Seed for Success Acorn Awards

FY2020 Seed for Success Acorn Awards

Awardees

• Angela R. Abbott, from IN State Department of Health, Indiana NEP: SNAP-Ed Plan 2020, $6,008,510
• Rakesh Agrawal, Peter A. Bermel, Sylvie M. Brouder, Martins Ribeiro Bruno Felisberto, Margaret W Gitau, Juan P. Sesmero, Mitchell R. Tuinstra, from National Science Foundation, INFEWS/T2: Solar Solutions for Food, Energy and Water Systems (S2FEWS), $2,499,999
• Peter A. Bermel, Muhammad A. Alam, Kerrie A. Douglas, Tamara J. Moore, Alejandro H. Strachan, from the Department of the Army, Radiation-Hard Microelectronics Workforce Development Consortium, $19,197,828
• Jeffrey T. Bolin, Andrew D. Otte, from Showalter Trust, The solvent-water mixing during the first few seconds of contact, $1,415,000
• Aaron B. Bowman, Yang Yang, from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Manganese exposure susceptibility as a modifier of excitotoxicity in Alzheimer's Disease, $1,278,590
• Sylvie M. Brouder, Gregory J. Bossaer, Bruce A. Craig, Nathan D. Delay, Bruce J. Erickson, Nathanael M. Thompson, Jeffrey J. Volenec, Danielle N. Walker, from National Inst Of Food & Agriculture, FACT: AN Innovative Cyber-Framework Integrating Public/Private Data for Evidence-Based Recommendations, $1,000,000
• Lynn A. Bryan, Siddika Guzey, from U.S. Department Of Education, STEM Teacher Residency in IPS, $5,072,651
• Adrian Buganza Tepole, Sarah Calve, from Phs-Nih Nat Inst Arthrit, Muscul, Skin Dis, Multi-Scale Modeling to Predict Long-Term Growth and Remodeling of Skin in Response to Stretch, $2,270,537
• Darcy M. Bullock, from Department Of Transportation, JTRP Admin. Budget FY 2021, $9,848,202
• Barrett S. Caldwell, Dawn R. Whitaker, from National Aeronautics And Space Admin, Indiana Space Grant Consortium Programs and Opportunities 2020-2024, $2,815,000
• Stephen L. Cameron, from National Science Foundation, Collaborative Research: Digitization TCN: Digitizing collections to trace parasite-host associations and predict the spread of vector-borne disease, $1,112,690
• Clint Chapple, Brian Dilkes, from U.S. Department Of Energy, Coupling metabolic source isotopic pair labeling and genome wide association for metabolite and gene annotation in plants, $2,430,615
• Zhihong Chen, Joerg Appenzeller, Sumeet Kumar Gupta, from Semiconductor Research Corporation, NEW LIMITS - NEW materials for LogIc, Memory and InTerconnectS, $4,905,949
• Candace C. Croney, Shanis Barnard, Kari J. Ekenstedt, Hannah E. Flint, from Life Of Riley At Spring Point, Validation of welfare assessment, community building and engagement approaches to improve care standards for commercial breeding dogs, $2,026,354
• Daniel James Cziczo, from National Aeronautics And Space Admin, Dynamics and Chemistry of the Summer Stratosphere, $1,567,166
• Vincent Jo Davisson, Gregory Thomas Knipp, Robert V. Stahelin, from Phs-Nih Nat Inst Allergy Infectious Dis, Antiviral Lead Identification to Treat Filovirus Infections, $2,602,015
• Vincent Jo Davisson, Gregory Thomas Knipp, from Brigham And Women's Hospital, Pharmaceutical Sciences Core for Advancing novel cyanide countermeasures, $1,967,973
• Daniel A. Delaurentis, from Stevens Institute Of Technology, WRT-1020: Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC) Program Management, $1,400,000
• Shirley J. Dyke, Ilias Bilionis, Antonio Bobet, James E. Braun, David J. Cappelleri, George T. Chiu, Amin Maghareh, Karen Marais, Julio Alfonso Ramirez, Dawn R. Whitaker, from National Aeronautics And Space Admin, Resilient ExtraTerrestrial Habitats, $15,000,000
