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Recent Awards

American University faculty members receive externally sponsored awards to conduct impactful and exciting research. Below is a list of awards received for FY25 by unit. Please note that this list is updated monthly with awards that have been fully processed.

PI: Dana Fisher
Sponsor: Hewlett Foundation
Amount: $50,000

Center on Health, Risk and Society

Center for Teaching, Research and Learning (CTRL)

Center for University Excellence

PI: Jeffrey Adler
Sponsor: American Mathematical Society 
Amount: $10,800

PI: Barbara Balestra
Sponsor: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, National Science Foundation 
Amount: $19,993

PI: Anastasia Snelling
Sponsor: DC Department of Health
Amount: $150,000

PI: David Culver
Sponsor: National Park Service  
Amount: $89,518

PI: Nathaniel Roth
Sponsor: Space Telescope Science Institute 
Amount: $14,043

PI: Liana Petruzzi
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health 
Amount: $122,796

PI: Kim Blankenship
Sponsor: George Washington University 
Amount: $24,818

PI: Molly Dondero
Sponsor: University of Pennsylvania
Amount: $25,000

PI: Kim Blankenship
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
Amount: $726,639

PI: Nathaniel Roth
Sponsor: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Amount: $76,576

PI: Nicole Lorenzo
Sponsor: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Amount: $124,000

PI: Gregory Harry
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Amount: $139,844

PI: Kim Blankenship
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
Amount: $139,844

PI: Anastasia Snelling
Sponsor: DC Department of Health
Amount: $185,000

PI: Vladimir Airapetian
Sponsor: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Amount: $40,756

PI: Dale Broder
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Amount: $73,362

PI: Alexander Zestos
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health/Spike Neuro
Amount: $151,490

PI: Taisuke Izumi
Sponsor: George Washington University
Amount: $70,000

PI: Nicole Angotti
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health/George Washington University
Amount: $8,458

PI: Boncho Bonev
Sponsor: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Amount: $57,824

PI: Alice Coyne
Sponsor: Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy
Amount: $20,000

Kogod School of Business

PI: Caty Borum
Sponsor: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Amount: $969,623

PI: Caty Borum
Sponsor: Open Society Foundation
Amount: $200,000

PI: Maggie Stogner 
Sponsor: Walton Family Foundation
Amount: $250,000

PI: Maggie Stogner
Sponsor: National Park Service 
Amount: $39,984

PI: Ocheze Joseph
Sponsor: CityTutor DC 
Amount: $75,000

PI: Robert Shand
Sponsor: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, Carnegie Corporation of New York 
Amount: $50,000

PI: Rodney Hopson
Sponsor: University of the Virgin Islands, National Science Foundation 
Amount: $81,587

PI: Sarah Irvine Belson
Sponsor: DC Public Schools
Amount: $17,000

PI: Sarah Irvine Belson
Sponsor: DC Public Schools
Amount: $31,000

PI: Simon Nicholson
Sponsor: Chan Zuckerberg Initiative DAF
Amount: $150,000

PI: Douaa Sheet
Sponsor: Wenner-Gren Foundation 
Amount: $40,000

PI: Shadi Mokhtari
Sponsor: Institute of International Education
Amount: $10,000

PI: Jonathan Fox
Sponsor: Ford Foundation 
Amount: $1,000,000

PI: Michelle Egan
Sponsor: European Union
Amount: $29,004

PI: James Goldgeier
Sponsor: Brookings Institution 
Amount: $54,916

PI: Ken Conca 
Sponsor: United States Institute of Peace
Amount: $22,160.94

PI: Sara Nawaz
Sponsor: Environmental Defense Fund
Amount: $50,000

PI: Dana Fisher
Sponsor: Hewlett Foundation
Amount: $50,000

 

PI: Jordan Matsudaira
Sponsor: Strada Education Foundation 
Amount: $300,000

PI: Alan Levine
Sponsor: Jack Miller Center
Amount: $1,500

PI: Brian Hughes
Sponsor: Everytown
Amount: $12,500

PI: Jan Leighley
Sponsor: National Science Foundation 
Amount: $349,066

PI: Lewis Faulk
Sponsor: Urban Institute 
Amount: $16,955.83

PI: Lewis Faulk
Sponsor: Urban Institute
Amount: $4,408

PI: David Barker
Sponsor: National Science Foundation 
Amount: $341,388

PI: Michael Cohen
Sponsor: Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
Amount: $10,000

PI: Julie Marie Baldwin
Sponsor: US Department of Justice 
Amount: $999,999

PI: Alan Levine
Sponsor: Institute for Humane Studies 
Amount: $29,000

PI: Matthew Collinson
Sponsor: Criminal Justice Coordinating Council of Georgia, Bureau of Justice Assistance 
Amount: $223,902

PI: Brandyn Churchill
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
Amount: $340,175

PI: Jhacova Williams
Sponsor: Washington Center for Equitable Growth
Amount: $30,000

PI: Taryn Morrissey
Sponsor: Russell Sage Foundation
Amount: $60,000

PI: Cynthia Miller-Idriss
Sponsor: Southern Poverty Law Center
Amount: $850,000

PI: Padideh Ala'i
Sponsor: Institute of International Education, US Department of State 
Amount: $238,300

PI: Michael Carroll
Sponsor: Academy of Exchanges and Judicial Studies
Amount: $14,054

PI: Leslye Orloff
Sponsor: State Justice Institute
Amount: $75,000

PI: Leslye Orloff
Sponsor: US Department of Justice 
Amount: $550,000

PI: Claudia Martin
Sponsor: UN Women
Amount: $299,832

PI: Claudia Martin
Sponsor: UN Women
Amount: $299,832

FY24 Awards

American University faculty received numerous awards in FY24. Click the link below to review the list.

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FY23 Awards

American University faculty received numerous awards in FY23. Click on the link below to review the list.

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FY22 Awards

American University faculty received numerous awards in FY22. Click on the link below to review the list.

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FY21 Awards

American University faculty received numerous awards in FY21. Click on the link below to review the list.

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