Nebraska EPSCoR announced its 2026 recipients of Small College/University Undergraduate Research Experiences support. Each award--up to $5,000 per proposed project--is funded from the National Science Foundation award #OIA-2044049, Nebraska's Emergent Quantum Materials and Technologies (EQUATE) collaboration. 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 (UNK) Chemistry, Advancing hydrogen sulfide therapeutics through next-generation fluorescent probe design
- Keith Geluso, UNK Biology, Anuran (Frog/Toad) Call Survey of Nebraska: Establishing Baselines
- Md Ezazul Haque, Nebraska Indian Community College Math & Science, Hands-on training on PCR-Based Microorganism Detection and Water Quality Assessment on Reservation Lands
- Catherine Johnson, UNK Biology, Role of Therapy-Altered Osteoblasts in Bone-Metastatic Prostate Cancer Therapy Resistance
- Haiwei Lu, UNK Biology, Enhancing Salicinoid Production in Populus Using CRISPR Activation
- Jason Price, Wayne State College Physical Sciences & Math, Natural Sequestration of Phosphorus in Oxygen-Rich Lake-Bottom Sediments of Nymph Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park
- Cale Stolle, Doane University Engineering, Modeling and Mitigation of Mechanical Latency in Ultra-Lightweight Robotic Actuation
Congratulations to all recipients!
Caption: In the photo below, from Bellevue University, a team working on a past EPSCoR-funded project takes samples at a Nebraska marsh.
