|
The following grants were
received through the Office for Sponsored Programs in
July. The list represents only new proposals awarded and
excludes continuations. The list of grants is supplied to the
Advance each month by the Office for Sponsored Programs.
Grants with UConn listed as a source represent a redistribution of
a larger award to the University.
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|
|
| Department |
Principal
Investigator |
Sponsor |
Amount |
Award
Period |
| Agriculture
and Natural Resources |
| ANIM SCI |
Yang, X. |
Evergen Biotechnologies
Inc. |
$100,000 |
6/01-5/03 |
| Commercialization of Cattle
Cloning and Other Related Embryo Technologies in
Connecticut |
| NAT RES M&E |
Clausen, J. |
Conn. Dept. of Environmental
Protection |
$12,000 |
6/01-3/02 |
| Branford River Urbanwater
Quality Project (Co-PI: Filchak, K.) |
| NUTR SCI |
Clark, R. |
DHE-Teaching & Learning Enhanced
by Technology |
$20,611 |
7/01-6/02 |
| Critical Thinking in Nutrition
and Health Science: A Web-Based Tutorial |
| NUTR SCI |
Fernandez, M. |
Universidad De Sonora,
Mexico |
$4,600 |
8/01-12/01 |
| Effects of the Seeds of
Plantago Ovata on Lipoprotein Metabolism In Guinea
Pigs |
| PATHOBIO |
Frasca, S. |
Conn.-DEP-Long Island Sound
Lobster |
$267,017 |
3/01-6/03 |
| Development of Polymerase
Chain Reaction and Insitu Hybridization-Based Tests - Spec Detec of
Paramoeba. (Co-PI: French, R.; Sylvain, D.) |
| PLANT SCI |
Gaxiola, R. |
NSF-MCB-Research Opportunity
Award |
$13,156 |
3/01-2/02 |
| ROA Supplement: Plant Cyclic
Nucleotide Gated Ion Channels; Structure/Function Analysis of a
Newly Identified and Unique Family of Proteins |
| PLANT SCI |
Morris, T. |
New England Small Farm
Institute |
$20,480 |
6/01-5/02 |
| Training Agriculture
Professionals to Meet the Needs of Northeast Small
Farmers |
| |
| Allied
Health |
| ALLD HEALTH |
Ilich-Ernst, J. |
USDA-National Research
Initiative |
$246,000 |
7/01-6/03 |
| Bone Mass in Relation to
Sodium Intake in Older Women |
| |
| Business |
| BUS: DEAN |
Dino, R. |
Science Applications
Inc. |
$611,143 |
11/00-9/01 |
| Quantitative Tools Course
Development Project in FY 2001 |
| |
| Chancellor's Office |
| IMS |
Scola, D. |
Univ. of Hartford-Space Grant College
Consortium |
$1,000 |
2/01-2/02 |
| Novel Low Viscosity
Phenylethynyl End-Capped Fluorinated Polyimides |
| |
| Education |
| EDCI |
Moss, D. |
DHE-Teaching & Learning Enhanced
by Technology |
$23,864 |
5/01-3/02 |
| Providing Teachers in Training
with Opportunities to Integrate Technology (Co-PI: Vieth,
R.) |
| |
| Engineering |
| CHEM ENG |
Cooper, D. |
Jamesbury Inc. |
$895 |
7/01-12/02 |
| Emerging
Technologies |
| CIV ENG |
Garrick, N. |
Conn Dept. of
Transportation |
$29,850 |
6/01-12/02 |
| Implementation of
Visualization Technologies to Create Simplified Presentations by
Highway Agencies (Co-PI: Miniutti, P.; Mark, W.) |
| CIV ENG |
Ogden, F. |
Dept. of Defense-U.S.
