FY2023 Significant Sponsored Program Awards Approaching $1Million or Greater
Updated 05/02/2023
| Principal Investigator | Departments | Sponsor | Grant Title | Total Project Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fei, Songlin | College of Agriculture - Forestry & Natural Resources | National Inst of Food & Agriculture | Promoting Economic Resilience and Sustainability of the Eastern US Forests (PERSEUS) | $10,000,000.00 |
| Jiao, Dan | College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Eng | Defense Advanced Res Projects Agency | Readying TCAD for transient, DFT based quantum transport in the THz regime | $1,000,000.00 |
| Kim, Young L | College of Engineering - Biomedical Eng | PHS-NIH Biomed Imaging & Bioengr | Maternal mHealth blood hemoglobin analysis with informed deep learning | $1,960,944.00 |
| Luo, Zhao-qing | College of Science - Biological Sciences | Phs-Nih Nat Inst Allergy Infectious Dis | Effector-mediated ubiquitin manipulation in Legionella pneumophila pathogenesis | $2,321,584.00 |
| Moore, Tamara J | College of Engineering - Eng. Education | IN Economic Development Corporation | SCALE K-12 IEDC | $3,000,000.00 |
| Prokopy, Linda S | College of Agriculture - Hort/Landscape Archit | National Inst of Food & Agriculture | Integrated Midwest Partnerships for Actionable Climate Tools and Training (IMPACT2): Supporting System Transformation on Working Lands | $1,500,000.00 |
| Scarpelli, Matthew Louis | College of Health & Human Sci - Health Sciences | Phs-Nih Nat Inst Neuro Disorders,Strokes | Improving glioma radiotherapy by theragnostic targeting of tumor-supporting macrophages | $1,906,450.00 |
| Principal Investigator | Departments | Sponsor | Grant Title | Total Project Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chen, Zhixiang | College of Agriculture - Botany & Plant Path | National Science Foundation | Functional diversity of NAIP vesicles, a novel family of ER-derived structures in plants | $950,000.00 |
| Cheng, Gary J | College of Engineering - Industrial Engineering | University Of Wyoming / National Science Foundation | ExpandQISE: Track 2: Developing Research and Education Programs in Quantum Information Science and Engineering with Research on Locally Tunable 2D Topological Superconductors | $1,500,000.00 |
| Chubykin, Alexander A | College of Science - Biological Sciences | Phs-Nih Natnl Inst Of Mental Health | Neural Mechanisms of Predictive Impairments in Autism | $2,448,305.00 |
| Hall, Mark C | College of Agriculture - Biochemistry | Phs-Nih Nat Inst Allergy Infectious Dis | Cdc14 phosphatase - novel roles in drug resistance, virulence, and the response to cell wall stress in fungal pathogens | $2,400,438.00 |
| Huang, Jen-Yi | College of Agriculture - Food Science | National Inst of Food & Agriculture | When Blue is Green: Sustainable Blue Food Systems Driven by Integrated Aquaponics | $10,000,000.00 |
| Krane, Matthew J M | College of Engineering - Materials Eng | GE Aviation | Predicting Segregation Defects in Vacuum ARC Remelting | $1,389,814.00 |
| Li, Jianing | College of Pharmacy - MedChem/Molecul Phar | Phs-Nih Nat Inst Of General Medical Sci | Precision Design of Antimicrobial Peptides Against Bacterial Infections | $1,211,712.00 |
| Slabaugh, Carson D | College of Engineering - Aero & Astro | Office Of Naval Research | Combustion in Solid Fuel Ramjets | $1,100,000.00 |
| Specht, Aaron James | College of Health & Human Sci - Health Sciences | University Of Michigan / Phs-Nih National Institute On Aging | HRS Yrs 29-34: Heavy Metal Exposures Supplement | $1,286,734.00 |
| Thompson, Michelle S | College of Science - EAPS | National Aeronautics And Space Admin | An Experimental Investigation of Space Weathering Processes on the Surface of Mercury | $1,278,282.00 |
| Yang, Yang | College of Pharmacy - MedChem/Molecul Phar | FamiliesSCN2A Foundation | Preclinical Disease Modeling and Gene Correction Therapy for SCN2A Splice-Site Genetic Variants | $2,500,000.00 |
| 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 2023 | $4,963,773.00 |
| Edwards, Nancy E | North Central Nursing Clinic - NCNC Admin | Health Resources & Services Admin | SAC 2023 Health Center Cluster | $2,416,959.00 |
