2026-27
Applied Research Grants
Recipient: Maichou Lor
UW-Madison
Digital Toolkit to Support Caregiver Pain Communication with Providers
Recipients: Sudarshan Reddy Medagam and Taejo Kim
UW-Stout
Valorization of Kombucha Byproducts into Eco-friendly Nanocellulose Packaging Films for Meat Safety
Recipients: Rahul Gomes and Meg Lagunas
UW-Eau Claire
Agentic, Emotion-Adaptive Immersive Simulation: A Secure MultiAgent AI Framework for Nursing Communication and Clinical Reasoning
Recipient: Daniel Rhodes
UW-Madison
Ultra-Low-Defect Density 2D Semiconductor Crystals and LargeScale Atomically Thin Arrays for Next-Generation Nanoelectronics
Recipient: David Krause
UW-Oshkosh
Engineering Dairy Yeast for High-Value Product Synthesis in Spent Whey
Recipient: Kevin Biese
UW-Oshkosh
Changes in Sport Specialization, Growth, and Athleticism in Middle School and High School Athletes
2025-26
Applied Research Grants
Recipient: Junjie Niu
UW-Milwaukee
Developing a High-Energy and Long-Life Battery Using Metallurgical Silicon-Based Anode Material
Recipient: Choua Xiong
UW-Oshkosh
Development of Digital Humanities Toolkit to Increase Access to the Job Market
Recipients: Siddarth Krishna and Whitney Loo
UW-Madison
Developing Hexanetetrol as a New Biomass-Based Monomer for the Chemical Industry
Recipient: Joshua Yue
UW-Platteville
CyberLabs
Recipient: Xiaoli Ma, Yin Wang, and Shangping Xu
UW-Milwaukee
Development of High-Flux and Selective Membranes for Water Softening
Recipient: John Obielodan
UW-Platteville
Fabrication of Multifunctional and Multimaterial Structures Using low-Cost 3D Printing Process
Recipient: Brian Wallace
UW-Oshkosh
The Effects of Sports Turf System Characteristics on Athlete Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Injury Risk
Recipients: Shirisha Jonnalagadda and Hephzibah Kumpaty
UW-Whitewater
Boron Prodrugs of Niclosamide for the Treatment of Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis
Recipients: Mohammad Rabbani and Mark Levenstein
UW-Platteville
Modification of Cotton Fabrics with Disinfectant Functionality and their Antibacterial Studies
Recipients: Sayeda Farzana Aktar and Iftekhar Anam
UW-Green Bay
AI-Based Intelligent Reporting System for Enhancing Classroom Accessibility
2024-25
Applied Research Grants
Recipients: Shangping Xu, John Berges, Yin Wang, and Xiaoli Ma
UW-Milwaukee
The Development of Algae-Based Bioreactors/Filters for the Removal of Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
Recipients: Sabrina Mueller-Spitz, Brant Kedrowski, and Kevin Crawford
UW-Oshkosh
PET Oligomers as a Tool for Understanding Bacterial Plastic Degradation
Recipients: Hom Kandel and Chang-Beom Eom
UW-Parkside and UW-Madison
Fabrication and Characterization of Superconducting Cuprates Heterostructures and Josephson Junction Device
Recipient: Robert McGaff
UW-La Crosse
End-to-End Green Synthesis of Commodity Chemicals
Recipient: Pradeep Rohatgi
UW-Milwaukee
Al-Ce-Graphite Composites for Room Temperature and Elevated Temperature Industrial Applications
Recipient: Dipankar Mitra
UW-La Crosse
A Self-Autonomous Flexible Phased Array Antenna System for Conformal Applications
Recipients: Zhiwei Zeng and Matthew Digman
UW-River Falls and UW-Madison
Development of a Novel Liquid Manure Application Tool for Cover Crops
Recipient: Adelle Wright
UW-Madison
Can Novel Plasma Technologies Enable Resilient Agriculture in Rural Wisconsin?
