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Grants

- December 1, 2008

The following grants were received through the Office for Sponsored Programs (OSP) in September 2008. The list represents only new proposals awarded, and excludes continuations.

The list is supplied to the Advance each month by OSP. [This listing is repeated in the December 8, 2008 online issue. These grants were published in two parts over these issues of the printed newspaper.]

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

Principal Investigator Department Sponsor
Amount
Award Period
Ammar, R. Computer Science & Engineering Egyptian Cultural & Educational Bureau
$7,500
9/08-8/09
Blind Source Separation
Anagnostou, E. Civil & Environmental Engineering National Science Foundation
$146,996
9/08-8/11
Collaborative Research: Rainfall Estimation Accuracy and Classification from Deep Underwater Sound Measurements
Barnes-Farrell, J. Psychology Department of Transportation/Federal Railroad Admin.
$199,992
8/08-9/09
Job Task Analysis for Safety Critical Positions: Modification to Work Schedule Manager Certification
Bar-Shalom, Y. Electrical & Computer Engineering Department of Defense/Missile Defense Agency
$600,000
10/08-9/11
Advanced Ballistic Missile Tracking and Fusion Algorithms
Bergman, T. Mechanical Engineering National Science Foundation
$257,273
9/08-9/09
National Science Foundation Intergovernmental Personnel Assignment
Boggs, S. Instituteitute of Materials Science Department of Defense/Army Research Laboratory/Army
$120,000
9/08-9/10
Research in High Energy Density Capacitor Technology
Bonelli, J. Extension U.S. Department of Agriculture/Univ. of Vermont
$57,000
7/08-6/10
Level 2 SARE PDP Producing Natural Local Meats for Consumers
Bonelli, J. Extension U.S. Department of Agriculture/Univ. of Vermont
$15,000
7/08-6/10
Level 1 SARE PDP Processing and Marketing of Natural Local Meats for Consumers
Bucklin, A. Marine Sciences SPT Offshore LLC
$46,400
9/08-10/08
Charter of R/V Connecticut by SPT Offshore LLC for Buoy Maintenance
Bucklin,A. Marine Sciences Ocean Surveys Inc.
$121,800
9/08-10/08
Charter of R/V Connecticut by Ocean Surveys
Caira, J. Ecology & Evolutionary Biology National Science Foundation
$2,587,698
10/08-9/13
A Survey of the Tapeworm (Cestoda: Platyhelminthes) from Vertebrate Bowels of the Earth
Chazdon, R. Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Bat Conservation International Inc.
$4,000
5/08-5/09
The Role of Tent-Roosting Phyllostomid Bats in Seed Dispersal and Tree Community Assembly Processes in Wet Tropical Secondary Forests, Northeastern Costa Rica
Christenson, R. Civil & Environmental Engineering National Science Foundation/Washington Univ., St. Louis
$100,000
9/08-8/12
NEESR-SG: Performance-Based Design and Real-Time Large-Scale Testing to Enable Implementation of Advanced Damping Systems
Civco, D. Natural Resources Mgmt. & Engineering National Aeronautics & Space Admin.
$15,442
8/08-7/09
NASA Co-sponsorship of "Fifth International Workshop on the Analysis of Multi-Temporal Remote Sensing Imagery"
Coleman, C. Pharmacy Practice Pfizer Inc./Hartford Hosp.
$8,106
5/08-10/08
A Clinician's Perspective on Rating the Strength of Evidence in a Systematic Review
Coleman, C. Pharmacy Practice Pfizer Inc./Hartford Hosp.
$9,819
5/08-10/08
A Clinician's Perspective on the Use of Meta-Regression in Systematic Review: Caveats and Cautions
Cote, R. Physics U.S. Department of Energy
$306,000
8/08-10/11
Formation of Ultracold Molecules
Cotterill, R. Agricultural & Resource Economics U.S. Department of Agriculture
$398,175
9/08-8/11
Food Marketing Policy Center for Research
