February 2025 New Grants and Contracts

We are pleased to share the success of SJSU's principal investigators who were awarded grants and contracts during February 2025:

Monthly Awards at a Glance
11 Awards Received: Valued at $2,507,056.

Note: Some industry-sponsored awards are not listed due to their respective non-disclosure terms.

Division of Research & Innovation

Queale, Abby, Division of Research & Innovation
The Spartan SBDC (TAP) — Year 4
Sponsor: Office of Research & Sponsored Programs — Cal Poly Humboldt – $213,415., plus $65,000.

Queale, Abby, Division of Research & Innovation
The Spartan SBDC (CIP) - Year 4
Sponsor: Office of Research & Sponsored Programs — Cal Poly Humboldt – $65,000.

Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering

Okamoto, Nicole / Stowe, Mathew, Engineering, Dean's Office
MESA Engineering Program (MEP) - Academic Year 2023-2024
Sponsor: Regents of the University of California – $80,000.

College of Health and Human Sciences

Schachner, Jennifer A., Kinesiology
Older Americans Act Funding- Sourcewise -Timpany Center- San José State University Research Foundation
Sponsor: Sourcewise – $22,343.

College of Science

Cargill, Shelley, Science, Dean's Office
SJSU MESA Schools Program - Bridges Academy (of Franklin McKinley School District)
Sponsor: Franklin McKinley School District – $5,628.

Quan, Gina / Gutmann, Brianne, Physics & Astronomy
Collaborative Research: Evaluating Access: How a Multi-Institutional Network Promotes Equity and Cultural Change Through Expanding Student Voice
Sponsor: National Science
Foundation – $19,093.

Tan, Qian, Meteorology & Climate Science
The NOAA Cooperative Science Center in Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology
Sponsor: Howard University – $120,230.

VanHoven, Miri K., Science, Dean's Office
Probing Sleep and Memory as Targets for Rejuvenation
Sponsor: UC, San Francisco – $100,792.
 
VanHoven, Miri K., Science, Dean's Office
The Effects of Stimulation and Sleep on Neural Circuit Connections
Sponsor: UC, San Francisco – $211,763.
 
Wilkinson, Katherine, Biological Sciences
Molecular Mediators of Muscle Spindle Mechanosensation
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health – $131,850.

College of Social Sciences

Laraway, Sean P., Psychology
Human Systems Integration: Coll. Human Factors Research to Improve Safety, Efficiency & Reliability of NASA’s Aeronautics & Space Missions: Phase 2
Sponsor: NASA – $1,536,942.