FY2024 Significant Sponsored Program Awards Approaching $1Million or Greater)
Updated 04/02/2024
| Principal Investigator | Departments | Sponsor | Grant Title | Total Project Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chopra, Gaurav | College of Science - Chemistry | Axle Informatics / NIH-Natnl Advancing Translational | Artificial Intelligence based Iterative Experimental Platform to Accelerate Drug Discovery | $2,650,000.00 |
| Datta, Supriyo | College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Eng | Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific | Hybrid MEMS-photonic integrated circuit based Convolution Accelerator | $2,680,189.00 |
| Ellison, Brenna Daun | College of Agriculture - Ag Economics | National Inst of Food & Agriculture | The Center for Food Conservation and Waste Reduction: Designing Co-Created Solutions to Improve Nutrition Security, Health Equity, and Environmental Sustainability | $1,500,000.00 |
| Lee, Chi Hwan | College of Engineering - Biomedical Eng | Phs-Nih National Eye Institute | Smart soft contact lenses for continuous 24-hour monitoring of intraocular pressure in glaucoma care | $2,177,089.00 |
| MacDermid Wadsworth, Shelley | College of Health & Human Sci - Human Development and Family Science | Henry M Jackson Foundation for the / National Guard Bureau | Extending the Reach of SBHP, FY 24, Y5 (NGB) | $1,895,001.00 |
| Massey, Kevin Carlton | PML - Microelectronics Lab - PML-Microelectronics | Purdue University / Army, Dept of the | PARI Westgate Workforce Development | $2,640,500.00 |
| Pourpoint, Timothee L | College of Engineering - Aero & Astro | Office Of Naval Research | Long Duration Clean Air Tunnel for Research at Hypersonic Flow Conditions | $993,222.00 |
| Trask, Sydney Marie | College of Health & Human Sci - Psychological Sciences | Phs-Nih Natnl Inst Of Mental Health | Behavioral, circuit, and molecular mechanisms underlying UCS deflation | $1,921,919.00 |
| Principal Investigator | Departments | Sponsor | Grant Title | Total Project Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowman, Aaron B | College of Health & Human Sci - Health Sciences | Phs-Nih Nat Inst Of Environment Hlth Sci | Mechanisms of Manganese Neurotoxicity | $4,017,938.00 |
| Cannon, Jason R | College of Health & Human Sci - Health Sciences | Phs-Nih Nat Inst Of Environment Hlth Sci | PFAS induced alterations in reward processing | $2,694,050.00 |
| Kasinski, Andrea L | College of Science - Biological Sciences | Phs-Nih National Cancer Institute | Enhancing miRNA Therapeutics through Vehicle Free Delivery | $1,930,000.00 |
| Okosun, Tyamo | Col. of Engineering & Sciences - CIVS | Carnegie-Mellon University / Doe-Er-conservation & Renewable Energy | Scaling Hydrogen-Direct Reduced Iron Pathways to Decarbonize Iron and Steelmaking | $1,152,104.00 |
| Pyrak-Nolte, Laura J | College of Science - Physics & Astronomy | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory / Energy, U.S. Department Of | Center for Understanding Subsurface Signals and Permeability (CUSSP) experimental geochemistry/geomechanics and sensing research and development support | $1,296,000.00 |
| Schlebach, Jonathan Patrick | College of Science - Chemistry | Phs-Nih Nat Inst Of General Medical Sci | Molecular Mechanisms of Membrane Protein Misfolding and Quality Control in Cellular Proteostasis | $2,675,438.00 |
| Strachan, Alejandro H | Centers & Institutes - Birck Nanotechnology | Applied Research Institute / Army, Dept of the | Silicon Crossroads | $1,000,000.00 |
| Wood, Holly Amber | Centers & Institutes - Regenstrief | North Central Health Services | Academic Community Partnership | $4,000,000.00 |
| Zhou, Qi | College of Pharmacy - Industrial and Molecular Pharmaceutics | Phs-Nih National Heart,Lung & Blood Inst | Aerosol delivery of combinational therapeutics targeting deadly lung infections | $2,430,837.00 |
