|
The following grants were received by the Research
Foundation in December: |
| Those
with UConn listed under "source" represent a redistribution
of a larger federal award to the University: |
|
Department |
Researcher |
Project |
Total & Source |
| Agricultural Economics |
Boris Bravo-Ureta |
Memorandum of agreement between
UConn's Department of Agricultural &
Resource Economics and the Instituto de
Desarrollo Agropecuario, Santiago, Chile |
$11,500 Inst.. de
Desarrollo
Agropecuario, Chile |
| Agriculture |
Kirklyn Kerr |
Connecticut FY97 National Agricultural
Pesticide Impact Assessment Program |
$35,820
USDA-Smith-Lever-430 |
| Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology |
David Wagner |
EPA graduate fellowship (Graduate
student: Goldstein) |
$4,188
Environmental
Protection Agency |
| Molecular and Cell
Biology |
Charles Giardina |
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs,
short chain fatty acids and TNF-induced
apoptosis of colorectal cancer cells:
synergistic effects |
$12,500 Pharm.
Manufacturers Assoc.
Foundation |
| Molecular and Cell
Biology |
Debra Kendall |
Redesign of structural regions of alkaline
phosphatase |
$189,978
PHS-NIH-General
Medical Studies |
| Molecular and Cell
Biology |
Hallie Krider |
Early Lyme disease protection |
$123,000 Connaught
Laboratories Inc. |
| Molecular and Cell
Biology |
Brian Shepherd and
Thomas Chen |
Endocrine correlates and nutritional
constraints on environmental adaptation
and growth in the euryhaline tilapia,
oreochromis mossambicus |
$90,000
USDA-National
Research Initiative |
| Molecular and Cell
Biology |
David Yphantis |
Procedures for analytical
ultracentrifugation |
$177,486 NSF-Biol.
Instrumentation and
Resources |
| Marine Sciences |
Richard Cooper |
Oil spill research and technology
development efforts |
$100,000 Conn.
Office of Policy and
Management |
| Marine Sciences |
James Kremer |
Social and ecological transferability of
integrated ecological assessment |
$72,300 Marine
Biological Laboratory |
| Marine Sciences |
Collin Roesler |
A hyperspectral tethered spectral
radiometer buoy: ocean color algorithm
development in estuaries, coastal waters
& marginal seas |
$30,817 DOD-Office
of Naval Research |
| Natural Resources
Management &
Engineering |
John Clausen |
Stormwater treatment devices section 319
project |
$18,725 Conn.
Depart. of
Environmental
Protection |
| Natural Resources
Mgmt, & Eng. |
David Miller |
Nocturnal atmospheric exchange over
forests |
$10,800 Yale
University |
| NURC |
Peter Scheifele |
Advancing science learning for the deaf
through marine science |
$6,708 UConn-Sea
Grant program
(redistr.) |
| Nutritional Sciences |
Linda Drake |
Connectiut family nutrition program-food
security |
$45,440 UConn-Dept.
of Nutritional Sciences |
| Nutritional Sciences |
Ann Ferris and
Colleen Thompson |
Connecticut nutrition education and
training program |
$50,552 Conn. Dept.
of Education |
| Nutritional Sciences |
Ann Ferris |
Connecticut nutrition program-senior
nutrition awareness program |
$200,300
UConn-Dept. of
Nutritional Sciences |
| Nutritional Sciences |
Ann Ferris |
Connecticut family nutritional
program-administration program |
$94,617 UConn-Dept.
of Nutritional Sciences |
| Nutritional Sciences |
Ann Ferris |
Connecticut family nutrition
program-iron deficiency in children
program |
$159,962
UConn-Dept. of
Nutritional Sciences |
| Nutritional Sciences |
Rafael
Perez-Escamilla |
Connecticut family nutrition
program-Hartford infant/toddler program |
$349,744 UConn
Dept. of Nutritional
Sciences |
| Pharmaceutical Sciences
|
Robin Bogner |
General research support |
$2,000 Jobson
Publishing Corp. |
| Pharmaceutical Sciences |
Steven Cohen |
Biochemical toxicology mechanisms
research |
$74,887
PHS-NIH-Environmental Health Sciences |
| Pharmaceutical Sciences |
Jose Manautou |
Regulation of hepatic ATP-dependent
transport proteins & their potential role in
the hepatobiliary secretion of model
hepatotoxic agents |
$12,500 Pharm.
Manufacturers Assoc.
Foundation |
| Pharmaceutical Sciences |
Michael Pikal and
Robin Bogner |
Critical process and formulation factors
in the freezing of labile proteins |
$7,500 Parenteral
Drug Association |
| Pharmaceutical Sciences |
Kevin Sweeney |
Renal disposition of tacrolimus,
cyclosporine, mycophenolic acid and
mycophenolic acid glucuronide in the
isolated perfused rat kidney |
$42,216 Fujisawa
USA |
| Plant Science |
Richard Ashley |
Nitrogen management for pumpkins and
squash |
$40,000 Univ. of
Vermont |
| Total life sciences this listing |
$1,963,540 |
