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Grants
The following grants were received through the Office for Sponsored Programs in April. 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
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Principal Investigator
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Primary Source
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Award Total
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Period
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| College of Agriculture & Natural Resources | ||||
| Animal Science | Riesen, J. | U.S. Dept. of Agriculture | $21,354 | 9/03-8/06 |
| Digital Image Galleries to Improve Teaching Animal Science | ||||
| Cooperative Extension Centers | Prisloe, M. | National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration / Dept. of Commerce | $25,000 | 3/04-2/06 |
| Development of a High-Resolution Satellite Image Database and Interpreted GIS Data to Support Connecticut Coastal Resource Management Programs | ||||
| Natural Resources Management | Clausen, J. | U.S. Dept. of Agriculture | $6,140 | 4/04-9/06 |
| Constructed Wetlands to Reduce Nonpoint Source Pollution | ||||
| Natural Resources Management | Warner, G. | U.S. Dept. of the Interior / U.S. Geological Survey | $25,296 | 4/04-3/05 |
| Dual Influence of Alewife, Alosa pseudoharengus, on Inland Water Quality | ||||
| Nutritional Sciences | Koo, S. | National Institutes of Health | $369,792 | 4/04-3/06 |
| Hypocholesterolemic Action of Green Tea Extracts | ||||
| Nutritional Sciences | Lammi-Keefe, C. | American Dietetic Association | $5,000 | 9/04-12/05 |
| Impact of Maternal DHA Supplementation During Pregnancy on Infant Neurodevelopment: a Comparison of Vision, Memory, Temperament, and Problem Solving Abilities in a Population at Increased Risk for Developmental Delay | ||||
| Plant Science | Berkowitz, G. | National Science Foundation | $492,857 | 4/04-3/07 |
| Plant Cyclic Nucleotide Gated Channels: Functional Characterization Using Cloned Channels and Native Plant Membranes | ||||
| Dept. of Campus Activities | ||||
| Campus Activities | Daniels, E. | Annie E. Casey Foundation | $5,000 | 1/03-12/03 |
| Public Affairs Programming | ||||
| School of Education | ||||
| Educational Psychology | Brown, S. | U.S. Dept. of Education | $2,430 | 1/04-12/04 |
| Husky Educational Technology Assessment Program — Wintergreen Magnet School | ||||
| School of Engineering | ||||
| Chemical Engineering | Parnas, R. | Dept. of Energy / Sandia National Labs | $48,000 | 2/04-2/05 |
| Sandia/UConn Collaboration on Polymer Gels and Filled Polymers | ||||
| Chemical Engineering | Weiss, R. | Dept. of Energy / Oxford Performance Materials | $25,000 | 4/04-3/05 |
| Synthesis and Characterization of Sulfonated Polyether Ketone Ketone (SPEKK) | ||||
| Civil & Environmental Engineering | Aultman-Hall, L. | Connecticut Dept. of Transportation | $300,383 | 5/04-5/05 |
| Connecticut Cooperative Highway Research Program (Joint Highway Research Advisory Council Work Program 2004-2005) | ||||
| Civil & Environmental Engineering | Bagtzoglou, A. | U.S. Dept. of the Interior / U.S. Geological Survey | $24,934 | 5/04-2/05 |
| Chaotic Advection Enhanced Remediation | ||||
| Civil & Environmental Engineering | Ogden, F. | Dept. of Defense-Army | $93,135 | 5/04-4/05 |
| Measurements of Evapotranspiration Interception and Runoff Production in the Seasonal Tropics, Panama | ||||
| Conn. Transportation Institute | Mahoney, J. | Dept. of Transportation / Connecticut Dept. of Transportation | $48,215 | 1/04-8/04 |
| Evaluating the Long-Term Performance of Pavements Thermally Imaged During Construction | ||||
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Pattipati, K. | Dept. of Defense-Navy | $77,000 | 4/04-4/05 |
| Hardware for Integrated Distributed Dynamic Decision-Making Simulator and the Knowledge Web for Investigating Multi-Echelon Command Decision-Making | ||||
| Institute for Materials Science | Scola, D. | National Aeronautics & Space Administration / University of Hartford | $10,000 | 3/04-11/04 |
| Novel Fluorinated Polyimide Silsesquioxane (POSS) Hybrid Materials as Nanostructured Composite Matrix Materials | ||||
| School of Law | ||||
