Newly Funded Awards and Renewals

August 2022 – September 2024

Total
$12,760,309

PIFunding SourceAward TitleAmount
Jeffrey BellAmerican Chemical Society | New AwardCobalt-based Weyl Semimetals as Efficient Catalysts for the CO2 Reduction Reaction$110,000
Washington Research Foundation | New AwardImproved Performance of Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries with Internal Magnetic Fields$100,000
Washington Research Foundation | New AwardReprogramming the Multidrug-Resistant Tumor Microenvironment with Bystander-Assisted Immuno Therapy$37,582
Commercialization Gap Fund (WSU)Point of Care Assay for Milk Fever Determination in Dairy Cattle$43,973
Egypt Culture Education Bureau | New AwardBench Fees for Visiting Scholar-Monar Mohamed Mohamed Elhassen Aboelella$4,000
Clifford BerkmanUS Department of Health and Human Services: National Cancer Institute | Continuation
$397,567 Award
Near-IR Ratiometric Fluorescence Probes for Assessing Cargo Delivery to Prostate Tumors$14,102
University of Connecticut (US Department of Health and Human Services: NIH) | New AwardFrontiers in Bone Metasttic Models for Prostrate Cancer$162,387
US Department of Health and Human Services: National Cancer Institute | New AwardTumor-Activated Dual Payload-Drug Conjugates$393,401
James BoncellaPacific Northwest National Laboratory: Department of Energy- Office of Science | New AwardRapid Response Research R3$148,089
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: Department of Energy- Office of Science | New AwardUnique pincer ligand transition metal complexes for metal catalyzed hydrolysis and uranium oxo-imido complexes to provide insights into redox chemistry and bonding properties$617,283
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: Department of Energy | New AwardActinide-Ligand Covalency Measured by NMR Spectroscopy$56,173
James BrozikDepartment of Defense: Air Force | Renewal $1,200,000 AwardThe Stochastic Biophysics Controlling AQP4 Regulation and Self-Assembly$800,000
Smi Drug Discovery Limited | New AwardComplete photophysical charactization of fluorescent probe molecules$15,368
Aurora ClarkNational Science Foundation | New AwardPMU: MRI: Acquisition of a GPU Cluster to Advance the Land Grant Mission at Washington State University Using AI-Driven Research$450,000
Brian ClowersTexas A&M: Department of Health and Human Services: NIH | Continuation
$343,786 Award
Next generation ion mobility mass spectrometry instrumentation to uncover hidden dynamics underlying protein function$171,952
Department of Health and Human Services: NIH | Incremental Funding
$1,367,916 Award
Tractable Tandem Ion Mobility Technology using Structures for Lossless Ion Manipulations and Photodissociation$557,875
Jack ZhangUniversity of Washington: Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium | New AwardBelieve the Clear View: Self-Heating Technology for Optimal Winter Sign Visibility$195,000
Xiaofeng GuoNational Science Foundation, EAR | Continuing Award
Developing the thermodynamic solid solution models for Th, U, REE phosphates needed to identify the formation conditions of Th, U-depleted REE ores$425,742
National Science Foundation, EAR | Supplement
Developing the thermodynamic solid solution models for Th, U, REE phosphates needed to identify the formation conditions of Th, U-depleted REE ores$38,027
National Science Foundation, Career | New Award
$570,108 Award
Career: Explore and Regulate Thermodynamics of f-block High Entropy Ceramics$457,659
Arizona State University: Department of Energy- ARPA-E | New AwardRe-Mining Red Mud Waste for CO2 Capture and Storage and Critical Element Recovery (RMCCS-CER)$175,000
Arizona State University: Department of Energy- ID Operations OFC | New AwardDetermination of Local Structure and Phase Stability of Uranium Species in Molten Halide Salts: Linking Microscopic Structure with Macroscopic Thermodynamics$200,000
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: Department of Energy- OFC Science | New AwardThermophysical investigation of NaCl-MgCl2 and NaCl-UCl3 salt compositions$30,000
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: Department of Energy | New AwardDehalogenation with Organic Acids$74,999
Cornelius IvoryPacific Northwest National Laboratory: Department of Energy- OFC Science | New AwardEnrichment of Chlorine-37 by Aqueous Electrophoresis at Preparative and Pilot Scales$125,000
Chulhee KangNational Science Foundation | Supplemental AwardUnderstanding the P450 enzymes essential for monolignol biosynthesis$6,000
University of Florida: USDA-NIFA | New AwardStructural analysis of the flavonoid pathway to enable tailored production of bio-active compounds in grasses$235,094
Liane MoreauUniversity of Notre Dame: Department of Energy- NNSA | RenewalActinide Center of Excellence$270,246
Department of Energy - Career | NewExploring actinide nanocrystal growth towards defining 5f surface chemistry$929,661
Kirk Peterson
Department of Energy- OFC Science | Renewal $475,097 AwardAccurate ab Initio Thermochemistry and Spectroscopy of Molecules Containing f block Elements$176,597
Pete ReillyAB Sciex LP | RenewalTandem Digital Mass Filter$20,000
Anjali SharmaEvergreen Social Impact | New AwardIn Vivo Imaging Capabilities to Enable Investigations Focused on Cancer Mechanisms and Therapeutic Outcomes$1,303,525
US Department of Health and Human Services: National Institutes of Health | NewTargeted Nanotherapies for the Treatment of Prostrate Cancer$406,250
Choong-Shik Yoo
Department of Energy: NNSA | Continuing Award $779,779 TotalPlanetary Materials under Extreme Conditions: Novel States, Structures, and Chemistry of Low Z Quantum Mixtures at Complex Interfaces
$165,000

