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Faculty Investment Program (FIP) - Previous Awardees

FY2026

Principal InvestigatorAcademic UnitProject Title Amount Funded
David MillerBiomedical EngineeringPerfusion Imaging for Human Donor Heart Viability$15,000
Iman GhamarianAerospace & Mechanical Engineeringccelerating lightweight high-entropy alloy design via machine‑learning‑guided metal additive manufacturing$15,000
Todd StewartVisual ArtsThe Course of Water$15,000
Katharine MarskeBiological SciencesBehavioral Diversity, the Missing Facet of Biological Diversity$14,875
Zoe SherinianMusicSustaining Hereditary Knowledge of South Indian Frame Drummers Through Digital Music Mapping$15,000
Laura SteinBiological SciencesIn hot water: uncovering neural mechanisms underlying parenting under heat stress$14,942
Emily WarnerVisual ArtsAbstraction Unframed: Abstract Murals in Midcentury New York$15,007
Stuart AspreyVisual ArtsC.R.E.T.A International Residency and Exhibition in Rome$14,932
Myles BoothroydMusicShadow Studies: publication of a solo saxophone album$15,000
Jian ZhaoBiomedical EngineeringComputational Chemical Microscopy for Gastric Cancer Drug Resistance$15,000
Kristy BrugarInstructional Leadership and Academic CurriculumUnderstanding Middle School Students' Comprehension of Data Visualizations: Implications for teacher education and practice$14,999
Daniel BeckerBiological SciencesDynamics of relapsing fever bacteria in migratory bats$14,999
Brandi BethkeAnthropologyRefining Indigenous Chronologies$13,600
Christina BourneChemistry & BiochemistryStructure-function studies of biomolecules impacting health$14,793
Chang Wang and Idris RajiBiomedical EngineeringDevelopment of novel carbonic anhydrase-IV targeted lipid nanoparticles for mRNA delivery$15,000
Caroline SchroederWomen's & Gender StudiesExpanding open acccess resources in coptic language and literature studies$14,325
Jamie BatesVisual ArtsEmbodied Memory and Historical Narrative: International Mid-CareerArtist Residency at Glasgow Ceramics Studio, Scotland$12,000
Kasun GunasooriyaSustainable Chem, Bio, & Mat EngEploiting catalyst composition for the nonoxidative propane dehydrogenation$15,000
Andreea MarculescuModern Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsAgents of Pollution: Witches in Pre-Modern French Literature$8,542
Amelia MañasModern Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsExpanding the Letter: Visual Culture and Writing in Colonial Mexico$9,901
Rupa HaldavnekarElectrical and Computer EngineeringTransport-Driven Immune Reprogramming in Brain Cancers for Predictive Liquid Biopsy$15,000
Ingo SchluppBiological SciencesHow the Sailfin molly got his Sailfin: the genetic architecture of a sexually selected ornament$14,007