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The following grants were received by the Research Foundation in June: (Those with UConn listed as a source represent a distribution of a larger federal award to the University.)
Department Researcher Amount Source
English Mary Mackley $14,000 National Writing Project Corp.
National Writing Project Grant
English Gary Storhoff $14,000 National Writing Project Corp.
1998 National Writing Project Site Funding Application
Modern & Classical Languages Barbara Wright $7,116 U.S. Dept. of Ed.-Fund for Improvement of Post-Secondary Education
Spanish Language and Culture for Health Care Professionals
History Altina Waller $18,660 UConn-Provost (Redistr.)
Internal Redistribution of Funds from Hewlett Foundation Grant for General Education: Learning to Enhance Learning: Incorporating Active Learning
Music Robert Stephens $12,297 UConn-Provost (Redistr.)
Internal Redistribution of Funds from Hewlett Foundation Grant for General Education: Learning to Enhance Learning: Incorporating Active Learning
Total Humanities and Fine Arts this listing $66,073
The following grants were received by the Research Foundation in July: (Those with UConn listed as a source represent a distribution of a larger federal award to the University.)
Agricultural & Resource Ronald Cotterill $310,344 USDA-Cooperative State Research, Economics Educ. and Ext. Serv.
Food Marketing Policy Center for Research
Animal Science Louis Pierro $42,520 UConn Health Center
Genetic Control of Limb Development
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology David Wagner $10,000 USDA-Forest Service
Caterpillars of Eastern Forests
Molecular and Cell Biology Charles Giardina $20,000 UConn Health Center-American Cancer Society
Cancer Chemopreventive Agents and Cancer Cell Apoptosis
Molecular & Cell Biology Todd Schuster $413,049 NSF Biological Instrumentation and Resources
Supplement to a Biotechnology Facility for Analytical Ultracentrifugation
Physiology & Neurobiology Stephen Korn $88,000 American Heart Association
Molecular Basis of Potassium Channel Modulation by External Cations
Marine Sciences William Fitzgerald $6,400 Environment Canada
Mercury Analyses of Atmospheric Particulates and Snow from Alert, Northwest Territories, Canada
Marine Sciences Ivar Babb $27,485 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Undersea Research Center, the Aquanaut Program
Natural Resources Management & Engineering John Barclay $15,000 Norcross Foundation
Equipment for Greater Scaup Research
Natural Resources Management & Engineering John Clausen $3,300 USDA-National Resources Conservation Service
Groundwater Contamination from Agricultural Waste Storage Facilities
Natural Resources Management & Engineering Plant Science John Clausen
John Alexopoulas
$75,000 Conn. Dept. of Environmental Protection
Jordan Cove Urban Watershed NMP
Natural Resources Management & Engineering John Clausen $10,667 Conn. Dept. of Environmental Protection
Stormwater Treatment Devices Section 319 Project
Pharmaceutical Sciences Ben Bahr $39,000 American Federation for Aging Research Inc.
Influences of Aging Processes On Glutamate Receptor Modification and Regulation in a Model System
Pharmaceutical Sciences Marlene Bouvier $15,078 UConn Health Center-American Cancer Society
Assembly and Characterization of a Soluble Class I MHC Heavy Chain/B2m, Heterodimer; an Intermediate Involved in Antigen Presentation
Pharmaceutical Sciences Michael Pikal $149,908 Baxter Biotechnologies, Hyland Division
Formulation of Freeze Dried Recombinant Factor VIII Optimization for Stability and Manufacturability
Total Life Sciences this listing $1,225,751
Anthropology Pamela Erickson $58,659 PHS-NIH-Child Health and Human Development
Socio-Cultural Context of Hispanic Adolescent Pregnancy
Communication Sciences Antonia Maxon $143,675 U.S. Dept. of Ed.-Special Education and Rehab. Services
Improvement in the Childhood Hearing Impairment Program: an MA. Training Program for Audiologists
Economics Conn. Fred Carstensen $98,800 Dept. of Economic and Community Development
Economic Analysis of the Connecticut Economy
Educational Psychology Pamela Campbell $135,852 U.S. Dept. of Ed.-Special Education and Rehab Services
Sharing Ideas on Teaching Effectively: Preparing Effective and Collaborative Teacher of Students with Disabilities
Educational Psychology Eileen Furey $82,680 HHS-HDS-Admin. Child Youth and Families
Training Initiative-Skill Development Project
Educational Psychology Lee Mclean $200,000 HHS-HDS-Admin. Child Youth and Families
University Affiliated Program
International Affairs Elizabeth Mahan $7,711 Conn. Humanities Council
Teaching about Latin America through Material Culture
Institute for Social Inquiry Donald Ferree $24,000 Conn. Department of Labor
Displaced Homemakers
Political Science Everett Ladd $5,000 Università di Sienca
Roper Center Membership
Total Social Sciences this listing $756,377