2024 New Sponsored Awards

Carolyn H. Bohach | DHHS NIH INBRE-4 YEAR 6 – $4,206,381 | Dept. Health and Human Services

Tara W. Hudiburg, Laurel M. Lynch and Christopher Marx | NSF BII EMBER - $2,669,046 | National Science Foundation

Michelle McGuire, Ann Brown, Yimin Chen and Virginia L. Lane | DHHS NIH COBRE Women's Health - $2,354,626 | Dept. Health and Human Services

Marc T. Skinner | INL Education Contract 2024-2025 - $2,183,623.23 | Battelle Energy Alliance LLC

Feng Li, Joseph D. Law and Mark F. Roll | IWDC Amplifying Semiconductors Acro - $1,039,557 | Idaho Workforce Development Council

Deborah L. Stenkamp | NIH Patterning Genes - $520,703 | Dept. Health and Human Services

Erin S. Brooks | IDWR Evaluating ET products - $489,914 | Idaho Dept. of Water Resources

Reed S. Lewis, Russell V. Difiori and Dennis M. Feeney | USGS ID STATEMAP/GeMS FY24 - $408,911 | US Geological Survey

Zachary Kayler and Alex Maas | CSU West Expanding STAR program - $380,453 | Colorado State University

Elizabeth Fortunato | NIH R01 renewal resubmission 3-2024 - $337,500 | Dept. Health and Human Services

Diane O. Kelly-Riley | USOE Project SERV - $306,944 | US Department of Education National Science Foundation

Kristopher V. Waynant and James G. Moberly | NSF REU Site 2023 - $302,462 | National Science Foundation

Fangming Xiao | NIFA Resistance to PCN - $298,928 | National Institute of Food and Agriculture/USDA

Paul A. Rowley | NIH Yeast evolution in action - $270,768 | Dept. Health and Human Services

Gregory Latta | USDA FS BIL JVA HotSpots - $269,993.30 | USDA Forest Service

Xiaoli L. Etienne, Jessie B. Van Buren, Taylor C. Raney, Iris A. Mayes, Nav R. Ghimire and Jue Wang | NIFA PEARS 2024 - $239,997 | National Institute of Food and Agriculture/USDA

Karen L. Launchbaugh | USDA NRCS NRI-2024 - $226,105.73 | USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

Chad A. Jackson | USDA-ARS Aberdeen RSA 2024-25 - $220,206.05 | USDA Agricultural Research Ser

Zachariah B. Etienne | NSF Gravity Theory 2023 - $180,000 | National Science Foundation

Chris A. Zajchowski | TCF GW Parkway 2.0 - $168,636 | The Conservation Fund

Brian C. Small and Madison Powell | SAA SBMIE & ANFs - $157,783 | Soy Aquaculture Alliance

Matthew R. Falcy | KTI Kootenai River Toxicology - $150,950.02 | Kootenai Tribe

Armando G. McDonald | OSU 3D biocomposite (USDA) - $149,958 | Oregon State University

Robert A. Borrelli | BSU DOE Common Ground Siting INWS - $141,421 | Boise State University

Jie Ma and Kenneth D. Cain | KTOI Selenium toxicity - $130,685.50 | Kootenai Tribe

Carmen J. Willmore | MSU WSARE State Imp Plan ID 2024 - $120,000 | Montana State University

Gulhan Unlu | BSU NSF Converg Accel - $109,252 | Boise State University

Eric M. Winford and Jason W. Karl | USDA FS Dormant Season Graz Chtgras - $100,000 | USDA Forest Service

Jaiyan Zhao | Natura Redox Measure FLiNaK Salts - $100,000 | Natura Resources, LLC

Chelsea S. Pennick and Gregory Latta | RLF Wildfire Resiliency - $96,077 | RESOURCES LEGACY FUND

Elizabeth A. Kochevar | IDSTEMAC MOSS 2024 - $95,050.40 | Idaho STEM Action Center

Hasan M. Jamil | UND Smart Holistic Zero Waste Utili - $93,510 | University of North Dakota

