Recent Awards

Iris Stewart-Frey received a $24,000 subaward from the Windward Foundation

Iris Stewart-Frey with the Environmental Studies and Sciences Department has received a $24,000 subaward from the Windward Foundation. These funds will support her project "A Data-drive Approach to Increasing Access to Safe Water in Central Valley's Nitrate Risk Zones".

Julie Rubio received a $110,000 subaward from University of Notre Dame

Julie Rubio with the Jesuit School of Theology has received a $110,000 subaward from University of Notre Dame to support her project "Haciendo Caminos: Theological Education for New Generations of U.S. Latino/a Catholics".

Joseph Morris received a $110,000 subaward from University of Notre Dame

Joseph Morris with the Religious Studies Department has received a $110,000 subaward from University of Notre Dame to support his project "Haciendo Caminos: Theological Education for New Generations of U.S. Latino/a Catholics".

Maryam Khanbaghi received a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation

Maryam Khanbaghi with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department has received a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation. The award in the amount of $516,999 will support her project "CAREER: Hierarchical Robust Stochastic Control for a Flexible and Sustainable Power Supply".

Chris Kitts received an additional $90,000 from Wyle Laboratories, Inc

Chris Kitts with the Mechanical Engineering Department has received an additional award in the amount of $90,000 from Wyle Laboratories, Inc. Total funds to date that have been awarded are $1,014,200. These additional funds will support his ongoing project "NASA Solar Sail".

Chris Bacon received $11,429 from Sacred Heart Community Services

Chris Bacon with the Environmental Studies and Sciences Department has received a $11,429 award from Sacred Heart Community Services to support his project "Closing the Loop: Reducing Food Waste and Increasing Food Justice through Education and Leadership Development with Impacted Communities in the Silicon Valley"

Chris Weber received $61,000 from Physical Sciences Incorporated

Chris Weber with the Physics Department has received a $61,000 award from Physical Sciences Incorporated to support his project "Chiral Transient Grating Spectroscopy".

Julia Scott and Sally Wood received $40,000 from Neuronic

Julia Scott with the Bioengineering Department and Sally Wood with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department have received a $40,000 award from Neuronic to support their project "Design and Evaluation of a Closed-loop hybrid Electroencephalography and transcranial Photobiomodulation System".

Yi Fang received $160,000 from DOCOMO Innovations, Inc.

Yi Fang with the Computer Science and Engineering Department has received $160,000 from DOCOMO Innovations, Inc.

Brody Sandel received $84,303 from Stanford University

Brody Sandel with the Biology Department has received a $84,303 subaward from Stanford University to support his project "San Francisco Bay Research Coordination Network for Student Opportunities in Avian Research (SOAR) to enhance STEM education and assess urban impacts on avian biodiversity".

Bachana Lomsadze received $405,318 from the National Science Foundation

Bachana Lomsadze in the Physics Department has received a $405,318 CAREER award from the National Science Foundation to support his project entitled "CAREER: Frequency comb-based multidimensional coherent spectroscopy and microscopy at the nanoscale".

Linda Starr received $499,890 from the Department of Justice

Linda Starr with the School of Law's Northern California Innocence Project has received a $499,890 award from the Department of Justice to support the "Upholding the Rule of Law and Preventing Wrongful Convictions Program".

Deborah Moss-West received $269,871 from The State Bar of California

Deborah Moss-West with the School of Law's Katharine & George Alexander Community Law Center has received a $269,871 award from The State Bar of California. These funds will be used to continue to provide Consumer Rights Legal Services.

Prashanth Asuri received $299,976 from the Genentech Foundation

Prashanth Asuri with the Department of Bioengineering has received a $299,976 award from the Genentech Foundation to support his project "Healthcare Innovation and Design Experience-Career Paths in Biotechnology".

Lynette Parker received $48,000 from Step Forward

Lynette Parker with the School of Law's Katharine & George Alexander Community Law Center has received a $48,000 subcontract from Step Forward to support the "CalOES-KL Victim Legal Assistance Program".

Kurt Schab received $52,458 from University of Oklahoma

Kurt Schab with the Electrical Engineering Department has received a $52,458 subaward from University of Oklahoma.

Di Di received $39,896 from Queen's University Belfast

Di Di with the Sociology Department has received a $39,896 grant from Queen's University Belfast (funds originated with the John Templeton Foundation).

Deborah Moss-West received $29,120 from the State Bar of California's Equal Access Fund

Deborah Moss-West with the Katharine & George Alexander Community Law Center at the School of Law has received a $29,120 award from the State Bar of California's Equal Access Fund.

