2022 New Sponsored Awards
The University of Idaho continues to be a global leader in research across a wide array of disciplines. We are proud of all of the amazing research contributions that the faculty, staff and students at U of I are involved in. Here are our most recent sponsored awards, demonstrating the breadth and depth of innovation happening at U of I. Please join ORED in congratulating the PIs and their teams as you see them across campus for a job well done and as always: Go Vandals!
2nd Quarter New Sponsored Awards
IDHW FY22 IdahoSTARS- Supplement
Julie Fodor & Melissa Crist

Idaho Dept. of Health & Welfare July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022 $4,101,759
NSF 2021 SFS
James Alves-Foss & Jia Song, Michael Haney

National Science Foundation May 15, 2022 through April 30, 2027 $1,410,908
USOE FY22-27 Lapwai/Orofino Upward
Randall Bennett

US Department of Education June 1, 2022 through May 31, 2023 $490,325
NIFA DIVE4Tech
Judith McShane

National Institute of Food & Agriculture/USDA Aug. 25, 2021 through Aug. 24, 2023 $440,000
NSF Understanding Regulators of Col
Nathan Schiele

National Science Foundation May 1, 2022 through April 30, 2025 $402,341
UNR Sagebrush systems
J.D. Wulfhorst & Katherine Lee

University of Nevada at Reno Jan. 1, 2022 through Dec. 31, 2024 $368,013
Jerold Neufeld & Ronda Hirnyck | SRS PNW PestAlert.net YR2 — $375 | Snake River Research and Seed Alliance LLC
Jerold Neufeld | SRS PNW PestAlert.net YR2 — $375 | Snake River Research and Seed Alliance LLC
Erik Wenninger & Alexander Karasev | SRS Leafhopper Monitoring — $1,700 | Snake River Research and Seed Alliance LLC
Rebecca Scofield & Kristin Haltinner, Javier Rodriguez | IHC Social Change Speaker Series — $2,000 | Idaho Humanities Council
Rachel Halverson & Alexandra Teague, Marta Boris Tarre, Robin Johnson | IHC Visiting Writers' Project — $3,000 | Idaho Humanities Council
Elizabeth Cassel | EVOEAR Oligocene topography — $3,000 | EVOLVING EARTH FOUNDATION
Sydney Freeman | IHC Contributions of Blacks to the — $3,000 | Idaho Humanities Council
Albert Adjesiwor | SRS Adjuvants — $3,161.50 | Snake River Research and Seed Alliance LLC
Albert Adjesiwor | SRS FY22 Beet Plant Back — $3,543.50 | Snake River Research and Seed Alliance LLC
Albert Adjesiwor | SRS Sequence — $4,580.50 | Snake River Research and Seed Alliance LLC
Lance Hansen & David Callister, Bracken Henderson | ISDA Speaking Engage Farm Stress — $4,700 | Idaho Department of Agriculture
Albert Adjesiwor | SRS FY22 Herbicide Carryover — $4,798.50 | Snake River Research and Seed Alliance LLC
Tonia Dousay | ISAC Pizza-ology Camp — $5,044.16 | Idaho STEM Action Center
James Woodhall | SRS FY22 SB Soil — $5,072.50 | Snake River Research and Seed Alliance LLC
Tyler Bland | ISAC EcosySTEM 22 — $6,000 | Idaho STEM Action Center
James Woodhall | SRS FY22 CLS Air — $6,053.50 | Snake River Research and Seed Alliance LLC
Lisette Waits | IDFG Intern Program-Nickel — $6,196.60 | Idaho Department of Fish & Game
Erik Wenninger | SRS Mass Trapping SBRM — $7,500 | Snake River Research and Seed Alliance LLC
Albert Adjesiwor | Corteva-22-SW05 — $7,856.50 | Corteva Agriscience
Lisette Waits | IDFG Intern Program-Midgarden — $7,975 | Idaho Department of Fish & Game
Linda Schott | SRS Amalgamated POxC YR 2 — $8,102 | Snake River Research and Seed Alliance LLC
Ryan Long | WDFW Bighorn Supplement — $8,668 | Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife
Lindsay Woods | NEEA FY 22 Tasks — $9,000 | Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, Inc.
Patrick Hatzenbuehler & Ashlee Westerhold | ARIUNI Risk Mgmt WFRP — $9,995 | University of Arizona
Dakota Roberson | CONSTR Cybersecurity Advisory Team — $10,000 | Converge Strategies, LLC
Lindsay Woods | IDAPOW CY22 LLLC — $10,065 | Idaho Power Company
Kurtis Schroeder | NuCicer Chickpea — $10,119 | NuCicer, Inc.
Roger Lew | INL FY22 Cognitive Modeling — $12,944.05 | Battelle Energy Alliance LLC
Matthew Bernards | ISDE 2022 ISAS Capstone Event — $13,198.89 | Idaho State Department of Education
Melinda Ellison | BONENV Hawley Creek BDA — $14,660 | Bonneville Environmental Foundation
Lindsay Woods | IDAPOW CY22 PoE — $14,752 | Idaho Power Company
James Woodhall | Valent Trial Sugar Beets — $16,000 | Valent U.S.A. LLC
Matthew Hedman | JPL Extent of Uranus’ Inner Ring — $16,346 | Jet Propulsion Laboratories
Michael Quist | IDFG Walleye Lake Pend Oreille-YR4 — $16,504 | Idaho Department of Fish & Game
Lindsay Woods | IDAPOW CY22 Design Tools — $16,737 | Idaho Power Company
Courtney Conway | USGS NIDGS CRU-FWS Recovery Funds — $18,867.92 | US Geological Survey
Aleksandar Vakanski | INL Modeling Creep Mechanism — $19,331.50 | Battelle Energy Alliance LLC
Michael Thornton | Simplot Food Group — $20,000 | J. R. Simplot Company
David Arcilesi | INL Cyber Informed Eng Adv Reactors — $23,028.08 | Battelle Energy Alliance LLC
Matthew Swenson | INL CAES Summer Laser Weld Joining — $23,349.22 | Battelle Energy Alliance LLC
Brian Small | ZEIBRO Zeigler #5 — $23,904 | Zeigler Bros Inc.
James Alves-Foss & Jia Song, Terence Soule | ISAC 2022 Dual Credit — $25,010 | Idaho STEM Action Center
Hasan Jamil | INL CAES CSVFP Jamil — $28,162.79 | Battelle Energy Alliance LLC
James Woodhall | IHC Hop Diseases — $30,000 | Idaho Humanities Council
Phillip Bass & Michael Colle | CSU Lamb Quality Audit — $31,500 | Colorado State University
Robert Smith | INL Joint Appointment: Geochemistry of GeoTES Systems Federal FY-2022 — $33,834 | Battelle Energy Alliance LLC
Lindsay Woods | IDAPOW CY22 BSUG — $35,786 | Idaho Power Company
Barrie Robison | INL Falcon HPC Administrator — $35,821 | Battelle Energy Alliance LLC
Janice Carson | IOEM FEMA VCAP — $36,567.20 | Idaho Office of Emergency Management
Lindsay Woods | IDAPOW CY22 NCV — $37,019 | Idaho Power Company