| Ziviani, Davide | College of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering | Energy, U.S. Department Of | CoolScrew: Holistic Optimization of a High Temperature Heat Pump System with Internally Cooled Screw Compressors | $2,038,100.00 |
| Zollner, Patrick A | College of Agriculture - Forestry & Natural Resources | In Department Of Natural Resources / Interior, U.S. Department Of | Relationships Between Disease and Spatially Explicit Densities of Deer, Turkey, and Coyote | $998,489.00 |
| Principal Investigator | Departments | Sponsor | Grant Title | Total Project Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbott, Angela R | College of Health & Human Sci - HHS Admin | In State Department Of Health / AGRICULTURE, U.S. DEPT OF | Indiana NEP: SNAP-Ed Plan 2024-NEPA Direct Ed | $4,963,773.00 |
| Brunswicker, Sabine | Polytechnic Institute - Polytech Admin | Windracers USA LLC | AIDA: Artificial Intelligence for Digital Aviation | $1,500,000.00 |
| Chang, Leifu | College of Science - Biological Sciences | National Science Foundation | CAREER: Probing structural dynamics and regulatory mechanisms of RNA-guided CRISPR-Cas12 endonucleases and their analogues. | $1,296,592.00 |
| Chen, Weinong W | College of Engineering - Aero & Astro | Office Of Naval Research | Rig for Quantifying High Impact Speed Erosion | $1,651,252.00 |
| Gibert, James M | College of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering | Wabash National Corporation | Advance Concept Development: Energy Harvesting Technologies for Semi-Trailer Transportation Systems | $1,747,435.00 |
| Gregory, Anne E | Col. of Humanities, Ed. & SS - College of Humanities, Education & Soci | University Of Indianapolis / In Commission For Higher Education | Teach Dual Credit Indiana at PNW Grant Extension | $1,104,181.46 |
| Hirisave Shivaram, Niranjan | College of Science - Physics & Astronomy | Keck, W.M. Foundation | ATTOSECOND ENTANGLED PHOTON GENERATION FOR ATTOSECOND QUANTUM SPECTROSCOPY | $1,200,000.00 |
| Krusemark, Casey J | College of Pharmacy - MedChem/Molecul Phar | Phs-Nih Nat Inst Of General Medical Sci | Harnessing the In Vitro Selection for Activity-based Proteomics and Chemical Probe Development | $2,113,567.00 |
| Lundstrom, Mark S | College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Eng | IN Economic Development Corporation | IMEC-Purdue Collaboration | $1,750,000.00 |
| Park, Kinam | College of Engineering - Biomedical Eng | NIH-NATNL INST ON DRUG ABUSE | Injectable naltrexone 2-month depot formulations | $2,491,412.00 |
| Sotelo, Luz del Rosario | College of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering | University Of New Hampshire / National Science Foundation | FMRG: Eco: GOALI: CAS: Understanding the Sustainability Framework for Convergent In-Space Manufacturing | $1,062,941.00 |
| Varma, Amit H | IRIS - Infra Res & Innov Sol - Infra. Research & Innov. Solutions | Triad National Security, LLC / Los Alamos National Laboratory | Steel Composition Qualification Study phase 2 | $1,242,124.00 |
| Principal Investigator | Departments | Sponsor | Grant Title | Total Project Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baxmeyer, Adam W | Administrative Ops - Airport Operations | Greater Lafayette Commerce / IN Economic Development Corporation / Treasury, U.S. Department Of | Purdue Airport Funding from READI | $7,000,000.00 |
| Bullard, James Brian | Daniels School of Business-DSB - School of Business Administration | Lilly Endowment Inc. | Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business | $50,000,000.00 |
| Chen, Zhihong | Centers & Institutes - Birck Nanotechnology | Applied Research Institute / Defense, U.S. Department Of | University Network to Accelerate Lab-to-Fab | $4,569,800.00 |
