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December 9,
2002
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.
| Department |
Principal
Investigator |
Sponsor |
Amount |
Award Period |
| Agriculture & Natural
Resources |
| AG ECON |
Larson, B. |
USDA-Economic Research Service |
$20,000 |
09/02-12/03 |
| American Public's Participation in Farm
Based Recreation |
| COOP EXT |
Gray, S. |
UConn Health Center |
$29,963 |
07/02-06/03 |
| Provision of Nutrition Services to Families of
Children with Phenylketonuria |
| COOP EXT |
Gray, S. |
USDA-Conn. Dept. of Social Services |
$18,120 |
10/02-09/03 |
| UConn Family Nutrition Program: Children with
Special Needs |
| COOP EXT |
Taylor, U. |
USDA-Conn. Dept. of Social Services |
$49,259 |
10/02-09/03 |
| UConn Family Nutrition Program: 4-H Nutrition
Education |
| NUTR SCI |
Drake, L. |
USDA-Conn. Dept. of Social Services |
$156,448 |
10/02-09/03 |
| UConn Family Nutrition Program: Food Security
Project |
| NUTR SCI |
Ferris, A. |
USDA-Conn. Dept. of Social Services |
$559,218 |
10/02-09/03 |
| UConn Family Nutrition Program: Husky Nutrition
Project |
| NUTR SCI |
Ferris, A. |
USDA-Conn. Dept. of Social Services |
$101,393 |
10/02-09/03 |
| UConn Family Nutrition Program
Administration |
| NUTR SCI |
Ferris, A. |
USDA-Conn. Dept. of Social Services |
$90,348 |
10/02-09/03 |
| UConn Family Nutrition Program |
| NUTR SCI |
Perez-Escamilla, R. |
USDA-Conn. Dept. of Social Services |
$615,792 |
10/02-09/03 |
| UConn Family Nutrition Program - Hartford
Infant-Toddler Program |
| NUTR SCI |
Shanley, E. |
USDA-Conn. Dept. of Education |
$111,928 |
09/02-09/04 |
| 2002 Team Nutrition Training Grant |
| PATHOBIO |
French, R. |
NOAA-Sea Grant |
$9,996 |
07/02-06/04 |
| The Comparative Pathology of Shell Disease in
the American and Caribbean Spiny Lobsters |
| PATHOBIO |
Garmendia, A. |
USDA-Cooperative State Research, Educ. &
Ext. |
$50,000 |
09/02-09/05 |
| Examination of the Immune Response and
Pathogenesis in Swine to Foot & Mouth Disease, Vesicular
Stomatitis Virus, etc. |
| PATHOBIO |
Geary, S. |
USDA-Agricultural Research Service |
$388,811 |
09/02-07/05 |
| Development of a Rapid Real-Time PCR-Based
Assay for Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBP) (Polymerase Chain
Reaction) |
| PLANT SCI |
Morris, T. |
USDA-Univ. of Vermont |
$10,000 |
07/02-09/03 |
| Sustainable Agriculture Education and Training:
Community Gardens and Small Livestock Farms |
|
| Office of the Chancellor |
| IMS |
Boggs, S. |
Dept. of Defense-U.S. Army |
$25,000 |
10/02-09/03 |
| Development of Improved Film Dielectrics for
High Energy Density Capacitors |
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| Education |
| EPSY |
Gavin, K. |
U.S. Dept of Ed.-Educational Research and
Development |
$1,200,000 |
10/02-09/04 |
| Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students
Education Program Project M3: Mentoring Mathematical
Minds |
| EPSY |
Kehle, T. |
Futures Inc. |
$10,493 |
01/02-12/03 |
| Psychological Services to Schools (Graduate
Assistant: Dana Bossio) |
| EPSY |
Kehle, T. |
Futures Inc. |
$10,493 |
01/02-12/03 |
| Psychological Services to Schools (Graduate
Assistant: Julie Milson) |
| EPSY |
Kehle, T. |
Lebanon Public Schools, Lebanon, Conn. |
$11,949 |