Crow, L. Dramatic Arts U.S. Institute. for Theatre Technology
$9,140
7/08-7/09
Fine Arts Digital Media Archive
Demurjian, S. Computer Science & Engineering Univ. of Connecticut Health Center
$23,056
9/08-2/09
Developing a Center for Translational Health Services Research AND Strategic Planning for HIT in Community Health Organizations
Dickson, D. Extension U.S. Department of Agriculture
$63,500
9/08-8/10
Expanding Forest Resource Education for Municipal Officials
Fernandez, M. Nutritional Sciences U.S. Department of Agriculture
$258,000
9/08-8/13
Pre-Doctoral Fellowships: Obesity and Diet
Frisman, L. Social Work Instituter. & Research Eli Lilly & Co./Duke Univ.
$83,354
10/07-12/08
Costs of Criminal Justice Involvement Among Persons with SMI in Connecticut 
Geary, S. Pathobiology & Veterinary Science U.S.-Israel Binational Science Found’n/Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem
$86,754
10/08-9/11
Comparative Expression Profiling of Virulent vs Avirulent Mycoplasma Gallisepticum
Giardina, C. Molecular & Cell Biology National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute.
$387,217
9/08-8/10
Targeting p53 for Colon Cancer Treatment and Prevention
Giardina, C. Molecular & Cell Biology Connecticut Department of Public Health/Univ. of Connecticut Health Center
$250,000
9/08-8/12
Targeting Lineage Committed Stem Cells to Damaged Intestinal Mucosa
Gogarten, J. Molecular & Cell Biology National Science Foundation
$2,500,000
1/09-12/13
Horizontal Gene Transfer and Between Phyla Relationships
Gray, S. Extension Connecticut Department of Public Health/Univ. of Connecticut Health Center
$29,896
7/08-6/09
Provision of Nutrition Services to Families of Children with Phenylketonuria and Other Metabolic Conditions
Kalichman, S. Psychology National Institutes of Health/National Institute. on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism
$2,977,426
9/08-8/13
Alcohol-Related HIV Risks Among South African Women
Kalonia, D. Pharmaceutical Sciences Biogen Idec
$107,207
7/08-7/09
The Use of Quartz Crystal Microbalance to Study Protein Silicon Interactions
Kalonia, D. Pharmaceutical Sciences Genentech Inc.
$80,000
6/08-8/09
Rheological Characterization of Antibody Solutions
Kehle, T. Educational Psychology Futures Inc.
$6,500
8/07-1/08
School Psychology Internship – Lisa Dobey
Kehle, T. Educational Psychology Sterling Community School/Sterling Memorial School
$14,386
8/08-6/09
School Psychology Internship – Melissa Collier
Kehle, T. Educational Psychology Waterford Public Schools, Waterford, Connecticut 
$14,386
8/08-6/09
School Psychology Internship – Kara McKenna
Kotha, S. Mechanical Engineering PHS/National Institutes of Health
$1,757,809
8/08-5/13
Importance of Beta-Catenin Signaling in Osteocytes Associated with Anabolic Load
Kraus, C. Center for Survey Research & Analysis Univ. of Colorado at Denver
$7,900
7/08-12/08
Home Ownership Survey
Kraus, C. Center for Survey Research & Analysis Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
$4,400
9/08-10/08
Physicians Follow-up Web Survey
Kunz, H. Chemical, Materials & Biomolecular Engineering Univ. of Central Florida
$26,111
9/08-12/08
Proposal on Increasing Fuel Cell Performance Using Heteropolyacid Additives
Luh, P. Electrical & Computer Engineering ISO New England Inc.
$49,996
8/08-8/09
Start-Up and No-Load Pricing for Electricity Markets, Phases II and III
Luh, P. Electrical & Computer Engineering Midwest ISO
$58,556
7/08-7/09
Effective Methods to Solve the Dual Problems for Convex Hull Pricing of Electricity Markets
Madaus, J. Center on Post Secondary Ed. & Disability U.S. Department of Education/Office of Postsecondary Education
$1,043,735
10/08-9/11
