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Grants & Contracts

Current Research Grant and Contract Awards

  1. Collaborative Research: Computational Methods for Optimal Transport via Fluid Flows
    Principal Investigator: Yangwen Zhang (Mathematics)
    Sponsor: NSF Award Number: 2432134
    Amount Awarded: $56,877.00
    Grant Period: 05/15/2024 - 06/30/2025 (Estimated)
  2. Embedding Calculus and its Applications
    Principal Investigator: Robin Koytcheff (Mathematics)
    Sponsor: NSF Award Number: 2405370
    Amount Awarded: $150,000.00
    Grant Period: 07/15/2024 - 06/30/2026 (Estimated)
  3. Collaborative Research: IHBEM: Three-way coupling of water, behavior, and disease in the dynamics of mosquito-borne disease systems
    Principal Investigator: Hayriye Gulbudak (Mathematics)
    Sponsor: NSF Award Number: 2327817
    Amount Awarded: $146,041.00
    Grant Period: 09/01/2023 - 08/31/2027 (Estimated)
  4. Connecting ecosystem models with evolutionary genetics: Fitness landscapes, persistent networks, and phylodynamic simulation
    Principal Investigator: Cameron Browne (math)
    Sponsor: NSF Award Number: 2413769
    Amount Awarded: $261,226.00
    Grant Period: 08/01/2024 - 07/31/2027
  5. Higher Structures and Applications across Mathematics
    Principal Investigator: Philip Hackney (math)
    Sponsor: Board of Regents Support Fund, Research Competitiveness Subprogram, Contract Number: LEQSF(2024-27)-RD-A-31
    Amount Awarded: $139,500
    Grant Period: 06/01/2024 - 06/30/2027
  6. Conference: Lloyd Roeling Conference in Topology at UL Lafayette
    Principal Investigator: Robin Koytcheff (math) Co-PIs: Philip Hackney (math) and Daniel Davis (math)
    Sponsor: NSF Award Number: 2341618
    Amount Awarded: $14,931.00
    Grant Period: 01/04/2024 - 12/31/2025
  7. Modeling Across-Scale Feedback of Pathogen Virulence, Host Immunity, and Disease Control
    Principal Investigator: Hayriye Gulbudak (Mathematics)
    Sponsor: NSF Award Number: 1951759
    Amount Awarded: $239,939.00
    Grant Period: 08/01/2020 - 07/31/2025 (Estimated)
  8. US:UK Collab: Multi-scale infection dynamics from cells to landscapes: FMD in African buffalo
    Principal Investigator: Anna Jolles (Oregon State University) Co-PIs: Jan Medlock, Brianna Beechler, Hayriye Gulbudak (Mathematics)
    Sponsor: NSF Award Number: 2208087
    Amount Awarded: $2,608,206.00
    Grant Period: 10/01/2022 - 08/31/2027
  9. Homotopy of higher categories and operads
    Principal Investigator: Philip Hackney (math)
    Sponsor: Simons Foundation Collaboration Grants for Mathematicians
    Amount Awarded: $42,000
    Grant Period: 09/01/2021-08/31/2026

Research Grant and Contract Awards with periods that ended recently

  1. Multi-Scale Structured Models of Infectious Disease Dynamics
    Principal Investigator: Hayriye Gulbudak (math)
    Sponsor: Simons Foundation Collaboration Grants for Mathematicians
    Amount Awarded: $42,000
    Grant Period: 09/01/2019-08/31/2024
  2. Algebraic structures and geometric phenomena in spaces of embeddings
    Principal Investigator: Robin Koytcheff (math)
    Sponsor: Louisiana Board of Regents Support Fund, Research Competitiveness Subprogram
