October 10, 2023
Record first quarter for research activity at Kansas State University
Submitted by David Rosowsky, vice president for research
K-State has set two new all-time records for research activity in the first quarter of the fiscal year — for both the total requested funds and the total awarded funds. In addition, proposal numbers and the number of researchers submitting proposals are also near all-time highs. The Q1 numbers are encouraging and exciting to see. We are on track for another record year in total research funding.
The following are among the largest — million or more — federally funded research awards to K-State faculty this quarter:
- "Conservation of Natural and Sustainable Environmental Resources with Verified Engagement, or CONSERVE"; principal investigators:Peter Tomlinson, associate 1xbet online games login agronomy;Augustine Obour, associate 1xbet online games login agronomy; Dorivar Ruiz Diaz Suarez, 1xbet online games login agronomy; andLucas Haag, associate 1xbet online games login agronomy. Funding from: U.S. Department of Agriculture — .6 million.
- "Quantifying Nutrient Budgets in the Farmer-to-Farmer Digital Conservation Network, or F2F_DCN"; principal investigators:Ignacio Ciampitti, 1xbet online games login agronomy; Adrian Correndo, postdoctoral fellow;Ajay Sharda, 1xbet online games login biological and agricultural engineering; and D. Suarez, 1xbet online games login agronomy. Funding from: U.S. Department of Agriculture — million.
- "PlantTransform: The Genetic Basis of Maize Regeneration and Applications to Plant Transformation, or RESEARCH-PGR"; principal investigators:Sanzhen Liu, associate 1xbet online games login plant pathology;Doina Caragea, 1xbet online games login computer science; and Sunghun Park, 1xbet online games login horticulture and natural resources. Funding from: National Science Foundation — .9 million.
- "Highly Replicable, and Integrated System for Mitigating Methane Emissions from Natural Gas-fired Lean-Burn Engines, or NG-FLBEs"; principal investigator:Chuancheng Duan assistant 1xbet online games login chemical engineering. Funding from: Department of Energy — million.
- "Supporting rural livelihoods in the water-stressed Central High Plains: Microbial innovations for climate-resilient agriculture, or MICRA"; principal investigators:Melanie Derby, associate 1xbet online games login mechanical and nuclear engineering;Gabriel Sampson, associate 1xbet online games login agricultural economics; and Gaurav Jha, associate 1xbet online games login agronomy. Funding from: National Science Foundation — .42 million.
- "Increasing Water Productivity, Soil Carbon and Sustainability of Integrated Multi-Crop Systems Using Field Scale Research"; primary investigators: D. Suarez, 1xbet online games login agronomy;Augustine Obour, associate 1xbet online games login agronomy;Brian Olson, 1xbet online games login agricultural research;Charles Rice, distinguished 1xbet online games login agronomy; Dan O'Brien, 1xbet online games login agricultural economics;Gregory Ibendahl, associate 1xbet online games login agricultural economics;John Holman, 1xbet online games login agronomy;Jonathan Aguilar, associate 1xbet online games login biological and agricultural engineering;Lydia Zeglin, associate 1xbet online games login biology; and Vipan Kumar, assistant 1xbet online games login agronomy. Funding from: Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research — .7 million.
- "Cognitive and Neurobiological Approaches to Plasticity, or CNAP, Center Phase 2"; principal investigators: Dave Thompson, associate 1xbet online games login electrical and computer engineering;Alexandria Zakrzewski, research assistant 1xbet online games login psychological sciences;Charles Pickens, associate 1xbet online games login psychological sciences;Daniel Andresen, 1xbet online games login computer science;Maria Diehl Faryna, assistant 1xbet online games login psychological sciences;Matthew Wisniewski, assistant 1xbet online games login psychological sciences;Michael Young, 1xbet online games login psychological sciences;Stephanie Hall, assistant 1xbet online games login anatomy and physiology; and Travis Smith, research assistant 1xbet online games login psychological sciences. Funding from: National Institutes of Health — .3 million.
- "A Novel Fog-Assisted Smart Agriculture Framework for Multi-Layer Sensing and Real-Time Analytics of Water-Nitrogen Colimitations in Field Crops, or FogAg"; principal investigators:Arslan Munir, associate 1xbet online games login computer science;Ignacio Ciampitti, 1xbet online games login agronomy;Mitchell Neilsen, 1xbet online games login computer science;Naiqian Zhang, 1xbet online games login biological and agricultural engineering; andPaul Armstrong, adjunct assistant 1xbet online games login biological and agricultural engineering. Funding from: U.S. Department of Agriculture — million.
- "Innovation Lab on Sustainable Intensification, or SIIL"; principal investigators: Vara Prasad, 1xbet online games login agronomy and director; Jan Middendorf, associate director; and Nina Lilja, 1xbet online games login agricultural economics. Funding from: United States Agency for International Development — .8 million.
Congratulations to all faculty who have received new research award dollars — grants and contracts — this quarter. We expect another record-breaking year in research thanks to the great work of our growing number of faculty investigators.