09/02-06/03 |
| Psychological Services to Schools (Graduate
Assistant: Kari Sassu) |
| EPSY |
Kehle, T. |
River Street School, Windsor, Conn. |
$11,353 |
09/02-06/03 |
| Psychological Services to Schools (Graduate
Assistant: Amy Glazer) |
| EPSY |
Kehle, T. |
River Street School, Windsor, Conn. |
$11,353 |
09/02-06/03 |
| Psychological Services to Schools (Graduate
Assistant: Amy Levy) |
| EPSY |
Kehle, T. |
River Street School, Windsor, Conn. |
$11,353 |
09/02-06/03 |
| Psychological Services to Schools (Graduate
Assistant: Paul Tentindo) |
| EPSY |
Kehle, T. |
River Street School, Windsor, Conn. |
$11,353 |
09/02-06/03 |
| Psychological Services to Schools (Graduate
Assistant: Eric Leaf) |
| EPSY |
McGuire, J. |
U.S. Dept. of Ed.-Postsecondary Education |
$349,821 |
10/02-09/03 |
| Designing Inclusive College Teaching:
Empowering Faculty to Promote Equal Educational Access for Students
with Cognitive Disabilities |
| EPSY |
Reis-Renzulli, S. |
Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted |
$12,500 |
10/02-06/03 |
| The Social and Emotional Development of Gifted
Adolescents: Teacher Perceptions and Classroom Practices |
|
| Engineering |
| CIV ENG |
Eldessouki, W. |
DOT-Univ. of Vermont |
$30,000 |
09/02-08/04 |
| Validating Traffic Simulation Models to
Inclement Weather Travel Conditions, with Applications to Arterial
Coordinated Signal Systems |
| CIV ENG |
Or, D. |
Binational Agricultural R&D Fund |
$123,000 |
09/02-09/05 |
| Physical Processes Affecting Microbial Habitats
and Activity in Unsaturated Agricultural Soils |
| CIV ENG |
Or, D. |
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture |
$131,000 |
10/01-10/03 |
| New Thermodielectric Method to Determine
Soil-Specific Surface Area and Bound Water |
| COMP SCI |
Ammar, R. |
NSF-Division of International Programs |
$28,157 |
09/02-08/04 |
| Real-Time Scheduling of Task Graphs on Grid
Computing |
|
| Fine Arts |
| DRAM ARTS |
Wildman, R. |
Conn. Commission on the Arts |
$14,000 |
07/01-06/02 |
| Connecticut Repertory Theatre Guest Artist
Program |
|
| Liberal Arts & Sciences |
| ANTHROP |
McBrearty, S. |
The Leakey Foundation |
$10,000 |
06/02-05/03 |
| The Acheulian to Middle Stone Age Transition at
the Site of Gnjh-63 in the Kapthurin Formation, Kenya |
| BIOL: MC |
Reiter, W. |
NSF-Purdue Univ. |
$83,080 |
09/02-08/03 |
| Identification and Characterization of Cell
Wall Mutants in Maize and Arabidopsis Using Novel
Spectroscopies |
| BIOL: MC |
Vinopal, R. |
American Meat Institute Foundation |
$98,325 |
10/02-01/04 |
| Development of Ion Mobility Spectrometry
Applications for Listeria Detection |
| BIOL: MC |
Vinopal, R. |
Southern California Coastal Water
Research |
$115,566 |
09/02-06/03 |
| Rapid Detection of Bacterial Indicators with
Dual Wavelength Fluorimetry |
| CHEMISTRY |
Papadimitrakopoulos, F. |
NIST-Foster Miller |
$15,500 |
10/02-01/03 |
| Blackbody Radiation Sources Based on Carbon
Nanotubes |
| COMM SCI |
Cienkowski, K. |
Veterans Administration |
$93,454 |
04/02-09/04 |
| The Effects of Individualized Counseling on
Hearing Aid Acceptance |
| COMM SCI |
Musiek, F. |
Creare Inc. |
$1,033 |
08/02-11/02 |
| Speech Perception in Noise |
| CSRA |
Barnes, C. |
Conn. Dept. of Public Health |
$40,000 |
06/02-09/03 |
| Bio-Monitoring |
