Western Washington University

2026 · training · Beckman Scholars Program

Locating the source of ciliary calcium during Sonic hedgehog signaling

Kadalyna Franck-Tolentino · Western Washington University · funded by Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation

2026 · training · Beckman Scholars Program

Beckman Scholars Program 2026: Kira Bailey

Kira Bailey · Western Washington University · funded by Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: Fostering Teamwork in the Context of Learning Physics through Socio-Metacognition and Engaged Student Learning

Thanh Le · Western Washington University · funded by National Science Foundation

$544.7k

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Bridging the Accessible Technology Gap: Connecting Industry and Computing Faculty for the Adoption of Evidence-Based Teaching of Accessibility Concepts

Yasmine Elglaly · Western Washington University · funded by National Science Foundation

$377.8k

2025–2030 · grant · Continuing Grant

CAREER: Bridging time and length scales of intrinsically disordered protein conformations and assemblies using advanced computational methods

James Mccarty · Western Washington University · funded by National Science Foundation

$258k

2025–2030 · grant · Continuing Grant

CAREER: Leveraging Noncovalent Interactions to Design Tunable, Reprocessable, and Degradable Materials

Michael Larsen · Western Washington University · funded by National Science Foundation

$121.8k

2025–2027 · training · Institutes for Higher Education Faculty

Teaching the Ancient Mediterranean World in a Digital Age

Christine Johnston · Western Washington University · funded by National Endowment for the Humanities

$209.6k

2025 · research · Summer Stipends

The Daily Work of Democracy, 1780s-1850s

Johann Neem · Western Washington University · funded by National Endowment for the Humanities

$8 000

2025 · research · Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards

Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards - Jeanine Amacher

Jeanine Amacher · Western Washington University · funded by Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation

$75k

2025–2027 · grant · Standard Grant

Postdoctoral Fellowship: STEMEdIPRF: From Learners to Leaders: Building Teamwork Skills in Physics Education for Teachers

Anne Alesandrini · Western Washington University · funded by National Science Foundation

$303.7k

2025 · training · Beckman Scholars Program

Improving staphyloccocus aureus sortase A activity through investigating P94 residue interactions and the transmembrane domain.

Noah Cox-Tigre · Western Washington University · funded by Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation

2025 · training · Beckman Scholars Program

Understanding molecular mechanisms of aging and neurodegeneration through mitochondrial function and innate immunity

Lochlan Schaefer · Western Washington University · funded by Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation

2025–2027 · research · R15

Genetic Regulation of Stress Responses at the Endoplasmic Reticulum

Caroline Lund Dahlberg · Western Washington University · funded by National Institutes of Health

$401.4k

2025–2028 · research · R15

Optimization of cannabidiol-based formulations in autism spectrum disorder

Josh Kaplan · Western Washington University · funded by National Institutes of Health

$397k

2024–2027 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: RUI: The disintegration of clusters and their contribution to the metal-poor bulge

Kevin Covey · Western Washington University · funded by National Science Foundation

$109.1k

2024 · grant · Standard Grant

Conference: 7th Biennial Structural Geology and Tectonics Forum at WWU

Bernard Housen · Western Washington University · funded by National Science Foundation

$49.7k

2024 · research · Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards

Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards - Robert Berger

Robert Berger · Western Washington University · funded by Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation

$75k

2024–2027 · grant · Standard Grant

RUI: Knot Theory and the Four-Sphere

Jeffrey Meier · Western Washington University · funded by National Science Foundation

$199.3k

2024–2027 · grant · Standard Grant

RUI: Topics in Free Boundary Problems

Mariana Smit Vega Garcia · Western Washington University · funded by National Science Foundation

$208.8k

2024–2027 · grant · Standard Grant

RUI: Advancing Stereoselective Synthesis Through Allyl Organosamarium Intermediates

Gregory O'Neil · Western Washington University · funded by National Science Foundation

$391.8k

2024–2027 · grant · Standard Grant

RUI: N-N Bond Formation from NOx- on Pyridinediimine and Pyridinemonoimine Complexes

