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 |