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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