2024 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!
1st Quarter New Sponsored 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 & 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
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 Reconditionin - $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 Inititiative
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