• Nancy E. Edwards, from Health Resources & Services Admin, Health Center Cluster (Grant 11000493), $1,646,219
• Daniel S. Elliott, from National Science Foundation, Precision measurement of parity non-conserving, weak-force induced transitions in atomic cesium, $1,082,095
• Janice Perry Evans, from Phs-Nih Nat Inst Of Child Hlth, Human Dev, The oocyte's progression through meiosis: Involvement of a heart disease-associated protein, $1,646,875
• Audeen W. Fentiman, Daniel A. Delaurentis, Kerrie A. Douglas, John W. Sutherland, from National Science Foundation, Development, Deployment, and Evaluation of Instructional Modules for Current and Future Practitioners of Model-based Systems Engineering, $1,989,709
• James C. Fleet, Brian Dilkes, Abdolmajid Kazemian, Connie M. Weaver, from Phs-Nih Nat Inst Diabetes, Kidney Dis, Nutrigenetics of Intestinal Ca Absorption, $1,406,320
• Doran C. French, Sara A. Schmitt, from Air Force, U.S. Dept Of The, Early Learning Matters - NAF Blanket Purchase Agreement, $3,233,102
• Suresh V. Garimella, Matthew D. Lynall, from University Of Michigan, I-Corps Node: Activating the Midwest I-Corps Network, $1,436,531
• Stanton B. Gelvin, Lan-Ying Lee, Jianxin Ma, from National Science Foundation, TRTech-PGR: Ensifer-mediated transformation as an alternative to Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of model plants and crops, $1,196,191
• Kevin D. Gibson, Felica T. Ahasteen-Bryant, Jacqueline E. Mcdermott, Kenneth D. Ridgway, Patrick A. Zollner, Stephanie M. Zywicki, from Sloan, Alfred P. Foundation, The Sloan Indigenous Graduate Partnership: A Force For Change, $1,089,403
• Robert K. Goosen, Nathan W. Hartman, Jan-Anders E. Mansson, from National Institute Of Standards & Tech, Implementing Small Manufacturer Assistance with Robotic Technologies (I-SMART) Program, $1,000,000
• Jeffrey P. Greeley, Jeffrey T. Miller, from U.S. Department Of Energy, Data Science-Driven Discovery of Multimetallic Oxygen-cycle Electrocatalysts for Enhanced Energy Conversion, $1,499,789
• Sumeet Kumar Gupta, Anand Raghunathan, from Army Research Office, Low Power Compact Non-Volatile Memory and In-Memory Compute Architectures enabled by 2D Piezoelectric Transistors, $1,169,993
• Thomas W. Hertel, David R. Johnson, from National Science Foundation, INFEWS/T2: Identifying Sustainability Solutions through Global-Local-Global Analysis of a Coupled Water-Agriculture-Bioenergy System, $2,500,000
• E. Daniel Hirleman, Marifran Mattson, Evan K. Perrault, Marcus K. Rogers, from Rolls-Royce Corporation, Cyber-readiness Partnership, $1,225,142
• Lori A. Hoagland, Daniel S. Egel, Tesfaye D. Mengiste, from National Inst Of Food & Agriculture, Tomato Organic Management and Improvement Project (TOMI): Part II, $1,999,614
• Tomas O. Hook, Joshua S. Carlton, Paris D. Collingsworth, Kara A. Salazar, from National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Adm, Extending Impact of U.S. EPA's Great Lakes National Program Office Using Sea Grant Outreach Capacity, $5,539,091
• Tomas O. Hook, Carolyn J. Foley, from National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Adm, Improving Communication About Changing Lake Michigan Water Levels in the Chicago Metropolitan Area, $5,631,708
• Jason T. Hoverman, Robert W. Flynn, Tyler D. Hoskins, Linda S. Lee, Maria Soledad Sepulveda, from Strategic Envrnmtl Res & Dev Program, The relative toxicities of current use aqueous film forming foams and next generation alternatives to aquatic species for informing risk assessment, $1,298,814
