The following grants were received through the Office for Sponsored Programs (OSP) in May 2009. The list represents only new proposals awarded, and excludes continuations. The list is supplied each month by OSP.<\/p>\n
<\/strong><\/p>\n Accorsi, Michael, <\/strong>Civil & Environmental Engineering <\/em><\/p>\n Anderson, Amy, <\/strong>Pharmaceutical Sciences <\/em><\/p>\n Best, Samuel, <\/strong>Political Science <\/em><\/p>\n Bushey, Joseph, <\/strong>Civil & Environmental Engineering <\/em><\/p>\n Bushey, Joseph, <\/strong>Civil & Environmental Engineering <\/em><\/p>\n Cassenti, Brice, <\/strong>Mechanical Engineering <\/em><\/p>\n Courtmanche, Jason, <\/strong>Connecticut Writing Project <\/em><\/p>\n Ellis, Donna, <\/strong>Plant Science <\/em><\/p>\n Fischer, Mary, <\/strong>Sociology <\/em><\/p>\n Frisman, Linda, <\/strong>School of Social Work Instruction & Research <\/em><\/p>\n Geary, Steven, <\/strong>Pathobiology & Veterinary Science <\/em><\/p>\n Goffinet, Bernard, <\/strong>Ecology & Evolutionary Biology <\/em><\/p>\n Hannafin, Robert, <\/strong>Educational Psychology <\/em><\/p>\n Howser, Michael, <\/strong>University Libraries \u2013 Research & Information Services <\/em><\/p>\n Jackson, Eric, <\/strong>Connecticut Transportation Institute <\/em><\/p>\n Jacobs, Barbara, <\/strong>Nursing Instruction & Research <\/em><\/p>\n Javidi, Bahram, <\/strong>Electrical & Computer Engineering <\/em><\/p>\n Javidi, Bahram, <\/strong>Electrical & Computer Engineering <\/em><\/p>\n Johnson, Blair, <\/strong>Psychology <\/em><\/p>\n Jordan, Eric, <\/strong>Mechanical Engineering <\/em><\/p>\n Kazerounian, Kazem, <\/strong>Mechanical Engineering <\/em><\/p>\n Kraemer, William, <\/strong>Kinesiology <\/em><\/p>\n Kraus, Christine, <\/strong>Center for Survey Research & Analysis <\/em><\/p>\n Kraus, Christine, <\/strong>Center for Survey Research & Analysis <\/em><\/p>\n Kraus, Christine, <\/strong>Center for Survey Research & Analysis <\/em><\/p>\n Legrand, Ana, <\/strong>Plant Science <\/em><\/p>\n Panosky, Denise, <\/strong>Nursing Instruction & Research <\/em><\/p>\n Shaw, Leon, <\/strong>Chemical, Materials & Biomolecular Engineering <\/em><\/p>\n Shelton, Deborah, <\/strong>Nursing Instruction & Research <\/em><\/p>\n Silander, John, <\/strong>Ecology & Evolutionary Biology <\/em><\/p>\n Smirnova, Alevtina, <\/strong>Chemical, Materials & Biomolecular Engineering <\/em><\/p>\n Sotzing, Gregory, <\/strong>Chemistry <\/em><\/p>\n Strausbaugh, Linda, <\/strong>Molecular & Cell Biology <\/em><\/p>\n Suib, Steven, <\/strong>Chemistry <\/em><\/p>\n Valiquette, Edith, <\/strong>Extension <\/em><\/p>\n Wells, Barrett, <\/strong>Physics <\/em><\/p>\n Wilson, Richard, <\/strong>Human Rights Institute The following grants were received at the Storrs-based programs through the Office for Sponsored Programs in May 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-1671","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":"2026-05-08 18:42:59","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\/1671","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=1671"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36547,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1671\/revisions\/36547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1671"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=1671"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nEthiopian-UConn Partnership in Sustainable Development and Management of Water Resources<\/em>
\nU.S. Agency for International Development, $50,000, 5\/09-11\/09<\/p>\n
\nTargeting <\/em>Dihydrofolate Reductase to Design Antimicrobial Agents<\/em>
\nNational Institutes of Health\/National Institute of General Medical Sciences, $1,079,603, 1\/09-12\/12<\/p>\n
\nWorkers Compensation Survey \u2013 Wisconsin<\/em>
\nWorkers Compensation Research Institute, $91,251, 2\/09-6\/09<\/p>\n
\nWater Quality Monitoring and Assessment Due to Addition of a Lane on a Divided Highway in Southeastern Connecticut<\/em>
\nConnecticut Department of Transportation\/Connecticut Academy of Science & Engineering, $31,858, 5\/09-6\/10<\/p>\n
\nEvaluation of Environmental Wetland Mitigation Alternatives for Transportation Projects<\/em>
\nConnecticut Department of Transportation\/Connecticut Academy of Science & Engineering, $19,968, 7\/09-6\/10<\/p>\n
\nThermo-viscoplastic Creep and Fracture of Single Crystal Materials<\/em>
\nDepartment of Defense\/Air Force\/United Technologies-Pratt & Whitney, $40,000, 4\/09-8\/09<\/p>\n
\nConnecticut Writing Project \u2013 Storrs<\/em>
\nDepartment of Education\/National Writing Project Corp., $46,000, 3\/09-6\/10<\/p>\n
\nBiological Control of Mile-A-Minute Weed (Persicaria perfoliata) with Rhinocomimus latipes<\/em>