Matthew Falcy & David Ausband | IDFG Predator-Predator — $39,343 | Idaho Department of Fish & Game
Dennis Scarnecchia | NDFG North Dakota Paddlefish CY22 — $40,000 | North Dakota Game & Fish Dept
Courtney Conway | IDFG NIDGS Year 3 — $40,000 | Idaho Department of Fish & Game
Joey Peutz & M.M. Toomey | Nat'l 4-H WCC Wave 3 — $40,000 | National 4-H Council
Patricia Colberg | IDASTE2 ISAC EXPO 2022 STEM Action — $41,250 | Idaho STEM Action Center
Larry Stauffer | BSU CY22 TechHelp PI NIST PI — $42,617 | Boise State University
Jeffrey Hicke | USDA FS Advancing Understanding of — $44,319 | USDA Forest Service
Lisette Waits | USDI NPS SWBRPP Genetic Monitoring — $49,861 | USDI National Park Service
Lindsay Woods | IDAPOW CY22 ERL — $52,719 | Idaho Power Company
Andrew Tranmer | LBWC River Mixing — $55,450.22 | Lower Boise Watershed Council
Matthew Bernards | MSU 2023/24 Eclipses — $56,290 | Montana State University
Dakota Roberson | INL Route Operable Unmanned Navigat — $57,729 | Battelle Energy Alliance LLC
Dakota Roberson | INL FY22 Joint Appointment — $59,391 | Battelle Energy Alliance LLC
Catherine Loiacono | ITD Safe Routes to School FY22 — $59,996 | Idaho Transportation Department
Vikas Kumar | AB Vista Inositol & Phytase in Shri — $61,675 | AB Agri Limited
Konstantinos Kolias | INL LDRD: Target-aware Fuzzing — $61,999 | Battelle Energy Alliance LLC
Lindsay Woods | IDAPOW CY22 Lunch & Learn — $63,665 | Idaho Power Company
Michael Thornton | BSU Smoke Damage — $71,120 | Boise State University
Scott Nuismer | NSF Transmissible Vaccine Workshop — $71,669 | National Science Foundation
Juliet Marshall & Belayneh Yimer | USDA ARS FY23 FHB — $74,084 | USDA Agricultural Research Ser
Konstantinos Kolias | INL LDRD: Adaptive Fingerprinting — $74,251 | Battelle Energy Alliance LLC
Vanessa Anthony-Stevens | SPEFOU School Choice in Indian Coun — $74,999.36 | Spencer Foundation
Daniele Tonina | DELSTE Delta Science Program Review — $77,670 | Delta Stewardship Council
Mark McGuire | USDA ARS FY22-23 ADRU — $ 80,000.80 | USDA Agricultural Research Ser
Robert Tripepi | INLA Micropropagation of Astragalus — $91,351 | Idaho Nursery and Landscape Association
Dakota Roberson | INL:Grid Data Transport Analysis Fr — $95,201.87 | Battelle Energy Alliance LLC
Vikas Kumar & Brian Small | SAA Feed efficient Trout For Soy — $96,364 | Soy Aquaculture Alliance
Jason Thomas & Grant Loomis | MSU WSARE Pest Friends — $99,990 | Montana State University
Vikas Kumar & Brian Small | OHISOY Processed soybean meal for f — $105,000 | Ohio Soybean Council
Jianli Chen | UCAL WheatCAP — $108,571 | University of California, Davis
Julie Fodor & Hayley McKown | DHHS Public Health DD Network — $113,670 | Department of Health & Human Services
Courtney Conway | JACMAN Salton Sea Geothermal — $114,000 | Jacobs Project Management Co.
James Woodhall & Alexander Karasev | ISDA SCBG Seed Health — $120,000 | Idaho Department of Agriculture
