Nevada Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR)
Harnessing The Data Revolution for Fire Science (HDRFS) — Data Analytics Research Internship
$4,750
PI: Dr. Srinidhi Lokesh (UNR)
Wrote and revised the full proposal
Funding
Grants & Proposals
A record of grant proposals I have written or co-written as PI or collaborator, spanning wildfire impacts, PFAS, and environmental biogeochemistry research.
2025
2024
ExxonMobil
Development of Non-Targeted Analysis Methods for Risk Assessment of Produced Water Using Solid Phase Microextraction (SPME) and Liquid Chromatography Coupled with High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry (HRMS)
$550,000
PI: Dr. Thomas Borch (CSU)
Co-wrote and revised the proposal
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Fire impacts on seed germination and seedling establishment
$1,150,048 (Competitive Rating)
PI: Dr. William Bjorn (CSU); Co-PIs: Dr. Mike Wilkins (CSU), Dr. Thomas Borch (CSU)
Co-wrote and revised the proposal
Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP)
Rapid Determination and Prediction of Physical-Chemical Properties of PFAS Impacting their Fate and Transport using Microfluidics and Machine Learning
CSU Share: $156,913
PI: Dr. Alexandridis Paschalis (UB); Co-PI: Dr. Thomas Borch (CSU)
Co-wrote and revised the proposal
US-Israel Binational Science Foundation Research Grant (BSF)
Contribution of micro-predators to necromass production and its transformation
$249,949 (CSU Share: $113,099)
PI: Dr. Edouard Jurkevitch (Hebrew University of Jerusalem); Co-PIs: Dr. Benny Chefetz (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Dr. Thomas Borch (CSU)
Co-wrote and revised the proposal
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Sources and Sinks of Fe in Future Hypoxic Oceans
$140,000
PI: Srinidhi Lokesh (UNR); Co-PI: Dr. Rene Boiteau (OSU, currently at UMN)
Wrote and revised the full proposal — Honorable mention, Top 15 (top 8 proposals funded)
2022
European Research Council
Supplementary Funding to Collaborate with European Research Council Grantee (Dr. Andrew Tanentzap, University of Cambridge)
$8,986
PI: Dr. Yu Yang (UNR)
Co-wrote and revised the proposal
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Collaborative Research: Sustainable management of human organic pollutant exposure (HOPE) at formerly used defense sites in the changing Arctic
$1,568,000
PI: Dr. Yu Yang (UNR); Co-PIs: Dr. Frank von Hippel (UA), Dr. Jennifer Schmidt (UAA), Dr. Tobias Schwoerer (UAF), Chris Price (Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska)
Drafted and revised the proposal
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Collaborative Research: Identification of lignin-derived ligands associating with iron
$450,000
PI: Dr. Yu Yang (UNR); Co-PI: Dr. Rene Boiteau (OSU, currently at UMN)
Drafted the proposal
2021
Granite Construction, Inc.
Screening survey for emerging toxics in leachate of rubberized asphalt concrete and their critical environmental processes
$32,125
PI: Elie Hajj (UNR); Co-PI: Dr. Yu Yang (UNR)
Led weekly update meetings and wrote the final project report
Total Proposals: 10