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December 3,
2001
Grants
The following grants were received through the
Office for Sponsored Programs in October. 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, and is printed in one or more
issues, depending on space available.
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| Department |
Principal
Investigator |
Sponsor |
Amount |
Award Period |
| Agriculture & Natural
Resources |
| AGR |
Kerr, K. |
USDA-Animal Health-537 |
$21,622 |
10/01-9/02 |
| Animal Health-537 Mother File FY 2002 |
| AGR |
Kerr, K. |
USDA-Hatch Administration -428 |
$631,522 |
10/01-9/02 |
| Hatch-428 Mother File FY 2002 |
| AGR |
Kerr, K. |
USDA-McIntire-Stennis-536 |
$57,113 |
10/01-9/02 |
| McIntire-Stennis-536 Mother File FY
2002 |
| AGR |
Kerr, K. |
USDA-Multistate Research-462 |
$354,718 |
10/01-9/02 |
| Multistate-462 Mother File FY 2002 |
| COOP EXT |
Bartholomew, C. |
University of Maine |
$8,642 |
1/01-12/01 |
| New England Pest Management Information
Network |
| COOP EXT |
Giannotti, L. |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
$25,000 |
10/02-12/02 |
| Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials
(Nemo): Reducing Impacts from Urban Areas (Co-PI: Gibbons, C.;
Chester, A.) |
| COOP EXT |
Hirsch, D. |
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture |
$231,863 |
9/01-9/03 |
| Development, Testing and Implementation of
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) Models (Co-PI:
Venkitanarayanan, K.) |
| COOP EXT |
Richard, R. |
USDA-Forest Service |
$14,500 |
10/01-6/02 |
| Urban Forestry Volunteers |
| NAT RES M&E |
Miller, D. |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
$99,800 |
10/01-9/02 |
| Connecticut River Airshed-Watershed
Consortium |
| NUTR SCI |
Fernandez, M. |
The California Table Grape Commission |
$25,000 |
9/01-8/02 |
| Favorable Effects of Grapes on Low Density
Lipoprotein (LDL) Oxidation & Atherosclerotic
Lesions. |
| NUTR SCI |
Lammi-Keefe, C. |
USDA-Cooperative State Research |
$1,200,000 |
9/01-9/05 |
| Can (Docosahexaenoic Acid) DHA-Functional Food
in Pregnancy Enhance Infant Neurobehavioral Development? (Co-PI:
Thoman, E.) |
| NUTR SCI |
Shanley, E. |
USDA-Cooperative State Research |
$498,986 |
9/01-9/04 |
| Is the Internet an Effective Means of Teaching
Food Safety to High-Risk Students? (Co-PI: Thompson, C.) |
| PATHOBIOL |
Deguise, S. |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
$666,649 |
10/01-9/04 |
| Comparative in Vitro Immunotoxicology of
Organochlorine Mixtures: Validation and Use in Risk
Assessment |
| PLANT SCI |
Berkowitz, G. |
USDA-Foreign Agricultural Service |
$5,000 |
8/01-8/02 |
| Improving Salt Tolerance of Winter Wheat
(Co-PIs: Gaxiola, R.; Li, Y.) |
|
| Education |
| EPSY |
Brown, S. |
Conn. Dept. of Education |
$75,000 |
9/01-8/02 |
| Educational Technology Assessment of
Connecticut's Teachers (Co-PI: Kulikowich, J.) |
| EPSY |
Kehle, T. |
Futures Inc. |
$10,539 |
9/01-6/02 |
| Psychological Services to Students (Graduate
Assistant: Weinstein, K.; Co-PIs: Bray, M.; Chafouleas,
S.) |
| EPSY |
Kehle, T. |
Windsor Public Schools, Windsor, Conn. |
$12,033 |
8/01-8/02 |
| Psychological Services to Students (Graduate
Assistant: Zizzamia, R.; Co-PIs: Bray, M.; Chafouleas,
S.) |
| EPSY |
Kehle, T. |
Windsor Public Schools, Windsor, Conn. |
$11,435 |
8/01-8/02 |
| Psychological Services to Students (Graduate