• Karen S. Hudmon, from Phs-Nih National Cancer Institute, Advancing the Role of Pharmacy in Tobacco Cessation, $1,594,603
• Inseok Hwang, Brandon J. Pitts, Tahira Reid Smith, Neera J. Sundaram, from National Science Foundation, CPS: Frontier: Collaborative Research: Cognitive autonomy for human CPS: Turning novices into experts, $2,246,039
• William G. Johnson, Bryan G. Young, from United Soybean Board, Take Action - Multi State Herbicide Resistant Crops and Weeds Educational Program, $1,019,853
• Timothy Matthew Jones, Andreas Jung, from Cornell University, U.S. CMS Upgrades for the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider, $1,270,641
• Nicole L. Key, from Office Of Naval Research, Research on Casing Treatments for Performance Enhancement of High-Speed Fans, $1,996,601
• Richard J. Kuhn, from La Jolla Inst For Allergy & Immunology, Consortium for Immunotherapeuthics against Emerging Viral Threats, $1,032,210
• Milind Kulkarni, Saurabh Bagchi, Xiaozhu Lin, Xiaokang Qiu, from National Science Foundation, Write Once, Run on Anything: Verified, Tuned Accelerator Kernels from High Level Specifications, $1,250,000
• Stephen R. Lindemann, from Phs-Nih Nat Inst Of General Medical Sci, Carbohydrate Structure Controls on Human Gut Microbial Ecology, $1,879,605
• Jacqueline C. Linnes, from Natnl Inst On Drug Abuse, Point-of-use Acute HIV Infection Diagnostic for Substance Using Populations, $2,325,000
• Philip S. Low, from Umoja Biopharma, Universal CAR T Cell Therapy, $2,000,000
• Shelley Wadsworth MacDermid, Kathy M. Broniarczyk, Dave Topp, from Lilly Endowment Inc., Innovating, Engaging, and Catalyzing to Support Military and Veteran Families, $4,500,000
• Shelley Wadsworth MacDermid, Sharon L. Christ, Dave Topp, from Phs-Nih Nat Inst Of Child Hlth, Human Dev, Effects During Adolescence of Early Childhood Exposure to Parental Wartime Deployment, $2,935,238
• Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Muhammad A. Alam, Mingji Dai, Edward J. Delp, Heather A. Eicher-Miller, Pedro Irazoqui, Tamara L. Kinzer-Ursem, Chi Hwan Lee, Hyowon Lee, Jacqueline C. Linnes, Kinam Park, Rahim Rahimi, Jean-Christophe Rochet, Shreyas Sen, Alexey Shashurin, Luis Solorio, Mohit S. Verma, Yoon Yeo, Fengqing Zhu, from Lilly (Eli) And Company, Eli Lilly Connected Solutions 2020, $5,810,040
• Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Kaethe A. Beck, Michael R. Ladisch, Gintaras V. Reklaitis, Pavlos Vlachos, Yoon Yeo, from Lilly (Eli) And Company, Lilly Injectable Biologics 2020, $6,601,300
• James R. Mintert, Nathan D. Delay, Michael R. Langemeier, Nathanael M. Thompson, from Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Purdue/CME Group Farm Economy Barometer Project, $2,231,862
• Zoltan Nagy, Marcial Gonzalez, Carl D. Laird, Gintaras V. Reklaitis, David H. Thompson, from Food And Drug Administration, Risk-based process synthesis and Industry 4.0 framework for pharmaceutical manufacturing processes, $2,967,614
• Nicholas Noinaj, from Phs-Nih Nat Inst Of General Medical Sci, Unraveling the mechanism by which the BAM complex mediates OMP biogenesis, $1,198,174
• Elizabeth I. Parkinson, from Phs-Nih Nat Inst Of General Medical Sci, Mining Cryptic Biosynthetic Gene Clusters for Novel Bioactive Compounds, $1,852,360
