Sponsored Research Newsletter

Fall 2023:
- NSF Facilitating Research at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions Mathematical and Physical Sciences Award: Thomas Osburn, $188,470, for RUI: Investigating Gravitational Waves and Extreme Mass-Ratio Inspirals.
- SUNY Microcredential High Needs (Infrastructure Grant): Joe Cope, Melanie Blood,,and Joanna Santos-Smith, $45,000, for Geneseo’s First Professional Development Non-credit Microcredential (PDM) in Data Analytics
- Truth Initiative Tobacco and Vape-Free College Program Award: Pamela Kosmowski, $19,659 for Cultivating Campus Culture to Adopt a 100% Smoke-Free/Tobacco-Free Campus Policy at SUNY Geneseo
- James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University (Visiting Fellowship): Aaron L. Herold to work on a book tentatively entitled Revolutionary Thinking: Populism, Imperialism, and the Trajectory of Modern Democracy
- Announcement of the YouTube Channel Orientation to Sponsored Research and Proposal Development
- Student Spotlight: Adele Beltrani, Revictimization in Rape: Exploring Factors that Influence Victim Blaming Among Rape Victims with Prior Rape History
- Student Spotlight: Genesis Flores, Becoming, Writing Home: Nigerian Women Authors in the Development of Cultural Identity and African Literature
- Office of Institutional Research: Key to Data-informed Decisions. Introducing Institutional Research Discovery Dashboards designed by Office of Institutional Research (OIR) Interim Director Matt Pastizzo and Data Analyst Mariann George
- 2022-23 Faculty/Staff Grant and Fellowship Awards List
Fall 2022:
- NSF Building Research Capacity of New Faculty in Biology (BRC-BIO) Award: Varuni Jamburuthugoda, $490,662, for BRC-BIO Study of protein-nucleic acid interactions of RLE-LINEs.
- NSF Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Programs Award: PI Dori Farthing, Co-PIs Dennis Showers and Amanda Colosimo and Jessica Barone of MCC, and Amy Sheldon, Rob Feissner, and Nichelle Allen, $1,447,654, for Supporting and Preparing Future STEM Teachers through Scholarships and Teaching Experiences
- Student Spotlight: Josephine Lewis, ’23, Antiracism Within Student Athletics
- Student Spotlight: Micah Hosley, ’23, Effect of Changing Seasons on Soundscapes of Freshwater Ecosystems
- Fulbright Scholar Fellowship: Scott Giorgis, to research the tectonic history of Columbia northern and teach at Universidad del Norte in Barranquilla, Colombia
- Fulbright Scholar Fellowship: D. Jeffrey Over, to research fundamental changes in Earth ecosystems at Masarykin University in Brno, Czech Republic
- The Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation: Michael Oberg, $302,623, The Gardiner Foundation Semiquincentennial Student Fellowship Project
- 2021-22 Faculty/Staff Grant and Fellowship Awards List
- NSF Research Coordination Networks in Undergraduate Biology Education (RCN-UBE) Award: Suann Yang and Rachel Pigg (University of Louisville), $499,978 for Biologists and Graph Interpretation (BioGraphI): Professional development for an online curriculum to foster data literacy and value diverse identities
- NSF Major Research Instrumentation Award: Kazushige Yokoyama, Dori Farthing, Jani Lewis, Nicholas Warner, James Aimers, $210,132 for Acquisition of a Three-Dimensional Raman Imaging System for the Integrated Science Center (ISC) of SUNY Geneseo
- NEH American Rescue Plan: Humanities Organizations Award: Michael Oberg, $172,692 to support a Director for the Geneseo Center for Local and Municipal History for one year and 21 undergraduate student internships with local historians
- Introducing Nicole Manapol, Community Development Specialist in the Center For Integrative Learning
- Jack Miller Center Award: Carly Herold and Aaron Herold, $15,000 renewal award for the SUNY Geneseo Forum on Constitutionalism and Democracy
- Student Spotlight: Brian Woodworth '22, Metabolic Activity of Deep-sea Fishes
- Student Spotlight: Tyler Grasso, '22, Journalists’ Perceptions of Mass Shootings
- NSF S-STEM AWARD: Jani Lewis, Eric Helms, Anne Pellerin, Amy Sheldon, and Melissa Sutherland, $1 Million for STEM Scholarships
- NSF IUSE Award: Jeff Peterson, Rabeka Alam, and Eric Helms, 3 Faculty, 3 Years, $300,000
- Student Spotlight: Christina Interlichia ’21, Using Children’s Literature to Develop Mindfulness and Improve Behavior
- Student Spotlight: Abigale O’Connor, ’22, Creating of a Digital Archive of Soil Properties
- Faculty Focus: Alla Myzelev, Art History, Art Historian and World Citizen
- NSF ADVANCE: Organizational Change for Gender Equity in STEM Academic Professions Award: Wendy Pogozelski and Karleen West, $883,753 for ADVANCE Partnership: Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges Partnering and Liaising Across the Nation
- Council on Library and Information Resources Recordings at Risk Award: James Kimball, $45,000 award for New York State Square Dance Tradition: Digitizing the Recordings of James W. Kimball Collection
- NEA Foundation Award: Sharon Peck and Amy Shema (SUNY Brockport), $5,000 for Gaming to Learn: Incorporating games for maximizing interdisciplinary learning
- Student Spotlight: Natalie Hayes ’20, A Cross-Section of the Restroom
- Student Spotlight: Shreyya Malik ’20, Environmental Enrichment as a Treatment for Cocaine Relapse
- Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Award: William Anyan, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research at the College of Health Sciences in the University of Ghana
- GROW STEM (Geneseo Reaching Out to Women and under-represented groups in STEM) and 2019 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine: Anne Pellerin
- SUNY Innovative Instruction Technology Grant (IITG) and Conversations in the Desciplines (CID) Awards: Paul Schacht, for A Laboratory-Based Introduction to Digital Scholarly Editing and Sustaining Digital Projects, Sustaining Careers, respectively
- Student Spotlight: Christopher Lepore ’21, Olivia Smith ‘21, an Heather Wood '21, Effects of Meiotic Drive on Developing Eye-Stalks in Stalk-Eyed Flies
- Student Spotlight: Maya Craig ’21, Stephanie Alvarez Merlos ’21, and Quendel Williams ’21, Genetic Analysis of Small-Eyed Mutant Zebrafish
- Faculty Focus: Kevin Militello and Bob O'Donnell, Biology, Collaborating Through the Years
- Faculty Focus: Annmarie Urso, Education, Launching and Sustaining Soaring Stars
- Student Spotlight: Lydia Cort ’21, Catherine Curley ’20, Rachel Renders ’19, and Amanda Beechinor ’19, Project Feeder Watch
- Student Spotlight: Hannah Fahy ’20, Madeline Reichler ’20, Sarah Lilley ’19, Steph Adams ’20, Jessica Bansbach ’20, and Vanessa Cepeda ’19, Making Safe Zone Intersectional at Seneca Falls Dialogues, Seneca Falls, NY
- Faculty Focus: Jason Ozubko, Psychology; Nick Warner, Geological Sciences.
- Student Spotlight:Greg Vinal '19, Mathematics; Molly Brady '19, Neuroscience