Recipient: Tanvi Thakkar
UW-La Crosse
Advancing Psychoacoustic Research and Fostering Diversity Through Cochlear Implant Studies in the La Crosse Community
Recipient: Robert Lodge
UW-Eau Claire
Creating New Mineral Prospectivity Maps and Mineral Occurrence Databases of Northern Wisconsin to Foster a Competitive Mineral Exploration Industry
2023-24
Applied Research Grants
Recipient: Wei Li
UW-Platteville
Quantum Dot Computer Aided Engineering Simulator Based on Multiband Models up to 14 Bands
Recipient: Ian Mckenzie and Mark Levenstein
UW-Platteville
Aryl Fluorinated Ethers: Developing Next Generation Agrochemicals via Organic Photochemistry
Recipient: Warren Vaz and Donald Heath
UW-Oshkosh
Indoor Wayfinding Smartphone App for Blind Users
Recipients: Shangping Xu, Sonia Brady, Yin Wang, and Xiaoli Ma
UW-Milwaukee
The Development of Novel Biotreatment Techniques for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Using Microbial Isolates from a Heavily Contaminated Site
Recipients: Grace Lewis and Joseph Pierre
UW-River Falls
Fractionated Milk Lipid Micro-Emulsions Produced Using High-Pressure Homogenization for Use in Parenteral Nutrition
Recipients: Joseph Pierra and Grace Lewis
UW-Madison
Fractionated Milk Lipid Micro-Emulsions Produced Using High-Pressure Homogenization for Use in Parenteral Nutrition
Recipient: Ilirian Dhimitruka
UW-Parkside
Exploring UV Filters of Natural Origin: Extraction from Corn Bran of Ferulic Acid, and Testing of Ferulate-Based UV Filters
Recipient: David Higgs
UW-Parkside
Genome Editing of Algae to Increase Lipid Production for Renewable Biodiesel
Recipient: Steven Girard
UW-Whitewater
Bioactive Glass-Silicide Coatings for Osseointegratable Metal Implants
Recipient: Gina Martin
UW-Whitewater
Novel Protocol RELEASE Efficacy Across Wisconsin
Recipient: Michael Hammer
UW-Whitewater
Clinical Implementation of New Non-Invasive Sensory Cortical Treatment for Patients with Spasmodic Dysphonia
2022-23
Applied Research Grants
Recipient: Mona Afifi
UW-Stout
Building Information Modeling (I-BIM) Platform for Sustainable Construction
Recipient: Kate Creutzinger
UW-River Falls
Developing a Novel Calving Blind for Group Maternity Pens
Recipient: Dawei Feng
UW-Madison
Promoting a Reliable Wisconsin Renewable Energy Transition with Safe, Sustainable, and Affordable Redox Flow Batteries
Recipient: Zhezhen Fu
UW-Platteville
Processing of Ceramic Solid-State Electrolyte Through Colloidal Based Additive Manufacturing for Lithium Metal Batteries
Recipient: Elizabeth Glogowski
UW-Eau Claire
Testing of New Branched Stimuli-Responsive Polymers for Rheological Applications in Architectural Coatings
Recipient: Gokul Gopalakrishnan
UW-Platteville
Passive Fiber Alignment in the 3D Printing of Short Fiber Composites
Recipient: Xiaoguang Ma
UW-Platteville
Microgrid Cybesecurity Testbed in UW-Platteville
Recipient: Robert McGaff
UW-La Crosse
Catalytic Air-Oxidations Producing Commodity Chemicals: Novel Cost-Advantaged Synthetic Methods Employing a True Zero-Cost Feedstock and Inexpensive Iron-Based Catalysts
Recipient: Junjie Niu
UW-Milwaukee
Recycling and Re-Manufacturing Spent Lithium Ion Batteries Using a Green Technology
Recipient: Shangping Xu
UW-Milwaukee
The Use of Pore-Scale Contaminant Transport Simulation Framework to Facilitate the Development of Next Generation Water Filters
2021-22
Applied Research Grants
Recipient: Mandeep Bakshi
UW-Green Bay
Surface Active Magnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Purification of Contaminated Freshwater
Recipient: Zhezhen Fu
UW-Platteville
3D-Printing Composite Solid-State Electrolyte for Solid-State Batteries
Recipient: Kelly Gorres
Valeria Stepanova (Co-PI)
UW-La Crosse
Interruption of Epstein-Barr Virus Infection by Novel, Pure Curcuminoids
Recipient: Kishore Joseph
UW-Platteville
Developing and Nurturing Tomorrow’s Workforce Through Project-Based Applied Commodity Research
Recipient: Sylvia Kehoe, UW-River Falls
John Obielodan (Co-PI), UW-Platteville
An Easy to Use, Practical Applicator for Caustic Paste Disbudding in Dairy Calves
Recipient: Seth King
UW-La Crosse
Evaluation of the Antibacterial and Antiviral Properties of ZnO/Graphene Nanocomposite Thin-Films
