Funded Research by SC&I Investigators

National Science Foundation

S. Kim (Co-PI), Civic Innovation Challenge (CIVIC), “Track A: Smart Kids and Cool Seniors,” 10/01/2023-09/30/2024, $114,672.

S. Jhaver (PI), Human-Centered Computing (HCC), “Incorporating Procedural Fairness in Flagging Mechanisms on Social Media Sites,” 09/15/2023-05/31/2026, $581,680.

K. Ognyanova (PI), Accountable Institutions and Behavior (AIB), “Collaborative Research-U.S. Institutions After COVID-19: Trust, Accountability, and Public Perceptions,” 12/01/2021-11/30/2023, $159,575.

K. Ognyanova (PI), Accountable Institutions and Behavior (AIB), “Collaborative Research-State Health, Institutions, and Politics Survey (SHIPS),” 06/01/2023- 05/31/2025, $288,712.

K. Garimella (Co-PI), Convergence Accelerator’s Cohort Phase 2, Track F: Trust & Authenticity in Communication Systems, “Co-Insights: Fostering Community Collaboration to Combat Misinformation,” 09/01/2021-09/14/2024, $179,746.

M. Weber (Co-PI), Secure & Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) and Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) co-funding, “Socio-Technical Approaches for Securing Cyber-Physical Systems from False Claim Attacks,” 08/01/2023-07/31/2025, $171,417.

S. Jhaver (PI), Human-Centered Computing (HCC), Small: “Incorporating Procedural Fairness in Flagging Mechanisms on Social Media Sites,” 09/15/2023-05/31/2026, $581,680.

S. Kim (Co-PI), Civic Innovation Challenge (CIVIC), “Track A: Smart Kids and Cool Seniors, Phase 2,” 10/01/2023-12/32/2024, $114,672.

K. Ognyanova (PI), Accountable Institutions and Behavior (AIB), “Collaborative Research-State Health, Institutions, and Politics Survey (SHIPS),” 06/01/2023- 05/31/2025, $288,712.

M. Weber (Co-PI), Secure & Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) and Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) co-funding, “Socio-Technical Approaches for Securing Cyber-Physical Systems from False Claim Attacks,” 08/01/2023-07/31/2025, $171,417.

National Endowment for the Humanities

D. Greenberg (Author), Public Scholars, “John Lewis: A Life in Politics,” 09/01/2023-08/31/2024, $60,000.

C. Petre (Co-PI), Digital Humanities: Dangers and Opportunities of Technology: Perspectives from the Humanities (Collaborative), “Imagining AI in organized labor: Struggles over the value of cultural work,” 06/01/2024-5/31/2026, $44,323.

National Institutes of Health

L. Mikesell, National Cancer Institute to Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, “Adapting and implementing evidence-based breast cancer follow-up in primary care,” 07/01/2021-06/30/2026, $99,937.

S. Hull (PI), National Institute on Aging, “Establishing the science behind Alzheimer’s recruitment registries: opportunities for increasing diversity and accelerating enrollment into trials,” 07/01/2022-03/31/2024, $59,707.

S. Hull (PI), “Sisters Informing Sisters about Topics on AIDS and Prevention (SISTA-P): Adaptation of the SISTA intervention to include PrEP information and skills building for Black women who are risk for HIV,” 09/01/2020-08/31/2024, $696,480.

E. Broadbridge (PI), NIH, Fellowship, “Comparing post-test genetic counseling with and without pre-test counseling: The evolving landscape for optimizing cancer care,” 9/1/24-8/31/25, $38,154.

S. Hull (PI), NIH, Informing Sisters about Topics on AIDS and Prevention (SISTA-P): Adaptation of the SISTA intervention to include PrEP information and skills building for Black women who are risk for HIV,” 09/01/2020-08/31/2025, $696,480.

S. Hull (Co-PI). “Establishing the science behind Alzheimer’s recruitment registries: Opportunities for increasing diversity and accelerating enrollment into trials,” Banner Health, 7/1/2022- 6/30/2025, $98,097.

L. Mikesell (Co-PI), National Cancer Institute to Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, “Adapting and implementing evidence-based breast cancer follow-up in primary care,” 07/01/2021-06/30/2026, $99,937.

