| Year | Awardee | Department | Project Title |
| 2025 | Ashley Llewellyn | Animal Science | Perceived and Physiological Stress and Impulsivity: The Relationship Among Shelter Dog Cortisol Levels, Behavior Surveys, and Genetics |
| 2025 | Ashlyn Fread | Animal Science | Impact of FSHR SNP2 on reproductive performance and growth traits in cattle |
| 2025 | Ava McQuillen | School of Natural Resources | Genomic Patterns of Introgression and Hybridization in Light Geese |
| 2025 | Avery Florea | Biological Systems Engineering | Design of a Wearable Ultrasound Patch to Measure Blood Flow in the Middle Cerebral Artery |
| 2025 | Chloe Ong | Biochemistry | Identification and Characterization of Novel Metalloproteins in Giardia intestinalis |
| 2025 | Desiree Rousseau | Entomology | Mapping Phosphine Efficacy & Resistance in Stored Product Pests Across Nebraska & Investigating Potential Fitness Costs of Resistance, Supporting Improved Integrated Pest Management (IPM). |
| 2025 | Gabriel deBernardeaux | Biochemistry | Examining SPX Domain Gene 2 as a Negative Regulator of Photosynthesis |
| 2025 | Kaylee Natho | Nutrition & Health Sciences | Dietary palmitoleate protects against ZIKV infection and prevents ZIKV-induced apoptosis in the placenta of hSTAT2KI mice. |
| 2025 | Kylie Beard | Animal Science | Characterizing severity and extent of Dark Cutting Beef |
| 2025 | Laila Doyle | Nutrition & Health Sciences | The role of monocarboxylate transporter (MCT) 10 in development of steatotic liver disease |
| 2025 | Larissa Meier | Animal Science | Investigation of economic selection indexes and breeding objectives for beef x dairy crossing systems. |
| 2024 | Aiden Gnuse | Biochemistry | The Structural Basis for ResR-Dependent Transcriptional Regulation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
| 2024 | Brianna Bernhardt | School of Natural Resources | Biological reduction of perchlorate in Martian regolith simulant using Azospira oryzae |
| 2024 | Chloe Deabler | Biological Systems Engineering | Exploring the Differentiation and Proliferation of Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells |
| 2024 | Cooper Hicks | Plant Pathology | Quantifying Soybean Cyst Nematode Resistance Breakdown: A Real-Time Assessment of 'Peking' and PI88788 Resistance Sources |
| 2024 | Grey Smith | Entomology | Advancing Mosquito Larvicides: A Study for Effective Management in Nebraska |
| 2024 | Jillian Bailey | Biological Systems Engineering | Evaluation of Soil Properties Following Amendment with Livestock Mortality Compost |
| 2024 | Joshua Matthews | School of Natural Resources | Tiny drifters in the water: Zooplankton dynamics in Lincoln’s reservoirs |
| 2024 | Katelyn Billups | School of Natural Resources | Quantifying Carnosine in Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel Cardiac Muscle |
| 2024 | Logan Hafer | Biochemistry | Analysis of Aerosol Dispersion of PRRS Virus Downwind from Swine Barns |
| 2024 | Mason Hardin | Biochemistry | Elucidation of Arthropod 4-Hydroxyphenylpyruvate Dioxygenase (HPPD) Metabolic Protein Structure, and Investigation of Novel Metabolic Enzyme Inhibitor Targets to Control Blood-Feeding Arthropods, using Stable Flies (Stomoxys calcitrans), as a model |
| 2024 | Tyler Babica | Agronomy & Horticulture | Impact of Soil Depth on Soybean Gall Midge Adult Emergence |
| 2023 | Mason Rutgers | Agronomy & Horticulture | The effect of soil aggregation state on the accuracy of color-based predictions of soil organic carbon |
| 2023 | Emily Schulz | Animal Science | Investigation into the Potential Linkage of Maternal Stress in Polypay Ewes with Congenital Heart Conditions in their Lambs using Differential Gene Expression |
| 2023 | Amber Gadeken | Biochemistry | Characterizing the DNA binding mechanism of PorX in Porphyromonas gingivalis |
| 2023 | Gabriella Menezes da Silva | Biochemistry | Assessment of The Role of PQC Proteases in the Mdm38 Complex Stability |
| 2023 | Jordyn Svoboda | Biochemistry | Tyrosine Detoxification Inhibition to Control Hematophagous Zoonotic Disease |
| 2023 | Olivia Farmen | Biological Systems Engineering | Linear Modeling for Functional Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound |
| 2023 | Anna Schmit | School of Biological Sciences | Association of Moraxella bovis genotype with geographic location and host factors in United States cattle |
| 2023 | Ethan Grinder | School of Natural Resources | Characterization of Native Entomopathogenic Nematodes in Nebraska |
| 2022 | Camden Jones | Biochemistry | Investigation of the Oligomeric State and Function of Potentially Monomeric Transcription Factors in Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
| 2022 | Edith Ikuze | Entomology | Sorghum resistance to sap-sucking aphids |
| 2022 | Emily Schultz | Animal Science | Investigation into the Potential Linkage of Maternal Stress in Polypay Ewes with Congenital Heart Conditions in their Lambs using Differential Gene Expression |
| 2022 | Joseph Oboamah | Biological Systems Engineering | A Low-Cost Camera System for Recognition of Flow Meter Readings at Irrigation Wells |
| 2022 | Laura Reiling | Animal Science | Evaluate the effects of high-pressure processing (HPP) and lactic acid treatments on quality characteristics of ground pork throughout the retail display. |
| 2022 | Petra Rose | Vet & Biomedical Sciences | Effect of Maternal Diabetes and Obesity on Fetal Heart Development |
| 2022 | Ry Steffen | Biological Systems Engineering | Characterizing Sex-based Behavioral Differences Based on Treatment Window in Nanoparticle Treated Mouse Models of Traumatic Brain Injury |
| 2022 | Yvon Ukwishaka | School of Natural Resources | Understanding Impacts of Soil Microbial Amendment on Corn Planted Soil Chemical Properties in Unsaturated Condition |
| 2021 | Ashley McMurchie | School of Natural Resources | Adapting Hibernation to Rat Cardiac Ischemia to Solve Donor Organ Shortage |
| 2021 | Callie McCright | School of Natural Resources | A Biological and Chemical Approach to Restoring Water Quality in Eutrophic Bodies of Water |
| 2021 | Courtney Nelson | Biological Systems Engineering | How to Effectively Reach Farmers and Assist them in Reaching their Precision Nitrogen Management Goals |
| 2021 | Erica Schufeldt | Plant Pathology | Immunizing Plants Using a Non-Replicating Virus |
| 2021 | Huey-Xian Wong | Biochemistry | Elucidation of the Novel Mechanism of WhiB1-Mediated Transcriptional Regulation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
| 2021 | Innocent Byiringiro | Plant Pathology | Plant parasitic nematode in small holder farms: A case study of Rwanda |
| 2021 | Jean Damascene Niwenshuti | Biological Systems Engineering | Imaging method to quantify the geometry characteristics of bunk for beef cattle |
| 2021 | Mark Iradukunda | Agronomy & Horticulture | Influence of Fertilizer on Swollen Stem Formation (“Bulbing”) and Vitamin C Content in Different Kohlrabi Cultivars |
| 2021 | Mwiza Aline Uwashimimana | Nutrition & Health Sciences | Activation of cellular stress pathway in response to accumulation of 3- hydroxy fatty acids in placental trophoblasts during Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP) |
| 2021 | Olivia Sutherland | Textiles, Merchandise & Fashion Design | The impact of COVID-19 on rural retailing |
| 2021 | Thomas Hugo | Biochemistry | Copper-Dependent Lipid Metabolism in Cultured Hepatocytes |
| 2020 | April Johnson | Food Science & Technology | Effects of high-pressure processing (HPP) on color, chemical, and microbial quality of raw meats |