A portrait of University of Iowa assistant professor Tianyu Zhang and professor Steve Goddard.

Tianyu Zhang receives NSF research grant to improve communication infrastructure for manufacturing

Monday, October 26, 2026
As manufacturing becomes more automated, intelligent, and interconnected, robots, sensors, machines, controllers, and computers increasingly need to exchange information and coordinate their actions in real time.
A portrait of University of Iowa associate professor Rachel Cox.

Photography faculty receives grant for new creative project on parasitic trees and motherhood

Thursday, October 15, 2026
Rachel Cox, associate professor of photography, received a grant to support a new photography project during her research leave this fall.
A portrait of University of Iowa professors Sriram Pemmaraju and Sourya Roy.

Nearly $1 million awarded in NSF grant to computer science faculty for distributed computing research

Monday, September 28, 2026
University of Iowa researchers Sriram Pemmaraju and Sourya Roy will explore how complex random sampling tasks can be performed efficiently across multiple computing machines.
A headshot of University of Iowa associate professor Tara Bynum.

English faculty Tara Bynum receives $50,000 John Carter Brown Library fellowship

Friday, September 25, 2026
Bynum has received a $50,000 fellowship from the John Carter Brown Library to support work on her book, A Revolutionary History of Black Joy.
A headshot of University of Iowa assistant professor Muchao Ye.

Muchao Ye receives NSF grant for research on human-centered video surveillance

Tuesday, September 8, 2026
An assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science recently received a National Science Foundation grant for his research about making automated surveillance systems more useful and trustworthy.
A headshot of University of Iowa assistant professor Sara Hussain.

CLAS professor’s research looks to individualize treatment of stroke survivors

Friday, September 4, 2026
Sara Hussain, assistant professor in the Department of Health, Sport, and Human Physiology, has won more than $500,000 in grants to develop individualized treatment in the brain for stroke survivors.
a researcher in lab coat stands in front of a sign with sequenced letters.

CLAS’s DSHB antibody resource awarded $3.4 million NIH grant to expand and modernize facilities

Tuesday, January 27, 2026
The NIH grant will fund a new centralized facility for the University of Iowa’s Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank, boosting its capacity and modernizing its antibody production and research infrastructure.
Shaeffer Hall with two black and gold Iowa banners flanking four pillars.

CLAS maintains grant momentum in uncertain times

Tuesday, January 27, 2026
Amid major shifts in the national research funding landscape, CLAS faculty and staff sustained strong proposal activity in FY25. Their efforts supported continued progress in research, scholarship, and creative work across the college.