| Year | Name | Department | College | Category | Title | Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Arifuzzaman, Shaikh & Labus, Brian | Computer Science & Epidemiology and Biostatistics | Engineering & Public Health | Research | Unraveling Epidemic Dynamics in Urban Settings: A Data-Driven Social-Network Approach to Identify Key Hubs and Guide Mitigation Effort | $35,000 |
| 2023 | Erdem, Mehmet & Nambisan, Shashi & Bai, Billy | Resort, Gaming, and Golf Management & Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction & Hospitality Management | Hospitality & Engineering | Research | An Examination of Transportation for Service Employees from Socio-economically Disadvantaged Populations in Las Vegas | $34,998 |
| 2023 | Hines, Rochelle & Kang, Jun Yong | Psychology & Chemistry and Biochemistry | Liberal Arts & Sciences | Research | Novel conjugates for the study of serotonin 5HT2A receptors in disorders of mental health | $35,000 |
| 2023 | Mosey, Grant & Shen, Xiwei & Lin, Beiyu | Architecture & Landscape Architecture & Computer Science | Fine Arts & Engineering | Research | Harnessing Big Data to Optimize Green Infrastructure Resource Allocation for Improving Health Outcomes | $34,000 |
| 2023 | Weng, Mo & Park, Seungman | Life Sciences & Mechanical Engineering | Engineering & Sciences | Research | Molecular Mechanism of Epithelial-Mesenchymal Plasticity | $30,000 |
| 2022 | Cho, Hokwon | Mathematical Sciences | Sciences | Research | Classification using Multiple Decision-Theoretic Perspectives | $17,656 |
| 2022 | Farmer, Jayce | Public Policy and Leadership | Urban Affairs | Research | Phase I: State and Local Government Strategies in the Transition to Sustainable Mobility | $20,000 |
| 2022 | Grigsby, Timothy | Social and Behavioral Health | Public Health | Research | Improving Polysubstance Use Measurement (Project IPSM) | $17,380 |
| 2022 | Han, Haesook | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Sciences | Research | Design and Synthesis of Dicationic Ionic Liquids as Electrolytes for Batteries | $20,000 |
| 2022 | Kent, Jenny | Physical Therapy | Integrated Health | Research | Improving mobility in lower limb prosthesis users: an uneven terrain | $19,969 |
| 2022 | Lin, Beiyu | Computer Science | Engineering | Research | Artificial Intelligence based Auditory Scene Identification | $19,991 |
| 2022 | Nguyen, Linh | Biomedicine | Dental Medicine | Research | Nutrigenomics and Chronic Adult Periodontitis | $20,000 |
| 2022 | Odlum, Margo | Geoscience | Sciences | Research | Developing new tools to date subduction processes: integrated microtextural, geochemical, and geochronological analysis of apatite from the Catalina Schist | $19,880 |
| 2022 | Parks, Colleen | Psychology | Liberal Arts | Research | Mechanisms of Everyday Forgetting | $16,438 |
| 2022 | Pennington, Natalie | Communication Studies | Urban Affairs | Research | The American Friendship Project | $19,970 |
| 2022 | Schwartz, Carig | Physics and Astronomy | Sciences | Research | Ultrafast Processes in Water at the Surface and in the Bulk | $19,932 |
| 2022 | Vo, Van | Nevada Institute of Personalized Medicine | Sciences | Research | Development and Implementation of Genomic Tools to Track Influenza A/B from Wastewater in Elementary Schools | $20,000 |
| 2021 | Byrnes, Jennifer | Anthropology | Liberal Arts | Research | Reliability and Validity of Radiographic Comparisons for Positive Identification | $19,940 |
| 2021 | Capaldi, Tomas | Geoscience | Sciences | Research | Resolving the Tectonic Evolution of the Antler Orogeny in Nevada and California using Multi-mineral Geochronology | $19,459 |
| 2021 | Cho, H. Jeremy | Mechanical Engineering | Engineering | Research | Harvesting fresh water from thin air using iongels | $20,000 |
| 2021 | Dambo, Neffisatu | Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services | Education | Research | Interdisciplinary Career Wellness Supports: Vocational Certificates to College Degrees | $9,754 |
