CAS Grant Awards 2024-25

Date AwardedPrincipal InvestigatorUnitCampusSponsorProgramProject TitleAward Amt
6/30/2025Liu, ChangPsychologyPullmanSpencer FoundationResearch Grants on Education: SmallReal-Time Dynamics of Stress, Promotive Factors, and Academic and Mental Health Outcomes Among Racially/Ethnically Minoritized Students During the Transition to High School$49,976
6/26/2025Woods, Rachel and Heather WattsSchool of Biological SciencesPullmanFinch Research NetworkSmall Grant ProgramUncovering annual movements of a nomadic finch species, the pine siskin (Spinus pinus)$599
6/24/2025Thompson, Jordan and Rachel HorowitzAnthropologyPullmanNational Science FoundationDivision of Behavioral and Cognitive SciencesDoctoral Dissertation Research: High Altitude Adaptation$26,010
6/16/2025Magnan, ReneePsychologyVancouverNational Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug AbuseSmall Grants ProgramCannabis use and its association with daily functioning in young adults with chronic pain: an ecological momentary assessment burst design$153,000
6/16/2025Franklin, RobertHistoryTri-CitiesUS Department of the Interior, National Park ServiceManhattan Project National Historical ParkDocument Manhattan Project Scientific Advancements at Hanford$30,969
6/12/2025Franklin, RobertHistoryTri-CitiesUS Department of the Interior, National Park ServiceManhattan Project National Historical ParkConduct Archival Research to Enhance Understanding of Park Resources at Hanford$49,401
6/10/2025Auerbach, Daniel and Alex FremierSchool of the EnvironmentPullmanArctic Yukon KuskokwimSustainable Salmon InitiativeAdvancing Escapement Estimates: Camera-Based Systems$291,811
5/27/2025Peabody, SusanHistoryVancouverAlexander von Humboldt FoundationResearch AwardSlavery and Freedom in France and the Colonies, 1750-1850: Advancing Scholarship and Collaboration$90,797
5/27/2025Gregory, RuthDTCPullmanWestern Washington UniversityWashington Campus Coalition for the Public Good$2,000
5/23/2025Boag, PeterHistoryVancouverNational Endowment for the HumanitiesSummer StipendsThe Art of Mountaineering: Landscape Painters and Climbing in the Cascade Range, 1865-1915$8,000
5/9/2025Meredith, HallieArtPullmanArchaeological Institute of AmericaAIA Publication Subvention ProgramThe Roman Craftworkers of Late Antiquity: A Social History of Glass Production and Related Industries$2,875
5/7/2025Bollens, StephenSchool of the EnvironmentVancouverConfederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation/U.S Department of Energy-BPAFeeding Ecology of Freshwater Mussels$20,204
5/1/2025Willits, DaleCriminal JusticePullmanWashington Traffic Safety CommissionIntra-agency AgreementExamination of ARIDE Training and Law Enforcement Confidence in Conducting Impaired Assessments in Washington$109,835
4/30/2025Zamora, AnnaSociologyPullmanHarvard Medical School/NIHAIM-AHEAD Research Fellows Program in AI/MLLeveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning to examine sleep disorders and chronic cardiometabolic conditions across racial and ethnic groups$51,840
4/28/2025Keane, ChristopherPhysics & AstronomyPullmanEast Carolina University/NIHSTrengthening Research Opportunities for NIH Grants (STRONG): Structured Institutional Needs Assessment and Action Plan Development for Resource Limited Institutions (RLIs) ECU RACING AHEAD Research-focused Assessment of Capacity, Institutional Needs, and Growth strategies to Advance Health Equity and Address Disparities$12,600
4/8/2025Roley, SarahSchool of the EnvironmentTri-CitiesBonneville Environmental Foundation/Paul G Allen FoundationNatural Climate SolutionsMainstreaming Beaver Based Restoration as a Natural Climate Solution across the Pacific Northwest$200,000
