August 2026 New Awards

MAPS: Machine-guided Analysis of Phase-space for Strong Spins

PI: Matthias Agne
Amount: $1,788,145
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

Admission, Tuition, and Housing: The Relative Effects of Different Guarantees in the College Outcomes of High-Ability, Low-SES Students

PI: Joridan Barash
Amount: $24,410
Sponsor: Spencer Foundation

The microtubule lumen as a novel regulator of cilia function and development

PI: Samuel Bertrand
Amount: $100,228
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Inadvertent Archaeological Discovery and Monitoring for the Amazon Prairie Mitigation Bank Project

PI: Andrew Boehm
Amount: $19,809
Sponsor: City of Eugene

ODHS Supporting Safer Infant Sleep among Caregivers who use Substances

PI: Camille Cioffi
Amount: $24,923
Sponsor: Oregon Department of Human Services

2026 Europe-Eurasia Pre-Departure Orientation at the University of Oregon

PI: Christopher Daradics
Amount: $69,950
Sponsor: U.S. Department of State (DOS)

Advancing US-EAR Contributions to Global Change Research via Solutions that Accelerate Growth of Well-Curated Open Paleodata

PI: Edward Davis
Amount: $8,883
Sponsor: National Science Foundation

Converging on Subduction Zone Science

PI: Jill Elizabeth
Amount: $197,504
Sponsor: U.S. Geological Survey

Advancing Simulations of Sequences of Earthquakes and Aseismic Slip (SEAS)

PI: Brittany Erickson
Amount: $51,748
Sponsor: U.S. Geological Survey

Quantifying the impacts of coastal sediment dynamics on Oregon's kelp forests

PI: Aaron Galloway
Amount: $124,593
Sponsor: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

VDAC1: A Central Regulator of Mitochondrial Metabolism in Skeletal Muscle

PI: Avika Gomez-Sharma
Amount: $100,228
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Vacant and Underutilized Building Inventory

PI: Melissa Graciosa
Amount: $150,000
Sponsor: Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

Co-Director of the CIFAR program in Humans & the Microbiome (HMB)

PI: Karen Guillemin
Amount: $10,240
Sponsor: Canadian Institute for Advanced Research

Bending Stiffness & Acceleration

PI: Michael Hahn
Amount: $41,000
Sponsor: Puma SE

Belonging and Community Connection

PI: Mark Hammond
Amount: $140,000
Sponsor: South Lane School District #45J3

NSF National Innovation Corps Teams: Affinity Labs - NSF I-Corps Application - Fall Cohort 3Research.gov

PI: Marian Hettiaratchi
Amount: $50,000
Sponsor: National Science Foundation

Jackson County/Medford Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan Update

PI: Michael Howard
Amount: $94,500
Sponsor: City of Medford

Clatsop County Climate and Health Adaptation Plan

PI: Michael Howard
Amount: $40,000
Sponsor: Clatsop County

Virginia Alternate Assessment Program (VAAP)

PI: P. S. Irvin
Amount: $1,900,000
Sponsor: Virginia Department of Education

Eco Jurisprudence Monitor Phase 4: Expanding Educational Impact

PI: Craig Kauffman
Amount: $50,000
Sponsor: Environment Now

Membrane-based Alkaline Seawater Electrolyzer (MASE)

PI: Paul Kempler
Amount: $84,000
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)

Separator Development for Scalable Electrochemical Iron Production

PI: Paul Kempler
Amount: $130,000
Sponsor: Grantham Foundation

Investigating sex-specific regulation by the Heat Shock Response pathway in heat-induced infertility

PI: Nicole Kurhanewicz
Amount: $337,874
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health (NIH)

ECHO: The Early Growth and Development Study of the ECHO Cohort

PI: Leslie Leve
Amount: $41,398
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Respiring Osteoarthritis: Oxygen-Generating and Cytokine-Binding Biomaterials for Enhanced Stem Cell Activity

PI: Gabriella Lindberg
Amount: $343,491
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health (NIH)

The Hewlett Sustainability Grant

PI: Christopher Long
Amount: $220,000
Sponsor: William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Mapping trajectories: Linking affective development to the emergence of depression symptoms in adolescent girls

PI: Everett Mahaffy
Amount: $50,069
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Design of polyphenolic nanoparticles to promote age-related fracture healing

PI: Cameron Moore
Amount: $150,342
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Project Elevate: A Comprehensive Middle to High School Transition Program for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders

PI: Rhonda Nese
Amount: $1,999,849
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education (USDE)

Understanding Uranus' Dynamic Magnetosphere Using Multifluid Simulations

PI: Carol Paty
Amount: $247,350
Sponsor: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

A novel synthetic biology toolkit in an animal system

PI: Patrick Phillips
Amount: $579,935
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Expanding the Bio(in)organic Chemistry of Reactive Sulfur and Selenium Species

PI: Michael Pluth
Amount: $622,797
Sponsor: National Science Foundation

Behavioral Health & Wellness Practitioner (BHWP) National Convening

PI: Tara Raines
Amount: $100,000
Sponsor: CAMBIA Health Foundation

OR66/OR273: Barrier Upgrades Archaeological Monitoring

PI: Christopher Ruiz
Amount: $28,921
Sponsor: State of Oregon

Volmer Creek Restoration Project

PI: Christopher Ruiz
Amount: $23,574
Sponsor: Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board

Detroit Lake Marinas Excavation Project

PI: Christopher Ruiz
Amount: $10,418
Sponsor: Marion County OR

COCOA: Crafting Optimized teaching strategies for Caregivers Online to maximize Autistic children’s language learning

PI: Stephanie Shire
Amount: $659,010
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Collaborative Research: Connecting tidewater glacier fjord dynamics to iceberg habitat availability

PI: David Sutherland
Amount: $398,365
Sponsor: National Science Foundation

Molecular mechanisms of CUG-trinucleotide repeat Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy using a novel animal and in vitro model

PI: Hironori Uehara
Amount: $670,232
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Investigating sexually dimorphic regulation of histone H3K9 methylation in heat-induced male infertility

PI: Hannah Wilson
Amount: $150,278
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health (NIH)