• Nielsen Pereira, from U.S. Department Of Education, Closing Excellence and Opportunity Gaps for Students from Traditionally Underserved Populations in Gifted Education: A Multi-Tier Systems of Support Approach, $2,172,719
• Dimitrios Peroulis, Alina Alexeenko, Sergey O. Macheret, Abbas Semnani, from Office Of Naval Research, Wideband and High-Power Reconfigurable Plasma Matching Network for Compact and Efficient Phased Array Emitters, $1,707,961
• Jonathan Poggie, Sally P. M. Bane, Gregory A. Blaisdell, Brandon C. Chynoweth, Daniel A. Delaurentis, Stephen D. Heister, Joseph S. Jewell, Terrence R. Meyer, Guillermo Paniagua Perez, Timothee L. Pourpoint, Steven P. Schneider, Carson D. Slabaugh, Vikas Tomar, Rodney W. Trice, from Air Force Research Laboratory, Multidisciplinary Hypersonics Program, $5,810,347
• P Jonathan oggie, Gregory A. Blaisdell, Joseph S. Jewell, Steven P. Schneider, from University Of Dayton Research Institute, Development of Hypersonic Vehicle Flight Test Structure, $1,400,000
• David J. Purpura, Sara A. Schmitt, from Institute Of Education Sciences, Reading and Playing with Math: Promoting preschoolers' math language through picture books and play activities, $1,109,963
• Arvind Raman, from Agency For International Development, LASER Buy-In: Applied Nutrition Research Capacity Building in Laos, $5,100,000
• Arvind Raman, from Agency For International Development, LASER Buy-In: Cultural Restoration Program for Northern Iraq, $5,120,000
• Arvind Raman, from Agency For International Development, LASER Buy-In: Multi-Country Study on Inclusive Education (MCSIE) for learners with disabilities in Cambodia, Malawi, and Nepal, $3,584,995
• Karthik Ramani, David S. Ebert, Ananth V. Iyer, Thomas S. Redick, Song Zhang, from National Science Foundation, RAISE: C-Accel Pilot - Track B1 (Future Jobs and AI): Collaborative Research: Skill-LeARn: Affordable Augmented Reality Platform for Scaling Up Manufacturing Workforce, Skilling, and Education, $1,000,000
• Jeffrey Frederick Rhoads, Jennifer J. Deboer, from National Science Foundation, IUSE:EHR:ICT Propagation, Research, and Evaluation of an Educational Innovation in Multiple Settings with a Focus on the Role of Institutional Culture, $2,504,959
• Fabio H. Ribeiro, Denise M. Driscoll, Margaret M. Drummond Oakes, Michael T. Harris, from National Science Foundation, CISTAR's REM Program: Broadening Summer Participation of African American Undergraduates by Coupling an Engineering Research Experience with a NSBE SEEK Mentoring Experience, $16,649,170
• Mandy J. Rispoli, from University Of Oregon, Project LEAD: Leaders in Evidence Based Practices, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Diversity, $1,206,874
• Marcus K. Rogers, Umit Karabiyik, from National Institute Of Justice, AI Enabled Community Supervision for Criminal Justice Services, $1,999,778
• Kenneth H. Sandhage, Michael D. Sangid, Kevin P. Trumble, from U.S. Department Of Energy, Oxidation-Resistant, Thermomechanically-Robust Ceramic Composite Heat Exchangers, $3,469,487
• Mohamed Seleem, Daniel P. Flaherty, from Phs-Nih Nat Inst Allergy Infectious Dis, Repurposing novel selective drugs for treatment and decolonization of vancomycin resistant enterococci, $3,717,432
• Kavita Shah, from Phs-Nih National Cancer Institute, Targeting Drug-Resistant Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer via LIMK2, $1,786,087
• Tom I-P. Shih, from Ames Laboratory, Computational Analysis of Advanced Cooling Strategies for High-Efficiency and Long-Service Life Gas Turbines, $2,500,000