Lindsay Woods | IDAPOW CY22 Foundational Services — $124,232 | Idaho Power Company
Alexander Karasev & Russell Baker | ISDA SCBG Direct Tuber Testing — $129,478 | Idaho Department of Agriculture
Courtney Conway | USGS Selenium Risk to Yuma Ridgway' — $130,767.42 | US Geological Survey
James Woodhall & Alexander Karasev | IBC SCBG - Bean diagnostics — $133,466 | Idaho Bean Commission
Robert Tripepi | ISDA SCBG Almonds & Walnuts New Nut — $135,000 | Idaho Department of Agriculture
Grant Loomis | Blaine County Support FY22-25 — $135,813 | Blaine County Support
Brenda Schroeder & Michael Thornton, James Woodhall | IEOOC SCBG Stem Rahnella — $140,000 | Idaho Eastern Oregon Onion Comm
Annie Roe & Joey Peutz, Siew Guan Lee, Shelly Johnson, Kristin Hansen | NIFA FY22 EFNEP — $153,401 | National Institute of Food & Agriculture/USDA
Robert Tripepi | IAC SCBG New Fruit Wall Archit. — $175,000 | Idaho Apple Commission
Courtney Conway | USGS YRR-Selenium BOR — $187,391.51 | US Geological Survey
Matthew Bernards | NASA EPSCoR RID 2022-2027 — $ 200,000 | National Aeronautic Space Ad.
James Nagler & Lea Medeiros | CRITFC Minijack Production — $203,479 | Columbia River Inter-Tribal
Helen Brown & Peter Fuerst | IDHW DIS — $205,515.01 | Idaho Dept. of Health & Welfare
Erik Coats | Boise Water Recycling — $223,935.31 | City of Boise
Ryer Becker | NIFA Advancing Workforce Technologi — $224,165 | National Institute of Food & Agriculture/USDA
Zachariah Etienne | NSF BNS on a Moving Mesh — $226,347 | National Science Foundation
Inna Popova & Michael Colle, Phillip Bass | NIFA Improving Yield, Shelf Stabili — $270,060 | National Institute of Food & Agriculture/USDA
Zachariah Etienne | NSF Einstein Toolkit — $272,334 | National Science Foundation
Chad Jackson | USDA ARS Aberdeen 2022-23 — $291,569.18 | USDA Agricultural Research Ser
Larry Stauffer | BSU CY22 TechHelp NIST — $303,943 | Boise State University
Rhett Spear | WSU Potato Variety Development — $330,056 | Washington State University
Amin Mirkouei & Virginia Gillerman, Lee Ostrom, Indrajit Charit, John Russell, Claudio Berti | IDOC IGEM Earth Elements Drilling & — $348,241 | Idaho Department of Commerce
J.D. Wulfhorst & Katherine Lee | UNR Sagebrush systems — $368,013 | University of Nevada at Reno
Nathan Schiele | NSF Understanding Regulators of Col — $402,341 | National Science Foundation
Judith McShane | NIFA DIVE4Tech — $440,000 | National Institute of Food & Agriculture/USDA
Randall Bennett | USOE FY22-27 Lapwai/Orofino Upward — $ 490,325 | US Department of Education
James Alves-Foss & Jia Song, Michael Haney | NSF 2021 SFS — $1,410,908 | National Science Foundation
Julie Fodor & Melissa Crist | IDHW FY22 IdahoSTARS- Supplement — $4,101,759.58 | Idaho Dept. of Health & Welfare
1st Quarter New Sponsored Awards
NSF MSRI Idaho Ecotron
Michael Strickland & Zachary Kayler

