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 November 2017.

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Annette Besnilian (Department of Family and Consumer Sciences) received $60,000 from the Northeast Valley Health Corporation in support of a project entitled “WIC-based Dietetic Internship Program.”

Elena Miranda (Department of Geological Sciences) received $24,999 from the Southern California Earthquake Center in support of a project entitled “Constraining the rheology of brittle-ductile transition rocks during the seismic stress cycle.”

Steven Loy (Department of Kinesiology) received $20,000 from the American Council on Exercise in continued support of a project entitled “3 WINS ACE.”

Regan Maas (Department of Geography) received $26,680 from Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in support of a project entitled “Operational Evapotranspiration for the State of New Mexico.”

Juana Maria Valdivia (Department of Student Outreach and Recruitment) received $277,134 from the U.S. Department of Education in support of a project entitled “Upward Bound – San Fernando Valley North Central.”

Juana Maria Valdivia (Department of Student Outreach and Recruitment) received $291,264 from the U.S. Department of Education in support of a project entitled “Talent Search San Fernando Valley Northeast.”

Juana Maria Valdivia (Department of Student Outreach and Recruitment) received $291,264 from the U.S. Department of Education in support of a project entitled “Talent Search San Fernando Valley Northcentral.”

Rafi Efrat (Department of Accounting and Information Systems) received $16,750 from New Economics for Women in support of a project entitled “The CSUN VITA Clinic @ NEW Van Nuys.”

Rafi Efrat (Department of Accounting and Information Systems) received $85,000 from the U.S. Department of the Treasury in support of a project entitled “The CSUN VITA Program.”

Andrew Ainsworth (Center for Assessment, Research, and Evaluation) and Ellie Kazemi (Department of Psychology) received $83,132 from the Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation (AARBF) in support of a project entitled “Evaluation of the Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation Fire Prevention and Safety Program.”

Juana Mora (Department of Chicana/o Studies) received a continuation award of $959,455 from the U.S. Department of Education in support of a project entitled “Developing California’s Workforce: Creating Pathways for Latino Transfer Students in High Demand Careers.”

Teri Todd (Department of Kinesiology) received $45,016 from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in support of a project entitled “Impact of a Hand-cycling Program.”

MariaElena Zavala (Department of Biology) received $26,465 from the University of North Texas Health Science Center in supplemental support of a project entitled “National Research Mentoring Network for a Diverse Biomedical Workforce.”

Peter Edmunds (Department of Biology) received $73,296 from the National Science Foundation in support of a project entitled “RAPID: Effects of repeated severe storms on shallow Caribbean reefs and their changing ecological resilience.”

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