University of Nevada, Las Vegas

2026 · award

Digitizing the world's largest terrestrial cyanobacteria culture collection

Nicole Pietrasiak · University of Nevada, Las Vegas · funded by U.S. Department of Energy

2025–2031 · grant · Standard Grant

Las Vegas Scholars: Meeting Educational Talent with Academic Opportunities

Sarah Harris · University of Nevada, Las Vegas · funded by National Science Foundation

$2M

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

A New Approach for Investigation of High-resolution Ion-neutral Collisions

Yan Zhou · University of Nevada, Las Vegas · funded by National Science Foundation

$410.8kAstrophysics and Star Formation Studies

2025–2029 · grant · Standard Grant

An AI-driven Career Inspiring Experiential Program for Semiconductor Education

Mei Yang · University of Nevada, Las Vegas · funded by National Science Foundation

$1.3M

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Exploring Integration of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Computer Science Education: A Senior Design Pilot

John Businge · University of Nevada, Las Vegas · funded by National Science Foundation

$399.9k

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Understanding the impacts of managed aquifer recharge on the water balance in intensively managed basins: A hybrid modeling approach

Zach Perzan · University of Nevada, Las Vegas · funded by National Science Foundation

$290.9k

2025–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

Travel: NSF Student Travel Grant for 2025 Doctoral Consortium (DC) at the IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR)

Si Jung Kim · University of Nevada, Las Vegas · funded by National Science Foundation

$22.5k

2025–2029 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: FEC: Establishing Infrastructure for AI-Driven Discovery of Small Molecules to Combat Antibiotic Resistance, Biofilms, and Aflatoxin Contamination

Boo Shan Tseng · University of Nevada, Las Vegas · funded by National Science Foundation

$999.5k

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP): Graduate Experiences for Future Leaders: Building Workforce Capacity in Resource Management and Mining

Carrie Tyler · University of Nevada, Las Vegas · funded by National Science Foundation

$2.4M

2025–2027 · grant · Continuing Grant

Design and computation of origami-inspired structures and metamaterials

Frederic Marazzato · University of Nevada, Las Vegas · funded by National Science Foundation

$51.6kAdvanced Materials and Mechanics

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

MRI: Track 1 Acquisition of a 500 MHz NMR Spectrometer with Cryoprobe for Research and Education at the University of Nevada Las Vegas

Dong-Chan Lee · University of Nevada, Las Vegas · funded by National Science Foundation

$1.1MVarious Chemistry Research Topics

2025–2027 · research · R21

Genomic Surveillance of Mpox through the Development of a Wastewater Intelligence Model and Data Analytics Platform

Edwin C. Oh · University of Nevada, Las Vegas · funded by National Institutes of Health

$416.6k

2025–2027 · research · R21

The development and evaluation of portable experimental huts for global malaria vector control decision-making

Louisa Alexandra Messenger · University of Nevada, Las Vegas · funded by National Institutes of Health

$366.8k

2025–2027 · research · R03

Assessment of risky drinking typologies among college student alcohol users

Timothy J. Grigsby · University of Nevada, Las Vegas · funded by National Institutes of Health

$150.5k

2025–2029 · research · R16

Regulation of Hematopoiesis by the EZH2-PRC2 Complex

Hong Sun · University of Nevada, Las Vegas · funded by National Institutes of Health

$149.6k

2025–2029 · research · RF1

Promoting Engagement and Clinical Trial Readiness for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Among Underserved Sexual and Gender Minorities

Jason Dane Flatt · University of Nevada, Las Vegas · funded by National Institutes of Health

$2.2M

2025–2030 · research · R35

Engineering lipid nanoparticle platform for selective and enhanced delivery in vivo

Chandrabali Bhattacharya · University of Nevada, Las Vegas · funded by National Institutes of Health

$375.6k

2025–2029 · research · R16

Plasmonic Nanoantenna Enhanced Ultrasensitive Fluorescence Immunoassay Enabled by Super-hydrophobic Surface

Hui Zhao · University of Nevada, Las Vegas · funded by National Institutes of Health

$147.1k

2025–2028 · research · R01

Improving the efficacy of cell-based cardiac repair

Buddhadeb Dawn · University of Nevada, Las Vegas · funded by National Institutes of Health

$495k

2025–2027 · research · R01

Function and Regulation of Lysine Methylation Dependent Proteolysis

Hui Zhang · University of Nevada, Las Vegas · funded by National Institutes of Health

$679.9k

2024–2027 · research · R15

Convolutional Neural Network for Disease Prediction, Biomarker Discovery, and Validation in Alzheimer's Disease

Jingchun Chen · University of Nevada, Las Vegas · funded by National Institutes of Health

