Previously Awarded Internal Grants
Each year, SUNY Oswego awards over $175,000 in the form of grants to faculty, students and staff, to support a significant number of innovative scholarly and creative projects.
Information regarding past internal grant recipients from previous years can be accessed below.
Spring 2024
Faculty Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant Spring 2024 |
Five Proposals Funded : $12,091.51 |
| Name | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Mahdi Hesari | Chemistry | Faculty SCA | Conversion of Methane-to-Methanol Using Atomically Precise Metal Nanoclusters | $3,000.00 |
| Margaret Schmuhl | Criminal Justice | Faculty SCA | Observations of Rural Justice Courts in NYS | $3,000.00 |
| Jed Locquiao | Curriculum and Instruction | Faculty SCA | Letters from veteran special educators: The motivational contours to starting and staying with the work of SPED | $2,500.00 |
| Joshua Plencner | Politics | Faculty SCA | Imperialism Underground: The Political Imagination of White Wimmen and Jungle Girls | $712.51 |
| Mohammad Islam | Physics and Astronomy | Faculty SCA | Mid-Infrared Quantum Dot Photodetectors | $2,879.00 |
Student Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant Spring 2024 |
Five Proposals Funded: $4,773.00 |
| Student Name(s) | Faculty Mentor | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Dan Rafferty Miranda Smith |
Cynthia Clabough | Art and Design | Student SCA | Positivity Through Art; 2D Mural Project | $1,000.00 |
| Griffin Kutny | Daniel Baldassarre | Biological Sciences | Student SCA | Comparing Machine Learning of Acoustic Data and Manual Point Counts for Bird Surveys on the SUNY Oswego Campus | $1,000.00 |
| Joy Zientara | Nicholas Sard | Biological Sciences | Student SCA | Surveying host-pathogen-environment interactions in amphibian populations of Oswego County | $996.00 |
| Tyler Lucia | Yonggang Wang | Atmospheric and Geological Sciences | Student SCA | The Effect of Lake Surface Temperatures on Warm-Season Convection on the Great Lakes | $1,000.00 |
| Tyler Ziobro | Thomas Brown | Chemistry | Student SCA | Investigations of Cu(I)-Centered Photosensitizers | $777.00 |
Rice Creek Field Station Small Grant Spring 2024 |
Six Proposals Funded: $15,958.00 |
| Faculty Name(s) | Student Name(s) | Department(s) | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Kaitlin Fisher | Casey Hiller Zane Hiller |
Biological Sciences Zoology |
RCA Grant | Comparing cloacal mycobiomes of migratory and residential passerine birds at Rice Creek Field Station using next-generation sequencing | $2,235 |
| Mike Holy Karen Sime |
RCA board member Biological Sciences |
RCA Grant | Butterfly Diversity at Rice Creek Field Station: Student Training in Field Survey and Database Entry for National Pollard Base Butterfly Network | $3,000 | |
| Jennifer Olori Nicholas Sard Susan Hammerly |
Joy Zientara | Biological Sciences | RCA Grant | Continuation of a Long term Survey of Two Global Amphibian Diseases in Rice Creek Populations | $2,888 |
| Kristen Haynes Daniel Baldassarre Jennifer Olori Maria Sagot |
Rice Creek Field Station Biological Sciences |
RCA Grant | Assessing the response of wildlife to the 2024 total solar eclipse in Oswego, NY using remote biological monitoring methods | $3,000 | |
| Daniel Baldassarre | Nikki Knecht | Biological Sciences | RCA Grant | Status of Bobolinks (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) in low-maintenance hayfields on the SUNY Oswego campus | $3,000 |
| Vanessa Maike | Computer Science | RCA Grant | Using Robots to Teach Animal Food Chains and Computer Programming to Early Learners | $1,835 | |
Fall 2023
The Shineman Endowed Fund Fall 2023 |
Eight Proposals Funded: $72,497.97 |
| Name | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Islam, Mohammad Co-PIs: Barber, Katelyn Kanbur, Shashi Wang, Yongang Lewandowska, Natalia |
Physics/AGS | Shineman Endowed Fund | The Great Oswego Total Solar Eclipse | $38,500.00 |
| Lewandowska, Natalia | Physics | Shineman Endowed Fund | A radio telescope for the Rice Creek field station | $10,197.97 |
| Jones, Kelsey, Co-PIs: Dailey, Ashley Taylor, Vanessa |
Student Engagement and Leadership | Shineman Endowed Fund | MLK Day of Service and Annual Celebration | $5,000.00 |
| Hutcheson, Lowell | ARTSwego | Shineman Endowed Fund | SUNY Oswego Artist-in-Residence Program | $4,999.00 |
| Seo, Minjung | Health Promotion & Wellness | Shineman Endowed Fund | Sharp Brain Zestful Living Health Promotion Program | $3,941.00 |
| Bryne, Frank | History | Shineman Endowed Fund | A Conversation with Ta-Nehisi Coates | $1,100.00 |
| Frazier, Soma | English and Creative Writing | Shineman Endowed Fund | Subnivean: Spreading Our Roots | $4,760.00 |
| Wade, Erik Co-PI: Curtin, Maureen |
English and Creative Writing | Shineman Endowed Fund | LGBT Oral History Workshop | $4,000.00 |
Faculty Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant Fall 2023 |
Seven Proposals Funded : $18,949.82 |
| Name | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Yulia Artemenko | Biological Sciences | Faculty SCA | Establishment of a mammalian system to study directed cell migrationem> | $3,000.00 |
| Isabelle Bichindaritz | Computer Science | Faculty SCA | Explainable Analogical Learning for Cancer Survival Prediction | $3,000.00 |
| Michelle Storie | Counseling and Psychological Services | Faculty SCA | Effects of an Intensive Phonics and Phonemic Awareness Intervention on Older, Struggling Readers | $1,564.82 |
| Roseli Rojo | Modern Languages and Literatures | Faculty SCA | Caribbean Poetics of Mobility: The Gendered and Racial Hierarchies of Transportation | $3,000.00 |
| J.R. Slosson | Atmospheric and Geological Sciences | Faculty SCA | Fluvial Chloride Transport from Road Deicer in the Semi-Arid, Western United States | $3,000.00 |
| Vadoud Niri Arsalan Mirjafari |
Chemistry Chemistry |
Faculty SCA | Investigation of Electrochemical Behavior of Ionic Liquids with a Sulfonyl Fluoride Motif for Lithium Metal Batteriesem> | $2,385.00 |
| Jonah Shulman | Curriculum and Instruction | Faculty SCA | Training Handbook for Effective Math Educators (THEME) | $3,000.00 |
Student Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant Fall 2023 |
Eight Proposals Funded: $7,895.46 |
| Student Name(s) | Faculty Mentor | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Cassandra VanDamme | Matthew Dykas | Psychology | Student SCA | Parental Secure Base and Safe Haven Support in LGBTQ+ Emerging Adults | $1,000.00 |
| John Yeboah | Arsalan Mirjafari | Chemistry | Student SCA | Synthetic Cationic Lipids as Effective Gene Delivery Vectorsem> | $998.46 |
| Karissa Tinsley | Ashlee Moore | Psychology | Student SCA | Psychophysiological Responses to Trauma-Related Visual and Auditory Stimuli | $897.00 |
| Clinton Adu | Arsalan Mirjafari | Chemistry | Student SCA | Electrochemistry of Novel Ionic Liquids Toward Li-ion Batteries |
$1,000.00 |
| Nikki Knecht | Daniel Baldassarre | Biological Sciences | Student SCA | Status of Bobolinks (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) in low-maintenance hayfields on the SUNY Oswego campus |
$1,000.00 |
| Param Rajguru | Weihua Liu | Computer Science | Student SCA | Autonomous Driving Simulation Using Carla |
$1,000.00 |
| Baye Massene Diallo | Glenn Graham | Economics | Student SCA | Assessing the Effectiveness and Implementation Challenges of Payments for Ecosystem Services in the Democratic Republic of Congo |
$1,000.00 |
| Sean McCoy | Mahdi Hesari | Chemistry | Student SCA | Mapping Charge Carrier Distribution of Single Semiconductor Nanocrystals |
$1,000.00 |
Spring 2023
