Major federal awards, small federal awards, and foundations grants
*Indicates a sponsored project in collaboration with McAllister & Quinn ($7,293,573 in awards that are active)
Table 1. Active major federal awards
Agency |
Program |
Award Period |
Award |
UNMC BHECN |
BHECN ARPA Funds: Behavioral Health Training Opportunities* PI: Courtney East, Associate Professor, Masters of Arts in Counseling Program |
2023-2025 |
$500,000 |
NSF |
Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) PHASE III (IINSPIRE Alliance) subaward from Iowa State University PI: Guadalupe Leon, Assistant Professor of Engineering |
2023-2028 |
$562,500 |
DoJ |
Grants to Reduce Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking on Campus Program* (Continuation) PD: Jaden Hilkemann, Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion |
2022-2025 |
$300,000 |
SAMHSA |
Garrett Lee Smith (GLS) Campus Suicide Prevention Grant* PD: Courtney East, Associate Professor and Director, Master of Arts in Counseling Program |
2022-2025 |
$306,000 |
NDE |
Educator Pipeline Grant PD: Tim Frey, Dean of the College of Education Partners: Crete Public Schools, ESU 5, and ESU 6 |
2022-2024 |
$100,000 |
NSF |
Track 2 Scholarships for Students in STEM (S-STEM)* PI: Kris Williams, Director of Institutional Effectiveness CoPIs: Dane Bowder, Chris Huber, Cale Stolle (faculty in biology, environmental science, chemistry, and engineering) at Doane University; Blake Colclasure, Senior Lecturer, Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications, University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture SP: Daniel Maganda Sandoval, Assistant Director of Student Recruitment |
2022-2028 |
$1,500,000 |
NSF |
IUSE: EHR Track 1 Engaged Student Learning, Level 2 DIVAS Alliance* PI: Tessa Durham Brooks, Professor of Biology CoPI: Raychelle Burks, Associate Professor of Chemistry, American University Senior Personnel: Erin Doyle, Associate Professor of Biology and Mark Meysenburg, Professor of Information Science & Technology |
2022-2026 |
$600,000 |
NEH |
American Rescue Plan: Humanities Organizations Department of Ethics and Interfaith Studies and Certificate of Integrated Humanities Program PD: Pedro Maligo Co-Leads on two funded areas: Dan Clanton, Associate Professor of Philosophy & Religious Studies and Jared List, Associate Professor of Modern Languages |
2021-2024 |
$499,116 |
NSF |
BII: Regional OneHealth Aerobiome Discovery Network subaward from Colorado State University Campus PI: Erin Doyle, Associate Professor of Biology |
2021-2026 |
$375,000 |
DoEd |
TRiO Student Support Services (SSS) Renewal Grant* PD: Beth Jacobson, Executive Director of Academic Support Services |
2020-2025 |
$1,637,800 |
NIH |
Nebraska INBRE Renewal Grant subaward from the University of Nebraska Medical Center Campus PD: Dane Bowder, Associate Professor of Biology |
2020-2025 |
$367,410 |
NSF |
International Research Experience for Students (IRES)* PI: Chris Huber, Associate Professor of Chemistry |
2020-2024 |
$300,000 |
NEH |
Humanities Connections Implementation Grant: Emphasis in Integrated Humanities Program* PD: Jared List, Associate Professor of Modern Languages CoPDs: Kate Marley, Professor of Biology and Brad Johnson, Professor of English |
2020-2024 |
$100,000 |
NSF |
Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program, Track 1 Scholarships & Stipends, Phase 1* PI: Rod Diercks, Professor of Education; CoPIs: Tessa Durham Brooks, Professor of Biology |
2018-2024 |
$1,999,773 |
TOTAL |
$9,147,599 |
Table 2. Active small federal and foundations grants
Agency, Foundation, or Individual |
Program |
Award Period |
Award |
NE DHHS |
NECPA Substance Abuse Prevention Mini-Grant Subaward from UNL Program PD: Andreea Baker, Director of Health and Wellness |
2024-2025 | $10,639 |
USGS |
Water Center Seed Grant (Sub from UNL) Campus PI: Chris Huber, Associate Professor of Chemistry |
2023-2024 |
$15,961 |
Interfaith America |
Bridging the Gap Campus Grants PI: Luis Sotelo, VP of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion |
2023-2024 |
$15,000 |
NE EPSCoR |
FIRST Award* PI: Guadalupe Leon, Associate Professor of Engineering |
2022-2024 |
$50,000 |
NE DoED |
Nebraska Career Scholarships Year 3 PD: Fred Pena, Director of Financial Aid |
2023-2024 |
$134,100 |
Cooper Foundation |
Inclusive Excellence Certificate Program (IECP) PD: Luis Sotelo, VP of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion |
2021-2024 |
$20,000 |
TOTAL |
$245,700 |
Table 3. Recent submitted/pending proposals and foundations requests
Agency |
Program |
Award Period |
Requested Amount |
NSF |
PFE: Research Initiation in Engineering Formation (PFE: RIEF)* PI: Joel TerMaat |
2024-2026 |
$200,000 |
DoEd |
Title III Strengthening Institutions Program PD: Lorie Cook-Benjamin, Chief Academic Officer CoPDs: Judy Kawamoto, Vice President of Student Affairs, and Derek Beirman, Chief Information Officer |
2024-2029 |
$2.25M |
TOTAL PENDING |
$2,450,000 |