June 2026 Grants and Contracts

We are pleased to share the success of 91传媒厂's principal investigators who were awarded grants and contracts during June 2026:

Monthly Awards at a Glance
45 Awards Received: Valued at $13,870,073.

Note: Some industry-sponsored awards are not listed due to their respective non-disclosure terms. The sort below is by College followed by PI's last name.


College of Business 

Philbrick, Karen | College of Business, Dean's Office
A Comprehensive Approach to Promoting Railroading Careers and Developing the Current Rail Industry Workforce
Sponsor: University of South Florida 鈥� $365,408.


Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering

Guzun, Gheorghi | Computer Engineering
CAREER: Scalable and Adaptable Sparsity-Driven Methods for More Efficient AI Systems
Sponsor: National Science Foundation 鈥� $229,971.

Kazemifar, Farzan | Mechanical Engineering
Promoting Housing Affordability through the I-Codes
Sponsor: Clemson University 鈥� $15,003

Lee, Hohyun | Mechanical Engineering
Global Centers Track 2: Equitable and User-Centric Energy Market for Resilient Grid-interactive Communities
Sponsor: President and Board of Trustees of Santa Clara College 鈥� $6,225.

Mak, Ron | Computer Engineering
Intelligent Systems Research and Development Support-2 (ISRDS-3)
Sponsor: KBR Wyle Services 鈥� $82,844, $50,668.

Oye, Michael | Chemical and Materials Engineering
Community Services '25-'26
Sponsor: City of San Jos茅 鈥� $100,000.

Parent, David | Electrical Engineering
California-Pacific-Northwest AI Hardware Microelectronics Commons Hub (Northwest-AI-Hub)
Sponsor: Stanford University 鈥� $194,327.


Connie L. Lurie College of Education

Briceno, Allison | Teacher Education
Cultivating and Sustaining Biliteracy And Bilingualism in Multilingual Youth 
Sponsor: UC Davis 鈥� $63,517.

Choi, Eun; Quach, Pei-Tzu Tsai (Wendy) | Communicative Disorders and Sciences
Project INCLUDE: Integrating Neurodiversity and Cultural-Linguistic Understanding and Differences in Education
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education 鈥� $292,714.

Krishnan, Sudha; Golloher, Andrea | Special Education
Project Mosaic 
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education 鈥� $250,000.

Krishnan, Sudha; Lee, Jihyun  | Special Education
SPARTANS ADVANCE
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education 鈥� $370,860.

Mena, Dolores | Counselor Education
San Jose GEAR UP Community Achievement Project
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education 鈥� $1,524,800.

Middaugh, Ellen | Child & Adolescent Development
Project (Re)defining FAMILISMO: Fostering & Advancing Multiculturally Inclusive & Linguistically Responsive Implementation of School-based Mental Heath Outreach
Sponsor: West Contra Costa Unified School District 鈥� $5,697.


College of Health & Human Sciences

Dawkins, Denise | School of Nursing
California Reproductive Health Service Corps - RN Training Program
Sponsor: Cal State East Bay 鈥� $12,056.

Lee, Peter | School of Social Work
San Jose State University BASW Mental Health Scholarship Program (MHSP)
Sponsor: Santa Clara County 鈥� $150,000.

Schachner, Jennifer | Kinesiology
Older Americans Act Renewal 26-27
Sponsor: Sourcewise 鈥� $61,738.

Schachner, Jennifer | Kinesiology
Older Americans Act Funding- Sourcewise- Timpany Center- San Jose State University Research Foundation 25-26
Sponsor: Sourcewise 鈥� $12,235.


College of Science

Desai, Neel | Meteorology & Climate Science
AGS-FIRP Track 2: Aerosol-Mixed Phase Cloud Interactions Through Cloud Chamber Experiments
Sponsor: National Science Foundation 鈥� $374,521.

Feinholz, Michael; Yarbrough, Mark | Moss Landing Marine Lab
Satellite Ocean Color System Vicarious Calibration - Marine Optical BuoY (MOBY) Operations and Technology Refresh - BASE_CLIN 0001
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Commerce 鈥� $3,445,362.

Gardner, Luke | Moss Landing Marine Lab
PCOR Abalone Restoration
Sponsor: The Bay Foundation 鈥� $335,095.

Hamilton, Scott | Moss Landing Marine Lab
Pacific Coast Ocean Restoration (PCOR) Initiative
Sponsor: The Nature Conservancy 鈥� $532,899.

McDonald, Birgitte | Moss Landing Marine Lab
Supporting Stranding Response and Training Future Generations in Wildlife Health
Sponsor: UC Santa Cruz 鈥� $24,652.