Recipient: Junjie Niu
UW-Milwaukee
Photocatalytic Degradation of PFAS Contaminants in Water
Recipient: Stephanie Spehar
UW-Oshkosh
Assessing Public Risk Perception of Harmful Algal Blooms in Lake Winnebago to Improve Policy and Outreach
Recipient: Muthu Venkateshwaran
UW-Platteville
Developing a Unique Consortium of Mycorrhizosphere-Competent Bioinoculants to Boost Crop Growth and Health
Recipient: Lynne Woehrle
UW-Milwaukee
Addressing Systemic Racism at the Neighborhood Level Through Integrating Wellness, Social Entrepreneurship, and Workforce Development
2020-21
Applied Research Grants
Recipient: William Schwan
UW-La Crosse
Identifying the Lethal Factor Protein Induced by SK-03-92 Treatment in Staphylococcus aureus
Recipient: Robert McGaff
UW-La Crosse
Versatile Low-cost Iron-based Systems for Green Catalytic Desulfurization
Recipient: Alex Timmer
UW-Milwaukee
Mobile Design Box Retrofit: Addressing Urban Vacancy through Entrepreneurial Infrastructure
Recipient: Junjie Niu
UW-Milwaukee
A New Design Of Lithium Ion Battery With Improved Energy Density For Electronic Devices And Cordless Power Tools
Recipient: Sabrina Mueller-Spitz
UW-Oshkosh
Protecting Vegetable Crops using Bioactive Enzymes Targeting Bacterial Communication
Recipient: Jeffrey Sachse
UW-Oshkosh
A Strategic Framework for Wisconsin’s Paper Industry: Growing, Innovating, and Sustaining
Recipient: Francis Mann
UW-Parkside
Generation of Carotenoids for Animal Feed and Pigmentation
Recipient: David Higgs
UW-Parkside
Genetic Analysis of Nitro Algae: A New Algal Strain with Improved Biomass Yield on Reduced Nitrogen
Recipient: Edoardo Rubino
UW-Platteville
Flow Energy Harvesting with Piezoelectric Beams
Recipient: Joshua Seaver
UW-Stout
Encouraging Empathetic Communication in Electronic Messaging Services to Improve Project Outcomes from Collaborative, Cross-Disciplinary Teams
Recipient: Jennifer Grant
UW-Stout
Nanoparticle- and Biotin-Based Probes for Inclusion in a Citrulline Detection Kit
2019-20
Applied Research Grants
Recipient: Hom Kandel, UW-Parkside
Chang-Beom Eom (Co-PI), UW-Madison
Nanofabrication of YBa2Cu307 (YBCO) based Superconductor (S)-Insulator (I)-Superconductor (S) Tunneling Sandwich-Type Josephson Junction
Recipient: Elena Marshall
UW-Stout
DAGIStRll: Decrease the Achievement Gap and Increase Student Retention through lntercultural Innovation
Recipient: Robert Mitchell, UW-Oshkosh
Sean Schoville (Co-PI), UW-Madison
Olfactory-Based Pest Control of the Colorado Potato Beetle
Recipient: Muthu Venkateshwaran
UW-Platteville
Development of Natural and Safe Pesticides as Novel Alternatives for Sustainable Plant Disease Management
Recipient: Yin Wang
UW-Milwaukee
Development of Tailored Adsorbents for the Removal of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances
Recipient: Dazhong Zhao
UW-Milwaukee
Developing a New Two-Line Male Sterility System for Sorghum Hybrid Breeding
Applied Research-WiSys Technology Advancement Grant Match Grants
Recipient: Samuel Alvarado
UW-River Falls
Producing Polymer-Quantum Dot Composite Materials through Direct Ligand Reaction
Recipient: John Obielodan
UW-Platteville
Towards the Commercialization of PLA/organosolv Lignin Filament for 3D Printing
Recipient: Matthew O’Reilly
UW-River Falls
Discovery of Emmacin Related Dihydropyrimidine Analogs as Dihydrofolate Reductase Inhibitors with Narrow and Broad-Spectrum Antibiotic Activity
Recipient: Kim Pierson
UW-Eau Claire
Efficient Low-Cost Solar Water Heater Panel
Recipient: Sujat Sen
UW-La Crosse
Electro-synthesis of Platform Chemicals via Catalytic Coupling of Carbon Dioxide and Alkenes
Ignite – Prototype Development
Recipient: Tiffany Hoage
UW-Stout
Preparing the CRISPR/Cas9 In Vitro for Commercialization
2018-19
Applied Research Grants
Recipient: Heather Clarke
UW-Green Bay
Moderators of the Effects of Social Isolation, Loneliness and Work-Family Conflict on Long Haul Driver Well-Being and Turnover
Recipient: Xiaohua Peng
UW-Milwaukee
ROS-Activated Prodrugs that Target Cancer Cells
Recipient: Heidi Wagner
UW-Extension
Developing Assessment Measures for Women’s Building Construction Trade Pre-Apprenticeship Andragogy
