← LeaderboardsInvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
University Of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO
$29,278,590
Total funding
76
Grants
Funding over time
peak $7.5M · FY2005–26$10M$7.5M$5M$2.5M$0
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Funding mix
By agency
NSF$24,186,887 · 55
NIH$3,522,641 · 10
USDA$1,121,234 · 8
NASA$437,828 · 1
DOD$10,000 · 2
By mechanism
—$25,755,949 · 66
R15$2,840,078 · 8
R21$682,563 · 2
Investigators at University Of Northern Colorado
InvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Exposure= the full size of every grant they're on ($1M each).
Rising Stars
First grant in the last 5 yrs
Emerging Leaders
6–10 yrs in
Not enough data
Largest grants
Mathematics Teacher Leadership Center$5,379,593
· FY2009 · EDU
Scholarships to Empower Student Success in Natural and Mathematical Sciences$1,928,347
· FY2026 · EDU
(GK-12) Graduate Teaching Fellows: Human Impact Along the Front Range of Colorado$1,534,066
· FY2001 · EDU
Partnerships for Adaptation, Implementation, and Dissemination (PAID): Collaborative Research - The CCAS ADVANCE Initiative$1,170,023
· FY2009 · EDU
Developing a Next Generation Concept Inventory to Help Environmental Programs Evaluate Student Knowledge of Complex Food-Energy-Water Systems$1,116,709
· FY2020 · EDU
Design Principles for Effective Molecular Animations$1,089,484
· FY2005 · EDU
Collaborative Research: Introducing High-School Students to Computational Thinking in Industrial Automation$846,594
· FY2019 · EDU
Track 2, GK-12: Human Impact Along the Front Range of Colorado$792,005
· FY2005 · EDU
Strategies to Enhance Recruitment and Retention of Biology Majors$648,641
· FY2007 · EDU
Collaborative Research: How Science Fieldwork Experiences Impact Undergraduate Students' STEM Academic and Career Decisions$619,776
· FY2018 · EDU
S-STEM: Promoting and Supporting Community College Transfer Students in Chemistry$586,500
· FY2009 · EDU
**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** EARLY PREGNANCY FAILURES CONTINUE TO BE A MAJOR PROBLEM IN THE BEEF AND DAIRY INDUSTRIES RESULTING IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS LOST IN MEAT AND MILK PRODUCTION. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WINDOW OF PREGNANCY LOSS OCCURS AROUND DAY 14 - 18 AFTER MATING WHEN SLOW DEVELOPING EMBRYOS FAIL TO PREVENT ONSET OF THE NEXT ESTROUS CYCLE. IMMATURE EMBRYOS ARE UNABLE TO ROBUSTLY COMMUNICATE THEIR PRESENCE, AND THUS PROSTAGLANDIN F2A ESCAPES THE PREGNANT UTERUS AND DESTROYS THE CORPUS LUTEUM (LUTEOLYSIS) AND ITS ESSENTIAL PROGESTERONE SUPPORT TO THE NASCENT PREGNANCY. DATA SHOW THAT SUPPLEMENTING DIETARY OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS FROM FISH OIL EXTENDS THE PREGNANCY RECOGNITION WINDOW BY DE-SENSITIZING THE CORPUS LUTEUM TO UTERINE PROSTAGLANDIN F2A, BUT THE UNDERLYING MECHANISMS ARE STILL LARGELY UNKNOWN. A MATURE CORPUS LUTEUM EXPOSED TO PROSTAGLANDIN F2A EXPERIENCES A RAPID (WITHIN 6 HOURS) REDUCTION IN BLOOD FLOW AND DIMINISHED PROGESTERONE PRODUCTION DUE TO DOWNREGULATION OF CRITICAL PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS GENES. IT IS HYPOTHESIZED THAT DIETARY OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS FROM FISH OIL WILL PREVENT PROSTAGLANDIN F2A-INDUCED REDUCTIONS IN LUTEAL BLOOD FLOW AND PROGESTERONE PRODUCTION. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE CURRENT STUDY WILL BE TO DELIVER A NATURAL DOSE OF PROSTAGLANDIN F2A TO CATTLE SYNCHRONIZED TO DAY 14-18 OF THE ESTROUS CYCLE AND DETERMINE WHETHER DIETARY OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS PRESERVE LUTEAL: 1) BLOOD FLOW, 2) PROGESTERONE PRODUCTION, AND 3) ABUNDANCE OF KEY PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS PROTEINS. IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT DIETARY OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS FROM FISH OIL WILL REDUCE SENSITIVITY OF THE CORPUS LUTEUM TO A NATURAL PROSTAGLANDIN F2A CHALLENGE, PRESERVING LUTEAL BLOOD FLOW AND SUSTAINING PROGESTERONE SECRETION. OUTCOMES FROM THESE STUDIES WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE REPRODUCTIVE EFFICIENCY OF CATTLE OPERATIONS COULD BE IMPROVED THROUGH DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL, COST-EFFECTIVE OMEGA-3 FATTY ACID SUPPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES THAT REDUCE LUTEAL PROSTAGLANDIN F2A SENSITIVITY AND MAINTAIN PROGESTERONE SUPPORT FOR THE EMBRYO DURING THE CRITICAL WINDOW THAT A PREGNANCY IS TRYING TO ESTABLISH.$500,000
· FY2021 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
EFFECT OF OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS ON BOVINE LUTEAL CELL LIPID MICRODOMAINS AND PGF2A SIGNALING$495,957
· FY2013 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
"Water-Like" Ionic Liquids for Enzymatic Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation$490,628
· FY2020 · MPS
CAREER: Synthesis, Characterization and Physical Properties of Pr-Based Heavy Fermions$484,309
· FY2011 · MPS
NCAR GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH EXPERIENCES FOR TEACHERS THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO S$437,828
· FY2010 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
GSE/RES Collaborative Research: Recruitment and Retention of Women in Geosciences: An Investigation of Individual and Environmental Factors$431,555
· FY2012 · EDU
Developing new biophysical models of choroid fissure closure in zebrafish and foveal pit formation across species$413,920
R15 · FY2024 · EY
Experimental Tacaribe Virus Infection of Jamaican Fruit Bats$402,668
R15 · FY2010 · AI
Understanding the Dynamics of College Student Marijuana Use: A Study using EMA$402,249
R15 · FY2016 · DA