick, Barrie D. Robison and Lucas J. Sheneman | NSF GRANTED AI for RA-$4,546,903.00 | National Science Foundation

Annie J. Roe, Joey D. Peutz, Siew Guan Lee, Shelly L. Johnson, Marnie R. Spencer and Kristin E. Hansen | IDHW FY25 SNAP-Ed State-$1,180,000.00 | Idaho Dept. of Health and Welfare

Matthew Bernards | NASA INE24 Ntnl EPSCoR Rsrch-stream-$750,000.00 | NASA Shared Services Center

Paul A. Lewin | USDA-NIFA WRDC FY23-$626,136.59 | National Institute of Food and Agriculture/USDA

Paul A. Lewin | USDA NIFA WRDC FY24-$617,167.00 | National Institute of Food and Agriculture/USDA

Andreas Vasdekis | DOE: entanglement-$544,274.00 | Department of Energy

Erin S. Brooks, Mariana Dobre and Roger T. Lew | USDA FS Post-Fire Watershed Resp-$458,316.52 | USDA Forest Service

Robert F. Keefe | IDPR State of Idaho ORFAC-$357,000.00 | Idaho Dept. of Parks and Rec.

Mark J. Kimsey and Bruce Ripley | NRCS Soils2026-$350,000.00 | USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

Andrew S. Nelson | USDA FS Silviculture and data for f-$304,000.00 | USFS

Ching-An Peng and Fangming Xiao | NIFA 2023 Nematicide Delivery-$300,000.00 | National Institute of Food and Agriculture/USDA

John G. Cannon | ICTE State Grant FY 25-$300,000.00 | Idaho Career and Technical Education

Meng Zhao | NSF EPSCOR FELLOW-$300,000.00 | National Science Foundation

Feng Li | NSF Fllw RII 2024-Wide Bandgap Chip-$299,938.00 | National Science Foundation

Hasan M. Jamil | NSF CSSI 2023 - Quantum Dye Design-$299,838.00 | National Science Foundation

Lili Cai and Armando G. McDonald | NIFA Wood protection and PPW-$285,701.00 | National Institute of Food and Agriculture/USDA

Jason W. Barnes | SSI 2023 CDAP Haze-$260,510.57 | SPECTRAL SCIENCES INC

Andrew W. Tranmer, Mark J. Kimsey and Eric M. Winford | USDI BLM Riparian Forest-$250,000.00 | USDI Bureau Of Land Management

Erik J. Wenninger, James W. Woodhall, Ronda E. Hirnyck, Nora L. Olsen Nelson, Mark Schwarzlaender and Albert T. Adjesiwor | NIFA CPPM renew IPM-EIP 2024-27-$235,738.00 | National Institute of Food and Agriculture/USDA

Mark J. Kimsey | USDA FS: PA-R6-$223,588.67 | USDA Forest Service

Paul Hohenlohe and James J. Nagler | NSF ORCC multi-species climate-$202,860.00 | National Science Foundation

Louise-Marie Dandurand | WSU NIFA MBTP Biopesticide-$192,341.00 | Washington State University

Jeffrey B. Langman | PBAC Differentiating Recharge Zones-$181,948.00 | Palouse Basin Aquifer Committee

Muhammed Jaslam Poolakkal | NCASI USDA FS PSAE 2024-$150,000.00 | National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, Inc.

Grant Harley | NSF NATA-$147,279.00 | National Science Foundation

Benjamin K. Barton | IDHW: Opioid Settlement Funds-$141,805.00 | Idaho Dept. of Health and Welfare

Matthew R. Falcy | Kootenai Tribe: Whitefish Diet-$140,484.00 | Kootenai Tribe

Patrick L. Hatzenbuehler | USDA ARS Econ nitrogen irrigation-$127,889.00 | USDA Agricultural Research Ser

Joey D. Peutz | EXCITE NIFA Integration Contract-$124,999.77 | eXtension Foundation

Eric J. Studebaker and Madeline Casanova | IDHW MAT Toolkit - Year 2-$124,982.38 | Idaho Dept. of Health and Welfare

Alexander V. Karasev | ISDA Idaho SCBG seed potato-$115,000.00 | Idaho Department of Agriculture

Armando G. McDonald | UWM Biomass and Waste to Chemicals-$102,866.00 | University of Wisconsin

Mark J. Kimsey | USDA NRCS SMR P3 CALS-$100,000.00 | USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

Fangming Xiao | ISDA: USDA-AMS: SCBG PCN resistance-$100,000.00 | Idaho Department of Agriculture

Jae H. Ryu and Linda R. Schott | MSU WSARE: iDrone Ag-$99,998.00 | Montana State University

Daniele Tonina | USBR Ice Formation Lemhi-$96,010.00 | U.S. Department of Interior - Bureau of Reclamation

Jennifer K. Ladino and Erin D. James | NEH Fire Humanities-$93,550.00 | National Endowment for the Humanities

Annie J. Roe, Joey D. Peutz, Siew Guan Lee, Shelly L. Johnson, Marnie R. Spencer and Kristin E. Hansen | NIFA Full EFNEP FY25-$87,115.00 | National Institute of Food and Agriculture/USDA

Zachariah B. Etienne | NSF 2021 Boosting Algorithmic-$86,401.00 | National Science Foundation

Ryan A. Long and Eva K. Strand | IDFG Demography FY25-$84,257.00 | Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Nancy Shelstad | DOL FY24 AC ARPA Match-$62,205.00 | Idaho Department of Labor

Brian C. Small | USDA ARS RSA: Research Technician-$61,644.00 | USDA Agricultural Research Ser

Ryan M. Gillespie and Julie M. Amador | ISBOE High-Impact PD round 2-$61,509.00 | Idaho State Board of Education

Barrie D. Robison | INL Continuation Falcon HPC Admin-$58,049.00 | Battelle Energy Alliance LLC

Melinda Ellison | USDA-ARS:Practical Livestock Grazing-$57,500.00 | USDA Agricultural Research Ser

Lisette P. Waits and Jennifer R. Adams | FWS Mexican Wolf Gen Monitor 24-29-$50,000.00 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

James P. Ekins | Sourcewater Extension Educator-$50,000.00 | Idaho Department of Environmental Quality

Eric J. Studebaker | IDHW CDC: ECHO Alzheimer and Dementia 25-$49,892.38 | Idaho Dept. of Health and Welfare

Kenneth E. Wallen | IDFG HD Trout FY25-$45,351.00 | Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Dennis R. Becker | IFPC Idaho HS Forestry Curriculum-$40,710.00 | Idaho Forest Products Commission

Liam D. Knudsen and Reed S. Lewis | USGS Earth MRI-Coeur D’Alene Mine-$38,031.00 | U.S. Geological Survey

Alexander V. Karasev | USDA ARS Powdery scab viruses-$36,566.00 | USDA Agricultural Research Ser

Annie J. Roe, Joey D. Peutz, Siew Guan Lee, Shelly L. Johnson and Kristin E. Hansen | IDHW:CDC: Smart Moves for Kids-$35,957.48 | Idaho Dept. of Health and Welfare

Simona Picardi | IDFG Hells Canyon FY25 Supp-$34,317.00 | Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Pamela J. Hutchinson | UC Davis IR-4 Herbicide Field 24-25-$33,333.00 | University of California, Davis

Jared A. Spackman | USDA ARS NACA Oat-$33,185.00 | USDA Agricultural Research Ser

Mohammed Jaslam Poolakkal and Mark J. Kimsey | NCASI CAFS Match-$30,000.00 | National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, Inc.

