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Seed Grant Awards

Arts and Humanities Seed Grant

  • Cynthia Cazanas Garin, CAM - Theatre, Film, & Video Production – What’s a Cuban Doing in Colorado? – Project Description
  • Edward Tyndall, CAM – Theatre, Fillm & Video Production – Fierro = Steel: Club Q Documentary Film – Project Description
  • Leyuan Li, CAP – Architecture & Planning – Chinatown Initiative – Project Description
  • Philip Joseph, CLAS – English – Rogues in Combat: Picaresque Narrative and the Genres of War, 1668-2020 – Project Description

Open/All Discipline Seed Grant

  • Linyue Gao, CEDC – Mechanical Engineering – Data-driven Modelling and Experimental Study of Ice Accretion on Flow-induced Oscillating Cylinders – Project Description
  • Mark Golkowski, CEDC – Electrical Engineering – Spatial and Temporal Forecasting of the Upper Atmosphere using Deep-Learning – Project Description
  • Michael Moore, CLAS – Biology – Examining Mechanisms of Hypoxia Tolerance at High Elevations Under Present and Future Climates – Project Description
  • Charles Musiba, CLAS – Anthropology – Renewed Paleoanthropological Research at Laetoli, northern Tanzania – Project Description
  • Hyeyoung Oh Nelson, CLAS – Health & Behavioral Sciences – The Impact of Race on Maternal Health Experiences of AAPI Communities in the U.S. – Project Description
  • Timberley Roane,  CLAS – Biology – Elucidation of Bacterial Degradation of 1,4-Dioxane at the Lowry Superfund Site (Aurora, CO) – Project Description
  • Marc Swackhamer ,  CAP – Architecture & Planning – BURRO (Biodegradable Upslope Retention and Remediation Object) – Project Description
  • Haadi Jafarian, CEDC – Computer Science and Engineering – Defend The Drones: Protecting UAV Communications  – Project Description
  • Shuyang Peng, School of Public Affairs – Organizational Resilience: The Case of Nonprofits in the State of Colorado – Project Description
 
 

 

Small Grants Awarded

  • Hamilton Bean, CLAS - Waldo Drake and the Development of U.S. Navy Public Relations (book project)
  • Linyue Gao, CEDC - AI-Powered Icing Risk Assessment Tool for Wind Farms in the United States

New Faculty Grants Awarded

  • Robin Brandehoff, SEHD -   Hānai Pedagogy: How Educators of Color Haku Learning Through Cultural Identity, Language, and Kanaka ‘Ōiwi Traditions
    in Hawai’i
  • Fred Chambers, CLAS - Geochronologic Assessment of Hazards Within Valle Soler, Northern Patagonia Icefield (NPI), Aysen, Chile
  • Brian Page, CLAS - The Forgotten Temples of Lushan: Mapping a Historic Chinese Cultural Landscape Using GIS and Remote Sensing Techniques
  • Christpoher J. Phiel, CLAS - A Single Gene That Makes Embryonic Stem Cells More Pluripotent

Collaborative/Interdisciplinary Grants Awarded

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Travel Grants Awarded

  • Alan Vajda, CLAS
  • Gabriel Zamosc, CLAS
  • Troy Butler, CLAS
  • Robert Metcalf, CLAS
  • Jiayue Cecilia Wu, CAM

Publication Grants Awarded

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    Small Grants Awarded

    • Sarah Horton (CLAS-Anthropology) - Ensuring Undocumented Immigrants’ Access to Emergency Medicaid in Colorado
    • James Walsh (CLAS-Political Science) - The Road to Leadville: Tracing 19th Century Irish Miner Migration Networks to the Rocky Mountains
    • Gabriela DeRobles (CLAS-Mod Lang) - An In‐Group Perspective on Heritage Language Education: Exploring Heritage Speakersʹ Language Teaching Experiences through Participatory Action Research
    • Jeremy Nemeth (CAP-Planning) - Diversity, social capital, & resilience: How can diverse communities resist gentrification?
    • Eric Jewett (CAM-TF&V) - Queen’s Gambit III (or How to Film a Three-Character Scene)
    • Rian Kerrane (CAM-Visual Arts) - Creative Research & Contemporary Cast Iron Art Exhibition, Germany
    • Carrie Makarewicz (CAP-URP) - Co-creating Knowledge for Action: A Resident-driven Research Agenda for Climate Resilient Manufactured Housing Communities
    Large Grants Awarded
    • Benjamin Greenwood (CLAS-Psychology) - Identification of a neural signature of stress resilience created by rewarding exercise
    • Meng Li (CLAS-HBS) - Improving Implicit Attitudes About Healthy Eating
    • Marc Swackhamer (CAP) - Nurse Pods: Engaging Architecture in the Full Lifecycle of Construction Materials
    • Jessica McGaugh (CAM) - Womanhood: The Series
    • Serena Kim (SPA) - Community Microgrids for Energy Resilience and Emergency Planning
    • Jung-Jae Lee (CLAS-Chemistry) - MMP-deactivating contact lens for chemical burns
    • Michelle Carpenter (CAM) - Awadagin Pratt: Black in America (Documentary Film)
    • Michael Bohdi Rogers (CLAS-Physics) - Visualizing 3D Laser Scanning Point Clouds
    • Ronica Rooks (CLAS-HBS) - Older Adults, Gentrification, and Quality of Life in Colorado
    New Faculty Grants Awarded
    • Ivan Ramirez (CLAS-HBS) - Understanding Climate Change, Syndemics, and Social Vulnerability in Coastal Peru
    • Gabriela DeRobles (CLAS-Modern Languages) - Exploring Heritage Speakersʹ Language Teaching Experiences through Participatory Action Research: A Colloquium Experience