\nU.S. Department of Agriculture\/Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service, $4,339, 2\/09-12\/09<\/p>\n
\nSocial Capital, School Choice, and Student Success: Examining the Linkages Among High School Students in the Educational Longitudinal Study<\/em>
\nAmerican Educational Research Association, $34,949, 6\/09-5\/11<\/p>\n
\nMedicaid Restoration for Prisoners with Severe Mental Illness<\/em>
\nNational Institutes of Health\/National Institute of Mental Health\/University of North Carolina, $120,098, 4\/09-3\/10<\/p>\n
\nForeign Animal Diseases, Immune Protection and Diagnostics<\/em>
\nU.S. Department of Agriculture\/Agricultural Research Service, $18,306, 6\/08-5\/10<\/p>\n
\nDoctoral Dissertation: Phylogenetic Relationships, Population Structure and Evolutionary Genetics of the Southern Appalachian Asexual Hornwort Megaceros Aenigmaticus (J.C. Villareal)<\/em>
\nNational Science Foundation, $9,594, 6\/09-5\/10<\/p>\n
\nTransforming Engineering Education Through Social Networking<\/em>
\nNational Science Foundation, $99,999, 5\/09-4\/10<\/p>\n
\nOffice of Long Island Sound Programs Digital Aerial Photo Compression and Indexing<\/em>
\nDepartment of Commerce\/National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration\/Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, $27,743, 5\/09-4\/11<\/p>\n
\nThe Design-Build Methodology: A Review of Practice and Evaluation for Connecticut Applications<\/em>
\nConnecticut Department of Transportation\/Connecticut Academy of Science & Engineering, $19,877, 5\/09-6\/10<\/p>\n
\nClinical Director of Ethics Consultation<\/em>
\nHartford Hospital, $43,500, 8\/08-5\/09<\/p>\n
\n3D Sensing and Imaging of Objects Occluded by Clouds<\/em>
\nDepartment of Defense\/Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, $125,000, 5\/09-5\/10<\/p>\n
\nNew Imaging Paradigm using Quantum Optics for 3D Visualization, Optical Compression and ATR<\/em>
\nDepartment of Defense\/Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency\/Air Force, $300,000, 5\/09-7\/10<\/p>\n
\nSyntheses of HIV Prevention Research, Phase III<\/em>
\nNational Institutes of Health, $2,829,419, 2\/09-2\/14<\/p>\n
\nThin, Dense Ceramic Layers To Improve Thermal Barrier Coating Performance, Durability, and Reliability<\/em>
\nDepartment of Defense\/Navy\/Office of Naval Research, $50,000, 5\/09-5\/10<\/p>\n
\nResearch Experiences for Teachers (RET) Site: The Joule Fellows \u2013 Teachers in Sustainable Energies Research Laboratories<\/em>
\nNational Science Foundation, $450,000, 5\/09-4\/12<\/p>\n
\nImpact of a Multi-Nutrient Supplement on Performance and Quality of Life<\/em>
\nAdvoCare International L.P., $72,284, 8\/09-7\/10<\/p>\n
\nTobacco Tax Survey<\/em>
\nAmerican Cancer Society Inc., $20,000, 2\/09-5\/09<\/p>\n
\nPhysicians Survey<\/em>
\nConnecticut Childrens Medical Center, $4,400, 3\/09-4\/09<\/p>\n
\nStroke Survey<\/em>
\nConnecticut Department of Public Health, $8,000, 4\/09-6\/09<\/p>\n
\nMeasuring Impacts of Integrated Pest Management Nationally<\/em>
\nU.S. Department of Agriculture, $199,795, 6\/09-5\/12<\/p>\n
\nLeadership, Education, Achievement, and Development<\/em>
\nViola W. Bernard Foundation, $10,000, 8\/09-7\/10<\/p>\n
\nNovel Processing of WC\/Co Hardmetals with Simultaneous Improvements in Hardness and Toughness Derived From Nanocrystalline Powder<\/em>
\nNational Science Foundation, $299,999, 9\/09-8\/12<\/p>\n
\nAn Evaluation of START NOW Skills Training for Inmates<\/em>
\nDepartment of Justice\/National Institute of Corrections\/University of Conn Health Center, $6,404, 9\/08-9\/09<\/p>\n
\nSpatiotemporal Models of Phenology \u2013 Integrating the Effects of Climate Change in Plants and Animals<\/em>
\nNational Science Foundation, $187,575, 5\/09-4\/10<\/p>\n
\nNano-Engineered Supercapacitor for Space-Based Military Application<\/em>
\nDepartment of Defense\/Air Force\/Giner Inc., $19,716, 2\/09-11\/09<\/p>\n
\nDevelopment of Coatings of Textile Structures for the Obtainment of the Electrochrome Effect<\/em>
\nInternational Technology & Products Germany (ITP GmbH), $99,000, 6\/09-6\/10<\/p>\n
\nNext Generation Sequencing in Non-Model Organisms<\/em>
\nAmerican Genetic Association, $16,000, 7\/08-6\/09<\/p>\n
\nEnvironmental Catalysis and Photocatalysis of Pollutants<\/em>
\nVeruTEK Technologies Inc., $195,000, 4\/09-5\/10<\/p>\n
\nDanbury 4-H Afterschool<\/em>
\nDanbury Public Schools, $13,380, 10\/08-6\/09<\/p>\n
\nPhase Separation and Magnetism in Strained Films of Transition Metal Oxides<\/em>
\nNational Science Foundation\/Mathematical & Physical Sciences, $370,000, 6\/09-5\/12<\/p>\n
\nJudging History: The Use of Historical Evidence in International Criminal Tribunals<\/em>
\nNational Endowment for the Humanities, $50,400, 7\/09-6\/10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"