List of Awards Received FY19 · 2020-05-14 · 1 Awards 30,000 Developing Minimum Levels for Sustainable Nutrition (MLSN) for New England Golf Course Soils Guillard, Karl Golf Course

List of Awards ReceivedFY2020 3rd Quarter

January 1, 2020 – March 31, 2020

Volume 20.3

Office of the Vice President for Research

This report provides a detailed listing of the awards received during the reporting quarter. The report includes all sponsored program activity (both research and education/service) that is managed by Sponsored Program Services within the Office of the Vice President for Research. The report includes two lists of awards: 1) by the PI’s Academic Home Department; and 2) by the Managing Department or Center/Institute. This list includes all awards received in the reporting quarter, based on the date listed on the award letter from the sponsor, and reflects the total anticipated award amount over the entire project. The awards listed reflect the current status of data entered through the reporting quarter of the fiscal year in the InfoEd research administration system as of the date the report was created. For recently received awards, there may be some incomplete information until the data entry process is complete.

List of Awards Received

Quarterly Award List by Academic Home Department

Total Anticipated

AwardAward DateProject TitleSponsorPI Name

College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources $2,924,511 23 Awards

Agricultural and Resource Economics 1,040,985 5 Awards

Excise Tax on Sweetened Beverages in ConnecticutDHHS/CMS/Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services/CT Office of Health Strategy

Andreyeva, Tatiana 01/10/2020 19,262

Understanding the lost opportunity of the Child and Adult Care Food Program in improving child nutrition and reducing health inequities

Johnson (Robert Wood) FoundationAndreyeva, Tatiana 01/14/2020 200,000

Capabilities of an Online Training Platform for the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)

USDA/Food and Nutrition Service/CT Department of Education

Andreyeva, Tatiana 01/21/2020 24,132

Strategies for Economic Growth in Rural New England and Their Impact on Public-Health Crises

USDA/National Institute of Food and AgricultureFiala, Nathan 03/23/2020 495,539

INFEWS/T2: NEWIR Manure: Nutrients, Energy, and Water Innovations for Resource Recovery

NSF/National Science Foundation/University of Nevada, Reno

Rollins, Kimberly S 02/03/2020 302,052

Animal Science 50,777 2 Awards

Effect of FPS on Broiler Growth and PerformanceBactanaAmalaradjou, Mary A 02/27/2020 30,029

Commercial bateriophage preparations to control pathogens in milk and dairy products

Walker (George) Milk Research FundD'Amico, Dennis 01/10/2020 20,748

Extension 128,580 5 Awards

UConn 4-H Military Partnership ProjectUSDA/National Institute of Food and Agriculture/Kansas State University

Gray, Pamela M 02/03/2020 5,000

Connecticut Saves Week 2020Consumer Federation of AmericaGriffiths-Smith, Faye I 01/17/2020 1,000

Connecticut Healthy Homes 2019-2020 - Social MediaUSDA/National Institute of Food and Agriculture/University of Missouri

Welch, Mary E 02/27/2020 14,000

Serving and Distributing 2019 Aerial ImageryCT Office of Policy and ManagementWilson, Emily H 03/02/2020 33,859

Forest Management Practices Promoting Soil HealthUSDA/Natural Resources Conservation ServiceWorthley, Thomas E 02/03/2020 74,721

Kinesiology 827,629 2 Awards

TUFSS-NFLNational Football League (NFL) FoundationCasa, Douglas J 03/30/2020 800,000

Arconia Melanocarpe Effects on Longevity and Stress Resilience, Pilot Human Studies

Tohi VenturesLee, Elaine 01/16/2020 27,629

Natural Resources and the Environment 43,936 1 Awards

Starving for Sediment: How do Differential Sediment Levels Effect Coastal Wetland Restoration

DOI/United States Fish and Wildlife ServiceLawrence, Beth A 01/08/2020 43,936

Nutritional Sciences 419,690 4 Awards

Evaluation of Dairy Lipids on Gut Microbiota Composition and Colitis Development

USDA/National Institute of Food and AgricultureBlesso, Christopher N 03/16/2020 199,894

Microbiome Plasticity and Pathogenicity in Older Adults: Baselines and Transitions from Skilled Nursing Care

DHHS/NIH/National Institute on Aging/Jackson Laboratory

Chun, Ock K. 01/13/2020 17,132

Blackcurrant Modifies Gut Microbiota and Reduces the Risk of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial

USDA/National Institute of Food and AgricultureChun, Ock K. 03/20/2020 190,643

Essential Amino Acid Density: Inequality Between Animal- vs. Plant-based Dietary Patterns

National Cattlemen's Beef AssociationRodriguez, Nancy R 01/02/2020 12,021

Pathobiology 382,914 3 Awards

* Awards are listed according to the tenure home of the PI on each project.

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Report for Quarter Ending: 03/31/2020

4/21/2020Report Generated:


Total Anticipated


TD-O2-009: Biorisk Management Curriculum Development -- Academic Track - Jordan

DOD/Defense Threat Reduction Agency/LeidosGeary, Steven J 01/20/2020 287,055

Improving Quality and Coastline CleanlinessFL Department of Environmental Protection/Loggerhead Marinelife Center

Levin, Milton J 02/14/2020 29,137

Identification of protective antigens of African swine fever virusNational Pork Board/University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Tulman, Edan 02/03/2020 66,722

Plant Science and Landscape Architecture 30,000 1 Awards

Developing Minimum Levels for Sustainable Nutrition (MLSN) for New England Golf Course Soils

Golf Course Superintendents Association of AmericaGuillard, Karl 03/09/2020 30,000

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences $12,826,867 40 Awards

Anthropology 150,461 4 Awards

Doctoral Dissertation Research: A 3D Geometric Morphometric Study of Technological Change in the Eurasian Middle Pleistocene

NSF/National Science FoundationAdler, Daniel S 03/05/2020 25,142

Doctoral Dissertation Research: Plant Microfossils, Domesticates, and Processing Strategies in Southern New England 2500-500 BP - Krista Dotzel

NSF/National Science FoundationMcBride, Kevin A 02/07/2020 29,300

Collaborative: Standard: Enhancing Internships with Professional Ethics Training: Cultivating an Ethical Engineer Identity

NSF/National Science Foundation/Florida Polytechnic University

Smith, Chrystal A 01/30/2020 35,995

Religion and Sport: An Ethnographic Study of the Adaptive Consequences of Syncretic Meaning Systems

Templeton Religion Trust/Issachar FundSosis, Richard H 02/17/2020 60,024

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 1,172,286 6 Awards

Genomic Causes and Consequences of Sexually Antagonistic SelectionDHHS/NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences/University of Texas, Austin

Bolnick, Daniel I 02/20/2020 68,752

Prevalence of Microplastics in Darwin's finches in the Galapagos IslandsGalapagos ConservancyKnutie, Sarah A 01/28/2020 15,280

SG: Eco-evolution in a concrete jungle: how rapid urbanization affects host-parasite interactions in the Galapagos Islands

NSF/BIO/Directorate for Biological SciencesKnutie, Sarah A 02/20/2020 199,944

Incorporating pyrodiversity into wildlife habitat assessments for post-fire management and recovery

DOI/Department of the InteriorTingley, Morgan W 02/06/2020 25,000

Assessing Kelp Nutrient Bioextraction Capacity in Aquaculture Farms in the US with Implications for Conservation and Management