Army |
$56,036 |
8/01-1/02 |
| CASC2D/GSSHA/WMS Integration
and Testing |
| ECE |
Enderle, J. |
West Haven Veterans Administration
Hospital |
$14,000 |
8/01-8/02 |
| Clinical Engineering
Internship Program at the West Haven VA Hospital |
| MECH ENG |
Zhang, B. |
Nanopac Technologies
Inc. |
$28,260 |
7/01-12/01 |
| Cutting Performance Evaluation
of Nanostructured Culler Materials |
| METALLURGY |
Blackburn, M. |
United Technologies-Pratt &
Whitney |
$154,928 |
1/01-6/02 |
| Accelerated Insertion of
Materials: Rotor Components (Co-PI: Aindow, M.) |
|
|
| Liberal Arts
& Sciences |
| ANTHROP |
McBrearty, S. |
NSF-Biological & Critical
Systems |
$6,990 |
7/01-6/02 |
| Doctoral Dissertation
Improvement Grant: Archaeology & Tephrostratigraphy of the S
Kapthurin Formation (Graduate Assistant: C. Tryon) |
| BIOL: EE |
Wagner, D. |
USDA-Forest Service
|
$33,300 |
5/01-5/03 |
| Caterpillars of Southeastern
Forests |
| BIOL: MC |
Lee, J. |
NSF-Div of Molecular & Cellular
Bio Sci |
$117,212 |
8/01-7/02 |
| The Role of Stretch-Activated
Calcium Channels in the Regulation of Cell
Movement |
| BIOL: MC |
Strausbaugh, L. |
Alfred P. Sloan
Foundation |
$415,000 |
7/01-12/03 |
| Professional Master's
Degrees in Science and Mathematics (Co-PI: Henkel,
J.) |
| BIOL: PN |
Crivello, J. |
Conn.-DEP-Long Island Sound
Lobster |
$158,749 |
6/01-5/04 |
| Stock Identification and
Origin of Lobster Larvae in Long Island Sound Using Microsatallite
Markers |
| CSRA |
Barnes, C. |
Conn. Office of Health Care
Access |
$262,000 |
3/01-2/02 |
| Office of Health Care Access:
State Planning Grant Survey |
| ECONOMICS |
Carstensen, F. |
Econ. Development Council of Western
Mass. |
$35,000 |
1/01-12/01 |
| The Economic Structure of the
Hartford-Springfield Region |
| ECONOMICS |
Heffley, D. |
Univ. of Conn. Health
Center |
$30,589 |
1/01-12/01 |
| Improving Prenatal Screening
Protocols |
| GEOLOGY |
Philpotts, A. |
NSF-Division of Earth
Sciences |
$90,317 |
7/01-6/02 |
| Refinement of Measurement of
Crystal-Mush compaction in the Palisades Sill, New Jersey (Co-PI:
Gray, N.) |
| HISTORY |
Dayton, C. |
Harvard University
|
$22,000 |
7/01-12/01 |
| Self and Sanity: Negotiating
the Boundaries of Incompetency in New England,
1620-1830 |
| MARINE SCI |
Fitzgerald, W. |
U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency |
$11,614 |
5/01-5/04 |
| EPA Fellowship for Chad
Hammerschmidt (Graduate Assistant) |
| MARINE SCI |
Monahan, E. |
NOAA-SEA Grant |
$1,450,000 |
7/01-6/04 |
| Connecticut Sea Grant Long
Island Sound Lobster Research Initiative (Mother
File) |
| MATH |
Taylor, E. |
NSF-Div of Mathematical
Sciences |
$2,250 |
5/01-6/02 |
| NSF Postdoctoral Research
Fellowship |
| NAT HIST MUSEUM |
Bellantoni, N. |
Interior-National Park
Service |
$15,620 |
6/01-3/02 |
| Cultural Resource Overview and
Assessment of the Appalachian Trail in Connecticut |
| PHYSICS |
Stwalley, W. |
NSF-Division of Graduate
Education |
$37,200 |
10/01-9/02 |
| High Resolution Spectroscopy
of Alkali Diatomics as Prospective Ultracold Species/Fellowship:
Olga, N./Univ. of Latvia |
| POLI SCI |
Dautrich, K. |
Employment and Training
Institute |
$27,945 |
9/00-8/02 |
| Washington State WIA
Project |
| POLI SCI |
Dautrich, K. |
Media Studies
Center |
$40,000 |
5/01-6/01 |
| First Amendment 2001
Survey |
| POLI SCI |
Kelly, K. |
Univ. of Conn. Health
Center |
$72,710 |
7/01-6/02 |
| Prenatal Patients Perception
of HIV Risk: The Importance of Gender Role
Socialization |
| POLI SCI |
Reiter, H. |
U.S. Department of
State |
$35,000 |
9/01-5/02 |
| Uppsala Chair in American
Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden |
| PSYCH |
Marsh, K. |
PHS-NIH-National Inst of Mental
Health |
$174,140 |
4/01-5/02 |
| Implicit Sexual Attitudes and
