In the month of February, Colorado State University researchers were awarded more than $66 million for projects ranging from risk-based community resilience planning to the antimicrobial properties of a silver metallogel. Take a look back at all of the awards and a few of the top research stories from SOURCE.
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Recent research awards
(Between Feb. 1-29, 2020; organized by amount of award)
Center for Environmental Management Military Lands
Project Title: CESU-CP: AFCEC Environmental GIS Support
Sponsor: Department of Defense: Army Corps of Engineers Fort Worth
Amount: $36,591,634
Primary principal investigator: Shannon M. Voggesser
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Project Title: Center for Risk-Based Community Resilience Planning
Sponsor: Department of Commerce: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Amount: $20 million
Primary principal investigator: John W. van de Lindt
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Project Title: HTS Targeting HIV-1 Protease Autoprocessing for First in Class Drug Discovery
Sponsor: Health and Human Services-National Institutes of Health: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Amount: $2,647,321
Primary principal investigator: Chaoping Chen
Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability
Project Title: CAREER: From the Forest to the Stream: Exploring Forest Land Cover Controls on Dissolved Organic Matter Character and Aquatic Ecosystem Respiration in Headwater Streams
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Amount: $833,114
Primary principal investigator: Timothy P. Covino
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Project Title: CAREER: Stochastic Analyses to Optimize Designs for Single-Cell Optical Microscopy Experiments
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Amount: $809,736
Primary principal investigator: Brian Munsky
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Project Title: CAREER: Sub-picosecond Spectroscopy and Imaging of Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain Redox
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Amount: $500,000
Primary principal investigator: Jesse William Wilson
Department of Atmospheric Science
Project Title: Collaborative Research: Understanding the Chemical and Physical Variability of Smoke Using Plume Spatial Gradients: Analysis and Parameterization for Air Quality and Climate models
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Amount: $470,016
Primary principal investigator: Jeffrey Robert Pierce
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology
Project Title: Transstadial Inhibition of Rift Valley Fever Virus infection in Ae. aegypti Mosquitoes
Sponsor: HHS-NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Amount: $410,447
Primary principal investigator: Rebekah Kading
Department of Animal Sciences
Project Title: Estimating the Postmortem Interval of Human Skeletal Remains Using Rapid, Inexpensive Microbiome Tools
Sponsor: Department of Justice-Office of Justice Programs: National Institute of Justice
Amount: $390,748
Primary principal investigator: Jessica Lynne Metcalf
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Project Title: Aerosol Filter Analysis Related Services for Jet Proposal Laboratories
Sponsor: California Institute of Technology/Jet Propulsion Lab
Amount: $356,000
Primary principal investigator: Christian Colin Per L’Orange
Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory
Project Title: Updating Science-Based Methods and Technical Guidelines for Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Sources and Sinks in the Forest and Agriculture Sectors
Sponsor: Eastern Research Group, Inc.
Amount: $271,544
Primary principal investigator: Stephen M. Ogle
Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Project Title: CESU-RM: Modeling and Decision Analysis for Plague in Prairie Dog Colonies
Sponsor: Department of the Interior-U.S. Geological Survey
Amount: $259,660
Primary principal investigator: William L. Kendall
Agricultural Experiment Station
Project Title: Mid-scale RI-1 (M1:IP):SAGE: A Software-Defined Sensor Network
Sponsor: Northwestern University
Amount: $249,999
Primary principal investigator: Eugene F. Kelly
Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Project Title: Understanding the Behavior and Spatial Ecology of Translocated Brown Treesnakes to Inform Interdiction and Rapid Response Efforts in the Pacific Region
Sponsor: Department of the Interior
Amount: $248,188
Primary principal investigator: Larissa Bailey
Center for Environmental Management Military Lands
Project Title: Training Area Management Support to SRP and DAMO-TRS Installations
Sponsor: Department of Agriculture-Forest Service: Rocky Mountain Research Station – CO
Amount: $217,391
Primary principal investigator: Calvin F. Bagley
Diagnostic Lab-Fort Collins
Project Title: NAHLN: Enhancement of CWD and Scrapie Testing Capabilities
Sponsor: Department of Agriculture: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Amount: $197,200
Primary principal investigator: Kristy L. Pabilonia
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Project Title: Ultrahigh-Resolution Fourier-Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry for Fingerprinting, Source Tracking, and Allocation of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs)
Sponsor: Department of Defense
Amount: $190,000
Primary principal investigator: Jens Blotevogel
Department of Atmospheric Science
Project Title: NIDIS FY20
Sponsor: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Amount: $162,326
Primary principal investigator: Rebecca Anne Bolinger
Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology
Project Title: Linking Diving Duck Vital Rates to Habitat in Southwestern Manitoba
Sponsor: Delta Waterfowl
Amount: $156,000
Primary principal investigator: David N. Koons
Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology
Project Title: Habitat Use by Ferruginous Hawks in a Landscape Undergoing Energy Development
Sponsor: Teton Raptor Center
Amount: $155,919
Primary principal investigator: Liba Pejchar Goldstein
Department of Chemistry
Project Title: Task Order LB-20-01: Characterization and Stabilization of Polypeptides
Sponsor: Legacy BioDesign, LLC
Amount: $152,444
Primary principal investigator: Charles S. Henry
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology
Project Title: Task 1A,1B,1C,1D
Sponsor: AN2 Therapeutics
Amount: $129,110
Primary principal investigator: Richard A. Slayden
Department of Health and Exercise Science
Project Title: Cannabidiol: Influence of Product Formulation on Bioavailability
Sponsor: Caliper Foods
Amount: $110,188
Primary principal investigator: Christopher Bell
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology
Project Title: Optimization of Amikacin Cochleates for NTM Treatment
Sponsor: Matinas BioPharma Holdings Inc.
