May 10, 2021
Through the generosity of the MSU Foundation, the Office of Research & Innovation is proud to support faculty research efforts by providing bridge funds for additional studies needed for resubmission of a grant application to the same funding agency.
After completion of the most recent competition cycle, we are pleased to announce the following Discretionary Funding Initiative grant award recipients for FY2021. Congratulations to all of the recipients and good luck on your proposal resubmission!
For more information about DFI, please visit the related web page.
DFI Session I
| Lead | Project Title | Department | College |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Bazil | Mechanistic Determinants of Mitochondrial Function and Structure | Physiology | Osteopathic Medicine |
| Julia Ganz | Molecular control of differentiation in the enteric nervous system | Integrative Biology | Natural Science |
| Lik-Chuan Lee | Microstructural modeling in HFpEF | Mechanical Engineering | Engineering |
| Zhehui Luo | Social determinants of adverse birth outcomes and infant mortality: a tale of two states | Epidemiology and Biostatistics | Human Medicine |
| Cheryl Rockwell | The role of Nrf2 in T cell function and influenza | Pharmacology & Toxicology | Human Medicine |
| Bryan Smith | Computationally-guided immunoimaging to predict cancer progression | Biomedical Engineering | Engineering |
| Timothy R Zacharewski | Does thermoneutrality improve the modeling of toxicant associated fatty liver disease (TAFLD)/toxicant associated steatohepatitis (TASH) in humans? | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Natural Sciences |
DFI Session II
| Lead | Project Title | Department | College |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Chung | Performing CRISPR/Cas9 gene knockout and behavioral experiments in Drosophila erecta for the resubmission of a nearly funded competitive NSF CAREER proposal. | Entomology | CANR |
| Sascha Drewlo | Single Cell Cytometry for the identification of pregnancy complications at five weeks of pregnancy | OB & GYN | Human Medicine |
| Patrick Kwon | Scalable and Expeditious Additive Manufacturing: From Surface Engineered Powder to Fully Dense Refractory Alloy | Mechanical Engineering | Engineering |
| Karen Liby | Novel Nrf2 pathway inhibitors | Pharmacology and Toxicology | Osteopathic Medicine |
| Mariah Meek | Salmon Run Educational Video Game Prototype Pilot Study | IBIO | Natural Science |
| Alexa Veenema | Oxytocin neural circuitry involvement in juvenile social play | Psychology | Social Science |
| Hua Xiao | Mechanisms underlying sex disparities in hepatocellular carcinoma development | Physiology | Human Medicine |