National Science Foundation Oct. 15, 2021 through Sept. 30, 2026 $8,500,000
USDA NIFA Tribal Food
Darin Saul & Steven Peterson, Danielle Scott, Shaina Nomee, Soren Newman

National Institute of Food & Agriculture/USDA March 1, 2022 through Feb. 28, 2026
NIFA Deaf education
Dojin Ryu

National Institute of Food & Agriculture/USDA Sept. 1, 2021 through Aug. 31, 2024 $544,158
NIFA Farm to ECE PD
Shiyi Chen & Ling-Ling Tsao, Ariel Agenbroad, Annie Roe

National Institute of Food & Agriculture/USDA Dec. 1, 2021 through Nov. 30, 2025 $500,000
NSF CAREER Chris Hamilton
Christopher Hamilton

National Science Foundation Jan. 15, 2022 through Dec. 31, 2026 $419,998
NSF CAREER killer toxin resistance
Paul Rowley

National Science Foundation March 1, 2022 through Feb. 28, 2027 $346,686
Jeffrey Kyong-McClain | AAS-KF Distinguished Speaker — $500 | Association for Asian Studies
Peter Fuerst | Sigma XI Visual Circuit Proteins — $1,005 | Sigma Xi
Colette DePhelps | AFT Transitioning Land to a New Gen — $1,890 | American Farmland Trust
Bruce Haglund | USEND ICCU Arena LCA — $3,000 | US Endowment for Forestry and Communities
Lisette Waits | BCT Galapagos Bats Barlow — $6,076 | Bat Conservation Trust
Michael Colle & Phillip Bass | ISBOE Livestock Evaluation — $6,480 | Idaho State Board of Education
Emily Tuschhoff | ISLD Late Night Programming ISLD Mi — $6,925 | Idaho State Liquor Division
Courtney Conway | SDNHM LFRR Surveys & Telemetry — $8,170 | San Diego Natural History Museum
Shelley McGuire | ISRHML TEP Daiy — $8,600 | Yale University
David Ausband | USGS Alaskan wolves — $8,895 | US Geological Survey
Phillip Bass & Michael Colle | ISBOE Idaho Beef — $9,000 | Idaho State Board of Education
Brenda Murdoch | IOWSTA AG2PI Seed — $11,360 | Iowa State University
Karen Launchbaugh | ISBOE Rock Creek Interns 2022 — $11,860 | Idaho State Board of Education
Amin Ahmadzadeh | IDADAI Dairy Education Program CY22 — $12,000 | Idaho Dairymen's Association, Inc.
Mark McGuire & Robert Collier | IDADAI Bovine Teaching Experience C — $12,000 | Idaho Dairymen's Association, Inc.
Lindsay Woods | INL Net Zero Course — $14,337.90 | Battelle Energy Alliance LLC
Scott Nuismer | WSU DTRA Brucellosis Camels — $14,688 | Washington State University
Matthew Bernards | INL Nuclear Certificate 2022 — $14,717.46 | Battelle Energy Alliance LLC
Virginia Gillerman | ELEBATT Petro Study of Magnetite — $16,459 | Electra Battery Materials Corp.
J.D. Wulfhorst | UNLV CTR-IN CEO 2021-2022 — $16,557 | University of Nevada Las Vegas Board of Regents
Ronda Hirnyck | EXTFOU UI-PSEP — $17,525 | eXtension Foundation
Luigi Boschetti | MARUNI Support and Maintenance of t — $19,639 | University of Maryland
Audra Cochran | USDA NIFA 2022 RREA Program — $20,181 | National Institute of Food & Agriculture/USDA
Courtney Conway | AKDFG Shorebirds - Alaska Game & Fi — $20,678 | Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game
Mark McGuire | NIFA FFY2022 AHD Program — $21,139 | National Institute of Food & Agriculture/USDA
Eric Winford | BCL Blaine County Guy Canyon Restor — $21,525 | Blaine County Land Use/Building Services
Jason Karl | TNC UAV Imagery Workflow — $22,000 | Nature Conservancy
Matthew Swenson & George Tanner | VENWEL Entrepreneurship Pipeline — $27,012 | VentureWell
Charles Goebel | USDA FS Wildland Fire Courses — $28,960 | USDA-FS Fire & Aviation
Kathryn Schiffelbein | ISAC STEM Ambassadors 2021 — $30,000 | Idaho STEM Action Center
Joey Peutz & C.B. Cleveley, Karin Hatheway Dial, Lori Wahl, Michael McCollough, Joseph Christensen | PU EDEN Blaze: Wildfire Preparedness — $34,746 | Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN)
Pedram Rezamand & Denise Konetchy | Alberta Calf Weaning 2 — $35,161 | University of Alberta
Helen Brown | IDHW FY22 Cancer Screening — $35,588.27 | Idaho Dept. of Health & Welfare
Brian Small | MERCK Oxygen Bioavailability — $38,035 | Merck Animal Health (Intervet, Inc.)
Saad Hafez | MININD1 Nematode and Verticillium w — $41,207 | Mint Industry Research Council
Rajal Cohen | UNLV CTR-IN Pilot Project Enhanceme — $43,998 | University of Nevada Las Vegas Board of Regents
