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 January 2018.

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Scott Kleinman (Department of English) received $80,700 from University of California, Santa Barbara in support of a project entitled “WhatEvery1Says.”

Douglas Kaback (Department of Theatre) received $1,500 from the Valley Cultural Center in support of a project entitled “Owensmouth Arts Nexus.”

Rafi Efrat (Department of Accounting and Information Systems) received $15,000 from Friends of the Family in support of a project entitled “The CSUN VITA Clinic @ Friends of the Family.”

Danielle Bram and Regan Maas (Department of Geography) received $925,000 from the California Department of Water Resources in support of a project entitled “NHD/WBD Statewide Update Project 2.0.”

Shiva Parsa and Jina Gonzalez (Department of Educational Opportunities Programs) received $30,000 from the Anthony & Jeanne Pritzker Family Foundation / Pritzker Foster Care Initiative in continuing support of a project entitled “San Fernando Valley Scholars Network.”

Dean Elizabeth Say (College of Humanities) received $71,061 from University of Pennsylvania in continuing support of a project entitled “Hispanic Serving Institutions: Pathways to the Professoriate.”

Shari Tarver-Behring (Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling) received $62,611 from the LA County Department of Children and Family Services in support of a project entitled “Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention, Intervention and Treatment (CAPIT) – San Fernando Valley.”

Shari Tarver-Behring (Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling) received $61,810 from the LA County Department of Children and Family Services in support of a project entitled “Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention, Intervention and Treatment (CAPIT) – West San Fernando Valley.”

Shari Tarver-Behring (Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling) received $72,418 from the LA County Department of Children and Family Services in support of a project entitled “Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention, Intervention and Treatment (CAPIT) – Santa Clarita Valley.”

Shari Tarver-Behring (Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling) received $520,000 from the LA County Department of Children and Family Services in support of a project entitled “Adoption Promotion and Support Services (APSS) – SPA 2”

James Flynn (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering) received $25,000 from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in support of a project entitled “Extended Experimental Battery Life Tests Aboard CSUNSat1.”

Durul Ulutan (Department of Manufacturing Systems Engineering and Management) received $8,542 from Klune Industries in support of a project entitled “Continuous Improvement Project Phase 1: Programming of Robot Arm.”

Regan Maas (Center for Geographical Studies) received $17,955 from the LA County of Public Health Programs in support of a project entitled “Zika Virus Vulnerability Analysis.”

Shari Tarver-Behring (Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling) received $553,760 from the California Office of Emergency Services in support of a project entitled “CalOES RAPE CRISIS PROGRAM VN16.”

Wladimir Lyra (Department of Physics and Astronomy) and Luca Ricci (Department of Physics and Astronomy) received $46,180 from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in support of a project entitled “Witnessing the Origin of Solar System Analogues with the ngVLA .”

Nicholas Kioussis (Department of Physics and Astronomy) received $132,996 from University of California, Los Angeles as supplemental support of a project entitled “NSF Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Translational Applications of Nanoscale Multiferroic Systems TANMS.”

Nicholas Kioussis (Department of Physics and Astronomy) received $30,000 from Toshiba in support of a project entitled “Voltage Controlled Magnetic Anisotropy of Heavy Metal/FeCo/MgO heterostructures.”

Jeanne Robertson (Department of Biology) and Sarah Wenner (Department of Biology) received $7,500 from the Coastal Southern California Science and Learning in support of a project entitled “Identifying conservation units of Blainville’s horned lizard (Phrynosoma blainvillii) in urban Southern California.”

Shari Tarver-Behring (Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling) received $292,556 from the California Office of Emergency Services in support of a project entitled “CalOES RAPE CRISIS PROGRAM NW16.”

Shari Tarver-Behring (Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling) received $2,500 from the LA Chamber of Commerce in support of a project entitled “Los Angeles Educator Pathways Partnership.”

Richard Moore (Department of Management) received $80,985 from the California Legislative Counsel Bureau in support of a project entitled “Legislative Counsel Management Training.”