June 2026 Grants and Contracts

We are pleased to share the success of SJSU's principal investigators who were awarded grants and contracts during June 2026:

Monthly Awards at a Glance
20 Awards Received: Valued at $5,458,854.

Note: Some industry-sponsored awards are not listed due to their respective non-disclosure terms. The sort below is by College, then department, followed by PI.

College of Health & Human Sciences

Dawkins, Denise | School of Nursing
California Reproductive Health Service Corps - RN Training Program
Sponsor: CSU, East Bay — $12,056.

Lee, Peter | School of Social Work
San Jose State University BASW Mental Health Scholarship Program (MHSP)
Sponsor: Santa Clara County — $150,000.

Schachner, Jennifer | Kinesiology
Older Americans Act Renewal 26-27
Sponsor: Sourcewise-SOURCE — $61,738.

College of Science

Desai, Neel | Meteorology & Climate Science
AGS-FIRP Track 2: Aerosol-Mixed Phase Cloud Interactions Through Cloud Chamber Experiments
Sponsor: National Science Foundation — $374,521.

Gardner, Luke | Moss Landing Marine Lab
PCOR Abalone Restoration
Sponsor: The Bay Foundation Santa Monica — $335,095.

Hamilton, Scott | Moss Landing Marine Lab
California Collaborative Fisheries Research Program – Monitoring and Evaluation of California Marine Protected Areas
Sponsor: CA Ocean Protection Council — $1,380,000.

Kochanski, Adam | Meteorology & Climate Science
Coupled Interactive Forecasting of Wildfire Potential and Active Fire Impacts for Improved Wildland Fire Decision Making
Sponsor: Colorado State University — $49,459.

McDonald, Birgitte | Moss Landing Marine Lab
Supporting Stranding Response and Training Future Generations in Wildlife Health
Sponsor: UC, Santa Cruz — $24,652.

Menemenlis, Dimitris | Moss Landing Marine Lab
TROPIC-SWOT: Submesoscale ocean currents in the tropical Pacific
Sponsor: NASA — $19,420.

Menemenlis, Dimitris | Moss Landing Marine Lab
Exploring the FRESH Arctic: Fate of River Export and Surface Hydrology
Sponsor: University of Massachusetts — $62,520.

Metzger, Ellen; Teruya, LeAnne | Geology
Bay Area Environmental STEM Institute (BAESI) - Student and Professional Learning to Advance Stewardship for H20! (SPLASH!)
Sponsor: Santa Clara County — $30,000.

Portner, Ryan | College of Science
Collaborative Research: Transport Dynamics and Mobility of Large-Scale Submarine VolcaniclasticDensity Currents at Hunga Volcano, Tonga
Sponsor: National Science Foundation — $93,976.

Wood, Michael | Moss Landing Marine Lab
22-ICESat2_22-0019, IS2AD: Using ICESat-2 observations to reduce uncertainty in future ice sheet model projections
Sponsor: Dartmouth College — $23,641.

College of Social Sciences

Carr, Valerie | Psychology
Future Vertical Lift: Collaborative Research on Flight Control, Autonomous Rotorcraft, and Human-Systems Interface Design: Phase 2
Sponsor: NASA — $1,238,678.

Carr, Valerie | Psychology
Implementing Macroergonomics for Increasing the Safe, Effective, and Efficient Operation of the Entry Systems and Technology Division's High Enthalpy Facilities: Phase 2
Sponsor: NASA — $87,482.

Schuster, David | Psychology
Human Systems Integration: Collaborative Human Factors Research to Improve the Safety, Efficiency, and Reliability of NASA’s Aeronautics and Space Missions: Phase 2
Sponsor: NASA — $1,384,157.

Schuster, David | Psychology
2025 Fatigue Management Training for San Francisco Bar Pilots
Sponsor: California Maritime Academy — $6,000.

Division of Research & Innovation

Trask, Jessica | Division of Research & Innovation
The Spartan SBDC (CIP) - Year 5
Sponsor: Humboldt State University — $65,000.

Trask, Jessica | Division of Research & Innovation
The Spartan SBDC (TAP) - Year 4 Supplement
Sponsor: Humboldt State University — $11,000.