HIV Risk Behavior |
| PSYCH |
Park, C. |
PHS-NIH-Natl. Inst. of Alcohol
Abuse |
$66,424 |
8/01-7/02 |
| Daily Stress, College Student
Drinking, and Protective Factors |
| PSYCH |
Park, C. |
Univ. of Conn. Health
Center |
$84,123 |
7/01-6/02 |
| Gender Differences in
Psychosocial Determinants of Recovery Following MI
|
| STATISTICS |
Wang, Y. |
NSF-Div. of Mathematical
Sciences |
$121,632 |
7/01-6/04 |
| Autoregressive Conditionally
Heteroscedastic (Arch), Diffusion, Stochastic Volatility and
Wavelets |
| |
| Vice
Chancellor for Business &
Administration |
| JORGENSEN |
Rock, R. |
New England Foundation for the
Arts |
$2,700 |
6/01-6/01 |
| 2000-2001 New England Dance
Project Pilobolus Dance Theatre |
| |
| Office of the
Vice Provost for Undergrad Education |
| UNDERGRAD |
Jarvi, S. |
Univ. of Conn. Health
Center |
$14,638 |
6/01-8/01 |
| 3000 X 2000 Simmer
Program |
| |
| Office of
theVice Provost for Research & Graduate
Education |
| ERI |
Carley, R. |
Conn. Dept. of Environmental
Protection |
$40,782 |
6/01-12/02 |
| Continuation of the
Connecticut Atmospheric Nitrogen Monitoring Network (Co-PI:
Perkins, C.; Yang, X.) |
| |
The
following grants were received through the Office for Sponsored
Programs in August. The list represents only new
proposals awarded and excludes continuations.
The list of grants is supplied to the
Advance each month by the Office for Sponsored Programs.
Grants with UConn listed as a source represent a redistribution of
a larger award to the University.
|
|
|
| Department |
Principal
Investigator |
Sponsor |
Amount |
Award
Period |
| Agriculture
& Natural Resources |
| AG ECON |
Cotterill, R.W. |
USDA-Cooperative State Res., Educ.
& Ext. |
$462,009 |
8/01-7/04 |
| Food Marketing Policy Center
for Research |
| ANIM SCI |
Yang, X.J. |
PHS-NIH-Child Health &
Development |
$71,500 |
8/01-7/02 |
| Imprinting Patterns in Cattle
Clones from Adult Somatic Cells (Co-PI: Tian,
X.C.) |
| ANIM SCI |
Yang, X.J. |
USDA-National Research
Initiative |
$74,996 |
9/01-9/03 |
| Identification of Expressed
Polymorphisms and Imprinted Genes in Cattle (Co-PI: Tian,
X.C.) |
| COOP EXT |
Bender, N.K. |
Connecticut Department of
Agriculture |
$150,000 |
6/01-9/02 |
| Crop Insurance Education and
Information for Connecticut Agriculture Producers (Co-PI:
Altobello, M.A.) |
| COOP EXT |
Giannotti, L.A. |
Conn. Dept. of Environmental
Protection |
$100,000 |
5/01-12/03 |
| Nonpoint Education for
Municipal Officials Projects: (NEMO) Regional and Watershed
Programs Year 4 (Co-PI: Arnold, C.) |
| COOP EXT |
Malley, C.Z. |
Conn. Dept. of Mental
Retardation |
$33,460 |
7/01-6/03 |
| Birth to Five
Newsletter |
| COOP EXT |
Prisloe, M. |
NOAA-Nat'l Oceanic &
Atmospheric Admin. |
$23,000 |
7/01-9/01 |
| NOAA Coastal Services Center
(Co-PIs: Arnold, C.; Civco, D.) |
| NUTR SCI |
Rodriguez, N.R. |
American Egg Board |
$25,677 |
7/01-7/02 |
| Effects of Exercise Training
on Protein Utilization in Men and Women: Benefits of an Egg-Board
Diet Intervention |
| PLANT SCI |
Ellis, D.R. |
USDA-Animal & Plant Health
Inspection Service |
$8,500 |
6/01-8/02 |
| Cooperative Agreement Award
for Biological Control of Purple Loosestrife Fiscal Year
2001 |
| PLANT SCI |
Ellis, D.R. |
USDA-Animal & Plant Health
Inspection Service |
$13,400 |
9/01-8/02 |
| Biological Control of
Whiteflies on Bedding Plants with Seangium Parcesetosum (Co-PI:
Pundt, L.S.) |
| PLANT SCI |
Los, L.M. |
Conn. Dept. of Environmental
Protection |
$80,000 |
8/01-12/02 |
| Coastal Integrated Pest
Management Education and Demonstration Project Year 2 (Co-PI:
Ashley, R.) |
| PLANT SCI |
Miniutti, P.J. |
Town of Mansfield,
Conn. |
$53,750 |
7/01-6/02 |
| Mansfield Lands of Unique
Value. |
| PLANT SCI |
Singha, S. |
USDA-Cooperative State Res., Educ.