John Gilbertson · Western Washington University · funded by National Science Foundation

$373.8k

2024–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

RUI: Effects of Traffic Noise on Avian Cognition

Christopher Templeton · Western Washington University · funded by National Science Foundation

$321.9kAnimal Vocal Communication and Behavior

2024–2029 · grant · Continuing Grant

Collaborative Research: Implementation Grant: Active Societal Participation In Research and Education

Marco Hatch · Western Washington University · funded by National Science Foundation

$1M

2024–2027 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: Topological Defects and Dynamic Motion of Symmetry-breaking Tadpole Particles in Liquid Crystal Medium

Ying Bao · Western Washington University · funded by National Science Foundation

$198.5kMicro and Nano Robotics

2024–2027 · grant · Standard Grant

MCA Pilot PUI: Neural Signaling and Mechanisms Underlying Sensory Integration and Plasticity

Jacqueline Rose · Western Washington University · funded by National Science Foundation

$324.8k

2024–2025 · grant · Continuing Grant

Collaborative Research: Racial Equity in STEM Starts with Teacher Education

Emily Borda · Western Washington University · funded by National Science Foundation

$51.3k

2024 · research · Summer Stipends

Disappearing Threads: Textile and Fiber Art in South America since 1964

Jacqueline Witkowski · Western Washington University · funded by National Endowment for the Humanities

$6 000

2024–2027 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: Fractional quantum Hall effect on noisy quantum computers

Armin Rahmani · Western Washington University · funded by National Science Foundation

$72.5kQuantum and electron transport phenomena

2024–2027 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: How do accretionary sutures evolve into Cordilleran strike-slip faults?

Paul Betka · Western Washington University · funded by National Science Foundation

$195.6k

2024–2027 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: Do diatom-derived polyunsaturated aldehydes directly or indirectly reduce embryonic and larval forage fish fitness?

M Brady Olson · Western Washington University · funded by National Science Foundation

$638.9k

2024 · fellowship · Young Investigator

BBRF Young Investigator (2024) - Fenglin Cao

Fenglin Cao · Western Washington University · funded by Brain and Behavior Research Foundation

$70k

2024–2027 · research · R15

Improved Understanding of Bacterial Sortase Activity Towards Next-Generation Protein Engineering

Jeanine Faye Amacher · Western Washington University · funded by National Institutes of Health

$382.9k

2024–2027 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: EPIIC: Strategic University Practices to Expand Research (SUPER) Partnerships

Amanda Murphy · Western Washington University · funded by National Science Foundation

$400k

2024–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

Let Engineers Teach Engineering in K-12

Sura Al-Qudah · Western Washington University · funded by National Science Foundation

$99.9k

2024–2027 · grant · Continuing Grant

REU Site: Field and laboratory studies of coastal marine processes at the Shannon Point Marine Center

Brian Bingham · Western Washington University · funded by National Science Foundation

$339.5k

2023–2025 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: An Equitable, Justice-Focused Ecosystem for Pacific Northwest Secondary CS Teaching

Caroline Hardin · Western Washington University · funded by National Science Foundation

$231.6k

2023–2024 · grant · Standard Grant

Conference: Fourth Biennial Meeting of the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (PNW Section)

Tilmann Glimm · Western Washington University · funded by National Science Foundation

$12.9k

2023–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

RAPID: Impacts of Deposition from Smoke-derived Black Carbon on the Greenland Ice Sheet and the Greater Arctic Cryosphere due to Transport from Record Setting Canadian Wildfires

Alia Khan · Western Washington University · funded by National Science Foundation

$200k

2023–2026 · grant · PROJECT GRANT (B)

EMERGENT PHASES, TRANSPORT, AND NONEQUILIBRIUM DYNAMICS OF INTERACTING MAJORANA FERMIONS

Western Washington University · funded by Office of Science

$559.7k

2023–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

MCA: Environmental Drivers of Snow Algae Bloom Dynamics, Physiology, and Life-Cycles

Robin Kodner · Western Washington University · funded by National Science Foundation

$265.7kPolar Research and Ecology