4/8/2025Kittilstved, KevinChemistryPullmanNational Science FoundationDivision of ChemistryStep-wise assembly of nanocrystal synthons for precision doping$154,902
3/21/2025Akowuah, Joseph and Jacob LewisPPPAPullmanInstitute for Humane Studies, George Mason UniversityExpense SupportProposal to Extend the Electoral Contention and Violence (ECAV) Dataset for North America$2,475
3/7/2025Gu,YiPhysics & AstronomyPullmanAmerican Physical Society/U.S. Department of EnergyConferences for Undergraduate Women and Gender Minorities in Physics CUWiP 2025 APS Conference$60,000
3/3/2025Piovia-Scott, JonahSchool of Biological SciencesVancouverUniversity of Minnesota/National Science FoundationDynamics of Integrated Socio-Environmental Systems (DISES)A North American Beaver Knowledge Network$99,677
2/26/2025Blong, JohnAnthropologyPullmanNational Science FoundationArchaeology Program Senior Research AwardsThe Impact of Environmental Change on Traditional Subsistence Strategies$221,164
2/18/2025Gaynair, MarleneHistoryPullmanHarvard UniversityCanada Program at Weatherhead Center for International AffairsWilliam Lyon Mackenzie King Postdoctoral Fellow$71,000
2/4/2025Guo, XiaofengChemistryPullmanINL- Battelle Energy Alliance/U.S. Department of EnergyLaboratory Directed Research and DevelopmentNovel process for permanent magnet recycling: Molten Salt Electrochemical Leaching and Recovery$42,699
1/28/2025Kuzyk, MarkPhysics & AstronomyPullmanAzimuth Corp/ DOD Air Force (AFRL)An Assessment of the Magneto-Optic Effect$15,227
1/24/2025Amorim, MarianaSociologyPullmanUniversity of Wisconsin Madison/NIHNICHD R21Within-Year Debt Fluctuations, Stress, and Health$22,135
12/16/2024Bell, JeffreyChemistryPullmanNational Science FoundationCAREER (CBET)CAREER: Calibration-Free Potentiometric Sensors for Biofluid Analysis$584,177
12/9/2024Berkman, CliffChemistryPullmnUniversity of Connecticut/NIHNCI Clinical and Translational Exploratory/Developmental StudiesFrontiers in Bone Metastatic Models for Prostate Cancer$162,387
12/9/2024Cousins, AsaphSchool of Biological SciencesPullmanJan IngenHousz InstituteImproving Photosynthesis Efficiency to Boost Food ProductionHigh Throughput Phenotyping of Photosynthetic Limitations and Water Use Efficiency (N-CORDER)$69,495
12/9/2024Guo, XiaofengChemistryPullmanTerrapower, LLCDelta WBS2: Washington State University Enthalpy of Mixing Studies$124,999
12/6/2024Akowuah, Joseph and Jacob LewisPPPAPullmanUniversity of AmsterdamAmsterdam Centre for Conflict StudiesExtend the Electoral Contention and Violence (ECAV) Dataset for Africa$5,250
12/5/2024Probst, TahiraPsychologyVancouverOregon Health & Science UniversityOregon Healthy Workforce CenterOrganizational Safety Climate and Illness Prevention: A Call for Expanded Conceptualization, Measurement, and Interventions$19,890
12/3/2024Sharma, AnjaliChemistryPullmanM.J. Murdock Charitable TrustCommercialization InitiationNon-invasive Targeted Nanotherapy for the Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury$75,000
11/19/2024Whitney, PaulHealth Equity Research CollaborativePullmanHuntington Medical Research Institutes/National Institutes of HealthResearch on biopsychosocial factors of social connectedness and isolation on health, wellbeing, illness, and recovery Resilience, cultural alignment, and social support in brain aging: Data from the Strong Heart Study$225,362
11/18/2024Thornton, DanielSchool of the EnvironmentPullmanUS Department of Agriculture, US Forest ServiceChallenge Cost Share AgreementsLynx Occupancy on the Kettle Crest$24,948
11/12/2024Moreau, LianeChemistryPullmanUS Department of EnergyEarly Career Research ProgramExploring actinide nanocrystal growth towards defining 5f surface chemistry$929,661
