November 2024 Grants and Awards
2024 Responsive Grant- Virginia Cooperative Extension Montgomery
Principal Investigator:
Meredith P. Hoggatt
Extension Agent, Agriculture and Natural Resources
Southwest District Cooperative Extension
Director of Cooperative Extension
Total Anticipated:
$4,000
Sponsor:
Community Foundation of the New River Valley
Assessing and Mitigating the Food Safety Risks Associated with Using Freeze Dryers to Enhance Competitiveness ff Value-Added Specialty Crops
Principal Investigator:
Alexis M. Hamilton
Assistant Professor
Department of Food Science and Technology
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$70,158.25
Sponsor:
Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
New Disease Management Approaches to Improve The Quality of Fresh Market Snap Beans in Virginia
Principal Investigator:
Douglas S. Higgins
Assistant Professor
Eastern Shore Agricultural Research and Extension Center
Agriculture Experiment Station
Total Anticipated:
$74,584.39
Sponsor:
Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Trauma Survivors Turned Trauma-Informed First Responders
Principal Investigator:
Kee J. Kim
Associate Professor
Department of Human Development and Family Science
College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences
Total Anticipated:
$34,000
Sponsor:
American Psychological Foundation
Vortex Tube Separator Testing: Phase 3
Principal Investigator:
Kevin T. Lowe
Professor
Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering
College of Engineering
Total Anticipated:
$74,444
Sponsor:
Pratt and Whitney Corporation
Toward High-Precision Bacteria-Based Targeted Therapy in Lymphoma
Principal Investigator:
Bahareh Behkam
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering
Total Anticipated:
$10,000
Sponsor:
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Assessing Ecological Conditions and Habitat Suitability for Freshwater Mussels at Restored Riparian Buffer Sites in the James River Watershed, Virginia
Principal Investigator:
Scott D. Klopfer
Director, Conservation Management Institute
Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation
College of Natural Resources and Environment
Total Anticipated:
$150,523
Sponsor:
James River Association
Blockade of S1P Pathway for Renal Fibrosis Therapy
Principal Investigator:
Webster Santos
Professor
Department of Chemistry
College of Science
Total Anticipated:
$2,330,957
Sponsor:
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases