Grants and Gifts

Congratulations to the Latest Grant and Gift Recipients of Our Beach Community: 

July 2025

• Jeet Joshee / Lauryn White. IIE American Passport Project. CPaCE. Institute of International Education, Inc. IIE. $4,125 (April 2025 - April 2026)
   
• Judy Brusslan. Bridges to the Doctorate Research Training Program at California State University Long Beach. CNSM. NIH. $471,033 (August 2025 - July 2026)
   
• Caitlin Fouratt. Peace Corps Campus Recruitment. CLA. US Department of the Interior - Peace Corps. $44,302.72 (August 2025 - July 2026)
   
• Julie Wahlman. Fundamental Structure-Enantioselectivity Studies in Iron-Catalyzed Cross Couplings. CNSM. American Chemical Society. $32,354 (July 2025 - August 2026)
   
• Vasanthy Narayanaswami. Undergraduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (U-RISE) (T34) at CSULB. CNSM. NIH. $674,025 (April 2025 - March 2026)
   
• Vennila Krishnan. AI-based Fall-Risk Assessment during Daily Activities in Post Stroke Survivors using Smartphones. CHHS. Chapman University via NIH. $26,389 (June 2025 - May 2026)
   
• Samiha Rahman. Black Muslim Worldmaking: Race, Religion, and Gender in the Lives of Black Muslim College Students. CLA. NC State University via the Spencer Foundation. $3,800 (September 2023 - December 2025)
   
• Tyler Reeb. Active Transportation Resource Center (ATRC) Caltrans-funded Parent Contract. CPaCE. UC Davis via Caltrans. $40,000 (January 2024 - June 2026)
   
• Tyler Reeb. Port of Long Beach (PoLB) Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) High School Pathways 2025-2027. CPaCE. Port of Long Beach. $295,484.00 (July 2025 - December 2027)
   
• Jinny Rhee. Inclusive K-16 Engineering and Health Workforce Pathways in Long Beach. COE. Los Angeles Community College District. $500,000 (September 2022 - June 2026)
   
• Nancy San Luis. CalSOAP 2025-2026. DSA. CSAC. $430,659.04 (July 2025 - June 2026)
   
• Gwen Shaffer / Tyler Reeb. SCC-IRG: Creating a community-focused Data Management Platform. CLA / CPaCE. NSF. $1,499,864 (September 2025 - August 2028)
   
• Elena Grintsevich. CAREER: Isoform-Dependent Redox Regulation of Actin. CNSM. NSF. $170,380 (January 2022 - December 2026)
   
• Ga-Young (Kelly) Suh. Biomechanics and Hemodynamics of Human Aorta with Remodeling after Endovascular Repair. COE. NIH. $188,125 (August 2025 - July 2026)
   
• Bree Putman. Does irrigation reduce urban heat island impacts on ectotherms? CNSM. Bolsa Chica Land Trust. $2,989 (July 2025 - June 2027)
   
• Benken Babette. Southern California Consortium for Data Science. CNSM. UCSB via California Governor's Office of Planning and Research. $31,172 (July 2025 - June 2026)
   
• Benken Babette. "Understanding Teacher Effectiveness and Retention Among Single Subject Math Program Completers in the First Five Years of Teaching (Project CSU TEAR)". CNSM. SJSURF via NSF. $35,489 (April 2025 - March 2026)
   
• Lihan Wang. PRIMES: Hear the Boundary via Investigating Steklov Eigenvalues. CNSM. NSF. $400,000 (August 2025 - July 2027)
   
• Rafael Topete. TRIO Student Support Services – Classic. DSA. US Dept of Ed. $631,525 (September 2025 - August 2026)
   
• Antonella Sciortino. MESA University program - CSU Long Beach. COE. Paramount Unified School District. $25,000 (July 2025 - June 2026)
   
• Forouzan Golshani. Intergovernmental Personnel Act Assignment FY24-25. COE. NSF. $27,706 (July 2025 - July 2025)
   
