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- October 16, 2006



The following grants were received through the Office for Sponsored Programs (OSP) in August 2006. The list represents only new proposals awarded, and excludes continuations. The list is supplied to the Advance each month by OSP. Additional grants received in August were published in the October 23 issue.

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

Department
Principal Investigator
Sponsor
Amount
Award Period
College of Agriculture & Natural Resources
Animal Science Venkitanarayanan, K. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture $430,871
9/06-9/07
Reducing the Colonization of Salmonella enteritidis and Campylobacter jejuni in Chickens with Caprylic Acid
Natural Resources Management & Engineering Clausen, J. Environmental Protection Agency/Conn. Dept. of Environmental Protection $100,000
7/06-9/07
Jordan Cove Urban Watershed
Nutritional Sciences Fernandez, M. American Egg Board $112,862
7/06-8/07
Potential of Eggs in Enhancing the Cardioprotective Effects of Carbohydrate Restricted Diets in Weight Loss Interventions
Nutritional Sciences Rodriguez, N. National Cattlemen's Beef Association $60,000
8/06-5/08
The Role of a Beef-Based Diet in Modulating Skeletal Muscle Protein Turnover and Intracellular Signaling Events During Acute Calorie Deprivation
Nutritional Sciences Shanley, E. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture $530,117
9/06-8/08
Innovative Food Safety Education for Low Literacy Food Service Employees Using Enhanced and Interactive Distance Education
Pathobiology Risatti, G. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture $309,371
8/06-7/07
Role of Glycosylation of Classical Swine Fever Virus Envelope Proteins on Virus Virulence, Antigenicity, and Immunogenicity
Plant Science Gaxiola, R. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture $330,000
8/06-7/08
H+-PPase AVP1 and Root Growth
Plant Science Li, Y. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture $201,406
7/06-7/07
New England Center for Invasive Plants, Connecticut, Vermont, and Maine
Plant Science Li, Y. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture $55,356
7/06-7/07
Research/Demonstration Garden and Outreach
 
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Chemistry Rusling, J. Nat'l. Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/ Nat'l. Institutes of Health $324,596
8/06-5/07
Biosensor Arrays Based on Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes
Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis Carstensen, F. Nellie Mae Education Foundation/Conn. Dept. of Higher Education $126,150
6/06-5/07
Connecticut Next Steps: Research in Educational and Workforce Outcomes
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Holsinger, K. Environmental Protection Agency $51,000
8/06-7/09
Has Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition in the Northeast Contributed to the Loss of a Nitrogen-Fixing Plant Species? Exploring Mechanisms Underlying Loss of an Ecologically Important Functional Group from Suitable Habitat
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Silander, J. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture $68,530
7/06-7/07
Genetic Varience for Invasiveness in Woody Ornamentals: The Role of Genotypic Differences versus Phenotypic Plasticity
English Jambeck, K. Dept. of Education/National Writing Project Corp. $48,713
7/06-6/07
Connecticut Writing Project - Storrs
Marine Sciences Bucklin, A. Dept. of Commerce/Nat'l Oceanic & Atmospheric Admin./ Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute $49,000
4/06-3/07
Zooplankton Biodiversity in Tropical/Subtropical Atlantic Ocean Waters: A CoML Census of Marine Zooplankton (CMarZ)
Marine Sciences Bucklin, A. National Science Foundation $142,383
8/06-7/09
Collaborative Research: Trophic Structure and Interactions of the Pelagic Nekton Associated with the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Marine Sciences Dierssen, H. Dept. of Commerce/Nat'l. Oceanic & Atmospheric Admin./Oregon State Univ. $70,000
4/06-3/07
Benthic Productivity Studies and Support of GOES-R Risk Reduction Activities
Marine Sciences Whitlatch, R. Dept. of Commerce/Nat'l. Oceanic & Atmospheric Admin. $49,889
7/06-6/07
Tunicate: Research on Tunicate Control and the Effects of Ecological Bottlenecks in the Control of Non-Native Tunicates in New England
Molecular & Cell Biology Gage, D. Dept. of Energy $390,000
7/06-7/09
Signal-Transduction Networks Mediating Catabolite Repression in the Nitrogen-Fixing Symbiont Sinorhizobium mellioti
Molecular & Cell Biology Robinson, V. American Heart Association $66,000
7/06-6/09
Elucidating the Molecular Mechanism of Action of BipA, A Global Regulator of Virulence Processes
Physiology & Neurobiology De Blas, A. Nat'l. Institutes of Health/Nat'l. Institute of Neurological Disorders $1,332,000
8/06-1/11
GABAA Receptor-Interacting Proteins
Psychology Barnes-Farrell, J. Dept. of Transportation/Volpe (John A.) Nat'l.   Transportation Systems Center $24,660
8/06-8/07
Organization Behavior & Industrial Psychology Psychometric Instrumentation for Job Task Analysis of Remote Control Locomotive Operators
Psychology Barnes-Farrell, J. Evolving Technologies Corp. $6,143
8/06-1/07
Graduate Field Research Training
Psychology Magnuson, J. Nat'l. Institutes of Health/Nat'l. Institute of Child Health and Human Dev. $48,267
8/06-7/07
Access of Semantic Knowledge During Speech Perception
 