Amount: $100,502
Primary principal investigator: Diane Ordway
Department of Human Development and Family Studies
Project Title: CDE Analytics
Sponsor: Colorado Department of Education
Amount: $98,757
Primary principal investigator: Melissa Renee Ward George
Center for Environmental Management Military Lands
Project Title: CESU-CP: Conservation Reimbursable Support Natural Resources Branch, Fort Drum, New York
Sponsor: Department of Defense: Army Corps of Engineers Fort Worth
Amount: $94,191
Primary principal investigator: Melinda Clarke
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology
Project Title: TB Diagnostic Research: Provision and Characterization of Lipoarabinomannan from Clinical Isolates
Sponsor: Mologic, LTD
Amount: $90,578
Primary principal investigator: Delphi Chatterjee
Department of Computer Science
Project Title: Explainable AI: Domain Independent Plan Intervention
Sponsor: Department of Defense: Naval Research Lab
Amount: $89,988
Primary principal investigator: L. Darrell Whitley
Center for the New Energy Economy
Project Title: E3 Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions Roadmap
Sponsor: Energy and Environmental Economics Inc.
Amount: $77,260
Primary principal investigator: Robert Patrick Cummins Jr.
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Project Title: Evaluation of a Novel Pharmaceutical Therapeutic for Lumbar Posterolateral Fusion in a Canine Model
Sponsor: Asahi Kasei Pharma
Amount: $66,003
Primary principal investigator: Benjamin Calvin Gadomski
Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences
Project Title: EAGER: Establishing Interface Standards for Physical Exposure and Human Impacts Data Collection and Publication in Rapid Response to Coastal Hazards
Sponsor: East Carolina University
Amount: $64,765
Primary principal investigator: Georgiana Brooke Anderson
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Project Title: Neutron generation and Laser-Matter Interactions
Sponsor: Department of Energy-National Nuclear Security Administration: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Amount: $62,947
Primary principal investigator: Jorge G. Rocca
Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences
Project Title: Measuring Cowpea Consumption
Sponsor: Washington University in St. Louis
Amount: $60,075
Primary principal investigator: Elizabeth P. Ryan
Department of Biology
Project Title: CSU Methane Mapping 2020
Sponsor: Environmental Defense Fund
Amount: $60,000
Primary principal investigator: Joseph Charles von Fischer
Department of Geosciences
Project Title: Collaborative Research, NSF-BSF: The Coupled Interactions Between Small Scale Drainage Reversal and Large Scale Escarpment Evolution
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Amount: $55,371
Primary principal investigator: Sean F. Gallen
Colorado State Forest Service
Project Title: Wilder Project: Layout, Preparation, Administration and Quality Control
Sponsor: The National Forest Foundation
Amount: $52,000
Primary principal investigator: Sam J. Pankratz
Forest and Rangeland Stewardship
Project Title: Creation of Hydrologic Performance Standards Training Manual
Sponsor: Department of Defense: Army Corps. of Engineers
Amount: $50,000
Primary principal investigator: Jeremy Sueltenfuss
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Project Title: CFD Study of Prechamber Ignition Mechanisms for GHG Reduction
Sponsor: Pipeline Research Council International
Amount: $50,000
Primary principal investigator: Daniel B. Olsen
Department of Chemistry
Project Title: Research Services Agreement: PAG Vertical Flow Immunoassay
Sponsor: Grindstone Diagnostics LLC
Amount: $40,000
Primary principal investigator: Charles S. Henry
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Project Title: Molecular Markers for Embryo Quality and Embryo Transfer Success
Sponsor: Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade
Amount: $30,000
Primary principal investigator: Thomas Hansen
Department of Horticulture + Landscape Architecture
Project Title: Colorado Sustainable Agricultural Professional Development Program, (2019)
Sponsor: Montana State University
Amount: $28,636
Primary principal investigator: Steven E. Newman
Western Colorado Research Center
Project Title: Reduced Tillage and Residue Management to Enhance Soil Health and Provide Economic Incentive for Corn Growers
Sponsor: Colorado Corn Administrative Committee
