May 2023 Grants and Awards
Data Science for Food and Agricultural Systems: Audio Data as a Novel Trait to Manage Welfare and Environmental Impact in Precision Cow Farming
Principal Investigator:
Chun-Peng Chen
School of Animal Sciences
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$649,741
Sponsor:
United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture
A Novel Treatment for Mastitis That Reduces Intramammary Antibiotic Use and Lessens the Concerns of Antibiotic Resistance on Virginia Dairy Farms
Principal Investigator:
Hollie H. Schramm
Veterinary Medical Research and Graduate Studies
College of Veterinary Medicine
Total Anticipated:
$11,444
Sponsor:
Virginia Agricultural Council
Enzyme-Activatable Substrate Probes for Fluorescence Imaging and Quantification in Cells
Principal Investigator:
Robin L. McCarley
Chemistry
College of Science
Total Anticipated:
$533,000
Sponsor:
National Science Foundation
AMPK-Ulk1 in Exercise-Induced Mitophagy in Skeletal Muscle
Principal Investigator:
Zhen Yan
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC
Total Anticipated:
$477,461
Sponsor:
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
Chatbots as Smart Guards Against Cyber Attacks
Principal Investigator:
Tremayne O. Waller
Dean - Engineering
College of Engineering
Total Anticipated:
$7,000
Sponsor:
Virginia Military Institute Research Laboratories
PFI-TT: Ultrafast Thermal Simulation of Metal Additive Manufacturing
Principal Investigator:
Prahalada K. Rao
Industrial and Systems Engineering
College of Engineering
Total Anticipated:
$250,000
Sponsor:
National Science Foundation
Cell Type-Specific Roles of the Na-Activated K Current in KCNT1-Related Epilepsy
Principal Investigator:
Matthew C. Weston
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC
Total Anticipated:
$2,000,000
Sponsor:
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
CAREER: Towards Open World Event Knowledge Extraction with Weak Supervision
Principal Investigator:
Lifu Huang
Computer Science
College of Engineering
Total Anticipated:
$593,456
Sponsor:
National Science Foundation
Identifying Remaining Critical Demographic Information Gaps and Developing a Full Annual Cycle Population Model for Cerulean Warblers
Principal Investigator:
Elizabeth A. Hunter
Fish and Wildlife Conservation
College of Natural Resources and Environment
Total Anticipated:
$80,463
Sponsor:
United States Geological Survey
Effects of Origin Location on Translocated Gopher Tortoise Overwintering Behavior, Probability of Reproduction, and Adult Survival (Part 2)
Principal Investigator:
Elizabeth A. Hunter
Fish and Wildlife Conservation
College of Natural Resources and Environment
Total Anticipated:
$61,834.50
Sponsor:
VT Research Contracting Services LLC
Collaborative Research: SaTC: Core: Medium: Cryptographic Accumulators and Revocation of Credentials
Principal Investigator:
Taejoong T. Chung
Computer Science
College of Engineering
Total Anticipated:
$240,000
Sponsor:
National Science Foundation
Tolerance of Edamame to Soybean Herbicides, and Weed Management
Principal Investigator:
Vijay Singh
Eastern Shore Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Agriculture Experiment Station
Total Anticipated:
$21,098
Sponsor:
Virginia Agricultural Council
Virginia's Land Use-Value Assessment Program, Memorandum of Understanding
Principal Investigator:
Jennifer Friedel
Agricultural and Applied Economics
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$225,000
Sponsor:
Virginia Department of Taxation
Develop Highly Fermentable Insoluble Dietary Fibers for a Healthy Gut Microbiome
Principal Investigator:
Haibo Huang
Food Science and Technology
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$607,000
Sponsor:
United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Pre-Harvest Treatments for Improving Apple Fruit Coloration: Investigating the Potential of PGRs and Phosphorus-Containing Compounds
Principal Investigator:
Sherif M. Sherif
Alson H. Smith, Jr. Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Agriculture Experiment Station
Total Anticipated:
$16,314
Sponsor:
Virginia Apple Research Program
Maintaining and Evaluating Apple Seedlings from Honeycrisp X Cameo Crossings: Tree Growth and Fruit Quality Parameters
Principal Investigator:
Sherif M. Sherif
Alson H. Smith, Jr. Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Agriculture Experiment Station
Total Anticipated:
$12,314
Sponsor:
Virginia Apple Research Program
How mRNA Features of Cell Cycle Genes Support Proper Cell Division
Principal Investigator:
Silke Hauf
Biological Sciences
College of Science
Total Anticipated:
$1,871,153
Sponsor:
National Institutes of Health, National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Abdelazim Fellowship Full Title: The Effect of Blood Flow Changes in Brain Microvasculature on Pericyte-Endothelial Cell Interaction
Principal Investigator:
John C. Chappell
Vice President of Health Sciences and Technology
Faculty of Health Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$93,061
Sponsor:
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)
Principal Investigator:
Thomas G. Archibald
International Research Education and Development
International Affairs
Total Anticipated:
$2,085,503
Sponsor:
International Research and Exchange Board
Effects of the Combination of Betaine and Butyrate on Broiler Chickens Raised on Used Litter with Different Amounts of Moisture
Principal Investigator:
Michael E. Persia
School of Animal Sciences
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$20,000
Sponsor:
Virginia Agricultural Council
Molecular Biomarkers for Early-Post Hatch Stress and Feeding Behavior in Chickens
Principal Investigator:
Elizabeth R. Gilbert
School of Animal Sciences
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$515,000
Sponsor:
United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture
To Support a National Endowment for the Arts Research Lab on the Arts, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation
Principal Investigator:
Richard B. Knapp
Institute for Creativity, Arts and Technology
Total Anticipated:
$100,000
Sponsor:
National Endowment for the Arts
Can Blood Glucose Concentrations Predict the Response to Summer Heat Stress?