DOE/Advanced Research Projects AgencyUmanzor-Rodriguez, Scheherazada

01/09/2020 299,944

CAREER: Advancing evolutionary genomics and eukaryotic biodiversity research through accurate, scalable, and flexible frameworks for structural genome annotation

NSF/BIO/Directorate for Biological SciencesWegrzyn, Jill L 03/13/2020 563,366

Human Development and Family Sciences 49,750 1 Awards

Assessing Connecticut District Policies using the WSCC ModelUSDA/Food and Nutrition Service/CT Department of Education

Schwartz, Marlene B 01/21/2020 49,750

Linguistics 11,746 1 Awards

Doctoral Dissertation Research: On the Semantics of Evidentials in Southern Aymara

NSF/National Science FoundationGajewski, Jon 03/30/2020 11,746

Marine Sciences 900,065 7 Awards

A Re-Emergent Spawning Population of Atlantic Sturgeon in the Connecticut River? Combined Age Analyses and Telemetry Data Will Provide New Insights

DOC/NOAA/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Baumann, Hannes 01/20/2020 149,690

LIS Mesozooplankton and Microzooplankton identification and Analyses, 2020EPA/Environmental Protection Agency/CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

Dam Guerrero, Hans G 03/10/2020 238,171


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Total Anticipated


Collaborative Research: Refining the use of Scleractinian Cold-Water Skeleton-Bound d15N as a Proxy for marine N Cycling

NSF/National Science FoundationGranger, Julie 02/28/2020 81,706

Identification of Phytoplankton Collected from Long island Sound, 2020EPA/Environmental Protection Agency/CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

Lin, Senjie 03/10/2020 123,205

The East River: Historic and Future Impacts on Long Island SoundDOC/NOAA/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

O'Donnell, James 01/20/2020 137,729

Seasonal Forecasts of ocean acidification variability in Washington and Oregon Waters

DOC/Department of Commerce/Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems

Siedlecki, Samantha A 01/30/2020 19,566

Determining Uptake and Elimination of Microplastics by Cultured Oysters in Connecticut: Establishing a Data Base to Separate Fact from Conjecture

DOC/NOAA/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Ward, J E 01/20/2020 149,998

Mathematics 428,393 4 Awards

Probabilistic methods in analysis, geometry and beyondNSF/National Science FoundationGordina, Maria 03/26/2020 330,000

Connecticut Summer School in Number TheoryNSA/National Security AgencyLozano-Robledo, Alvaro 03/03/2020 25,000

CTNT 2020: Connecticut Summer School and Conference in Number TheoryNSF/National Science FoundationLozano-Robledo, Alvaro 02/27/2020 34,993

International Conference in Representations of Algebras (ICRA XIX)NSF/MPS/Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Schiffler, Ralf 02/27/2020 38,400

Molecular and Cell Biology 163,765 2 Awards

Mitochondrial Protective Interventions, Aging and HealthspanDHHS/NIH/National Institute on Aging/University of Washington

Alder, Nathan N 03/10/2020 40,250

A Novel Protein Export Chaperone of Mycobacterium TurberculosisDHHS/NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Teschke, Carolyn M 02/26/2020 123,515

Physics 689,063 4 Awards

NRAO Student Observing Support Award to Jennifer WallaceNSF/MPS/Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences/National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Battersby, Cara 01/15/2020 34,192

RBRC Service ContractRIKEN, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research

Blum, Thomas C 02/27/2020 7,200

Multiwavelength Spectral Energy Distributions of Reverberation-Mapped Quasars: Measuring Mass, Spin, Ionization, and Obscuration

NASA/National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationTrump, Jonathan R 03/18/2020 217,312

CAREER: Echo Mapping the Census of Supermassive Black Hole Mass, Accretion, and Spin

NSF/National Science FoundationTrump, Jonathan R 01/07/2020 430,359

Physiology and Neurobiology 5,176,030 3 Awards

Disease Mechanisms of Prenatal and Pediatric Acquired HydrocephalusDHHS/NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Conover, Joanne 02/03/2020 1,760,940

SNARE Complex-Mediated Exocytosis in Oligodendrocyte Differentiation and Survival

DHHS/NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Nishiyama, Akiko 03/02/2020 1,744,715

Physiological Functions of Female Reproductive Tract SecretionsDHHS/NIH/National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Sun, Jianjun 03/26/2020 1,670,375

Political Science 60,000 1 Awards

The Journal of Human RightsTaylor & Francis GroupHertel, Shareen 01/27/2020 60,000

Psychological Sciences 3,327,086 5 Awards

A Virtual Reality Intervention for Reducing Problematic Gambling in Young Adults

International Center for Responsible GamingAstur, Robert 03/02/2020 34,500


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Total Anticipated


Developmental Ube3a effects on Language-related assessments in a mouse AS model

Angelman Syndrome FoundationFitch, Roslyn H 01/22/2020 197,126

Effectiveness of a CBT-Based mHealth Intervention Targeting MOUD Retention Adherence and Opioid Use

DHHS/NIH/National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health/University of California, Los Angeles

Kalichman, Seth C 02/20/2020 26,191

Dose Determination Trial for Implementing Evidence-Based Behavioral Interventions

DHHS/NIH/National Institute of Mental HealthKalichman, Seth C 01/27/2020 2,893,269

Relative Influence and Religion and Science on Meaning Systems: Impact on Understanding of the World and Adaptive Behavior

Templeton Religion Trust/University of OxfordPark, Crystal 02/24/2020 176,000

Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences 646,962 1 Awards

Neural predictors of individual differences in speech perceptionNSF/SBE/Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences

Skoe, Erika 03/13/2020 646,962

Statistics 51,260 1 Awards

State Innovation Model Quality ScorecardCT Office of Health Strategy /University of Connecticut Health Center

Yan, Jun 03/13/2020 51,260

Neag School of Education $3,965,003 3 Awards

Curriculum and Instruction 799,495 1 Awards

Modeling Secondary School STEM Teacher Retention via Ecological TheoriesNSF/National Science FoundationSettlage, John 02/28/2020 799,495

Educational Psychology 3,165,508 2 Awards

Connecticut K-3 Literacy Initiative (CK3LI) 2020-2021CT Department of EducationCoyne, Michael D 01/15/2020 2,910,213

Young Scholars Senior SummitCooke (Jack Kent) FoundationRenzulli, Joseph S 03/04/2020 255,295

School of Business $28,349 1 Awards

Finance 28,349 1 Awards

World Edge Data Centers ProjectWorld Edge DataCarstensen, Fred V 01/15/2020 28,349

School of Engineering $6,114,846 37 Awards

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 1,222,310 7 Awards

Inferential Sensing for Aerospace Systems Analytics, Diagnostics and Prognostics

United Technologies-Collins AerospaceBollas, Georgios 03/27/2020 84,350

Model-Based Systems Engineering Modeling Abstractions for System Definition and Performance Analysis

United Technologies-Pratt & WhitneyBollas, Georgios 02/06/2020 75,000

Human antibodies recognizing oligomeric tauDHHS/NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Cho, Yongku P 03/31/2020 442,750

C5-19 (Pilot-Scale Binder Jetting for Printing Food and Polymer Parts)IUCRC – Mixed Sources/University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Ma, Wing Kui Anson 02/25/2020 47,000

High Purity Ethanol Without Distillation: Carbon Nanotube Enabled Ethanol Dewatering

DOE/Department of Energy/American Institute of Chemical Engineers

McCutcheon, Jeffrey R 01/09/2020 438,013

RAPID: Multiscale Modeling of COVID-19 Viral DynamicsNSF/BIO/Directorate for Biological SciencesSrivastava, Ranjan 03/30/2020 130,197

Coding Concepts and Chemical Engineering Analysis with Interactive Jupyter Notebooks

Computer Aids for Chemical Engineering (CACHE)Stuber, Matthew D 01/23/2020 5,000

Civil and Environmental Engineering 1,629,645 7 Awards


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Total Anticipated


Pumped-hydroelectric energy storage from water supply reservoirs in New England

EversourceAnagnostou, Emmanouil N 03/26/2020 150,000

Research Faculty Position for Power Grid Simulation Testbed ManagementEversourceAnagnostou, Emmanouil N 03/02/2020 300,000

Improving Extreme Weather Forecasting Capabilities in support of Power Outage Prediction Activities

EversourceAstitha, Marina 03/09/2020 300,000

Rapid/Collaborative Research: Investigation of Multi-Hazard Damage to Puerto Rico's Infrastructure Interaction of Hurricane and Earthquakes

NSF/ENG/Directorate for EngineeringEsmaili Zaghi, Arash 03/05/2020 43,069

CAREER: Humanizing Engineering and Resilience: An integrated research and education approach to understand and enhance infrastructure resilience

NSF/National Science FoundationKirchhoff, Christine 03/18/2020 500,076

Evaluation of Eversource-CT Substations Vulnerability of Flooding in Current and Climate Change

EversourceShen, Xinyi 03/26/2020 286,500

Stormwater Treatment Trains: From BMPs to FloodplainsDOC/NOAA/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Vadas, Timothy M 01/20/2020 50,000

Computer Science and Engineering 759,747 6 Awards

MOA Between the Office of Health Strategy and the University of ConnecticutCT Office of Health Strategy /University of Connecticut Health Center

Demurjian, Steven A 02/28/2020 23,264

CSI Selected Projects 2020: Open Source Component AnalysisComcast CorporationMichel, Laurent D 02/12/2020 110,230

CSI Selected Projects 2020: TSF Service/Tenant Automated DeploymentComcast CorporationMichel, Laurent D 01/24/2020 71,262

CAREER: Machine learning and signal processing methods for analyzing single-cell sequencing data

NSF/CISE/Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering

Nabavi, Sheida 03/12/2020 499,991

Ninth International Conference on Computational Advances in Bio & Medical Sciences (ICCABS)- Travel Awards

NSF/CISE/Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering

Rajasekaran, Sanguthevar 03/19/2020 8,000

Machine Learning-Enabled In-Progress Defect DetectionIUCRC – Mixed Sources/University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Yang, Qian 02/25/2020 47,000

Connecticut Transportation Institute 176,000 2 Awards

Connecticut Cooperative Highway Research Program (Joint Highway Research Advisory Council Work Program FY 19)

CT Department of TransportationMahoney, James M 02/06/2020 88,000

Connecticut Cooperative Highway Research Program (Joint Highway Research Advisory Council Work Program FY20)

CT Department of TransportationMahoney, James M 02/06/2020 88,000

Electrical and Computer Engineering 80,987 2 Awards

Hardware Tamper Vulnerabilities and Hardening in Engine ControlsUnited Technologies-Pratt & WhitneyChandy, John A 03/11/2020 30,987

Photon Counting Passive Three-dimensional Imaging and Recognition with Hamamatsu EM CCD and sCMOS Cameras: Statistical Analysis

Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.Javidi, Bahram 02/14/2020 50,000

Engineering Diversity Program 118,878 1 Awards

Collaborative Research: IUSE: E-ETHICS: Engineering Ethics Through High-Impact Collaborative/Competitive Scenarios

NSF/EHR/Directorate for Education and Human Resources

Burkey, Daniel D 03/11/2020 118,878

Mechanical Engineering 2,077,279 11 Awards

Unraveling Soot Inception in Diffusion Flames with State-of-the-Art Sampling, Conditioning and Analysis Techniques

NSF/ENG/Directorate for EngineeringCarbone, Francesco 01/06/2020 308,658

Continued Work on Thermal Characterization of Effusion Cooled Liner Panels For Combustor Durability

United Technologies-Pratt & WhitneyCetegen, Baki 02/06/2020 74,000

CMAS- Gradient Rig 2020United Technologies-Pratt & WhitneyJordan, Eric H 02/20/2020 160,000


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Total Anticipated


Computationally Efficient, Accurate and Uncertainty Characterized Chemical Kinetics for Hydrocarbon Fuels

DOD/Air Force/Air Force Office of Scientific Research/CFD Research Corporation

Lu, Tianfeng 01/02/2020 212,000

Development of High-Fidelity and Efficient Modeling Capabilities for Enabling Co-Optimization of Fuels and Multi-Mode Engines

DOE/Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy/Stanford University

Lu, Tianfeng 01/17/2020 300,000

Automated Defect Inspection of Complex Metallic PartsAdvanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute/University of Washington

Tang, Jiong 01/06/2020 163,658

Investigating the Atomization Process of a Modern Pressure-Swirl Aero-Engine Fuel Injector at Engine Relevant Pressures

NASA/National Aeronautics and Space Administration/University of Hartford

Weber, Bryan W 01/14/2020 10,000

Computation Design of Lattice Structures for Vehicle Impact Performance with Structural Uncertainties Induced by AM Process

Ford Motor CompanyXu, Hongyi 01/30/2020 149,963

CAREER: Pushing the Performance Limit of Composite Structures: Integrated Modeling of Manufacturing Processes and Materials

NSF/ENG/Directorate for EngineeringZhang, Dianyun 01/30/2020 550,000

Manufacturing Process Modeling for OMCUnited Technologies-Pratt & WhitneyZhang, Dianyun 01/23/2020 71,000

Modeling of thermal radiation in aero-engine combustorsUnited Technologies-Research CenterZhao, Xinyu 02/18/2020 78,000

UTC Institute for Advanced Systems Engineering 50,000 1 Awards

Whole Building Energy Analysis and BenchmarkingUnited Illuminating CompanyThompson, Amy 01/29/2020 50,000

School of Fine Arts $10,400 2 Awards

School of Fine Arts 10,400 2 Awards

Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-TimeCT Department of Economic and Community Development

Bradford, Michael 02/11/2020 6,565

Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-TimeNEA/National Endowment for the Arts/CT Department of Economic and Community Development

Bradford, Michael 02/11/2020 3,835

School of Law $95,000 1 Awards

School of Law 95,000 1 Awards

Low Income Taxpayer Clinic FY20-FY22DOTR/Internal Revenue ServicePerkins, Lisa E 02/14/2020 95,000

School of Nursing $182,574 1 Awards

School of Nursing 182,574 1 Awards

RAPID: Characterizing Changes in Social Attitudes and Behavior in Response to COVID-19

NSF/SBE/Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences

Shook, Natalie 03/23/2020 182,574

School of Pharmacy $2,613,647 5 Awards

Pharmaceutical Sciences 2,613,647 5 Awards

Cytoplasmic Suppression of Inflammatory SignalingDOD/Department of DefenseAneskievich, Brian J 01/22/2020 322,000