• Tom I-P. Shih, from Ames Laboratory, Computational Analysis of Advanced Cooling Strategies for High-Efficiency and Long-Service Life Turbines, $3,096,106
• Thomas H. Siegmund, John A. Howarter, Laura J. Pyrak-Nolte, from National Science Foundation, LEAP-HI: ENGINEERING NEW SOLUTIONS TO REDUCE THE BURDEN OF SKELETAL FRACTURE, $1,996,957
• Lowell D. Snow, from National Institute Of Standards & Tech, NIST MEP Emergency Assistance Program, $1,374,000
• Carol Xiaohui Song, from Univ Of Illinois At Champaign-Urbana, XSEDE 2.0: Integrating, Enabling and Enhancing National Cyberinfrastructure with Expanding Community Involvement, $1,467,736
• Carol Xiaohui Song, Rajesh Kalyanam, Preston M. Smith, Xiao Zhu, from National Science Foundation, Category I: Anvil - A National Composable Advanced Computational Resource for the Future of Science and Engineering, $9,952,154
• Christopher J. Staiger, from U.S. Department Of Energy, Regulation of Cell Wall Assembly: Myosin and Exocyst Involvement in Cellulose Synthase Delivery to the Plasma Membrane, $2,145,000
• Alejandro H. Strachan, Ilias Bilionis, Kenneth H. Sandhage, Michael S. Titus, from National Science Foundation, DMREF: Discovery of high-temperature, oxidation-resistant, complex, concentrated alloys via data science driven multi-resolution experiments and simulations, $1,738,752
• Ganesh Subbarayan-Shastri, Amy M. Marconnet, Justin A. Weibel, from Semiconductor Research Corporation, Evaluation of Strategies for Vapor Chamber Integration into Heterogeneous System-in-Package Architectures for Hot-Spot Damping, $1,113,750
• Daniel M. Suter, Yuk-Fai Leung, Estuardo Robles, from Phs-Nih Nat Inst Neuro Disorders, Strokes, NADPH oxidase regulates growth cone guidance, $1,770,658
• Daniel B. Szymanski, Jun Xie, from National Science Foundation, RESEARCH-PGR: A System Biology Approach to enable Cotton fiber engineering, $2,297,960
• John Tesmer, from Phs-Nih National Cancer Institute, Regulation of the metastasis promoting chemokine receptor ACKR3 by GPCR kinases, Gbg and arrestins, $3,235,727
• Mathew J Trampski (Proposal PI), Gloria H. Umberger, Mesut Akdere, Stephen John Elliott, Busiime Ida Ngambeki, from U.S. Dept Of Labor, Purdue Cybersecurity Apprenticeship Program (P-CAP): Apprenticeships that Address the Critical Workforce Shortage in Cybersecurity, $11,999,996
• Mitchell R. Tuinstra, Keith A. Cherkauer, Melba M. Crawford, Edward J. Delp, David S. Ebert, Ayman F. Habib, Clifford F. Weil, from Advanced Res Projects Agency - Energy, Automated Sorghum Phenotyping and Trait Development Platform, $4,500,000
• David M. Umulis, Adrian Buganza Tepole, from PHS-NIH Nat Inst Of General Medical Sci, Modeling and analysis of BMP-mediated Dorsal/Ventral patterning in zebrafish embryos, $1,379,356
• Juan P. Wachs, Stephen P. Beaudoin, Bryan W. Boudouris, Hong Z. Tan, Wenzhuo Wu, from National Science Foundation, NRI: INT: FIngers See Things Differently (FIST-D): A Robotic Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) based on Augmented Tactile Imaging, $1,499,795
• Danzhou Yang, from Phs-Nih National Cancer Institute, Nucleolin recognition of MYC promoter G-quadruplex and its role in MYC regulation by MycG4-ligands, $1,925,519
• Min Zhang, Nadia M. Atallah Lanman, Timothy L. Ratliff, Dabao Zhang, from Phs-Nih National Cancer Institute, Big Data Training for Cancer Research, $1,215,670
• Zhong-Yin Zhang, Andrew D. Mesecar, Karson S. Putt, from Indiana University, IUSM Alzheimer's Disease Drug Discovery Center, $3,404,025