Assistant: Tims, J.; Co-PIs: Bray, M.; Chafouleas, S.) |
| EPSY |
Kehle, T. |
Windsor Public Schools, Windsor, Conn. |
$12,033 |
8/01-8/02 |
| Psychological Services to Students (Graduate
Assistant: Rek, A.; Co-PIs: Bray, M.; Chafouleas, S.) |
| EPSY |
Kehle, T. |
Windsor Public Schools, Windsor, Conn. |
$11,435 |
8/01-8/02 |
| Psychological Services to Students (Graduate
Assistant: Ariola, M.; Co-PIs: Bray, M.; Chafouleas, S.) |
| EPSY |
Kehle, T. |
Windsor Public Schools, Windsor, Conn. |
$11,435 |
8/01-8/02 |
| Psychological Services to Students (Graduate
Assistant: Tate, C.; Co-PIs: Bray, M.; Chafouleas, S.) |
|
| Engineering |
| CHEM ENG |
Fenton, J. |
NSF-EPA Div. Chemical & Thermal
Systems |
$25,000 |
9/01-8/02 |
| Novel Hydrogen Reactor/Separator Design for a
Fuel Cell Vehicle Infrastructure to Maintain a Sustainable
Environment (Co-PI: Kunz, R.) |
| COMP SCI |
Santos, E. |
Dept. of Defense-U.S. Air Force |
$24,000 |
9/01-9/04 |
| Adversary Intent Inference for Predictive
Battlespace Awareness |
| ECE |
Enderle, J. |
IEEE Industry App. Society & IEEE
Foundation |
$18,500 |
8/01-8/02 |
| Support Activities of John Enderle as Co-Editor
of EMB Magazine (Engineering in Medicine & Biology) |
| ECE |
Javidi, B. |
DED-CII-Cooperative Grants |
$259,261 |
6/01-5/03 |
| 3-D Digital Scanner Corp: Visicon Inspection
Technologies LLC |
| MECH ENG |
Zhang, B. |
Optoelectronics Systems Consulting Inc. |
$21,496 |
7/01-12/01 |
| Single-Pass Growth of Full Color Oled Displays
Using a Scanning Localized Evaporation Methodology |
| METALLURGY |
Gell, M. |
United Technologies-Pratt & Whitney |
$10,000 |
2/02-1/03 |
| Industrial Support to the University of
Connecticut for Thermal Barrier Coating Research |
|
| Family
Studies |
| FAMILY STUDIES |
Anderson, S. |
Conn. Office of Policy and Management |
$10,000 |
1/01-6/02 |
| Combating Underage Drinking (Co-PI: Sabatelli,
R.) |
| FAMILY STUDIES |
Harkness, S. |
NSF-Biological & Critical Systems |
$9,575 |
9/01-8/02 |
| Building an Agenda for Integrated Developmental
Ethnographic Research (Co-PI: Super, C.) |
|
| Liberal Arts &
Sciences |
| BIOL: EE |
Caira, J. |
NSF-Div. of Environmental Biology |
$300,000 |
9/01-8/03 |
| Enhancing Taxonomy in the Cestoda: Monography
of Selected Tetraphyllidean Groups and the Dawn of a Global Cestoda
Database |
| BIOL: EE |
Caira, J. |
NSF-Div. of Environmental Biology |
$324,953 |
9/01-8/04 |
| A Survey of the Elasmobranchs of Borneo and
their Metazoan Parasites |
| BIOL: EE |
Silander, J. |
USDA-Cooperative State Research |
$1,266,000 |
9/01-9/05 |
| Early Detection and Rapid Assessment of
Invasive Plant Species and Noxious Weeds (Co-PI: Mehrhoff,
L.) |
| BIOL: EE |
Wagner, D. |
Conn. Dept. of Environmental Protection |
$30,000 |
10/01-9/03 |
| Dragonfly and Damselfly Surveys |
| BIOL: MC |
Benson, D. |
University of California-Davis |
$25,202 |
8/00-7/02 |
| Co-Evolution Among Actinorhizal Roscaceae and
Their Symbionts |
| BIOL: MC |
Giardina, C. |
UConn Health Center |
$5,388 |
9/01-2/02 |
| Free Radical Biology in the Etiology of Colon
and Breast Cancer |
| BIOL: MC |
Laufer, H. |
Conn. DEP-Long Island Sound Lobster |
$248,428 |
5/01-4/03 |
| Hormonal Responses of the Lobster to Stresses
of Western Long Island Sound |
| CSRA |
Barnes, C. |
Conn. Dept. of Social Services |
$56,500 |
9/01-3/02 |
| Dept. of Social Services for the El derly Aging
Survey |
| CSRA |
Barnes, C. |
The Manhattan Institute |
$130,000 |
10/01-1/02 |