    Collaborative/Interdisciplinary Grants Awarded

    • Assia Crawford (CAP) & Sara Branco (CLAS-Biology) - Bio-remediator Myco-Fabrics for the Built Environment and Beyond

    Travel Grants Awarded

    • Candice Shelby (CLAS-Philosophy)
    • David Hildebrand (CLAS-Philosophy)
    • Maria Buszek (CAM-Visual Arts)
    • Gabriela DeRobles (CLAS-Modern Language)
    • Candice Shelby (CLAS-Philosophy)
    • Lonnie Schaible (SPA)
    • Liliya Vugmeyster (CLAS-Philosophy)
    • Joanna Luloff (CLAS-English)
    • David Hildebrand (CLAS-Philosophy)
    • Howard Cook (CAM-Visual Arts)
    • Yang Wang (CAM)
    • Elizabeth Steed (SEHD)

    Publication Grants Awarded

    • Anne Chin (CLAS-GES) - Publication charge for article accepted in River Research and Applications
    • Annika Mosier (CLAS-Biology) - Publication fees for nitrogen cycling bacteria manuscript
    • Jefferson Knight (CLAS-Chemistry) - Tracking Information Literacy in Science Students
    • Heather Johnson (SEHD) - A New Angle: Open Access Publication Costs
    • Sarah Fields (CLAS-Communications) & Priyanka Desouza (CAP-Planning) - Key Concerns and Drivers of Low-Cost Sensor Use
    • Brian Buma (CLAS-Biology) - Short-interval fires increasing in the Alaskan boreal forest as fire self-regulation decays across forest types
    • Jamie Hodgkins (CLAS-Anthropology) - Towards an Interpretive Framework for Heated Ostrich Eggshell: An Actualistic Study

    Small Grants Awarded

    • Melissa Furness (CAM-Visual Arts)
    • Sam McGuire (CAM-MES)
    • Karen Spencer (CLAS-HBS)
    • Laura Argys (CLAS-Economics)
    • Jason Watson (CLAS-Psychology)
    • Alyssa Martoccio (CLAS-Modern Languages)
    • Sarah Horton (CLAS-Anthropology)
    • Liang He (CEDC-Computer Science)
    • Julia Mahfouz (SEHD)
    • Anthony Villano (CLAS-Physics)

    Large Grants Awarded

    • Doris Kimbrough (CLAS-Chemistry)
    • Howard Movshovitz (CAM-TFV)
    • William Swann (SPA)
    • Sneha Thamotharan (CLAS-Psychology)
    • John Tinnell (CLAS-English)
    • Diana Tomback (CLAS-Biology), Matthew Cross (CLAS-GIS), Peter Anthamatten (CLAS-GIS)
    • Brenden Beck (CLAS-Sociology)
    • Sara Branco (CLAS-Biology)
    • Brecca Gaffney (CEDC-Mechanical)
    • Stephanie Santorico (CLAS-Mathematics)
    • Soumia Bardhan (CLAS-Communication)
    • Benjamin Crawford (CLAS-Mathematics)

    New Faculty Grants Awarded

    • Mazen Al Borno (CEDC-Computer Science)
    • Kari Campeau (CLAS-English)
    • Rachel Gross (CLAS-History)
    • Katharine Kelsey (CLAS-Geography)
    • Carlos Infante (CLAS-Biology)