Deborah Moss-West received $46,750 from The State Bar of California IOLTA program

Deborah Moss-West, Director of the Katharine & George Alexander Community Law Center, in the School of Law has received a $46,750 award from The State Bar of California IOLTA program.

Prashanth Asuri received received $70,000 from Cepheid Incorporated

Prashanth Asuri in the Bioengineering Department has received a $70,000 award from Cepheid Incorporated. Funds will be used to support his project "Tools and Platforms for Advancing Molecular Diagnostics Testing and Development".

Eric Goldman received $150,000 from the Knight Foundation

Eric Goldman with the High Tech Law Institute in the School of Law, has received a $150,000 award from the Knight Foundation. Funds will be used to support his project "How the Internet Improves Humanity".

Virginia Matzek received $25,894 from the River Partners

Virginia Matzek with the Environmental Studies and Sciences Department has received a $25,894 subaward from the River Partners (funds originated from The Joseph & Vera Long Foundation).

Yi Fang received $34,999 from DOCOMO Innovations, Inc.

Yi Fang with the Computer Science and Engineering Department has received a $34,999 award from DOCOMO Innovations, Inc. to support his project "Fairness and Accountability of Machine Learning in Search Engines".

Hohyun Lee, Yi Fang, and Yuhong Liu received $150,000 from NIST

Hohyun Lee with the Mechanical Engineering Department and Yi Fang and Yuhong Liu with the Computer Science and Engineering Department have received a $150,000 award from NIST to support their project "Fair and Resilient Control of Energy Systems in Grid-Interactive Buildings Under Skewed and Faulty Communication".

Kurt Schab received $575,700.99 from NC State University

Kurt Schab with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department has received a $575,700.99 award from NC State University to support his project "Metrics and Scaling Principles for Energy Synchronous Direct Antenna Modulation Transmitters".

Alice Villatoro received $47,095 from Columbia University

Alice Villatoro with the Public Health Program has received a $47,095 subaward from Columbia University to support her project "Studying Prevalent Mental Health Stigma in Spanish Media to Encourage Help-Seeking Among Growing Young and Diverse Latinx Populations".

Lynette Parker received $50,720 from Catholic Charities

Lynette Parker with the Katharine & George Alexander Community Law Center has received $50,720 from Catholic Charities.

Maria Kyrarini received $221,617 from the National Science Foundation

Maria Kyrarini with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department has received a $221,617 award from the National Science Foundation.

Maryam Mobed-Miremadi, Prashanth Asuri, Ashley Kim, and Aria Amirbahman received $331,771 from the National Science Foundation

Maryam Mobed-Miremadi (Bioengineering), Prashanth Asuri (Bioengineering), Ashley Kim (Bioengineering), and Aria Amirbahman (Civil Engineering) have received a $331,771 award from the National Science Foundation.

Panthea Sepehrband received $55,000 from the National Science Foundation

Panthea Sepehrband in the Mechanical Engineering Department has received a $55,000 supplement award from the National Science Foundation.

Deborah Moss-West received an additional $80,000 grant from Santa Clara County

Deborah Moss-West with the Katharine & George Alexander Community Law Center has received an additional $80,000 grant from Santa Clara County. These additional funds will allow the Law Center to continue providing Workers' Rights Legal Services.

Lynette Parker received received $50,000 from Community Solutions

Lynette Parker with the School of Law's Katharine & George Alexander Community Law Center has received a $50,000 award from Community Solutions.

David Anastasiu received $50,000 from Santa Clara Valley Water District

David Anastasiu with the Computer Science and Engineering Department has received a $50,000 grant from Santa Clara Valley Water District.

Lynette Parker received $1,405,686 from the County of Santa Clara

Lynette Parker with the Katharine & George Alexander Community Law Center in the School of Law has received a has received a $1,405,686 award from the County of Santa Clara.

Iris Stewart-Frey received $49,999 from the California Environmental Protection Agency

Iris Stewart-Frey with the Environmental Studies and Sciences Department has received a $49,999 award from the California Environmental Protection Agency to support her project "Removing barriers to accessing safe drinking water in San Joaquin Valley disadvantaged rural communities impacted by nitrate and drought".

Sean Choi received $75,000 from Hewlett Packard Labs

Sean Choi with the Computer Science and Engineering Department has received a $75,000 grant from Hewlett Packard Labs to support his project "Distributed DPU Resource Orchestration".

Lee Panich received $190,522 from the American Council of Learned Societies

Lee Panich with the Anthropology Department has received a $190,522 subaward from the American Council of Learned Societies.