The Shineman Endowed Fund Spring 2023 |
Three Proposals Funded: $14,788.00 |
| Name | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Laura Donnelly Co-PIs: Tiffany Deater Jarrod Hagadorn |
English | Shineman Endowed Fund | Sterling Nature Center Documentary | $4,952.00 |
| Jonel Langenfeld-Rial | Theatre | Shineman Endowed Fund | Oswego Town Rural Cemetery Ghost and History Storytelling Tour | $4,850.00 |
| Matthew Dykas | Psychology | Shineman Endowed Fund | Circle of Security Case-Based Programs for High-Risk Families | $4,986.00 |
Faculty Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant Spring 2023 |
Three Proposals Funded : $7,625.00 |
| Name | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Stacey Ann Reid Karen Wolford |
Psychology Psychology |
Faculty SCA | Efficacy of mindfulness-based programming on undergraduate student self-compassion and stress | $3,000.00 |
| Kestutis Bendinskas | Chemistry | Faculty SCA | Testing Ionic Liquids for Their Ability to Store Nucleic Acids | $3,000.00 |
| Thomas Brown | Chemistry | Faculty SCA | Modeling Excited State Dynamics in Copper(I) Complexes | $1,625.00 |
Faculty-Student Challenge Grant Spring 2023 |
Twelve Proposals Funded: $52,192.91 |
| Student Collaborator(s) | Faculty Mentor(s) | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Quinn Jones | Yulia Artemenko | Biological Sciences | Challenge | Identification of novel partners of adhesion regulator Kinase Responsive to Stress B (KrsB) in a Mutagenesis Screen in Dictyostelium discoideum | $4,500.00 |
| Caitlin Marx | Benjamin Entner | Art and Design | Challenge | Strands That Unite | $3,360.00 |
| Najiyah Williamson | Nicholas Sard | Biological Sciences | Challenge | A Comparative Study of PCR-based Assays: Surveying for Ranavirus in Oswego County | $4,498.16 |
| Selim Kalici Hugh Riley Randall |
Shashi Kanbur | Physics | Challenge | Ultra-Long Period Cepheids and RR Lyraes: Challenges for Pulsation Physics |
$4,000.00 |
| Devon Seale | Kestutis Bendinskas | Chemistry | Challenge | Method Development for Genotype Affecting Body's Reaction to Cortisol | $4,500.00 |
| John Yeboah | Arsalan Mirjafari | Chemistry | Challenge | Development of novel synthetic cationic lipids as gene delivery agents via click chemistry | $4,499.75 |
| Rebecca Connors Griffin Kutny |
Daniel Baldassarre | Biological Sciences | Challenge | Monitoring wild birds on campus and at Rice Creek using banding and acoustic data | $4,500.00 |
| Joel Turallo | Mohammad Islam | Physics | Challenge | Development of High Performance Lithium Ion Battery Anode from Activated Carbon and Silicon Remnants | $4,355.00 |
| Emma Lutz | Lisa Glidden Evelyn Benavides |
Political Science Sociology |
Challenge | Barriers to readiness for the Buffalo Blizzard | $4,480.00 |
| Caryn Nabrizny Catherine Walsh |
Richard Metzgar | Art and Design | Challenge | Templates to Promote Knowing: Mapping Place across Satterly Hill, Hsinchu, and Kofu | $4,500.00 |
| TBD | Natalia Lewandowska | Physics | Challenge | A multiwavelength study of some of the fastest pulsars known | $4,500.00 |
| Trevin Ostheller Wells Liscomb Lauren Smith |
Tiffany Deater Jarrod Hagadorn |
Cinema and Screen Studies Cinema and Screen Studies |
Challenge | Nature and Us: Understanding the Relationship between Nature, Experience, and Humanities Education | $4,500.00 |
Student Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant Spring 2023 |
Two Proposals Funded: $1,033.30 |
| Student Name(s) | Faculty Mentor | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Danielle Marichal | Karen Sime | Biological Sciences | Student SCA | Surveys of Emerald Ash Borer and Its Introduced Parasitoids in Oswego, NY | $293.30 |
| Infiniti Robinson | Emily Estrada | Sociology | Student SCA | How does art representing Non-White races or cultures inform White students’ perspective of other cultural identities? | $740.00 |
Fall 2022
The Shineman Endowed Fund Fall 2022 |
Five Proposals Funded: $102,859.00 |
| Name | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
|
Kristin Gublo Peter Newell |
Chemistry Biological Sciences |
Shineman Endowed Fund | Science Field Trips for Elementary Students | $2,120.00 |
| Michael Riecke | Communication Studies | Shineman Endowed Fund | Renewable CNY |
$4,650.00 |
|
Daniel Baldassarre Kristen Haynes |
Biological Sciences Rice Creek Field Station |
Shineman Endowed Fund | Establishing a long-term bird banding station for research and outreach at Rice Creek Field Station | $11,980.00 |
|
Natalia Lewandowska Shashi Kanbur |
Physics Physics |
Shineman Endowed Fund | A major upgrade to the Shineman Planetarium | $74,050.00 |
| Jacob Dodd | Cinema and Screen Studies | Shineman Endowed Fund | Creation of a Media Archeology Laboratory | $10,059.00 |
Faculty Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant Fall 2022 |
Five Proposals Funded : $12,984.18 |
| Name | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Natalia Lewandowska | Physics | Faculty SCA | A multiwavelength study of an extragalactic pulsar in the Large Magellanic Cloud | $3,000.00 |
| Marianne Hromalik | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Faculty SCA | Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)-Based Correlator (FBC) | $2,985.00 |
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Electrical and Computer Engineering Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Faculty SCA | Antenna Design and Testing for Wireless Systems and 5G Applications | $999.18 |
| Mohammad Islam | Physics | Faculty SCA | Synthesis of Silicon Nanoparticles – Recycled Activated Carbon Composites as Anode for Next-Generation Lithium-Ion Batteries | $3,000.00 |
| M. Neelika Jayawardane | English and Creative Writing | Faculty SCA | Durban’s Afrapix Photographers: Forging Relations in the Detritus of Natal’s Plantation Culture | $3,000.00 |
Student Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant Fall 2022 |
Seven Proposals Funded: $6,759.85 |
| Student Name(s) | Faculty Mentor | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Bailey Maier | Benjamin Entner | Art and Design | Student SCA | Reimagining Sculpture: A Conversation on Extinction | $929.85 |
| Najiyah Williamson Grace Cordon | Nicholas Sard | Biological Sciences | Student SCA | Surveying for a Global Amphibian Pathogen: Ranavirus in Oswego County | $923.00 |
| Sylvia Thompson Katherine Gilligan | Julia Koeppe | Chemistry | Student SCA | Confirming Function in Enzymes of Unknown Function | $1,000.00 |
| Mackenzie Mahony | Serenity Sutherland | Communication Studies | Student SCA | Women in Science Visualization Network |
$907.00 |
| Rachel Dibble | Juan Perdiguero | Art and Design | Student SCA | A Personal Interpretation of Prelapsarian Symbolism Through Monotype and Drawing |
$1,000.00 |
| Griffin Kutney | Daniel Baldassarre | Biological Sciences | Student SCA | Tracking the Presence and Timing of Bird Species on the SUNY Oswego Campus |
$1,000.00 |
| David Menzies | Julia Koeppe | Chemistry | Student SCA | Interactions between Compliment Factor H and C3 in the Innate Immune System |
$1,000.00 |
Spring 2022
The Shineman Endowed Fund Spring 2022 |
Six Proposals Funded: $77,587.00 |
| Name | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Sandy Bargainnier | Health Promotion and Wellness | Shineman Endowed Fund | Welcoming and Working with New Americans | $2,131.00 |
| Rebecca Peters | Anthropology | Shineman Endowed Fund | Anthropology in Practice Visitors Series | $4,500.00 |
| Candis Haak | History, Sociology and Anthropology | Shineman Endowed Fund | Digital Humanities Laboratory | $19,500.00 |
