Grants
| The following grants were received through the Office for Sponsored Programs in January. 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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Sponsor
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Amount
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Award Period
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| College of Agriculture & Natural Resources | ||||
| Cooperative Extension Centers | Arnold, C. | Dept. of Commerce/Nat’l Oceanic & Atmospheric Admin./Conn. Long Island Sound |
$43,000
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10/04-9/05
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| Coastal Area Land Cover/Land Cover Change Analysis | ||||
| Natural Resources Management & Engineering | Civco, D. | National Science Foundation/Williams College |
$111,421
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10/04-9/07
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| The Causes and Consequences of Urban Expansion | ||||
| Nutritional Sciences | Fernandez, M. | National Institutes of Health/University of Michigan |
$8,600
|
11/04-6/05
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| Molecular Signaling of Rapamycin Induced Hyperlipidemia | ||||
| Pathobiology | De Guise, S. | Morris Animal Foundation |
$79,788
|
12/04-11/06
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| Protection Upon Vaccination with Morbillivirus in Cetacean Reconstituted SCID Mice | ||||
| Plant Science | Brand, M. | Horticultural Research Institute |
$20,000
|
1/05-12/07
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| DNA Fingerprinting of Berberis Thunbergii and Euonymus Alatus to Determine the Origin of Invasive Populations | ||||
| Plant Science | Musgrave, M. | National Aeronautics & Space Administration |
$191,922
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1/05-11/07
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| Biological and Physical Constraints on Seed Development in Microgravity | ||||
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| Neag School of Education | ||||
| School of Education, Office of the Dean | Kraemer, W. | Dept. of Defense/Army Natick Soldier Center/Medical Research & Material Command |
$104,000
|
1/05-6/05
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| Physical Training and Bone Remodeling: Singular Versus Combined Effects of Resistance and Aerobic Exercise | ||||
| School of Engineering | ||||
| Civil & Environmental Engineering | Accorsi, M. | Dept. of Defense/DARPA/United Technologies-Pratt & Whitney |
$53,935
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1/05-12/05
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| ETU Curriculum Development and CMC Design System Development | ||||
| Computer Science & Engineering | Kiayias, A. | National Science Foundation |
$400,000
|
1/05-12/09
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| CAREER Cryptographic Aspects of Digital Rights Management | ||||
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Luh, P. | Alstom Power Corp. |
$17,606
|
1/05-6/05
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| Power Plant Boiler Modeling and Optimization | ||||
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Pattipati, K. | Dept. of Defense/Air Force/ALPHATECH Inc. |
$50,100
|
9/04-11/04
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| UConn’s Support on DDD-Agents and Analytic Modeling | ||||
| College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | ||||
| Anthropology | Sosis, R. | Russell Sage Foundation |
$165,854
|
1/05-12/07
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| Trust, Religion, and Signaling | ||||
| Center for Survey | Barnes, C. | APCO Worldwide Research & Analysis |
$3,350
|
12/04-12/04
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| Survey on Physicians’ Opinions Regarding Litigation | ||||
| Center for Survey Research and Analysis | Pettinico, G. | AFL-CIO/New Britain Federation of Teachers |
$6,450
|
1/05-2/05
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| New Britain High Staff Survey | ||||
| Chemistry | Michel, R. | Taylor & Francis |
$72,050
|
1/05-12/07
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| Spectroscopy Letters Contract | ||||
| Economics | Carstensen, F. | Conn. Office of the State Comptroller |
$42,000
|
1/05-2/05
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| Issues Relating to the Spending Cap | ||||
| Geology & Geophysics | Robbins, G. | Dept. of Defense/Navy |
$12,189
|
1/05-1/07
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| Detailed Hydraulic Assessment Using a High-Resolution Piezocone Coupled to the GEOVIS | ||||
| History | Caner, D. | Dumbarton Oaks |
$25,990
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9/04-5/05
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| Stewardship Economics in the Early Byzantine Period | ||||
| Marine Sciences | Shumway, S. | Environmental Protection Agency |
$477,526
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1/05-12/07
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| Assessment of the Potential for Introduction of Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) Species Via Shellfish Transport | ||||
| Physiology & Neurobiology | Nishiyama, A. | National Science Foundation |
$3,085
|
1/05-12/05
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| Satellite Conference: Annual Meeting of the Society of Neuroscience on October 25, 2004; San Diego, California | ||||
| Sea Grant College Program | Getchis, T. | Dept. of Commerce/Nat’l Oceanic & Atmospheric Admin./Pacific Shellfish Institute |
$67,511
|
9/04-8/06
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| Environmental and Technical Assessment of Alternative Shellfish Production Methods | ||||
| School of Pharmacy | ||||
| Pharmaceutical Sciences | Pikal, M. | Boehringer Ingelheim Corp. | $150,000 |
1/05-12/07
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| Stability of Amorphous Pharmaceuticals: Prediction of Onset of Crystallization from Experimental Relaxation Times | ||||