Andrew S. Nelson | IFG Nursery Seedling Trial - $79,576 | Idaho Forest Group

Jean-Marc F. Gauthier | Micron VR Nodes - $78,057 | Micron Technology Inc

Courtney J. Conway and Karen L. Launchbaugh | OSC Grouse & Grazing FY24 - $75,000 | Office of Species Conservation

Ariel L. Agenbroad | WSU Farmer Veteran WERME 2023 - $74,991 | Washington State University

Jacob W. Bledsoe | SAA Machine Learn Enteritis Score - $70,701 | Soy Aquaculture Alliance

Dakota Roberson | INL GMLC 2024 - $70,000 | Battelle Energy Alliance

Jeffrey A. Hicke | USDA FS FHP-Spl-Pro-Prog: STDP tool - $66,265 | USDA Forest Service

Bethaney D. Fehrenkamp | UNLV MW CTR-IN11 Pilot-Fehrenkamp - $66,000 | University of Nevada Las Vegas Board of Regents

Joel C. Perry | UNLV CTR-IN Pilot Wearable Exoskel. - $66,000 | University of Nevada Las Vegas Board of Regents

Kathryn E. Schiffelbein and Terence Soule | ISTEMAC ESSER III Grant - $61,376 | Idaho STEM Action Center

Leda Kobziar | IDEQ Smoke DEQ - $59,456 | Idaho Department of Environmental Quality

Ming Hsun Cheng | INL Hydrolysate - $59,328 | Battelle Energy Alliance LLC

Matthew P. Fisher | 4-H Roth Scholars - $58,000 | National 4-H Council

Janet L. Rachlow Witham | USDI FWS Pygmy Rabbits FY24CSC - $56,000 | US Fish and Wildlife Service

James J. Nagler | CRITFC Lamprey sex & maturation - $55,180 | Columbia River Inter-Tribal

Merritt L. Dublin | FACES Hope MOU Renewal 23-24 - $55,000 | Family Advocacy Center and Education Services

Lisette P. Waits | USDI SWBRPP: NPS Pronghorn 2023 - $54,247 | USDI National Park Service

Kimberly A. Osborne | TSL Phase III - $49,975.35 | Teal Studio LLC

Katrina C. Eichner | AP Fort Henrietta - $48,606 | Anderson Perry and Assoc., Inc.

Brian C. Small and Ali Hamidoghli | GPC Kent: Yeast in Trout - $45,901 | Grain Processing Corporation

Patrick Hatzenbuehler and Brett D. Wilder | USDA Risk Forage Seeding Budgets - $44,252.63 | USDA Risk Management Agency

Robert Hiromoto | INL: LDRD-Directional MAC - $43,444 | Battelle Energy Alliance LLC

Brian K. Johnson and Daniel Conte de Leon | NSF Engines Type 1: INTENT - $39,996 | Urbanova

Xiaoli L. Etienne | WVU Triple-wash and nanotech - $39,932 | West Virginia University

Matthew R. Falcy | IDFG YR3 Steelhead Run Reconstruct - $36,674.40 | Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Terry M. Shaw | PDFHI 2024 NDGY Forest Research - $36,500 | PotlatchDeltic Forest Holdings Inc

Michael C. Quist | IDFG Zooplankton index methods - $36,454 | Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Christopher T. Nomura | NMSUF ASCEND 2.0 - $36,363 | New Mexico Start-Up Factory, LLC

Christian Cumagun, Lucas J. Sheneman and James W. Woodhall | IEOSA ID seed testing database - $35,000 Idaho | Eastern Oregon Seed Association

Christopher C. Caudill | USGS Integrated Water Science - $29,940 | US Geological Survey

Gianluca Blois | INL CAES Collaboration Blois 2024 - $27,834.94 | Battelle Energy Alliance LLC

Matthew R. Falcy | IDFG FY25 Burbot - $24,008 | Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Kamal Khadka and Liujun Li | IOC FY25 NFM in Canola R01-KK - $22,908.38 | Idaho Oilseed Commission

Madeline S. Goebel | USDA NIFA FY24 RREA - $20,897 | National Institute of Food and Agriculture/USDA

Matthew Hedman | JPL Plume Signals with MISE - $20,875 | Jet Propulsion Laboratories

Michael C. Quist | IDFG YR3 Bull Trout Abundan St. Joe - $20,733 | Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Sendy K. Martinez | ION Idaho 2024- Martinez - $20,000 | Jannus Inc.

