Each month, California State University, Northridge faculty and staff receive funding from outside organizations to support unique programs and cutting-edge research facilitated on campus. Below are a list of the individuals who received awards in December 2017.

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Crist Khachikian (Department of Research and Graduate Studies), Carrie Saetermoe (Department of Psychology), Gabriela Chavira (Department of Psychology) and Maggie Shiffrar (Department of Psychology) received $5,268,455 from the National Institute of Health (NIH) in continued support of a project entitled “BUILD@CSUN.”

Julie Coveney (Center for Assessment, Research and Evaluation) and Akanksha Bedi (Department of Management) received $18,398 from the Youth Policy Institute in support of a project entitled “Los Angeles Promise Neighborhood Community Survey.”

Nicholas Kioussis (Department of Physics and Astronomy) received $140,000 from UC Los Angeles in continued support of a project entitled “NSF Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Translational Applications for Nanoscale Multiferroic Systems (TANMS).”

Igor Beloborodov (Department of Physics and Astronomy) received $140,000 from UC Los Angeles in continued support of a project entitled “NSF Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Translational Applications for Nanoscale Multiferroic Systems (TANMS).”

Maria-Rita D’Orsogna (Department of Mathematics) received $125,000 from the US Army in support of a project entitled “Predicting and managing migration: insights from age-structured, game-theoretic, and network models.”

Gary Chapman (Department of Physics and Astronomy) and Debi Prasad Choudhary (Department of Physics and Astronomy) received $29,448 from the University of Colorado in continued support of a project entitled “Solar Spectral Irradiance Iyman Alpha Magnesium and Sigma K (SSIAMESE).”

Li Liu (Department of Computer Science) and Nathan Durdella (Department of Education Leadership and Policy Studies) received $99,000 from the Disability Communications Fund in support of a project entitled “Expanding the Pipeline: Training Future Professionals with Accessibility Mindset.”

Emily Russell (Department of Child & Adolescent Development) received $69,891 from Jumpstart, Inc. in support of a project entitled “Jumpstart- Northridge.”

David Moguel and Monica Garcia (Department of Secondary Education) received $20,885 from Cal State University, Long Beach Research Foundation in support of a project entitled “LINKED LEARNING AT CSU NORTHRIDGE: Credential, Master’s and Ed.D. Programs.”

David Boyns and Douglas Kaback (Department of Institute for Community Health and Wellbeing), and Jeanine Minge (Department of Undergraduate Studies) received $5,000 from Campus Compact in support of a project entitled “Stories That Connect Us.”