RIT College of Science Grant Awards
Faculty across the College of Science are leaders in receiving peer-reviewed federal and state grants to support our students and research laboratories.
Initial Awards in September and October
Deep Spectroscopy of Galaxies at z=4-14: Uncovering Drivers of Early Galaxy Formation and Black Hole Growth
Initial Award: 10/10/24
PI: Rebecca Larson
Development of High-Efficiency Multi-Junction Quantum Well Solar Cells
Initial Award: 10/01/24
PI: Seth Hubbard
Freeform Direct Writing of Waveguide Lasers Integrated with Bragg Gratings
Initial Award: 09/17/24
PI: Jie Qiao
A Comprehensive Approach Towards Enhancing Calibration, Validation, and Uncertainty Characterization of the Landsat Thermal Sensors and Archived Data
Initial Award: 09/17/24
PI: Aaron Gerace
The CANDELS-Area Prism Epoch of Reionization Survey (CAPERS)
Initial Award: 09/13/24
PI: Jeyhan Kartaltepe
Space Strategic Technology Institute Advanced Space Power Materials and Architectures (SSTI-ASTROMAT)
Initial Award: 09/05/24
PI: Seth Hubbard
Initial Awards in July and August
Development of a Sub-Kelvin Testbed for Characterization of On-Chip Far-Infrared Integrated Spectrometers
Initial Award: 08/22/24
PI: Michael Zemcov
How does ember production and dispersal distance vary with pre- and post-treatment fuelbeds and weather?
Initial Award: 08/21/24
PI: Robert Kremens
X-Ray and UV Optics for Light-Source and Astronomical Applications
Initial Award: 08/01/24
PI: Zoran Ninkov
Development of High-Efficiency Multi-Junction Quantum Well Solar Cells
Initial Award: 07/16/24
PI: Seth Hubbard
Initial Awards in May and June
WoU-MMA: Continuous Gravitational Waves: from Searching to Observing
Initial Award: 6/28/24
PI: John Whelan
Ultrafast laser inscription of scattering objects for the Turbulent Bacon Laser Assembly Surrogate
Initial Award: 6/22/24
PI: Jie Qiao
Day in the Life of Oswego River
Initial Award: 6/21/24
PI: Kaeti Stoss
Creating Stable and Periodic Arrays of Molecular-Scale Liquid:Liquid Interfaces for Chemical Reactions
Initial Award: 05/21/24
PI: Jian Liu
The Role of Galaxy Mergers and Interactions in Fueling Star Formation and Black Hole Activity
Initial Award: 05/14/24
PI: Jeyhan Kartaltepe
Lake Ontario Center for Microplastics and Human Health in a Changing Environment-Administrative/Facilities/Research/Community Engagement Core
Initial Award: 05/05/24
PI: Anna Tyler
Initial Awards in March and April
General aperture freeform high-definition metrology using reconfigurable CGH powered by deep learning (Year 3)
Initial Award: 04/24/24
PI: Jie Qiao
Conference: Tracing Binary Star Metamorphosis: Chandra+JWST Imaging of Bipolar Planetary Nebulae
Initial Award: 04/23/24
PI: Joel Kastner
REU Site: Multimessenger Astrophysics
Initial Award: 04/22/24
PI: Jeyhan Kartaltepe
Ultrafast Laser Figuring and Finishing of Freeform Optics (Year 2 and Year 3)
Initial Award: 04/21/24
PI: Jie Qiao
Analysis of occupations, expertise, and educational pathways within the quantum information science and technology workforce in industry and government
Initial Award: 04/01/24
PI: Benjamin Zwickl
The X-Ray Nature of the Young EXOPLANET TOI 1227B
Initial Award: 03/14/24
PI: Joel Kastner
Conference: Diffuse Cosmic Backgrounds and the Low Surface Brightness Universe
Initial Award: 03/14/24
PI: Michael Zemcov
Initial Awards in January and February
Viral vector-mediated gene activation to facilitate large-scale genetic analysis in Caenorhabditis elegans
Initial Award: 02/13/24
PI: Maureen Ferran
NIH DEIA Prize Competition- Inclusive Excellence and RISE Programs
Initial Award: 02/12/24
PI: Lea Michel
NIH DEIA Prize Competition- Inclusive Excellence and RISE Programs
Initial Award: 02/09/24
PI: Lea Michel
Advancing Radiation-Hardened CMOS Deterctors for NASA Missions
Initial Award: 02/05/24
PI: Don Figer
Supplement request to NSF Includes Alliance: Incisive Graduate Education Network
Initial Award: 02/05/24
PI: Casey Miller
Using Body-worn Camera Footage for Training and Continual Improvement in Constitutional Policing
Initial Award: 01/26/24
PI: Ernest Fokoué
Design and Fabrication of Arrayed Waveguide Grating Using Ultrafast Laser Inscription
Initial Award: 01/16/24
PI: Jie Qiao
The COSMOS High-z ALMA-MIRI Population Survey (CHAMPS): A Wide-Area Comprehensive Survey of the Dusty Universe
Initial Award: 01/04/24
PI: Jeyhan Kartaltepe