10/21/2024Piovia-Scott, JonahSchool of Biological SciencesVancouverLower Columbia Fish Enhancement GroupCamp Singing Wind Fish Biodiversity and Distribution Assessment$12,600
10/14/2024Liu, ChangPsychologyPullmanAmerican Psychology FoundationVisionary GrantsReal-Time Dynamics of Stress, Resilience, and Mental Health Among Racially/Ethnically Minoritized Students during the Transition to High School: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study$19,935
10/8/2024Guo, XiaofengChemistryPullmanUniversity of Mass/US Department of EnergyEarly Career Research ProgramMachine Learning-Enabled Monitoring of Metallic Solutes via X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy in Molten Salt Fusion Blankets$30,000
10/7/2024Engels, PeterPhysics & AstronomyPullmanUniversity of San Diego/National Science FoundationExpanding Capacity in Quantum Information Science and EngineeringExpandQISE: Track 1: Quantum Analog Simulation with Bose-Einstein Condensates in Flexible Light Fields$240,000
10/7/2024Mellinger, HillaryCriminal JusticePullmanWashington Traffic Safety CommissionWTSC Research Grant Program¿Se Habla Español?: Pasco Police Department's Navigation of Spanish Language Barriers During Traffic Stops$67,629
10/4/2024Gregory, RuthDTCPullmanWestern Washington UniversityWashington Campus Coalition for the Public GoodStudent Support Fellow$14,957
10/3/2024Gregory, RuthDTCPullmanWestern Washington UniversityWashington Campus Coalition for the Public GoodStudent Technology Support Fellow$14,987
10/1/2024Crespi, EricaSchool of Biological SciencesPullmanNational Science FoundationResearch Experiences for UndergraduatesREU Site: Robustness and Resilience of Aquatic Biological Systems$464,865
9/16/2024Amorim, MarianaSociologyPullmanUniversity of WA/WA State Dept of Financial InstitutionsAlternative Financial Services in Washington State$86,086
9/6/2024Knoblauch, MichaelSchool of Biological SciencesPullmanUS Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and TechnologyCongressionally Identified Scientific and Technical Research Services (STRS) Grant ProgramTransmission Electron Microscope$2,500,000
9/4/2024Marston, PhilipPhysics & AstronomyPullmanUS Department of Energy, Los Alamos National LaboratoryDevelopment of Time-Frequency Analysis Methods for Photonic Doppler Velocimetry Data$87,148
8/29/2024Fales, JessicaPsychologyVancouverNational Institutes of Health, Eunice Kenndey Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human DevelopmentResearch on Biopsychosocial Factors of Social Connectedness and Isolation on Health, Wellbeing, Illness, and RecoveryRisk, Resilience, and Recovery: A Longitudinal Mixed-Method Study Examining the Role of Peer Relationships in Pediatric Pain$581,156
8/16/2024Fremier, AlexanderSchool of the EnvironmentPullmanUS Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife ServiceEcological ServicesTransition of the CTS Mitigation Tool to ArcPro$17,059
8/15/2024Skinner, MichaelSchool of Biological SciencesPullmanStanford UniversityEpigenetic Inheritance and Conservation in Giraffes, A Preliminary Study$32,092
8/13/2024Singh, DeeptiSchool of the EnvironmentVancouverNational Science FoundationDivision of Atmospheric and Geospace SciencesConference: Compounding and cascading climate risks to US frontline communities$85,377
8/9/2024Liu, ShengchiMathematics & StatisticsPullmanSimons FoundationTravel Support for MathematiciansSubconvexity bounds for L-functions and related problems$42,000
8/8/2024Blong, JohnAnthropologyPullmanUS Department of the Interior, National Park ServiceCultural Resource ManagementIRA Cultural Resources at Risk Project, Snow, Ice Patch, and Alpine Project$300,000
8/7/2024Graham, Emily and Tanya CheekeSchool of Biological SciencesTri-CitiesNational Science FoundationBiology Integration InstitutesBII: EMBER: Embedding Molecular Biology in Ecosystem Research in an era of increasing fire and drought$146,954
8/2/2024Thornton, DanielSchool of the EnvironmentPullmanWoodland Park Zoo/Seattle City LightWildlife Research Program/Skagit River Hydroelectric ProjectThe Cascades Carnivore Monitoring Program: A 20-Year Vision for the Collaborative Monitoring of Wolverines and Canada Lynx$8,056
7/31/2024Steen-Adams, MichelleSchool of the EnvironmentVancouverNational Science FoundationArchaeology Program Senior Research Awards (Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences)Collaborative Research: Long-term human fire management and environmental change in high-elevation socialecological systems$69,437
7/29/2024Horowitz, RachelAnthropologyPullmanNational Science FoundationArchaeology Program Senior Research Awards (Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences)Correlation of Political and Economic Power$252,253
7/26/2024Fremier, AlexSchool of the EnvironmentPullmanNational Science FoundationHydrologic Sciences (Division of Earth Sciences)Are Beaver Dam Analogs All They're Stacked Up to be for Hydrologic and Ecosystem Improvement?$466,599
7/24/2024Berkman, CliffChemistryPullmanNational Institutes of Health, National Cancer InstituteNotice of Special Interest: Advancing the development of tumor site-activated small moleculesTumor-Activated Dual Payload-Drug Conjugates$393,401
7/23/2024Piovia-Scott, JonahSchool of Biological SciencesVancouverNational Science FoundationOpportunities for Promoting Understanding through Synthesis (Division of Environmental Biology)Collaborative Research: OPUS: Synthesizing long-term data to understand the ecological and evolutionary consequences of hurricanes$59,636
7/19/2024Dowd, William WesleySchool of Biological SciencesPullmanNational Science FoundationCore Programs (Division of Integrative Organismal Systems)Environmental stress and the physiological architecture of inter-individual variation$290,422
7/12/2024Sharma, AnjaliChemistryPullmanWashington Research FoundationTechnology CommercializationDendrimer Nanotherapy for Targeted Treatment of Prostate Cancer$100,000
7/5/2024Guan, QingzePhysicsPullmanNational Science FoundationInvestigator-Initiated Research Projects (Division of Physics)Beyond mean-field physics in dynamical Bose-Einstein Condensates$298,494
6/26/2024Thornton, DanielSchool of the EnvironmentPullmanUS Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife ServiceCandidate Species ConservationImproving Canada lynx population redundancy in Washington: assessing the status of a lynx augmentation in Colville National Forest$76,115
6/25/2024Rodriguez Furlan, CeciliaSchool of Biological SciencesPullmanNational Science FoundationCore Programs (Division of Molecular and Cellular Biology)EAGER: Tools4Cells: Bimolecular proximity tagging$299,772
6/21/2024Franklin, RobertHistoryTCUS Department of the Interior, National Park ServiceCooperative Research and Training Programs of the National Park SystemDocumenting Undertold Narratives of the Manhattan Project at Hanford$67,941
6/3/2024Schultz, CherylSchool of Biological SciencesVancouverUS Department of Defense, Office of Naval ResearchLegacy Resource Management ProgramMonarch and Pollinator Strategic Conservation Research Program$500,000
6/3/2024Sharma, AnjaliChemistryPullmanNational Institutes of Health, National Cancer InstituteClinical and Translational Exploratory/Developmental StudiesTargeted nanotherapies for the treatment of prostate cancer$406,520