| Manhattan Institute Survey |
| GEOGRAPHY |
Cromley, E. |
Conn. Dept. of Public Health |
$13,226 |
9/01-9/02 |
| GIS for Prevention of Tick-Borne Illness Year
3 |
| MARINE SCIS |
Bohlen, W. |
U.S. EPA-Long Sound Island Office |
$120,000 |
10/01-9/02 |
| Operation and Maintenance of Mysound Water
Quality Monitoring Network in Long Island Sound |
| MARINE SCIS |
Dam, H. |
NOAA-Nat'l. Oceanic & Atmospheric
Admin. |
$320,792 |
9/01-8/04 |
| Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences of the
Spreading of Alexandrium to Grazers, and Implications for Bloom
Formation and Maintenance |
| MARINE SCIS |
Lin, S. |
Conn. Dept. of Environmental Protection |
$67,850 |
9/01-2/04 |
| Investigation of Spatial and Temporal
Distribution of Phytoplankton in Long Island Sound |
| MARINE SCIS |
Monahan, E. |
NOAA-Sea Grant |
$227,034 |
9/01-8/02 |
| Development of an Integrated Recirculating
Aquaculture System for Nutrient Bioremediation in Urban Aquaculture
(Co-PI: Yarish, C.) |
| MARINE SCIS |
Monahan, E. |
NOAA-Sea Grant |
$50,000 |
9/01-2/02 |
| Connecticut Sea Grant College Program Omnibus
Proposal Supplement for 2001-2002 (Co-PIs: Chester, A.; Giannotti,
L.) |
| MARINE SCIS |
Skoog, A. |
Washington University-St. Louis |
$5,000 |
10/01-12/01 |
| Analysis of Neutral Aldose in Vent
Samples |
| MARINE SCIS |
Torgersen, T. |
NSF-Division of Earth Sciences |
$264,600 |
2/01-1/04 |
| Systems Dynamics of Detention/Retention in
Ponds |
| POLI SCI |
Best, S. |
Emporia State University |
$3,500 |
10/01-1/02 |
| The State of Internationalization in Kansas
Undergraduate Institutions |
| POLI SCI |
Best, S. |
Vanderbilt University |
$28,500 |
9/01-9/02 |
| Tennessee Voter Attitudes |
| POLI SCI |
Dautrich, K. |
Rutgers-State University of New Jersey |
$6,000 |
8/01-9/01 |
| Lucent Technologies Foundation Global Science
Scholars Program Telephone Survey |
| SOCIOLOGY |
Gugler, J. |
U.S. Dept. of State |
$179,969 |
9/01-8/04 |
| Proposal for a Partnership Between the
University of Connecticut and Ecole Nationale D'Economie
Appliquée, Senegal |
|
|
| Nursing |
| NURSING |
Anderson, E. |
Yale University |
$87,949 |
10/01-10/02 |
| Exploration of the Effect of Nausea,
Self-Efficacy, and Health Care Relationships on Medication
Adherence in AIDS Patients |
| NURSING |
Cusson, R. |
University of Maryland |
$12,710 |
8/01-6/02 |
| Adult Attachment and Intervention Efficacy in
Preterms |
| NURSING |
McDonald, D. |
Yale University |
$84,330 |
10/01-10/02 |
| Assisting Elders to Communicate Their Pain
After Surgery |
|
| Pharmacy |
| PHARM PRACT |
Reddy, P. |
Astra Zeneca Clinical Pharmacy |
$1,800 |
7/01-6/02 |
| Drug Utilization Review of Asthma Management in
Connecticut's Medicaid Population |
| PHARM SCI |
Bahr, B. |
Merz Pharmaceuticals |
$11,314 |
7/01-6/02 |
| NMDA Receptor Antagonism for Influencing
Chronic Toxicity in Hippocampal Slice Cultures |
| PHARM SCI |
Burgess, D. |
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation |
$55,000 |
10/01-9/02 |
| Inflammation Suppressing Smart Coatings for
Implantable Glucose Biosensors |
| PHARM SCI |
Burgess, D. |
PHS-Food & Drug Administration |
$23,500 |
9/01-3/02 |
| Optimization of in Vitro Testing Methods and
Regulatory Specifications for Controlled Release
Parenterals |
| PHARM SCI Corp. |
Pikal, M. |
IDEC Pharmaceuticals |
$2,000 |
8/01-12/05 |
| Material Properties of Formulations for Freeze
Drying |
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