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Recipients Announced for Round II of DFI Awards

May 18, 2022

The Office of Research and Innovation is proud to support MSU scholars through seed funding and other programs that lead to successful funding awards with federal agencies and foundations.

The Discretionary Funding Initiative (DFI), funded by the Michigan State University Foundation, provides bridge funds for tenure stream faculty for additional studies needed for resubmission of an unsuccessful, but nearly fundable, grant application to the same program within a funding agency. Round II awards include eight recipients whose research spans across multiple scientific fields and focuses.

Investigators will receive a total of $50,000 in funding with half coming from their home college and the reminder via the DFI program.

Congratulations to the following Round II recipients:


DFI Round II Recipients

Lead Project Title Department  College

Borzoo Bonakdarpour

Hyperproperty-Based Enforcement of Secrecy and Integrity

Computer Science and Engineering Engineering

Laura Chomiuk

Charting the Supernova-Gas-Stars Connection via a Major New VLA Survey of the Local Group

Physics and Astronomy Natural Science

Tyler Cocker

Ultrafast Terahertz Scanning Tunneling Microscopy of Charge Carrier Dynamics in Two-Dimensional Semiconductor Heterostructures

Physics and Astronomy Natural Science

Michelle Mazei-Robison

Role for Novel Ventral Segmental Area Neuromedin S Neurons in Morphine Responses

Physiology Natural Science

Ilce Medina Meza

The Microbiome Shaping Roles of Dietary Oxidized Lipids

Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Agriculture and Natural Resources

Debajit Saha

A Novel Olfactory Neuron-Based Gas-Sensing Technology for Early and One-Shot Exhaled Breath-Based Screening of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Biomedical Engineering Engineering

Horng-Shiuann Wu

Effect of Chemotherapy and Sex on Circadian Rhythm and Patient-Reported Symptoms: A Preliminary Study

Nursing Nursing

Hua Xiao

Mechanisms Underlying Sex Disparities in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Development

Physiology Human Medicine

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