Nebraska EPSCoR has created a competitive FIRST AWARD grant program to assist Nebraska faculty members who are early in their academic careers in initiating research. This program is funded by an NSF infrastructure grant to Nebraska EPSCoR. Nebraska EPSCoR anticipates awarding approximately six grants each. Grantees are required to submit a CAREER grant proposal to NSF within their award period. Grantees will be eligible to compete for a possible second year of funding through the regular grant porposal process, but no more than two second year awards will be granted. An assistant or associate professor in a tenure-leading position in any of the universities in the state is eligible to submit a pre-proposal. The faculty member must be in his or her first four years of initial academic appointment at the time of submittal. Any project that potentially could be supported by a National Science Foundation competitive research grant is eligible. An award amount is limited to $20,000 and requires a one-for-one match. FIRST AWARDS are granted for a period of one year - starting January 1 and ending December 31 each year.

2008 First Awardees:

Chin Li Cheung, Chemistry , UNL

Wonyoung Choe, Chemistry, UNL

Shashank Dravid, Pharmacology, Creighton

Angela Pannier, Biological Systems Engineering, UNL

Bradley Parsons, Chemistry, Creighton

Bradley Shadwick, Physics and Astronomy, UNL

2007 First Awardees:

Kirill Belashchenko, Physics and Astronomy, UNL

Andrea Holmes, Chemistry, DoaneCollege *

Chunsheng Liu, Computer & ElectronicsEngineering, UNL

2006 First Awardees:

Greg Bashford, Biological Systems Engineering, UNL

Myra Cohen, Computer Science and Engineering, UNL *

Eileen Hebets, Biological Sciences, UNL *

Lisong Xu, Computer Science and Engineering, UNL

Li Tan, Engineering Mechanics, UNL

Mark Wilson, Biochemistry, UNL

Lin Wu, Mechanical Engineering, UNL

2005 First Awardees:

Shireen Adenwalla, Physics and Astronomy, UNL

Myra Cohen, Computer Science and Engineering, UNL

Aaron Dominguez, Physics and Astronomy, UNL *

Jaekwon Lee, Biochemistry, UNL

Irakli Loladze. Mathematics, UNL

Robert Powers, Chemistry, UNL

Guangshun Wang, Eppley Institute, UNMC

2004 First Awardees (formerly Type II awards):

Hai-Feng Guo, Computer Science, UNO

Jiangyu Li, Engineering Mechanics, UNL

Etsuko Moriyama, Biological Sciences, UNL

Julie M. Stone, Biochemistry, UNL

* The following individuals have received the NSF CAREER Award

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