March 25, 2002
The following grants were received through the Office for Sponsored
Programs in February. 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.
Department |
Principal
Investigator |
Sponsor |
Amount |
Award Period |
Agriculture and Natural Resources
|
ANIM SCI |
Faustman, C. |
University of Massachusetts |
$250,346 |
09/01-04/02 |
Efficacy of Producing Stable W-3 Fatty
Acid-Enhanced Foods to Improve Human Health |
COOP EXT |
Broderick, S. |
Norcross Foundation |
$28,273 |
02/02-01/04 |
A Cooperative Agreement Between the University
of Connecticut and the Norcross Wildlife Foundation Inc. |
COOP EXT |
Meader, J. |
University of Delaware |
$7,500 |
10/01-09/02 |
CSREES Regional Risk Management Education
Project |
COOP EXT |
Prisloe, M. |
NOAA-Sea Grant |
$100,000 |
01/02-12/03 |
Creation of an Earth Grant Geospatial
Technology Extension Program (Co-PIs: Civco, D.; Chester,
A.) |
COOP EXT |
Pundt, L. |
New England Greenhouse Conference |
$2,000 |
01/02-12/02 |
Integrated Pest Management Fact Sheet Series -
Herbaceous Perennials |
NUTR SCI |
Fernandez, M. |
American Egg Board |
$49,689 |
01/02-12/02 |
Eggs as Part of a Healthy Diet in Mexican
Children |
NUTR SCI |
Lammi-Keefe, C. |
USDA-Coop. State Research, Education and Extension
Service |
$276,000 |
07/02-07/07 |
National Needs Fellowship |
NUTR SCI |
Rodriguez, N. |
University of California at Irvine |
$7,500 |
12/00-01/02 |
Mechanisms of Exercise Modulation on Human
Growth: Impacts on Protein Metabolism |
PLANT SCI |
McAvoy, R. |
DED-CII-High Tech R&D Grant Program |
$173,565 |
01/02-12/03 |
Development of Unique and Commercially Valuable
Ornamental Plants through Genetic Engineering |
Education |
EDLR |
Bell, A. |
DHE-Teaching & Learning Enhanced by
Technology |
$23,583 |
07/01-12/02 |
Assessment and Facilitation of Student Critical
Thinking in Asynchronous Online Discussions |
EKIN |
Kraemer, W. |
Pharmanex Inc. |
$158,817 |
01/02-08/02 |
Effects of Cortiplex on Cortisol Responses and
the Underlying Hormonal Cytokine, and Receptor Mechanisms of
Exercise Stress (Co-PI: Maresh, C.) |
Engineering |
CHEM ENG |
Cooper, D. |
Wyeth-Lederle Inc. |
$895 |
01/02-12/02 |
Emerging Technologies |
CHEM ENG |
Helble, J. |
Johns Hopkins University |
$36,966 |
10/00-09/02 |
Single Particle Morphology and Composition:
Stack and Ambient Air Characterizations |
CIV ENG |
Anagnostou, E. |
NSF-EAR-CAREER Development Award |
$82,971 |
02/02-01/03 |
Advancing Knowledge on Precipitation
Microphysics for Improving Radar Rainfall Estimation and
Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting |
CIV ENG |
Smets, B. |
Johns Hopkins University |
$110,898 |
10/00-09/02 |
Geochemistry, Biochemistry, and
Surface/Groundwater Interactions for AS, etc., with Application to
Contaminated Waterfronts (Co-PIs: Nikolaidis, N.; Allison,
M.) |
COMP SCI |
Goldin, D. |
NSF-Integrated Sounding System |
$74,368 |
02/01-03/02 |
Towards Practical Constraint Query
Algebras |
COMP SCI |
Shvartsman, A. |
Massachusetts Institute Technology |
$83,963 |
01/02-08/02 |
Communication and Data Sharing in Dynamic
Distributed Systems (Co-PI: Russell, A.) |
ECE |
Bansal, R. |
Electric Boat Division |
$21,499 |
02/02-12/02 |
RF Power Transmission to and Telemetry from an