| 2021 | Lee, Jeehee | Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction | Engineering | Research | Real-time sensing of thermal comfort and indoor air quality (IAQ) in long-term care facilities | $20,000 |
| 2021 | McGinnis, Graham | Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences | Health Sciences | Research | Effects of Circadian Disruption on Space Stressors | $20,000 |
| 2021 | Reyes, Andrew Thomas | Nursing | Health Sciences | Research | Testing the Feasibility of Mindfulness and Acceptance-Based Smartphone App Intervention for College Student Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): A Randomized Controlled Trial | $19,594 |
| 2021 | Rodriguez, Cassaundra | Sociology | Liberal Arts | Research | Viva Mariachi! Student Musicians Crafting Culture, Educational Resilience, and Resistance in Las Vegas | $16,364 |
| 2021 | Sun, Zaijing | Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences | Health Sciences | Research | Developing Quasi-absolute Method in Photon Activation Analysis | $20,000 |
| 2021 | Vongkulluksn, Vanessa | Educational Psychology and Higher Education | Education | Research | Critical Information Processing Scaffold: Validating an Instructional Scaffold to Enhance Students’ Critical Integration and Evaluation of Online Scientific Information | $15,407 |
| 2021 | Wade-James, Katherine | Teaching and Learning | Education | Research | Teaching Science as Social Justice Using an Identify Framework | $20,000 |
| 2021 | Zhou, Yan | Physics and Astronomy | Sciences | Research | Cold Chemistry and Precision Measurements in Novel “Bucket Brigade” Ion Trap | $20,000 |
| 2021 | Zawarus, Phillip | Landscape Architecture | Fine Arts | Scholarly Activity | The p[AR]k: An Engaging Augmented Reality through Landscape Performance | $6,920 |
| 2018 | Bengochea, Alain | Educational and Clinical Studies | Education | Collaborative Research | Investigating Academic Interactions Through a Genre Approach | $19,617 |
| 2018 | Bergman, Christine | Food and Beverage and Event Management | Hospitality | Collaborative Research | A rice (Oryza sativa) mutant with enhanced germination rates: Nutritional and end-use quality comparison to its wild-type | $19,500 |
| 2018 | Choi, Jin Ouk | Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction | Engineering | Collaborative Research | A Pilot Investigation of Enhanced Infrastructure Resilience Against Flooding Through a Modular Construction Method | $20,000 |
| 2018 | Clinnin, Kaitlin | English | Liberal Arts | Scholarly Creative | Information Literacy & Writing Skill Development in a Diverse Student Body: Examining and Improving the Curriculum at a Minority-Serving Institution | $7,500 |
| 2018 | Gibbs, Allen | School of Life Sciences | Sciences | Collaborative Research | Obese Fruit Flies as a Model for Exercise: Construction and Validation of a Drosophila Tread Mill and Exercise Metabolism System | $19,970 |
| 2018 | Ho, Kai-Yu | Physical Therapy | Allied Health Sciences | Collaborative Research | Knee Pain, Tendon Degeneration, and Limb-Socket Dynamics in Trans-Tibial Amputees | $19,999 |
| 2018 | James, Kimberly | Music | Fine Arts | Collaborative Research | Objective measurement of vocal fatigue in the hospitality industry | $15,277 |
| 2018 | Kachroo, Pushkin | Computer and Electrical Engineering | Engineering | Collaborative Research | A Machine Learning-based System for Enhancing and Facilitating Communication: Support for Aging and Disabilities | $16,056 |
| 2018 | Kim, Si | Entertainment Engineering and Design | Engineering | Collaborative Research | Investigating the Effects of Redirecting Virtual Stimuli in a Manned Driving Simulator | $18,730 |
| 2018 | Liang, Jing Nong | Physical Therapy | Allied Health Sciences | Collaborative Research | Modifying the spinal circuitry to improve walking and BDNF expression in individuals post-stroke | $20,000 |
| 2018 | Morris, Brendan | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Engineering | Collaborative Research | FoodApp for Tracking and Identifying Dietary Biculturalism in Filipinos in Southern Nevada | $17,410 |
| 2018 | Oh, Edwin | Nevada Institute of Personalized Medicine | NIPM-VPRED | Collaborative Research | Functional dissection of the Zika genome reveals a coding component responsible for microcephaly and neurodevelopmental pathology | $20,000 |
| 2018 | Park, Seong | Criminal Justice | Urban Affairs | Collaborative Research | Displace or Diffuse? The Effect of Medical and Recreational Marijuana Legalization on Opioid Abuse and Other Substance-Related Crimes | $19,901 |
| 2018 | Relles, Stefani | Educational Psychology and Higher Education | Education | Scholarly Creative | From the Tower to the Streets: Exploring an Interdisciplinary Model of Public Policy Research | $10,000 |
| 2018 | Tillery, Denise | English | Liberal Arts | Scholarly Creative | New ways of digitally representing scientific research: Developing a Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument digital research repository | $8,314 |
| 2018 | Tsourkas, Philippos | School of Life Sciences | Sciences | Collaborative Research | An integrated machine learning platform for bacteriophage genome annotation | $19,996 |
| 2018 | Upadhyay, Soumya | Healthcare Administration and Policy | Community Health Sciences | Collaborative Research | Electronic Health Record (EHR) Presence and Quality Outcomes: Do Employee Perceptions about Safety Culture Have a Mediating Role? | $20,000 |
| 2018 | Wu, Qing | Nevada Institute of Personalized Medicine | NIPM-VPRED | Collaborative Research | Using deep learning in genomic big data analysis for precision diagnosis of osteoporosis | $20,000 |
| 2018 | Yim, Woosoon | Mechanical Engineering | Engineering | Collaborative Research | Tailoring Mechanical Implant for Curing Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) using CT Scan Based Computational Model | $20,000 |
| 2016 | Abella, Scott | Life Sciences | Sciences | Individual Investigator | Restoring ECollaborativeogical Functions of Damaged Desert Ecosystems | $20,000 |
| 2016 | Baker, Joshua | Educational and Clinical Studies | Education | Collaborative Research | Strategies for Making Collaborativelege Campuses Inclusive: Using Universally Designed Instruction to Assist Students with Intellectual Disability (ID) and Autism. | $13,173 |
| 2016 | Baker, Russel | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Engineering | Collaborative Research | Microbial Fuel Cell Optimization through Digital Microfluidic Electrochemistry in Single-Bacterium Drops | $29,991 |
| 2016 | Bansal, Shubhra | Mechanical Engineering | Engineering | Individual Investigator | Novel Wide Bandgap Thin Film Materials for Photovoltaic Devices | $20,000 |
| 2016 | Benning, Stephen | Psychology | Liberal Arts | Individual Investigator | Effects of Psychopathic Traits on Social Networks and on Social Support during Stress | $19,800 |
| 2016 | Chen, Jingchun | NIPM | Nevada Institute of Personalized Medicine | Collaborative Research | Genetic Relationship between Schizophrenia and Autoimmune Disorders | $30,000 |
| 2016 | Dingley, Catherine | School of Nursing | Nursing | Collaborative Research | Effects of complementary medical therapies on symptom management and family satisfaction with hospice care | $28,024 |
| 2016 | Ezeanolue, Echezona, | Environmental and Occupational Health | Center of Excellence | UNLV Global Health Institute | $50,000 | |
| 2016 | Ghafoori, Nader | Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction | Engineering | Innovation/Technology | Development of Novel, Sustainable and Cost-Effective Concrete Corrosion Inhibitor | $19,800 |