Madison S. Powell and Jacob W. Bledsoe | UW Sturgeon Diets 2025-$28,241.00 | University of Washington

David Ausband | IDFG Wolf Dispersal-FY25-$21,758.00 | Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Ryan A. Long | IDFG Moose Energetics-FY25-$16,896.00 | Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Simona Picardi | IDFG Hells Canyon FY25-$16,617.00 | Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Andrew R. Fields | Kootenai County APD 24-25-$16,000.00 | Kootenai County

Grace A. Wittman | Nat'l 4-H Western Region PYD-$15,000.00 | National 4-H Council

Meranda J. Small and Mireille Chahine | OSU Secure Beef-$14,860.00 | Oregon State University

Virginia L. Lane | U of S SSHRC Food Insecurity Afghan-$9,665.00 | University of Saskatchewan

Pooria Ensafi and Juliet M. Marshall | Corteva FY25 CCN Trial-$8,450.00 | Corteva Agriscience

Luc Leblanc | USDA APHIS Dacine fly id-$8,353.00 | USDA-APHIS

Jason W. Barnes | BYU NFDAP: Namib Field Trip-$8,024.00 | Brigham Young University

Melissa A. Crist | AAP CDC: Act Early Ambassador-$6,500.00 | American Academy of Pediatrics

Frank Wilhelm | HLWID: Limnology Expert-$5,000.00 | Hayden Lake Watershed Improvement District

Terry M. Shaw | Stimson Fertilization Test Trials 2-$4,900.00 | Stimson Lumber Company

Navin K. Chettri | WESTAF ACMS Grant-$4,000.00 | Western States Arts Federation

Emma Perry | IHC PEI Publication-$3,045.00 | Idaho Humanities Council

Juliet M. Marshall | IWC FY25 small grains report-$2,500.00 | Idaho Wheat Commission

3rd quarter awards

IDHW FY25 IdahoSTARS
Melissa A. Crist
Idaho Dept. of Health and Welfare 
July 1, 2024, to June, 30, 2025
$6,557,971.30

ISDE SESTA FY25
Janice D. Carson and Cari L. Murphy
Idaho State Department of Education
July 1, 2024, to June, 30, 2025
$1,642,386.00

NSF Climate-Smart Forest
Kristin Haltinner, Tara W. Hudiburg, Kristina J. Bartowitz, Alex Maas, Dianne F. Baumann
National Science Foundation
Sept. 1, 2024, to Aug. 31, 2028
$1,508,247.00

IWDC-WDTF: IKEEP4
Vanessa E. Anthony-Stevens, Raymond A. Dixon, Shawna K. Campbell-Daniels
Idaho Workforce Development Council
May 1, 2024, to April 30, 2027
$999,988.21

NIFA ERASE-PM
Alex Maas
National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA)
Jan. 1, 2024, to Dec. 31, 2026
$800,000.00

IWDC — Industry 23-25
Claire J. Sponseller
Idaho Workforce Development Council
July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2027
$761,209.81

Additional 3rd quarter awards

Melissa A. Crist IDHW | FY25 IdahoSTARS-$6,557,971.30 | Idaho Dept. of Health and Welfare

Janice D. Carson and Cari L. Murphy | ISDE SESTA FY25-$1,642,386.00 | Idaho State Department of Education

Kristin Haltinner, Tara W. Hudiburg, Kristina J. Bartowitz, and Alex Maas | NSF Climate-smart forest-$1,508,247.00 | National Science Foundation

Vanessa E. Anthony-Stevens, Raymond A. Dixon, and Shawna K. Campbell-Daniels | IWDC-WDTF: IKEEP4-$999,988.21 | Idaho Workforce Development Council

Alex Maas | NIFA ERASE-PM-$800,000.00 | National Institute of Food and Agriculture/USDA

Claire J. Sponseller | IWDC — Industry 23-25-$761,209.81 | Idaho Workforce Development Council

Xiaoli L. Etienne, Norm F. Ruhoff, Brett D. Wilder, Hernan Tejeda, and Andres Trujillo-Barrera | NIFA REEU Risk Mgmt-$749,997.00 | National Institute of Food and Agriculture/USDA

Robert A. Borrelli, Dakota Roberson, and Konstantinos Kolias | ISBOE IGEM HERC: Secu Cybersp FY25-$700,000.00 | Idaho State Board of Education

Elizabeth S. Wargo | ISDE IBC 2024-2025 FED-$674,223.25 | Idaho State Department of Education

Xiaoli L. Etienne, Hernan Tejeda, and Andres Trujillo-Barrera | NIFA AFRI dairy net zero-$649,990.00 | National Institute of Food and Agriculture/USDA

Dev Shrestha, Russell J. Qualls, and Daniel G. Strawn | NIFA Shrestha 2023 — Biochar Water-$601,213.00 | National Institute of Food and Agriculture/USDA

Eva K. Strand and Heather L. Heward | USFS Curricula Dev for Fire Mgmt-$550,000.00 | USDA Forest Service

Armando G. McDonald | NSF Collab Non-Lead THRIVE-NETS-$514,516.00 | National Science Foundation

Stephen P. Cook | USDAFS Shrub Pollination Ecology-$487,527.56 | USDA Forest Service

Louise-Marie Dandurand and Joseph C. Kuhl | USDA APHIS PPA PCN I FY24-$486,244.00 | USDA-APHIS

Julie M. Amador | ISDE IRMC 2024-2025-$481,865.00 | Idaho State Department of Education

Janice D. Carson | DHHS: IATP FFY25-$480,883.00 | Dept. Health and Human Services

Nancy M. Shelstad | IDOL FY24 AmeriCorps-$472,217.00 | Idaho Department of Labor

Kristopher V. Waynant and James G. Moberly | NSF CAS-SC E-Waste Recovery-$408,331.00 | National Science Foundation

