July 2024 New Grants and Contracts

We are pleased to share the success of 91ÁÔÆæ's principal investigators who were awarded grants and contracts during July 2024:

Monthly Awards at a Glance
30 Awards Received: Valued at $8,131,463.

Note: Some industry-sponsored awards are not listed due to their respective non-disclosure terms.


Lucas College and Graduate School of Business

Mattarelli, Elisa / Raghuram, Sumita, School of Management
Multiple Team Membership (MTM) through Technology: A Path towards Individual and Team Wellbeing?
Sponsor: National Science Foundation – $338,000.


Connie L. Lurie College of Education

Choi, Eun-Ae / Tsai, Pei-Tzu / Quach, Wendy, Communicative Disorders and Sciences
Project INCLUDE: Integrating Neurodiversity and Cultural-Linguistic Understanding and Differences in Education
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education – $190,628.


Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering

Kumar, Gautam, Chemical and Materials Engineering
Closed-Loop Deep Brain Stimulation for Controlling Abnormal Neural Synchronization and Oscillations
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health – $146,500.


College of Health and Human Sciences

Lee, Peter Allen, Social Work
San Jose State University BASW Mental Health Scholarship Program (MHSP)
Sponsor: Santa Clara County – $150,000.

Schachner, Jennifer A., Kinesiology
Older Americans Act Funding- Sourcewise -Timpany Center- San Jose State University Research Foundation
Sponsor: Sourcewise – $63,064.


College of Science

Beyersdorf, Peter / Switz, Neil / Heindl, Ranko / Smallwood, Christopher, Physics & Astronomy
Modernizing Introductory Physics Laboratories for Tomorrows
Technology Workforce
Sponsor: National Science Foundation – $161,977.

Carroll, Dustin, Moss Landing Marine Lab
A Catchment to Coast Paradigm: Impact of Spatially and Temporally Varying Nutrient and Freshwater Fluxes on the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone
Sponsor: NASA – $17,518.

Clark, Ross P, Moss Landing Marine Lab
(R/MPA-50C) California Estuary MPA Monitoring Program
Sponsor: UC, San Diego â€“ $2,188,234.

Clark, Ross P, Moss Landing Marine Lab
City of Salinas PSA-CRAM Assessments
Sponsor: Salinas Valley Basin Groundwater Sustainability â€“ $29,904

Clements, Craig B. / Stasiewicz, Amanda / Kochanski, Adam / Wilkin, Kate, Meteorology & Climate Science
IUCRC Phase I: San José State University: Wildfire Interdisciplinary Research Center (WIRC)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation – $51,805., $150,000.

Clements, Craig B., Meteorology & Climate Science
Center: Addition of WPI as a Partner Site to WIRC
Sponsor: Worcester Polytechnic Institute – $97,800.

Connolly, Thomas, Moss Landing Marine Lab
Understanding the Physical Processes Above and Below the Air-Sea Interface
Sponsor: Naval Postgraduate School – $39,060.

Diao, Minghui, Meteorology & Climate Science
California Community and Earth-system Integrated Climate Resilience Center (CalCEI CRC)
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Energy â€“ $320,721.

Esker, Nicholas, Chemistry
Multidisciplinary Training Experience in Nuclear Science "Mt. ENS"
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Energy – $21,486.

Graham, Michael / Hamilton, Scott L., Moss Landing Marine Lab
Universal Hatchery System for Developing New Seaweed Strains for Land-Based Aquaculture Production
Sponsor: UC, San Diego – $76,608.

Grazioli, Gianmarc, Chemistry
Probing Amyloid Fibril Self-Assembly with Network Hamiltonian Simulations in Explicit Space
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health – $178,937.

Hamilton, Scott L., Moss Landing Marine Lab
Accelerating Bull Kelp Ecosystem Recovery in a Recently Deforested Location in Northern California by Using a Strategic Sequence of Restoration...
Sponsor: The Nature Conservancy – $416,901.

Harvey, James, Moss Landing Marine Lab
Estuarine Wetland and Nearshore Ecology Studies along the Pacific Flyway
Sponsor: U.S. Geological Survey – $18,600.

Kochanski, Adam, Meteorology & Climate Science
San Jose State University Research Foundation (91ÁÔÆæRF) Fuels Modeling and Enhanced Data Input
Sponsor: San Diego Gas & Electric – $622,313.

Madden, Elizabeth, Geology
EMBRACEEARSeed: Transformative Research Experiences in Earthquake Science
Sponsor: National Science Foundation – $171,824.

Mcdonald, Birgitte, Moss Landing Marine Lab
State Funding to Support Stranding Response - 2024
Sponsor: Marine Mammal Center – $65,357.

Romanowsky, Aaron J., Physics & Astronomy
A Critical Test for Dark Matter in Dwarf Galaxies of the NGC 1052 Group
Sponsor: Jet Propulsion Laboratory – $16,300.

Singhal, Sonia, Biological Sciences
Effects of The Rate of Environmental Change on Mutational Patterns and Evolutionary Constraints
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health – $183,125.

Thornton, Edward, Moss Landing Marine Lab
ROXSI: ROcky shores eXperiments and SImulations- Thornton Portion
Sponsor: UC, San Diego – $35,000.

Wang, Ningkun, Chemistry
Elucidating the Mechanism for Allosteric Regulation of SIRT1 through the N-Terminal Region
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health – $99,809.


College of Social Sciences

Fassett, Deanna, Communication Studies
Transforming Student Experience and Success in Gateway STEM Courses: Anti-Racist Equity-Minded Teaching and Learning
Sponsor: CSU, Stanislaus – $35,173.

Laraway, Sean P., Psychology
Human Systems Integration: Coll. Human Factors Research to Improve Safety, Efficiency & Reliability of NASA’s Aeronautics & Space Missions: Phase 2
Sponsor: NASA – $885,718.

Snycerski, Susan M., Psychology
Future Vertical Lift: Collaborative Research on Flight Control,
Autonomous Rotorcraft, and Human-Systems Interface Design: Phase 2
Sponsor: NASA – $614,656.

Stevenson, Margaret, Justice Studies
San Jose State University Research Foundation (91ÁÔÆæRF) Service Navigation- 2024-2025
Sponsor: Santa Clara County – $744,445.