| 2016 | Hausrath, Elisabeth | Geoscience | Sciences | Collaborative Research | Interaction between amorphous materials and Mars-relevant solutions and implications for the aqueous history and habitability of Mars | $29,864 |
| 2016 | Howard, Tiffiany | Political Science | Liberal Arts | Center of Excellence | Center for Migration, Demography and Population Studies (CMDP) | $50,000 |
| 2016 | Hyman, James | Psychology | Liberal Arts | Individual Investigator | Examinations of the effects of repeated doses of ketamine on memory and attention network function. | $18,550 |
| 2016 | Knurick, Jessica | Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences | Allied Health | Individual Investigator | Effects of Postmeal Walking on 24-hour Glucose Control | $19,956 |
| 2016 | Kuang, Yu | Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences | Allied Health | Innovation/Technology | Multiplexing Methods for Earlier Detection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma | $20,000 |
| 2016 | Liu, Katrina Yan | Teaching and Learning | Education | Individual Investigator | Where Are Our Teachers of Color? Resilience and Diversity in K-12 Education | $19,925 |
| 2016 | Proga, Daniel | Physics and Astronomy | Sciences | Collaborative Research | Applied Supercomputing for Astrophysics Research | $29,708 |
| 2016 | Radzak, Kara | Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences | Allied Health | Individual Investigator | Biomechanical Risk Factors for Injuries Commonly Acquired During Military Physical Fitness Training | $19,976 |
| 2016 | Raftery, Laurel | Life Sciences | Sciences | Collaborative Research | Quantitative Analysis of Cellular Interactions in Clinically Relevant Models | $30,000 |
| 2016 | Spivak, Andrew | Sociology | Liberal Arts | Collaborative Research | The Marketing of Electronic Cigarettes: Advertising Messages and Consumer Health Perceptions of Harm, Cessation, and Acceptability | $8,990 |
| 2016 | St. Pierre Schneider, Barbara | School of Nursing | Nursing | Collaborative Research | A Computational Model of White Blood Cell Phenotypic Changes During Muscle Recovery | $29,818 |
| 2016 | Sun, An-Pyng | School of Social Work | Urban Affairs | Collaborative Research | Factors Related to the Occurrence and Recovery of Internet Use Disorder | $11,289 |
| 2016 | Tanenhaus, David | History | Liberal Arts | Collaborative Research | Policy Diffusion and the Puzzle of Juvenile Justice Reform | $28,544 |
| 2016 | Wang, Zhiyong | Mechanical Engineering | Engineering | Collaborative Research | Coating Nano-Crystalline diamond (NCD) Composite on Biomedical Materials with Low Temperature Plasma (LTP) | $30,000 |
| 2016 | Wing, Helen | Life Sciences | Sciences | Innovation/Technology | Exploiting the Acid Resistance of Shigella to Improve Oral Vaccine Delivery Systems | $20,000 |
| 2015 | Barzilov, Alexander | Mechanical Engineering | Engineering | Collaborative Research | Development of Novel Neutron-Photon Tomography Method At the Unlv Particle Accelerator Facility | $29,911.00 |
| 2015 | Batson, Christie | Sociology | Liberal Arts | Individual Investigator | Neighborhood Resiliency in West Las Vegas: A Case-Study of Community Engagement, Collective Efficacy, and Neighborhood Attachment | $19,500.00 |
| 2015 | Celeste, Manoucheka | Interd.Degree Programs- Af Am Studies | Liberal Arts | Individual Investigator | Traveling Blackness: Race, Gender, and Citizenship in the African Diaspora | $11,961.00 |
| 2015 | Freedman Silvernail, Julia | Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences | Allied Health | Individual Investigator | Obesity and Gait: A Dynamical Systems Perspective of Osteoarthritis Risk in Young Healthy Adults | $19,992.00 |
| 2015 | Gill, Rebecca | Political Science | Liberal Arts | Collaborative Research | Gender, Judging, and Deportation: The Immigration Appeals Database Pilot Study | $29,959.00 |
| 2015 | Grim, Jennifer | Music | Fine Arts | Individual Investigator | Baroque Performance Practice: An Intensive Study of the Baroque Flute and Historical Performance | $18,000.00 |