Menemenlis, Dimitris | Moss Landing Marine Lab
TROPIC-SWOT: Submesoscale ocean currents in the tropical Pacific
Sponsor: National Aeronautics and Space Administration 鈥� $19,420.

Menemenlis, Dimitris | Moss Landing Marine Lab
Exploring the FRESH Arctic: Fate of River Export and Surface Hydrology
Sponsor: University of Massachusetts 鈥� $62,520.

Menemenlis, Dimitris; Carroll, Dustin | Moss Landing Marine Lab
Mesoscale eddies, internal waves, and solitons in SWOT, global models, and downscaled regional models
Sponsor: University of Michigan 鈥� $20,152.

Metzger, Ellen; Teruya, LeAnne | Geology
Bay Area Environmental STEM Institute (BAESI) - Student and Professional Learning to Advance Stewardship for H20! (SPLASH!)
Sponsor: Santa Clara County 鈥� $30,000.

O'Connor, Kevin | Moss Landing Marine Lab
Federally Listed Species Recovery and Dune Habitat Restoration and Monitoring, Naval Support Activity Monterey, Monterey, California
Sponsor: Cal State Monterey Bay 鈥� $35,000.

O'Connor, Kevin | Moss Landing Marine Lab
ZSB Dunes-CDFW Project
Sponsor: Coastal Conservation & Research, Inc. 鈥� $123,874.

Portner, Ryan | College of Science
Collaborative Research: Transport Dynamics and Mobility of Large-Scale Submarine VolcaniclasticDensity Currents at Hunga Volcano, Tonga
Sponsor: National Science Foundation 鈥� $94,976.

Portner, Ryan | College of Science
Deepmarine 鈥渇ire fountaining鈥�? Coast Range Ophiolite: Stonyford 7.5 minute quadrangle, California
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Interior 鈥� $41,424.

Thornton, Edward | Moss Landing Marine Lab
ROXSI: ROcky shores eXperiments and SImulations- Thornton Portion
Sponsor: UC San Diego 鈥� $11,303.

VanHoven, Miri | College of Science, Dean's Office
The Effects of Stimulation and Sleep on Neural Circuit Connections
Sponsor: UC San Francisco 鈥� $65,450.

Wood, Michael | Moss Landing Marine Lab
22-ICESat2_22-0019, IS2AD: Using ICESat-2 observations to reduce uncertainty in future ice sheet model projections
Sponsor: Dartmouth College 鈥� $23,641.


College of Social Sciences

Carr, Valerie | Psychology
Future Vertical Lift: Collaborative Research on Flight Control, Autonomous Rotorcraft, and Human-Systems Interface Design: Phase 2
Sponsor: National Aeronautics and Space Administration 鈥� $1,238,678.

Carr, Valerie | Psychology
Implementing Macroergonomics for Increasing the Safe, Effective, and Efficient Operation of the Entry Systems and Technology Division's High Enthalpy Facilities: Phase 2
Sponsor: National Aeronautics and Space Administration鈥� $87,482.

Rondilla, Joanne | Scoiology + Inter Social Science
Asian American Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander OHANA Center of Excellence on Empowering Behavioral Health
Sponsor: San Jos茅 State University 鈥� $546,185.

Schuster, David | Psychology
Human Systems Integration: Collaborative Human Factors Research to Improve the Safety, Efficiency, and Reliability of NASA鈥檚 Aeronautics and Space Missions: Phase 2
Sponsor: National Aeronautics and Space Administration 鈥� $1,384,157.

Schuster, David | Psychology
2025 Fatigue Management Training for San Francisco Bar Pilots
Sponsor: California Maritime Academy 鈥� $6,000.

Stevenson, Margaret | Justice Studies
Reentry Support Services for Justice-Involved Individuals --  Service Navigation
Sponsor: Santa Clara County 鈥� $735,000.


Department of Counselor Eduation

Fusaro, Maria | Child & Adolescent Development
TK Teacher Equity Initiative - PK-3 Equity Cohort 
Sponsor: FIRST 5 Santa Clara County 鈥� $295,883.

Uresti, Aubrey | Counselor Education
Upholding the American Experience: Fostering Civic Knowledge & Engagement for the Next Semiquincentennial
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Education 鈥� $422,877.


Division of Research & Innovation

Trask, Jessica | Division of Research & Innovation
The Spartan SBDC (CIP) - Year 5
Sponsor: California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt 鈥� $65,000.    

Trask, Jessica | Division of Research & Innovation
The Spartan SBDC (TAP) - Year 4 Supplement
Sponsor: California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt 鈥� $11,000.