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April 4, 2000
Grants
Monthly listings of extramural funding are supplied to the Advance
by the Office of Sponsored Programs. The full month's list is posted to this website,
generally by the third week of the month following the receipt of the grant by OSP. Grants are
published in the weekly print version of the Advance on a space-available basis.
PLEASE NOTE: The format for the grant listings has been revised: department names now
conform to those provided by OSP; a column for the award period has been added; and departments
are grouped by school/college.
The following grants were received by the Office of Sponsored Programs in February:
(Those with UConn listed as a sponsor represent a redistribution of a larger award to the University)
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| College, School, Department: Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| Department |
Principal Investigator |
Sponsor |
Amount |
Award Period |
| ANIM SCI |
Andrew, S. |
USDA-National Research Initiative |
$27,706 |
1/00-12/01 |
| Effect of Increased Rumen-Undegradable Protein on Milk Protein Content in early Lactation for High Producing
Holstein Cows |
| ANIM SCI |
Yang, X. |
DED-CII-Critical Technologies |
$289,744 |
8/99-7/01 |
| Combined Embryo Biotechnologies-A Viable Business in Ct Corps: Fairvue Farms Partnership/Connecticut Area
Biotechnology Advisors |
| COOP EXT |
Arnold, C. |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
$30,000 |
8/99-8/00 |
| Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials (NEMO) Workshops for Selected "Tier Five" National Esturay Programs |
| COOP EXT |
Broderick, S. |
U.S. Department of Interior |
$12,500 |
1/99-12/00 |
| A Three Year Cooperative Agreement (Co-Investigator: Leslie B. Snyder) |
| COOP EXT |
Broderick, S. |
Ruffed Grouse Society |
$12,700 |
1/00-12/00 |
| Creating Forests for Wildlife and Timber Education Through Demonstration for Owners of Forest Resources in
Vermont and Connecticut |
| COOP EXT |
Gaudio, M. |
Connecticut Department of Public
Health |
$50,200 |
9/99-8/00 |
| Pilot Training Curriculum to Provide Instruction in Lead-Safe Work Practices |
| NUTR SCI |
Lammi-Keefe, C. |
Nestle R&D Center Connecticut, Inc. |
$80,000 |
1/00-12/00 |
| Use of Natural Antimicrobials for Food Safety |
| PLNT SCI |
Westa, M. |
Town of East Windsor, CT |
$1,700 |
1/00-12/00 |
| Town of East Windsor-South Water Street Park |
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| College, School, Department: Education |
| Department |
Principal Investigator |
Sponsor |
Amount |
Award Period
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| EPSY |
McLean, L. |
Connecticut Dept of Mental
Retardation |
$26,700 |
11/99-8/00 |
| Birth-To-Three Service Coordinator Training |
| EPSY |
McLean, L. |
Connecticut Dept of Social Services |
$98,183 |
10/99-9/00 |
| Tech Act Training |
| EPSY |
Rucker, C. |
Hampshire Educational Collaborative |
$11,000 |
7/99-6/00 |
| The Hampshire Educational Collaborative |
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| College, School, Department: Engineering |
| Department |
Principal Investigator |
Sponsor |
Amount |
Award Period |
| CHEM ENG |
Bell, J. |
DACCO SCI, Inc. |
$82,778 |
12/99-11/00 |
| Smart Coatings for Health monitoring in Corrosive Environments |
| CHEM ENG |
Cooper, D. |
Estee Lauder, Inc. |
$1,590 |
7/99-12/02 |
| Emerging Technology Program |
| CHEM ENG |
Cooper, D. |
Laplace Engineering, Inc. |
$4,500 |
7/99-12/02 |
| Emerging Technology Program |
| CHEM ENG |
Shaw, M. |
Electric Power Research Institute |
$30,400 |
1/00-12/00 |
| Long Term Aging of Nuclear Plant Cables |
| CIV ENG |
Smets, B. |
Ed-Postsecondary Education |
$204,000 |
8/00-8/01 |
| A Graduate Fellowship Program in Environmental Biotechnology at the University of Connecticut |
| ESE |
Luh, P. |
Toshiba Corporation |
$28,000 |
11/99-9/00 |
| Improvement of Macro-Scheduling Method |
| ESE |
Tong, L. |
DOD-Navy-Young Investigator
Program |
$40,000 |
7/99-6/00 |
| Blind Signal Processing: New Methodologies for Adaptive Communication |
| ESE |
Willett, P. |
Qualtech Systems, Inc. |
$74,447 |
9/99-9/00 |
| Enhanced Signal Processing for Real-Time Supervisors of Reactive Systems |
| MECH ENG |
Bergman, T. |
CUNO, Inc. |
$5,000 |
1/00-12/00 |
| Senior Design Projects |
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| College, School, Department: Liberal Arts & Sciences |
| Department |
Principal Investigator |
Sponsor |
Amount |
Award Period |
| BIOL: PN |
Crivello, J. |
Northeast Utilities |
$26,085 |
3/00-2/01 |
| Analysis of Winter Flounder population Structure by Genetic Identification |
| BIOL: PN |
Lo Turco, J. |
PHS-NIH-National Inst of Mental Health |
$97,060 |
2/00-1/01 |
| Neurotransmitter Function in Neocortical Neurogenesis |
| CHEMISTR |
Bobbitt, J. |
The Camille and Henry Dreyfus
Foundation |
$20,000 |
1/00-12/01 |