Impact of Polymer Attributes on the Performance of In Situ Forming ImplantsDHHS/FDA/Food and Drug AdministrationBurgess, Diane J 03/24/2020 973,184

Investigation of Obstruction of Catheters Used for Intraperitoneal Insulin DeliveryW. L. Gore & AssociatesBurgess, Diane J 01/20/2020 214,500

Targeting replication stress avoidance in cancerDHHS/NIH/National Cancer Institute/University of Massachusetts Medical School

Hadden, Matthew K 03/07/2020 75,438

Genetics of HSV DNA ReplicationDHHS/NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/University of Connecticut Health Center

Wright, Dennis 03/13/2020 1,028,525

School of Social Work $310,867 2 Awards


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Total Anticipated


School of Social Work 310,867 2 Awards

Transitions Clinic Network: Post Incarceration Addiction Treatment, Healthcare and Social Support (TCN PATHS) Study

DHHS/NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse/Yale University

Lin, Hsiu-Ju 03/27/2020 195,945

Connecticut Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Other Related Disabilities (LEND) Project - Year 4

DHHS/Department of Health and Human Services/University of Connecticut Health Center

Wilson, Cristina 02/12/2020 114,922

Academic and Service Programs $21,302 1 Awards

Stamford Regional Campus 21,302 1 Awards

Fisheries and Carbon Offsets: Assessing existing and potential seaweed aquaculture markers

DOC/NOAA/Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR)/University of California, Santa Barbara

Augyte, Simona 02/20/2020 21,302

Vice President for Research $318,023 2 Awards

Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering 318,023 2 Awards

A Quantitative Assessment of the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Algae, Cyanobacteria, Cyanotoxins, and Water Quality in Lower Bolton Lake

DOI/United States Geological SurveyPerkins, Christopher R 03/03/2020 25,000

OPUS: CRS - A Cross-Scale Synthesis in a Disturbance-Mediated System: Integrating Population, Community, and Metacommunity Perspectives

NSF/National Science FoundationWillig, Michael R 01/23/2020 293,023

University of Connecticut - Storrs & Regional $29,411,389Awards 118

School of Dental Medicine $3,522,699 2 Awards

Biomedical Engineering-SODM 21,208 1 Awards

Systems Analysis of Phenotypic Switch in Control of Cancer InvasionDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Yale UniversityGupta, Kshitiz 01/02/2020 21,208

Oral Health and Diagnostic Sciences 3,501,491 1 Awards

Individualized Assessment and Treatment Program for TMD:Coping as a Mechanism

DHHS/NIH/National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research

Litt, Mark D 02/11/2020 3,501,491

School of Medicine $14,549,122 27 Awards

Academic Affairs and Education 90,170 1 Awards

Uncovering Interactions of the Gut Microbiome with the Immune System in the Context of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthChung, Jennifer 03/04/2020 90,170

Cell Biology 1,763,000 1 Awards

Cytoplasmic Maturation in Mouse OocytesDHHS/NIH/National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Mehlmann, Lisa M 03/02/2020 1,763,000

Connecticut Convergence Institute 341,694 3 Awards

Creating an Asthma Network: Improving Asthma Management for Children in the North Hartford Promise Zone

CIGNA Foundation/Connecticut Children's Medical Center

Kuo, Chia-ling 03/03/2020 7,378

Connecticut Community Health Science InitiativeAetna FoundationLaurencin, Cato 01/09/2020 281,250

Biogegradable piezoelectric scaffold for bone regenerationDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/University of Connecticut

Lo, Wai Hong 01/06/2020 53,066

Dermatology 23,958 3 Awards

2020 AbbVie Grant for Dermatology Residents to Use for Travel and Housing Assistance for the AAD Annual Meeting. "2020 AbbVie Grant for Healthcare Providers in Training Educational Conference Award No. SCH-40558"

AbbVieWhitaker-Worth, Diane L 01/21/2020 17,000


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Total Anticipated


2020 AAD Residents Travel and Housing Assistance ProgramAmerican Academy of DermatologyWhitaker-Worth, Diane L 01/22/2020 4,500

AAD Excellence in Patient Care-Dermatology Residency QI Grant AwardAmerican Academy of DermatologyWhitaker-Worth, Diane L 01/29/2020 2,458

Genetics and Genome Sciences 468,000 2 Awards

Integrated multi-omics analyses of early mammalian craniofacial developmentDHHS/NIH/National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

Cotney, Justin L 01/08/2020 328,000

Combinatorial Dosage Correction in Down SyndromeLuMind Research Down Syndrome FoundationPinter, Stefan F 01/15/2020 140,000

Immunology 2,050,000 1 Awards

Host-Derived Extracelluar Vesicles in Inflammatory Caspase Activation. Award No. 1R01 AI148491-01AI

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthRathinam, Vijay A 01/16/2020 2,050,000

Medicine 451,995 4 Awards

Health Equity Advocacy Research Program. Grant Number 49279Hartford Foundation for Public GivingBarry, Linda K 01/17/2020 270,000

A Multicenter, Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo Controlled, Phase 3 Study to Determine if RTB101 Prevents Clinically Symptomatic Respiratory Illness in the Elderly.

resTORbioMetersky, Mark L 01/30/2020 14,000

Transcriptomic profile of e-cigarette usersDHHS/NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/University of Arizona

Perez, Mario F 02/24/2020 15,000

Senior Scientific Advisor. Award No. 20-010226-04Connecticut Children's Medical CenterRadolf, Justin D 03/06/2020 152,995

Molecular Biology & Biophysics 4,335,037 3 Awards

Studies on Determination of Germinant Specificity of Bacillus Spore Germinant Receptors

DOD/Department of DefenseSetlow, Peter 03/26/2020 160,000

Alginate Simulant/Pathogen Comparison WorkMassachusetts Institute of TechnologySetlow, Peter 02/10/2020 187,000

Genetics of HSV DNA ReplicationDHHS/NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Weller, Sandra K 01/09/2020 3,988,037

Neag Cancer Center (SOM) 995,818 3 Awards

2020 Solidarity Week for Compassionate Patient and Family Care at UConn Health

Gold (Arnold P.) Foundation for Humanism in MedicineHook, Karen M 01/30/2020 600

Colorectal Cancer Prevention by a Novel EPA Analogue TP-252 and Naproxen in FAP and Lynch Syndrome Models

DHHS/NIH/National Cancer Institute/University of Alabama, Birmingham

Rosenberg, Daniel W 01/14/2020 845,218

Collaborative Partnership between Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and UCONN Health Cancer Center

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer CenterSrivastava, Pramod K 01/06/2020 150,000

Psychiatry 1,471,070 3 Awards

A Phase 3, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind Trial of Brexpiprazole as Combination Therapy with Sertraline in the Treatment of Adults with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. Protocol No. 331-201-00071

Otsuka American PharmaceuticalKamath, Jayesh 03/23/2020 96,616

UConn Health Parenting Program: A Compass for Family Well-BeingCT Office of Early ChildhoodSteinberg, Karen L 01/29/2020 923,454

A Neural Study of the Maturational Shift in Emotion Regulation in Healthy Aging and Depression

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthWang, Lihong 01/17/2020 451,000