Antenna Array |
ECE |
Fox, M. |
Multi-Dimension Technology |
$22,000 |
09/01-08/02 |
Recursive Algorithm for Volumetric
Analysis |
MECH ENG |
Langston, L. |
United Technologies - Pratt & Whitney
|
$150,000 |
01/02-06/02 |
University of Connecticut Endwall Loss
Reduction Program |
Fine Arts |
ART |
Holmes, S. |
Connecticut Commission on the Arts |
$9,000 |
07/01-05/02 |
Sound Excursions, a Culturally Diverse Concert
Series and Workshops |
ART |
Myers, K. J. |
William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship
Board |
$10,000 |
01/02-05/02 |
Fulbright Scholarship |
Liberal Arts & Sciences |
CSRA |
Barnes, C. |
Benova Inc. |
$60,000 |
12/01-12/04 |
Customer Satisfaction Survey for the
Connecticut Department of Social Services CCAP Programs |
GEOG |
Cromley, E. |
Ledge Light Health District |
$2,110 |
02/02-03/02 |
GIS for Lyme Disease Prevention in the Ledge
Light Health District (Geographic Information System) |
MARINE SCI |
Kremer, J. |
University of Rhode Island |
$13,585 |
10/01-09/02 |
Water Quality Profilers for the Pawcatuck
Estuary |
PHYSICS |
Gai, M. |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
$7,561 |
12/01-12/03 |
Destruction of 7Li and 7Be in Stellar and
Cosmological Environments |
PHYSICS |
Pollack, E. |
University of Hartford-Space Grant College
|
$185,945 |
08/01-11/02 |
Atomic and Molecular Processes in Planetary
Atmospheres (Co-PIs: Kessel, Q.; Winthrop, S.) |
POLI SCI |
Best, S. |
Workers Compensation Research Institute |
$91,250 |
10/01-02/02 |
Workers' Attitudes Towards Compensation
Systems II |
PSYCH |
Essock, S. |
Conn. Dept of Mental Health and Addiction
Services |
$238,849 |
07/01-06/02 |
Assertive Community Treatment for Dually
Diagnosed Clients: Long-Term Follow-Up Study (Co-PI: Frisman,
L.) |
Marine Sciences & Technology
Center |
NURC |
Auster, P. |
NOAA-National Oceanic & Atmospheric
Admin. |
$14,668 |
01/02-12/02 |
Analysis and Interpretation of Archived Video
Imagery and Beam Trawl Survey Data from Stellwagen Bank National
Marine Sanctuary |
Nursing |
NURSING |
Lacoursiere, S. |
PHS-NIH-Agency for Healthcare Research &
Quality |
$32,399 |
02/02-01/03 |
Telecares-NI Telehealth Support in
Cardiovascular Disease: The Effect of Internet-Based Nursing
Intervention on Psychological & Physiological Outcomes,
Support, Satisfaction, Communication and Interactive Health
Application Usage |
Social Work |
SOC WORK |
Davidson, K. |
Connecticut Department of Social Services |
$156,815 |
07/01-06/02 |
Voluntary Paternity Establishment
Program |
SOC WORK |
Klein, W. |
Town of Newington, Conn. |
$25,000 |
01/02-06/02 |
Senior and Disabled Center Needs Assessment and
Community Profile (Co-PI: Parks, C.) |
Vice Provost for Research & Graduate
Education |
ERI |
Carley, R. |
Connecticut Dept. of Environmental
Protection |
$14,000 |
07/01-01/02 |
Analytical Support for Photochemical Assessment
Monitoring Stations (PAMS) Program (Co-PI: Perkins, C.) |
ERI |
Perkins, C. |
Johns Hopkins University |
$52,439 |
10/01-09/02 |
Urban Environmental Issues: Hartford Technology
Transfer and Outreach |
ISI. |
Timms-Ferrara, L |
Tufts University |
$2,000 |
01/02-01/03 |
Roper Center Membership |
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