Principal Investigator:
Michelle Rhoads
School of Animal Sciences
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$12,644
Sponsor:
Virginia Agricultural Council
Optimization of High Frequency Irreversible Electroporation (H-FIRE) for Tumor Ablation and Immune System Activation in Pancreatic Cancer Applications
Principal Investigator:
Irving C. Allen
Veterinary Medical Research and Graduate Studies
College of Veterinary Medicine
Total Anticipated:
$2,656,117
Sponsor:
National Cancer Institute
Improving Ovum Pickup and Embryo Yield in Cattle
Principal Investigator:
Alan D. Ealy
School of Animal Sciences
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$15,000
Sponsor:
Virginia Agricultural Council
Early Season Nitrogen and Sulfur Application: is There a Return on Investment?
Principal Investigator:
William H. Frame
Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Agriculture Experiment Station
Total Anticipated:
$8,000
Sponsor:
Virginia Peanut Board
Modelling Pathogen and Surrogate Reduction Using Vacuum-Assisted Steam on Low Water Activity Foods as Impacted by Physical Properties and Heat Transfer in Package
Principal Investigator:
Monica A. Ponder
Food Science and Technology
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$623,645
Sponsor:
United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Support for Scaling the African Drone and Data Academy (ADDA)
Principal Investigator:
Kevin B. Kochersberger
Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering
Total Anticipated:
$306,948
Sponsor:
VT Research Contracting Services LLC
Understanding How Variations in Nuclear Size After Whole Genome Doubling Affect Tumorigenesis
Principal Investigator:
Daniela Cimini
Biological Sciences
College of Science
Total Anticipated:
$83,886
Sponsor:
National Cancer Institute
Can Deep Learning (CNN) Detect Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) in Dogs Treated for Lymphoma?
Principal Investigator:
Kurt L. Zimmerman
Veterinary Medical Research and Graduate Studies
College of Veterinary Medicine
Total Anticipated:
$16,096.32
Sponsor:
American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation
Mammary Epithelial Cells Losses into Milk Affect Mammary Cell Number and Milk Yield of Lactating Dairy Cows
Principal Investigator:
Benjamin A. Corl
School of Animal Sciences
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$650,000
Sponsor:
United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture
2023 Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) Competition
Principal Investigator:
Kevin A. Shinpaugh
Aerospace and Ocean Engineering
College of Engineering
Total Anticipated:
$19,500
Sponsor:
National Institute of Aerospace
Lespedeza pellets: a supplement to reduce fescue toxicosis
Principal Investigator:
John H. Fike
School of Plant and Environmental Sciences
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$43,702
Sponsor:
Virginia Cattle Industry Board
Virginia Tech ESTEEMED
Principal Investigator:
Edward J. Smith
School of Animal Sciences
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$1,024,633
Sponsor:
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
Development of Soybean Varieties and Germplasm with High Protein Digestibility Using both Genome Editing and Traditional Breeding Methodologies
Principal Investigator:
Bo Zhang
School of Plant and Environmental Sciences
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$60,000
Sponsor:
Virginia Soybean Board
Development of Improved Soybean Varieties and Germplasm Adapted to Virginia
Principal Investigator:
Bo Zhang
School of Plant and Environmental Sciences
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$70,673
Sponsor:
Virginia Soybean Board
Rescue Fungicide Treatments, Tank-Mix Options and On-Farm Fungicide Strip Trials for Improved Disease Management in Virginia Peanuts
Principal Investigator:
David B. Langston
Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Agriculture Experiment Station
Total Anticipated:
$18,258
Sponsor:
Virginia Peanut Board
Development of Improved Soybean Varieties and Germplasm Adapted to Virginia
Principal Investigator:
Zhang, Bo
School of Plant & Environmental Sci
Agriculture & Life Sciences-College
Total Anticipated:
$70,673
Sponsor:
Virginia Soybean Board