Kirsten L. Pomerantz | ISDE VELS 2024 - $20,000 | Idaho State Department of Education

Ming Hsun Cheng | INL CAES Collab: Nuclear-Biomass - $20,000 | Battelle Energy Alliance LLC

Kimberly J. Tate | EXF 2024 PSEFMP - $18,905 | eXtension Foundation

Michael C. Quist | IDFG Kootenai River Microchem FY25 - $17,541 | Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Bridget M. Morrisroe-Miller | DHW National Diabetes Prevention 25 - $15,931.57 | Idaho Dept. of Health and Welfare

James W. Woodhall | OSU Grape Disease Biocontrol - $14,360 | Oregon State University

James W. Woodhall | SRS FY25 - CLS Air - $12,545 | Snake River Research and Seed Alliance LLC

Lisette P. Waits | Su24Â IDFG Intern Program – Klutch - $10,521 | Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Jared A. Spackman | NC State FRST - $10,000 | North Carolina St. University

Lisette P. Waits | Su24Â IDFG Intern Program – Jansen - $9,801 | Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Lisette P. Waits | Su24Â IDFG Intern Program – Sofaly - $9,775 | Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Lisette P. Waits | IDFG Su24 Intern Program- Hynds - $9,081 | Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Michelle McGuire and Mark A. McGuire | WSU Cannabis, Milk & Multi-omics - $8,346 | Washington State University

Lisette P. Waits | Su24 IDFG Intern Program – Harelson - $8,280 | Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Lisette P. Waits | Su24Â IDFG Intern Program – Lewanski - $7,200 | Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Paul A. Lewin and Amber R. Smyer | MSU NDEET: Digital Volunteer - $6,000 | Mississippi State University

Omi Hodwitz | IHC PEI Student Support - $6,000 | Idaho Humanities Council

Chandra A. Vaughan | USDA FS R4 Adventure Quest Camp - $5,000 | USDA Forest Service

Joey D. Peutz, M. M. Toomey and Lindsey M. McConnell-Soong | 4-H TLEI 2024 Scholarship - $2,400 | National 4-H Council

Julie M. Amador | NSF Collab. Rural Math Landscape - $546,482 | National Science Foundation

Ahmed Abdel-Rahim | UW PacTrans 2024 Admin and Out.-AAR - $413,575 | University of Washington

Lindsay D. Woods, Dylan M. Agnes and Farnaz Nazari | Idaho Power Renewal AEEP CY24 - $379,459 | Idaho Power Company

Dennis R. Becker | USDA NIFA FFY24 McIntire Stennis - $315,480 | National Institute of Food and Agriculture/USDA

Meng Zhao and Margaret A. Wolf | USGS 104g-ZhaoM - $309,324 | US Geological Survey

Larry Stauffer | BSU CY24 TechHelp NIST PI - $252,369 | Boise State University

James J. Nagler and Lea R. Medeiros | CRITFC Steelhead Kelt Reconditionin - $252,125 | Columbia River Inter-Tribal

Jeffrey B. Langman | Teck Resources Red Dog Mine ARD - $247,305 | Teck Resource Limited

Daniel G. Strawn | USFS biochar 2024 - $225,000 | USDA Forest Service

Larry Stauffer | BSU CY24 TechHelp NIST - $224,808 | Boise State University

Sanford Eigenbrode, Lucas J. Sheneman and Subodh Adhikari | CSU FACT-AI Entomology - $206,401 | Colorado State University

Luke Oliver and Kenneth D. Cain | USDA NIFA Burbot Immune Devel. - $205,166 | National Institute of Food and Agriculture/USDA

Jared A. Spackman | IOC SCBG Irrigated Culinary Mustard - $183,084 | Idaho Oilseed Commission

Mike Knutz and Julia Villagomez | PU 2024 MTAC Idaho - $180,900 | Purdue University

Matthew Hedman | NASA Exploring Color of Enceladus P - $180,449 | National Aeronautic Space Ad.