    Publication Grants Awarded

    • Christopher Beekman (CLAS-Anthropology)
    • Marino Resendiz (CLAS-Chemistry)
    • Gregory Ragland (CLAS-Biology)
    • Alireza Vahid (CEDC-Electrical)
    • Heather Johnson (SEHD)
    • Marino Resendiz (CLAS-Chemistry)
    • Jefferson Knight (CLAS-Chemistry)
    • Stephen Hartnett (CLAS-Communication)
    • Gary Olson (CLAS-Mathematics)
    • Ron Tzur (SEHD)
    • Amir Ameri (SEHD)
    • Anna Warrener (CLAS-Anthropology)
    • Cinthya Ippoliti (LIB)

    COVID-19 Grants

    • John (Nick) Fisk (CLAS-Chemistry)

    Small Grants Awarded

    • Frederick Chambers (CLAS-GES)
    • Hani Mansour (CLAS-Economics)
    • Sam McGuire (CAM-MEIS)
    • Charles Musiba (CLAS-Anthropology)
    • Andrew Rumbach (CAP-URP)
    • Edward Tyndall (CAM-TFV)
    • Elizabeth Steed (SEHD)
    • Andrea Velasquez (CLAS - Economics)
    • Liang He (CEDC-Computer Science)

    Large Grants Awarded

    • Chris Phiel (CLAS-Biology)
    • Chris Miller (CLAS-Biology) and Alan Vajda (CLAS-Biology)
    • Jean Scandlyn (CLAS-HBS) and Sara Yeatman (CLAS-HBS)
    • David Liban (CAM-TFV)
    • Eric Jewett (CAM-TFV)
    • Keith Guzik (CLAS-Sociology)
    • Katherine Kelsey & Benjamin Crawford (CLAS-GES)
    • Scott Reed (CLAS-Chemistry)

    New Faculty Grants Awarded

    • Cecilia Wu (CAM)
    • Anthony Villano (CLAS-Physics)
    • Erisin Dinceli (BUS)

    Collaboration and International Grants

    • Amy Roberts (CLAS-Physics) & Farnoush Banaei-Kashani (CEDC-Computer Science)
    • Edelina Burciaga (CLAS-Sociology) & Jeremy Nemeth (CAP-URP)
    • Sneha Thamotharan (CLAS-Psychology) & Brooke Dorsey Holliman (SEHD)
    • Keith Guzik (CLAS-Sociology)
    • Ersin Dincelli (BUS)
    • Haadi Jafarian (CEDC-Computer Science)
    • Ashis Biswas (CEDC-Computer Science) & Farnoush Banaei-Kashani (CEDC-Computer Science)

    Travel Grants Awarded

    • David Bondelevitch (CAM-MEIS)
    • Stan Soocher (CAM-MEIS)
    • Alireza Vahid (CEDC-Electrical)
    • Howard Movshovitz (CAM-TFV)
    • Yong Liu (CLAS-Chemistry)
    • Cecilia Wu (CAM-MEIS)
    • Brian DeLevie (CAM-Visual Arts)
    • Jeungbo Shim (BUS)
    • Farnoush Banaei-Kashani (CEDC-Computer Science)
    • Brian Buma (CLAS-Biology)
    • Leila Tolderlund (CAP-Landscape)
    • Ajeyo Banerjee (BUS)
    • Maria Buszek (CAM-Visual Arts)
    • David Bondelevitch (CAM-MEIS)
    • Karen Sobel (LIB)
    • Sarah Tyson (CLAS-Philosophy)
    • Rachel Gross (CLAS-History)
    • Krista Ranby (CLAS-Psychology)
    • Gregory Walker (CAM-MEIS)
    • Storm Gloor (CAM-MEIS)
    • David Liban (CAM-TFV)
    • Scott Reed (CLAS-Chemistry)
    • Howard Cook (CAM-Visual)

    Publication Grants Awarded

    • Liliya Vugmeyster (CLAS-Chemistry)
    • William Swann (SPA)
    • Cindy Munoz (CEDC-Mechanical)
    • Annika Mosier (CLAS-Biology)
    • Heather Johnson (SEHD)
    • Patrick Dodge (CLAS-Communication)
    • Katherine Goodman (Inworks)
    • Stephen Hartnett (CLAS-Communication)
    • Christine Sargent (CLAS-Anthropology)

    COVID-19 Grants

    • Marty Otanez (CLAS-Anthropology)
    • Diana Schaack (SEHD)
    • Jennifer Boylan (CLAS-HBS)
    • Chris Weible (SPA)
    • Courtney Donovan (SEHD) & Lisa Forbes (SEHD)
    • Lucinda Soltero-Gonzalez (SEHD) & Cristina Gillanders (SEHD)
    • Hani Mansour (CLAS-Economics) & Daniel Rees (CLAS-Economics)
    • Hamilton Bean (CLAS-Communication)
    • Meng Li (CLAS)
    • Deserai Crow (SPA)
    • Chloe East (CLAS)