Public Health Sciences 20,000 1 Awards

National Capacity Building Center of Disability in Public HealthDHHS/CDC/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Association of University Centers on Disability (AUCD)

Bruder, Mary E 02/27/2020 20,000


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Total Anticipated


Surgery 453,522 1 Awards

Using Modified Synthetic MicroRNAs to Control Foriegn Body Reactions in VivoDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthSharafieh, Roshanak 02/25/2020 453,522

UConn Center on Aging 2,084,858 1 Awards

Targeting p21-positive Senescent Cells in vivo for Alleviating Metabolic and Physical Dysfunction

DHHS/NIH/National Institute on AgingXu, Ming 03/30/2020 2,084,858

Other UConn Health $24,992 1 Awards

Other UConn Health 24,992 1 Awards

Hartford Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Initiative (HTTP)/Evidence Based Intervention Partners

DHHS/Office of Adolescent Health/City of Hartford, CTSalazar, Juan 01/21/2020 24,992

University of Connecticut Health $18,096,813Awards 30

Grand Total $47,508,202 148 Awards


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Quarterly Award List by Managing Department

Total Anticipated


College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources Awards 18 $2,141,642

Agricultural and Resource Economics Awards 1 302,052

02/03/2020Rollins, Kimberly S NSF/National Science Foundation/University of Nevada, Reno

INFEWS/T2: NEWIR Manure: Nutrients, Energy, and Water Innovations for Resource Recovery

302,052

Animal Science Awards 2 50,777

02/27/2020Amalaradjou, Mary A Bactana Effect of FPS on Broiler Growth and Performance 30,029

01/10/2020D'Amico, Dennis Walker (George) Milk Research Fund Commercial bateriophage preparations to control pathogens in milk and dairy products

20,748

Extension Awards 5 128,580

01/17/2020Griffiths-Smith, Faye I Consumer Federation of America Connecticut Saves Week 2020 1,000

03/02/2020Wilson, Emily H CT Office of Policy and Management Serving and Distributing 2019 Aerial Imagery 33,859

02/27/2020Welch, Mary E USDA/National Institute of Food and Agriculture/University of Missouri

Connecticut Healthy Homes 2019-2020 - Social Media 14,000

02/03/2020Worthley, Thomas E USDA/Natural Resources Conservation Service Forest Management Practices Promoting Soil Health 74,721

02/03/2020Gray, Pamela M USDA/National Institute of Food and Agriculture/Kansas State University

UConn 4-H Military Partnership Project 5,000

Kinesiology Awards 2 827,629

03/30/2020Casa, Douglas J National Football League (NFL) Foundation TUFSS-NFL 800,000

01/16/2020Lee, Elaine Tohi Ventures Arconia Melanocarpe Effects on Longevity and Stress Resilience, Pilot Human Studies

27,629

Nutritional Sciences Awards 4 419,690

01/13/2020Chun, Ock K. DHHS/NIH/National Institute on Aging/Jackson Laboratory

Microbiome Plasticity and Pathogenicity in Older Adults: Baselines and Transitions from Skilled Nursing Care

17,132

03/20/2020Chun, Ock K. USDA/National Institute of Food and Agriculture Blackcurrant Modifies Gut Microbiota and Reduces the Risk of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial

190,643

01/02/2020Rodriguez, Nancy R National Cattlemen's Beef Association Essential Amino Acid Density: Inequality Between Animal- vs. Plant-based Dietary Patterns

12,021

03/16/2020Blesso, Christopher N USDA/National Institute of Food and Agriculture Evaluation of Dairy Lipids on Gut Microbiota Composition and Colitis Development

199,894

Pathobiology Awards 3 382,914

01/20/2020Geary, Steven J DOD/Defense Threat Reduction Agency/Leidos TD-O2-009: Biorisk Management Curriculum Development -- Academic Track - Jordan

287,055

02/03/2020Tulman, Edan National Pork Board/University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Identification of protective antigens of African swine fever virus 66,722

02/14/2020Levin, Milton J FL Department of Environmental Protection/Loggerhead Marinelife Center

Improving Quality and Coastline Cleanliness 29,137

Plant Science and Landscape Architecture Awards 1 30,000

03/09/2020Guillard, Karl Golf Course Superintendents Association of America Developing Minimum Levels for Sustainable Nutrition (MLSN) for New England Golf Course Soils

30,000

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Awards 36 $9,642,935

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Total Anticipated


Anthropology Awards 3 90,437

03/05/2020Adler, Daniel S NSF/National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research: A 3D Geometric Morphometric Study of Technological Change in the Eurasian Middle Pleistocene

25,142

02/07/2020McBride, Kevin A NSF/National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research: Plant Microfossils, Domesticates, and Processing Strategies in Southern New England 2500-500 BP - Krista Dotzel

29,300

01/30/2020Smith, Chrystal A NSF/National Science Foundation/Florida Polytechnic University

Collaborative: Standard: Enhancing Internships with Professional Ethics Training: Cultivating an Ethical Engineer Identity

35,995

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Awards 7 1,193,588

03/13/2020Wegrzyn, Jill L NSF/BIO/Directorate for Biological Sciences CAREER: Advancing evolutionary genomics and eukaryotic biodiversity research through accurate, scalable, and flexible frameworks for structural genome annotation

563,366

01/28/2020Knutie, Sarah A Galapagos Conservancy Prevalence of Microplastics in Darwin's finches in the Galapagos Islands 15,280

02/20/2020Knutie, Sarah A NSF/BIO/Directorate for Biological Sciences SG: Eco-evolution in a concrete jungle: how rapid urbanization affects host-parasite interactions in the Galapagos Islands

199,944

02/06/2020Tingley, Morgan W DOI/Department of the Interior Incorporating pyrodiversity into wildlife habitat assessments for post-fire management and recovery

25,000

02/20/2020Bolnick, Daniel I DHHS/NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences/University of Texas, Austin

Genomic Causes and Consequences of Sexually Antagonistic Selection 68,752

02/20/2020Augyte, Simona DOC/NOAA/Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR)/University of California, Santa Barbara

Fisheries and Carbon Offsets: Assessing existing and potential seaweed aquaculture markers

21,302

01/09/2020Umanzor-Rodriguez, ScheherazadaDOE/Advanced Research Projects Agency Assessing Kelp Nutrient Bioextraction Capacity in Aquaculture Farms in the US with Implications for Conservation and Management

299,944

Linguistics Awards 1 11,746

03/30/2020Gajewski, Jon NSF/National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research: On the Semantics of Evidentials in Southern Aymara

11,746

Marine Sciences Awards 7 900,065

01/20/2020Ward, J E DOC/NOAA/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Determining Uptake and Elimination of Microplastics by Cultured Oysters in Connecticut: Establishing a Data Base to Separate Fact from Conjecture

149,998

01/20/2020O'Donnell, James DOC/NOAA/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The East River: Historic and Future Impacts on Long Island Sound 137,729

01/20/2020Baumann, Hannes DOC/NOAA/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

A Re-Emergent Spawning Population of Atlantic Sturgeon in the Connecticut River? Combined Age Analyses and Telemetry Data Will Provide New Insights

149,690

01/30/2020Siedlecki, Samantha A DOC/Department of Commerce/Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems

Seasonal Forecasts of ocean acidification variability in Washington and Oregon Waters