Amount: $28,501
Primary principal investigator: Reza Keshavarz Afshar
Department of Chemistry
Project Title: Antimicrobial Properties of a Silver Metallogel
Sponsor: DOE-NNSA-Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Amount: $25,000
Primary principal investigator: Christopher J. Ackerson
Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship
Project Title: The Impact of Interacting Disturbances and Climate on Tree Seedling Establishment in High Elevation Forests
Sponsor: Department of the Interior: Bureau of Land Management
Amount: $24,559
Primary principal investigator: Camille S. Stevens-Rumann
Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition
Project Title: Pediatric Physical Activity: Mechanisms Impacting Health and Development
Sponsor: University of Arkansas
Amount: $23,321
Primary principal investigator: Laura L. Bellows
Department of Clinical Sciences
Project Title: Fecal Fat Concentrations and Variability in Healthy Dogs and Dogs With Chronic Enteropathies
Sponsor: Royal Canin USA Inc.
Amount: $20,865
Primary principal investigator: Craig B. Webb
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Project Title: Adaptive Mesh Refinement for Parallel in Time Methods
Sponsor: Department of Energy- National Nuclear Security Administration: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Amount: $20,000
Primary principal investigator: Stephen Guzik
Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
Project Title: WOCAT SLM Online Database API Extension for Mobile Apps
Sponsor: University of Bern
Amount: $20,000
Primary principal investigator: Kevin Dwayne Brown
Center for Environmental Management Military Lands
Project Title: Malmstrom AFB Avian Protection Plan and Hill AFB Bald and Golden Eagle Data Coordination
Sponsor: Department of Agriculture-Forest Service: Rocky Mountain Research Station – CO
Amount: $15,652
Primary principal investigator: Jennie Adale Anderson
Department of Atmospheric Science
Project Title: Participant Support: ISDA 2020 – NSF
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Amount: $15,581
Primary principal investigator: Steven James Fletcher
Colorado Water Center
Project Title: Alternative Transfer Method (ATM) Strategic Plan Development
Sponsor: Colorado Water Conservation Board
Amount: $15,040.00
Primary principal investigator: Nora Elizabeth Flynn
Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship
Project Title: Technical Support for Fuels Treatment Evaluation with the Forest Stewards Guild at Rocky Mountain National Park
Sponsor: Forest Stewards Guild
Amount: $10,000
Primary principal investigator: Brett H. Wolk
Department of Biology
Project Title: Western Photosynthesis Conference 2020 – Request for Support for Travel Grants
Sponsor: Department of Energy
Amount: $9,800
Primary principal investigator: Graham Peers
Department of Animal Sciences
Project Title: Effect of FermGuard Inoculant on Corn Silage Fermentation Parameters and Dry Matter Loss
Sponsor: Legacy Animal Nutrition LLC
Amount: $9,129
Primary principal investigator: Terry E. Engle
School of Music, Theatre and Dance
Project Title: Denver Creative Industries Research
Sponsor: City of Denver
Amount: $7,500
Primary principal investigator: Michael Seman
CSU Extension
Project Title: Teller County CDPHE Radon Grant Application 2019-2020
Sponsor: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Amount: $5,388
Primary principal investigator: Mark Joseph Platten
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology
Project Title: Bioactive Molecules From Bacterial Endosymbionts to Combat Microbial Infections: Drugs From Good Bugs to Kill Bad Bugs
Sponsor: Boettcher Foundation
Amount: $5,000
Primary principal investigator: Bradley Robert Borlee
Department of Human Development + Family Studies
Project Title: ECC Scholarships
Sponsor: United Way of Larimer County
Amount: $4,640
Primary principal investigator: Karen R. Rattenborg
Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
Project Title: 2020 Specialty Crop Block Grant – New Aronia
Sponsor: Colorado Department of Agriculture
Amount: $4,457
Primary principal investigator: Mark E. Uchanski
Department of Animal Sciences
Project Title: Developing Visual Criteria and Reference Materials to Standardize the National BQA Feedyard Assessment’s Observational Components and Scoresheets
Sponsor: National Cattlemen’s Beef Association
Amount: $1,100
Primary principal investigator: Jason Kee Ahola