Andrew S. Nelson | USDA FS Pitkin Nur: BIL St Nurserie - $160,000 | USDA Forest Service

Annie J. Roe, Joey D. Peutz, Siew Guan Lee, Shelly L. Johnson, Kristin E. Hansen and Kathryn Hickok | NIFA FY24 EFNEP - $158,390 | National Institute of Food and Agriculture/USDA

Krishnan S. Raja and Indrajit Charit | GenNext 3D Printing DOE STTR - $149,999.95 | GenNext Materials and Technologies LLC

Elowyn M. Yager | USBR Block Plucking - $147,848 | US Department of Interior - Bureau of Reclamation

Catherine E. Loiacono | ITD Safe Routes to School FY24-25 - $138,990 | Idaho Transportation Department

Russell T. Baker | UW AHA HERN-GROW RURAL - $127,795 | University of Washington

Mark A. McGuire | USDA ARS FY25 ADRU - $120,000 | USDA Agricultural Research Ser

Travis B. Paveglio | USFS Commu capacity for wildfire - $114,999.14 | USDA Forest Service

Christian Cumagun and James W. Woodhall | ISDA Transmission of HPWMoV Sweet C - $100,000 | Idaho Department of Agriculture

Tasha Howard | EXTFOU EXCITE-3 Implementation - $99,999.59 | eXtension Foundation

J.D. Wulfhorst | USDA ARS Sagebrush-Steppe - $99,839 | USDA Agricultural Research Ser

Vikas Kumar | SAA nutrigenomic increase soy trout - $99,589 | Soy Aquaculture Alliance

James P. Ekins | BSU NSF Conv. Accel. Water Education - $90,371 | Boise State University

Jason W. Barnes | SSI 2023 NSF Haze - $78,606 | SPECTRAL SCIENCES INC

James W. Woodhall | IEOCC SCBG Onion bacteria field tri - $73,558 | Idaho Eastern Oregon Onion Comm

Zachariah B. Etienne | RIT TCAN: BBH - $73,488 | Rochester Institute of Technology

Courtney J. Conway | IDFG Restoration and Diet Analysis - $73,400 | Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Vikas Kumar | OHISOY Optimizing the soy in trout - $70,000 | Ohio Soybean Council

Lance Hansen, Kathleen J. Tifft, David R. Callister, Bracken M. Henderson and Tasha Howard | WSU Farm Stress Awareness work FY24 - $62,999 | Washington State University

Matthew R. Falcy | UBC Mule Deer - $60,609 | University of British Columbia - Okanagan

You Qiang | INL LDRD: Int Heterogeneous Struc - $59,661 | Battelle Energy Alliance LLC

Grant Harley | Agri-Sompo: Florida Citrus - $51,887 | Agri-Sompo North America

Aleksandar Vakanski | INL LDRD Machine Learning - $50,128 | Battelle Energy Alliance LLC

Kerri T. Vierling | NASA GEDI and Bats (FINESST) - $49,750 | National Aeronautic Space Ad.

Xiaoli L. Etienne and Hernan Tejeda | NCBA Post-Harvest Beef flows - $48,030 | National Cattlemen's Beef Association

Andrew S. Nelson | POTCOR Stocktype-Spring Release 202 - $48,000 | PotlatchDeltic Forest Holdings Inc

Kenneth E. Wallen | IDFG HD Trout - $47,396 | Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Albert T. Adjesiwor | WSSA WheatWeed 2024 - $47,080 | Weed Science Society of America

Xiaoli L. Etienne | WVU Undergrad - $46,220 | West Virginia University

Mary S. Engels, Shanara L. Spang Gion and Brant G. Miller | WSU RaMP Resilience - $42,730 | Washington State University