UDI Online: Applying Universal Design for Instituteruction to Online and Blended Courses
Madych, W. Mathematics National Science Foundation/Univ. of Missouri
$53,034
4/08-6/10
Topics in Pure and Applied Harmonic Analysis
Mangle, H. Extension Connecticut Department of Social Services
$30,000
7/08-6/09
All Children Considered Newsletter
Michaels, C. Psychology National Science Foundation
$187,358
9/08-8/10
Direct Learning: Self-Organizing Processes in Perception-Action
Pelizzon, V. English U.S. Department of Education/Department of Education
$128,835
9/08-8/11
Jacob Javits Fellowship
Rajasekaran, S. Computer Science & Engineering National Science Foundation
$749,999
9/08-8/11 
Computing with Protein-Based Associative Memory Processors 
Renfro, M. Mechanical Engineering United Technologies-Pratt & Whitney
$5,000
8/08-12/08
Bluff Body Flame Holding in Unmixed Vitiated Air
Russell, A. Computer Science & Engineering National Science Foundation
$100,000
9/08-8/10
Collaborative Research: EMT/QIS: Quantum Algorithms and Post-Quantum Cryptography
Russell, A. Computer Science & Engineering National Science Foundation
$550,488
9/08-8/11
CDI Type-I: Quantum Diffusion and Quantum Random Walks in Physical Systems
Shvartsman, A. Computer Science & Engineering Connecticut Office of the Secretary of the State
$380,478
7/08-7/09
Certification and Acceptance Testing of Electronic Voting Equipment
Shvartsman, A. Computer Science & Engineering Connecticut Office of the Secretary of the State
$284,586
5/07-8/08
Voting Technology Center
Simbayi, L. Psychology National Institutes of Health/National Institute. of Mental Health
$152,000
7/08-6/10
HIV Behavioral Disinhibition Risk Reduction for Recently Circumcised South African Men
Suib, S. Chemistry Rohm & Haas Co.
$30,000
8/08-1/09
Transesterification Catalysts for Biodiesel Production
Swaminathan, H. Educational Psychology Connecticut Department of Education
$151,716
7/08-6/09
Migrant Education Program Evaluation
Tabor, W. Psychology National Institute. of Health/National Institute. of Child Health & Human Development
$96,691
1/09-12/11
Self-Organized Sentence Processing and Reading Ability
Tang, J. Mechanical Engineering Department of Defense/Air Force Office of Scientific Research/Univ. of Michigan
$82,691
6/08-5/10
Highly Sensitive and Robust Damage Detection of Periodic Structures with Piezoelectric Networking
Tufts, J. Communication Sciences Department of Defense/Navy
$49,594
7/08-5/09
Enabling Technology for Prediction of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Incidence and Economic Cost
Tzingounis, A. Physiology & Neurobiology PHS/National Institutes of Health
$736,178
9/08-8/11
Molecular Components of the Calcium Activated Slow After Hyperpolarization
Valiquette, E. Extension City of Danbury, Connecticut
$6,993
7/08-8/08
Summer Youth Employment Program
Wang, G. Civil & Environmental Engineering Department of Commerce/National Oceanic & Atmospheric Admin.
$277,064
7/08-6/11
Soil Moisture-Vegetation-Precipitation Feedback Over North America: The Search for Observational Evidence
Whitlatch, R. Marine Sciences Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
$24,975
8/08-9/09
Studies on the Benthic Biology of Mumford Cove, Groton, Conn: Assessing the Extent of Habitat Restoration
Whitney, M. Marine Sciences National Science Foundation
$345,545
9/08-8/11
Collaborative Research: Investigating Tidal Influences on Subtidal Estuary-Coast Exchange Using Observations and Numerical Simulations
Yelin, S. Physics National Science Foundation
$225,000
9/08-8/09
Molecular Arrays for Dipole-Based Quantum Information Processing

 

 

      
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