Category: Awards

The second request-for-proposals resulted in three student and five equipment proposals.

Proposals were reviewed with three student and four equipment proposals funded, totaling $72,988.

Student projects funded:

• Preventing Childhood Obesity – Are Children Physically Active at Daycare?
  • Student: Hayden Tinker
  • Faculty: Dr. Yung-Ju ‘Ruth’ Chen
  • Affiliation: Minot State University.
• The City of Bismarck Sewage Sludge as Agriculture Fertilizer
  • Student: Carl Tjernlund,
  • Faculty: Dr. Marko Davinic
  • Affiliation: Bismarck State University
• Unraveling the phytochemistry, biological, and pharmacological activities of plants native to North Dakota
  • Student: Carl Askin
  • Faculty: Dr. Jinasena Hewage, Dr. Samanthika Hettiarachchi
  • Affiliation: Dickinson State University

Equipment projects funded:

• Accelerometers, Dr. Yung-Ju ‘Ruth’ Chen, Kinesiology, Department of Science, Minot State University
• Sonication for Science, Genevieve Kahrilas, PhD, School of Science and Health Sciences, Chemistry
• Organic Carbon in Wetland and Lake Sediments: Informing Agricultural Practices and Mitigating Climate Change, Dr. Michelle Abshire, Science Department, Valley City State University
• Plant the Moon, Joseph L. Pettit, Rachel Schomaker, Biology, Minot State University

A third round is currently open and proposals are encouraged.