Izabelle A. Molina de Almeida Teixeira and Hernan Tejeda | VP NIFA AFRI Sub: SLdairy-$366,800.00 | Virginia Tech

Izabelle A. Molina de Almeida Teixeira, Pedram Rezamand, Hernan Tejeda, Amy L. Skibiel, and Mireille Chahine | MSU MUNTune: Western SARE-$349,999.00 | Montana State University

Robert E. Ely | NSF Playful Math 9-16-$341,104.00 | National Science Foundation

Jessica R. Miesel | NIFA AFRI Soil Health (MSU xfr)-$330,899.69 | National Institute of Food and Agriculture/USDA

Reed S. Lewis and Virginia S. Gillerman | USGS Earth MRI Cuddy Mtn, W ID-$330,000.00 | U.S. Geological Survey

Timothy Link, Janet L. Rachlow Witham, and Matthew R. Falcy | USGS Resub Species Microclimatic-$329,597.00 | U.S. Geological Survey

Eric L. Mittelstaedt | NSF Neutrino Tomography of LLSVPs-$315,794.00 | National Science Foundation

Elizabeth J. Cassel | NSF North Sierra Nevada Topography-$304,910.00 | National Science Foundation

Albert T. Adjesiwor, Fangming Xiao, Joseph C. Kuhl, and Brenda M. Murdoch | USDA NIFA Wheat Weed-$300,000.00 | National Institute of Food and Agriculture/USDA

Ata Zadehgol | NSF EAGER 24 — Physics-Informed AI-$300,000.00 | National Science Foundation

Eva K. Strand, Leda Kobziar, and Jessica R. Miesel | USDA FS Developing Fire Pro-$300,000.00 | USDA Forest Service

Gustavo H. de Almeida Teixeira | NIFA Wound healing HIS AFRI-$299,296.00 | National Institute of Food and Agriculture/USDA

Louise-Marie Dandurand | USDA APHIS PPA Diversity FY24-$280,739.00 | USDA-APHIS

Christine Parent | NSF MCA: Slimy Study-$277,923.00 | National Science Foundation

Yimin Chen | NIH Human milk neuro-$239,399.00 | Dept. Health and Human Services

Elizabeth S. Wargo | ISDE IBC 2024-2025 State-$210,153.85 | Idaho State Department of Education

Scott Grieshaber and Nicole A. Grieshaber | NIH Understanding the Chlamydial-$202,500.00 | Dept. Health and Human Services

Bruce Ripley and Mark J. Kimsey | USFS N.ID LiDAR-$198,104.00 | USDA Forest Service

Krishnan S. Raja and Indrajit Charit | ISBOE IGEM HERC: Self Healing-$197,600.00 | Idaho State Board of Education

Paul A. Lewin | NIFA WRDC FY23-FY24-$193,644.50 | National Institute of Food and Agriculture/USDA

Jianli Chen | IWC FY25 Wheat Cultivar-$176,101.00 | Idaho Wheat Commission

Jae H. Ryu and Kevin Chang | NSF iDrone 101-$169,888.00 | National Science Foundation

Alistair Smith | NASA FireSense Implementation Team-$169,618.00 | National Aeronautic Space Ad.

Sarah M. Windes | IWC FY25 Wheat Quality Lab-$161,667.00 | Idaho Wheat Commission

John C. Shovic and Mary L. Everett | Amalgamated Sugar- J.Shovic-$160,214.00 | Amalgamated Sugar Company

James J. Nagler and Lea R. Medeiros | CRITFC Hatchery minijack production-$149,337.00 | Columbia River Inter-Tribal

Linda R. Schott | USDA NRCS Capacity Building 2.0-$144,933.00 | USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

Virginia L. Lane | NIH Sure First Fasting-$143,456.00 | Dept. Health and Human Services

Vivek Utgikar and Krishnan S. Raja | ISBOE HERC-Critical Material Recov-$140,000.00 | Idaho State Board of Education

Alexander V. Karasev, Louise-Marie Dandurand, and Joseph C. Kuhl | USDA APHIS: Viroid FY24-$137,036.00 | USDA-APHIS

Yueguang Wang | IWC FY25 — Developing SWWW-$132,188.00 | Idaho Wheat Commission

Louise-Marie Dandurand | MustGrow HBA-$127,338.00 | MustGrow Biologics Corp

Mark A. McGuire | USDA-ARS Phase 2 FY25 ADRU-$125,000.00 | USDA Agricultural Research Ser

Mary L. Everett and John C. Shovic | ISBOE HERC 2023 Everett — Flex Data-$119,800.00 | Idaho State Board of Education

William K. Meeks, Erik J. Wenninger, and Ronda E. Hirnyck | UC Davis U of I Field Trials 2023-24-$116,665.50 | University of California, Davis

Brian C. Small and Jie Ma | Kent Humic Ingredients-$112,083.00 | Kentek Corporation

Mark Schwarzlaender | USDA ARS Eval of Ramularia crupinae-$109,279.56 | USDA Agricultural Research Ser

Matthew Bernards | NASA INE 2024 R3 Srinivasan-$100,000.00 | National Aeronautic Space Ad.

Timothy S. Prather | USDI: NPS FY24 Camas-$99,951.05 | USDI National Park Service

Juliet M. Marshall | IWC FY25 EVT-$96,975.00 | Idaho Wheat Commission

Katherine Himes and Megan L. Foster | IDWC ISTPF WFD 2025-$93,860.28 | Idaho Workforce Development Council

Frederick M. Ytreberg, Paul A. Rowley, Brenda Schroeder, and David E. Condon | ISBOE HERC IGEM Potato-$92,700.00 | Idaho State Board of Education

Janice D. Carson | FCC INDBEDP 2024-2025-$89,473.00 | Federal Communications Commission

Alistair Smith and Robert F. Keefe | UGA Impact Oaks subaward NIFA-$85,527.00 | University of Georgia

Juliet M. Marshall | USDA ARS Renewal Soilborne Pathogen-$83,518.00 | USDA Agricultural Research Ser

Claire J. Sponseller | ION TMC Works 24-25-$80,400.00 | Jannus Inc.

Cari L. Murphy | ISDE SPDG Evaluation Year 3-$80,181.29 | Idaho State Department of Education

Zachariah B. Etienne | WVU NASA EPSCoR FY25-$80,010.00 | West Virginia University

Reed S. Lewis | USGS Data Pres 17-$73,870.00 | U.S. Geological Survey

Kurtis L. Schroeder | USADPLC Pulse VT-ID/WA FY25-$73,176.00 | USA Dry Pea and Lentil Council, Inc.

