Awards List

The following list, in alphabetical order by the last name of the principal investigator, includes all current awards at SUNY Cortland. Each section shows the investigator name(s), project title, project performance period, sponsor name, allocated funding approved for the project, and estimated project amount over the life of the award.


School of Arts and Sciences
Principal Investigator Department Sponsor Name Award Name Start Date    End Date Annual Award Total Project Award
Anthony, Joseph Political Science Unite America The Information Landscape and Voters' Understanding of RCV in Alaska Sept 2022 Dec 2023 18,310 18,310
Banerjee, Dr. Santanu Biology National Science Foundation Collaborative Research: Specification of Excitatory Fates in the Spinal Cord Aug 2018 Jul 2023 27,400 137,000

Conklin, Patricia

Biology National Science Foundation STEM pathways: CNY LSAMP Alliance (CNYLA) Aug 2021 Jul 2026 10,000 50,000
Davalos Vallejo, Maria Andrea Biology NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Co-Invading Jumping Worms: Assessing Their Threat to NYS April 2019 Mar 2023 23,702 94,811
Davalos Vallejo, Maria Andrea Biology Environmental Science and Forestry Biological Control of Invasive Pale and Black Swallow-Worts in NYS-Field Evaluation of Hypena Opulenta Nov 2018 Sep 2023 19,306 96,532
Davalos Vallejo, Maria Andrea Biology U.S. Department of Agriculture Jumping Worm Invasion and Impact in the Northern Forest

Jul 2022

Jun 2024 13,864 27,728
Davis, Dr. Amanda Biology National Science Foundation Revisiting the Homeorhetic mechanisms of lactation: The Role of Ceramide Jan  2022 Dec 2025  66,935 200,806
Eaton, Leslie Psychology Psi Chi International Honor Society Social Context and the Perception of Modern and Contemporary Art Sept 2022 Aug 2023 2,000 2,000
Edlund, Eric Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology Phase Contrast Imagining of Wendelstein 7-X April 2019 Aug 2022 81,527 244,583
Hicks, Katherine Chemistry National Science Foundation RUI: Collaborative Research: Enzymology of Bacterial Nicotinic Acid Catabolism Jul 2018 Jun 2023 90,307 290,796
Hicks, Katherine Chemistry National Science Foundation REU Site: Molecular Interactions Virtual REU Mar 2022 Feb 2025 12,330 36,992
McKenzie, Cori English National Council of Teachers of English Supporting Pre-Service Teachers in Troubled Times Sept 2022 Aug 2023 2,500 2,500
Sheets, Dr. Kevin B History National Endowment for the Humanities Common Ground: Americans and Their Land During the Gilded Age Oct 2020 Sep 2023 61,150  183,451
Sheets, Dr. Kevin B History National Endowment for the Humanities Re-Placing the Gilded Age and Progressive Era Jul 2022 Aug 2024 71,477 142,955
Steadman, Dr. Sharon R Sociology/ Anthropology U.S. Department of State Foster Turkish and U.S. Ties Sep 2020 Dec 2022 13,083  26,167
Steadman, Dr. Sharon R Sociology/ Anthropology John Templeton Foundation Rural Turkish Farmers: Challenges in the Age of Industrialized Farming Aug 2022 Jul 2025 163,000 489,000
School of Education
Project Principal Investigator Department Sponsor Name Award Name Start Date End Date Annual Award  Budget
Burns Thomas, Dr. Anne Foundations and Social Advocacy NYSED My Brother's Keeper TOC Sep 2021 Aug 2026 186,122 947,650
Fantacone, Dr. Dominick A Childhood / Early Childhood U.S. Navy Office of Naval Research Engaging the Next Generation STEM Naval Workforce: Using Communities of Practice to Build Teacher Capacity Aug 2018 Nov 2022 189,857 610,209
Fantacone, Dr. Dominick A Childhood / Early Childhood American Museum of Natural History 170 AMNH Jul 2020 Jun 2025 13,652 68,261
Lachance, Dr. Andrea M Liberty Partnerships Program NYS Education Department Liberty Partnership Program  Sep 2022 Aug 2027 450,000 2,250,000
Lachance, Dr. Andrea M Migrant Education Tutorial Services NYS Education Department Migrant Education and Tutorial Support Services 2022-2023 Sep 2018 Aug 2023 721,603 3,311,360
School of Professional Studies
Project Principal Investigator Department Sponsor Name Award Short Name Start Date End Date Annual Award  Budget
 Muttiah, Nimisha Communication Disorders American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation Advancing Academic Research Career  Sept 2022 Feb 2024  2,500 5,000

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