19,566

03/10/2020Dam Guerrero, Hans G EPA/Environmental Protection Agency/CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

LIS Mesozooplankton and Microzooplankton identification and Analyses, 2020 238,171

03/10/2020Lin, Senjie EPA/Environmental Protection Agency/CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

Identification of Phytoplankton Collected from Long island Sound, 2020 123,205

02/28/2020Granger, Julie NSF/National Science Foundation Collaborative Research: Refining the use of Scleractinian Cold-Water Skeleton-Bound d15N as a Proxy for marine N Cycling

81,706

Mathematics Awards 4 428,393

02/27/2020Lozano-Robledo, Alvaro NSF/National Science Foundation CTNT 2020: Connecticut Summer School and Conference in Number Theory 34,993

02/27/2020Schiffler, Ralf NSF/MPS/Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences

International Conference in Representations of Algebras (ICRA XIX) 38,400

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Total Anticipated


03/26/2020Gordina, Maria NSF/National Science Foundation Probabilistic methods in analysis, geometry and beyond 330,000

03/03/2020Lozano-Robledo, Alvaro NSA/National Security Agency Connecticut Summer School in Number Theory 25,000

Molecular and Cell Biology Awards 2 163,765

02/26/2020Teschke, Carolyn M DHHS/NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

A Novel Protein Export Chaperone of Mycobacterium Turberculosis 123,515

03/10/2020Alder, Nathan N DHHS/NIH/National Institute on Aging/University of Washington

Mitochondrial Protective Interventions, Aging and Healthspan 40,250

Physics Awards 4 689,063

01/15/2020Battersby, Cara NSF/MPS/Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences/National Radio Astronomy Observatory

NRAO Student Observing Support Award to Jennifer Wallace 34,192

02/27/2020Blum, Thomas C RIKEN, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research

RBRC Service Contract 7,200

03/18/2020Trump, Jonathan R NASA/National Aeronautics and Space Administration Multiwavelength Spectral Energy Distributions of Reverberation-Mapped Quasars: Measuring Mass, Spin, Ionization, and Obscuration

217,312

01/07/2020Trump, Jonathan R NSF/National Science Foundation CAREER: Echo Mapping the Census of Supermassive Black Hole Mass, Accretion, and Spin

430,359

Physiology and Neurobiology Awards 3 5,176,030

03/02/2020Nishiyama, Akiko DHHS/NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

SNARE Complex-Mediated Exocytosis in Oligodendrocyte Differentiation and Survival

1,744,715

03/26/2020Sun, Jianjun DHHS/NIH/National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Physiological Functions of Female Reproductive Tract Secretions 1,670,375

02/03/2020Conover, Joanne DHHS/NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Disease Mechanisms of Prenatal and Pediatric Acquired Hydrocephalus 1,760,940

Political Science Awards 1 60,000

01/27/2020Hertel, Shareen Taylor & Francis Group The Journal of Human Rights 60,000

Psychological Sciences Awards 2 231,626

01/22/2020Fitch, Roslyn H Angelman Syndrome Foundation Developmental Ube3a effects on Language-related assessments in a mouse AS model

197,126

03/02/2020Astur, Robert International Center for Responsible Gaming A Virtual Reality Intervention for Reducing Problematic Gambling in Young Adults

34,500

Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences Awards 1 646,962

03/13/2020Skoe, Erika NSF/SBE/Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences

Neural predictors of individual differences in speech perception 646,962

Statistics Awards 1 51,260

03/13/2020Yan, Jun CT Office of Health Strategy /University of Connecticut Health Center

State Innovation Model Quality Scorecard 51,260

Neag School of Education Awards 3 $3,965,003

Curriculum and Instruction Awards 1 799,495

02/28/2020Settlage, John NSF/National Science Foundation Modeling Secondary School STEM Teacher Retention via Ecological Theories 799,495

Educational Psychology Awards 2 3,165,508

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Total Anticipated


03/04/2020Renzulli, Joseph S Cooke (Jack Kent) Foundation Young Scholars Senior Summit 255,295

01/15/2020Coyne, Michael D CT Department of Education Connecticut K-3 Literacy Initiative (CK3LI) 2020-2021 2,910,213

School of Business Awards 1 $28,349

Center for Economic Analysis Awards 1 28,349

01/15/2020Carstensen, Fred V World Edge Data World Edge Data Centers Project 28,349

School of Engineering Awards 34 $5,517,770

Center for Clean Energy Engineering Awards 4 1,258,671

01/06/2020Carbone, Francesco NSF/ENG/Directorate for Engineering Unraveling Soot Inception in Diffusion Flames with State-of-the-Art Sampling, Conditioning and Analysis Techniques

308,658

01/02/2020Lu, Tianfeng DOD/Air Force/Air Force Office of Scientific Research/CFD Research Corporation

Computationally Efficient, Accurate and Uncertainty Characterized Chemical Kinetics for Hydrocarbon Fuels

212,000

01/17/2020Lu, Tianfeng DOE/Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy/Stanford University

Development of High-Fidelity and Efficient Modeling Capabilities for Enabling Co-Optimization of Fuels and Multi-Mode Engines

300,000

01/09/2020McCutcheon, Jeffrey R DOE/Department of Energy/American Institute of Chemical Engineers

High Purity Ethanol Without Distillation: Carbon Nanotube Enabled Ethanol Dewatering

438,013

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Awards 3 691,825

03/11/2020Burkey, Daniel D NSF/EHR/Directorate for Education and Human Resources

Collaborative Research: IUSE: E-ETHICS: Engineering Ethics Through High-Impact Collaborative/Competitive Scenarios

118,878

03/31/2020Cho, Yongku P DHHS/NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Human antibodies recognizing oligomeric tau 442,750

03/30/2020Srivastava, Ranjan NSF/BIO/Directorate for Biological Sciences RAPID: Multiscale Modeling of COVID-19 Viral Dynamics 130,197

Computer Science and Engineering Awards 6 759,747

01/24/2020Michel, Laurent D Comcast Corporation CSI Selected Projects 2020: TSF Service/Tenant Automated Deployment 71,262

02/25/2020Yang, Qian IUCRC – Mixed Sources/University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Machine Learning-Enabled In-Progress Defect Detection 47,000

02/28/2020Demurjian, Steven A CT Office of Health Strategy /University of Connecticut Health Center

MOA Between the Office of Health Strategy and the University of Connecticut 23,264

03/19/2020Rajasekaran, Sanguthevar NSF/CISE/Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering

Ninth International Conference on Computational Advances in Bio & Medical Sciences (ICCABS)- Travel Awards

8,000

03/12/2020Nabavi, Sheida NSF/CISE/Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering

CAREER: Machine learning and signal processing methods for analyzing single-cell sequencing data

499,991

02/12/2020Michel, Laurent D Comcast Corporation CSI Selected Projects 2020: Open Source Component Analysis 110,230

Connecticut Transportation Institute Awards 3 219,069

03/05/2020Esmaili Zaghi, Arash NSF/ENG/Directorate for Engineering Rapid/Collaborative Research: Investigation of Multi-Hazard Damage to Puerto Rico's Infrastructure Interaction of Hurricane and Earthquakes

43,069

02/06/2020Mahoney, James M CT Department of Transportation Connecticut Cooperative Highway Research Program (Joint Highway Research Advisory Council Work Program FY 19)

