The University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is a powerhouse of research, discovery, and creativity. That is reflected in the grants our faculty receive as they work to advance scholarship in their areas of study. Help congratulate the following faculty, staff, and students on their recent research grant awards. 

March

  • Colin Case, assistant professor, Department of Political Science; New Grant, Research (Basic), Predicting Partnerships: Congressional Campaign Positioning and Legislative Collaboration, sponsored by Institute for Humane Studies - $18,390
  • Michael Flatte, professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy; New Contract-Subgrant, Research (Basic), Entanglement-Assisted Quantum Sensing for Molecular Structure and Dynamics, sponsored by Ohio State University (prime sponsor: US National Science Foundation) - $80,000
  • John Goree, professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy; New Contract-Subgrant, Research (Basic), Charging of Dust in the Afterglow of a Magnetized Plasma, sponsored by Appalachian State University (prime sponsor: US Department of Energy) - $31,633
  • Jasper Halekas, professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy; New Contract-Subcontract, Research (Basic), HelioSwarm Phase B, sponsored by University of New Hampshire (prime sponsor: US National Aeronautics & Space Administration) - $6,597
  • Julianna Pacheco, professor, Department of Political Science; New Grant, Fellowship - Faculty, The Deadly Effects of Partisanship, sponsored by Carnegie Corporation of New York - $200,000

February

  • Scott Daly, associate professor, Department of Chemistry; New Grant, Research (Basic), Enabling Large-Scale Separation of Lanthanide Isotopes for Radiopharmaceuticals, sponsored by Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust - $373,254
  • John Prineas, professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy; New Contract-Subcontract, Research (Applied), Two Photon Absorption in MCT (Phase II and Option), sponsored by EPIR, Inc (prime sponsor: US Department of Defense, Department of the Navy) - $74,828
  • Katheryn Rothenberg, assistant professor, Department of Biology; New Grant, Research (Basic), Dissecting Rap1 GTPase signaling as a key regulator of collective cell migration, sponsored by Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust - $382,644
  • Dustin Swarm, postdoctoral research scholar, Department of Physics and Astronomy; New Grant, Research (Basic), Designing and Fabricating Multilayer Optics to Enable a Future 511 keV Focusing Imager, sponsored by US National Aeronautics & Space Administration - $244,618

January

  • Bijaya Adhikari, assistant professor, Department of Computer Science; New Grant, Research (Basic), CAREER: Online Algorithms for Real-time Interventions against Healthcare Associated Infections, sponsored by US National Science Foundation - $599,783
  • Dorit Kliemann, assistant professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences; New Grant, Research (Basic), The causal role of the medial prefrontal cortex in human social cognition, sponsored by NIH - $3,105,656
  • Stephanie Miracle, assistant professor, Dance; New Grant, Fellowship - Faculty, Meandering River (App for Art Projects Grants for Artist), sponsored by Iowa Economic Development Authority - $6,000

December

  • Aditi Bhattacherjee, assistant professor, Department of Chemistry; New Grant, Research (Basic), CAREER: Time-Resolved X-ray Spectroscopy of Excited State Dynamics and Branching Underlying Photoinduced Metal-Halogen Bond Activation, sponsored by US National Science Foundation - $432,005
  • Chih-Chia Chen, assistant professor, Department of Health and Human Physiology; New Grant, Research (Basic), Evaluating the Impact of Unified Badminton Programs on the Physical Health, Social Integration, and Quality of Life Among Special Olympics Athletes, sponsored by Badminton World Federation - $5,300
  • Scott Daly, associate professor, Department of Chemistry; New Grant, Research (Basic), CO2 CAPTURE AND REDUCTION WITH REACTIVE PINCER LIGANDS AND EARTH ABUNDANT METALS, sponsored by American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund - $217,899
  • Guanpeng Li, assistant professor, Department of Computer Science; New Grant, Research (Basic), CAREER: Modeling and Mitigating Error Propagation in High-Performance Computing Applications, sponsored by US National Science Foundation - $346,217