Individual Investigator Awards
- Pediatric Patient Falls: Biomechanical and Ergonomic Contributors to Occurrence and injury Severity ($20,000)
Janet Dufek, Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences - Novel Regulation of an Alzheimer's Disease-Associated Protein ($19,000)
Ron Gary, Department of Chemistry - Assessing Judicial Performance Evaluations for Race and Gender Bias ($19,486)
Rebecca Gill, Department of Political Science - Examination of Alterations in Kalirin in Developmental Models of Schizophrenia ($18,800)
Jeff Kinney, Department of Psychology - Determining the Molecular Mechanism of Action of A Conserved Acidic Loop on the Cdc34 Ubiquitin Conjugating Enzyme ($20,000)
Gary Kleiger, Department of Chemistry - Biomechanical Progression of Spontaneous Knee Arthritis in an animal Model ($19,560)
David Lee, School of Life Sciences
Collaborative Research
- A Model Systems Approach to Identifying Obesity-Related Genes ($25,000)
Allen Gibbs, School of Life Sciences
Andrew Andres, School of Life Sciences - Development of Perceptual Skills Across Domains ($28,770)
Erin Hannon, Department of Psychology
Jennifer Rennels, Department of Psychology - Direct Dissolution and Electrochemical Recovery of Rare Earth Metals from Ionic Liquid ($25,000)
Dave Hatchett, Department of Chemistry
Kenneth Czerwinski, Department of Chemistry - An investigation into Transitions in Layer Silicate Chemistry On Mars ($25,000)
Elisabeth Hausrath, Department of Geoscience
Joel Hurowitz, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Amanda Olsen, University of Maine - Informatics and Functional Metagenomics Focusing On Viral Polymerases in Nevada Hot Springs ($30,000)
Brian Hedlund, School of Life Sciences
David Mead, Lucigen Corporation
Tom Schoenfeld, Lucigen Corporation
K. Eric Wommack, University of Delaware - Paradoxical Anaerobism: Using anaerobic Metabolism When Oxygen Is Available ($25,000)
Stan Hillyard, School Of Dental Medicine
Frank van Breukelen, School of Life Sciences - Children's Activity and Policies At Schools ($25,000)
Monica Lounsbery, Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences
Shannon M. Monnat, Department of Sociology
Thomas L. McKenzie, San Diego State University
James F. Sallis, University of California School of Medicine - Exploring the Near Space Environment With High Altitude Balloon Sensors (Habs) ($25,000)
Brendan O'Toole, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Robert O’Brien, Harry Reid Center - The Role of Sleep in Generalization of Auditory Learning ($25,000)
Joel Snyder, Department of Psychology
Howard Nusbaum, University of Chicago - Structural Performance of Flat-Plate Buildings Under Fire ($25,000)
Ying Tian, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction
Ay Said, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction - High-Performance and Scalable 3-D Photonic-Electronic Network-On-Chips ($25,000)
Mei Yang, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Scholarly And Creative Activities
- Performances of the Opera "Red Earth Hunger" in Las Vegas and New York on January 26, 2013 (Las Vegas) and February 2, 2013 (New York) ($10,000)
Virko Baley, School of Music - Temple of Happiness: Race, Class, and Spirituality in a Thai American Buddhist Community ($3,948)
Jiemin Bao, Department of Anthropology - Assassins of the Press ($10,000)
Stephen Bates, Department of Journalism and Media Studies - Reconstruction of the 1912 Ballet “L’Après Midi D’Un Faune” ($10,000)
Margot Colbert, Department of Dance - Sex Positive Interventions: The Feminist Sex Wars and Beyond ($6,116)
Lynn Comella, Interdisciplinary Studies/Women’s Studies - Lost City Archaeological Field Project ($9,730)
Karen Harry, Department of Anthropology - Documenting Mojave Cultural Artifacts Using Night/Low Light Techniques ($4,912)
Julian Kilker, Department of Journalism and Media Studies - Legal Representation in the Chinese Criminal Court - An analysis of its Extent, Style and Effectiveness ($10,000)
Hong Lu, Department of Criminal Justice - Expressive Actor Media Documentation Project ($9,930)
Michael Lugering, Department of Theatre - Explaining the Avoidance of Malware Through Emotion-Focused Coping Mechanisms ($6,500)
Gregory Moody, Department of Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology - Crimes Against Humanity: Britain and the Armenian Genocide ($8,418)
Michelle Tusan, Department of History - Religion in Russian Eurasia since 1650 ($20,000)
Paul Werth, Department of History - A Study of Teacher Identity Development through Microteaching ($7,830)
Shaoan Zhang, Department of Teaching and Learning