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Grants

- September 18, 2006



The following grants were received through the Office for Sponsored Programs in June 2006. 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.

Previous grant listings can be found on the Grants archive page.

Department
Principal Investigator
Sponsor
Amount
Award Period
 
College of Agriculture & Natural Resources
Allied Health Sciences Pescatello, L. Merck and Co./Hartford Hospital
$81,677
6/06-8/07
Effects of Low and High Dose Atorvastatin on Exercise-Induced Muscle Injury
Cooperative Extension Centers Gray, S. Conn. Dept. of Public Health/Univ. of Conn. Health Center
$33,580
7/06-6/07
Provision of Nutrition Services to Families of Children with Phenylketonuria and Other Metabolic Disorders
Cooperative Extension Centers Prisloe, M. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
$40,000
5/06-5/08
Development of Maps and Descriptions of Land Type Associations (LTAs) of Conn. and Rhode Island
Cooperative Extension Centers Ricard, R. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
$7,000
7/06- 6/07
Conn. Urban Forestry Volunteer Coordinator
Cooperative Extension Centers Worthley, T. Conn. Dept. of Environmental Protection/U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
$10,000
7/06-9/07
Forest Land Enhancement Program, Extension Educational Component
Pathobiology De Guise, S. Dept. of Comm./Nat'l Oceanic & Atmospheric Admin./Ctr. for Coastal   Environmental Health & Biomolecular Res.
$19,707
5/06-12/06
Evaluation of Immune Functions in Free-Ranging Bottlenose Dolphins
Plant Science Von Bodman, S. National Science Foundation
$460,000
7/06-6/09
The Characterization of the Stewartan Exopolysaccharide Degradative Functions Embedded in and Co-Expressed with the CPS Stewartan Biosynthetic Genes
 
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Anthropology Munro, N. National Science Foundation
$137,155
7/06-6/09
The Gazelle Project: Human-Gazelle (Gazella gazella) Interactions Across the Transition to Agriculture in the Southern Levant
Avery Point CampusInstruction & Research   McManus, G. California Bay-Delta Authority/San Francisco State University
$229,816
1/06-12/06
Foodweb Support for the Threatened Delta Smelt and other Estuarine Species in Suisun Bay and the Western Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
Center for Survey Research & Analysis Best, S. Families of Sept. 11
$4,350
5/06-10/06
Membership Survey
Chemistry Suib, S. Dept. of Defense/Army Research Laboratory
$143,560
6/06-6/09
Characterization of Coatings
Conn. Center for Economic Analysis Carstensen, F. Mystic Seaport - The Museum of America and the Sea
$11,800
5/06-9/06
Economic Impact of Mystic Seaport
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Henry, C. National Science Foundation
$11,085
6/06-5/08
Dissertation Research: Understanding the Evolutionary Patterns Contributing to Species-Specific Male and Female Genitalia in a Group of Scarab Beetles
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Wagner, D. National Science Foundation
$10,989
6/06-5/07
Dissertation Research: Systematics and Morphology of Metalmark Moths (Lepidoptera: Choreutidae)
Economics Carstensen, F. Conn. United for Research Excellence Inc.
$10,000
1/06-6/07
An Evaluation of Issues with Importation of Ethical Drugs
Geography Daniels, M. Farmington River Coordinating Committee
$12,000
6/06-1/07
Habitat and Flushing Flow Evaluation of the Farmington River Wild and Scenic Reach, Connecticut
Marine Sciences Fitzgerald, W. Hudson River Foundation
$70,389
5/06-5/07
A Synthesis and Assessment of Modern and Historic Heavy Metal Contamination in New York/New Jersey Harbor Estuary, with an Emphasis on Hg and Cd
Physics Stwalley, W. National Science Foundation
$390,000
7/06-6/09
Formation and Dynamics of Ultracold Molecules
Physics Yelin, S. National Science Foundation
$148,000
7/06-6/08
Dipolar Switching for Robust Quantum Computation with Polar Molecules
Physiology & Neurobiology Crivello, J. Battelle Memorial Institute
$2,960
6/06-12/06
Analysis of the NY Outfall Survey in Jamaica Bay
Psychology Fein, D. National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Mental Health
$2,045,570
7/06-5/10
Language Functioning in Optimal Outcome Children with a History of Autism
Psychology Kenny, D. National Science Foundation
$30,000
8/06-7/07
Training in the Social Relations Model
Psychology Pratto, F. Dept. of Defense/Air Force Office of Scientific Research/Dartmouth College
$154,376
1/06-1/08
On the Effects of Culture and Society on Adversarial Attitudes and Behaviors
Statistics Glaz, J. Dept. of Defense/Navy/Office of Naval Research
$10,000
4/06-9/06
International Workshop in Applied Probability 2006
 
