The Office of Research and Economic Development is supporting 24 research projects in 2022-23 through its Layman Awards program, which funds work that enhances a researcher’s ability to obtain external funding to support prominent scholarship.
The program offers two tracks — the Layman Seed Program, which funds new projects by early-career faculty who are nontenured at the time of submission; and the New Directions Program, which funds tenured faculty who are branching into new research directions or need funding to support pilot or developmental work toward the next step in a funded research program. Awards of up to $10,000 per application for each program are made possible by support from the University of Nebraska Foundation.
Comfort was awarded a New Direction Grant for the project - "A biological and chemical approach to restoring eutrophic ponds in Nebraska."
More details at: https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/24-huskers-receive-layman-awards-to-boost-research/