    Small Grants Awarded

    • Jennifer Reich (CLAS-Sociology)
    • Carol Golemboski (CAM-Visual Arts)
    • Alyssa Martoccio (CLAS-Modern Languages)
    • Gregory Walker (CAM-MES)
    • Maren Scull (CLAS-Sociology)
    • Chris Agee (CLAS-History)
    • Bryan Leister (CAM-Visual Arts)
    • Rachel Stein (SEHD)
    • Diana Tomback (CLAS-Biology)

    Large Grants Awarded

    • Marino Resendiz (CLAS-Chemistry)
    • Annika Mosier (CLAS-Biology)
    • Moatassem Abdallah (CEAS-Civil)
    • Hamilton Bean (CLAS-Communication)
    • Brian Buma (CLAS-Biology)
    • Marjorie Levine-Clark (CLAS-History)
    • Anthony Villano (CLAS-Physics)
    • Robert Allan (SEHD), Hamilton Bean (CLAS-INTS), Stephen Hartnett (CLAS-Communication), Farnoush Banaei-Kashani (CEAS-Computer Science), Haadi Jafarian (CEAS-Computer Science)

    New Faculty Grants Awarded

    • Adriana Alvarez (SEHD)
    • Sandy Zook (SPA)
    • Amy Roberts (CLAS-Physics)
    • Satadru Dey (CEAS-Electrical)Alireza Vahid (CEAS-Electrical)

    Travel Grants Awarded

    • Marino Resendiz (CLAS - Chemistry)
    • Howard Cook (CAM-Visual Arts)
    • David Bondelevitch (CAM-MES)
    • Gabriel Zamocz-Regueros (CLAS-Philosophy) Alireza Vahid (CEAS-Electrical)
    • Maria Buszek (CAM-Visual Arts)
    • Cecilia Wu (CAM-MES)
    • David Bondelevitch (CAM-MES)
    • Brian DeLevie (CAM-Visual Arts)
    • Stacey Bosick (CLAS-Sociology)
    • Rina Ray (BUS)
    • Elizabeth Steed (SEHD)
    • Erin Hackel (CAM-MES)
    • Stephen Hartnett (CLAS-Communication)
    • Sam McGuire (CAM-MES)
    • David Bondelevitch (CAM-MES)
    • Sommer Browning (LIB)
    • Lonnie Schaible (SPA)
    • Karen Sobel (LIB)
    • Bruce Neumann (BUS)
    • Kevin Masters (CLAS-Psychology)
    • Sherry Taylor (SEHD)
    • Marino Resendiz (CLAS-Chemistry)
    • Robert Metcalf (CLAS-Philosophy)
    • Christopher Beekman (CLAS-Anthropology)
    • Sebawit Bishu (SPA)
    • Cecilia Wu (CAM-MES)
    • Ryan P. Brown (CLAS-Economics)
    • Jung-In Kim (SEHD)
    • Hani Mansour (CLAS-Economics)
    • Kai Yu (CEAS-Mechanical)
    • Maren Scull (CLAS-Sociology)
    • Charles Musiba (CLAS-Anthropology)
    • Alireza Vahid (CEAS-Electrical)
    • Sofia Chaparro (SEHD)
    • Cecilia Wu (CAM-MES)
    • Marty Otanez (CLAS-Anthropology)
    • Sarah Tyson (CLAS-Philosophy)
    • Gregory Ragland (CLAS-Biology)
    • Candice Shelby (CLAS-Philosophy)
    • Philip Luck (CLAS-Economics)
    • Gabriel Zamocz-Regueros (CLAS-Philosophy) Scott Reed (CLAS-Chemistry)
    • Liliya Vugmeyster (CLAS-Chemistry)

    Publication Grants Awarded

    • Dave Albeck (CLAS-Psychology)
    • Chris Phiel (CLAS-Biology)
    • Chris Miller (CLAS-Biology)
    • Christopher Beekman (CLAS-Anthropology)
    • Mia Fischer (CLAS-Communication)
    • Anne Chin (CLAS-GES)
    • Kai Yu (CEAS-Mechanical)
    • Xiaojun Ren (CLAS-Chemistry)
    • Laurel Hartley (CLAS-Biology)
    • Liliya Vugmeyster (CLAS-Chemistry)
    • Matt Cross (CLAS-GE)

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