& Ext. |
$80,000 |
9/01-9/06 |
| Enhancing Diversity in the
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of
Connecticut (Co-PI: Allinson, D.W.) |
| |
| Education |
| EPSY |
Chafouleas, S.M. |
Society for the Study of School
Psychology |
$12,758 |
8/01-7/02 |
| Acceptability of Brief
Functional Analysis in Reading: An Investigation of the Effects of
Training on Practicing School Psychologists |
| EPSY |
Kehle, T.J. |
Ashford Public Schools, Ashford,
Conn. |
$11,702 |
8/01-6/02 |
| Psychological Services to
Students (Co-PIs: Chafouleas, S.M.; Bray, M.) |
| EPSY |
Kehle, T.J. |
Ashford Public Schools, Ashford,
Conn. |
$11,702 |
8/01-6/02 |
| Psychological Services to
Students (Co-PIs: Chafouleas, S.M.; Bray, M.) |
| EPSY |
Kehle, T.J. |
Glastonbury Public Schools,
Glastonbury, Conn. |
$21,109 |
8/01-6/02 |
| Psychological Services to
Students (Co-PIs: Chafouleas, S.M.; Bray, M.) |
| EPSY |
Kehle, T.J. |
Willington Public Schools, Willington,
Conn. |
$10,554 |
8/01-6/02 |
| Psychological Services to
Students |
| EPSY |
Silver, B.B. |
Hartford Public Schools, Hartford,
Conn. |
$20,972 |
4/01-12/01 |
| Professional Development
Services |
| EPSY |
Silver, B.B. |
Madison Public Schools, Madison,
Conn. |
$7,222 |
6/01-12/01 |
| Provision of Scoring and
Training for Administration of the Level I Educational Technology
Assessment |
| |
| Engineering |
| CHEM ENG |
Weiss, R.A. |
NSF-International
Programs |
$20,540 |
1/00-3/03 |
| Fracture Toughening of
Polypropylene with Liquid Crystalline Polymers |
| CIV ENG |
Accorsi, M.L. |
Department of Defense-U.S.
Army |
$15,340 |
5/01-8/01 |
| IPA 2001 on Advanced Parachute
Simulations |
| CIV ENG |
Anagnostou, E.N. |
National Aeronautics & Space
Administration |
$22,000 |
9/01-8/04 |
| Investigation of Continuous
Thunderstorm Monitoring Over Large Regions Using Satellite Infrared
Observations & Lightning Instruments |
| CIV ENG |
Anagnostou, E.N. |
National Aeronautics & Space
Administration |
$90,000 |
8/01-7/04 |
| Deployment of a Mobile
Polarimetric X-Band Radar & Insitu Instrumentation to Support
QPE & Microphysical Studies of Tropical
Systems |
| CIV ENG |
Aultman-Hall, L. |
University of Kentucky |
$55,000 |
7/01-6/02 |
| Development of Freight
Commodity Generation Models |
| CIV ENG |
Smets, B.F. |
NSF-Engineering |
$197,919 |
8/01-7/02 |
| Directed Evolution of Aromatic
Dioxygenases for Trinitrotoluene and Aminodinitrotoluene
Degradation (Co-PI: Wood, T.K.) |
| MECH ENG |
Murphy, K.D. |
National Aeronautics & Space
Administration |
$17,000 |
7/01-8/02 |
| Predictions of Fatigue Life
and Delamination in Lightweight Aerospace
Components |
| MECH ENG |
Pitchumani, R. |
NSF-Engineering |
$409,140 |
9/01-8/04 |
| ITR/AP: Simulation and
Optimization of Materials Processing Under Uncertainties:
Application to Optical Fiber Drawing (Co-PI: Achenie,
L.) |
| |
| Liberal Arts
& Sciences |
| BIOL: EE |
Goffinet, B. |
NSF-Biological
Sciences |
$95,298 |
8/01-7/02 |
| Phylogenetic and Geographic
Patterns in Moss Diversity |
| BIOL: EE |
Mehrhoff, L.J. |
Mass Nursery & Landscape
Association Inc. |
$5,000 |
1/02-12/02 |
| Invasive Plant Identification
and Plant Evaluation Project |
| BIOL: MC |
Gage, D.J. |
Department of Energy |
$189,949 |
8/01-8/03 |
| Molecular Characterization of
Catabolite Repression by Succinate in the Nodulating, Symbiotic,
Bacterium Sinorhizobium Meliloti |
| BIOL: MC |
Lee, J. |
UConn Health Center-American Cancer
Society |
$15,000 |
7/01-9/01 |
| The Role of Mechano-Chemical
Signaling in Contact Inhibition of Cell Movement |
| BIOL: MC |
O'Neill, M.J.
