Faculty and Staff Grants from October 2023

Congratulations to the following faculty and staff members who received grants and awards in October 2023:

Doug Clements and Julie Sarama, faculty at the Morgridge College of Education

• Grant from the University of North Carolina (subaward U.S. Department of Education)
• Abstract: This project's purpose is to expand the knowledge on the practices and supports necessary to improve access and participation within STEM learning opportunities for young children with disabilities and intersecting identities.

Michael Farries, faculty at the Knoebel Institute for Healthy Aging

• Grant from St. Joseph Hospital
• Abstract: Research at DU focuses on developing closed-loop, deep-brain stimulation (DBS) techniques which might ultimately give human DBS recipients better clinical outcomes and fewer side effects.

Meredith Silverstein, staff at the Butler Institute for Families

• Grant from the Mile High Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
• Abstract: Butler will work with Mile High Behavioral Healthcare to conduct program evaluation.

Uttiyo Raychaudhuri, staff at the Office of Internationalization

• Grant from the U.S. Department of State
• Abstract: This project's goal is to develop partnerships between Indian and U.S. higher education institutions to build education connections and capacity. 200 Indian HEIs will engage content in the guide to build relationships with U.S. universities. These partnerships will contribute to other important USG goals in security, democratic governance, public health, human rights, sustainability and other fields.

Kerstin Haring, faculty at the Ritchie School of Engineering and Computer Science

• Grant from Metropolitan State University of Denver (subaward National Endowment for the Humanities)
• Abstract: Colorado is an important geographic region that is growing rapidly across critical systems. While many efforts to understand and increase sustainability and resiliency in the region exist, these efforts are often siloed. Based on the findings of a previous planning grant from the National Science Foundation, the Sustainable Regional Systems Research Networks (SRSRN) program, we have identified that pathways for sharing and accessing different types of data, information and knowledge related to sustainability, resilience and regenerative capacity are needed.

Andrea Stanton, faculty at the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

• Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
• Abstract: This convening collaborative research project on radio and (de)colonization brings together an international cohort of scholars to produce and publish scholarship that will help radio archivists and producers, as well as scholars and student in different academic disciplines, to better understand and communicate the roles of radio broadcasting and listening in colonization and decolonization.

Aisha Ahmad-Post, staff at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts

• Grant from the Western States Arts Federation
• Abstract: The program provides support for the administration of an organization's regional touring program.

Rebecca Montgomery, staff at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies

• Grant from the Walton Family Foundation
• Abstract: Restricted.