| Vadoud Niri | Chemistry | Shineman Endowed Fund | Chemistry Summer Research Program for High School Students | $4,860.00 |
| Prabakar Kothandaraman | School of Business | Shineman Endowed Fund | Stakeholder Partnership for Excellence in Equity, Diversity and Inclusiveness (SPEEDI) | $40,000.00 |
| Kestutis Bendinskas | Research and Individualized Student Experience (RISE) | Shineman Endowed Fund | Summer Scholarly and Creative Activities Student Housing | $4,996.00 |
Faculty Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant Spring 2022 |
Five Proposals Funded : $12,973.54 |
| Name | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Matthew Baker | Chemistry | Faculty SCA | Development of a Depolymerizable Polymer with Diagnostic Capabilities | $2,973.54 |
| Lisa Seppi | Art and Design | Faculty SCA | Not Just Our Corner of the World | $3,000.00 |
| John Lindstedt Damian Schofield |
Computer Science Computer Science |
Faculty SCA | Collecting Data to Verify Perceived Gender Stereotypes in Final Fantasy Games | $3,000.00 |
| Shashi Kanbur | Physics | Faculty SCA | Period-Color and Amplitude-Color Relations in Delta Scuti Variables | $3,000.00 |
| David McLain | Marketing and Management | Faculty SCA | Research Adaptation of Measures of Cognitive Health | $1,000.00 |
Curriculum Innovation Grant Spring 2022 |
Three Proposals Funded: $7,700.00 |
| Name | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Michael Murphy, Stephanie Pritchard, Ken Nichols, and Amanda Trainham |
English and Creative Writing | Curriculum Innovation | Resources for Writers Online | $3,600 |
| Fehmi Damkaci | Chemistry | Curriculum Innovation | DEI in STEM and the Workplace | $2,100 |
| Lindsay McCluskey | Communication Studies | Curriculum Innovation | Lifestyle, Beauty, and Fashion Public Relations | $2,000 |
Faculty-Student Challenge Grant Spring 2022 |
Fourteen Proposals Funded: $59,678.00 |
| Student Collaborator(s) | Faculty Mentor(s) | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Bronson Bukowski | Nicholas DiFrancesco | Atmospheric and Geological Sciences | Challenge | Mineralogy, Geochemistry, and Source of Igneous and Metamorphic Sediment in Oswego County |
$4,400.00 |
|
Danielle Ross |
Peter Newell |
Biological Sciences |
Challenge |
Niche Partitioning Between Gut Bacteria |
$4,500.00 |
|
Rhiannon Bonawitz |
Alanna Ossa |
Anthropology |
Challenge |
Richardson Bates House Historic Preservation Field School |
$3,000.00 |
|
Amanda Streeter |
David Dunn |
Biological Sciences |
Challenge |
Developing a Simple Flow Cytometer Utilizing 3D Printing Technology |
$4,500.00 |
|
Thao Nguyen |
Poongodi Geetha-Loganathan |
Biological Sciences |
Challenge |
Developmental Effects of Warfarin on Chicken Embryos |
$4,500.00 |
|
TBD |
Rachel Lee |
Atmospheric and Geological Sciences |
Challenge |
Mapping Fracture Patterns at Robert Wehle State Park and Nearby Islands, Henderson, NY |
$3,780.00 |
|
Sylvia Thompson |
Shokouh Haddadi |
Chemistry |
Challenge |
Exploring the Use of Latent Fingerprint Analysis to Differentiate Female Subjects from Male Subjects |
$4,500.00 |
|
John-Kaarli Rentof |
Nicholas Sard |
Biological Sciences |
Challenge |
Surveying for Gray Tree Frogs (Hyla versicolor) using environmental DNA sampling methods |
$4,499.00 |
|
Valeriia Tarallo |
Yulia Artemenko |
Biological Sciences |
Challenge |
The Role of the Sugar Coating in Shear Flow-Directed Cell Migration |
$4,499.00 |
|
Fishel Connors |
Daniel Baldassarre |
Biological Sciences |
Challenge |
The effect of urbanization on aggression and neophobia in Northern Cardinals |
$4,500.00 |
|
Aron Rezene |
Priyanka Rupasinghe |
Physics |
Challenge |
Precision atomic structure measurement of cesium using laser spectroscopy |
$4,500.00 |
|
Liam Tovey |
Shokouh Haddadi |
Chemistry |
Challenge |
Analysis of Diphenhydramine and N-desmethyldiphenhydramine in Urine Using Dispersive Liquid-Liquid Microextraction (DLLME) and Gas Chromatography-Mass spectrometry (GC-MS) |
$4,500.00 |
|
Anh Do |
Whalmany Ounkham |
Chemistry |
Challenge |
The Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of Water-soluble Ruthenium Complexes for Water Catalysis |
$4,000.00 |
|
Navya Amaratunga |
Elizabeth Wilcox |
Mathematics |
Challenge | Modeling the U.S. AIDS Epidemic with Markov Chains | $4,000.00 |
Student Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant Spring 2022 |
Three Proposals Funded: $2,687.75 |
| Student Name(s) | Faculty Mentor | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Garrett Statum | Yonggang Wang | Atmospheric and Geological Sciences | Student SCA | Variability of Cold Season Tornado Outbreaks in the United States: 1950-2021 | $1,000.00 |
| Shea McCarthy | Chris McEvoy | Art and Design | Student SCA | What Shapes Us: A Mural | $1,000.00 |
| Dylan Murphy | Karen Sime | Biological Sciences | Student SCA | Responses of the flesh fly Sarcophaga bullata to formalin exposure in pig meat | $687.75 |
Fall 2021
The Shineman Endowed Fund Fall 2021 |
Ten Proposals Funded: $64,809.59 |
| Name | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Matthew Dykas | Psychology | Shineman Endowed Fund | COS Parenting Facilitator Scholarship Assistance 2021-2022 | $4,500.00 |
| Anneke McAvoy | Institute for Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Transformative Practice | Shineman Endowed Fund | SUNY Oswego Dialogue Project | $17,670.00 |
| Michele Thornton | Management & Marketing | Shineman Endowed Fund | Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour. Using fiction to lead discourse on racial justice in the workplace. | $8,794.00 |
| Miranda Traudt | ARTSwego | Shineman Endowed Fund | Cirque Kalabante | $4,999.00 |
| Zachary Gold | Human Development | Shineman Endowed Fund | University-Community Partnership for Inclusive STEM Learning for Children with Disabilities | $5,690.00 |
| Alanna Ossa | Anthropology | Shineman Endowed Fund | Richardson Bates House Historic Preservation Field School | $4,754.59 |
| Yulia Artemenko | Biological Sciences and Chemistry Departments | Shineman Endowed Fund | Biotechnology Training Camp for High School Students | $4,999.00 |
| Elizabeth Keida | Health Promotion and Wellness | Shineman Endowed Fund | Discover Wellness: A Worksite Health Promotion Program for Oswego County Schools | $4,894.00 |
| Soma Frazier | English and Creative Writing | Shineman Endowed Fund | Subnivean: Amplifying Literary Voices in Oswego | $4,009.00 |
| Julia Koeppe | Chemistry | Shineman Endowed Fund | Enhanced Chemistry Department Seminar Program | $4,500.00 |
Faculty Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant Fall 2021 |
Nine Proposals Funded: $23,291.33 |
| Name | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Ritu Radhakrishnan | Curriculum and Instruction | Faculty SCA | Not All Truths are Self-Evident: Highlighting the Roles of South Asians and South Asian Americans in United States History and K-12 Curriculum | $2,500.00 |
| Renqian Yang | Art and Design | Faculty SCA | NCECA Ceramics Sculpture exhibition "The Breathing Kind” | $1,424.00 |
| Bennet Schaber | Cinema and Screen Studies | Faculty SCA | Ralph Block Papers, Library of Congress | $2,300.00 |
| Daniel Baldassarre | Biological Sciences | Faculty SCA | The effect of urbanization on aggression and neophobia in Northern Cardinals | $3,000.00 |
| Francisco Suarez | Communication Studies | Faculty SCA | From Suarez's Basement Website and Audio Podcast | $2,900.00 |
| Lisa Glidden Eve Benavides |
Political Science Sociology |
Faculty SCA | Measuring Community Resilience | $2,997.49 |
| Mohammad Islam | Physics | Faculty SCA | Synthesis of Silicon Nanoparticles – Recycled Activated Carbon Composites as Anode Material for Next-Generation Lithium-Ion Batteries | $2,817.10 |
| Maria Sagot | Biological Sciences | Faculty SCA | Causes and consequences of variation in vocal communication in Spix’s disc-winged bat (Thyroptera tricolor) | $2,352.74 |
| Shokouh Haddadi Ampalavanar Nanthakumar |
Chemistry Mathematics |
Faculty SCA | Exploring the Use of Latent Fingerprint Analysis to Differentiate Female Subjects from Male Subjects | $3,000.00 |
Student Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant Fall 2021 |
Five Proposals Funded: $4,330.58
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| Student Name | Faculty Mentor | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Quinn Ceilly | Leigh Bacher | Psychology | Student SCA | The Costs and Benefits of the “Hyper Brain”: How Intelligence, Anxiety, Overthinking, and Rumination Interact | $681.00 |
| Brooke Goodman | Daniel Baldassarre | Biological Sciences | Student SCA | Using automated recording units to study Northern Cardinal vocal behavior | $1,000.00 |
| Dominic Altamura | Ioana Coman | Computer Science | Student SCA | Concurrent Symbolic Integration | $653.00 |
| Jamie Perrin | Nicholas Sard | Biological Sciences | Student SCA | Estimating the detection rate of Strix Varia over the course of a spring snowmelt event | $996.58 |
| Justin Fischnich | Ritu Radhakrishnan | Curriculum and Instruction | Student SCA | "Boys Can Wear Pink, Too!” | $1,000 |
Spring 2021
Faculty Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant Spring 2021 |
Seven Proposals Funded : $14,898.50 |
| Name | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Catalina Iannone | Modern Languages and Literatures | Faculty SCA | Atlas of Resistance (Madrid) | $3,000.00 |
| Juan Perdiguero | Art and Design | Faculty SCA | Animal_Humano | $3,000.00 |
|
Julia Koeppe |
Chemistry | Faculty SCA | Confirming Function in Enzymes of Unknown Function | $2,600.00 |
| Jean Ann | Curriculum and Instruction | Faculty SCA | Insights on the JSL Manual Syllabary | $2,250.00 |
| Mohammad Tajvarpour | Marketing and Management | Faculty SCA | Inverted U-shaped Effect of Cultural Distance on Trade of New Products/Ideas | $1,298.50 |
| Daniel Baldassarre | Biological Sciences | Faculty SCA | The effect of urbanization on singing behavior in Northern Cardinals | $2,000.00 |
| Marthinus Koen | Criminal Justice | Faculty SCA | Body-Worn Cameras and Police Organization: A Practice Lens Analysis | $750.00 |
Curriculum Innovation Grant Spring 2021 |
Five Proposals Funded : $12,349.00 |
| Name | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Michele Thornton | Marketing and Management | Curriculum Innovation | Leading Diverse and Inclusive Organizations | $2,400 |
| Zachary Gold | Human Development | Curriculum Innovation | Human Play Behavior | $3,600 |
| Qing Zhang | Computer Science | Curriculum Innovation | At the Intersection of Human Computer Interaction and Educational Technology | $2,400 |
| Nikita Miasnikov | Mathematics | Curriculum Innovation | Joint Classroom for Foundations Mathematics in the Real World | $2,400 |
| Candis Haak | History | Curriculum Innovation | Yoga Teaching Certificate for HIS 338 | $1,549 |
Faculty-Student Challenge Grant Spring 2021 |
Seven Proposals Funded: $26,964.35 |
| Student Collaborator(s) | Faculty Mentor(s) | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Johann Roque | Matthew Baker | Chemistry | Challenge | Further Analysis of a Photo-degradable Plastic | $2,000.00 |
| Shelby Barnes | Shokouh Haddadi | Chemistry | Challenge | Exploring the Use of Latent Fingerprint Analysis to Differentiate Female Subjects from Male Subjects | $4,500.00 |
| Brooke Goodman Shyla Luna |
Daniel Baldassarre | Biological Sciences | Challenge | Effectors of urbanization on singing behavior and nest success in Northern Cardinals | $4,000.00 |
| Fiona Wee Mayank Giri Navya Amaratunga |
Priyanka Rupasinghe | Physics | Challenge | Two-Step, Two-Color Absorption Spectroscopy of Rubidium | $4,499.28 |
| Michael Scott Namrata Pokharel |
Julia Koeppe | Chemistry | Challenge | Complement factor H regulatory interactions | $4,500.00 |
| Ethan Weisberger | Steven Skubis | Atmospheric and Geological Sciences | Challenge | Idealized Modeling of Lake Effect Precipitation Bands | $3,000.00 |
| David George | Thomas Brown | Chemistry | Challenge | Metallophilic Interactions Supported by N-Heterocyclic Carbene Mimics | $4,465.07 |
Student Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant Spring 2021 |
Two Proposals Funded: $2,000.00 |
| Student Name(s) | Faculty Mentor | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Shannan Hall Whitney Kmetz |
Elizabeth Keida | Health Promotion and Wellness | Student SCA | Discover Wellness: Find a Healthier You | $1,000.00 |
| Michael Pagnanelli | Yonggang Wang | Atmospheric and Geological Sciences | Student SCA | Climatology of Arctic Cold Air Outbreaks – An Observational Analysis | $1,000.00 |
Fall 2020
| Faculty Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant Fall 2020 | Three Proposals Funded: $5,241.75 |
| Name | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Michael Riecke | Communication Studies | Faculty SCA | Amended Podcast: Regional Segments for Public Radio |
$1,186.87 |
| Paul Leary | Music | Faculty SCA | Reverberations: Shakuhachi Flute |
$3,000.00 |
| Kelly Roe | Art and Design | Faculty SCA | Dichotomies of “self” – through printmaking | $1,054.88 |
| Student Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant Fall 2020 | Six Proposals Funded: $5,884.42 |
| Student Name | Faculty Mentor | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Brooke Goodman | Daniel Baldassarre | Biological Sciences | Student SCA | Using automated recording units to study Northern Cardinal vocal behavior |
$1,000.00 |
| Sofia Pérez | Christopher McAvoy | Art and Design | Student SCA | The Power of Ancestral Archetypes | $1,000.00 |
| Sophie Infarinato | Christopher McAvoy | Computer Science | Student SCA | Captured Moments: an alla prima painting series |
$977.12 |
| Hannah Hertik | Mamta Saxena | Human Development | Student SCA | Pets and Mental Health: Exploration of Perceived Social Support | $950.00 |
| Caroline Sheldon | Nicholas Sard | Biological Sciences | Student SCA | Optimizing the detection of a low-density terrestrial mammal via aquatic environmental DNA sampling methods |
$957.30 |
| Madeleine Crean | Yonggang Wang | Atmospheric and Geological Sciences | Student SCA | Characterizing and Understanding Cloud Streets in Arctic Cold Air Outbreaks | $1,000.00 |
Spring 2020
| Faculty Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant Spring 2020 | Ten Proposals Funded : $25,077.25 |
| Name | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Matthew Baker | Chemistry | Faculty SCA | Analysis of a Light-responsive Degradable Plastic | $2,141.41 |
| Mohammad Islam | Physics | Faculty SCA | Synthesis of Carbon-Iron Oxide Nanocomposites for Selective Removal of Toxins from Contaminated Water | $3,000.00 |
| Michele Thornton | Marketing and Management | Faculty SCA | Federal, state, and local regulatory impacts on the emerging cannabis industry | $3,000.00 |
| Marianne Hromalik | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Faculty SCA | Autonomous De-skewer for High-speed Parallel Data (ADHPD) | $2,995.00 |
| Helen Knowles | Political Science | Faculty SCA | Making Waves: Rogan Jones’s Pursuit of Broadcasting Freedom | $2,735.84 |
| Julia Koeppe | Chemistry | Faculty SCA | Surface Plasmon Resonance Analysis of Thrombomodulin and Complement Protein Interactions | $2,240.00 |
|
Nicholas DiFrancesco, Rachel Lee |