Jie Ma | UNM Prime and boost mucosal vaccina-$66,502.00 | University of New Mexico

Kristopher V. Waynant | ISBOE HERC OUR FY25-$65,000.00 | Idaho State Board of Education

Dennis R. Becker | CRITFIC Joint Appointment-$64,026.25 | Columbia River Inter-Tribal

Rhett R. Spear, Nora L. Olsen Nelson and Gustavo H. de Almeida Teixeira | IPC FY25 Storage-$63,490.00 | Idaho Potato Commission

Rhett R. Spear | IPC FY25 Potato Breeding-$61,508.00 | Idaho Potato Commission

Timothy S. Prather | USDA FS Turkish Thistle-$55,792.62 | USDA Forest Service

Nancy M Shelstad and Amber R. Smyer | IDOL AmeriCorps Planning DEP-$52,575.00 | Idaho Department of Labor

Lisette P. Waits and Jennifer R. Adams | USFWS Alaska Polar Bear Genetics-$50,250.19 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Timothy S. Prather and Joan M. Campbell | USDI BLM Resub Seed production MIMA-$48,355.09 | USDI Bureau Of Land Management

Brian C. Small | SAA Efficient rainbow trout Yr3-$47,386.00 | Soy Aquaculture Alliance

Eric J. Studebaker | IIC ECHO-$45,900.00 | Idaho Immunization Coalition

Joan M Campbell | IWC FY25 weed control-$44,689.00 | Idaho Wheat Commission

Madison S. Powell and Jacob W. Bledsoe | UW trout diet acidification-$42,591.00 | University of Washington

Daniele Tonina | YT SRH-2D Hyporheic-$42,140.00 | Yurok Tribe

Nora L. Olsen Nelson and Gustavo H. de Almeida Teixeira | IPC FY25 Zero emerge-$41,750.00 | Idaho Potato Commission

Stephen P. Cook | USDA FS FSTP-Cydia laricana-$41,736.00 | USDA Forest Service

Gustavo H. de Almeida Teixeira and Nora L. Olsen Nelson | IPC FY25 Alleviating Bruise-$37,360.00 | Idaho Potato Commission

Erik J. Wenninger and Nora L. Olsen Nelson | IPC FY25 psyllid monitoring-$36,873.00 | Idaho Potato Commission

Rhett R. Spear | Potatoes USA FY25-$36,000.00 | Potatoes USA

Erin S. Brooks and Mariana Dobre | USDA FS RJVA Improving WEPPcloud-$36,000.00 | USDA Forest Service

Brenda Schroeder | USDA FS Rust Canada Thistle-$35,672.00 | USDA Forest Service

Kasia M. Duellman | IPC FY25 Seed Potato Quality-$35,000.00 | Idaho Potato Commission

Nora L. Olsen Nelson and Gustavo H. de Almeida Teixeira | IPC Sorter FY25-$34,025.00 | Idaho Potato Commission

Gustavo H. de Almeida Teixeira and Nora L. Olsen Nelson | IPC Respiration FY25-$34,005.00 | Idaho Potato Commission

Juliet M. Marshall | IWC FY25 Wheat PG-$33,595.00 | Idaho Wheat Commission

Liujan Li, Kurtis L. Schroeder and Daniel G. Strawn | IWC FY25 SAP Wheat-$33,550.00 | Idaho Wheat Commission

Pamela J. Hutchinson | UC Davis IR-4 Quinoa Herbicide FY24-$33,333.00 | University of California, Davis

Rhett R. Spear | USDA ARS: Tuber Greening-$31,000.00 USDA | Agricultural Research Ser

Nora L. Olsen Nelson and Kasia M. Duellman | IPC FY25 Potato Specialists-$30,000.00 | Idaho Potato Commission

Louise-Marie Dandurand | MSU: NIFA: WSARE: Biofumigant-$30,000.00 | Montana State University

Tasha Howard | EXTFOU EXCITE 3 – Bridge-$29,999.00 | eXtension Foundation

Christopher C. Caudill and Matthew L. Keefer | USGS: GB CESU: New: Salmon ecology-$29,993.00 | U.S. Geological Survey

James W. Woodhall and Juliet M. Marshall | IWC FY25 viruses 2025-$29,978.00 | Idaho Wheat Commission

Juliet M. Marshall and Pooria Ensafi | IWC FY25 PPNs-$29,809.00 | Idaho Wheat Commission

Subodh Adhikari and Kamal Khadka | WOC: Canola pests-$29,575.00 | Washington Oilseeds Commission

James J. Nagler and Lea R. Medeiros | CRITFC Salmonid growth assessment-$28,961.00 | Columbia River Inter-Tribal

Steven I. Odubiyi and Sanford Eigenbrode | IWC FY25 Hessian fly-$28,895.00 | Idaho Wheat Commission

Michael C. Quist | IDFG: NOP in LPO-$28,749.00 | Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Jared A. Spackman, Pamela Hutchinson, and Thomas A. Jacobsen | IWC FY25 - wild oat-$26,701.00 | Idaho Wheat Commission

Jared A. Spackman | IBAC FY25 to #487 S Source-$25,591.00 | Idaho Barley Commission

Phillip D. Bass and Michael J. Colle | AMSA Meat Processing Support-$25,000.00 | American Meat Science Assoc.

James W. Woodhall and Kasia M. Duellman | IPC FY25 Spore-Woodhall-$25,000.00 | Idaho Potato Commission

Mark Kimsey | USDA FS FWSO Fremont-Winema Seed-$25,000.00 | USDA Forest Service

Jared A. Spackman | IBAC FY25 #485 Lime-$24,600.00 | Idaho Barley Commission

Juliet M. Marshall and Pooria Ensafi | IWC FY25 scoring strategies-$24,422.00 | Idaho Wheat Commission

Kasia M. Duellman | IPC FY25 Aphid Monitoring-$23,256.00 | Idaho Potato Commission

Joseph C. Kuhl and Allan Caplan | IPC FY25 Resistance-$22,487.00 | Idaho Potato Commission

Jared A. Spackman and Albert T. Adjesiwor | IWC FY25 Liming Wheat-$22,473.00 | Idaho Wheat Commission

Albert T. Adjesiwor and Pamela J. Hutchinson | IPC FY25- HR Pigweed-$21,909.00 | Idaho Potato Commission

Alexander V. Karasev and Nora L. Olsen Nelson | IPC FY25 PVY screenhouse-$21,517.00 | Idaho Potato Commission

Juliet M. Marshall and Kurtis L. Schroeder | IBAC FY 25 #403 IBAC EVT-$20,500.00 | Idaho Barley Commission

Alexander V. Karasev | IPC FY25 PVY strains-$20,000.00 | Idaho Potato Commission

Jeffrey W. Kyong-McClain | KF AsiaPOP! 2024-$20,000.00 | The Korea Foundation

Kamal Khadka and Kurtis L. Schroeder | WOC Acidic Soils-$19,893.00 | Washington Oilseeds Commission

Albert T. Adjesiwor | IWC FY25 Wheat Rotation-$19,629.00 | Idaho Wheat Commission

James W. Woodhall | UC Davis Sugarbeet Field FY24-$18,888.70 | University of California, Davis

Nancy M. Shelstad and Amber R. Smyer | DOL AmeriCorps Planning DEP-ARPA-$16,828.00 | Idaho Department of Labor

Jianli Chen | IWC FY25 DNA quantification-$16,476.00 | Idaho Wheat Commission

James W. Woodhall | IEOOC FY25 Onion Extension 24-$16,000.00 | Idaho Eastern Oregon Onion Comm

Jared A. Spackman | IWC FY25 Soil Sampler Equipment-$15,500.00 | Idaho Wheat Commission

Jared A. Spackman | IWC FY25 Soil Sampler-$15,500.00 | Idaho Wheat Commission

Erik J. Wenninger | IPC FY25 Consortium insecticide-$15,000.00 | Idaho Potato Commission

Nora L. Olsen Nelson and Michael K. Thornton | IPC FY25 Soft rot-$14,968.00 | Idaho Potato Commission

Juliet M. Marshall and Pooria Ensafi | IBAC FY25 #486 PPN-$14,905.00 | Idaho Barley Commission

Michael Maughan | INL: DOE: Capstone: Mold Design-$14,402.00 | Battelle Energy Alliance LLC

Kurtis L. Schroeder | IBAC FY25 #457 Support Scientist-$13,650.00 | Idaho Barley Commission

Brenda Schroeder | IEOOC FY25 Botrytis and Pantoea spp-$13,319.00 | Idaho Eastern Oregon Onion Comm

Xi Liang | IBAC FY25 #480 Barley Lodging-$12,542.00 | Idaho Barley Commission

Kurtis L. Schroeder and Joan M. Campbell | IWC FY25 - Soil pH weeds-$12,249.00 | Idaho Wheat Commission

Michael K. Thornton | IEOOC FY25 Onion Stunting-$10,936.00 | Idaho Eastern Oregon Onion Comm

Xi Liang | IBAC FY25 #468 Freeze-$10,600.00 | Idaho Barley Commission

Juliet M. Marshall | IBAC FY25 #470 CCN-$10,087.00 | Idaho Barley Commission

Zonglie Hong | IBAC FY25 #474 Beta-Glucan-$9,879.00 | Idaho Barley Commission

James W. Woodhall | IBC bean smoke bacteria FY25-$9,000.00 | Idaho Bean Commission

Armando Falcon-Brindis | IBC Baseline bean pests FY25-$9,000.00 | Idaho Bean Commission

Julia L. Piaskowski, Juliet M. Marshall, Kurtis L. Schroeder, and Jennifer Hinds | IBAC FY25 #492 Barley Wave-$8,500.00 | Idaho Barley Commission

Patrick L. Hatzenbuehler | VT IPM Barley Yellow Dwarf-$8,423.00 | Virginia Tech

James W. Woodhall | IPC FY25 Potato extension-$8,000.00 | Idaho Potato Commission

Brenda Schroeder | IPC FY25 Stop Gap Funding-$6,882.00 | Idaho Potato Commission

Alexander V. Karasev | IBC FY25 Bean mosaic viruses-$6,620.00 | Idaho Bean Commission

Subodh Adhikari and Sanford Eigenbrode | USA DPLC: Legume Virus Project-$5,953.00 | USA Dry Pea and Lentil Council, Inc.

Kurtis L. Schroeder | IBAC FY25 #413 Elite Barley-$4,500.00 | Idaho Barley Commission

Joan M. Campbell | USADPLC: Lorox FY25-$4,479.00 | USA Dry Pea and Lentil Council, Inc.

Shannon K. Williams and Claire J. Sponseller | Jannus: Maxi Grant FY25-$4,000.00 | Jannus Inc.

Erik J. Wenninger and Alexander V. Karasev | SRS FY25 Leafhopper monitoring-$3,800.00 | Snake River Research and Seed Alliance LLC

Navin K. Chettri | ICA-ACMS FY 2025-$3,715.00 | Idaho Commission on the Arts

Andrew R. Fields and Michael E. Wood | Avista TCP 24-25-$3,000.00 | Avista Foundation

Juliet M. Marshall | IBAC FY25 to #430 Small Grains-$1,500.00 | Idaho Barley Commission

Jeffrey W. Kyong-McClain | TJF JFLA-Ichiro Kataoka-$1,500.00 | The Japan Foundation

Jacob W. Bledsoe | UW trout diet acidification-Bledsoe-$545.00 | University of Washington

2nd quarter awards

DHHS NIH INBRE-4 YEAR 6
Carolyn Bohach
Dept. Health and Human Services
May 1, 2024, to April 30, 2025
$4,206,381

NSF BII EMBER
Tara Hudiburg, Laurel Lynch, Christopher Marx
National Science Foundation
Jan. 15, 2024, to April 30, 2030
$2,669,046

DHHS NIH COBRE Women's Health
Michelle McGuire, Ann Brown, Yimin Chen, Virginia Lane
Dept. Health and Human Services
March 11, 2024, to Jan. 31, 2025
$2,354,626

IWDC Amplifying Semiconductors Acro
Feng Li, Joseph Law, Mark Roll
Idaho Workforce Development Council
Dec. 1, 2023, to Sept. 30, 2026
$1,039,557

NIH Patterning Genes
Deborah Stenkamp
Dept. Health and Human Services
June 1, 2024, to May 31, 2025
$520,703

IDWR Evaluating ET Products
Erin S. Brooks
Idaho Dept. of Water Resources
May 24, 2024, to May 25, 2025
$489,914.00

Additional 2nd quarter awards

Carolyn H. Bohach | DHHS NIH INBRE-4 YEAR 6 – $4,206,381 | Dept. Health and Human Services

Tara W. Hudiburg, Laurel M. Lynch and Christopher Marx | NSF BII EMBER - $2,669,046 | National Science Foundation

Michelle McGuire, Ann Brown, Yimin Chen and Virginia L. Lane | DHHS NIH COBRE Women's Health - $2,354,626 | Dept. Health and Human Services

Marc T. Skinner | INL Education Contract 2024-2025 - $2,183,623.23 | Battelle Energy Alliance LLC

Feng Li, Joseph D. Law and Mark F. Roll | IWDC Amplifying Semiconductors Acro - $1,039,557 | Idaho Workforce Development Council

Deborah L. Stenkamp | NIH Patterning Genes - $520,703 | Dept. Health and Human Services

Erin S. Brooks | IDWR Evaluating ET products - $489,914 | Idaho Dept. of Water Resources

