The following grants were received through the Office for Sponsored Programs (OSP) in April 2009. The list represents only new proposals awarded, and excludes continuations. The list is supplied each month by OSP.<\/p>\n
Ayers, John,<\/strong> Electrical & Computer Engineering Bahr, Benjamin,<\/strong> Pharmaceutical Sciences Barnes-Farrell, Janet<\/strong>, <\/strong>Psychology Bohannon, Richard<\/strong>,<\/strong> Physical Therapy Casa, Douglas<\/strong>, <\/strong>Kinesiology Dupraz, Christophe, <\/strong>Marine Sciences Faggella-Luby, Michael, <\/strong>Educational Psychology Fein, Deborah, <\/strong>Psychology Frisman, Linda, <\/strong>School of Social Work Instruction & Research Karan, Orville, <\/strong>Educational Psychology Kharchenko, Vasili, <\/strong>Physics Li, Baikun<\/strong>, Civil & Environmental Engineering Loturco, Joseph, <\/strong>Physiology & Neurobiology Lynch, Michael<\/strong>, Philosophy Mazerolle, Stephanie, <\/strong>Kinesiology Papadimitrakopoulos, Fotios, <\/strong>Chemistry Pattipati, Krishna, <\/strong>Electrical & Computer Engineering Robbins, Gary, <\/strong>Natural Resources & the Environment Rossetti, George, <\/strong>Chemical, Materials & Biomolecular Engineering Stein, Alan, <\/strong>Mathematics Tang, Jiong, <\/strong>Mechanical Engineering Valiquette, Edith, <\/strong>Extension Wagner, David, <\/strong>Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Weiss, Robert, <\/strong>Chemical, Materials & Biomolecular Engineering Zhou, Shengli, <\/strong>Electrical & Computer Engineering The following grants were received at the Storrs-based programs through the Office for Sponsored Programs in April 2009. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[40],"class_list":["post-1668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-14 18:14:41","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1668"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36549,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1668\/revisions\/36549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1668"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=1668"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nMethodology to Fabricate Long-Life Wireless Needle-Implantable Glucose Sensors: Prototyping Using Advanced Processing and Packaging Technology
\n<\/em>Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology Inc.\/Biorasis Inc., $2,500, 12\/08-5\/09<\/p>\n
\nDevelopment of Lysosomal Modulatory Drugs to Treat Alzheimer’s Disease
\n<\/em>National Institutes of Health\/National Institute on Aging\/Synaptic Dynamics Inc., $80,848, 4\/09-4\/10<\/p>\n
\nCharacteristics of Effective Job Health and Safety Committees
\n<\/em>Centers for Disease Control & Prevention\/ National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health\/UConn Health Center, $1,109, 1\/09-5\/09<\/p>\n
\nNIH Toolbox Assessment of Neurological and Behavioral Function
\n<\/em>National Institutes of Health\/ National Institute on Aging\/NorthShore University Health System, $67,944, 2\/09-12\/09<\/p>\n
\nAthletic Training Services: A Partnership with Windham Public Schools
\n<\/em>Windham Public Schools, $26,517, 8\/08-6\/09
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\nChristenson, Richard<\/strong>, Civil & Environmental Engineering
\nResearch Experience for Undergraduates Site: Collaborative Research: International REU Program in Smart Structures
\n<\/em>National Science Foundation\/Engineering, $115,509, 5\/09-4\/12<\/p>\n
\nMicrobial Processes During Early Diagenesis of Carbonate Reservoirs: A Laboratory Approach
\n<\/em>American Chemical Society\/Petroleum Research Fund, $100,000, 5\/09-8\/11<\/p>\n
\nPost-School Outcomes Survey of Connecticut Special Education Students
\n<\/em>U.S. Department of Education\/Office of Special Education & Rehabilitative Sevices\/Connecticut Department of Education, $80,406, 3\/09-2\/11<\/p>\n
\nEarly Detection of Pervasive Developmental Disorders
\n<\/em>National Institutes of Health\/National Institute of Child Health & Human Development, $5,410,599, 1\/09-3\/14<\/p>\n
\nNursing Home Transition Study
\n<\/em>Conn. Department of Mental Health & Addiction Services, $195,578, 3\/09-2\/12<\/p>\n
\nCounseling Psychology Internship \u2013 Kendria Vereen
\n<\/em>New London Public Schools, New London, Conn., $21,577, 8\/08-6\/09<\/p>\n
\nEnergetic Atoms in the Martian Atmosphere, Past and Present
\n<\/em>National Aeronautics & Space Administration, $201,349, 3\/09-3\/11<\/p>\n
\nElectricity Generation From Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment in Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs)
\n<\/em>Environmental Protection Agency\/Fuss & O’Neill Inc., $45,000, 2\/09-1\/10<\/p>\n
\nThe Role of DISCI in Synapse Formation and Function in the Developing Pre-Frontal Cortex
\n<\/em>National Institutes of Health, $432,745, 4\/09-3\/12<\/p>\n
\nFunctionalist Theory of Truth
\n<\/em>National Endowment for the Humanities, $46,200, 6\/09-4\/10<\/p>\n
\nPromotion of Work and Life Balance Among Division I Athletic Trainers
\n<\/em>Eastern Athletic Trainers’ Association, $4,000, 2\/09-1\/10<\/p>\n
\nFlavin-Assisted Single-Walled Nano Tubes Separation and Functionalization
\n<\/em>Department of Defense\/Air Force Office of Scientific Research, $540,000, 5\/09-4\/12<\/p>\n
\nDecision Support Systems for Quantifying the Impact of Oceanographic Environment on Maritime Operations
\n<\/em>Department of Defense\/Navy\/Office of Naval Research\/Aptima Inc., $80,000, 3\/09-12\/09<\/p>\n
\nEvaluating the Use of Oxygen Release Compound for Remediating Excess Dissolved Manganese in Ground Water
\n<\/em>General Motors Corp.\/ENVIRON International Corp., $50,000, 1\/09-12\/09<\/p>\n
\nShort Term Innovative Research: Nanoscale Domain Structure Control in Funtional Oxides
\n<\/em>Department of Defense\/Army Research Laboratory, $46,542, 4\/09-12\/09<\/p>\n
\nNational Institute of Standards & Technology Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program
\n<\/em>Department of Commerce\/National Institute of Standards & Technology, $7,715, 5\/09-9\/09<\/p>\n
\nGrant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry\/Collaborative Research: Understanding and Controlling Variation Propagation in Periodic Structures: From Geometry to Dynamic Response
\n<\/em>National Science Foundation\/Engineering, $143,333, 6\/09-5\/12<\/p>\n
\nDanbury 4-H Afterschool
\n<\/em>Danbury Public Schools, $1,720, 3\/09-6\/09<\/p>\n
\nInterstate Reliability Project Invertebrate Survey
\n<\/em>Northeast Utilities, $83,804, 4\/09-3\/10<\/p>\n
\nShape Memory Elastomers Derived From Ionomer\/Fatty Acid Blends
\n<\/em>National Science Foundation\/Mathematical & Physical Sciences, $375,000, 6\/09-5\/12<\/p>\n
\nAdvancing Underwater Acoustic Communication for Autonomous Distributed Networks via Sparse Channel Sensing, Coding and Navigation Support
\n<\/em>Department of Defense\/Navy\/Office of Naval Research, $999,998, 4\/09-3\/14<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"