| Esmaeili, Behzad | College of Engineering - Industrial Engineering | National Science Foundation | FW-HTF-R: Collaborative Research: Worker-AI Teaming to Enable ADHD Workforce Participation in the Construction Industry of the Future | $1,200,000.00 |
| Hook, Tomas O | College of Agriculture - IN-IL Sea Grant | National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Adm | IISGCP-GLNPO Partnership Continuation | $9,092,696.00 |
| Matson, Eric T | Polytechnic Institute - Computer Information Technology | Info & Communication Tech Promotion | Korean Software Square Program 2023 | $1,047,834.00 |
| Weake, Vikki Marie | College of Agriculture - Biochemistry | Phs-Nih National Eye Institute | Chromatin connects metabolism to circadian gene regulation in the aging eye | $1,493,990.00 |
| Wiens, Roger Craig | College of Science - EAPS | Triad National Security, LLC / Energy, U.S. Department Of | SuperCam Mars Rover Laser Instrument Projects | $1,559,424.00 |
| Principal Investigator | Departments | Sponsor | Grant Title | Total Project Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooks, Robert Graham | College of Science - Chemistry | FLIR Systems Inc / Defense Threat Reduction Agency | FLIR Portable Mass Spectrometer for Environmental Monitoring | $1,952,497.00 |
| Cottrell, Kyle Aaron | College of Agriculture - Biochemistry | Phs-Nih Natnl Ctr On Min Hlth & Hlth Dis | Identifying determinants of ADAR-dependency in triple-negative breast cancer | $946,200.00 |
| Gelvin, Stanton B | College of Science - Biological Sciences | Oklahoma State University / National Science Foundation | TRTech-PGR: Engineering Agrobacterium to Express a Type III Secretion System to Improve Plant Transormation and Genome Editing | $979,981.00 |
| Li, Tian | College of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering | Energy, U.S. Department Of | Strong and CO2 Consuming Living Wood for Buildings | $958,245.00 |
| MacDermid Wadsworth, Shelley | College of Health & Human Sci - Human Development and Family Science | In Family & Social Services Admin / Health And Human Services, U.S. Dept Of | Star Behavioral Health Providers - Indiana Department of Mental Health and Addiction | $999,979.00 |
| Martinez, Carlos J | College of Engineering - Materials Eng | Strategic Envrnmtl Res & Dev Program / Defense, U.S. Department Of | Development of PFAS-Free Fire Extinguishing Foam Based on New Siloxane-based Surfactant Formulations and Time-Released Foam Additives | $956,511.00 |
| Park, Kinam | College of Engineering - Biomedical Eng | NIH-NATNL INST ON DRUG ABUSE | Injectable naltrexone 2-month depot formulations | $4,596,390.00 |
| Raghunathan, Anand | College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Eng | Georgia Institute Of Technology / Semiconductor Research Corporation / Darpa/Dso | COCOSYS: Center for the Co-Design of Cognitive Systems | $5,500,161.00 |
| Raghunathan, Vijay | College of Engineering - Electrical & Computer Eng | Georgia Institute Of Technology / Semiconductor Research Corporation / Darpa/Dso | CogniSense: Center on Cognitive Multispectral Sensors | $2,250,000.00 |
| Teegarden, Dorothy | College of Health & Human Sci - Nutrition Science | Phs-Nih National Cancer Institute | Impact of hypoxia on lipid metabolism in obesity-driven breast cancer progression | $3,221,920.00 |
| Principal Investigator | Departments | Sponsor | Grant Title | Total Project Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexeenko, Alina | College of Engineering - Aero & Astro | Multi-Sponsored Industrials | LyoHub Consortium | $1,428,000.00 |
| Borovsky, Arielle | College of Health & Human Sci - SLHS | Boston University / Phs-Nih Nat Inst Deafness,Comm Disorders | Development of gaze control for integration of language and visual information in deaf children | $1,268,227.00 |
| Braun, James E | College of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering | Multi-Sponsored Industrials | Center for High Performance Building Consortium | $5,640,000.00 |
