LOIs FY to Date (July 1, 2025 - March 31, 2026)

Biology
Proposal# Investigator(s) Project Title Funding Agencies ORS Submission Date
6740Mendoza, HectorModeling Sex-Specific Aging in NematodesAmerican Federation for Aging Research12/02/2025
6767Mendoza, Hector
Diego Ugarte La Torre[The University of Tokyo]
Biophysical regulation of sex determination by a switch protein.International Human Frontier Science Program Organization02/16/2026


Chemistry & Biochemistry
Proposal# Investigator(s) Project Title Funding Agencies ORS Submission Date
6789Banerjee, PrognaPredicting Metastable Phase Spaces in Multicomponent Chalcogenide Nanocrystals via Synthesis ControlU.S. Department of Energy03/18/2026


Political Science
Proposal# Investigator(s) Project Title Funding Agencies ORS Submission Date
6652Forestal, Jennifer
Doherty, David[Political Science]; Blajer de la Garza, Yuna[Political Science]; Pottle, Justin[Political Science]; Singer, Abraham[Quinlan School of Business];
Situating Self-Governance: Evaluating the effects of meso-level characteristics for local democratic decision-making in ChicagoJohn Templeton Foundation08/04/2025


Psychology
Proposal# Investigator(s) Project Title Funding Agencies ORS Submission Date
6776Grella, StephaniePrefrontal-Hippocampal Circuit Mechanisms and Engram Persistence in a Mouse Model of Obsessive-Compulsive Memory HoardingBrain and Behavioral Research Foundation (NARSAD)03/02/2026


School of Environmental Sustainability
Proposal# Investigator(s) Project Title Funding Agencies ORS Submission Date
6660Getzinger, GordonPFAS Fate and Bioavailability During Invasive Cattail Management with Harvested Biomass Biochar Production and Sediment Biochar ReapplicationEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA)

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
08/18/2025
6558Keller, ReubenAddressing Invasive Species Risks in The Great Lakes Portion of IllinoisU.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Illinois Department of Natural Resources
07/29/2025
6755Ohsowski, Brian
Lishawa, Shane[School of Environmental Sustainability];
Innovative invasive plant management with biochar: Overcoming wetland restoration implementation barriers, enhancing habitat, and reducing uncertainty in carbon budgetsAllen Family Philanthropies (Formerly the Paul G. Angell Family Foundation)01/12/2026


School of Social Work
Proposal# Investigator(s) Project Title Funding Agencies ORS Submission Date
6674Hong, Rana
Singh, Shweta[School of Social Work];
Supervision Access for Equity: Building a Sustainable Behavioral Health Workforce in ChicagoPritzker Traubert Foundation

National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
09/12/2025
6758Sanhueza, GuillermoAdvancing Prison Reform in Chile through Analytics, AI, and Technology TransferTinker Foundation01/14/2026
6671Vidal de Haymes, MariaBuilding a Sustainable Behavioral Health Workforce Pipeline: Community-Rooted Pathways to Equity and CarePritzker Traubert Foundation

Family Service and Mental Health Center of Cicero
09/09/2025


Theology
Proposal# Investigator(s) Project Title Funding Agencies ORS Submission Date
6663Sanchez-Perry, Josefrayn
Hopwood, Elizabeth[Center for Textual Studies and Digital Humanities];
ACLS Digital Justice Seed Grants for Nahua Ritual Specialists ProjectAmerican Council of Learned Societies10/07/2025
6768Sanchez-Perry, Josefrayn
Green, Patrick[Provost];
Engaged Learning Fellows in Religion Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theological Institutions02/12/2026






This report will expire on 4/30/2026 11:59:59 PM.