June 2025 Grants and Contracts
We are pleased to share the success of 91¹û¶³ÖÆÆ¬³§'s principal investigators who were awarded grants and contracts during June 2025:
Monthly Awards at a Glance
17 Awards Received: Valued at $4,953,315.
Note: Some industry-sponsored awards are not listed due to their respective non-disclosure terms.
Division of Research & Innovation
Queale, Abby, Div. of Research & Innovation
The Spartan SBDC - Year 4 - Federal
Sponsor: Humboldt State University — $250,000.
Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering
Huang, Gaojian, Industrial & Systems Engineering
Co-Design Self-Driving Car Augmented Reality and Tactile Interfaces with Latinx Older
Adults
Sponsor: Stanford University — $50,000.
College of Health and Human Sciences
Wolf, Jennifer / Han, Meekyung / Serna, Sergio / Lebichuck,, Amy, Social Work
Program Evaluation of the Santa Clara County Department of Family and Children's Services
Mandated Online Reporting Pilot
Sponsor: Santa Clara County — $50,000.
College of Science
Gardner, Luke, Moss Landing Marine Lab
PCOR Abalone Restoration
Sponsor: The Bay Foundation Santa Monica — $206,272.
Grillo-Hill, Bree, Biological Sciences
Increased Intracellular pH Promotes Cancer Cell Behaviors
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health — $146,500.
Harvey, James, Moss Landing Marine Lab
Estuarine Wetland and Nearshore Ecology Studies along the Pacific Flyway
Sponsor: U.S. Geological Survey — $49,000.
Heim, Wesley A., Moss Landing Marine Lab
PG&E Diablo Canyon Power Plant Project
Sponsor: Pacific Gas & Electric Company — $368,580.
Kaufman, Michael J., Science, Dean's Office
Astronomical Infrared Bands as Calibrated Probes of Astrophysical Conditions in the
JWST-era with The NASA Ames PAH IR Spectroscopic Database
Sponsor: NASA — $213,294.
O'connor, Kevin C., Moss Landing Marine Lab
Resilient Pajaro Estuary Program
Sponsor: Land Trust of Santa Cruz County — $109,664.
O'connor, Kevin C., Moss Landing Marine Lab
Statewide Wetland EcoAtlas Training Program
Sponsor: San Francisco Estuary Institute — $39,750.
Singhal, Sonia, Biological Sciences
Effects of The Rate of Environmental Change on Mutational Patterns and Evolutionary
Constraints
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health — $183,125.
Wilkin, Kate, Biological Sciences
Remote Sensing Applications to Detect Home Ignition Zone Fire Mitigations in Northern
California
Sponsor: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) — $80,030.
Wilkinson, Katherine, Biological Sciences
The Electrical Basis of Proprioceptive Signaling and Sensory-Driven Motor Behavior
Sponsor: UC, Davis — $74,707.
College of Social Sciences
Laraway, Sean P., Psychology
Human Systems Integration: Coll. Human Factors Research to Improve Safety, Efficiency
& Reliability of NASA’s Aeronautics & Space Missions: Phase 2
Sponsor: NASA — $1,880,324., $1,058,241.
Snycerski, Susan M., Psychology
Implementing Macroergonomics for Increasing the Safe, Effective, and Efficient Operation
of the Entry Systems and Technology Division's High Enthalpy Facilities
Sponsor: NASA — $133,827.
Wu, Shu-Chieh, Psychology
Lessening Impact of Interface Inconsistency through Goal-Directed Crew Operations
Sponsor: NASA — $60,000.