| Douglas, Kerrie A | College of Engineering - Eng. Education | Applied Research Institute / Defense, U.S. Department Of | Silicon Crossroads Workforce Development | $7,500,000.00 |
| Gibson, Kevin D | College of Agriculture - Botany & Plant Path | Sloan, Alfred P. Foundation | The Sloan Indigenous Graduate Partnership | $1,533,358.00 |
| Moore, Tamara J | College of Engineering - Eng. Education | Applied Research Institute, Inc / Defense, U.S. Department Of | SCALE K-12 Silicon Crossroads ME Commons | $2,500,000.00 |
| Ngai, Ming Yu | College of Science - Chemistry | Phs-Nih Nat Inst Of General Medical Sci | EXCITED-STATE CATALYSIS IN ORGANIC SYNTHESIS - Change of Recipient Organization/Transfer | $1,295,883.00 |
| Rickus, Jenna L | Vice Provost for Teaching & Le - VP for Teaching & Learning Admin | Lilly Endowment Inc. | Wabash Heartland Campus and Community Collaboration | $25,000,000.00 |
| Sangid, Michael D | College of Engineering - Aero & Astro | Dynetics, Inc / Defense, U.S. Department Of | GAMMA-H proposal with Dynetics | $2,026,690.00 |
| Wei, Tiwei | College of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering | Advanced Res Projects Agency - Energy | Direct Two-phase Jet Impingement Cooling with Topology Optimized Surface Engineering and Phase Separation using Additive Manufacturing | $1,881,315.00 |
| Xu, Dongyan | Centers & Institutes - CERIAS | Air Force Research Laboratory | FIREFLY: A Cyber-Physical Framework for Scalable CPS Modeling and Simulation | $6,500,090.00 |
| Principal Investigator | Departments | Sponsor | Grant Title | Total Project Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hendrix, Gena Kenitra | College of Veterinary Medicine - ADDL | Colorado State University / Animal Plant Health Inspection Service | National Animal Health Laboratory Network Support Funding | $1,000,000.00 |
| Hillery, Elizabett A | Centers & Institutes - Regenstrief | National Science Foundation | Collaborative Research: SCIPE: Cyberinfrastructure Professionals InnoVating and BrOadening the Adoption of Advanced Technologies (CI PIVOT) | $3,749,415.00 |
| Mahmoudian, Nina | College of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering | Office Of Naval Research | A Cross-domain Dynamic Gateway | $1,304,994.00 |
| Mattes, Richard D | College of Health & Human Sci - Nutrition Science | Grain Foods Foundation | Health Effects of Consuming Categories of Grain Food in Adults | $1,500,000.00 |
| Zhang, Xinghang | College of Engineering - Materials Eng | Energy, U.S. Department Of | Accelerating discovery and diagnostics of plasma-wall interactions using maching learning | $2,482,020.00 |
| Principal Investigator | Departments | Sponsor | Grant Title | Total Project Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cannon, Jason R | College of Health & Human Sci - Health Sciences | Phs-Nih Nat Inst Of Environment Hlth Sci | Mechanisms of PhIP-induced dopaminergic neurotoxicity | $1,563,395.00 |
| Carroll, Chad C | College of Health & Human Sci - Health & Kinesiology | Phs-Nih Nat Inst Arthrit,Muscul,Skin Dis | Role of serum advanced glycation end-products in altering tendon properties with diabetes | $3,066,018.00 |
| Chen, Zhihong | Centers & Institutes - Birck Nanotechnology | National Science Foundation | DMREF: GOALI: Designing Materials for Next-generation Spintronic Devices | $2,000,000.00 |
| Chortos, Alex | College of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering | National Science Foundation | FMRG: Eco: Circular manufacturing of sustainable bioplastics from hemp-derived building blocks | $2,985,348.00 |
| Gallardo, Roberto | Partnerships - Purdue Center for Regional Develop | IN Economic Development Corporation | READI Evaluation | $1,699,759.00 |