|
NSF-Biological
Sciences |
$110,000 |
8/01-7/02 |
| Genomic Imprinting in
Viviparous Fishes (Co-PI: O'Neill, R.) |
| CHEMISTRY |
Frank, H.A. |
PHS-NIH-General Medical
Studies |
$143,000 |
9/01-8/02 |
| Structure and Function of
Carotenoids |
| CHEMISTRY |
Huang, S.J. |
Niche Pharma |
$30,000 |
9/01-3/02 |
| Sustained Biodegradable
Release Systems for Nalmefence |
| CHEMISTRY |
Papadimitrakopoulos,
F. |
Wayne State University
|
$15,770 |
3/01-11/01 |
| Rare-Earth Metal Chelating
Lumophores and Photovoltaics |
| CHEMISTRY |
Suib, S.L. |
Advanced Power Systems International
Inc. |
$91,190 |
6/01-6/02 |
| Characterization of
Catalysts |
| CSRA |
Barnes, C. |
Rutgers-State University of New
Jersey |
$3,885 |
7/01-8/01 |
| New Jersey Workplace Literacy
Evaluation Telephone Survey |
| MARINE SCI |
Bohlen, W.F. |
Natural Resource Group
Inc. |
$160,425 |
7/01-3/02 |
| An Investigation of Sediment
Transport and Circulation in the Vicinity of the Thimble
Islands |
| PSYCH |
Swadlow, H.A. |
PHS-NIH-National Eye
Institute |
$143,000 |
9/01-8/02 |
| Visual Cortical Processing of
Geniculocortical Bursts |
| PSYCH |
Turvey, M.T. |
NSF-Biological Systems
|
$108,089 |
8/01-7/02 |
| Haptic Perceptual
Instruments |
| |
| Pharmacy |
| PHARM PRAC |
Reddy, P. |
Glaxo Inc. |
$5,035 |
6/01-5/02 |
| The Effect of a Letter-Based
Ed Program to Physicians and Pharmacists on Compliance with
Nat'l Asthma Guidelines and Healthcare |
| PHARM PRAC |
White, C.M. |
Astra Zeneca Clinical
Pharmacy |
$1,000 |
8/01-8/02 |
| Educational Grant for
Equipment |
| PHARM SCI |
Aneskievich, B.J.
|
PHS-NIH-Aging |
$71,500 |
9/01-8/02 |
| Biochemical Regulation of
Human Epidermal Cell Replacement |
| PHARM SCI |
Makriyannis, A. |
PHS-NIH-National Institute of Drug
Abuse |
$1,045,433 |
5/01-3/02 |
| Endocannabinoid Active Sites
as Therapeutic Targets |
| |
| Social
Work |
| SOC WORK |
Davidson, K. |
Conn. Dept. of Social
Services |
$3,243,462 |
7/01-6/02 |
| Agreement Between the
Department of Social Services and the University of
Connecticut |
| |
| Vice
Chancellor for Business &
Administration |
| JORGENSEN |
Rock, R.D. |
New England Foundation for the
Arts |
$1,820 |
7/01-6/02 |
| 2001-2002 National Dance
Project Ballet Hispanico/Ojos Del Alma/Eyes of the Soul
10/12/01 |
| |
| Vice Provost
for Research & Graduate Education |
| ERI |
Carley, R.J. |
Connecticut Dept of Environmental
Protection |
$244,092 |
7/01-6/02 |
| Environmental Analytical
Laboratory/Technical Assistance |