Collaborations

PIFunding SourceAward TitleAmount
Anjali Sharma (Kanako Hayashi, Lead PI)
Washington Research Foundation | New Award $100,000 Total AwardNon-hormonal Nanotherapies for the Treatment of Endometriosis$50,000
Brian Clowers/Aurora ClarkGeorgia Tech: Department of Energy: NNSA | Incremental Funding
$1,246,049 Total Award
Consortium for Enabling Technologies and Innovation$747,204
Jack Zhang /Zachariah HeidenNational Science Foundation | New AwardPMU: EAGER: Nuclear Transmutation in Metal Organic Frameworks through Neutron Absorption$299,978
Ursula Mazur/Kerry HippsNational Science Foundation | New AwardCollaborative Research: Cooperative processes at surfaces: Ligand binding at the single molecule level$470,000
Liane Moreau (Lead PI)/Anjali Sharma



Murdock Seed GrantUse of SAXS for Physiochemical Characterization of Dendrimer Nanotherapeutics


$9,660
Liane Moreau (Lead PI)/Jack Zhang



Murdock Seed Grant

Mapping Pore and Guest Structures Using X-ray Scattering in MOFs
$9,660
Dmitri Davydov/
Bhagwat Prasad
Department of Health and Human Services: NIH | Continuation
$1,954,427 Total Award
Inter-Enzyme Crosstalk in the Cytochrome P450 Ensemble: Implications for the Effects of Alcohol on Drug Metabolism and Alcohol-Drug Interactions$1,476,744
Xiaofeng Guo/John McCloyPennsylvania State University: Department of Energy- OFC Nuclear Energy | New Award
$99,999 Award
A Molten Salt Community Framework for Predictive Modeling of Critical Characteristics$52,188
Xiaofeng Guo/John McCloyNuclear Regulatory Commission | New Award
$500,000 Award
Understanding of Degradation Pathways and Thermodynamics of Uranium Non-oxide Spent Nuclear Fuels in Pool Storage and Dry Disposal$299,930
Jim Boncella/Ivan PopovGeorgia Institute of Technology: Department of Energy, NNSA | New Award
$2,279,998 Award
Transuranic Chemistry Center of Excellence$593,960