2023 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
AEG AREAS
Krista Soria

Ascendium Education Group, Inc. March 1, 2023 through February 28, 2026 $499,600
BSU DOC NWRuralFood Mnfctr Spt Cntr
Janna Verburg-Hamlett

Boise State University October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025 $367,825
Idaho Power 2023
Lindsay Woods

Idaho Power Company January 1, 2023 through January 15, 2024 $362,318
IDC IGEM Weed Killing Robot
Jae Ryu

Idaho Department of Commerce March 7, 2023 through October 31, 2024 $348,632
USGS Earth MRI Sheep Creek-Mineral
Reed Lewis, Virginia Gillerman

US Geological Survey December 30, 2022 through December 29, 2025 $300,000
USDA NIFA Risk Management
Xiaoli Etienne, Brett Wilder, Andres Trujillo-Barrera, Patrick Hatzenbuehler

National Institute of Food & Agriculture/USDA march 15, 2023 through March 14, 2025 $300,000
Louise-Marie Dandurand | USDA NIFA LT Toxins - $300,000 | National Institute of Food & Agriculture/USDA
James VanLeuven & Craig Miller | USDA NIFA Phage bacteria Interaction - $299,997 | National Institute of Food & Agriculture/USDA
Xiao Wu | NIFA-Seed-fungicide - $299,985 | National Institute of Food & Agriculture/USDA
Iris Mayes | USDA-AMS Tuesday Market - $295,000 | USDA - Department of Agriculture
Elowyn Yager | USGS Remote Sensing of River - $249,998 | US Geological Survey
Christopher Nomura | ASU NSF I-Corps Hub - $214,761 | Arizona State University
Brian Small | CRITFC Hagerman Lab Supplies 2023 - $206,697 | Columbia River Inter-Tribal
Larry Stauffer | BSU CY23 TechHelp NIST PI - $200,000 | Boise State University
Larry Stauffer | BSU CY23 TechHelp NIST - $188,673 | Boise State University
Edwin Lewis | Idaho Wine SCBGP FY23 Grapes - $150,000 | Idaho Wine Commission
Gulhan Unlu & Janna Verburg-Hamlett | BSU NSF Convergence Accelerator (1) - $149,798 | Boise State University
Liugun Li | NSF Drone Enabled Active Sensing - $148,159 | National Science Foundation
Courtney Conway | USGS FY23 Phase I Demography of Squ - $147,169.81 | US Geological Survey
J.D. Wulfhorst | NCBA Rural Comm/Cattle Migration - $145,600 | National Cattlemen’s Beef Association
Stephen Love | INLA Domestication of Native Plants - $135,701 | Idaho Nursery and Landscape Association
Lucas Sheneman | UOI DISES-L Coupled Wildlife - $128,221 | University of Illinois
Chris Zajchowski | KSU GW Parkway - $120,960 | Kansas State University
Eric Sudebaker | IDHW ECHO ID Infectious Disease - $115,000 | Idaho Dept. of Health & Welfare
Gail Silkwood | ISDE FY23 UpRiver Elem. 21st CLC - $102,385 | Idaho State Department of Education
Albert Adjesiwor | IBC SCBG Cover Crop - $101,583 | Idaho Bean Commission
Vikas Kumar | SAA Feed Efficient Rainbow Trout - $100,000 | Soy Aquaculture Alliance
James Woodhall | IEOOC SCBG Onion Weather DSS - $99,230 | Idaho Eastern Oregon Onion Commission
David Seamon & Helen Brown | IDHW Model COVID Disease Severity - $92,414 | Idaho Dept. of Health & Welfare
Jason Karl | WDFW Drones for game bird surveys - $91,304 | Washington Dept. of Fish & Wildlife
Janet Rachlow Witham & Leona Svancara | USDI BLM Pygmy rabbit habitat - $80,840 | USDA Bureau of Land Management
Michael McKellar & David Arcilesi | INL Process Modeling - $80,000 | Battelle Energy Alliance LLC
Kasee Smith & Jeremy Falk | PSU GOALS Expansion - $62,024 | Pennsylvania State University
Robert Hiromoto | INL LDRD Auth Protocol Wireless Net - $60,998 | Battelle Energy Alliance LLC
Michael Quist | IDFG YR2 White Sturgeon Harvest - $57,270.00 | Idaho Department of Fish & Game
Michael Quist | IDFG YR@ Yellow Perch Lake Cascade - $53,608 | Idaho Department of Fish & Game
Ryan Long & Eva Strand | IDFG FY23 Demography - $52,932 | Idaho Department of Fish & Game
Virginia Lane | UC DASH Diet Food Box - $52,133 | University of Colorado Denver
Lee Vierling | IDPR Assistant Professor of Parks, Tourism - $52,040 | Idaho Dept. of Parks and Recreation
Indrajit Charit | INL U-Zr U-Mo Nuclear Fuels - $51,716 | Battelle Energy Alliance LLC