| Haddock, John E | College of Engineering - Civil Engr | In Department Of Transportation | Indiana Local Technical Assistance Program 2023-2024 | $1,687,335.00 |
| Hall, Hana | College of Agriculture - Biochemistry | Phs-Nih Nat Inst Neuro Disorders,Strokes | Role of R-loops in transcriptional stress, genome instability, and chronic immune response in Alzheimer?s disease | $2,423,039.00 |
| Hoagland, Lori A | College of Agriculture - Hort/Landscape Archit | Universidad Nacional de San Agustin | UNSA NEXUS-PH III | $3,973,663.00 |
| Jiang, Wen | College of Science - Biological Sciences | Iu School Of Medicine / Phs-Nih Nat Inst Neuro Disorders,Strokes | Structure of amyloid fibrils in human and neurodegenerative diseases and aging | $1,102,994.00 |
| Kim, Tae Yoon | College of Engineering - Biomedical Eng | Phs-Nih Nat Inst Of General Medical Sci | Mitosis in Confining Microenvironments | $1,005,534.00 |
| Labi, Samuel | College of Engineering - Civil Engr | University Of Michigan / Transportation, U.S. Department Of | New Center for Connected and Automated Transportation, for Safety, Cybersecurity, and Equity (CCAT-SCE) | $1,750,000.00 |
| Malandraki, Georgia | College of Health & Human Sci - SLHS | Univ Of Illinois At Champaign-Urbana / Phs-Nih National Institute On Aging | SimulScan: Simultaneous functional and dynamic MRI for evaluating swallowing across age and in neurogenic dysphagia | $1,477,753.00 |
| Malushte, Sanjeev Ramkrishna | IRIS - Infra Res & Innov Sol - Infra. Research & Innov. Solutions | Federal Energy Regulatory Commission | Geotechnical and Structural Document for LNG Facilities | $1,622,700.00 |
| Mukherjee, Partha P | College of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering | UL Research Institutes | Center for Advances in Resilient Energy Storage (CARES) | $4,500,000.00 |
| Mull, Casey Downs | College of Agriculture - CES -4H | Lilly Endowment Inc. | Lilly Endowment - Strengthening Youth Programs | $3,000,000.00 |
| Titus, Michael S | College of Engineering - Materials Eng | Strategic Envrnmtl Res & Dev Program | Recycling of refractory alloy powders via surface etching in metal additive processes | $1,291,895.00 |
| Tu, Manghui | College of Technology - Comp Info Tech & Graphics (CIT&G) | National Security Agency | Continue, Sustain, and Expand the NCAE-C AI-Cybersecurity Workforce Certification Based Training Program CWCT | $2,500,000.00 |
| Vacca, Andrea | College of Agriculture - Ag & Biological Eng Program | Energy, U.S. Department Of | High Energy-Efficient Hybrid Excavator Powered by Hydrogen Combustion Engine | $2,492,978.00 |
| Wang, Haiyan | College of Engineering - Materials Eng | National Science Foundation | DMREF: Magneto-electro-optically coupled hybrid metamaterial thin film platform for photonic integrated circuits | $1,999,884.00 |
| Ward, Mark Daniel | Vice Provost for Teaching & Le - The Data Mine | Beck's Superior Hybrids, Inc. | Machine Learning for Predictive Breeding Technology | $1,921,632.00 |
| Xu, Dongyan | College of Science - Computer Science | UNIV of California-Santa Barbara / National Science Foundation | Theme 1: Institute for Artificial Cyber Threat Intelligence and OperatioN (ACTION) | $2,939,602.00 |
| Yih, Yuehwern | Global Development Innovation - Global Development and Innovation | Agency For International Development | LASER Buy-In: Randomized Impact Evaluation of Citizen Security in Guatemala (Mod #26 7200AA18CA00009) | $2,335,000.00 |
| Zhang, Zhong-Yin | College of Pharmacy - MedChem/Molecul Phar | Indiana University / Phs-Nih National Institute On Aging | IUSM Alzheimer's Disease Drug Discovery Center | $2,140,014.00 |