Atmospheric and Geological Sciences | Faculty SCA | Understanding the Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Rock and Sediment in Central New York | $2,990.00 |
| Daniel Baldassarre | Biological Sciences | Faculty SCA | The effect of urbanization on plumage color in Northern Cardinals | $3,000.00 |
| Jaclyn Schildkraut | Criminal Justice | Faculty SCA | Perceptions of Mass Shootings and Moral Panic Among U.S. Citizens | $2,975.00 |
| Curriculum Innovation Grant Spring 2020 | Four Proposals Funded : $10,400.00 |
| Name | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Zoë Misiewicz | Mathematics | Curriculum Innovation | Co-requisite Remediation for College Algebra | $2,000 |
| Vanessa Maike | Computer Science | Curriculum Innovation | Accessibility (Social Change, Assistive Technologies & Universal Design) | $2,400 |
| Theresa Parry-Bick, Amanda Fenlon | Curriculum and Instruction | Curriculum Innovation | Teacher Practice in a Virtual World: Major Course Revision Using Immersive Teaching Technology | $3,600 |
| Amy Bidwell | Health Promotion and Wellness | Curriculum Innovation | B.Well NOW! | $2,400 |
| Faculty-Student Challenge Grant Spring 2020 | Thirteen Proposals Funded: $51,975.54 |
| Student Collaborator(s) | Faculty Mentor(s) | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Hiruni Dodangoda | Peter Newell | Biological Sciences | Challenge | Uric Acid and gut microbiota in Drosophila | $4,496.00 |
| Hana Cheng | Gilian Tenbergen | Psychology | Challenge | Measuring peripheral testosterone and its relationship to digit ratio and female sexual behavior | $4,500.00 |
| Nicole Insolia | Justin Stroup, Rachel Lee | Atmospheric and Geological Sciences | Challenge | Bathymetric Mapping and Lake Shoreline Characterization at Green Lakes State Park and Clark Reservation State Park | $3,568.00 |
| Kelsey Roberts | Sien Hu | Psychology | Challenge | Neural activations during mental rotation | $4,500.00 |
| Nathan Gillette, Yehua Zhang | Bastian Tenbergen | Computer Science | Challenge | Building a Multi-Lateral Cyber-Physical Drone Network using XBee | $3,967.44 |
| Ka Ying Chan | Bastian Tenbergen | Computer Science | Challenge | Specification and Implementation of an Autonomous Vehicle Simulator | $2,715.26 |
| Brooke Goodman, Shyla Luna | Daniel Baldassarre | Biological Sciences | Challenge | Effects of urbanization on singing behavior and nest success in Northern Cardinals | $4,500.00 |
| Mikayla Clark | Rachel Lee | Atmospheric and Geological Sciences | Challenge | Monitoring Erosional Processes at McIntyre's Bluff, Sterling, NY, Using UAV Imagery and 3D Modeling Techniques | $3,561.00 |
| Rose Garris, Kaylandra Woodside | Shokouh Haddadi | Chemistry | Challenge | Analysis of Diphenhydramine and N-desmethyldiphenhydramine in Urine Using Dispersive Liquid-Liquid Microextraction (DLLME) and Gas Chromatography-Mass spectrometry (GC-MS) | $4,500.00 |
| Lillian Pavord | Nicholas Sard, Peter Rosenbaum | Biological Sciences | Challenge | Sequencing the mitochondrial genomes of Great Lakes turtle species | $4,475.84 |
| Landon Vanalstine | Steven Skubis, Rachel Lee | Atmospheric and Geological Sciences | Challenge | Climatological Trends Affecting the Lake Ontario Region | $2,192.00 |
| Francesca Rescigno, Kaitlin Brightman | Rebecca Mushtare, Michele Thornton | Art Marketing and Management | Challenge | Accessibility of Health Insurance Marketplace Websites | $4,500.00 |
| Trieu Le | Priyanka Rupasinghe | Physics | Challenge | Saturated Absorption Spectroscopy of Atomic Cesium Using A Novel Approach | $4,500.00 |
Fall 2019
| Faculty Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant Fall 2019 | Nine Proposals Funded: $23,863.00 |
| Name | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Sien Hu, Theo Rhodes |
Psychology Psychology |
Faculty SCA | Neural Mechanisms of Visual Imagery and Visual Working Memory in Aphantasia | $3,000.00 |
| Courtney Doucette | History | Faculty SCA | Perestroika: The Last Attempt to Create the New Soviet Person | $3,000.00 |
| Eric Schmitz | Music | Faculty SCA | Recording Sessions for Two Original Compositions for ACE Composers II | $2,900.00 |
| Damian Schofield | Computer Science | Faculty SCA | Augmented Reality Technologies for Cultural Heritage Applications | $2,968.00 |
| Laura Donnelly | English and Creative Writing | Faculty SCA | Orion Environmental Writers’ Workshop | $995.00 |
| Shokouh Haddadi | Chemistry | Faculty SCA | Analysis of Diphenhydramine and N-desmethyldiphenhydramine in Urine Using Dispersive Liquid-Liquid Microextraction (DLLME) and Gas Chromatography-Mass spectrometry (GC-MS) | $3,000.00 |
| Priyanka Rupasinghe | Physics | Faculty SCA | Precision Atomic Structure Measurement of Rubidium Using Laser Spectroscopy | $3,000.00 |
| Micah F. Morton | Anthropology | Faculty SCA | New and Emerging Global Indigenous Solidarities | $2,000.00 |
| M. Neelika Jayawardane | English and Creative Writing | Faculty SCA | Documenting Apartheid’s Architecture and Design: Gille de Vlieg, Anna Ziemensky, and Deseni Moodliar-Soobben’s Photography | $3,000.00 |
| Student Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant Fall 2019 | Eight Proposals Funded: $6,059.08 |
| Student Name | Faculty Mentor | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Sydney Waloven | Daniel Baldassarre | Biological Sciences | Student SCA | Quantifying the relative importance of intracellular and extracellular DNA while conducting an environmental DNA survey | $389.89 |
| Christian DiBiase | Poongodi Geetha-Loganathan | Biological Sciences | Student SCA | Biochemical Analysis of Browning Activities in Apples | $850.46 |
| Lillian Pavord | Nicholas Sard | Biological Sciences | Student SCA | Extracting genomic DNAs to be used as a tool for bog turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii) conservation effort | $999.93 |
| Gabi DeAngelo | Leigh Bacher | Psychology | Student SCA | Utility of eye tracking in the investigation of speech perception in children | $870.00 |
| Ali Khan | David Dunn Yulia Artemenko |
Biological Sciences Biological Sciences |
Student SCA | Inexpensive, easy to build electroporation device for genetic modification of social amoeba | $1,000.00 |
| Muhammadzohir Hidoyatov | Poongodi Geetha-Loganathan | Biological Sciences | Student SCA | A Comparative Study of Eggshells of Passeriformes Birds | $921.70 |
| Hannah Vail | Whalmany Ounkham | Chemistry | Student SCA | Microwave-Assisted Metal Catalyzed Nitrile Hydration to Amides in Water | $954.30 |
| Morgan Wolanin Dakota Jackson |
Whalmany Ounkham | Chemistry | Student SCA | The Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of Water-soluble Ruthenium Complexes for Nitrile Hydrations | $942.80 |
Spring 2019
| Name | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Matthew Baker Students:Philip Mosher, Charlotte Labrie-Cleary |
Chemistry | Challenge | Perpetually Recyclable Materials | $4,499.43 |
| Maria Sagot Student:Alexandria Capra |
Biological Sciences | Challenge | Bats and Apples: Bat Ecosystem Services in Apple Orchards in Central New York | $4,500 |
| Peter Newell Student:Rebecca Wolff |
Biological Sciences | Challenge | The Three-Way Intersection Between Host, Parasite, and Microbiome in Freshwater Snails | $4,500 |
| Julia Koeppe Students:Ali Khan, Michael Kirsch |
Chemistry | Challenge | Biophysical investigation of the function of enzyme 3DL1 | $4,500 |
| Daniel Baldassarre Student:Kristie Drzewiecki |
Biological Sciences | Challenge | Ordinary bird, extraordinary challenges: how urbanization impacts the Northern Cardinal | $4,349.94 |
| Vadoud Niri Student:Margaret Miller |
Chemistry | Challenge | Investigation of Volatile Organic Compound Removal by Indoor Plants Using a Large Sampling Chamber | $4,500 |