Department of Energy

M. Weber (PI), Department of Energy, “Moving Toward Consent-Based Siting of a Federal CISF (Consolidated Interim Storage Facility): Understanding Community Engagement,” 09/01/2023-08/31/2025, $285,100.

M. Weber (PI), DOE, “Ecological Health & Risk,” 09/30/2006-02/28/2025, $84,130.

M. Weber (PI), DOE, “Informing Consent-Based Siting of a Consolidated Interim Storage Facility (CISF): Examining Public Engagement Through History and Evaluation of Prior & Current Outreach Results,” budget pending, 06/01/2024-05/31/2026.

M. Weber (PI), DOE, “A National Framework for Effective and Sustainable Stakeholder Engagement in Complex Environments,” budget pending, 08/01/24-07/31/25.

Department of Transportation

J. Cheng (Co-PI), Department of Transportation to Rutgers Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation, "Advanced Bridge Technology Clearinghouse," 07/01/2024-06/30/2029, $97,337.

J. Cheng (Co-PI), DOT, Rutgers Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation’s "Advanced Bridge Technology Clearinghouse," 07/01/2024-06/30/2029, $97,337.

Institute of Museum and Library Services

J. Cheng (PI), IMLS, “Storytelling Across Time: Building a Community Around Provenance,” 08/01/2024-07/31/2026, $150,000.

Library of Congress

M. Radford (PI), LOC, “Celebrating Children’s Authors and Illustrators of New Jersey,” 4/24/2024-2/15/2025, $2,415.

I. Yanovitzky (PI), William F. Grant Foundation, “Research to Policy and Back: A Research Agenda for Advancing Knowledge and Practice of Use of Research Evidence in Public Policymaking,” 09/01/2023-08/31/2024, $50,000.

M. Weber (PI), NJ Civic Information Consortium, “Monitoring New Jersey Local News Content and Coverage,” 07/01/2023- 06/30/2025, $91,512.

T. Wolfson (PI), Geraldine Dodge Foundation, “Journalism for Democracy” supplement, 07/01/2023- 06/30/2024, $35,000.

C. Senteio (PI), Social Science Research Council, Mercury Project, “Combatting health misinformation with community-crafted messaging: Developing a scalable community-driven approach in Latin America and the United States,” 08/01/2022-07/31/2024, $481,500.

M. Aronson (PI), Carnegie-Whitney Grant, American Library Association, “Building a Global Youth Literature Collection 101,” 02/20/2023-02/15/2025, $5,000.

I. Yanovitzky & G. Stahlman (Co-PIs), Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, “Advancing theory, research, and practice in designing public health data dashboards to better communicate complex information to a diverse audience,” 02/15/2023-08/14/2024, $268,088.

M. Aronczyk (PI), Brown University, “E. Bruce Harrison and the Legacy of ‘Green’ Public Relations, 06/01/2024-02/28/2026, $17,500.

M. Aronson (PI), Carnegie-Whitney Grant, American Library Association, “Building a Global Youth Literature Collection 101,” 02/20/2023-02/15/2025, $5,000.

C. Senteio (PI), Social Science Research Council, Mercury Project, “Combatting health misinformation with community-crafted messaging: Developing a scalable community-driven approach in Latin America and the United States,” 08/01/2022-05/30/2025, $481,500.

M. Weber (PI), NJ Civic Information Consortium, “Monitoring New Jersey Local News Content and Coverage,” 07/01/2023- 06/30/2025, $91,512.

T. Wolfson (PI), Geraldine Dodge Foundation, “Journalism for Democracy,” 07/01/2015-06/30/2025, $345,000.

I. Yanovitzky (PI), Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, “Addressing the sustainability and continued development of health-related national dashboards through a descriptive analysis of the ecosystem,” 02/15/2023-01/14/2025, $268,088.

L. Stewart (PI), Department of Human Services, Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services, Supplement, “Supporting Students in Recovery @ Rutgers-New Brunswick,” 09/30/2022-03/14/2024, $375,000.

L. Stewart (PI), Department of Human Services, Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services, “Recovery @ Rutgers; Sustaining an Environment that Supports Recovery and Promotes Responsible Choices,” 07/01/2023- 06/30/2024, $245,100.

L. Stewart (PI), “Recovery @ Rutgers: Sustaining an Environment that Supports Recovery and Promotes Responsible Choices,” New Jersey Department of Human Services, Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services (25-715-ADA-0), 2024-2025, $245,100.

L. Stewart (PI), “Recovery @ Rutgers: Sustaining an Environment that Supports Recovery and Promotes Responsible Choices,” New Jersey Department of Human Services, Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services (21/22/23/24-715-ADA-0), 2021-2024, 980,400.

L. Stewart (PI), “Supporting Students in Recovery @ Rutgers-New Brunswick,” New Jersey Department of Human Services, Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services (23-991-ADA-0, Block Grant COVID Supplement), 2022-2025, $450,000.

Rutgers Global

M. Matsaganis (PI), Global Health Seed Grants, “Developing a Rutgers Model for Training Global Health Communication Experts,” 04/01/2023-03/31/2025, $9,920.

Y. Rivera (PI), Faculty Innovation in Global Learning, “Health Inequities and Health Communication Across the Health Professions in the Caribbean: Summer School in Puerto Rico,” 04/01/2023-09/30/2024, $5,000.

C. Senteio (PI), Global Health, “Using Machine Learning to Examine Quality of Care - Analyzing Nursing Notes to Investigate Racial Inequity in Brazil.” 05/15/2022-05/14/2024, $10,000.

Rutgers Research Council Awards

D. Greenberg, Research on Social and Racial Justice, “John Lewis: From Protest to Politics,” AY 2023-2024, $4,400

S. Kim, Collaborative Multidisciplinary, “Feasibility and Effects of Behavioral Interventions to Reduce Problematic Smartphone Use with College Students: A Stage I Randomized Control Trial,” AY 2023-2024, $4,000.

Y. Kim, Manuscript Review, “Databasing Latent Bodies: Disease Surveillance, Data Publics, and Coded Injustice in South Korea,” AY 2023-2024, $4,000

Rutgers Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice

C. Senteio (Senior Faculty Fellow), Health Humanities, Communication, and Informatics Working Group at The Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice, 2023-2024. C. Senteio $5,000; Committee members: S. Hull $1,500, K. Ognyanova $1,500, V. Singh $1,500, M. Venetis $1,500, K. White $1,500.

M. Matsaganis (PI), Global Health Seed Grants, “Developing a Rutgers Model for Training Global Health Communication Experts,” 04/01/2023-03/31/2025, $9,920.

Grants for Individual Faculty Research (GIFR)

T. Ammari, “Epistemic Injustice in Minority and Long COVID Patients,” FY2023-2024, $4,000.

J. Y-Y Cheng, “Documenting Provenance through a Reproducible Taxonomy Alignment Workflow,” FY2023-2024, $5,000.

S. Fu, “Harnessing Social Media Visibility for Organizational Resilience and Change,” FY2023-2024, $4,000

D. Greenberg, “John Lewis: A Life in Politics,” FY2023-2024, $1,700

S. Jhaver, “Effects of Warning and Information Labels on Attraction to Offensive Online Communities,” FY2023-2024, $4,000.

Team and Group-based Faculty Research and Scholarly Activity (GTFR)

Collaborative Research Award
A. Jordan, J. Lane, J. Valenza, and N. Natarajan. “U.S. Parents’ Beliefs about the Opportunities and Risks of Artificial Intelligence in the Lives of Their Teens,” 07/2023-06/2025, $24,688

Basic Collaborative Scholarship Development Activity Award
K. Ognyanova, T. Ammari, S. Fu, K. Garimella, S. Jhaver, S. Shugars, V. Singh, and M. Weber. Rutgers Computational Social Science Lab, 07/2023-06/2025, $14,000

Scholarly Futures Award
M. Matsaganis, L. Mikesell, V. Singh, R. Touger-Decker (SHP), and R. White (SHP),
“Can Digital Health Technologies and Data Science Transform Health Professional Practice and Communication, and Ensure Health Equity?” 01/01/2022- 06/30/2024, $49,964

Speaker Series and Planning Awards
J. Lane, & M. Aronczyk, Digital Ethnography Working Group, 07/01/2022-06/30/2024, $12,024

S. Fu, M. Doerfel, DJ Woo, & M. Weber, NetSCI Lab, 07/01/2021-06/30/2024, $9,000

K. White, & B. Paris, Power and Inequality in Media and Technology Working Group­—"Can Research be Revolution,” 07/01/2022- 06/24/2024, $6,500.