$447.5k

2024–2025 · grant · Continuing Grant

CAREER: Identifying, Enabling, and Supporting Racial Justice in Science Teaching

Katherine Wadejaimes · University of Nevada, Las Vegas · funded by National Science Foundation

$455kScience Education and Pedagogy

2024–2027 · grant · Standard Grant

REU Site: Smart Cities - Advancing Mobility

Brendan Morris · University of Nevada, Las Vegas · funded by National Science Foundation

$464.5k

2024–2027 · grant · Standard Grant

Quantum Stereodynamics of Cold Molecular Collisions

Balakrishnan Naduvalath · University of Nevada, Las Vegas · funded by National Science Foundation

$350.5k

2024–2029 · grant · Continuing Grant

CAREER: Molecular mechanisms of epithelial and mesenchymal plasticity: the reversible regulation of cell polarity and cell adhesion

Mo Weng · University of Nevada, Las Vegas · funded by National Science Foundation

$852.5k

2024–2027 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: ORCC: From Organisms to Ecosystems: Can Soil Microbes Maximize Dryland Resistance to Climate Disruption?

Nicole Pietrasiak · University of Nevada, Las Vegas · funded by National Science Foundation

$442.5kBiocrusts and Microbial Ecology

2024–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: CIRC: Planning-C: An Infrastructure for General-Purpose Learning-Enabled Humanoids

Paul Oh · University of Nevada, Las Vegas · funded by National Science Foundation

$88.5k

2024–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

Equipment: HSI: ELPSE: EI: A Guided Pathway to Enhancing HSI Student Experience and Success in Generative AI with the Planting of Education-Oriented GPU Cluster

Zuobin Xiong · University of Nevada, Las Vegas · funded by National Science Foundation

$199.4k

2024–2028 · research · R16

Identifying tandem repeat expansion-mediated mechanisms of autism-risk genes

Lukasz Jakub Sznajder · University of Nevada, Las Vegas · funded by National Institutes of Health

$188.4k

2024–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

Bridging Non-STEM and STEM Math Tracks: An Interest-Based Intervention to Increase Community College STEM Opportunity

Tatiana Melguizo · University of Nevada, Las Vegas · funded by National Science Foundation

$269.9k

2024–2028 · grant · Continuing Grant

CyberCorps Scholarship for Service: Empowering the Cybersecurity Workforce with a Focus on Artificial Intelligence

Ju-Yeon Jo · University of Nevada, Las Vegas · funded by National Science Foundation

$1.8M

2024–2028 · research · R16

Mechanistic understanding of role of ATF2 signaling in radiation-induced esophageal cancer

Janice M Pluth · University of Nevada, Las Vegas · funded by National Institutes of Health

$151k

2024–2028 · grant · Continuing Grant

A National Resource Hub for Culturally Relevant and Responsive STEM Environments at Hispanic-Serving Institutions

Blanca Rincon · University of Nevada, Las Vegas · funded by National Science Foundation

$3MCareer Development and Diversity

2024–2027 · grant · Standard Grant

MRI Track 1: Acquisition of a next-generation electron probe micro-analyzer (EPMA) for interdisciplinary cutting-edge science

Arya Udry · University of Nevada, Las Vegas · funded by National Science Foundation

$1.1M

2024–2028 · research · R16

Behavioral Research on Acculturation and moderating and mediating Variables Observed Specifically among Latinos: BRAVOS

Christopher Martin Johansen · University of Nevada, Las Vegas · funded by National Institutes of Health

$179.9k

2024–2029 · fellowship · Fellowship Award

Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

Eduardo Robleto · University of Nevada, Las Vegas · funded by National Science Foundation

$249.5k

2024–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

Conference: Participation of early-career and diverse scientists in the International Conference on Geo-Omics of Archaea II

Brian Hedlund · University of Nevada, Las Vegas · funded by National Science Foundation

$25k

2024–2028 · research · R16

Testing a Dual-Process Mechanistic Model Linking Food Insecurity and Loss-of-Control Eating

Kara Alise Christensen Pacella · University of Nevada, Las Vegas · funded by National Institutes of Health

$146.7kFood Security and Health in Diverse Populations

2024–2026 · fellowship · Fellowships

Russia’s Other Eastern Church: The Armenian Confession and the Romanov Empire

Paul Werth · University of Nevada, Las Vegas · funded by National Endowment for the Humanities

$60k

2024–2027 · grant · Continuing Grant

Cultivating Artificial Intelligence Literacy through Linguistically Inclusive Integrated Elementary Curriculum via Educational Robotics

Hasan Deniz · University of Nevada, Las Vegas · funded by National Science Foundation

$554.7k