| Bennet Schaber | English (Cinema and Screen Studies) | Faculty SCA | Rediscovered Screenplays of Eugene O’Neill | $1,950 |
| Taylor Miller | Linguistics | Faculty SCA | Documenting the Kiowa Language: A Pilot Online Dictionary | $3,000 |
| Nicholas Sard | Biological Sciences | Faculty SCA | Testing for genomic signatures of rapid adaptation in a Great Lakes invasive species | $2,970 |
| Cara Thompson | Art | Faculty SCA | Virtual Reality and Immersive Art | $3,000 |
| Mohammad Islam | td> | Faculty SCA | Synthesis of Ferrite Nanoparticle Compounds as Anode Materials for High Performance Sodium Ion Battery | $3,000 |
| Sandy Bargannier | Health Promotion and Wellness | Curriculum Innovation | In Search of Meaning: What does it mean to be a refugee in Central New York | $2,400 |
| Stephen York | Theatre | Curriculum Innovation | "Method Acting" and Mindfulness a Study in Actor Health and Wellness | $2,400 |
| Lindsay McCluskey | Communication Studies | Curriculum Innovation | Arts, Entertainment and Sports Public Relations | $2,400 |
| Tiffany Deater | Cinema and Screen Studies | Curriculum Innovation | Wildlife and Conservation Film Making: Field Experience | $2,400 |
| Holly Mann | History | Curriculum Innovation | Flipping His2tory | $2,400 |
| Anthony Caputa | English and Creative Writing | Curriculum Innovation | Hooked: The Literature and Cinema of Addiction | $2,000 |
Fall 2018
| Name | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Trevor Jorgensen | Music | Faculty SCA | Mexico City Blues: Kerouac Project | $3,000 |
| Ola Kraszpulska | Theatre | Faculty SCA | Faux Stained Glass Four Ways: A Comparative Study | $2779.64 |
| Emily Bovier & Adam Fay | Psychology | Faculty SCA | Olfactory Responsivity and Social Cognitive Processing | $2,975 |
| Daniel Baldassarre | Biological Sciences | Faculty SCA | Ordinary bird, extraordinary challenges: how urbanization affects the northern cardinal | $3,000 |
|
Student: Andrew Sommer |
Biological Sciences | Student SCA | Chemical Basis for Acetobacter and Lactobacillus Mutualism | $975 |
|
Student: Leah Knapp |
Atmospheric and Geological Sciences | Student SCA | Geochemical analysis of pyroxenite within Pioneer Mountains, central Idaho | $700 |
|
Student: Christina Li |
Chemistry | Student SCA | Developing Epigenetic Measurement Capability for SUNY Oswego | $1,000 |
|
Student: Ethan Magram |
Communication Studies | Student SCA | Ladders (and How to Climb Them), Podcast | $946 |
|
Student: Becky Nesel |
Atmospheric and Geological Sciences | Student SCA | Grain size analysis of sediment core samples from Searles Lake, California | $1,000 |
|
Student: Zahra Bellucci |
Music | Student SCA | Collaborative Musical Composition for "Roots/Signal" Festival, Statesboro, Georgia | $970 |
|
Student: Ralph Schloss |
Anthropology | Student SCA | The Utility of Serrated versus Non-serrated Points of the Hohokam | $1,000 |
|
Student: Melissa Orleman |
Biological Sciences | Student SCA | Conditioning and persistence of olfactory stimulated behavior in crickets (Gryllodes sigillatus) | $500 |
|
Student: Samantha Jenks |
Psychology | Student SCA | Resting state functional connectivity of the amygdala and BNST in healthy adults and patients with anxiety disorders | $1,000 |
|
Students: Mary Sorensen |
Atmospheric and Geological Sciences | Student SCA | Establishing grainsize sample processing methods to enable paleoclimate interpretations | $1,000 |
|
Student: Kelly Rothschild |
Public Justice | Student SCA | The Pulse Nightclub Shooting and the Impact on the Local LGBTQ+ Community | $994 |
|
Student: Tessa Mosher |
Public Justice | Student SCA | The Parkland Shooting and Systems Failure: A Review of the Evidence | $1,000 |
Spring 2018
| Name | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Student: James Spagnola | BiologyComputer Science | Challenge | Building a Centimeter-Precise Cyber-Physical Drone using Differential GPS | $4,469 |
| Student: Ali Khan | Biological Sciences | Challenge | Open Source Affordable Design for DNA Delivery Device (Electroporator) | $4,500 |
| Elizabeth Wilcox Student: Marquia Williams |
Mathematics | Challenge | Counting with S-sided Dice: Generating Combinatorics | $3,500 |
| Francisco Suarez Student: Kelly VanRiper |
Communication Studies | Challenge | The ResLife TV Pilot | $4,475 |
| Brian Hough, Rachel Lee Student: Leah Knapp |
Atmospheric and Geological Sciences | Challenge | Origin and Fate of a Pyroxenite Body Within the Pioneer Mountains Core Complex, Central Idaho | $4,500 |
| Jinyan Guo Student: Chad Halson |
Biological Sciences | Challenge | Development of the Floral “Umbrella” of the Northern Pitcher Plant | $4,295 |
| Julia Koeppe Students: Veronica Singh, Matthew Gehm, Jose Giler |
Chemistry | Challenge | Protein Interactions that Regulate Complement Activation | $4,500 |
| Juliet Giglio Student: Mic-Anthony Hay |
English and Creative Writing | Challenge | A New Home in Oswego: The Story of Two Refugees | $4,406 |
| Matthew Baker Student: Philip Mosher |
Chemistry | Challenge | Development of a Light Responsive Controlled-Release System | $4,475.02 |
| Michele Thornton Student: Kelly Murphy |
Management and Marketing | Challenge | Employee Benefits Challenges of Small Employers in Western New York | $3,875 |
| Peter Rosenbaum Student: Matthew Gorman |
Biological Sciences | Challenge | Follow-up Census of Spotted Turtles (Clemmys gutatta) at Ira Marsh Cayuga County | $4,500 |
| Poongodi Geetha-Loganathan Student: Manna Job |
Biological Sciences | Challenge | Toxic Effect of Atrazine on Fresh Water Mussels (Elliptio complanata) | $4,500 |
| Shashi Kanbur Students: Brett Meerdink, Matthew Sodano |
Physics | Challenge | An Analysis of Period-Color Relations with OGLE IV Data | $4,000 |
| Tamara Sullivan Student: Nicole Maether |
Counseling and Psychological Services | Challenge | College-School Collaboration: Responsive Interventions Designed to Empower Students | $2,199.60 |
| Thomas Brown Student: Kevin Clark |
Chemistry | Challenge | Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of Bimetallic Complexes Exhibiting Metallophilic Interactions | $4,500 |
| Webe Kadima Student: Richard DeMaddis |
Chemistry | Challenge | Investigation of the Effects of Musanga cecropioides on Live Cells | $4,500 |
| Yulia Artemenko Student: Jack Marcucci |
Biological Sciences | Challenge | Investigation of Filamin Function in Dictyostelium discoideum Mechanosensation | $4,500 |
| Maria Sagot | Biological Sciences | Faculty SCA | The Role of Bioenergetics and Cooperative Acoustic Signaling in Promoting Social Interactions | $2,990 |
| Sien Hu | Psychology | Faculty SCA | The Effects of Age on Proactive and Reactive Executive Control | $3,000 |
| Julia Koeppe | Chemistry | Faculty SCA | Surface Plasmon Resonance for Protein Interaction Analysis | $2,000 |
| Caglar Yildirim | Computer Science | Faculty SCA | Investigating the Efficacy of a Virtual Reality-Based Mindfulness Intervention to Reduce Mind Wandering: A Pilot Study | $3,000 |
| Hui Zhang | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Faculty SCA | Developing High-efficiency Wide Bandgap Power Converters for Renewable Energy Systems | $3,000 |
| Martha Bruch | Chemistry | Faculty SCA | Effect of Water on the Chemical Modification of Silica | $3,000 |
| Priyanka Rupasinghe | Physics | Faculty SCA | Homemade External-Cavity Diode Laser (EDCL) to Support Precision Atomic Structure Measurement of Gallium | $3,000 |
| Peter Newell | Biological Sciences | Faculty SCA | Determining How Bacteria Accelerate Drosophila Development | $2,254 |
| Matthew Baker | Chemistry | Faculty SCA | Development of Environmentally Friendly Plastics | $2,963.64 |