Janice D. Carson | IDVR Tools for Life 2024 - $40,000 | Idaho Division of Vocational Rehab

Dennis Scarnecchia | NDFG CY24 Paddlefish Investigations - $40,000 | North Dakota Game and Fish Dept

Russell T. Baker | Marimn Health 2023 CNA - $39,968 | Marimn Health Inc

Phillip D. Bass and Michael J. Colle | NCBA Beef Interviews - $34,000 | National Cattlemen's Beef Association

James W. Woodhall | SRS FY25 Optimum CLS control - $32,000 | Snake River Research and Seed Alliance LLC

Mark A. McGuire | USDA FFY24 ARS Dubois - USSES - $27,115 | USDA Agricultural Research Ser

Leonardo Rose Werneck and Zachariah B. Etienne | UMBC Gravitational-Wave Signatures - $26,813.73 | University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Mark A. McGuire | NIFA FFY2024 AHD Program - $22,818 | National Institute of Food and Agriculture/USDA

Jessica R. Miesel | OSU LSFSC FY24 - $22,757 | Ohio State University

Albert T. Adjesiwor | SRS 2024-25 Herbicide Drift - $22,504 | Snake River Research and Seed Alliance LLC

Eva K. Strand and Leda Kobziar | UNR Grt Basin Fire Sci Exch 24-25 - $21,852 | University of Nevada at Reno

Dennis Scarnecchia | SWAU Oklahoma Alligators - $21,797.70 | Southwestern Adventist University

Michael C. Quist | IDFG YR3 Yellow Perch Lake Cascade - $20,407 | Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Albert T. Adjesiwor | SRS FY25 Group15 - $19,634 | Snake River Research and Seed Alliance LLC

Bridget M. Morrisroe-Miller | IDHW Nat Diabetes Prevention Prog - $15,942.86 | Idaho Dept. of Health and Welfare

Amin Ahmadzadeh | IDA Dairy Ed 2024 - $15,000 | Idaho Dairymen's Association, Inc.

Andrew R. Fields and Michael E. Wood | Kootenai County: APD - TCP 2024 - $15,000 | Kootenai County

Cari L. Murphy | ISBOE Empowering Parents - $14,226 | Idaho State Board of Education

Angela D. Blacklaw-Freel and Julia Villagomez | KSU DAF Idaho 4-H - $11,000 | Kansas State University

James W. Woodhall | SRS FY25 Spore Trap - $10,505 | Snake River Research and Seed Alliance LLC

John B. Hinton | IRS 2024 LITC Grant - $10,000 | Internal Revenue Service

Matthew R. Falcy | UBCO Predator Patterns - $9,191 | University of British Columbia - Okanagan

Matthew Swenson | INL Window Polishing - $7,952 | Battelle Energy Alliance LLC

Zachary J. Turpin | UNL Between the Columns - $7,428 | University of Nebraska

Douglas C. Finkelburg | PALCON CIG FLOURISH - $6,750 | Palouse Conservation District

Tasha Howard | IDHW Dementia Friends 2024 - $5,000 | Idaho Dept. of Health and Welfare

Jan U. Eitel | YCI Human Dimensions of Wolverines - $5,000 | Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Inititiative

Emily Tuschhoff | ISLD Vandals After Dark - Mini Gran - $5,000 | Idaho State Liquor Division

Kate E. Wray Chettri | IIE Passport - $4,125 | Institute of International Education

Alexandria N. Ruble | HEFNU Holocaust Course Dev 2024 - $4,000 | Holocaust Educational Foundation of Northwestern University

Jemila Chellappa | SRS PNW PestAlert Network 2024 - $2,250 | Snake River Research and Seed Alliance LLC

Simona Picardi | IDFG Hells Canyon FY24 - $1,707.02 | Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Lisette Waits | Spr24 IDFG Intern Program - Miller - $1,041 | Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Chantal A. Vella | ACSM NW Sedentary Behavior - $1,000 | Amer. College of Sports Med