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The annual Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity (RSCA) Awards Program is an intramural faculty research grant program intended to support faculty research, scholarship, and creative activity, interpreted broadly to mean the disciplined quest for broadening human understanding. The application cycle typically opens in December with a February deadline.
| Faculty Name | College | Department/School | Project Title |
| Oghenevwarho Ojakovo | CAH | Music | Religious Songs, Spirituality, and the Identity Formation of African Immigrant Communities in Canada |
| Anat Schwartz | CAH | Women's Studies | Negotiating Solidarity: South Korean Feminist Activism and Digital Sexual Violence |
| Jian-yu Ke | CBAPP | Information Systems and Operations Management | Tariff Shocks and Supply Chain Efficiency: Industry-Level Evidence from the 2025 Global Trade Wars |
| TJ Zhang | CBAPP | Information Systems and Operations Management | Digitization Along Supply Chains |
| Zheng Yang | CBAPP | School of Public Service and Justice | Supporting Communities Under Funding Strain: How California Community Organizations Sustain Social and Educational Services During Federal Funding Disruptions? |
| La-Quesha Robinson | CHHSN | Human Services | A Grounded Theory of Health and Human Service Students’ Engagement in Community-Engaged Learning (CEL) |
| Mojtaba Kamyab | CHHSN | Orthotics and Prosthetics | Why Do Scoliosis Brace Studies Disagree? A Systematic Investigation of Clinical Expertise, Device Reporting, and Research Reproducibility |
| Parichart Sabado | CHHSN | School of Public Health and Health Sciences | Stories of Migration and Trauma: A Qualitative Study of Intergenerational Experiences in Cambodian Immigrant Families |
| Karin Kram | CNBS | Biology | Identifying Genes Essential for Survival in Long-Term Cultures |
| Samantha Leigh | CNBS | Biology | Long-Term Trends in Microplastic Exposure in Commercial Fishes and Implications for Seafood Safety |
| Sonal Singhal | CNBS | Biology | How many species of lizards? A new model for defining species boundaries |
| Amine Laradji | CNBS | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Development of an Enzymatically Stable Biopolymer Hydrogel as a Vitreous Substitute for Long-Term Retinal Support |
| Ali Jalooli | CNBS | Computer Science | Privacy-Preserving Chatbots for Patient–Provider Communication in IoT Healthcare |
| Alireza Izaddoost | CNBS | Computer Science | A Cloud-Based Distributed Deep Learning Framework for Real-Time Credit Card Fraud Detection |
| Horace Crogman | CNBS | Physics | THC-Conjugate Scaffolds for Targeted CNS Delivery Across the Blood-Brain Barrier |
| Yeaji Kim | CNBS | Political Science | Political Fandom, Media Consumption, and Democratic Values in South Korea |
| Erin Merz | CNBS | Psychology | Osteoporosis and Sarcopenia: Knowledge and Prevention among Young Adults |
| Irene Tung | CNBS | Psychology | Prenatal Stress in Daily Life: Mobile Health Indicators of Risk and Resilience for Parents and Young Children |
| Jeffrey Bye | CNBS | Psychology | Understanding the emergence of cognitive biases in undergraduates’ statistical thinking |
| Doron Zinger | COE | Graduate Education | Ungrading for student wellbeing, agency, learning and collective liberation in a school leadership preparation program |
| Priya Goel | COE | Graduate Education | Scorecards and Schooling: Comparative Perspectives on How Performance-Based Accountability Reshape Educators' Identities and Practices |
| Stephanie Cariaga | COE | Teacher Education | A Fugitive Space Amidst Crisis in Schools:Â Learnings from a Wellness Inquiry Group of Educators of Color |