Grants and Gifts

Congratulations to the Latest Members of Our Beach Community: 

• Curglin Robertson. Upward Bound Program (Long Beach & Paramount). DSA. US Dept of Education. $685,244 (June 2024 – May 2025)
   
• Vennila Krishnan. AI-based Fall-Risk Assessment during Daily Activities in Post Stroke Survivors using Smartphones. CHHS. Chapman University via NIH. $27,195 (June 2023 – May 2025)
   
• Iveris Martinez. Adult Day Program at Leisure World Seal Beach. CHHS. Alzheimer’s Orange County (AOC) via DHHS. $23,268 (January 2024 – May 2025)
   
• Maricela Maldonado. Confocal Microscope. COE. NIH. $224,388 (July 2024 – June 2025)
   
• Matthew Becker. Geophysics for Environmental Management Students (GEMS): addressing the grand challenge of soil and groundwater contamination. CNSM. Rutgers University via DOE. $1,199,378 (April 2024 – March 2027)
   
• Amanda Fisher. Plants of a Lost World: Preserving Southern California Native Plant Specimens from the Urban Wild Interface. CNSM. California Institute for Biodiversity (CIB) via State of CA. $10,000 (July 2024 – June 2025)
   
• Joseph Kalman. Surface Modified Oxidizers for Next Generation Solid Propellants. COE. Office of Naval Research (ONR). $489,000 (July 2024 – June 2027)
   
• Ryan Blair. PRIMES: The Topology of Knots and Replication as a Vehicle for Student Research. CNSM. NSF. $400,000 (August 2024 – July 2026)
   
• Darren Johnson. ORCC: RUI: Understanding plasticity to ocean warming: evaluating genetic variation and transgenerational effects at multiple spatial scales. CNSM. NSF. $415,682 (August 2024 – July 2027)
   
• Royce Smith. 2023 - 2024 Exhibition Funding - Operating Grant ACLB. COTA. Arts Council for Long Beach. $10,000 (October 2023 – September 2024)
   
• Ted Stankowich. Collaborative Research: Ranges: Building Capacity to Extend Mammal Specimens from Western North America. CNSM. NSF. $9,420 (October 2023 – April 2027)
   
• Megan Kline Crocket. Classroom Connections 2023-2024. COTA. Arts Council for Long Beach. $1,000 (October 2023 – September 2024)
   
• Patrick O’Rourke. Language Training Center 24. CLA. IIE via DoD. $469,988 (June 2024 – April 2025)
   
• Tom O’Brien. Pacific Southwest Region University Transportation Center (PSR UTC) Consortium, 2022 - 2026 Grant. CPaCE. USC via US DOT. $235,822 (June 2023 – May 2025)