| Principal Investigator | Departments | Sponsor | Grant Title | Total Project Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker, Marshallrhea Evans | College of Veterinary Medicine - Diversity Programs | Health Resources & Services Admin | Vet Up! The National HCOP Academy for Veterinary Medicine | $3,225,879.00 |
| Baxmeyer, Adam W | Administrative Ops - Airport Operations | Federal Aviation Administration | Runway 5/23 Rehabilitation and Taxiway B3 Removal | $2,747,650.00 |
| Das, Chittaranjan | College of Science - Chemistry | Phs-Nih Nat Inst Of General Medical Sci | Mechanism of atypical ubiquitination and deubiquitination by bacterial effectors | $1,769,331.00 |
| Gao, Jing | College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Eng | National Science Foundation | Proto-OKN Theme 1: A Knowledge Graph Warehouse for Neighborhood Information | $1,500,000.00 |
| Huang, Libai | College of Science - Chemistry | National Science Foundation | Collaborative Research: DMREF: Designing Coherence and Entanglement in Perovskite Quantum Dot Assemblies | $1,200,000.00 |
| Huang, Rong | College of Pharmacy - MedChem/Molecul Phar | Army Medical Research Acquisition Activ | Targeting NNMT to inhibit obesity-associated breast cancer development and progression | $1,054,933.00 |
| Kasinski, Andrea L | College of Science - Biological Sciences | Phs-Nih National Cancer Institute | Ligand-mediated, vehicle-free delivery of small RNAs | $1,930,108.00 |
| Mull, Casey Downs | College of Agriculture - CES -4H | National Inst of Food & Agriculture | FY2023 Military Teen Adventure Camps | $1,140,000.00 |
| Rodriguez, Natalia Maria | College of Health & Human Sci - Public Health | Phs-Nih Natnl Ctr On Min Hlth & Hlth Dis | Addressing Cervical Cancer Disparities Among People Experiencing Homelessness | $1,382,625.00 |
| Tews, Matthew C | College of Veterinary Medicine - Medical Education | Indiana University | FY 23-24 IUSM - Lafayette General Fund | $2,131,079.00 |
| Zhang, Tianyi | College of Science - Computer Science | National Science Foundation | Proto-OKN Theme 1: Knowledge Graph Construction for Resilient, Trustworthy, and Secure Software Supply Chain | $1,499,989.00 |
| Ziviani, Davide | College of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering | Strategic Envrnmtl Res & Dev Program | Holistic Optimization of Air-Conditioning Systems for Military Use with Low-GWP Refrigerants | $1,425,160.00 |
| Principal Investigator | Departments | Sponsor | Grant Title | Total Project Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Datta, Supriyo | Centers & Institutes - Birck Nanotechnology | École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne / Defense Advanced Res Projects Agency | An integrated optomechanical mid-IR detector based on soft-clamped ultrahigh-Q resonators | $1,077,938.00 |
| Delaurentis, Daniel A | Centers & Institutes - Centers & Institutes | Stevens Institute Of Technology / Systems Engineering Research Center | WRT 1080- Research in support of the Defense Civilian Training Corps (DCTC) Program Development, Piloting, and Instrumentation | $4,455,594.00 |
| Fei, Songlin | College of Agriculture - Forestry & Natural Resources | American Forest Foundation / Natural Resources Conservation Serv | Engaging Family Forests to Improve Climate-Smart Commodities (EFFICACI) | $8,957,033.00 |
| Flaherty, Daniel P | College of Pharmacy - MedChem/Molecul Phar | University Of Rochester / Phs-Nih Nat Inst Allergy Infectious Dis | Inhibitors of adaptive efflux mediated resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii | $1,748,870.00 |
| Jayant, Krishna | College of Engineering - Biomedical Eng | Phs-Nih Natnl Inst Of Mental Health | Massively scalable 3D electrophysiology and two-photon imaging in freely-moving animals | $1,304,216.00 |
| Jones, Eugene W | Centers & Institutes - TAP/MEP | Office of Local Defense Community Coop | Indiana Defense Industrial Base (DIB) Capability Accelerator Program (IDCAP) 2.0 - Modernization | $1,000,000.00 |
