UW Research

List of Awardees

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June 2025 Awardees

  • Ailion, Michael
    Biochemistry
    The role of the CCDC186 protein in paracrine signaling by beta cells
    $40,000
  • Assaturian, Sosseh
    Philosophy
    Indexicals in Ancient Philosophy of Language
    $13,725
  • Bian, Yue
    Bothell – Education
    Short Stories about a Long Story: Learning to Teach as Transnational Teachers
    $37,620
  • Bush, Matt
    Chemistry
    New Technology for Rapid Protein Stability Profiling
    $40,000
  • Chan, Karen
    Oceanography
    Carapace of Dungeness Crab megalopae as a bioindicator of acidification
    $39,975
  • Foy, Brody
    Laboratory Medicine & Pathology
    Bayesian inference for construction of personalized reference intervals
    $40,000
  • Hegermiller, Christie
    Civil and Environmental Engineering
    Ocean waves in tidal estuaries: Infragravity wave dynamics from channels to mudflats
    $37,661
  • Kerschbaum, Stephanie
    English
    Co-PI Bawarshi, Anis
    English
    Co-PI Bou Ayash, Nancy
    English
    Learning from Student Writing to Understand the Impacts of Antiracist and Equity-Oriented Writing Program Transformation
    $39,327
  • Long, Arianna
    Astronomy
    Fueling Fossils: Cold Gas Content in Early Quiescent Galaxies
    $40,000
  • Luo, Yiyue
    Electrical and Computer Engineering
    Multifunctional Magnetoactive Textiles for Co-located Sensing and Haptics
    $40,000
  • Mashhadi, Afra
    Bothell – Computing and Software Systems
    Advancing Scalable Content Moderation on Streaming Platforms with Theory of Mind-Enhanced Language Models
    $39,814
  • Motha, Suhanthie
    English
    A Collective Care Approach by and for BIPOC English Teachers
    $27,156
  • Naghavi, Hossein
    Electrical and Computer Engineering
    Next-Generation On-Chip Terahertz Inertial Navigation Systems
    $40,000
  • Nicholson, Tristan
    Urology
    Co-PI Karr, Catherine
    Pediatrics
    Co-PI Muller, Charles
    Urology
    Co-PI Walsh, Thomas
    Urology
    Impact of wildfire smoke on sperm quality and reproductive outcomes
    $39,996
  • Nisser, Martin
    Aeronautics and Astronautics
    Generative Design for Long Tail Manufacturing
    $39,821
  • Oloukoi, Chrystel
    Geography
    Black Nocturnal: Ecologies of the Night in Lagos
    $39,715
  • Rocha Beardall, Theresa
    Sociology
    Indian Boarding Schools and the Native American Fight for Education Justice in Washington State
    $39,972
  • Romero, Adam
    Bothell – Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences
    Industrial Chemicals and the Problem of Too Much Food (1945-1985)
    $40,000
  • Santana, Francisca
    Environmental and Forest Sciences
    The Role of Social Learning in Transforming Prescribed Fire Practices
    $39,552
  • Schiffman, Corey
    Orthopedics & Sports Medicine
    Co-PI Telfer, Scott
    Orthopedics & Sports Medicine
    Sternoclavicular joint reconstruction: Is bicortical fixation necessary?
    $40,000
  • Shah, Sameer
    Environmental and Forest Sciences
    Climate maladaptation: Unpacking intersectional injustices in rural western India
    $40,000
  • Sheppard, David
    Rehabilitation Medicine
    Co-PI Hunter, Hanna
    Rehabilitation Medicine
    Improving Characterization and Detection of Neurocognitive Sequelae Associated with Immune Effector Cell-Associated Neurotoxicity Syndrome (ICANS) After CAR T-Cell Therapy
    $40,000
  • Smith, Jason
    Microbiology
    Role of HMGB1 in Viral Pathogenesis
    $40,000
  • Starr, Ariel
    Psychology
    The neural development of perspective taking
    $40,000
  • Steinmetz, Nick
    Neurobiology & Biophysics
    Anatomical basis for the role of the Midbrain Reticular Formation in decision-making
    $39,181
  • Van Cise, Amy
    Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
    Advancing methods for sequencing nuclear genomes from mixture samples: A case study using southern resident killer whale fecal samples
    $39,494
  • Zhang, Bo
    Chemistry
    Water Electrolysis in an Attoliter Electrolytic Cell
    $40,000