Notable New Awards 2025

LEONARD KAHN, College of Arts and Sciences
Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Project Title: URI-PQI Collaboration: Application of Quantum Fundamentals to Advance Research and Workforce Development

SAHELI GOSWAMI, College of Business
Funding Source: Cotton, Inc
Project Title: Cotton, Consumers, Businesses, and New Sustainability Regulations

YOSHITAKA OTA, College of the Environment and Life Sciences
Funding Source: Nippon Foundation
Project Title: Ocean Nexus: Bring together scholars from around the globe to foster a new paradigm of ocean equity that prioritizes the perspectives of historically marginalized communities.

SARA SWEETMAN, College of Education and Professional Studies
Funding Source: GEMS-Net Districts
Project Title: Guiding Education in Math and Science Network: GEMS-Net

NICOLE WEISS, College of Health Sciences
Funding Source: National Institutes of Health
Project Title: Examining transactional relationships between sensor-derived alcohol use data and acute suicide risk in daily life

DANIEL ROXBURY, College of Engineering
Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Project Title: E-RISE RII: Socio-ecological Impact of Microplastics in Coastal Ecosystems (SIMCoast)

RAINER LOHMANN, Graduate School of Oceanography
Funding Source: Environmental Protection Agency
Project Title: Great Lakes Fish Monitoring & Surveillance Program: Trends of contaminants in Great Lakes Top-Predator Fish

ANGELA SLITT, College of Pharmacy
Funding Source: Department of Defense
Project Title: Use of bile acid binding resins to decrease systemic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) levels and improve serum lipid profiles in Veterans

ANN MARIE MORAITIS, College of Nursing
Funding Source: RI Foundation
Project Title: Understanding Physical Activity and Symptom Changes in Young Adult Cancer Survivors