| 2015 | Haboush-Deloye, Amanda | Nevada Institute for Children's Research and Policy | Community Health Sciences | Individual Investigator | Understanding Differences in Healthcare Access and Quality by Insurance Type | $12,097.00 |
| 2015 | Hatchett, David | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Sciences | Collaborative Research | Synthesis and Characterization of Catalysts for the Electrochemical Conversion of Carbon Dioxide to Liquid Fuels | $29,556.00 |
| 2015 | Jaynes, Jessica | Math | Sciences | Individual Investigator | A New Class of Designs: An Orthogonal Array Composite Design, with Applications to Biomedical Research and Fuel Alternatives | $15,864.00 |
| 2015 | Jensen, Christian | Political Science | Liberal Arts | Individual Investigator | Legislative Institutions and Party Policy Positions in Parliamentary Systems | $20,000.00 |
| 2015 | Kang, Jun Yong | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Sciences | Innovation/Technology | Synthesis of Novel Gamma-Aminophosphonate for Pharmaceuticals | $20,000.00 |
| 2015 | Kim, Kwang | Mechanical Engineering | Engineering | Center of Excellence | Center for Excellence in Soft Robotics (CESR) | $100,000.00 |
| 2015 | Kuang, Yu | Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences | Allied Health | Individual Investigator | Radiobiological Determination of Dose Escalation and Normal Tissue Toxicity in Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for the Treatment of Multiple Metastases | $20,000.00 |
| 2015 | Moon, Jaeyun | Mechanical Engineering | Engineering | Individual Investigator | Novel Nanomaterials for Water Purification Using Solar Thermal Energy | $20,000.00 |
| 2015 | Nussbaum, Michael | Educational Psychology & Higher Education | Education | Collaborative Research | Teaching Walton's Argumentation Schemes to Middle and High School Students in Science and Language Arts | $29,908.00 |
| 2015 | Poston, Brach | Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences | Allied Health | Collaborative Research | Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation to Improve Gait Function in Parkinson’S Disease. | $30,000.00 |
| 2015 | Tseng, Ai-Sun | Life Sciences | Sciences | Individual Investigator | Establishing A Vertebrate Model for Eye Regeneration | $20,000.00 |
| 2015 | Tsourkas, Philippos | Life Sciences | Sciences | Individual Investigator | Comparative Genomic Analysis of Paenibacillus Larvae Phages | $20,000.00 |
| 2015 | Udry, Arya | Geoscience | Sciences | Individual Investigator | Towards A Better Understanding of Magmatic Processes on Mercury Using Aubrite Meteorites | $19,500.00 |
| 2015 | Zhao, Hui | Mechanical Engineering | Engineering | Collaborative Research | Nanoantenna-Enhanced Super-Hydrophobic Surface Enabled Fluorescence Spectroscopy | $30,000.00 |
| 2014 | Abel-Santos, Ernesto | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Sciences | Innovation/Technology | Prevention of Necrotic Enteritis in Broiler Chickens by Benzothiazoles | $19,742 |
| 2014 | Amy, Penny | Life Sciences | Sciences | Innovation/Technology | Application of Phage Therapy to the Treatment of American Foulbrood Disease | $22,830 |
| 2014 | Bernacki, Matthew | Educational Psychology & Higher Education | Education | Individual Investigator | Building Capacity for Research on Learning via Analytics and “Big Data” | $19,970 |
| 2014 | Crittenden, Alyssa | Anthropology | Liberal Arts | Individual Investigator | Variation in Hadza Hunter-Gatherer Dental Microwear: Implications for Early Hominin Diet Composition | $15,000 |
| 2014 | Forster, Paul | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Sciences | Individual Investigator | New and Stable Waste Forms for Radioisotopes from Earth Abundant Materials | $20,000 |
