New Grants and Contracts

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

Monthly Awards at a Glance
19 Awards Received: Valued at $2,070,153.

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


Lucas College and Graduate School of Business

Philbrick, Karen E. / Nixon, Hilary K., Business, Dean's Office
BART Leadership Academy: 2024-25
Sponsor: Bay Area Rapid Transit – $99,000.


Connie L. Lurie College of Education

Marx, Robert, Child & Adolescent
Building EPIC-Health: An Empowerment Program for LGBTQ+ Students
Sponsor: Boston College – $95,719.

Slusser, Emily / Golloher, Andrea N. / Fusaro, Maria, Child & Adolescent
Educare SV Local Evaluation Partner
Sponsor: Santa Clara Co Office of Education – $241,666.


Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering

Oye, Michael, Chemical and Materials Engineering
Community Services '24-'25 
Sponsor: City of San José – $100,000.

Wong, Hiu Yung / Parent, David, Electrical Engineering
FuSe2 Topic 2: Heterogenous Integration of Wide-Bandgap Microelectronics & Power Electronics for Efficient Power Delivery to AI Processors in Data...
Sponsor: Virginia Tech – $200,260.


College of Science

Betre, Kassahun / Asplund, Curtis, Physics & Astronomy
A Transformative Master’s Program in High Energy Physics
Sponsor: Department of Energy – $325,000.

Betre, Kassahun, Physics & Astronomy
LEAPS-MPS: Investigating Emergent Gravity in Combinatorial Quantum Systems
Sponsor: National Science Foundation – $5,000.

Cargill, Shelley, Science, Dean's Office
91ÁÔÆæ MESA College Prep Program - The Foundation for Hispanic Education 22-25
Sponsor: Foundation for Hispanic Education – $11,821.

Connolly, Thomas, Moss Landing Marine Lab
Understanding the Physical Processes Above and Below the Air-Sea Interface
Sponsor: Naval Postgraduate School – $50,000.

Esker, Nicholas, Chemistry
Multidisciplinary Training Experience in Nuclear Science "Mt. ENS"
Sponsor: Department of Energy – $117,777.

Esker, Nicholas, Chemistry
Multidisciplinary Training Experience in Nuclear Science "Mt. ENS"
Sponsor: Lawrence Livermore National Lab – $6,000.

Khatami, Ehsan, Physics & Astronomy
AI and Data Science Enabled Predictive Modeling of Collective Phenomena in Strongly Correlated Quantum Materials
Sponsor: University of Tennessee – $110,687.

Kochanski, Adam, Meteorology & Climate Science
Towards a NU-WRF based Mega Wildfire Digital Twin: Smoke Transport Impact Scenarios on Air Quality, Cardiopulmonary Disease and Regional Deforestation 
Sponsor: Univ of Maryland Baltimore County – $60,189.

Maloney, Deborah, Moss Landing Marine Lab
NSF GRFP - MHess
Sponsor: National Science Foundation – $49,000.

O'connor, Kevin C., Moss Landing Marine Lab
Castroville to the Coast Phase 1
Sponsor: California Marine Sanctuary Foundation – $312,272.

Spitzer, Julie S., Mathematics & Statistics
Santa Clara Valley Mathematics Project FY 24-25 (CSMP State Funds)
Sponsor: Regents of The University of California – $20,000.

Thornton, Edward, Moss Landing Marine Lab
ROXSI: ROcky shores eXperiments and SImulations- Thornton Portion
Sponsor: UC, San Diego – $43,000.

Wilkinson, Katherine, Biological Sciences
The Electrical Basis of Proprioceptive Signaling and Sensory-Driven Motor Behavior
Sponsor: UC, Davis – $74,707.

Wood, Michael, Moss Landing Marine Lab
Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Science (ROSES)
Sponsor: Jet Propulsion Laboratory – $148,055.