88,000

02/06/2020Mahoney, James M CT Department of Transportation Connecticut Cooperative Highway Research Program (Joint Highway Research Advisory Council Work Program FY20)

88,000

Electrical and Computer Engineering Awards 2 80,987

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Total Anticipated


02/14/2020Javidi, Bahram Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. Photon Counting Passive Three-dimensional Imaging and Recognition with Hamamatsu EM CCD and sCMOS Cameras: Statistical Analysis

50,000

03/11/2020Chandy, John A United Technologies-Pratt & Whitney Hardware Tamper Vulnerabilities and Hardening in Engine Controls 30,987

Eversource Energy Center Awards 4 1,036,500

03/09/2020Astitha, Marina Eversource Improving Extreme Weather Forecasting Capabilities in support of Power Outage Prediction Activities

300,000

03/26/2020Anagnostou, Emmanouil N Eversource Pumped-hydroelectric energy storage from water supply reservoirs in New England

150,000

03/26/2020Shen, Xinyi Eversource Evaluation of Eversource-CT Substations Vulnerability of Flooding in Current and Climate Change

286,500

03/02/2020Anagnostou, Emmanouil N Eversource Research Faculty Position for Power Grid Simulation Testbed Management 300,000

Mechanical Engineering Awards 7 1,092,963

02/20/2020Jordan, Eric H United Technologies-Pratt & Whitney CMAS- Gradient Rig 2020 160,000

01/30/2020Xu, Hongyi Ford Motor Company Computation Design of Lattice Structures for Vehicle Impact Performance with Structural Uncertainties Induced by AM Process

149,963

01/30/2020Zhang, Dianyun NSF/ENG/Directorate for Engineering CAREER: Pushing the Performance Limit of Composite Structures: Integrated Modeling of Manufacturing Processes and Materials

550,000

01/23/2020Zhang, Dianyun United Technologies-Pratt & Whitney Manufacturing Process Modeling for OMC 71,000

01/14/2020Weber, Bryan W NASA/National Aeronautics and Space Administration/University of Hartford

Investigating the Atomization Process of a Modern Pressure-Swirl Aero-Engine Fuel Injector at Engine Relevant Pressures

10,000

02/18/2020Zhao, Xinyu United Technologies-Research Center Modeling of thermal radiation in aero-engine combustors 78,000

02/06/2020Cetegen, Baki United Technologies-Pratt & Whitney Continued Work on Thermal Characterization of Effusion Cooled Liner Panels For Combustor Durability

74,000

UTC Institute for Advanced Systems Engineering Awards 5 378,008

02/06/2020Bollas, Georgios United Technologies-Pratt & Whitney Model-Based Systems Engineering Modeling Abstractions for System Definition and Performance Analysis

75,000

03/27/2020Bollas, Georgios United Technologies-Collins Aerospace Inferential Sensing for Aerospace Systems Analytics, Diagnostics and Prognostics

84,350

01/29/2020Thompson, Amy United Illuminating Company Whole Building Energy Analysis and Benchmarking 50,000

01/06/2020Tang, Jiong Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute/University of Washington

Automated Defect Inspection of Complex Metallic Parts 163,658

01/23/2020Stuber, Matthew D Computer Aids for Chemical Engineering (CACHE) Coding Concepts and Chemical Engineering Analysis with Interactive Jupyter Notebooks

5,000

School of Fine Arts Awards 2 $10,400

School of Fine Arts Awards 2 10,400

02/11/2020Bradford, Michael CT Department of Economic and Community Development

Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 6,565

02/11/2020Bradford, Michael NEA/National Endowment for the Arts/CT Department of Economic and Community Development

Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 3,835

School of Law Awards 1 $95,000

School of Law Awards 1 95,000

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Total Anticipated


02/14/2020Perkins, Lisa E DOTR/Internal Revenue Service Low Income Taxpayer Clinic FY20-FY22 95,000

School of Pharmacy Awards 5 $2,613,647

Pharmaceutical Sciences Awards 5 2,613,647

01/20/2020Burgess, Diane J W. L. Gore & Associates Investigation of Obstruction of Catheters Used for Intraperitoneal Insulin Delivery 214,500

03/07/2020Hadden, Matthew K DHHS/NIH/National Cancer Institute/University of Massachusetts Medical School

Targeting replication stress avoidance in cancer 75,438

01/22/2020Aneskievich, Brian J DOD/Department of Defense Cytoplasmic Suppression of Inflammatory Signaling 322,000

03/24/2020Burgess, Diane J DHHS/FDA/Food and Drug Administration Impact of Polymer Attributes on the Performance of In Situ Forming Implants 973,184

03/13/2020Wright, Dennis DHHS/NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/University of Connecticut Health Center

Genetics of HSV DNA Replication 1,028,525

School of Social Work Awards 2 $310,867

School of Social Work Awards 2 310,867

02/12/2020Wilson, Cristina DHHS/Department of Health and Human Services/University of Connecticut Health Center

Connecticut Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Other Related Disabilities (LEND) Project - Year 4

114,922

03/27/2020Lin, Hsiu-Ju DHHS/NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse/Yale University

Transitions Clinic Network: Post Incarceration Addiction Treatment, Healthcare and Social Support (TCN PATHS) Study

195,945

Vice President for Research Awards 16 $5,085,776

Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering Awards 5 912,035

03/18/2020Kirchhoff, Christine NSF/National Science Foundation CAREER: Humanizing Engineering and Resilience: An integrated research and education approach to understand and enhance infrastructure resilience

500,076

01/08/2020Lawrence, Beth A DOI/United States Fish and Wildlife Service Starving for Sediment: How do Differential Sediment Levels Effect Coastal Wetland Restoration

43,936

01/23/2020Willig, Michael R NSF/National Science Foundation OPUS: CRS - A Cross-Scale Synthesis in a Disturbance-Mediated System: Integrating Population, Community, and Metacommunity Perspectives

293,023

03/03/2020Perkins, Christopher R DOI/United States Geological Survey A Quantitative Assessment of the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Algae, Cyanobacteria, Cyanotoxins, and Water Quality in Lower Bolton Lake

25,000

01/20/2020Vadas, Timothy M DOC/NOAA/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Stormwater Treatment Trains: From BMPs to Floodplains 50,000

Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention and Policy Awards 10 4,126,741

02/17/2020Sosis, Richard H Templeton Religion Trust/Issachar Fund Religion and Sport: An Ethnographic Study of the Adaptive Consequences of Syncretic Meaning Systems

60,024

03/23/2020Shook, Natalie NSF/SBE/Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences

RAPID: Characterizing Changes in Social Attitudes and Behavior in Response to COVID-19

182,574

01/21/2020Andreyeva, Tatiana USDA/Food and Nutrition Service/CT Department of Education

Capabilities of an Online Training Platform for the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)

24,132

01/14/2020Andreyeva, Tatiana Johnson (Robert Wood) Foundation Understanding the lost opportunity of the Child and Adult Care Food Program in improving child nutrition and reducing health inequities

200,000

01/10/2020Andreyeva, Tatiana DHHS/CMS/Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services/CT Office of Health Strategy

Excise Tax on Sweetened Beverages in Connecticut 19,262

01/21/2020Schwartz, Marlene B USDA/Food and Nutrition Service/CT Department of Education