| CSRA |
Barnes, C. |
Workforce Investment Act |
$439,500 |
09/02-12/05 |
| Washington Workforce Investment Act |
| ECONOMICS |
Carstensen, F. |
Pfizer Inc. |
$25,000 |
08/02-03/03 |
| The Current Economic Impact of Pfizer Inc. in
Connecticut |
| GEOLOGY |
Gray, N. |
Interior-U.S. Geological Survey |
$62,132 |
06/02-05/03 |
| Establishment of Branch of Geophysical
Applications and Support |
| MARINE SCI |
Balcom, N. |
NOAA-Sea Grant |
$14,088 |
09/02-08/03 |
| Better Information for Better Management:
Fisheries Educational Workshops |
| MARINE SCI |
Balcom, N. |
NOAA-Sea Grant |
$13,731 |
06/02-05/03 |
| NE Regional Fisheries Extension Enhancement
Project: Collecting & Mapping Fishing Gear Areas in the
Northeast/Conflict Training |
| MARINE SCI . |
Dam-Guerrero, H |
EPA-Conn. Dept. of Environmental
Protection |
$46,051 |
07/02-07/04 |
| Monitoring Mesozooplankton &
Microzooplankton as a Component of the Natl. Coastal Assessment
& Long Island Sound Water Monitor |
| MARINE SCI |
Lin, S. |
EPA-Conn. Dept. of Environmental
Protection |
$59,950 |
09/02-09/04 |
| Molecular Analysis on Diversity of Small-Sized
Phytoplankton Along the Nutrient Gradient in Long Island
Sound |
| MARINE SCI |
Lin, S. |
NOAA-National Oceanic & Atmospheric
Admin. |
$163,146 |
09/02-08/04 |
| Use of Dual-Gene PCR and Immuno-Fluorescence to
Investigate Spatial and Seasonal Distribution of Pfiesteria
Piscicida Long Island Sound |
| MARINE SCI |
Monahan, E. |
NOAA-Sea Grant |
$93,500 |
12/02-11/04 |
| Development of an In-Situ Heat Flux Measurement
Instrument & Measurement Program in Long Island Sound |
| PSYCH |
Allen, S. |
Conn. Dept. of Children and Families |
$57,437 |
10/02-09/03 |
| Evaluation of the Primary Mental Health
Project |
| PSYCH |
Essock, S. |
PHS-Conn. Dept. of Mental Health & Addiction
Svs. |
$660,494 |
07/02-06/03 |
| Effectiveness of Switching: Conventionals to
Atypicals |
| PSYCH |
Johnson, B. |
Society for Psychological Study of Social
Issues |
$1,900 |
09/02-08/03 |
| After 9-11: Ideology, Mortality Salience, and
the Priming of Terrorist Events |
| STATISTICS |
Kulldorff, M. |
PHS-UConn Health Center |
$52,360 |
08/02-08/03 |
| Test for Spatial Randomness in Cancer
Maps |
|
| Pharmacy |
| PHARM SCI |
Manautou, J. |
Pfizer Inc. |
$22,800 |
09/02-09/03 |
| Effect of CP-419, 342-01 on Canalicular
Membrane Vesicle Transport Protein Function |
|
| Social Work |
| SOC WORK |
Bloom, M. |
Child & Family Agency of Southeastern Conn.
Inc. |
$5,000 |
01/02-12/02 |
| Agreement Between the University of Connecticut
Department of Social Work and Child & Family Agency of
Southeastern Conn. Inc. |
|
| Office of the Vice Chancellor for
Information Services |
| LIBRARY-DODD |
Wilsted, T. |
Institute of Museum & Library
Services |
$499,770 |
12/02-12/04 |
| Connecticut History Online |
|
| Office of the Vice Provost for
Undergraduate Education |
| CAP |
Ulloa-Beal, S. |
Dept. of Higher Education |
$119,913 |
07/02-06/03 |
| Connecticut Collegiate Awareness and
Preparation Program (CONNCAP) |
|
| Office of the Vice Provost for Research
& Graduate Education |
| NURC |
Babb, I. |
NOAA-National Underwater Research Center |
$116,269 |
06/02-12/02 |
| The National Undersea Research Center - Phase
2 |
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