Reed S. Lewis, Russell V. Difiori and Dennis M. Feeney | USGS ID STATEMAP/GeMS FY24 - $408,911 | US Geological Survey

Zachary Kayler and Alex Maas | CSU West Expanding STAR program - $380,453 | Colorado State University

Elizabeth Fortunato | NIH R01 renewal resubmission 3-2024 - $337,500 | Dept. Health and Human Services

Diane O. Kelly-Riley | USOE Project SERV - $306,944 | US Department of Education National Science Foundation

Kristopher V. Waynant and James G. Moberly | NSF REU Site 2023 - $302,462 | National Science Foundation

Fangming Xiao | NIFA Resistance to PCN - $298,928 | National Institute of Food and Agriculture/USDA

Paul A. Rowley | NIH Yeast evolution in action - $270,768 | Dept. Health and Human Services

Gregory Latta | USDA FS BIL JVA HotSpots - $269,993.30 | USDA Forest Service

Xiaoli L. Etienne, Jessie B. Van Buren, Taylor C. Raney, Iris A. Mayes, Nav R. Ghimire and Jue Wang | NIFA PEARS 2024 - $239,997 | National Institute of Food and Agriculture/USDA

Karen L. Launchbaugh | USDA NRCS NRI-2024 - $226,105.73 | USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

Chad A. Jackson | USDA-ARS Aberdeen RSA 2024-25 - $220,206.05 | USDA Agricultural Research Ser

Zachariah B. Etienne | NSF Gravity Theory 2023 - $180,000 | National Science Foundation

Chris A. Zajchowski | TCF GW Parkway 2.0 - $168,636 | The Conservation Fund

Brian C. Small and Madison Powell | SAA SBMIE and ANFs - $157,783 | Soy Aquaculture Alliance

Matthew R. Falcy | KTI Kootenai River Toxicology - $150,950.02 | Kootenai Tribe

Armando G. McDonald | OSU 3D biocomposite (USDA) - $149,958 | Oregon State University

Robert A. Borrelli | BSU DOE Common Ground Siting INWS - $141,421 | Boise State University

Jie Ma and Kenneth D. Cain | KTOI Selenium toxicity - $130,685.50 | Kootenai Tribe

Carmen J. Willmore | MSU WSARE State Imp Plan ID 2024 - $120,000 | Montana State University

Gulhan Unlu | BSU NSF Converg Accel - $109,252 | Boise State University

Eric M. Winford and Jason W. Karl | USDA FS Dormant Season Graz Chtgras - $100,000 | USDA Forest Service

Jaiyan Zhao | Natura Redox Measure FLiNaK Salts - $100,000 | Natura Resources, LLC

Chelsea S. Pennick and Gregory Latta | RLF Wildfire Resiliency - $96,077 | RESOURCES LEGACY FUND

Elizabeth A. Kochevar | IDSTEMAC MOSS 2024 - $95,050.40 | Idaho STEM Action Center

Hasan M. Jamil | UND Smart Holistic Zero Waste Utili - $93,510 | University of North Dakota

Andrew S. Nelson | IFG Nursery Seedling Trial - $79,576 | Idaho Forest Group

Jean-Marc F. Gauthier | Micron VR Nodes - $78,057 | Micron Technology Inc

Courtney J. Conway and Karen L. Launchbaugh | OSC Grouse and Grazing FY24 - $75,000 | Office of Species Conservation

Ariel L. Agenbroad | WSU Farmer Veteran WERME 2023 - $74,991 | Washington State University

Jacob W. Bledsoe | SAA Machine Learn Enteritis Score - $70,701 | Soy Aquaculture Alliance

Dakota Roberson | INL GMLC 2024 - $70,000 | Battelle Energy Alliance

Jeffrey A. Hicke | USDA FS FHP-Spl-Pro-Prog: STDP tool - $66,265 | USDA Forest Service

Bethaney D. Fehrenkamp | UNLV MW CTR-IN11 Pilot-Fehrenkamp - $66,000 | University of Nevada Las Vegas Board of Regents

Joel C. Perry | UNLV CTR-IN Pilot Wearable Exoskel. - $66,000 | University of Nevada Las Vegas Board of Regents

Kathryn E. Schiffelbein and Terence Soule | ISTEMAC ESSER III Grant - $61,376 | Idaho STEM Action Center

Leda Kobziar | IDEQ Smoke DEQ - $59,456 | Idaho Department of Environmental Quality

Ming Hsun Cheng | INL Hydrolysate - $59,328 | Battelle Energy Alliance LLC

Matthew P. Fisher | 4-H Roth Scholars - $58,000 | National 4-H Council

Janet L. Rachlow Witham | USDI FWS Pygmy Rabbits FY24CSC - $56,000 | US Fish and Wildlife Service

James J. Nagler | CRITFC Lamprey sex and maturation - $55,180 | Columbia River Inter-Tribal

Merritt L. Dublin | FACES Hope MOU Renewal 23-24 - $55,000 | Family Advocacy Center and Education Services

Lisette P. Waits | USDI SWBRPP: NPS Pronghorn 2023 - $54,247 | USDI National Park Service

Kimberly A. Osborne | TSL Phase III - $49,975.35 | Teal Studio LLC

Katrina C. Eichner | AP Fort Henrietta - $48,606 | Anderson Perry and Assoc., Inc.

Brian C. Small and Ali Hamidoghli | GPC Kent: Yeast in Trout - $45,901 | Grain Processing Corporation

Patrick Hatzenbuehler and Brett D. Wilder | USDA Risk Forage Seeding Budgets - $44,252.63 | USDA Risk Management Agency

Robert Hiromoto | INL: LDRD-Directional MAC - $43,444 | Battelle Energy Alliance LLC

Brian K. Johnson and Daniel Conte de Leon | NSF Engines Type 1: INTENT - $39,996 | Urbanova

Xiaoli L. Etienne | WVU Triple-wash and nanotech - $39,932 | West Virginia University

Matthew R. Falcy | IDFG YR3 Steelhead Run Reconstruct - $36,674.40 | Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Terry M. Shaw | PDFHI 2024 NDGY Forest Research - $36,500 | PotlatchDeltic Forest Holdings Inc

Michael C. Quist | IDFG Zooplankton index methods - $36,454 | Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Christopher T. Nomura | NMSUF ASCEND 2.0 - $36,363 | New Mexico Start-Up Factory, LLC

Christian Cumagun, Lucas J. Sheneman and James W. Woodhall | IEOSA ID seed testing database - $35,000 Idaho | Eastern Oregon Seed Association

Christopher C. Caudill | USGS Integrated Water Science - $29,940 | US Geological Survey

Gianluca Blois | INL CAES Collaboration Blois 2024 - $27,834.94 | Battelle Energy Alliance LLC

Matthew R. Falcy | IDFG FY25 Burbot - $24,008 | Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Kamal Khadka and Liujun Li | IOC FY25 NFM in Canola R01-KK - $22,908.38 | Idaho Oilseed Commission

Madeline S. Goebel | USDA NIFA FY24 RREA - $20,897 | National Institute of Food and Agriculture/USDA

Matthew Hedman | JPL Plume Signals with MISE - $20,875 | Jet Propulsion Laboratories

Michael C. Quist | IDFG YR3 Bull Trout Abundan St. Joe - $20,733 | Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Sendy K. Martinez | ION Idaho 2024- Martinez - $20,000 | Jannus Inc.