| Kuang, Shihuan | College of Agriculture - Animal Sciences | Phs-Nih Nat Inst Diabetes,Kidney Dis | Metabolic regulation of muscle satellite cell homeostasis | $2,514,970.00 |
| Malandraki, Georgia | College of Health & Human Sci - SLHS | Teachers College, Columbia University / Phs-Nih Nat Inst Neuro Disorders,Strokes | Rehabilitation of Airway Protection in Parkinson?s Disease: Comparing In-person and Telehealth Service Delivery Models | $1,459,823.00 |
| Shahbaz, Muhammad | College of Science - Computer Science | Univ Of Illinois At Champaign-Urbana / Semiconductor Research Corporation | Evolvable Computing for Next Generation Distributed Computer Systems | $1,250,000.00 |
| Sintim, Herman O | College of Science - Chemistry | University Of Oklahoma / Phs-Nih National Cancer Institute | Discovery of the next-generation RET-targeted drugs based on nicotinamide scaffold | $1,108,577.00 |
| Warsinger, David E M | Centers & Institutes - Birck Nanotechnology | Energy, U.S. Department Of | MemDry: Vapor-Selective Membrane Heat Exchanger Cycle for Efficient Passive and Active Convective Drying | $1,894,252.00 |
| Zhang, Zhong-Yin | College of Pharmacy - MedChem/Molecul Phar | Indiana University / Phs-Nih National Institute On Aging | U54 ADDD Center Supplement‐ HTS Substrates - YEAR 4 | $2,819,769.00 |
| Zollner, Patrick A | College of Agriculture - Forestry & Natural Resources | Army Corps Of Engineers, U.S. | Alternative Management Strategies to Address Multiple Interacting Stressors on Least Bell?s Vireo Populations | $1,667,089.00 |
| Principal Investigator | Departments | Sponsor | Grant Title | Total Project Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hill, Michael A | College of Agriculture - CERIS | Army, Dept of the | DoD Pesticide Usage Web-Based Archival and Retrieval System and iOS Mobile App | $900,000.00 |
| Mukherjee, Partha P | College of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering | Energy, U.S. Department Of | Fundamental Understanding of Electrochemical ? Mechanical Driven Instability of Sodium Metal | $960,000.00 |
| Tackett, Brian Michael | College of Engineering - Chem Engr | Energy, U.S. Department Of | Low-Temperature Electrocatalytic Manufacturing of Essential Chemical Building Blocks | $2,643,895.00 |
| Trampski, Mathew J | Centers & Institutes - TAP/MEP | Indiana Office of Technology | Building Indiana's Local Government Cybersecurity Assessment Program | $3,960,000.00 |
| Principal Investigator | Departments | Sponsor | Grant Title | Total Project Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick, Jeffrey Edward | College of Science - Chemistry | National Institutes Of Health | Nanoelectrochemistry and Single Cell Metabolomics | $1,489,640.00 |
| DuBose, Ronnell C | Enrollment Management and Stud Affairs - ED Opportunities Prg | Education, U.S. Department Of | Upward Bound Math and Science (TRIO) at Purdue Northwest | $1,437,685.00 |
| Haddock, John E | College of Engineering - Civil Engr | In Department Of Transportation | Indiana Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) 2022 - 2023 | $1,487,898.87 |
| Haddock, John E | College of Engineering - Civil Engr | In Department Of Transportation | Management of the Indiana LTAP Innovation and Research Program for Local Public Agencies | $1,400,000.00 |
| Hill, Michael A | College of Agriculture - CERIS | National Inst of Food & Agriculture | NPDN National Database/National Network of Diagnostic Center | $1,056,000.00 |
| Jacobs, Elin M | College of Agriculture - Forestry & Natural Resources | Energy, U.S. Department Of | Hydraulic redistribution in forests: Spatial and temporal drivers of variation, and consequences for climate feedbacks | $911,308.00 |
| Kelleher, Bridgette L | College of Health & Human Sci - Psychological Sciences | Phs-Nih Nat Inst Of Child Hlth,Human Dev | Optimizing a Personalized Health Approach for Virtually Treating High-Risk Caregivers During COVID-19 and Beyond | $2,971,906.00 |
| Krupke, Christian H | College of Agriculture - Entomology | National Inst of Food & Agriculture | Bio-intensified field crop rotations in the upper Midwest: Quantifying effects upon pest management and yield | $1,499,944.00 |
