Projects from 14 faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences have been selected for funding from the Office of Research and Innovation.
Book Fellowship and Manuscript Workshop Program
These fellowships provide support for faculty to focus on writing and publishing a book through a course buyout or summer salary support and/or costs related to the publishing process.
- Yaroslav Komarovski, classics and religious studies, “Meditation in the Buddhist World”
- Max Perry Mueller, classics and religious studies, “More, America: Twenty-Five (More) Founders of the United States of America”
- Rachael Shah, English, “Collaborative Writing in Community Engagement”
- Stacey Waite, English, “The World as We Wish It Were”
Research and Innovation Grants Program
This program provides support to UNL faculty members seeking to advance their programs of research, scholarship and/or creative endeavors.
- Ikuho Amano, modern languages and literatures, “Documenting Biopolitics, Eugenics, and Anti-Disability Phenomena of Japan (the 1910s-2020s)”
- Barry Cheung, chemistry, “Transcriptomic Analysis of MRSA Response to Plasma-Activated Chlortetracycline”
- Elizabeth Clausing, global integrative studies, “Epigenetic Embodiment, Mental Health, and Resilience in the Drug Crisis”
- Dawne Curry, history and ethnic studies, “Eulogizing Apartheid’s Dead”
- Hideaki Moriyama, biological sciences, “Molecular Basis of Insecticide Resistance in Western Corn Rootworm”
Invited Scholar Grants Program
This award enables UNL faculty to invite scholars whose activities are closely related to the research, scholarship and/or creative interests of the UNL community to visit campus to give lectures and/or participate as speakers in symposia or colloquia.
- Beth Dotan, Judaic studies
- Eileen Hebets, biological sciences
- Luis Othoniel Rosa, modern languages and literatures and ethnic studies
- Nicole Sexton, biological sciences
- Eric Weaver, biological sciences