Kirsten L. Pomerantz | ISDE VELS 2024 - $20,000 | Idaho State Department of Education

Ming Hsun Cheng | INL CAES Collab: Nuclear-Biomass - $20,000 | Battelle Energy Alliance LLC

Kimberly J. Tate | EXF 2024 PSEFMP - $18,905 | eXtension Foundation

Michael C. Quist | IDFG Kootenai River Microchem FY25 - $17,541 | Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Bridget M. Morrisroe-Miller | DHW National Diabetes Prevention 25 - $15,931.57 | Idaho Dept. of Health and Welfare

James W. Woodhall | OSU Grape Disease Biocontrol - $14,360 | Oregon State University

James W. Woodhall | SRS FY25 - CLS Air - $12,545 | Snake River Research and Seed Alliance LLC

Lisette P. Waits | Su24Â IDFG Intern Program – Klutch - $10,521 | Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Jared A. Spackman | NC State FRST - $10,000 | North Carolina St. University

Lisette P. Waits | Su24Â IDFG Intern Program – Jansen - $9,801 | Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Lisette P. Waits | Su24Â IDFG Intern Program – Sofaly - $9,775 | Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Lisette P. Waits | IDFG Su24 Intern Program- Hynds - $9,081 | Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Michelle McGuire and Mark A. McGuire | WSU Cannabis, Milk and Multi-omics - $8,346 | Washington State University

Lisette P. Waits | Su24 IDFG Intern Program – Harelson - $8,280 | Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Lisette P. Waits | Su24Â IDFG Intern Program – Lewanski - $7,200 | Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Paul A. Lewin and Amber R. Smyer | MSU NDEET: Digital Volunteer - $6,000 | Mississippi State University

Omi Hodwitz | IHC PEI Student Support - $6,000 | Idaho Humanities Council

Chandra A. Vaughan | USDA FS R4 Adventure Quest Camp - $5,000 | USDA Forest Service

Joey D. Peutz, M. M. Toomey and Lindsey M. McConnell-Soong | 4-H TLEI 2024 Scholarship - $2,400 | National 4-H Council

1st quarter awards

NSF Dev ENGINE FIERCE
Tara W. Hudiburg, Kristina J. Bartowitz, Michael Maughan and Laura A. Laumatia
National Science Foundation
March 1, 2024, to Aug. 31, 2025
$1,000,000

ISDE ICIE Center
Janice D. Carson, Cari L. Murphy and Andrew R. Scheef
Idaho State Department of Education
Oct. 1, 2023, to Sept. 30, 2024
$868,880

WSU Tri-State Potato Variety
Rhett R. Spear
Washington State University
Sept. 1, 2023, to Aug. 31, 2024
$816,653

USDA NIFA 2022 Women Farmers
Colette DePhelps, Paul A. Lewin, Ryanne Pilgeram and Monica G. Fisher
National Institute of Food and Agriculture/USDA
Sept. 1, 2023, to Aug. 31, 2027
$649,997

NSF CC Networking Infrastructure
Daniel R. Ewart and Lucas Sheneman
National Science Foundation
April 1, 2024, to March 31, 2026
$628,415

Murdock Ecoflux
Zachary Kayler, Leda Kobziar, Michael S. Strickland, Armando G. McDonald and Klas Udekwu
M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust
January 1, 2024 to Dec. 31, 2026
$550,000

Additional 1st quarter awards

Julie M. Amador | NSF Collab. Rural Math Landscape - $546,482 | National Science Foundation

Ahmed Abdel-Rahim | UW PacTrans 2024 Admin and Out.-AAR - $413,575 | University of Washington

Lindsay D. Woods, Dylan M. Agnes and Farnaz Nazari | Idaho Power Renewal AEEP CY24 - $379,459 | Idaho Power Company

Dennis R. Becker | USDA NIFA FFY24 McIntire Stennis - $315,480 | National Institute of Food and Agriculture/USDA

Meng Zhao and Margaret A. Wolf | USGS 104g-ZhaoM - $309,324 | US Geological Survey

Larry Stauffer | BSU CY24 TechHelp NIST PI - $252,369 | Boise State University

James J. Nagler and Lea R. Medeiros | CRITFC Steelhead Kelt Reconditioning - $252,125 | Columbia River Inter-Tribal

Jeffrey B. Langman | Teck Resources Red Dog Mine ARD - $247,305 | Teck Resource Limited

Daniel G. Strawn | USFS biochar 2024 - $225,000 | USDA Forest Service

Larry Stauffer | BSU CY24 TechHelp NIST - $224,808 | Boise State University

Sanford Eigenbrode, Lucas J. Sheneman and Subodh Adhikari | CSU FACT-AI Entomology - $206,401 | Colorado State University

Luke Oliver and Kenneth D. Cain | USDA NIFA Burbot Immune Devel. - $205,166 | National Institute of Food and Agriculture/USDA

Jared A. Spackman | IOC SCBG Irrigated Culinary Mustard - $183,084 | Idaho Oilseed Commission

Mike Knutz and Julia Villagomez | PU 2024 MTAC Idaho - $180,900 | Purdue University

Matthew Hedman | NASA Exploring Color of Enceladus P - $180,449 | National Aeronautic Space Ad.

