Matthew MacManes, assistant professor of genome-enabled biology
National Institutes of Health Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award $1.7 million for research that could help humans survive dehydration by understanding the cactus mouse.
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Andrew Kun, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering
National Science Foundation’s Future of Work at the Human- Technology Frontier $2 million for a project that explores how we might increase worker productivity using self-driving cars.
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Sajay Arthanat, associate professor of occupational therapy
Momotaz Begum, assistant professor of computer science
Dain LaRoche, associate professor of exercise science
National Science Foundation Division of Information and Intelligent Systems $750,000 for an interdisciplinary project that could lead to intelligent robots for therapeutic exercise training.
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Lisa Jones, research associate professor of psychology in the Crimes Against Children Research Center Department of Justice $800,000 to lead a national effort to gather data on hate crimes.
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Paula Mouser, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering
Department of Energy EPSCoR (Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) $740,000 to study organisms introduced below the Earth’s surface by hydraulic fracturing and their effect on equipment and gas.
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Katie Edwards, associate professor of psychology and women’s studies
Prevention Innovations Research Center National Science Foundation $420,000 to undertake the largest study ever on intimate partner violence among lesbian, gay, bisexual and other sexual minority college students.
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Kabria Baumgartner, assistant professor of American studies
National Park Service and Organization of American Historians $100,000 in support of public humanities project on African Americans in Essex County, Mass.
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UNH Institute for Health Policy and Practice and Department of Nursing
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration $450,000 to train nurse practitioners to address opioid addiction in New Hampshire.
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