    Amount Awarded: $137,644.00
    Grant Period: 07/01/2019 - 06/30/2022
  3. Structure and Cohomology in Fusion Systems
    Principal Investigator: Justin Lynd (math)
    Sponsor: NSF Award Number: 1902152
    Amount Awarded: $135,000.00
    Grant Period: 08/01/2019 - 07/31/2022 (estimated), last amended 07/11/2019
  4. Dynamics and Evolution of Virus and Immune Response Networks
    Principal Investigator: Cameron Browne (math)
    Sponsor: NSF Award Number: 1815095
    Amount Awarded: $143,738.00
    Grant Period: 06/15/2018 - 05/31/2021 (estimated), last amended 05/31/2019
  5. Strengthening Teacher Education through Mathematics & Science Teaching Scholars in Louisiana
    Principal Investigator: Peter Sheppard (education) Co-PIs: Patricia Beaulieu (math), Kathleen Lopez (math), Pegge Alciatore (biology), Nathan Dolenc
    Sponsor: NSF Award Number: 1439900
    Amount Awarded: $1,193,309.00
    Grant Period: 09/01/2014 - 08/31/2020 (estimated), last amended 05/02/2017
  6. Dixmier sets of C*-algebras
    Principal Investigator: Leonel Robert Gonzalez (math)
    Sponsor: Simons Foundation Collaboration Grants for Mathematicians
    Amount Awarded: $42,000
    Grant Period: 09/01/2017-08/31/2022
  7. Persistence in Concrete Biological Systems
    Principal Investigator: Paul Salceanu (math)
    Sponsor: Simons Foundation Collaboration Grants for Mathematicians
    Amount Awarded: $42,000
    Grant Period: 09/01/2017-08/31/2022
  8. Littoral Acoustic Demonstration Center - Gulf Ecological Monitoring and Modeling (LADC-GEMM)
    Principal Investigator: Natalia Sidorovskaia (Physics); Co-Principal Investigator: Azmy S. Ackleh (Math), George E. Ioup (UNO), Stan A. Kuczaj (USM), David K. Mellinger (OSU), Christopher Tiemann (R2Sonic)
    Sponsor: BP/The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative RFP-IV - Consortia Grants (Years 5-7, November 2014).
    Amount Awarded: $5,200,000 ($680,000 continuation funding for 2019)
    Grant Period: 11/01/2014 - 11/01/2017 extended 2019
  9. High-Order Computational Methods for Beams and Plates with Applications to Fluid-Structure Interaction Problems
    Principal Investigator: Longfei Li (math)
    Sponsor: Louisiana Board of Regents Support Fund (BORSF) Research Competitiveness Subprogram (RCS)
    Amount Awarded: $178,131
    Grant Period: 06/01/2018 - 05/31/2021
  10. Homotopy Theory: Tools and Applications
    Principal Investigator: Vesna Stojanoska (U. Illinois Urbana-Champaign) Co-PIs: Daniel Davis (Math), Charles Rezk (U. Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Mark Johnson (Penn State Altoona)
    Sponsor: NSF Award Number: 1719242
    Amount Awarded: $45,000
    Grant Period: 07/01/2017 - 06/30/2018 (Estimated)
  11. Littoral Acoustic Demonstration Center - Gulf Ecological Monitoring and Modeling (LADC-GEMM)
    Principal Investigator: Natalia Sidorovskaia (Physics); Co-Principal Investigator: Azmy S. Ackleh (Math), George E. Ioup (UNO), Stan A. Kuczaj (USM), David K. Mellinger (OSU), Christopher Tiemann (R2Sonic)
    Sponsor: BP/The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative RFP-IV - Consortia Grants (Years 5-7, November 2014).