Neag School of Education
Educational Psychology Coyne, M. Dept. of Education/Institute of Education Sciences/Texas A&M Univ. $702,705
6/06-5/10
Early Intervention and Assessment for Young Children with Disabilities - Early Reading Intervention
Educational Psychology Coyne, M. Dept. of Education/Institute of Education Sciences $884,306
8/06-7/09
Intensifying Vocabulary Intervention for Kindergarten Students at Risk of Learning Disabilities
Educational Psychology Renzulli, J. Dept. of Education/Institute of Education Sciences $8,706,200
7/06-6/11
Goal Four: The National Research Center on the Gifted & Talented
Kinesiology Casa, D. HealthSouth Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Center $23,542
8/06-7/07
Athletic Training Services for Area High Schools: Establishing a Partnership with HealthSouth
Kinesiology Casa, D. Bloomfield Public Schools $13,634
8/06-6/07
Athletic Training Services for Area High Schools: Establishing a Partnership with Bloomfield Public Schools
Kinesiology Casa, D. RHAM High School, Hebron $19,480
8/06-7/07
Athletic Training Services for Area High Schools: Establishing a Partnership with RHAM High School
 
School of Engineering
Civil & Environmental Engineering DeWolf, J. Dept. of Trans./Federal Highway Administration/Conn. Dept. of Transportation $182,442
7/06-6/07
Bridge Monitoring Network - FY07
Computer Science & Engineering Ammar, R. United Technologies-Pratt & Whitney $25,000
9/06-12/06
An Advanced Multi-Core Micro-Server Development System
Electrical & Computer Engineering Enderle, J. Lifespan $58,636
8/06-8/07
Clinical Engineering Internship Program at Lifespan
Electrical & Computer Engineering Wang, L. National Science Foundation $275,000
9/06-8/07
Information-Theoretic Foundation of Molecular Computing: Performance Limits and Design Optimization
Electrical & Computer Engineering Willett, P. Dept. of Defense/Naval Undersea Warfare Center $30,000
8/06-2/07
Deep-Memory Tracking of Unresolved Sonar Targets
Mechanical Engineering Reifsnider, K. Conn. Innovations Inc.   $300,000
8/06-8/08
Enabling Fuel Cells for Distributed Backup Power Applications: Accelerated Reliability Testing Capability and Methods
 
School of Family Studies
School of Family Studies   Instruction & Research Weaver, S. Conn. Dept. of Education $64,351
7/06-6/07
Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher Preparation Program
 
School of Pharmacy
Pharmaceutical Sciences Bogner, R. Parenteral Drug Association $6,000
6/06-5/07
Investigation of the Kinetics of Solution-Mediated Salt Conversion as a Function of Hydrodynamics During Dissolution
Pharmaceutical Sciences Morris, J. Dept. of Defense/Naval Surface Warfare Center $34,869
8/06-2/07
Sensory Irritation (RD50) for Individual Chemicals and Mixtures of Chemicals in Animal Models
Pharmaceutical Sciences Wright, D. National Science Foundation $390,000
7/06-6/09
Heterocycles as Versatile Synthetic Building Blocks

 

  
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