Andrew S. Nelson | USDA FS Pitkin Nur: BIL St Nurserie - $160,000 | USDA Forest Service

Annie J. Roe, Joey D. Peutz, Siew Guan Lee, Shelly L. Johnson, Kristin E. Hansen and Kathryn Hickok | NIFA FY24 EFNEP - $158,390 | National Institute of Food and Agriculture/USDA

Krishnan S. Raja and Indrajit Charit | GenNext 3D Printing DOE STTR - $149,999.95 | GenNext Materials and Technologies LLC

Elowyn M. Yager | USBR Block Plucking - $147,848 | US Department of Interior - Bureau of Reclamation

Catherine E. Loiacono | ITD Safe Routes to School FY24-25 - $138,990 | Idaho Transportation Department

Russell T. Baker | UW AHA HERN-GROW RURAL - $127,795 | University of Washington

Mark A. McGuire | USDA ARS FY25 ADRU - $120,000 | USDA Agricultural Research Ser

Travis B. Paveglio | USFS Commu capacity for wildfire - $114,999.14 | USDA Forest Service

Christian Cumagun and James W. Woodhall | ISDA Transmission of HPWMoV Sweet C - $100,000 | Idaho Department of Agriculture

Tasha Howard | EXTFOU EXCITE-3 Implementation - $99,999.59 | eXtension Foundation

J.D. Wulfhorst | USDA ARS Sagebrush-Steppe - $99,839 | USDA Agricultural Research Ser

Vikas Kumar | SAA nutrigenomic increase soy trout - $99,589 | Soy Aquaculture Alliance

James P. Ekins | BSU NSF Conv. Accel. Water Education - $90,371 | Boise State University

Jason W. Barnes | SSI 2023 NSF Haze - $78,606 | SPECTRAL SCIENCES INC

James W. Woodhall | IEOCC SCBG Onion bacteria field tri - $73,558 | Idaho Eastern Oregon Onion Comm

Zachariah B. Etienne | RIT TCAN: BBH - $73,488 | Rochester Institute of Technology

Courtney J. Conway | IDFG Restoration and Diet Analysis - $73,400 | Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Vikas Kumar | OHISOY Optimizing the soy in trout - $70,000 | Ohio Soybean Council

Lance Hansen, Kathleen J. Tifft, David R. Callister, Bracken M. Henderson and Tasha Howard | WSU Farm Stress Awareness work FY24 - $62,999 | Washington State University

Matthew R. Falcy | UBC Mule Deer - $60,609 | University of British Columbia - Okanagan

You Qiang | INL LDRD: Int Heterogeneous Struc - $59,661 | Battelle Energy Alliance LLC

Grant Harley | Agri-Sompo: Florida Citrus - $51,887 | Agri-Sompo North America

Aleksandar Vakanski | INL LDRD Machine Learning - $50,128 | Battelle Energy Alliance LLC

Kerri T. Vierling | NASA GEDI and Bats (FINESST) - $49,750 | National Aeronautic Space Ad.

Xiaoli L. Etienne and Hernan Tejeda | NCBA Post-Harvest Beef flows - $48,030 | National Cattlemen's Beef Association

Andrew S. Nelson | POTCOR Stocktype-Spring Release 202 - $48,000 | PotlatchDeltic Forest Holdings Inc

Kenneth E. Wallen | IDFG HD Trout - $47,396 | Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Albert T. Adjesiwor | WSSA WheatWeed 2024 - $47,080 | Weed Science Society of America

Xiaoli L. Etienne | WVU Undergrad - $46,220 | West Virginia University

Mary S. Engels, Shanara L. Spang Gion and Brant G. Miller | WSU RaMP Resilience - $42,730 | Washington State University

Janice D. Carson | IDVR Tools for Life 2024 - $40,000 | Idaho Division of Vocational Rehab

Dennis Scarnecchia | NDFG CY24 Paddlefish Investigations - $40,000 | North Dakota Game and Fish Dept

Russell T. Baker | Marimn Health 2023 CNA - $39,968 | Marimn Health Inc

Phillip D. Bass and Michael J. Colle | NCBA Beef Interviews - $34,000 | National Cattlemen's Beef Association

James W. Woodhall | SRS FY25 Optimum CLS control - $32,000 | Snake River Research and Seed Alliance LLC

Mark A. McGuire | USDA FFY24 ARS Dubois - USSES - $27,115 | USDA Agricultural Research Ser

Leonardo Rose Werneck and Zachariah B. Etienne | UMBC Gravitational-Wave Signatures - $26,813.73 | University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Mark A. McGuire | NIFA FFY2024 AHD Program - $22,818 | National Institute of Food and Agriculture/USDA

Jessica R. Miesel | OSU LSFSC FY24 - $22,757 | Ohio State University

Albert T. Adjesiwor | SRS 2024-25 Herbicide Drift - $22,504 | Snake River Research and Seed Alliance LLC

Eva K. Strand and Leda Kobziar | UNR Grt Basin Fire Sci Exch 24-25 - $21,852 | University of Nevada at Reno

Dennis Scarnecchia | SWAU Oklahoma Alligators - $21,797.70 | Southwestern Adventist University

Michael C. Quist | IDFG YR3 Yellow Perch Lake Cascade - $20,407 | Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Albert T. Adjesiwor | SRS FY25 Group15 - $19,634 | Snake River Research and Seed Alliance LLC

Bridget M. Morrisroe-Miller | IDHW Nat Diabetes Prevention Prog - $15,942.86 | Idaho Dept. of Health and Welfare

Amin Ahmadzadeh | IDA Dairy Ed 2024 - $15,000 | Idaho Dairymen's Association, Inc.

Andrew R. Fields and Michael E. Wood | Kootenai County: APD - TCP 2024 - $15,000 | Kootenai County

Cari L. Murphy | ISBOE Empowering Parents - $14,226 | Idaho State Board of Education

Angela D. Blacklaw-Freel and Julia Villagomez | KSU DAF Idaho 4-H - $11,000 | Kansas State University

James W. Woodhall | SRS FY25 Spore Trap - $10,505 | Snake River Research and Seed Alliance LLC

John B. Hinton | IRS 2024 LITC Grant - $10,000 | Internal Revenue Service

Matthew R. Falcy | UBCO Predator Patterns - $9,191 | University of British Columbia - Okanagan

Matthew Swenson | INL Window Polishing - $7,952 | Battelle Energy Alliance LLC

Zachary J. Turpin | UNL Between the Columns - $7,428 | University of Nebraska

Douglas C. Finkelburg | PALCON CIG FLOURISH - $6,750 | Palouse Conservation District

Tasha Howard | IDHW Dementia Friends 2024 - $5,000 | Idaho Dept. of Health and Welfare

Jan U. Eitel | YCI Human Dimensions of Wolverines - $5,000 | Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative

Emily Tuschhoff | ISLD Vandals After Dark - Mini Gran - $5,000 | Idaho State Liquor Division

Kate E. Wray Chettri | IIE Passport - $4,125 | Institute of International Education

Alexandria N. Ruble | HEFNU Holocaust Course Dev 2024 - $4,000 | Holocaust Educational Foundation of Northwestern University

Jemila Chellappa | SRS PNW PestAlert Network 2024 - $2,250 | Snake River Research and Seed Alliance LLC

Simona Picardi | IDFG Hells Canyon FY24 - $1,707.02 | Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Lisette Waits | Spr24 IDFG Intern Program - Miller - $1,041 | Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Chantal A. Vella | ACSM NW Sedentary Behavior - $1,000 | Amer. College of Sports Med

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