Matthew Hedman | CU NASA Vertical Structure SaturnRi - $50,836 | Cornell University
Joan Campbell & Timothy Prather, Anne Knerr | USDI BLM Mirabilis Herbicide - $49,300 | USDI Bureau of Land Management
Albert Adjesiwor | NAFA FY24 AFA – Weed Burndown - $48,549 | National Alfalfa & Forage Alliance
Andrew Nelson | POTCOR Stocktype Release 23 - $48,000 | Potlatch Deltic Forest Holdings Inc
Lanya McKittrick | CLE Gates SpEd in Charter Sector - $46,000 | The Center for Learner Equity
Cari Murphy | ISDE SPDG Evaluation - $44,149 | Idaho State Department of Education
Dennis Scarnecchia | NDGFD North Dakota Paddlefish CY23 - $40,000 | North Dakota Game & Fish Dept.
Haiyan Zhao | INL LDRD: Net-Zero - $39,001 | Battelle Energy Alliance LLC
Matthew Falcy | IDFG YR2 Steelhead Run Reconstruct - $36,674 | Idaho Department of Fish & Game
Dakota Roberson | INL Congressional Report - $35,299 | Battelle Energy Alliance LLC
Michael Quist | IDFG YR2 Bull Trout Abundan St. Joe - $35,163 | Idaho Department of Fish & Game
Patricia Colberg | ISAC 2023 EXPO P3 - $33,600 | Idaho STEM Action Center
Kenneth Cain & Jie Ma | Zeigler Health Promoting Diet Study - $29,741 | Zeigler Bros. Inc.
Scott Lawrence | PALLAN SEA-Neuman Learning Pavilion - $28,596 | Palouse Land Trust Inc
Eva Strand & Timothy Prather | USDI BLM Sagebrush Shrub Biomass - $24,997 | USDI Bureau of Land Management
Charles Goebel | USDI BLM Shrub Nutritional Quality - $24,220 | USDI Bureau of Land Management
Tasha Howard | IDHW Dementia Friends - $21,000 | Idaho Dept. of Health & Welfare
Michael Thornton | Simplot Food Group - $20,000 | J.R. Simplot Company
Ryan Gillespie & Julie Amador | ISBOE HighImpact Accelerate Student - $19,293 | Idaho State Board of Education
Nora Olsen Nelson | USDA ARS Innovation Biocontrol - $18,460 | USDA Agricultural Research Service
Helen Brown | CCI MSHS Health - $16,007 | Community Council of Idaho Inc.
Mike Knutz | National | 4-H council Pollinator Habitat - $15,000 | National 4-H Council
Amin Ahmadzadeh | IDA CY23 Dairy Education Program - $15,000 | Idaho Dairymen’s Association, Inc.
Andrew Fields & Sharon Bosley | Kootenai County APD Confluence Project - $15,000 | Kootenai County
Jonathan Moore & Russell Baker, Madeline Casanova | ICHA Profile Project - $14,987 | Idaho Commission on Hispanic Affairs
Vikas Kumar | PBP Fish Soluble Protein Trout Diet - $13,245 | Pacific Bio Products, LLC
Gail Silkwood | UNIWAY Care Fund - $11,000 | United Way of Kootenai County
John Hinton | IRS Low Income Taxpayer Clinic - $10,000 | Internal Revenue Service
David Ausband | IDFG Wolf Dispersal - $9,893 | Idaho Department of Fish & Game
Janet Rachlow Witham | IF&G Moose Ecology - $9893 | Idaho Department of Fish & Game
Sharon Bosley & Andrew Fields | ISAC STEM AC Ecosystem Grant for TC - $7,500 | Idaho STEM Action Center
Christine Parent | GWIS 22 Kelly Martin - $6,500 | Graduate Women in Science
Brenda Murdoch | IOSU AG2PI Seed Research - $5,851 | Iowa State University
Michael Colle & Phillip Bass | ICF Meat Animal Evaluation - $5,216 | Idaho Cattle Foundation, Inc.
Phillip Bass & Michael Colle | ICF Idaho Beef 2023 - $5,000 | Idaho Cattle Foundation, Inc.
Roger McVey | WESTAF FY23 ACMS Telegraph Quartet - $4,000 | Western States Arts Federation
Timothy Prather | WSSA Plant-Soil Feedback - $3,854 | Weed Science Society of America
Tracey Johnson | Raynes Sagebrush Songirds in GTNP - $3,400 | Meg & Bert Raynes Wildlife Fund
Sawyer Fonnesbeck | ISAC Oneida STEM 2023 - $3,00 | Idaho STEM Action Center
Sydel Samuels | SKC CRIRE 2022 – ANAMP - $2,500 | Salish Kootenai College
Joey Peutz & Lindsey McConnell-Soong | National 4-H True Leaders Action Project - $1,500 | National 4-H Council
Lisette Waits | IDFG Intern Program – Seggerman - $1,015 | Idaho Department of Fish & Game
Leah Evans-Janke | USDA FS CVS 2022 - $799 | USDA Forest Service
Kristiana Pierce | IHB Horseless STEP - $750 | Idaho Horse Board