The Research Foundation\u2019s spring 2010 Faculty Large Grants were announced recently. The goal of these awards is to help faculty in all disciplines to better position themselves to apply for and receive extramural funding for their research and scholarly activities.<\/p>\n
For the spring 2010 Faculty Large Grant competition, the Research Advisory Council made 35 awards totaling more than $673,000. The proposals were peer reviewed by members of a review panel.<\/p>\n
The award recipients are:<\/p>\n
Shayne Anderson<\/strong>, Human Development & Family Studies, Engagement of High Conflict Couples in Therapy, <\/em>$15,284<\/p>\n Philip Balma<\/strong>, Modern & Classical Languages, Edith Bruck in the Mirror: Fictional Transitions and Cinematic Narratives, <\/em>$5,350<\/p>\n Keith Bellizzi<\/strong>, Human Development & Family Studies, A Pilot Study to Examine the Impact of Colorectal Cancer on Family Adjustment and Quality of Life<\/em>, $28,849<\/p>\n David R. Benson<\/strong>, Molecular & Cell Biology, Complete Transcriptome of Frankia Symbionts in Free-Living and Host-Associated Cells<\/em>, $21,370<\/p>\n Heather Bortfeld<\/strong>, Psychology, Evidence for Perceptual Integration in Early Language Processing: A Neurophysiological Approach<\/em>, $24,619<\/p>\n Joanne Conover<\/strong>, Physiology & Neurobiology, Chemotherapeutic Drugs Used in the Treatment of Breast Cancer and their Effect on Adult Neurogenesis and Brain Repair<\/em>, $25,000<\/p>\n Michael Dennis Coyne<\/strong>, Educational Psychology, Bilingual Reading Intervention for Early Readers, <\/em>$24,131<\/p>\n Lindsay Distefano<\/strong>, Kinesiology, Factors Mitigating Injury Risk in the Military<\/em>, $24,852<\/p>\n Monty Escabi<\/strong>, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Neural Discrimination of Temporal Sound Cues in the Auditory Midbrain, <\/em>$28,375<\/p>\n Alain Frogley<\/strong>, Music, The Cambridge Companion to Vaughan Williams<\/em>, $5,874<\/p>\n Jean Givens<\/strong>, Art & Art History, Building Modern Sweden: Ribershus and the “People’s Home”,<\/em> $3,175<\/p>\n Bernard Goffinet<\/strong>, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Assembling Chloroplast Genomes and Screening Microsatellite Loci from Total Genomic Liverwort 454 Sequences<\/em>, $23,373<\/p>\n Rajeswari Kasi<\/strong>, Chemistry, Multi-Responsive Assemblies from Amphiphilic Polymers and Hybrid Materials<\/em>, $26,753<\/p>\n Jeong-Ho Kim<\/strong>, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Novel Damage Progression Models for Fiber Metal Laminates, <\/em>$10,818<\/p>\n Jeffrey Ladewig<\/strong>, Political Science, Income Inequality and the Ideological Polarization in the U.S. Congress, <\/em>$20,275<\/p>\n Dong Jin Lee<\/strong>, Economics, A Study for Robust Tests for Structural Break when the Regressors and the Error Process are Unstable<\/em>, $3,485<\/p>\n Thomas H. Levine<\/strong>, Curriculum & Instruction, Project Prepare-ELLs (Preparing Responsive Educators Who Promote Access and Realize Excellence with Their ELLs),<\/em> $24,975<\/p>\n Jessica Lubell<\/strong>, Plant Science & Landscape Architecture, Effect of Nutrient Supply on Production of Mixed Species Green Roof Systems, <\/em>$22,551<\/p>\n Micki Mcelya<\/strong>, History, Grave Affairs: Arlington National Cemetery in American Memory and Political Culture<\/em>, $8,076<\/p>\n Stuart S. Miller<\/strong>, Modern & Classical Languages, From Texts to Reality: The Rabbis and Their Neighbors in Roman Palestine, <\/em>$4,170<\/p>\n Mark Overmyer-Velazquez<\/strong>, History, Out of the Fires: Migration in Post 9\/11 Chile and the United State<\/em>s, $5,618<\/p>\n Sung Yeul Park<\/strong>, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Intelligent Power Conditioning System for Constant Power Distributed Generation<\/em>, $25,655<\/p>\n Crystal Park<\/strong>, Psychology, Preliminary Test of a Psychospiritual Intervention for Improving Health-Related Quality of Life in Congestive Heart Failure Patients<\/em>, $26,104<\/p>\n Richard Parnas<\/strong>, Chemical, Materials & Biomolecular Engineering, Preparation for DOE Biofuels Grant Through Enhanced Biofuels Testing Capability,<\/em> $16,957<\/p>\n Andrew Pask<\/strong>, Molecular & Cell Biology, A Pilot Study to Create New Ways to Induce Mucosal Immunity; Increasing the Skin\u2019s Keratin Barrier to Reduce the Risk of Male HIV Infection, <\/em>$25,436<\/p>\n Linda Pescatello<\/strong>, Kinesiology, A Pilot Study of the Comparison of the Immediate After-Effects of Aerobic and Ischemic Handgrip Exercise on Blood Pressure and Vascular Function Among Adults with High Blood Pressure,<\/em> $25,655<\/p>\n Pradeep Ramanathan<\/strong>, Communication Sciences, Implicit Memory Effects on Metamemory in TBI Survivors<\/em>, $20,000<\/p>\n Nalini Ravishanker<\/strong>, Statistics, Stochastic Models for Multivariate Time Series of Counts with Environmental and Marketing Applications<\/em>, $19,135<\/p>\n Jay Rueckl<\/strong>, Psychology, Phoneme Transposition Effects in Spoken Word Perception, <\/em>$22,800<\/p>\n Leon Shaw<\/strong>, Chemical, Materials & Biomolecular Engineering, Synthesis and Fabrication of Nanorod-Enhanced Beta”-Alumina Electrolytes for Advanced Sodium-Beta Batteries,<\/em> $26,623<\/p>\n William Stwalley<\/strong>, Physics, Qubits Based on Ultracold Polar Molecular Ions<\/em>, $19,441<\/p>\n Whitney Tabor<\/strong>, Psychology, Analysis and Testing of Dynamical Language Models,<\/em> $29,523<\/p>\n Paulo Verardi<\/strong>, Pathobiology & Veterinary Science, A Novel Repressible Expression System to Enhance the Safety of Vaccinia Virus Vectors for Vaccine and Cancer Therapy Development<\/em>, $24,293<\/p>\n Ruth Washington<\/strong>, Molecular & Cell Biology, Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 Regulation of Microvascular Pericytes Differentiation into Osteoblast and Adipocyte<\/em>, $24,910<\/p>\n Steven Zinn<\/strong>, Animal Science, Influence of Maternal Investment on Metabolic Hormones in Northern Elephant Seal Pups<\/em>, $9,800<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Research Foundation\u2019s spring 2010 Faculty Large Grants were announced recently. 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