| 2014 | Han, Mira | Life Sciences | Sciences | Individual Investigator | Association Study on Transposable Element Silencing in Human Somatic Cells | $20,000 |
| 2014 | Hedlund, Brian | Life Sciences | Sciences | Individual Investigator | Probing Relationships Between Clostridium Difficile Infection (CDI), CDI Prophylactics, and the Intestinal Microbiome | $20,000 |
| 2014 | Ho, Kai-Yu | Physical Therapy | Allied Health | Individual Investigator | The Influences of Patellofemoral Taping on Patellofemoral Joint Contact Area and Alignment | $20,098 |
| 2014 | Holland, Jason | Psychology | Liberal Arts | Individual Investigator | Family Behavior Therapy for Substance Abuse Problems in Later-Life | $18,824 |
| 2014 | Hu, Han-Fen | Management, Entrepreneurship and Technology | Lee Business School | Individual Investigator | Online Review and Users’ Perceptions and Behavior: the Mediating Effects of Cognitive Load and Task Complexity | $10,280 |
| 2014 | Jiang, Ganqing | Geoscience | Sciences | Individual Investigator | Seawater Temperature Change Across the Early Mississippian Greenhouse-Icehouse Transition | $20,000 |
| 2014 | Kim, Kwang | Mechanical Engineering | Engineering | Innovation/Technology | Technology Development of Ionic-Polymer Metal Composite-Based Redox Flow Battery (RFB) System | $19,876 |
| 2014 | Kim, Yoohwan | Computer Science | Engineering | Innovation/Technology | A Privacy Protection Scheme from Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) | $20,000 |
| 2014 | Lawrence, Attila | Architecture | Liberal Arts | Individual Investigator | Neuroscience-Informed Environmental Design Responses to Neurodegenerative Disorders | $19,183 |
| 2014 | Lee, Julia | English | Liberal Arts | Individual Investigator | All of Us": A Racial History of "Our Gang"" | $7,694 |
| 2014 | Ma, Bing | Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences | Allied Health | Individual Investigator | Early Detection of Lung Cancer Using CT Texture Analysis | $20,000 |
| 2014 | Mazurenko, Olena | Health Care Administration and Policy | Community Health Sciences | Individual Investigator | the Patient-Medical Home and Care Experiences Among Diabetic Patients | $9,200 |
| 2014 | Morris, Brendan | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Engineering | Individual Investigator | Serious Games: Development of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Game for Children with Cerebral Palsy | $20,000 |
| 2014 | Rawhouser, Hans | Management, Entrepreneurship and Technology | Lee Business School | Individual Investigator | Examining Design Factors and Informational Signals That Drive Crowdfunding Success | $10,000 |
| 2014 | Relles, Stefani | Educational Psychology & Higher Education | Education | Individual Investigator | Write to College" Summer Bridge Research Project" | $18,765 |
| 2014 | Sousa, William | Criminal Justice | Urban Affairs | Individual Investigator | Policing Pioneers | $7,800 |
| 2014 | Sahotra, Haroon | Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction | Engineering | Individual Investigator | Urban Flood Modeling and Mapping Using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System | $20,204 |
| 2014 | Trabia, Mohamed | Mechanical Engineering | Engineering | Innovation/Technology | Smart Insoles for Diabetic Patients | $19,767 |
| 2013 | Amei, Amei | Math | Sciences | Individual Investigator | Time-Dependent Random Effects Poisson Random Field Model for Cancer Gene Detection | $14,000 |
| 2013 | Bauer, William | History | Liberal Arts | Individual Investigator | Indigenizing California History | $25,000 |
| 2013 | Dawson, Kevin | History | Liberal Arts | Individual Investigator | Water as a Cultural Space: Aquatics in Atlantic Africa and the African Diaspora | $4,000 |
| 2013 | Gerrity, Daniel | Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction | Engineering | Individual Investigator | Occurrence, Proliferation, and Persistence of Antibiotic Resistance During Wastewater Treatment | $25,000 |