Neag School of Education
Educational Leadership Cobb, C. Conn. Dept. of Education
$299,513
5/06-6/09
Evaluation of Bureau of Educational Equity Programs
Kinesiology Kraemer, W. Abbott Laboratories
$130,128
6/06-5/07
Effects of Muscle Armor Supplementation During a Resistance Exercise Training Program on  Physiological and Performance Outcomes in Men
 
School of Engineering
Civil & Environmental Engineering Malla, R. NASA/National Aeronautics & Space Administration/University of Hartford
$13,000
3/06-11/06
Truss-Membrane Composite Structure Design for Lunar Settlement
Civil & Environmental Engineering Wang, G. U.S. Agency for International Development
$19,652
2/07-1/08
Norman E. Borlaug International Science and Technology Fellows: The Borlaug Leadership Enhancement in Agriculture Program (LEAP)
Computer Science & Engineering Ammar, R. Egyptian Cultural & Educational Bureau
$7,500
6/06-5/07
Performance-Based Restructuring of Distributed Object-Oriented Computations for a Cluster of Multiprocessors
Computer Science & Engineering Mandoiu, I. National Science Foundation
$399,602
7/06-6/09
Bioinformatics Tools Enabling Large-Scale DNA Barcoding
Computer Science & Engineering Shvartsman, A. U.S. Election Assistance Commission/Conn. Office of the Secretary of State
$258,744
5/06-5/07
Voting Technology Center
Conn. Global Fuel Cell Center Reifsnider, K. Siemens-Westinghouse Power Corp.
$50,000
4/06-1/07
Nano-Structure Based Material Design and Life Prediction for Large SOFC Systems
Conn. Transportation Institute Mahoney, J. Dept. of Transportation/Conn. Dept. of Transportation
$49,348
3/06-2/07
Longitudinal Joint Performance Study
Electrical & Computer Engineering Enderle, J. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
$36,000
1/06-12/07
Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBS) Support for Enderle as EMB Magazine Editor-in-Chief
Electrical & Computer Engineering Enderle, J. Middlesex Hospital
$26,223
6/06-6/07
Clinical Engineering Internship Program at Middlesex Memorial Hospital Inc.
 
School of Pharmacy
Pharmaceutical Sciences Anderson, A. National Science Foundation
$170,084
1/06-6/07
CAREER: Structural Basis of Specificity for Gramicidin A Synthetase
Pharmaceutical Sciences Manautou, J. Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturing of America (PhRMA)
$40,000
7/06-6/08
Regulation of Hepatic Transporter Expression by Inflammatory Mediators During Drug-Induced Liver Injury
Pharmaceutical Sciences Wright, D. National Science Foundation
$34,847
1/06-12/06
Synthetic and Biological Studies on Modulators of Cell Signaling
 
Other
Police Services Hudd, R. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration/Conn. Dept. of Transportation
$22,800
3/06-9/06
FY 2005/2006 Expanded DUI Enforcement Program
Stamford Campus Instruction & Research Anderson, S. National Science Foundation
$5,985
6/06-11/06
Toward Machine Ethics 

 

  
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