| Law School | Leyden, D. | Internal Revenue Service | $255,000 | 1/04-12/06 |
| Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic | ||||
| College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | ||||
| Center for Survey Research & Analysis | Barnes, C. | New Jersey Dept. of Labor / Rutgers University | $55,500 | 7/03-12/04 |
| New Jersey Workforce Investment Act — Round 6 | ||||
| Economics | Carstensen, F. | Bob's Discount Furniture | $19,110 | 4/04-6/04 |
| Understanding Market Structure and Store Location | ||||
| Geology & Geophysics | Byrne, T. | Joint Oceanographic Institutions | $5,000 | 3/04-2/05 |
| Administrative Support for the Earth's Interior Science Steering and Evaluation Panel (ISSEP) Chair | ||||
| Geology & Geophysics | Robbins, G. | U.S. Dept. of the Interior / U.S. Geological Survey | $24,907 | 3/04-2/05 |
| Investigating the Influence of Purging on Long-Term Containment Compliance | ||||
| Mathematics | Solomon, D. | National Science Foundation | $86,005 | 6/04-5/07 |
| Computability Theory, Reverse Mathematic and Countable Algebraic Structures | ||||
| Marine Sciences | Bohlen, W. | National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration | $25,000 | 4/04-2/05 |
| A Biological-Physical Numerical Simulation Model for the Investigation, Prediction, and Management of Oxygen Production and Consumption in Long Island Sound: Data Analysis and Model Formation | ||||
| Marine Sciences | Kremer, P. | National Science Foundation | $266,847 | 6/04-6/07 |
| Collaborative Research: Salpa thompsoni in the Southern Ocean: Bioenergetics, Population Dynamics, and Biogeochemical Impact | ||||
| Marine Sciences | Visscher, P. | National Aeronautics & Space Administration | $99,998 | 4/04-3/06 |
| Production and Consumption of Volatile Reduced Organic Carbon Compounds — Signatures of Life Under Anoxic Conditions? | ||||
| Molecular & Cell Biology | Lynes, M. | Ciencia / National Science Foundation | $108,521 | 3/04-10/05 |
| Biosensor for Label-Free, Real Time Monitoring of Environmental Pathogens | ||||
| Molecular & Cell Biology | Lynes, M. | Ciencia / National Aeronautics & Space Administration | $130,000 | 2/04-12/05 |
| Cytometer on a Chip, Phase II SBIR: NASA Project | ||||
| Molecular & Cell Biology | Sekellick, M. | U.S. Dept. of Agriculture / Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service | $200,000 | 4/04-3/07 |
| Replication Characteristics of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus Strains | ||||
| Physics | Cote, R. | National Science Foundation | $180,000 | 9/04-8/07 |
| Ultracold Collisions to Probe Fundamental Physics | ||||
| Physics | Javanainen, J. | National Science Foundation | $210,000 | 7/04-6/07 |
| Theory for Dynamical Phenomena in Quantum Degenerate Gases | ||||
| Political Science | Best, S. | Workers Compensation Research Institute | $111,750 | 12/03-12/04 |
| Workers Compensation Research Institute | ||||
| Psychology | Johnson, B. | Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues | $1,000 | 9/03-8/05 |
| A Relationship of Social Issues Oriented Model of HIV Risk Behavior | ||||
| Psychology | Kalichman, S. | National Institutes of Health / National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism | $941,841 | 4/04-3/07 |
| Alcohol and HIV Risk Reduction in South Africa | ||||
| School of Nursing | ||||
| Nursing | Shellman, J. | John A. Hartford Foundation / American Academy of Nursing | $100,000 | 7/04-6/06 |
| The Effects of a Structured Reminiscence Intervention on Depression and Life Satisfaction in African-American Elders | ||||
| School of Social Work | ||||
| Social Work | Hesselbrock, M. | National Institutes of Health / National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism / UConn Health Center | $44,134 | 9/03-8/04 |
| Consortium on the Genetics of Alcoholism | ||||
| Office of the Vice Provost for Research & Graduate Education | ||||
| Environmental Research Institute | Perkins, C. | United Technologies Research Center | $11,250 | 4/04-7/04 |
| Sample Analysis | ||||
| Sea Grant College Program | Balcom, N. | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency / Cornell University | $8,864 | 12/03-9/04 |
| Exotic Species in Long Island Sound: Raising Awareness Through Education | ||||