| Shashi Kanbur | Physics | Faculty SCA | Investigations into Non-Radial Oscillations | $3,000 |
| Mamta Saxena | Human Development | Curriculum Innovation | New Course - We Are Family: Siblings and Close Relatives | $2,400 |
| Theo Rhodes | Psychology | Curriculum Innovation | Integration of Deep Learning into Neural Networks Curriculum | $2,000 |
| Sarfraz Mian | Marketing and Management | Curriculum Innovation | Entrepreneurship for Science, Technology and Engineering Majors | $3,600 |
| Christine Hirsch | Communication Studies | Curriculum Innovation | Narrative Theory Applied: How narratives as arguments shape our thoughts, life, and perceptions | $2040.41 |
| Michael Murphy | English and Creative Writing | Curriculum Innovation | Writing as a Citizen-Rhetor: Reviving and Reimagining ENG 302 | $2,000 |
| Serenity Sutherland | Communication Studies | Curriculum Innovation | Communicating the National Parks | $2,400 |
Fall 2017
|
Name |
Department |
Grant Type |
Project Title |
Amount |
| Schildkraut, Jaclyn | Public Justice | Faculty SCA | Mass Shootings and the Needs of Survivors | $2,819.95 |
| Rank, Allison | Political Science | Faculty SCA | "The Big Trouble Came": Youth and American Citizenship in the 1930s-1940s | $3,000 |
| Clabough, Cynthia | Art | Faculty SCA | From Charity to Chastisement and Cruelty | $3,000 |
| Rhodes, Theo | Psychology | Faculty SCA | Mobile Eye Tracker for Multiple Projects on Search Behavior | $2,134.09 |
| Islam, Mohammad | Physics | Faculty SCA | Fabrication of Rechargeable Sodium Ion Batteries using Ferrite Nanoparticle Based Electrodes | $3,000 |
| Bendinskas, Kestas | Chemistry | Faculty SCA | Hair Cortisol Concentrations in Subjects with Tropical Mosquito-Borne Diseases | $3,000 |
| Student: Nathan McKean Sponsor: Jennifer Olori |
Biological Sciences | Student SCA | A Continuation of Investigating Different Factors Affecting Ranavirus Transmission in Green Frogs in Oswego County | $993.77 |
| Student: Lauren Hardy Sponsor: James MacKenzie |
Biological Sciences | Student SCA | Quantification of Apoptosis as a Response to Polychlorinated Biphenyl 105 Exposure on Elliptio Complanta | $750 |
| Student: Dylan Charland Sponsor: Kestas Bendinskas |
Chemistry | Student SCA | Heavy Metals- Human Serum Albumin Binding Sites | $1,000 |
| Student: Eynna Qian Sponsor: Matthew Baker |
Chemistry | Student SCA | Development of a Stimuli-responsive Controlled Release System | $999.85 |
| Student: Howard Boutelle Sponsor: Lindsay Bell |
Anthropology | Student SCA | Understanding Opioids: An Anthropological Investigation of Substance Abuse in Upstate New York | $994.99 |
| Student: Andrea Jemmott Sponsor: Webe Kadima |
Chemistry | Student SCA | Testing the Stimulation of Insulin Secretion by an Aqueous Extract of the Stem Bark of Musanga Cecropioides | $1,000 |
| Student: Ryan McHale Sponsor: Jaclyn Schildkraut |
Public Justice | Student SCA | Covering Rampage: News Consumers' Perceptions about Mass Shootings in the Media | $1,000 |
| Student: Mia Fasanella Faculty Sponsor: Lindsay Bell |
Anthropology | Student SCA | Bounce Into a Healthier Lifestyle | $1,000 |
| Student: Samantha Blum Sponsor: Jaclyn Schildkraut |
Public Justice | Student SCA | News Consumers' Perceptions of the Coverage of Domestic Terrorism | $1,000 |
| Students: Emily Fenner, Curtis Bernard Sponsor: Allen Andersen |
Atmospheric and Geological Sciences | Student SCA | Geochemical Analysis of Fe-Ti-V ores in the Adirondack Highlands by XRF and ICP-MS | $982.40 |
| Student: Jacob Saeva Sponsor: Eric Schmitz |
Music | Student SCA | Boston and Back: An Album | $1,000 |
Spring 2017
|
Name |
Department |
Grant Type |
Project Title |
Amount |
| Andersen, Allen | A&G Sci | Challenge | Port Leyden Nelsonite and its Relationship to Anorthosite Rocks of the Adirondack Region | $4,220 |
| Lee, Rachel | A&G Sci | Challenge | Mapping the Aerial Extent and Composition of Volcanic Deposits Using Apparent Thermal Inertia | $2,480 |
| Artemenko, Yulia | Biology | Challenge | The Role of Acting Crosslinking Proteins in Cell Response to Brief Mechanical Stimulation | $4,500 |
| Geetha-Loganathan, Poongodi | Biology | Challenge | Identifying the Source of Fungal Pathogens Threatening Snapping Turtles | $4,500 |
| Olori, Jennifer | Biology | Challenge | Is Ranavirustransmission Sexually Mediated? | $3,937.50 |
| Schummer, Michael | Biology | Challenge | Influence of Wetland Restoration and Management on Density and Diversity of Aquatic Macorovertibrates | $3,750 |
| Newell, Peter | Biology | Challenge | Microbiota of the Invasive Crop Pest Drosophila Suzukii | $4,500 |
| Baker, Matthew | Chemistry | Challenge | Design and Synthesis of Ladder Forming Signal-responsive Polymers | $4,495 |
| Damkaci, Fehmi | Chemistry | Challenge | N-Phenyl Picolinic Amide Ligand in Aryl Cyanation | $4,498 |
| Haddadi, Shokouh | Chemistry | Challenge | Investigating the Effect of Gender on Chemical Composition of Latent Fingerprints | $4,500 |
| Koeppe, Julia | Chemistry | Challenge | Expression of Complement Component 2 in Yeast and E. Coli | $4,300 |
| Diddi, Arvind | Comm Studies | Challenge | Assessing News Media Bias in the 2016 Presidential Campaign | $4,300 |
| Bichindaritz, Isabelle | Computer Sci | Challenge | Role of WAVE Complex in Breast Cancer through Bioinformatics Analyses | $4,000 |
| Schofield, Damian; Jolanda Tromp; Isabelle Bichindaritz | Computer Sci | Challenge | Applying Augmented Realityh Technologies ot Interventional Radiology during Surgery | $4,500 |
| Spenceley, Laura | CPS | Challenge | Predicting the Extended Time Necessary for Equal Access | $2,750 |
| Hromalik, Marianne | ECE | Challenge | High Speed Oscillator-based Data Transfer Interface for X-ray Pixel Array Detectors | $4,190 |
| Wilcox, Elizabeth | Math | Challenge | Symmetries in Music | $4,000 |
| Kanbur, Shashi | Physics | Challenge | A Binary Event Broker for the Large Synaptic Survey Telescope | $4,000 |
| Dykas, Matt | Psych | Challenge | Advancing the Measurement of Parental Neglect | $2,000 |
| Dunn, David | Biology |
Faculty SCA | Genome Editing of Growth-related Genes in Mouse and Pig Cell Lines as a Model for Animal Experimentation | $3,000 |
| Mohamed, Kamal | Biology | Faculty SCA | Genetic Differences in the African Striga Asiatica Species Group and Their Relation to the Indian S. Asiatica | $3,000 |
| Sime, Karen | Biology | Faculty SCA | Oviposition Patterns and Parasitism of the Bog Buckmoth | $1,675 |
| Windstam, Sofia | Biology | Faculty SCA | Is Ranavirus Transmission Sexually Mediated? | $2,679 |
| Koeppe, Julia | Chemistry | Faculty SCA | Expression of Complement Component 2 in Yeast and E. Coli | $1,775 |
| Graber, Todd | Music | Faculty SCA | Professional Recording of Schub ert's Winterreise | $2,356 |
| Shifton, Jeremy | Public Justice | Faculty SCA | How Race and Gender Impact Juror Perceptions on Evidence in Criminal Trials | $3,000 |
| Dragomir, Cristina | Political Science | Faculty SCA | At the Crossfire of Marginalizatin: How Gypsy Women in Inda and Romania Access Healthcare | $3,000 |
| Pippin, Douglas | Anthropology | Faculty SCA | William Twiss and the American Revolution in Canada: An Archaelogical Perspective | $3,000 |
| Jayawardane, Neelika | English | Faculty SCA | Comrades with Cameras: The Afrapix Photographers Agency and the South African Anti-apartheid Movement | $3,000 |
| Hanusch, Sarah | Math | Faculty SCA | Improving Student Proof Productions via Written Feedback in Undergraduate Mathematics Courses | $1,000 |
| Delancy, Craig | Philosophy | Faculty SCA | Personal Identity and Emotional Disposition | $2,500 |