    Amount Awarded: $5,200,000
    Grant Period: 11/01/2014 - 11/01/2017
  12. Fast algorithms for large-scale nonlinear algebraic eigenproblems
    Principal Investigator: Fei Xue (Math)
    Sponsor: NSF Award Number: 1419100
    Amount Awarded: $180,000
    Grant Period: 08/1/2014 - 07/31/2017(Estimated)
  13. Nonautonomous Structured Population Models with Application to Amphibians and Associated Diseases
    Principal Investigator: Azmy Ackleh (Math)
    Sponsor: NSF Award Number: 1312963
    Amount Awarded: $235,000
    Grant Period: 09/01/2013 - 08/31/2016
  14. Louisiana Mathematics Masters in the Middle (LaM3)
    Co-Principal Investigator: Patricia Beaulieu (Math); Co-Principal Investigator: Christina Eubanks Turner (formerly Math); Co-Principal Investigator: Kathleen Lopez (Math)
    Sponsor: NSF Award Number: 1240054
    Amount Awarded: $1,858,145.00
    Grant Period: 09/15/2012 - 08/31/2017
  15. A Freshman Mathematics Course to Develop Quantitative Reasoning
    Principal Investigator: Kathleen Lopez (Math)
    Sponsor: Louisiana Board of Regents
    Amount Awarded: $50,000
    Grant Period: 06/01/2014 - 06/30/2015
  16. Uniform Persistence in Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems with Applications to Epidemic Models
    Principal Investigator: Paul Salceanu (Math)
    Sponsor: Board of Regents
    Amount Awarded: $60,666
    Grant Period: 06/01/2012 - 06/30/2015
  17. The Cutz Semigroup and the Classification of C*-Algebras
    Principal Investigator: Leonel Robert Gonzalez (Math)
    Sponsor: Board of Regents
    Amount Awarded: $79,392
    Grant Period: 06/01/2012 - 06/30/2015
  18. Aspects of Parameter Estimation in Dynamical Systems with Delays
    Principal Investigator: Karyn Sutton (Math)
    Sponsor: Board of Regents
    Amount Awarded: $89,157
    Grant Period: 06/01/2012 - 06/30/2015
  19. Computer Simulation Model Upgrade for Hurricane, Sea-Level, and Wetland Ecosystem Application
    Principal Investigator: Azmy Ackleh (Math)
    Sponsor: US Geological Survey
    Amount Awarded: $50,000
    Grant Period: 09/15/2013 - 09/14/2014
  20. Modeling Population Dynamics with Explicit Spatial Components
    Principal Investigator: Azmy Ackleh (Math)
    Sponsor: US Geological Survey
    Amount Awarded: $26,500
    Grant Period: 08/15/2013 - 08/14/2014
  21. Vermilion Parish MSP
    Principal Investigator: Victor Schneider (Math); Co-principal Investigator: Kathleen Lopez (Math)
    Sponsor: US Dept of Education
    Amount Awarded: $43,876
    Grant Period: 07/01/2013 - 08/31/2014
  22. Statistical Methodology For Industrial Hygiene: Detection Limits, Reference Limit
    Principal Investigator: Thomas Mathew (UMBC); Co-Principal Investigator: Kalimuthu Krishnamoorthy (Math)
    Sponsor: National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health project number: 5R01OH003628-09
    Award Amount: $1,394,064
    Grant Period: 9/01/2010 - 8/31/2015
  23. Graphic Visualization Tool and Animation Product of Mekong River Flow, Dam Effects and Impact on Flood Security
    Principal Investigator: Azmy Ackleh (Math)
    Sponsor: US Geological Survey
    Amount Awarded: $169,486
    Grant Period: 06/20/2011 - 06/19/2014
  24. ARRA: Fractional Differential and Integral Inequalities with Applications
    Principal Investigator: Aghalaya Vatsala (Math)
    Sponsor: US Dept of Defense-Army
    Amount Awarded: $66,444
    Grant Period: 06/01/2011 - 10/31/2013
  25. Smooth Transition for Advancement to Graduate Education (STAGE) for Underrepresented Minorities Mathematical Sciences: A Pilot Project
    Principal Investigator: Nabendu Pal (Math); Co-Principal Investigator: Patricia Beaulieu (Math); Co-Principal Investigator: Christina Eubanks Turner (Math); Co-Principal Investigator: Aghalaya Vatsala (Math), Sponsor: NSF Award Number: 1043223
    Amount Awarded: $548,880
    Grant Period: 02/15/2011 - 01/31/2014
  26. Statistical Methodology for Industrial Hygiene: Detection Limits, Reference Limits, and Measurement Accuracy, Amnd 5
    Principal Investigator: Kalimuthu Krishnamoorthy (Math)
    Sponsor: Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
    Amount Awarded: $4,290
    Grant Period: 06/18/2013 - 08/31/2013
  27. An Innovative Method for the Numerical Solution of Fractional Differential Equations and its Applications
    Principal Investigator: Aghalaya Vatsala (Math)
    Sponsor: National Science Foundation
    Amount Awarded: $9,000
    Grant Period: 01/01/2013 - 12/31/2013