Recipient: Weizhong Wang
UW-Milwaukee
Development of Secure Secret/Private Key Management Method for the Edge Nodes of the Internet of Things (IoT) Networks
Applied Research-WiSys Technology Advancement Grant Match Grants
Recipient: Serguei Bezroukov
UW-Superior
Wireless Devices for School Security
Recipient: James Boulter
UW-Eau Claire
Continuous Monitoring of Airborne Silica for Worker Safety and OSHA Compliance
Recipient: Elizabeth Glogowski
UW-Eau Claire
Stimuli-Responsive Polymer Dispersants for Architectural Coating Applications
Recipient: Md Maruf Hossain
UW-Green Bay
Mechanically Integrated Wind Power Generation Systems
Recipient: Hanwan Jiang
UW-Platteville
Development of a Non-Destructive Technique for Interior Cracking Detection and Stress Evaluation for Concrete Structures Based on Diffuse Ultrasound Coda-wave Interferometry and Three-Dimensional Imaging
Recipient: Francis Mann
UW-Parkside
Microbe-Facilitated Anthocyanin Extraction of Fruit Waste
Recipient: John Obielodan
UW-Platteville
Development of Thermoplastic Biocomposite for 3D Printing
Prototype Development Fund Grants
Recipient: Gokul Gopalakrishnan
UW-Platteville
Shape Sensitive Molecular Sieving using Customized Nanoporous Silicon Membranes
Recipient: Gokul Gopalakrishnan
UW-Platteville
1Swipe Prototype v2.0
Recipient: Seth King
UW-La Crosse
Fabrication and Characterization of Zno/Graphene Nanocomposite Thin-Films
Recipient: David Lewis
UW-Eau Claire
Enantiodivergent Synthesis of Benzybornyl Derivatives
Recipient: Wei Li
UW-Platteville
Development of the Prototype for a Semiconductor Quantum Dot Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) Simulator
Recipient: Wei Li
UW-Platteville
Continued Development of the Prototype for a Semiconductor Quantum Dot Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) Simulator
Recipient: William Parker
UW-Parkside
Retrofit Peltier Device for Cooler T180052US
2017-18
Applied Research Grants
Recipient: Paul Block
UW-Madison
Building Precipitation & Groundwater Forecast Tools for Wisconsin’s Central Sands
Recipient: Samantha Foley
UW-La Crosse
OnRamp: A Parallel and Distributed Computing Learning Environment
Recipient: Ionel Popa
UW-Milwaukee
Development of Protein Hydrogels-based Antibody Purification Columns
Recipient: Paul Van Auken
UW-Oshkosh
Finding Their Place: A Comparative Study of Refugee Resettlement in Local Communities and Economies
Recipient: Muthu Venkateshwaran
UW-Platteville
Development of Materials Capable of Controlled Delivery of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) to Plans for Defense Against Pathogens
Recipient: Jae-Hyuk Yu
UW-Madison
Development of Application of Natural Food Preservatives
Applied Research-WiSys Technology Advancement Grant Match Grants
Recipient: Harold Evensen
UW-Platteville
Nanoscale Vacuum-channel Field Effect Transistors from Aligned Carbon Nanotubes
Recipient: Dmitry Kadnikov
UW-Stout
Modular Chemical Probes for Detection of Citrulline Amino Acid
Recipient: Daehee Kim
UW-Stevens Point
Efficient Big Data Transfer Service (BigDTS) through Networks
Recipient: Seth King
UW-La Crosse
Low-Cost Zinc Oxide/Graphene Nanocomposite Thin Films for use as Transparent Conductors
Recipient: Wei Li
UW-Platteville
Computer Aided Engineering of Semiconductor Quantum Dots: Design and Non-Destructive Characterization
Recipient: Daryl Sauer
UW-Parkside
Identification and Isolation of Novel and Safe Disinfectants from Sustainable Wisconsin Based Sources
Prototype Development Fund Grants
Recipient: Cheng-chen Huang
UW-River Falls
Novel Chemotherapeutic Compounds that Reduce Melanoma Cancer Stem Cells
Recipient: David E. Lewis
UW-Eau Claire
3-endo-(Arylmethyl)isoborneols as Chiral Organocatalysts
Recipient: Zhaohui Li
UW-Parkside
Development of a Mineral-Dye Composite With Improved Fluorescent Properties for Phenol Detection
Recipient: Yijun Tang
UW-Oshkosh
Enzyme-Free Glucose Sensors Based on Polymer/Cobalt Composite
Recipient: Joseph Wu
UW-Platteville
Production of WiSys Organosolv Lignin (WOSL) for 3D Printing Filament
Recipient: Fang Yang
UW-Platteville
The Prototype Development of a Comprehensive Microgrid Energy Management System