The University of Texas at Austin

2025–2030 · grant · Continuing Grant

CAREER: Aerosols as Drivers of Multivariate Climate Hazard

Geeta Persad · The University of Texas at Austin · funded by National Science Foundation

$945.6k

2025–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

I-Corps: Translation potential of high-efficiency nanophotonic lithium niobate waveguides

Linran Fan · The University of Texas at Austin · funded by National Science Foundation

$50kPhotorefractive and Nonlinear Optics

2025 · grant · Science

Searching for Our Microbial Ancestors

The University of Texas at Austin · funded by Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

$1.7M

2025–2027 · grant · Standard Grant

Doctoral Dissertation Research: Linguistic documentation and description of an endangered language

Anthony Woodbury · The University of Texas at Austin · funded by National Science Foundation

$18.9k

2025–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: Data- and model-driven optimization of the SZ4D MultiArray: An on-shore/offshore network for integrated observations of subduction zone geohazards

Laura Wallace · The University of Texas at Austin · funded by National Science Foundation

$19.2k

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

HCC: Small: Joint Learning of Fracture Simulation and Fractured Object Reassembly

Qixing Huang · The University of Texas at Austin · funded by National Science Foundation

$480kImage Processing and 3D Reconstruction

2025–2027 · grant · Standard Grant

SHF: Medium: Panther: New Highly Parallel Hardware and Software System for Graph-based Data Analytics to Improve Artificial Intelligence Reliability and Efficiency

Mattan Erez · The University of Texas at Austin · funded by National Science Foundation

$724kAdvanced Graph Neural Networks

2025–2027 · grant · Standard Grant

Novel tools for point-of-care therapeutic drug monitoring

Hsin-Chih Yeh · The University of Texas at Austin · funded by National Science Foundation

$450k

2025–2029 · grant · Continuing Grant

CAREER: Foundations of Scalable and Resilient Distributed Real-Time Decision Making in Open Multi-Agent Systems

Thinh Doan · The University of Texas at Austin · funded by National Science Foundation

$517.6kReinforcement Learning in Robotics

2025–2027 · grant · Standard Grant

Doctoral Dissertation Research: Exploring Sources of Information and Knowledge in Three Rural Language Varieties

Patience Epps · The University of Texas at Austin · funded by National Science Foundation

$18.9k

2025–2030 · grant · Continuing Grant

CAREER: Decoding and Predicting the Dynamics of Complex Biological Systems through Data-Driven Orbit Network Decomposition

William Gilpin · The University of Texas at Austin · funded by National Science Foundation

$595k

2025–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

Doctoral Dissertation Research: Resource Management and Adaptation in Coastal Regions

Jason Cons · The University of Texas at Austin · funded by National Science Foundation

$31.5k

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Developing Structure-Function Relationships for Singlet Fission and Exciton Transport in Molecular Crystals via Selective Application of Strain

Sean Roberts · The University of Texas at Austin · funded by National Science Foundation

$750.7k

2025–2027 · research · Innovative Project Award

AI-Enabled Robot for Stroke Diagnosis using Pre-Hospital Transcranial Ultrasound

Ann Majewicz Fey · The University of Texas at Austin · funded by American Heart Association

$200kIntracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

SMART: Spectrum-data for Machine Learning and Analysis through Robust Feature Transformations

Kaushik Chowdhury · The University of Texas at Austin · funded by National Science Foundation

$380k

2025–2027 · grant · Standard Grant

Discrete subgroups of Lie groups and geometric structures on manifolds

Jeffrey Danciger · The University of Texas at Austin · funded by National Science Foundation

$111.4k

2025–2027 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: Determining changes in pelagic ecosystem function and their impact on the carbon cycle from the hothouse early Eocene to the coolhouse early Oligocene

Christopher Lowery · The University of Texas at Austin · funded by National Science Foundation

$442.1k

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: III: Medium: Interpretable Scientific Discovery with Foundation Model Programs

Swarat Chaudhuri · The University of Texas at Austin · funded by National Science Foundation

$333k

2025 · grant · Technology

Technology - The University of Texas at Austin (2025)

Jennifer Schopf · The University of Texas at Austin · funded by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

$250k

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: Using stable isotope labeling to trace the fate of amino acids and formation of refractory dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) in the ocean

Zhanfei Liu · The University of Texas at Austin · funded by National Science Foundation