Assessing Connecticut District Policies using the WSCC Model 49,750

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Total Anticipated


02/20/2020Kalichman, Seth C DHHS/NIH/National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health/University of California, Los Angeles

Effectiveness of a CBT-Based mHealth Intervention Targeting MOUD Retention Adherence and Opioid Use

26,191

01/27/2020Kalichman, Seth C DHHS/NIH/National Institute of Mental Health Dose Determination Trial for Implementing Evidence-Based Behavioral Interventions

2,893,269

02/24/2020Park, Crystal Templeton Religion Trust/University of Oxford Relative Influence and Religion and Science on Meaning Systems: Impact on Understanding of the World and Adaptive Behavior

176,000

03/23/2020Fiala, Nathan USDA/National Institute of Food and Agriculture Strategies for Economic Growth in Rural New England and Their Impact on Public-Health Crises

495,539

Institute of Materials Science Awards 1 47,000

02/25/2020Ma, Wing Kui Anson IUCRC – Mixed Sources/University of Massachusetts, Lowell

C5-19 (Pilot-Scale Binder Jetting for Printing Food and Polymer Parts) 47,000

University of Connecticut - Storrs & Regional Awards 118 $29,411,389

School of Dental Medicine Awards 2 $3,522,699

Biomedical Engineering-SODM Awards 1 21,208

01/02/2020Gupta, Kshitiz DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Yale University Systems Analysis of Phenotypic Switch in Control of Cancer Invasion 21,208

Oral Health and Diagnostic Sciences Awards 1 3,501,491

02/11/2020Litt, Mark D DHHS/NIH/National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research

Individualized Assessment and Treatment Program for TMD:Coping as a Mechanism

3,501,491

School of Medicine Awards 27 $14,549,122

Academic Affairs and Education Awards 1 600

01/30/2020Hook, Karen M Gold (Arnold P.) Foundation for Humanism in Medicine 2020 Solidarity Week for Compassionate Patient and Family Care at UConn Health

600

Cell Biology Awards 1 1,763,000

03/02/2020Mehlmann, Lisa M DHHS/NIH/National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Cytoplasmic Maturation in Mouse Oocytes 1,763,000

Center for Molecular Oncology Awards 1 845,218

01/14/2020Rosenberg, Daniel W DHHS/NIH/National Cancer Institute/University of Alabama, Birmingham

Colorectal Cancer Prevention by a Novel EPA Analogue TP-252 and Naproxen in FAP and Lynch Syndrome Models

845,218

Connecticut Convergence Institute Awards 3 341,694

01/06/2020Lo, Wai Hong DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/University of Connecticut

Biogegradable piezoelectric scaffold for bone regeneration 53,066

01/09/2020Laurencin, Cato Aetna Foundation Connecticut Community Health Science Initiative 281,250

03/03/2020Kuo, Chia-ling CIGNA Foundation/Connecticut Children's Medical Center

Creating an Asthma Network: Improving Asthma Management for Children in the North Hartford Promise Zone

7,378

Dermatology Awards 3 23,958

01/21/2020Whitaker-Worth, Diane L AbbVie 2020 AbbVie Grant for Dermatology Residents to Use for Travel and Housing Assistance for the AAD Annual Meeting. "2020 AbbVie Grant for Healthcare Providers in Training Educational Conference Award No. SCH-40558"

17,000

01/29/2020Whitaker-Worth, Diane L American Academy of Dermatology AAD Excellence in Patient Care-Dermatology Residency QI Grant Award 2,458

01/22/2020Whitaker-Worth, Diane L American Academy of Dermatology 2020 AAD Residents Travel and Housing Assistance Program 4,500

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Total Anticipated


Genetics and Genome Sciences Awards 3 558,170

01/08/2020Cotney, Justin L DHHS/NIH/National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

Integrated multi-omics analyses of early mammalian craniofacial development 328,000

01/15/2020Pinter, Stefan F LuMind Research Down Syndrome Foundation Combinatorial Dosage Correction in Down Syndrome 140,000

03/04/2020Chung, Jennifer DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health Uncovering Interactions of the Gut Microbiome with the Immune System in the Context of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors

90,170

Immunology Awards 1 2,050,000

01/16/2020Rathinam, Vijay A DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health Host-Derived Extracelluar Vesicles in Inflammatory Caspase Activation. Award No. 1R01 AI148491-01AI

2,050,000

Medicine Awards 4 451,995

01/17/2020Barry, Linda K Hartford Foundation for Public Giving Health Equity Advocacy Research Program. Grant Number 49279 270,000

03/06/2020Radolf, Justin D Connecticut Children's Medical Center Senior Scientific Advisor. Award No. 20-010226-04 152,995

02/24/2020Perez, Mario F DHHS/NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/University of Arizona

Transcriptomic profile of e-cigarette users 15,000

01/30/2020Metersky, Mark L resTORbio A Multicenter, Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo Controlled, Phase 3 Study to Determine if RTB101 Prevents Clinically Symptomatic Respiratory Illness in the Elderly.

14,000

Molecular Biology & Biophysics Awards 3 4,335,037

02/10/2020Setlow, Peter Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alginate Simulant/Pathogen Comparison Work 187,000

01/09/2020Weller, Sandra K DHHS/NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Genetics of HSV DNA Replication 3,988,037

03/26/2020Setlow, Peter DOD/Department of Defense Studies on Determination of Germinant Specificity of Bacillus Spore Germinant Receptors

160,000

Neag Cancer Center (SOM) Awards 1 150,000

01/06/2020Srivastava, Pramod K Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Collaborative Partnership between Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and UCONN Health Cancer Center

150,000

Psychiatry Awards 3 1,471,070

01/29/2020Steinberg, Karen L CT Office of Early Childhood UConn Health Parenting Program: A Compass for Family Well-Being 923,454

01/17/2020Wang, Lihong DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health A Neural Study of the Maturational Shift in Emotion Regulation in Healthy Aging and Depression

451,000

03/23/2020Kamath, Jayesh Otsuka American Pharmaceutical A Phase 3, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind Trial of Brexpiprazole as Combination Therapy with Sertraline in the Treatment of Adults with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. Protocol No. 331-201-00071

96,616

Public Health Sciences Awards 1 20,000

02/27/2020Bruder, Mary E DHHS/CDC/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Association of University Centers on Disability (AUCD)

National Capacity Building Center of Disability in Public Health 20,000

Surgery Awards 1 453,522

02/25/2020Sharafieh, Roshanak DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health Using Modified Synthetic MicroRNAs to Control Foriegn Body Reactions in Vivo 453,522

UConn Center on Aging Awards 1 2,084,858

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Total Anticipated


03/30/2020Xu, Ming DHHS/NIH/National Institute on Aging Targeting p21-positive Senescent Cells in vivo for Alleviating Metabolic and Physical Dysfunction

2,084,858

Other UConn Health Awards 1 $24,992

Other UConn Health Awards 1 24,992

01/21/2020Salazar, Juan DHHS/Office of Adolescent Health/City of Hartford, CT Hartford Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Initiative (HTTP)/Evidence Based Intervention Partners

24,992

University of Connecticut Health Awards 30 $18,096,813

Grand Total Awards 148 $47,508,202

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List of Awards Received FY19 · 2020-05-14 · 1 Awards 30,000 Developing Minimum Levels for Sustainable Nutrition (MLSN) for New England Golf Course Soils Guillard, Karl Golf Course