| Mishra, Dharmendra K | College of Agriculture - Food Science | SmithBucklin Corp / United Soybean Board | Building Infrastructure and Connectivity for Small and Medium Scale Processing of Soy-Based Value Added Products: A Multistate Approach | $1,100,000.00 |
| Ristroph, Kurt David | College of Agriculture - Ag & Biological Eng Program | National Inst of Food & Agriculture | Scalable low-cost organic nanocarriers for efficient foliar uptake of registered anti-HLB agents | $1,000,000.00 |
| Tu, Manghui | College of Technology - Comp Info Tech & Graphics (CIT&G) | Norwich University / National Security Agency | Establish a Cybersecurity Credit Transfer Taskforce at Purdue University Northwest as a Coalition Partner of the NCAE-Career Preparation National Center | $914,286.89 |
| Turco, Ronald F | College of Agriculture - Agronomy | Natural Resources Conservation Services | WEB-Manure Management Planner (MMP) (WEB-MMP) | $1,112,000.00 |
| Principal Investigator | Departments | Sponsor | Grant Title | Total Project Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bermel, Peter A | Centers & Institutes - Birck Nanotechnology | Army, Dept of the | (Purdue) SCALE: A Microelectronic Workforce Development Production Project | $99,998,875.00 |
| Bowman, Aaron B | College of Health & Human Sci - Health Sciences | Phs-Nih National Institute On Aging | Modeling functional genomics of susceptibility to the persistent effects of environmental toxins in an elderly rural Indiana neurodegenerative cohort | $3,841,475.00 |
| Cannon, Jason R | College of Health & Human Sci - Health Sciences | Army Medical Res & Development Command | Role of military relevant chlorpyrifos exposure in Parkinson?s disease relevant dopaminergic neurotoxicity | $1,199,999.00 |
| Gleich, David F | College of Science - Computer Science | Energy, U.S. Department Of | Sparsitute: A Mathematical Institute for Sparse Computations in Science and Engineering | $1,480,268.00 |
| Kais, Sabre | College of Science - Chemistry | National Science Foundation | IUCRC Phase I, Purdue University: Center for Quantum Technologies (CQT) | $1,125,000.00 |
| Kimbrough, Adam J | College of Veterinary Medicine - Basic Med Science | Phs-Nih Natnl Inst On Alcohol Abuse | Identifying the relationship between alcohol and Alzheimer's Disease | $1,716,398.00 |
| Ma, Jianxin | College of Agriculture - Agronomy | National Science Foundation | Collaborative Research: Elucidating the Role of Rhizobial tRNA-Derived Fragments in Soybean Nodule Development and Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation | $900,000.00 |
| McKinley, Steven K | College of Agriculture - CES -4H | National Inst of Food & Agriculture | Military Teen Adventure Camp | $1,140,000.00 |
| Mullen, Cody James | College of Health & Human Sci - Public Health | Health Resources & Services Admin | Purdue University Community Health Worker Training Program | $2,407,068.00 |
| Olenchak, F Richard | College of Education - Educational Studies | Education, U.S. Department Of | Underrepresented Students in Gifted & Talented Education: Positive Psychology Identification & Service | $2,808,089.00 |
| Seward, Kristen K | College of Education - Educational Studies | Education, U.S. Department Of | Having Opportunities Promotes Excellence: Developing Scholar Identities Among Underserved Youth with Gifts and Talents | $3,537,136.00 |
| Stahelin, Robert V | College of Pharmacy - MedChem/Molecul Phar | Phs-Nih Nat Inst Allergy Infectious Dis | Elucidation of Assembly and Budding Mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 | $3,828,506.00 |
| Wells, Ellen M | College of Health & Human Sci - Health Sciences | Phs-Nih Nat Inst Of Environment Hlth Sci | Community-academic partnership to address environmental contamination and health | $2,741,242.00 |
| Yuan, Chongli | College of Engineering - Chem Engr | Phs-Nih Nat Inst Neuro Disorders,Strokes | Mechanisms of gene-environment interaction in developmental lead exposure leading to Alzheimer?s disease phenotypes | $3,725,717.00 |