| 2013 | Jiang, Yingtao | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Engineering | Innovation/Technology | A New Multiple Access Scheme Based on the Signal Amplitudes | $25,000 |
| 2013 | Jo, Ju-Yeon | Computer Science | Engineering | Innovation/Technology | Revolutionizing the Authentication Paradigm with an Indirect User ID Mechanism | $24,480 |
| 2013 | Kinney, Jefferson | Psychology | Liberal Arts | Individual Investigator | Alzheimer's Project | $56,188 |
| 2013 | Lee, Szu-Ping | Physical Therapy | Allied Health | Individual Investigator | Influence of Foot Strike Pattern on Lower Back Muscle Activation During Running: Clinical Implications for Preventing Lower Back Pain in Runners | $24,268 |
| 2013 | Macdowell, Elizabeth | Boyds School Of Law | Law | Individual Investigator | from Victims to Litigants: Domestic Violence, Legal Aid Partnerships with the Courts, and the Politics of Self-Help | $25,000 |
| 2013 | Martinez, Mario | Educational Psychology & Higher Education | Education | Individual Investigator | Building Toward A Center for the Study of Innovation in Postsecondary Education | $25,000 |
| 2013 | Rosenberg, Beth | English | Liberal Arts | Individual Investigator | Literary Modernism, Immigration, and Jews | $9,361 |
| 2013 | Schiller, Martin | Life Sciences | Sciences | Innovation/Technology | System Minimotif Inhibitor Functional Screening Technology | $25,000 |
| 2013 | Shan, Guogen | Environmental and Occupational Health | Community Health Sciences | Individual Investigator | Efficient one-Stage and Two-Stage Phase Ii Clinical Trial Designs Based on Exact Unconditional Tests | $20,000 |
| 2013 | Spies, Tracy | Educational and Clinical Studies | Education | Individual Investigator | Project Leap: Learning English for Academic Purposes | $24,851 |
| 2013 | Sun, Pengtao | Math | Sciences | Individual Investigator | Modeling and Numerical Studies for A Two-Phase Transport Model of Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (Pemfcs) | $24,460 |
| 2013 | Tseng, Ai-Sun (Kelly) | Life Sciences | Sciences | Individual Investigator | Using Antibiotics to Modulate Vertebrate Organ Regeneration | $25,000 |
| 2013 | Yim, Woosoon | Mechanical Engineering | Engineering | Innovation/Technology | Technology Development of a Robotic Catheter System | $24,853 |
| 2013 | Zhang, Hui | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Sciences | Innovation/Technology | Development of Novel Chemical Inhibitors Targeting Epigenetic Regulation of Cancer/Cancer Stem Cells | $25,000 |
| 2013 | Zhao, Hui | Mechanical Engineering | Engineering | Individual Investigator | Super-Hydrophobic Surface Enabled Microfluidic Energy Conversion | $25,000 |
| 2012 | Baley, Virko | Music | Fine Arts | Scholarly/Creative Work | 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 |
| 2012 | Bao, Jemin | Anthropology | Liberal Arts | Scholarly/Creative Work | Temple of Happiness: Race, Class, and Spirituality in a Thai American Buddhist Community | $3,948 |
| 2012 | Bates, Stephen | Journalism and Media Studies | Urban Affairs | Scholarly/Creative Work | Assassins of the Press | $10,000 |
| 2012 | Colbert, Margot | Dance | Fine Arts | Scholarly/Creative Work | Reconstruction of the 1912 Ballet “L’Après Midi D’Un Faune” | $10,000 |
| 2012 | Comella, Lynn | Women's Studies | Liberal Arts | Scholarly/Creative Work | Sex Positive Interventions: the Feminist Sex Wars and Beyond | $6,116 |
| 2012 | Dufek, Janet | Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences | Allied Health | Individual Investigator | Pediatric Patient Falls: Biomechanical and Ergonomic Contributors to Occurrence and injury Severity | $20,000 |
| 2012 | Gary, Ronald | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Sciences | Individual Investigator | Novel Regulation of an Alzheimer's Disease-Associated Protein | $19,000 |