| Li, Tongcang | College of Science - Physics & Astronomy | Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation | Nuclear spin detection and control in 2D materials | $1,250,000.00 |
| Mason, Linda J | Graduate School - Grad School Admin | National Science Foundation | NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) - Program Year 2023-24 | $2,407,000.00 |
| Meyer, Scott E | College of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering | Rolls-Royce Corporation | Increased High Pressure Air Storage for Zucrow Laboratories | $3,348,000.00 |
| Otte, Andrew D | College of Engineering - Biomedical Eng | NIH-NATNL INST ON DRUG ABUSE | Long acting biodegradable buprenorphine depots | $9,851,496.00 |
| Rui, Yichao | College of Agriculture - Agronomy | National Inst of Food & Agriculture | Empowering Indiana's Organic Farmers: Assessing Regional and Farm Scale Soil Health with a Farmer Network | $999,297.00 |
| Slabaugh, Carson D | College of Engineering - Aero & Astro | Air Force Research Laboratory | Liquified Natural Gas for Aviation Propulsion | $3,500,000.00 |
| Webb, Kevin J | College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Eng | Air Force Office Of Scientific Research | Super-Resolution Imaging and Sensing with Relative Motion in Structured Illumination and Multiply-Scattered Light | $1,255,785.00 |
| Zelechoski, Amanda Dovidio | Col. of Humanities, Ed. & SS - Psychology | Substance Abuse,Mental Health Serv Admin | Northwest Indiana Identification and Management of Pediatric Experiences of Trauma and Underlying Stress (NWI IMPETUS) | $2,999,623.00 |
| Principal Investigator | Departments | Sponsor | Grant Title | Total Project Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaudoin, Stephen P | College of Engineering - Chem Engr | Advanced Technology International / Defense, U.S. Department Of | Modern Manufacturing of Energetics | $2,300,000.00 |
| Bullock, Darcy M | College of Engineering - Civil Engr | In Department Of Transportation / Transportation, U.S. Department Of | TPF-5(519): Expansion: Enhanced Traffic Signal Performance Measures | $1,020,000.00 |
| Case, Amanda | College of Education - Educational Studies | National Science Foundation | Fostering Black and Latinx student STEM efficacy, interests, and identity: A participatory study of STEM programming and practices at one community-based organization | $1,969,709.00 |
| Datta, Supriyo | College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Eng | Office Of Naval Research | OptNet: Optimization with p-bit Networks | $4,500,000.00 |
| Howell, Kathleen | College of Engineering - Aero & Astro | Air Force Office Of Scientific Research | Characterizing Highways & Automated Navigation in Cislunar Environment (CHANCE) | $4,499,998.00 |
| Li, Christina W | College of Science - Chemistry | Phs-Nih Nat Inst Of General Medical Sci | Heterogeneous Directed Hydrogenation of Arenes and Olefins with Chemo- and Stereoselectivity | $1,865,324.00 |
| MacDermid Wadsworth, Shelley | College of Health & Human Sci - Human Development and Family Science | US Army Medical Res Acquisition | TURNING TRAINING INTO ACTION: TRANSLATING TRAINING OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROVIDERS INTO EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES | $1,294,062.00 |
| Rickus, Jenna L | Vice Provost for Teaching & Le - VP for Teaching & Learning Admin | Lilly Endowment Inc. | Purdue University Science of Reading Implementation Grant | $1,500,000.00 |
| Schneebeli, Severin Thomas | College of Pharmacy - Industrial and Molecular Pharmaceutics | National Institutes Of Health | Robust Sequence-defined Nanocages with Protein-mimetic Cavities | $1,832,411.00 |
