October 2025 Grants and Awards
Collaborative Research: Research Initiation: Understanding Competencies and Professional Identities for Digitally-Enabled Sustainable Demolition Construction Practices
Principal Investigator:
Ashtarout Ammar
Assistant Professor
Myers-Lawson School of Construction
College of Engineering
Total Anticipated:
$175,233
Sponsor:
National Science Foundation
Participatory Water Science and Resistance to Extractivism
Principal Investigator:
Nicholas M. Copeland
Associate Professor AY
Department of History
College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$18,090
Sponsor:
Spencer Foundation
Fluid-Ablation Interactions in High-Reynolds Number Hypersonic Turbulent Boundary Layers
Principal Investigator:
Liselle A. Joseph
Assistant Professor
Virginia Tech National Security Institute
Total Anticipated:
$450,000
Sponsor:
Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Conference: United States–United Arab Emirates Workshop on Next-Generation Spectrum Innovations and Applications
Principal Investigator:
Walid Saad
Professor
Institute for Advanced Computing
Total Anticipated:
$146,165
Sponsor:
National Science Foundation
Flow-Informed Therapy for Glioblastoma
Principal Investigator:
Jennifer M. Munson
Professor
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC
Total Anticipated:
$2,680,310
Sponsor:
National Cancer Institute
Transformative Organizing: Race, Gender, and the American Labor Movement
Principal Investigator:
Philip C. Yaure
Assistant Professor
Department of Philosophy
College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$55,000
Sponsor:
Library Of Congress
Virginia Seafood Agricultural Research and Extension Center and Virginia Sea Grant Seafood Extension Program
Principal Investigator:
Michael H. Schwarz
Associate Director
Virginia Seafood Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Agriculture Experiment Station
Total Anticipated:
$57,500
Sponsor:
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Histotripsy for Non-Invasive Treatment of Canine Lipoma
Principal Investigator:
Adam D. Maxwell
Research Associate Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics
College of Engineering
Total Anticipated:
$15,102
Sponsor:
Focused Ultrasound Foundation
Storying the Food–Energy–Water Nexus: Cultivating Place-Based Agricultural Literacy in Rural Schools Through English Language Arts and Agricultural Education
Principal Investigator:
Hannah H. Scherer
Associate Professor and Extension Specialist
Department of Agriculture, Leadership and Community Education
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$500,000
Sponsor:
United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Chromosomal Rearrangements in the Arboviral Vector Aedes Aegypti
Principal Investigator:
Maria V. Sharakhova
Assistant Professor
Department of Entomology
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$3,021,031
Sponsor:
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Host Determinants of Virus Host Range: From Systems Biology Identification to Validation and Virus Control in Crops
Principal Investigator:
Xiaofeng Wang
Associate Professor
School of Plant and Environmental Sciences
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$350,000
Sponsor:
Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund
Second-Year Assessment of Prosaro Pro, Sphaerex, and Miravis Era Timing for Fusarium Head Blight Management Under Changing Weather and Disease Pressure
Principal Investigator:
Douglas S. Higgins
Assistant Professor
Eastern Shore Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Agriculture Experiment Station
Total Anticipated:
$9,000
Sponsor:
Virginia Small Grains Board
Fort Pickett Michaux’s Sumac (Rhus Michauxii) Endangered Species Management Plan
Principal Investigator:
Verl R. Emrick
Research Scientist
Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation
College of Natural Resources and Environment
Total Anticipated:
$50,104
Sponsor:
Virginia Department of Military Affairs
Supporting Flood Recovery in Rural, Mountainous Areas Through Health Systems Knowledge Exchange and Fine-Scale Healthcare Utilization Data Analysis
Principal Investigator:
Julia M. Gohlke
Professor
Veterinary Medical Research and Graduate Studies
College of Veterinary Medicine
Total Anticipated:
$791,037
Sponsor:
National Institute of Nursing Research
Development of Clean-Label Food Ingredient with California Pomegranate and Grape Pomace: Pigments, Fiber, and Antioxidants
Principal Investigator:
Haibo Huang
Associate Professor
Department of Food Science and Technology
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$12,000
Sponsor:
University of California Davis
To Support a National Endowment for the Arts Research Lab on the Arts, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation
Principal Investigator:
Thomas L. Martin
Professor and Bradley Faculty Fellow of Education
Institute for Creativity, Arts and Technology
Total Anticipated:
$150,000
Sponsor:
National Endowment for the Arts
Developing Community Archiving Capacities in Northwest Alaska
Principal Investigator:
Cana U. Itchuaqiyaq
Assistant Professor
College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences - Innovative Programs
College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$247,362
Sponsor:
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Small Grain Research Program Support
Principal Investigator:
Joseph C. Oakes
Superintendent
Eastern Virginia Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Agriculture Experiment Station
Total Anticipated:
$10,120
Sponsor:
Virginia Small Grains Board
Evaluating Winter Pea Varieties: On-Farm Participatory Research Trials for Enhanced Cover Crop Performance in the Mid-Atlantic
Principal Investigator:
Megan L. Williams
Associate Extension Agent
Northeast District Cooperative Extension
Director of Cooperative Extension
Total Anticipated:
$9,130
Sponsor:
Virginia Agricultural Council