• Brian Coriaty. Aquatic Center Grant FY 2024-25. DSA. California Department of Parks and Recreation, Div. of Boating and Waterways via Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund. $39,157 (April 2025 - May 2026)
   
• Rafael Topete. Student Support Services – STEM. DSA. US Dep of Ed. $272,364 (September 2025 - August 2026)
   
• Rafael Topete. Student Support Services – Disabilities. DSA. US Dep of Ed. $272,364 (September 2025 - August 2026)
   
• May Lin. Building Movement Capacity for Research & Learning. CLA. Center for Empowered Politics Education Fund. $30,000 (August 2025 - August 2026)
   
• Hailu Xu. Collaborative Research: Data Science for Cybersecurity. COE. NSF. $374,998 (August 2025 - July 2028)
   
• Matt Becker. Enhanced Geothermal System Concept Testing and Development at the Milford City, Utah Forge Site. CNSM. University of Utah via DOE. $1,128,805.69 (April 2024 - June 2026) 

August 2025

• Rafael Topete. LACOE Intern Program 2025-2026. DSA. LACOE. $25,000 (July 2025 - June 2026)
   
• Madeleine Liseblad. News Slanting: The Federal Communications Commission Versus George A. Richards's Goodwill Stations, Inc. CLA. American Journalism Historians Association (AJHA). $1,250 (September 2025 - August 2026)
   
• Alyssa Abbey. CAREER: Unraveling spatiotemporal deformation patterns in the Basin and Range and Walker Lane provinces: Combining geochronology methods and scaffolded peer-peer student mentoring. CNSM. NSF. $283,946 (August 2025 - July 2026)
   
• James Kisiel. The Expansion of a Mobile Making Project That Engages Underserved Youth Across California in STEM. CNSM. NSF. $104,694 (September 2025 - August 2026)
   
• Mimi Kim. The Accountability Project. CHHS. Moving Mountains, Inc. (Kabzuag Vaj). $131,741 (August 2025 - May 2027)
   
• Tairan Liu. Collaborative Research: CISE Core Small: RI: Toward Trustworthy and Resilient Intelligence for Multi-Agent System Coordination. COE. NSF. $300,000 (October 2025 - September 2028)
   
• Curglin Robertson. FY25-May Call - UBP College & Resource Fair (8/30/25). DSA. Port of Long Beach. $2,500 (August 2025 - August 2026)
   
• YS Shon. Ensembles of Photosynthetic Nanoreactors (EPN). CNSM. UC Irvine via DOE. $60,000 (August 2025 - July 2026)
   
• Tyler Reeb. University Partnership Program (UPP). CPaCE. USC via US DOT. $53,000.43 (May 2025 - April 2026)
   
• Ron Mark. POST Executive Development Course. CHHS. Commission on POST. $373,929.80 (July 2025 - June 2026)
   
• Ron Mark. POST SBSLI Sherman Block Supervisory Leadership Institute. CHHS. Commission on POST. $2,875,154 (July 2025 - June 2026)
   
• Ron Mark. POST SB230 Use of Force. CHHS. Commission on POST. $651,528.90 (July 2025 - June 2026)
   
• Ron Mark. POST Management Course. CHHS. Commission on POST. $680,267.40 (July 2025 - June 2026)
   
• Barbara Caplan. Characterizing Latino Caregiver Engagement in Early Intervention Services for Autism. CLA. NIH. $187,772 (July 2025 - June 2026)
   
• Heather Macias. Creating Pathways to Computing Careers through Experiential and Engaged Learning (S-STEM ExCELS). CED. CSUSB via NSF. $16,029 (August 2025 - July 2026)
   
• Matthew Becker. Geophysics for Environmental Management Students (GEMS): addressing the grand challenge of soil and groundwater contamination. CNSM. Rutgers University via DOE. $352,830 (April 2025 - March 2026)
   
• Ehsan Barjasteh. Evaluation of High-Temperature Polyimide Composites. COE. NASA. $10,310 (October 2023 - January 2026)