| Principal Investigator | Departments | Sponsor | Grant Title | Total Project Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altman, Ryan Alan | College of Pharmacy - MedChem/Molecul Phar | Phs-Nih Nat Inst Of General Medical Sci | Fluorination and Fluoroalkylation Strategies for Synthetic and Medicinal Chemistry | $2,671,833.00 |
| Bao, Xiaoping | College of Engineering - Chem Engr | Phs-Nih National Cancer Institute | Engineer Biomimetic Microfluidic Models to Investigate and Reprogram Tumor Associated Neutrophils for Cancer Therapy | $1,922,681.00 |
| Blackwell, Maya K | Enrollment Management and Stud Affairs - ED Opportunities Prg | Education, U.S. Department Of | Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate Achievement Program | $1,647,375.00 |
| Flaherty, Daniel P | College of Pharmacy - MedChem/Molecul Phar | Phs-Nih Nat Inst Allergy Infectious Dis | Development of novel anti-Neisseria gonorrhoeae therapeutic agents | $3,055,792.00 |
| Han, Bumsoo | College of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering | Phs-Nih National Cancer Institute | Reprogramming PDAC Stroma by Targeting Coagulation in the Tumor Microenvironment | $956,721.00 |
| Johnson, Chrystal S | College of Education - Curriculum & Instruction | Education, U.S. Department Of | Project RISE | $2,268,626.00 |
| Little, Dianne | College of Veterinary Medicine - Basic Med Science | Army Medical Research Acquisition Activ | Role of Comorbid Military-Relevant Stressors in Osteoarthritis | $2,431,591.00 |
| Liu, Sa | College of Health & Human Sci - Health Sciences | Phs-Nih Nat Inst Of Environment Hlth Sci | Addressing Tetrachloroethylene Exposure in an Impacted Community: Residents? Concerns, Neurotoxic Effects, and Exposure Reduction | $2,834,359.00 |
| Singh, Shweta | College of Agriculture - Ag & Biological Eng Program | National Science Foundation | FMRG: Eco: Cyber Enabled Transformation to Circular Supply Chains for Sustainable Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Networks | $3,000,000.00 |
| Sjogren, Jenny B | College of Pharmacy - MedChem/Molecul Phar | Phs-Nih Nat Inst Of General Medical Sci | Posttranslational regulation of Regulator of G protein Signaling 2 (RGS2) | $1,237,676.00 |
| Tews, Matthew C | College of Veterinary Medicine - Medical Education | Indiana University | FY 22-23 IUSM - Lafayette General Fund | $2,119,320.00 |
| Uyeda, Christopher H | College of Science - Chemistry | Phs-Nih Nat Inst Of General Medical Sci | Transition Metal Catalyzed Reductive Carbene Transfer Reactions | $2,661,782.00 |
| Zhang, Xiangxiong | College of Science - Mathematics | National Science Foundation | Efficient Neural Network Based Numerical Schemes for Hyperbolic Conservation Laws | $2,716,060.00 |
| Principal Investigator | Departments | Sponsor | Grant Title | Total Project Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunn, Patricia L | College of Agriculture - Ind St. Chemist | Food And Drug Administration | Development and Maintenance of the Animal Feed Regulatory Program Standards | $900,000.00 |
| Mason, Linda J | Graduate School - Grad School Admin | Lynn Interdisciplinary Grad. Fellowship | 2022-23 Lynn Interdisciplinary Grad. Fellowship/Assistantship - Graduate School | $1,275,350.00 |
| Paniagua-Perez, Guillermo | College of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering | University Of Central Florida / National Aeronautics And Space Admin | Zero-Carbon Engine Core with Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Power Cycle for Onboard Power | $1,357,780.00 |
| Purpura, David J | College of Health & Human Sci - Human Development and Family Science | National Science Foundation | STEM Ed PRF: The PURPOSE Postdoctoral Training Initiative | $1,250,000.00 |
| Shah, Kavita | College of Science - Chemistry | Phs-Nih Nat Inst Neuro Disorders,Strokes | Validation of HYPE as an Actionable Target for Alzheimer's Disease | $1,162,500.00 |
| Szpankowski, Wojciech | College of Science - Computer Science | National Science Foundation | CCF: Medium: Learning From Classical and Quantum Data: a Fourier Perspective | $1,199,996.00 |
| Zikas, Vasileios | College of Science - Computer Science | Algorand Foundation | MEGA-ACE: Multidisciplinary Educational Global Alliance for Algorand Center of Excellence | $7,946,351.00 |
