April 22, 2002
The following grants were received through the Office for Sponsored
Programs in March. 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 & Natural
Resources |
| AG ECON |
Bravo-Ureta, B. |
Inter-American Development Bank |
$110,000 |
03/02-12/02 |
| Watershed Management Studies: Assessing On-Site
Benefits and Farm Profitability Associated with Natural Resource
Investments Among Small Farmers |
| PLANT SCI |
Auer, C. |
NSF-Division of International Programs |
$39,190 |
03/02-02/05 |
| Approaches to Understanding the Down-Regulation
of Cytokinin in Plants Through the N-Glucosyltransferase
Pathway |
| PLANT SCI |
Singha, S. |
Univ. of Massachusetts |
$59,999 |
11/01-10/06 |
| Northeast Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority
Participation (Co-PI: Growney, R.; Arthur, D.) |
| |
| Chancellor |
| IMS |
Xie, X. |
Boston Scientific Corp. |
$12,466 |
02/02-06/02 |
| Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Experiments for
Taxol/Sibs Formulations |
| |
| Engineering |
| CHEM ENG |
Helble, J. |
NSF-EEC-Research Experience for Undergraduates
|
$66,589 |
01/02-02/03 |
| REU: Site in Chemical Engineering at the
Manoscale (Co-PI: Erkey, C.) |
| CHEM ENG |
Wood, T. |
NSF-BES-Environmental Protection Agency |
$230,293 |
02/02-01/03 |
| Metabolic Engineering of Monooxygenases for
1-Naphthol and Styrene Epoxide Formation |
| CIV ENG |
Holmen, B. |
NSF-BES-Career Development Program |
$142,062 |
02/02-01/03 |
| Vehicle-Derived Ultrafine Particles and Their
Absorbates: Formation and Aging Effects on Organic Composition and
Size Distribution |
| CIV ENG |
Smets, B. |
Conn. Agric. Experiment Station (New Haven)
|
$191,214 |
12/01-12/04 |
| Mechanistic Role of Plant Root Exudates in the
Phytoremediation of Persistent Organic Pollutants (Co-PI: Gage,
D.) |
| MECH ENG |
Bergman, T. |
Ford Motor Company Fund |
$2,000 |
08/01-12/02 |
| Senior Design Projects |
| |
| Liberal Arts & Sciences |
| BIOL: MC |
Lynes, M. |
Ciencia Inc. |
$75,000 |
01/02-12/03 |
| Surface Plasmon Resonance Instrumentation for
Cell Biology Microgravity Research |
| BIOL: PN |
Nishiyama, A. |
Wadsworth Foundation |
$110,000 |
03/02-02/03 |
| Molecular Mechanisms of Neuron-Glial
Interaction |
| CHEMISTRY |
Smith, M. |
UConn Health Center |
$25,463 |
08/01-07/02 |
| Bacterial Lipids, Periodontal Disease and
Atherosclerosis |
| ECONOMICS |
Carstensen, F. |
Sharpton, Brunson & Co. |
$8,000 |
01/02-06/02 |
| Economic Impact Analysis of the Bridgeport
Landing Project |
| HISTORY |
Omara-Otunnu, A. |
Andrew W Mellon Foundation |
$700,000 |
12/01-03/05 |
| Preserving the African National Congress
Archives - Phase II |
| MARINE SCI |
Monahan, E. |
NOAA-National Oceanic & Atmospheric Admin.
|
$38,000 |
02/02-01/03 |
| Connecticut Sea Grant College Program: Knaus
Marine Policy Fellowship (Fellowship: Laura L. Letson) |
| MARINE SCI |
Monahan, E. |
NOAA-National Oceanic & Atmospheric Admin.
|
$38,000 |
02/02-01/03 |
| Connecticut Sea Grant College Program: Knaus
Marine Policy Fellowship (Fellowship: Rebecca M. Weidman) |
| MARINE SCI |
Visscher, P. |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
|
$16,665 |
03/02-02/03 |
| Microbial Signatures of Life: Biogenic Gases
and Mineral Precipitates as Parameters to Assess Bacterial
Activity |
| PHYSICS |
Schweitzer, J. |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
|
$135,000 |
12/01-02/03 |
| Detection of Gun Powder Residue and Body Fluids
Using Portable X-Ray Fluorescence Systems (Goddard Space Flight
Center) |
| POLI SCI |
Robbins, M. |
Town of Farmington, Conn. |
$2,000 |
01/02-05/02 |
| Family and Medical Leave Act: Policies and
Procedures for the Town of Farmington, Conn. |
| PSYCH |
Frisman, L. |
Conn. Dept of Mental Health & Addiction
Svs |
$37,790 |
09/01-09/02 |
| Center for Mental Health Services-Data
Infrastructure Grant |
| PSYCH |
Frisman, L. |
Town of New Britain, Conn. |
$86,781 |
09/01-09/04 |
| Targeted Capacity Expansion |
| |
| Marine Sciences & Technology
Center |
| NURC |
Babb, I. |
NOAA-National Underwater Research Center |
$1,723,833 |
01/02-12/02 |
| The National Undersea Research Center for the
North Atlantic and Great Lakes |
| |
| Pharmacy |
| PHARM SCI |
Makriyannis, A. |
PHS-NIH-National Institute of Drug Abuse |
$435,425 |
01/02-12/02 |
| Molecular Basis of Cannabinoid
Activity |
| PHARM SCI |
Pikal, M. |
Inhale Therapeutic Systems Inc. |
$48,160 |
03/02-05/03 |
| Drying Induced Composition Heterogeneity and
Protein Stability |
| |
| Vice Provost for Student Affairs
|
| HLTH SVCS |
Manton, M. |
Schachtel Associates |
$97,200 |
03/02-12/02 |
| A Comparison of an Analgesic and Placebo in
Subjects With Sore Throat |
| |
| Vice Provost for Undergraduate
Education |
| UNDERGRAD |
Jarvi, S. |
UConn Health Center |
$14,638 |
07/02-08/02 |
| 3000 X 2000 Pre-College Enrichment
Program |
| |
| Vice Provost for Research & Graduate
Education |
| ERI |
Carley, R. |
Conn. Dept. of Environmental Protection |
$25,000 |
03/02-06/02 |
| Long Term Continuation of the Connecticut
Atmospheric Nitrogen Monitoring Network (Co-PI: Perkins,
C.) |
| ERI |
Carley, R. |
Ionomem Corporation |
$404,350 |
11/01-11/02 |
| Demo of a 1 KW High Temperature Proton Exchange
Membrane Fuel Cell Stack for Demonstration of Reliable, Clean,
Efficient Power G |
| INTL AFFAIRS |
Demuzzio, K. |
Dept. of Higher Education |
$25,000 |
04/02-09/03 |
| Understanding the Middle East |
| ISI |
Rockwell, R. |
NSF-Division of Social & Economic Science
|
$18,657 |
03/02-02/03 |
| Collaborative Research: The Data Documentation
Initiative (DDI) Version 1.1 |
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