Mark Schwarzlaender | USDI BLM Dyer's Woad Biocontrol — $44,000 | USDI Bureau Of Land Management
Andrew Nelson | POTCOR Stocktype-Spring Release 202 — $48,000 | PotlatchDeltic Forest Holdings Inc
Madison Powell | UW Sturgeon diets — $48,480 | University of Washington
Terry Shaw | POTCOR 2022 PotlatchDeltic NDGY For — $48,900 | PotlatchDeltic Forest Holdings Inc
Frank Wilhelm | IDFG Expert Witness for IDFG — $50,000 | Idaho Department of Fish & Game
Kenneth Cain & Jie Ma |MERCK Armatrex Product Testing — $51,853.50 | Merck Animal Health (Intervet, Inc.)
Michael Quist | IDFG White Sturgeon Harvest Model — $55,503 | Idaho Department of Fish & Game
Daniel Fitzsimons | UNLC CTR-IN Contraction in Human My — $56,250 | University of Nevada Las Vegas Board of Regents
Christopher Schnepf & Randall Brooks | IDL Forest Stewardship 2021-2024 — $56,400 | Idaho Department of Lands
Michael Quist | IDFG Yellow Perch in Lake Cascade — $57,328 | Idaho Department of Fish & Game
Brian Small | NUSNUT Safety Assessment of Canola — $57,523 | NuSeed Nutritional US Inc.
Sonja LaPaglia & Scott Clyde |CWU NESSP 2021 - 2025 — $70,000 | Central Washington University
Michael Haney | INL FY22 Joint Appointment — $70,397 | Battelle Energy Alliance LLC
Lachelle Smith & Russell Baker | IDHW MOUD/SUD ECHO — $75,000 | Idaho Dept. of Health & Welfare
James Alves-Foss & Terrence Soule | WSU CySer Program — $79,612 | Washington State University
Merritt Dublin | FACES Hope-Family Clinic 2021-2022 — $80,000 | Family Advocacy Center and Education Services
Michael Quist | USGS Bull Trout St. Joe — $94,339.62 | US Geological Survey
John Russell | INL FY22 Joint Appointment — $99,965 | Battelle Energy Alliance LLC
Andrew Kliskey & Rick Schumaker | NSF Idaho EPSCoR Planning — $99,966 | National Science Foundation
Lachelle Smith | IDHW CDC COVID Education — $116,499 | Idaho Dept. of Health & Welfare
Jocelyn Aycrigg | USDI NPS BADL Bison & Water — $117,350 | USDI National Park Service
Dane Elmquist | NIFA Soil Arthropods — $119,999 | National Institute of Food & Agriculture/USDA
Jason Barnes | NASA Titan Surface Phase Functions — $128,448 | National Aeronautic Space Ad.
Stephen Cook | USDA FS Palouse Prairie Pollinators — $129,423.48 | USDA Forest Service
Mark McGuire | OSU Development of Mammary Bacteria — $129,978 | Ohio State University Research Foundation
Eva Top | NSF Adaptive Bridge or Barrier — $140,899 | National Science Foundation
Brenda Murdoch | UVM Sheep Cattle Epigenomes — $144,990 | University of Vermont
Phillip Wharton | MICSTA USAID Feed the Future — $145,972 | Michigan State University
James Alves-Foss | NSA DoD-UC2 — $149,880 | National Security Agency
Ching-An Peng | USDA NIFA ARFI Peng — $200,000 | National Institute of Food & Agriculture/USDA
Helen Brown | IDHW Tobacco Evaluation — $206,588.39 | Idaho Dept. of Health & Welfare
Janice Carson | AAA CAP FY22 — $225,000 | Area Agency on Aging
Kurtis Schroeder & Jack Brown, Fangming Xiao, James Davis | USDA NIFA PNW Canola Prod. — $229,463 | National Institute of Food & Agriculture/USDA
Elizabeth Kochevar & Greg Fizzell, Karla Eitel | IDHW Moss Community Program — $250,000 | Idaho Dept. of Health & Welfare
Dennis Becker | NIFA FFY22 McIntire Stennis — $255,156 | National Institute of Food & Agriculture/USDA
Fangming Xiao | NIFA Transcription factor for devel — $299,432 | National Institute of Food & Agriculture/USDA
Leda Kobziar | UF Phase II Pyroaeromycoses — $318,317 | University of Florida
Paul Rowley | NSF CAREER killer toxin resistance — $346,686 | National Science Foundation
Christopher Hamilton | NSF CAREER Chris Hamilton — $419,998 | National Science Foundation
Shiyi Chen & Ling-Ling Tsao, Ariel Agenbroad, Annie Roe | NIFA Farm to ECE PD — $500,000 | National Institute of Food & Agriculture/USDA
Dojin Ryu | NIFA Deaf education — $544,158 | National Institute of Food & Agriculture/USDA
Darin Saul & Steven Peterson, Danielle Scott, Shaina Nomee, Soren Newman | USDA NIFA Tribal Food — $650,000 | National Institute of Food & Agriculture/USDA
Michael Strickland & Zachary Kayler | NSF MSRI Idaho Ecotron — $8,500,000 | National Science Foundation