List of Awardees

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June 2026 Awardees

  • Abrahms, Briana
    Biology
    Examining the links between oceanography and baleen whale migration across the world’s oceans
    $40,000
  • Adedipe, Adeyinka
    Emergency Medicine
    Co-I Khokhlova, Tatiana D
    Medicine Gastroenterology
    The First Wearable Lung Ultrasound Sensor for Detection and Monitoring of Acute Pulmonary Edema
    $39,999
  • Adeyemi, Kemi
    Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies
    The Ontokinetics of Black Queer Life
    $38,588
    RRF Scholar
  • Berdahl, Mira
    Earth and Space Sciences
    Glaciers in a changing climate: Towards quantifying glacier melt with a dense network of low-cost weather stations
    $39,927
  • Bratman, Gregory
    Environmental and Forest Sciences
    Nature exposure, the nasal microbiome, and human well-being: A randomized controlled trial
    $39,886
  • Campbell, Matthew D.
    Radiology
    Training effects in 3D-engineered muscle tissue
    $40,000
  • Chen, Karen Tzu-Hsin
    Urban Design and Planning
    Urban Form, Mobility, and Expressed Stress During Extreme Heat: Implications for Zoning and Planning
    $40,000
  • Cristea, Nicoleta C
    Civil and Environmental Engineering
    Detection of insect-infested mountain forests with machine learning and smallsat imagery
    $40,000
  • Frace, Jeffrey
    Drama
    An Embodied History of Acting
    $32,247
  • Ghanem, Mohamed Abdalla
    Applied Physics Laboratory
    Multi-Aperture Triangulation and Aberration-Corrected Guidance for Noninvasive Acoustic-Forceps Steering of Kidney Stones Toward Clearance
    $40,000
  • Hokama, Rhema
    English
    Cosmopolitanism after the Reformation: Natural Law, Toleration, and Global Exchange from Shakespeare to Early America
    $40,000
    RRF Scholar
  • Khuller, Aditya Rai
    Applied Physics Laboratory
    Establishing a Laboratory Capability to Constrain Slush Albedo and Improve Ice-Sheet Melt Estimates
    $34,962
  • Kwon, Younghoon
    Medicine Cardiology
    Co-I Yoon, Jong
    Engineering and Mathematics
    Toward next generation sleep positional system
    $40,000
  • Levy, Gabriella Anne
    Political Science
    Debates About War Crimes: The Promotion of Inflammatory & Reconciliatory Attitudes Toward Civilian Targeting
    $39,236
  • Martin, Melanie
    Anthropology
    A Bioethnographic study of type 2 diabetes experiences and CGM feasibility in a rural Indigenous community
    $39,802
  • McInturff, Alex
    Environmental and Forest Sciences
    Co-I Wood, Spencer
    EarthLab
    Making Co-Produced Science Actionable: Knowledge Legitimacy and Uptake in Recreation Governance.
    $39,986
  • Meeske, Alex
    Microbiology
    Morphological features governing bacterial susceptibility to ultrasound therapy
    $40,000
  • Ramos, Alexandria N
    English
    Pedagogies of Struggle: The Print Politics of Latinx Writer-Activists 1898-1968
    $39,823
    RRF Scholar
  • Rorrer, Julie Elaine
    Chemical Engineering
    Leveraging heterogeneous catalysis to recover carbon fiber and organics from composite waste
    $40,000
  • Sancak, Yasemin S.
    Pharmacology
    Investigation of spatially distinct mitochondrial calcium signaling in neurodegenerative diseases
    $40,000
  • Saveski, Martin
    iSchool
    Evaluating the Effects of Introducing AI in a Real-World Crowdsourced Fact-Checking System
    $40,000
  • Shen, Xinwei
    Statistics
    Universal Generative Modeling with Applications to Species Co-occurrence
    $40,000
  • Slyker, Jennifer A.
    Global Health
    Co-I Ronen, Keshet
    Global Health
    It’s Time to Step on the GAS: Fueling the Efficiency of Gender-Affirming Surgery
    $39,997
  • Yeh, Yi-Ting
    Mechanical Engineering
    Inflammation-Induced Endothelial Tension Heterogeneity Regulates Leukocyte Diapedesis in 3D Microvessels
    $40,000