Nebraska EPSCoR announced its 2024 recipients of Small College/University Undergraduate Research Experiences. Each award--up to $5,000 per proposed project--is funded from the National Science Foundation OIA-2044049, Nebraska's Emergent Quantum Materials and Technologies (EQUATE). The successful applicants--limited to faculty from Nebraska higher education institutions with <$8 million annual research expenditures--engage undergraduates in a variety of projects, as follows:
- Haishi Cao, University of Nebraska at Kearney, Chemistry
Synthesis Of Naphthalimide Derivatives By Click-Reaction And Suzuki Coupling Reaction For Investigating Photophysical Properties
- Kimberly Carlson, University of Nebraska at Kearney, Biology
Differential Effects of Drosophila melanogaster Nora virus Infection on Longevity and Viral Load in Relationship to Sex and Mating Status
- Clint Evrard, Chadron State College, Physical Sciences
Computational and Quantum Chemical Research
- Keith Geluso, University of Nebraska at Kearney, Biology
Summer Roost Sites of Migratory Tree Bats in Nebraska
- John Kyndt, Bellevue University, College of Science and Technology
Nebraska Salt Marsh Microbiome: an exploration of spatial and temporal microbial diversity
- Julie Lanz, University of Nebraska at Kearney, Psychology
Refining Measures for Stressor Voice
Congratulations to all recipients!

Chadron State College's Clint Evrard presents his research poster at a Nebraska EPSCoR scientific conference.
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