| 2012 | Gibbs, Allen | Life Sciences | Sciences | Collaborative Research | A Model Systems Approach to Identifying Obesity-Related Genes | $25,000 |
| 2012 | Gill, Rebecca | Political Science | Liberal Arts | Individual Investigator | Assessing Judicial Performance Evaluations for Race and Gender Bias | $19,486 |
| 2012 | Hannon, Erin | Psychology | Liberal Arts | Collaborative Research | Development of Perceptual Skills Across Domains | $28,770 |
| 2012 | Harry, Karen | Anthropology | Liberal Arts | Scholarly/Creative Work | Lost City Archaeological Field Project | $9,730 |
| 2012 | Hatchett, David | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Sciences | Collaborative Research | Direct Dissolution and Electrochemical Recovery of Rare Earth Metals from Ionic Liquid | $25,000 |
| 2012 | Hausrath, Elisabeth | Geoscience | Sciences | Collaborative Research | An investigation into Transitions in Layer Silicate Chemistry on Mars | $25,000 |
| 2012 | Hedlund, Brian | Life Sciences | Sciences | Collaborative Research | Informatics and Functional Metagenomics Focusing on Viral Polymerases in Nevada Hot Springs | $30,000 |
| 2012 | Hillyard, Stan | School Of Dental Medicine | Dental Medicine | Collaborative Research | Paradoxical anaerobism:Using anaerobic Metabolism When Oxygen is Available | $25,000 |
| 2012 | Kilker, Julian | Journalism and Media Studies | Urban Affairs | Scholarly/Creative Work | Documenting Mojave Cultural Artifacts Using Night/Low Light Techniques | $4,912 |
| 2012 | Kinney, Jefferson | Psychology | Liberal Arts | Individual Investigator | Examination of Alterations in Kalirin in Developmental Models of Schizophrenia | $18,800 |
| 2012 | Kleiger, Gary | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Sciences | Individual Investigator | Determining the Molecular Mechanism of Action of A Conserved Acidic Loop on the Cdc34 Ubiquitin Conjugating Enzyme | $20,000 |
| 2012 | Lee, David | Life Sciences | Sciences | Individual Investigator | Biomechanical Progression of Spontaneous Knee Arthritis in an Animal Model | $19,560 |
| 2012 | Lounsbery, Monica | Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences | Allied Health | Collaborative Research | Children's Activity and Policies At Schools | $25,000 |
| 2012 | Lu, Hong | Criminal Justice | Urban Affairs | Scholarly/Creative Work | Legal Representation in the Chinese Criminal Court - An analysis of its Extent, Style and Effectiveness | $10,000 |
| 2012 | Lugering, Michael | Theatre | Fine Arts | Scholarly/Creative Work | Expressive Actor Media Documentation Project | $9,930 |
| 2012 | Moody, Gregory | Management, Entrepreneurship and Technology | Lee Business School | Scholarly/Creative Work | Explaining the Avoidance of Malware Through Emotion-Focused Coping Mechanisms | $6,500 |
| 2012 | O'Toole, Brendan | Mechanical Engineering | Engineering | Collaborative Research | Exploring the Near Space Environment With High Altitude Balloon Sensors (Habs) | $25,000 |
| 2012 | Snyder, Joel | Psychology | Liberal Arts | Collaborative Research | the Role of Sleep in Generalization of Auditory Learning | $25,000 |
| 2012 | Tian, Ying | Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction | Engineering | Collaborative Research | Structural Performance of Flat-Plate Buildings Under Fire | $25,000 |
| 2012 | Tusan, Michelle | History | Liberal Arts | Scholarly/Creative Work | Crimes Against Humanity: Britain and the Armenian Genocide | $8,418 |
| 2012 | Werth, Paul | History | Liberal Arts | Scholarly/Creative Work | Religion in Russian Eurasia since 1650 | $2,000 |
| 2012 | Yang, Mei | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Engineering | Collaborative Research | High-Performance and Scalable 3-D Photonic-Electronic Network-on-Chips | $25,000 |
| 2012 | Zhang, Shaoan | Teaching and Learning | Education | Scholarly/Creative Work | A Study of Teacher Identity Development through Microteaching | $7,830 |