Funding for the new year

Professor Ping Yu plans to use Research Council funding to X.

The University of Missouri’s Division of Research, Innovation and Impact awarded the second round of 2025-26 Research Council grants to faculty investigators who submitted proposals in October.

This internal funding of up to $15,000 supports research, scholarship and creative endeavors that lead to book contracts, juried theatre and music performances, art exhibits, peer-reviewed articles and the generation of pilot data to bolster proposals for external funding.

Ping Yu, professor of physics, applied for the grant to XXX

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Advice/more about his research

There are two more opportunities to apply for funding through InfoReady. Deadlines:
• Jan. 20 – 5 p.m. (awardees will be notified by March 13)
• March 30 – 5 p.m. (awardees will be notified by May 15)

For more information, email Internal Funding staff.

Below are investigators with newly awarded Research Council grants.

ARTS, HUMANITIES, SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

Frances Dickey

Associate Professor of English
Principal Investigator

College of Arts and Science

Raghda (Didi) El-Behaedi

Assistant Professor of Mediterranean Archaeology
Principal Investigator

College of Arts and Science

Desireé Moore

Assistant Professor of Digital Storytelling and Film Studies
Principal Investigator

College of Arts and Science

Travis Shaffer

Art Program Director; Associate Professor of Art
Principal Investigator

College of Arts and Science

Melanie Tkach

Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy
Principal Investigator

College of Health Sciences

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS

Fares Alahdab

Associate Professor of Cardiology, Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics and Medical Epidemiology
Principal Investigator

School of Medicine

Perwez Alam

Assistant Research Professor in Pathobiology and Integrative Biomedical Sciences
Principal Investigator

College of Veterinary Medicine

Christine Brodsky

Assistant Professor of Urban Ecology
Principal Investigator

College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources

John Gahl

Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Co-investigator

College of Engineering

Kristin Gibson

Assistant Professor of Conservation and Environmental Education
Co-investigator

College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources

Gerhard Hildebrandt

Director of Ellis Fischel Cancer Center; Chief and Professor, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology
Co-investigator

School of Medicine

Syed Kamrul Islam

Chair and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Co-investigator

College of Engineering

Semaan Kobrossi

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Co-investigator

School of Medicine

Senthilnathan Palaniyandi

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Principal Investigator

School of Medicine

Seunguk Shin

Assistant Professor of Natural Resources
Co-investigator

College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resource

Ping Yu

Professor of Physics
Principal Investigator

College of Arts and Science