| Thompson, Cara | Art | Faculty Mini | 3D Rendering and Printing | $250 |
| Ardan, Lyudmyla | Economics | Curriculum Innovation | Economics of Education | $2,400 |
| Rosenberg, Jenny; Jessica Reeher | Communication Studies | Curriculum Innovation | Communicating with Diverse Identities | $3,600 |
| Adams, Joshua; Bennet Schaber | Cinema And Screen Studies | Curriculum Innovation | Drone Theory, Drone Vision | $3,600 |
| Baker, Mark and Scott Preston | Math | Curriculum Innovation | Data Mining and Predictive Analytics | $2,000 |
Fall 2016
|
Name |
Department |
Grant Type |
Project Title |
Amount |
| Jubin, Julieve | Art | Faculty SCA | Central Hershey: A Cuban American Story | $3,000 |
| Bell, Lindsay | Anthropology | Faculty SCA | Looking for Transparency: How Evaluators Assess Diamonds' Ethical Qualities | $2,965 |
| Schummer, Michael | Biology | Faculty SCA | Ultra-violet Perception of Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina) Fruits by Birds | $2,966.81 |
| Islam, Mohammad | Physics | Faculty SCA | Fabrication of Rechargeable Sodium Ion Batteries Using Nanoparticle Based Electrodes | $3,000 |
| Jago, Abigail | Student | Student SCA | Trace Metals in the Ovipositors of Wood-boring Parasitoid Hymenoptera | $1,000 |
| Mars, Alexandra | Student | Student SCA | The Design, Synthesis and Characterization of Photoluminescent Copper(I) Coordination Compounds | $773.65 |
| Swanson, Benjamin | Student | Student SCA | Interface Engineered All Organic Solar Cells | $942.10 |
| Kaiser, Cassandra | Student | Student SCA | Batik: A Practice of Media | $754 |
| Gomez, Chris | Student | Student SCA | Skeletal Tissue Project: Procurement, Processing, and Analysis of Pathological Remains to Build a Teaching Collection | $930 |
| Myree, Dahdralee | Student | Student SCA | The Design, Synthesis and Characterization of Photoluminescent Copper(I) Coordination Compounds | $773.65 |
| Rispoli, Diana | Student | Student SCA | N-Phenyl Picolinic Amide Ligand in Aryl Azidation | $996 |
| Clapp, Kaitlyn | Student |
Student SCA | Assessing Protein Carbonylation as a Biomarker for PCB 105 Exposure in Elliptio Complanana | $1,000 |
| Choi, Lily | Student | Student SCA | The Waterfall | $971.77 |
| Benjamin, Lukas | Student | Student SCA | Determination of the Efficacy of Expired Insulin on PI3K7R Expression | $1,000 |
| Grow, MacKenzie | Student | Student SCA | Reproductive Health Outreach in Oswego County, New York | $945 |
| Buckley, Mary | Student | Student SCA | Martha Foote Crowe, Educational Reformer | $1,000 |
| Wagner, Mathew | Student | Student SCA | Determining Greater and Lesser Snow Goose Migration Patterns Through New York State | $322.87 |
| DeCapua, Michael | Student | Student SCA | Interface Engineered All Organic Solar Cells | $942.10 |
| House, Nina | Student | Student SCA | Quantifying microplastic Ingestion by Fish in Lake Ontario: A Collaborative Project With the United State Geological Survey, Lake Ontario Biological Station | $983.66 |
| Borrelli, Sevarin | Student | Student SCA | Exploring The Genetic Basis of Sexual Dimorphism in a Terrestrial Isopod (Trachelipus Rathkei) | $1,000 |
| Souva, Sharon | Student | Student SCA | Large Scale Microcosm | $972.50 |
Spring 2016
|
Name |
Department |
Grant Type |
Project Title |
Amount |
| MacKenzie, James; Student:McDonough, Marisa | Biology | Challenge | Using Eastern Elloptio Mussels to Study PCB Toxicity | $3,750 |
| Damkaci, Femi; Student: Scalzo, Rachel | Chemistry | Challenge | Synthesis of Heavy Metal Binding Polymers and Their Analysis | $4,500 |
| Kanbur, Shashi; Student: D'Alessandro Zac | Physics | Challenge | Exploration in Conditional Entropy and Asteroseismology | $4,000 |
| DeLancey, Craig; Student: Diamond, Zachary | Philosophy | Challenge | Contemporary Activism and Camus’ Rejection of Political Theory | $3,731 |
| Roe, Kelly; Student: Long, Gigina | Art | Challenge | Letterpress: Restoration and Transformation | $4,250 |
| Taylor, Roger; Student: Schirtz, Jack | Psychology | Challenge | Developing Smartwatch Apps for Measuring Middle School Students’ Emotions | $4,025 |
| Damkaci, Femi; Students: Paz-Orozco, Walter; Sobiech, Thomas | Chemistry | Challenge | Synthesis of Pyrole 1,2,3-trazole-3-Thione Derivatives (Medicinally Active Compounds) | $4,493.20 |
| Lee, Rachel; Student: Weinell, Meaghan | A&G Sciences | Challenge | Characterization of Compositional and Textural Variability in Maar-Diatreme Deposits Using GigaPan and Thermal Ingrared Image Data | $2,750 |
| Haddadi, Shokuoh; Students: Aldrich, Alyssa; Adugbesi, Gabriel | Chemistry | Challenge | Investigating Interferences From Carpet and Furniture Substrates in Arson Identification | $4,500 |
| Haddadi, Shokuoh; Students: Herard, Kerina; La Gatta Kimberly | Chemistry | Challenge | Analysis of Drugs Facilitating Criminal Acts | $4,500 |
| Coll, Fiona; Student: Milligan, Sean | English and CW | Challenge | Writing the sea: A Digital Archive of Morgan Robertson’s Writings | $4,500 |
| Niri, Vadoud; Students: Jemmott, Andrea; Ofodile, Jennifer | Chemistry | Challenge | Monitoring Microbial Volatile Organic Compounds (MVOCs) from Molds in Indoor Air | $4,500 |
| Poongodi, Geetha-Loganathan; Student; Kankanmalage, Kevin | Biology | Challenge | Retinoic Acid Signaling During the Development of Scleral Ossicles | $4,500 |
| Schildkraut, Jaclyn; Student: Carr, Collin | Public Justice | Challenge | Context Matters; Examining Mass Shootings and the Role of County and State Level Correlates | $1,750 |
| Newell, Peter | Biology | Faculty SCA | Determining How Gut Bacteria Resist Oxidatine Stress in the Host Intestine | $2,926 |
| Knowles, Helen | Political Sci | Faculty SCA | The Real West Coast Hotel v. Parrish: A Case of Many Stories | $2,966 |
| Islam, Mohammad | Physics | Faculty SCA | Fabrication of Lithium Ion Batteries Using Nanoparticle Based Electrodes and Improvement of Battery Power Density Through Nanoionics | $3,000 |
| Pippin, Douglass | Anthropology | Faculty SCA | William Twiss and the American Revolution in Canada: An Archaeological Perspective | $3,000 |
| Bendinskas, Kestutis | Chemistry | Faculty SCA | Health Effects of Arsnecic Exposure in West Bengali Children | $3,000 |
| Diddi, Arvind | Comm Studies | Faculty SCA | News Media Bias in the 2016 Presidential Campaign and Framing of the Public Policy Issues | $2,000 |
| Usuanlele, Uyilawa | History | Faculty SCA | Is Islam in Decline Among the Benin and Esan Edo of Nigeria? : A Historical Perspective | $2,815 |
| Kanbur, Shashi | Physics | Faculty SCA | Collaboration with Konkoly Observatory, Hungary, European Southern Observatory, Munich, Germany | $2,000 |
| Dragonmir, Cristina-Ioana | Political Sci | Faculty SCA | Nomads and Criminals: Struggle for Social Justice From the Margins; the 'Gypsies' in Europe and India | $3,000 |
| Bush, Richard | Tech Ed | Faculty SCA | Building an Iron Casting Furnace | $1,825 |
Fall 2015
| Name | Department | Grant Type | Project Title | Amount |
| Bidwell, Amy | HPW | Faculty SCA | BOUNCE: Creating Healthy Lives One Child at a Time | $2,999.99 |
| Leclerc, Christina; Taylor, Roger | Psychology | Faculty SCA | Emotion Regulatory Process Success Utilizing Biofeedback from Smartwatches | $1,500 |
| Schmitz, Eric | Music | Faculty SCA | Recording an Entire CD of Orginal Music for Chamber Jazz Group | $3,000 |
| Spenceley, Laura; Woods, Whitney | CPS | Faculty SCA | Predicting the Extended Time Necessary for Equal Access | $1,306.15 |
| Mushtare, Rebecca | Art | Faculty SCA | After the Yellow Wallpaper | $2,985 |
| Metzgar, Richard | Art | Faculty SCA | Drawing from/across time: A Drawing Methodology for Ceramic Ware | $3,000 |