{"id":1408,"date":"2024-08-07T15:53:49","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T22:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cas.wsu.edu\/gfs\/?page_id=1408"},"modified":"2026-09-01T16:44:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T23:44:12","slug":"cas-grant-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cas.wsu.edu\/gfs\/cas-grant-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"CAS Grant Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Grant awards for fiscal year 2026-27<\/h2>\n\n\n
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CAS faculty are pushing the limits of knowledge and creativity through their original research and artistic endeavors. Grant-funded projects, such as those showcased here, underscore the impactful contributions our college is making to the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Information is updated monthly by the GFS team<\/a> with information provided by the Office of Research Support and Operations (ORSO).<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n

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Date Awarded<\/th>Principal Investigator<\/th>Unit<\/th>Campus<\/th>Sponsor<\/th>Program<\/th>Project Title<\/th>Award Amt<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
8\/25\/2026<\/td>Rudman, Seth<\/td>School of Biological Sciences<\/td>Vancouver<\/td>USDA\/Agricultural Research Service<\/td>Northwest Center for Smal Fruits Research<\/td>A genomic tool to improve insecticide efficacy and facilitate genetic control technologies for Spotted Wing Drosophila<\/td>$183,411 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8\/18\/2026<\/td>Piovia-Scott, Jonah<\/td>School of Biological Sciences<\/td>Vancouver<\/td>USDA\/US Forest Service<\/td><\/td>Wildlife Responses to Forest Plantation Thinning on the Gifford Pinchot National Forest<\/td>$71,559 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8\/18\/2026<\/td>Crespi, Erica<\/td>School of Biological Sciences<\/td>Pullman<\/td>US Department of the Interior\/National Park Service<\/td><\/td>Establishing baseline levels of a vehicle tire contaminant (6PPD-quinone) in Redwood Creek (Marin County, Muir Woods National Monument)<\/td>$15,000 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8\/17\/2026<\/td>Thornton, Daniel<\/td>School of the Environment<\/td>Pullman<\/td>USDA\/US Forest Service<\/td><\/td>Monitoring Canada lynx recovery on the Colville National Forest<\/td>$79,040 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8\/3\/2026<\/td>Benson, Erin<\/td>School of the Environment<\/td>Pullman<\/td>National Science Foundation<\/td>Chemical Evolution of the Solid Earth and Volcanology<\/td>Quantifying the role and composition of mineralizing fluids in carbonatite-hosted rare earth element (REE) deposits<\/td>$361,308 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7\/28\/2026<\/td>Daniels, Alayna and Hsin-Ya Liao<\/td>Psychology<\/td>Pullman<\/td>Psi Chi<\/td>Graduate Research Grants<\/td>Effect of Religiously Integrated Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (RCBT) on Clinicians' Religiously Integrated Practice Competency<\/td>$1,125 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7\/24\/2026<\/td>Cheeke, Tanya<\/td>School of Biological Sciences<\/td>Tri-Cities<\/td>Simons Foundation<\/td>Graduate Fellowships in Ecology and Evolution<\/td>From ashes to ecosystems: Soil microbial communities in forest fire recovery<\/td>$265,800 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7\/24\/2026<\/td>Keane, Christopher<\/td>Physics & Astronomy<\/td>Pullman<\/td>BATTELLE-(PNNL)\/US Department of Energy<\/td><\/td>Development of a Western US Fusion Energy Commercialization Hub<\/td>$11,939 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7\/17\/2026<\/td>Blong, John<\/td>Anthropology<\/td>Pullman<\/td>Great Basin Heritage Area Partnership<\/td>Large Grants<\/td>Outdoor educational experiences to preserve Goshute traditional knowledge and promote cultural preservation<\/td>$14,730 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7\/2\/2026<\/td>Roley, Sarah<\/td>School of the Environment<\/td>Tri-Cities<\/td>NASA<\/td>ROSES-2024<\/td>Linking hydrology and harmful aquatic plant biomass to support salmon recovery<\/td>$333,770 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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