| Senior Scientist Mentors (Oxoammonium Salts as Oxidants in Organic Chemistry) |
| CHEMSTR |
Howell, A. |
NSF-CHE-Res Experience for
Undergraduates |
$57,500 |
2/00-1/01 |
| REU Site in chemistry at the University of Connecticut |
| CHEMSTR |
Suib, S. |
Northeastern University |
$75,000 |
11/99-10/00 |
| Synthesis of Porous Materials |
| COMM SCI |
Bartlett, S. |
Mansfield Center for Nursing & Rehab |
$24,150 |
11/99-10/00 |
| Provide Speech-Language Pathology Services at Mansfield Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation |
| ECONOMIC |
Barth, P. |
Connecticut Department of Labor |
$40,746 |
1/00-6/00 |
| Worker and Employer Assessment of Employment Training programs |
| ECONOMIC |
Heffley, D. |
University of Connecticut Health
Center |
$8,085 |
10/99-10/01 |
| Improving Prenatal Screening Protocols |
| ECONOMIC |
Ross, S. |
Urban Institute |
$104,464 |
10/99-10/01 |
| 1999-2000 Housing Discrimination Study |
| ENGLISH |
Nelson, M. |
DOD-U.S. Military Academy |
$67,237 |
1/00-6/00 |
| Visiting Professorship |
| MARINE |
Kremer, J. |
Marine Biological Laboratory |
$77,800 |
10/99-9/00 |
| Social and Ecological Transferability of Integrated Ecological Assessment |
| PHYSICS |
Dutta, N. |
National Aeronautics and Space
Admin |
$39,508 |
2/00-8/01 |
| Phase I: Fiber laser and Fiber Amplifier for Micro Lidar |
| POLI SCI |
Boyer, M. |
DHE-Title II Math & Sci (Eisenhower) |
$24,885 |
3/00-9/01 |
| The Global Village Meets the Internet |
| POLI SCI |
Dautrich, K. |
Hartford Courant |
$161,970 |
1/00-12/00 |
| Hartford Courant/University of Connecticut Poll 2000 |
| PSYCH |
Alonso, J. |
PHS-NIH-National Eye Institute |
$231,524 |
2/00-1/01 |
| Functional Circuitry of Complex Cells in Visual Cortex |
| PSYCH |
Frisman, L. |
Ct Dept of Mental Health & Addiction
Services |
$155,698 |
9/99-8/00 |
| Mental Health and Addiction Services Research Development Initiative |
| PSYCH |
Frisman, L. |
Ct Dept of Mental Health & Addiction
Services |
$177,686 |
11/99-9/00 |
| Evaluation of Project Safe Homeless Families Initiative |
| PSYCH |
Johnson, B. |
Ball State University |
$6,864 |
8/99-7/00 |
| Attitudes Toward Younger and Older Adults: A Meta-Analysis |
| PSYCH |
Salamone, J. |
PHS-NIH-Neurolog Disorders & Stroke |
$81,117 |
2/00-1/01 |
| Behavioral Effects of Nigral D1 Antagonism |
| PSYCH |
Sohn, Y. |
Department of Defense-U.S. Army |
$25,000 |
1/00-12/00 |
| Modeling Adaptive Thinking and Decision Support for Dynamic and Unconventional Battlespaces |
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| College, School, Department: Pharmacy |
| Department |
Principal Investigator |
Sponsor |
Amount |
Award Period |
| PHARM SCI |
Bogner, R. |
Bayer Corporation |
$8,000 |
9/99-12/00 |
| Exploring Careers in Pharmaceutics |
| PHARM SCI |
Bouvier, M. |
PHS-NIH-Allergy & Infectious Diseases
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$221,768 |
3/00-2/01 |
| Invitro Folding and Assembly of Class I MHC (Major Histocompatibility) Molecules |
| PHARM SCI |
Makriyannis, A. |
PHS-NIH-National Institute of Drug
Abuse |
$286,927 |
1/00-12/00 |
| Molecular Basis of Cannabinoid Activity |
| PHARM SCI |
Pikal, M. |
Pfizer, Inc. |
$28,165 |
2/00-1/01 |
| Freeze Drying and Materials Science of Pharmaceuticals |
| PHARM SCI |
Pikal, M. |
Purdue University |
$10,000 |
10/99-5/00 |
| Automated Process Design Through Manometric Temperature Measurement: Design of a "Smart Freeze Dryer" |
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| College, School, Department: Social Work |
| Department |
Principal Investigator |
Sponsor |
Amount |
Award Period |
| SOC WORK |
Bloom, M. |
Child & Family Agency of SE CT, Inc. |
$5,000 |
1/00-6/00 |
| Agreement between Child & Family Agency and University of Connecticut Department of Social Work |
| SOC WORK |
Hasselbrock, M. |
Ct Dept of Mental Health & Addiction
Services |
$127,789 |
9/99-9/00 |
| Agreement between Department of Mental Health & Addiction Serv and the University of Connecticut Department of
Social Work |
| SOC WORK |
Morales, J. |
Annie E. Casey Foundation |
$5,000 |
8/99-12/99 |
| Connecticut Conference on Puerto Rican Children & Families/Child Welfare System |
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| College, School, Department: Vice Provost Research & Graduate Education |
| Department |
Principal Investigator |
Sponsor |
Amount |
Award Period |
| ERI |
Carley, R. |
Ct Dept of Environmental Protection |
$169,009 |
1/00-3/01 |
| Location of Underground Storage Tanks Utilizing GPS (Global Positioning System) |
| ERI |
Carley, R. |
Ct Dept of Environmental Protection |
$10,000 |
6/99-4/00 |
| Computer Software for State Facility Compliance with the Clean Air Act Title V Requirements |
| MSTC |
Auster, P. |
NOAA-Nat'l Oceanic & Atmos Admin |
$76,776 |
1/00-1/01 |
| Research and Research Coordination Activities for the National Marine Sanctuaries Program |
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