January 2026 Grants and Awards
Enhancing Dairy Heifer Growth Efficiency Through Increased Understanding of Nutrient Degradability During Heat Stress
Principal Investigator:
Kristy M. Daniels
Associate Professor
School of Animal Sciences
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$620,000
Sponsor:
United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Effects of Supplemental Glutathione on Cattle Exposed to Fescue Toxicosis Under Heat Stress Conditions
Principal Investigator:
Johan Samir Osorio
Assistant Professor
School of Animal Sciences
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$30,589
Sponsor:
Virginia Cattle Industry Board
Visualizing Large Language Model Feature Explanation in Analyst Workflows
Principal Investigator:
Christopher L. North
Professor
Department of Computer Science
College of Engineering
Total Anticipated:
$24,927
Sponsor:
North Carolina State University
Career: Foundations of Machine Learning-Enhanced Branch-and-Bound Algorithms for Scalable Global Optimization
Principal Investigator:
Rohit Kannan
Assistant Professor
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
College of Engineering
Total Anticipated:
$639,433
Sponsor:
National Science Foundation
Electrowetting-Controlled and Hologram-Guided Colloidal Particle Assembly
Principal Investigator:
Jiangtao Cheng
Associate Professor AY
Department of Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering
Total Anticipated:
$125,000
Sponsor:
Petroleum Research Fund
Organometallic Chemistry of Catalytically Relevant Copper(III) Complexes
Principal Investigator:
Wei Liu
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
College of Science
Total Anticipated:
$770,000
Sponsor:
National Science Foundation
Time-to-Development of Resistance to Rifampin Monotherapy When Used to Treat Canine Pyoderma Caused by Staphylococcus pseudintermedius: An In Vitro Study
Principal Investigator:
Heng L. Tham
Clinical Assistant Professor CY
Veterinary Medical Research and Graduate Studies
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Total Anticipated:
$6,372
Sponsor:
American College of Veterinary Dermatology
Virginia 4-H Teens-as-Teachers Program
Principal Investigator:
Chad N. Proudfoot
4-H Organizational Specialist
4-H Centers and Administration
Director of Cooperative Extension
Total Anticipated:
$70,000
Sponsor:
National 4-H Council
Mitochondria and Synapse Crosstalk in Alzheimer’s Disease Circuit Vulnerability
Principal Investigator:
Shannon L. Farris
Assistant Professor
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC
Total Anticipated:
$322,000
Sponsor:
National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health
Continuation Proposal for the Training and Technical Assistance Center (611 Funds)
Principal Investigator:
Lora L. Beeken
Co-Director, Training and Technical Assistance Center
Office of Educational Research and Outreach
College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$1,739,203
Sponsor:
Virginia Department of Education
Continuation Proposal for the Training and Technical Assistance Center (619 Funds)
Principal Investigator:
Lora L. Beeken
Co-Director, Training and Technical Assistance Center
Office of Educational Research and Outreach
College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$392,116
Sponsor:
Virginia Department of Education
Support for the Mussel Propagation Conservation Program of the Department of Wildlife Resources 2026–2028
Principal Investigator:
Scott D. Klopfer
Director, Conservation Management Institute
Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation
College of Natural Resources and Environment
Total Anticipated:
$536,066
Sponsor:
Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources
Forest and Farm Legacy Planning Education
Principal Investigator:
Karen E. Snape
Extension Associate Specialist
Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation
College of Natural Resources and Environment
Total Anticipated:
$30,000
Sponsor:
Virginia Department of Forestry
DesignUP (Design + Ut Prosim): A Community-Centered Design Sprint for Nonprofit Support and Student Learning
Principal Investigator:
Brianna P. ONeal
Assistant Professor and Director, FourDesign Studio
School of Visual Arts
Total Anticipated:
$3,000
Sponsor:
Print & Graphics Scholarship Foundation