$309.6kMarine and coastal ecosystems

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Investigating language shift and contact-induced language change

Sandro Sessarego · The University of Texas at Austin · funded by National Science Foundation

$116.8k

2025–2030 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: Male-male competition and speciation: behavioral and neuromolecular mechanisms underlying aggression biases in cichlids

Johann Hofmann · The University of Texas at Austin · funded by National Science Foundation

$480.5k

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: Discovery of Multivalent Solid Electrolytes via Integrated Computations and Experiments

Donald Siegel · The University of Texas at Austin · funded by National Science Foundation

$371.6k

2025 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: RI: Small: Evaluation Concepts for Assessing and Improving Large Language Models

Gregory Durrett · The University of Texas at Austin · funded by National Science Foundation

$300k

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Platelet-like Synthetic Cells with Shape Change, Triggered Secretion and Functional Adhesion

Brian Belardi · The University of Texas at Austin · funded by National Science Foundation

$1.3M

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

A Statistics-Based Geographic Bias Quantification and Debiasing Framework for GeoAI and Foundation Models

Gengchen Mai · The University of Texas at Austin · funded by National Science Foundation

$300k

2025 · fellowship · Gilliam Fellow Profile

Mariangel Correa Orellana — HHMI Gilliam Fellow Profile (2025-Present)

Mariangel Correa Orellana · The University of Texas at Austin · funded by Howard Hughes Medical Institute

2025 · grant · International Program

Carnegie International Program - University of Texas at Austin (2025)

The University of Texas at Austin · funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York

$390k

2025 · fellowship · Young Investigator

BBRF Young Investigator (2025) - Jennifer J. Donegan

Jennifer J. Donegan · The University of Texas at Austin · funded by Brain and Behavior Research Foundation

$70k

2025 · training · Supporting Undergraduate Research Experience

In-Vitro Tricuspid Valve Edge-to-Edge Repair

Michael Mckenny · The University of Texas at Austin · funded by American Heart Association

$6 000Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments

2025 · grant · Academic Research

Engineered to Infiltrate: A Smart Multi-Physiology Platform to Decode the Role of Bone Cell Senescence in Cancer Metastasis

Maryam Tilton · The University of Texas at Austin · funded by Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas

$250k

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: AIMing: Towards the Hadamard Conjecture: A Unified Neurosymbolic Reasoning and Formal Verification Paradigm

Diana Marculescu · The University of Texas at Austin · funded by National Science Foundation

$250k

2025–2027 · grant · PROJECT GRANT (B)

IMPROVING LZ'S SENSITIVITY TO DARK MATTER AND NEUTRINOS NEAR THRESHOLD WITH MACHINE LEARNING

The University of Texas at Austin · funded by Office of Science

$52k

2025–2030 · grant · Continuing Grant

CAREER: Advancing Autonomy of Power Grids in 3D -- Decision Speed, Disruption Resilience, and Distributing Societal Benefits

Javad Mohammadi · The University of Texas at Austin · funded by National Science Foundation

$500k

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: Developing a Polarizable 3DRISM Implicit Solvent Model for AMOEBA Solutes to Enable Efficient and Accurate RNA Simulations

Pengyu Ren · The University of Texas at Austin · funded by National Science Foundation

$349.3k

2025–2026 · grant · Standard Grant

Planning: CHIRRP: Texas WEATHER: Whole-community Efforts to Adapt, THrive, and Enhance Resilience

George Deshazo · The University of Texas at Austin · funded by National Science Foundation

$193k

2025–2027 · grant · Standard Grant

Doctoral Dissertation Research: Investigating the linguistic expression of motion

Patience Epps · The University of Texas at Austin · funded by National Science Foundation

$18.8kCategorization, perception, and language

2025 · grant · CPRIT Scholar

Recruitment of Rising Stars

The University of Texas at Austin · funded by Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas

$3M

2025–2029 · grant · Standard Grant

Impacts of an AI-Enhanced Teacher Professional Learning Program on Math Instruction and Performance

David Yeager · The University of Texas at Austin · funded by National Science Foundation

$3.7MEducation, Achievement, and Giftedness

2025–2028 · grant · Standard Grant

Collaborative Research: Intra- and Extra-Cellular Mechanisms of Right Ventricular Stiffening and their Role on the Organ Scale

Manuel Rausch · The University of Texas at Austin · funded by National Science Foundation

$373.6k