The spring 2026 round of the National Grid Challenge Grant has funded seven faculty-student research proposals, totalling more than $32,000 in support.
Funded projects were recommended for approval by members of the Scholarly and Creative Activity Committee and ultimately approved for funding by Interim Provost Kristen Eichhorn.
Projects include:
- Title: Characterization of two putative regulators of adhesion and migration in Dictyostelium discoideum
Faculty member: Yulia Artemenko (Biological Sciences)
Student collaborators: Nidhi Patel and Isabelle Rodriguez - Title: McWhorter House Historic Preservation Field School (Research Assistant)
Faculty member: Alanna Ossa (Anthropology)
Student collaborator: Joshua Winoski
- Title: Development of a Cost-Effective, Reusable eDNA Filtration System
Faculty members: Tyler Morris (Technology Education) and Nick Sard (Biological Sciences)
Student collaborator: David Southwick - Title: Sustainable approach to produce light-emitting nanomaterial from plastic waste
Faculty member: Mahdi Hesari (Chemistry)
Student collaborator: Logan Tillinghast
- Title: Analysis of high-resolution spectra of copper hydride for the ExoMol project
Faculty member: Alireza Shayesteh (Chemistry)
Student collaborator: Ziaul Haque - Title: Quantitative Recovery and Spectroscopic Confirmation of Microplastics in Fish Following Controlled Laboratory Exposure
Faculty member: Shokouh Haddadi (Chemistry)
Student collaborator: Sanskriti Nanda
- Title: Can Hair Reveal Where You’ve Been? Chemical and Statistical Modeling of Environmental Signatures
Faculty members: Samarasuriyage Dinushani Senarathna (Mathematics) and Shokouh Haddadi (Chemistry)
Student Collaborator: Eileen Niri
The grants are the result of National Grid's recent significant investment into this SUNY Oswego summer research program as well as the hard work of Oswego University Foundation. This financial support includes funds for student research stipends, research supplies as well as much needed room and board.
For more information on these and other funding opportunities to support scholarly and creative activities, visit the Office of Research and Sponsored Program's Internal Grants website.
-- Submitted by the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs