The Research Foundation\u2019s spring 2013 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\u00a0spring 2013 Faculty Large Grant competition, the Research Advisory Council received 62 proposals, and made 30 awards totaling more than $481,000. The proposals were peer reviewed by members of a panel.<\/p>\n
The award recipients are:<\/p>\n
Alfredo Angeles-Boza, <\/b>Chemistry, Mechanistic Studies of C02 Binding and Activation<\/i>, $25,000<\/p>\n
Michael Bradford, <\/b>Dramatic Arts, The Lorca Triptych: Love, Death, and Duende<\/i>, $9,246<\/p>\n
Timothy Byrne, <\/b>Marine Sciences, Imaging a Breakup Lithospheric Plate during an Arc-Continent Collision in Taiwan (Sabbatical)<\/i>, $3,781<\/p>\n
James Chrobak, <\/b>Psychology, Consequences of Chronic Ketamine (NMDA Antagonist) On Memory, Proactive Interference, and Neuroanatomy at Different Developmental Ages in the Rat,<\/i> $14,000<\/p>\n
James Cole, <\/b>Molecular & Cell Biology, Mechanism for Activation of Rig-I by Viral RNA<\/i>, $14,000<\/p>\n
Christopher Cornelius, <\/b>Chemical, Materials, & Biomolecular Engineering, Designing Nanomaterials<\/i>, $24,999<\/p>\n
Kimberly Cuevas, <\/b>Psychology, A Systematic Analysis of the Infant EEG Mu Rhythm<\/i>, $25,000<\/p>\n
Martha Cutter, <\/b>English, The Illustrated Slave: Graphic Narrative and the Visual Culture of the Transatlantic Abolition Movement, 1820-1852,<\/i> $3,030<\/p>\n
Gerald Dunne, <\/b>Physics, Quantum Control in Intense Laser-Particle Physics (Sabbatical),<\/i> $10,805<\/p>\n
Monty Escabi, <\/b>Electrical & Computer Engineering, Optimizing Electrical Stimulation Algorithms for Auditory Implants, <\/i>$28,217<\/p>\n
Roslyn Holly Fitch, <\/b>Psychology, Language Deficits in Autism and Assessment of the Cntnap2 Mouse, <\/i>$14,000<\/p>\n
Amy Gorin, <\/b>Psychology, Development and Testing of a Behaviorally Based, Ecologically Grounded Weight Management Intervention for Active Duty Submariners<\/i>, $24,918<\/p>\n
Idethia Harvey, <\/b>Human Development & Family Studies, Social Relationships and Diabetes Self-Management Practices among Caribbean Women Residing in Connecticut<\/i>, $19,774<\/p>\n
John Ivan, <\/b>Civil & Environmental Engineering, Statistical Modeling of Highway Crash Severity: A Multi-State Hierarchical Bayesian Multiple-Response Framework<\/i>, $27,182<\/p>\n
Prakash Kashwan, <\/b>Political Science, The Socio-Economic, Ecological, and Political Drivers of Forest Land Rights in India, $15,000<\/i><\/p>\n
David Knecht, <\/b>Molecular & Cell Biology, Why do Silica Particles Kill Cells: The Role of Phagosomal Maturation and ROS Generation, <\/i>$14,000<\/p>\n
Hassanaly Ladha, <\/b>Literature, Culture, & Languages, The Idea of Arica: Hegel, Architecture, and the Political Subject,<\/i> $5,410<\/p>\n
Yizao Liu,<\/b> Agricultural & Resource Economics, Evaluating Consumer Demand, Consumer Learning, and the Health Effects of Bottled Water Consumption in the U.S.<\/i>, $24,009<\/p>\n
Robert Mason, <\/b>Marine Sciences, Examination of the Factors Controlling the Net Input of Mercury to the Ocean (Sabbatical),<\/i> $4,294<\/p>\n
Eric May, <\/b>Molecular & Cell Biology, Computational Study into the Structure and Dynamics of the Lassa Virus Ribonucleoprotein Complex<\/i>, $20,000<\/p>\n
Barbara Mellone, <\/b>Molecular & Cell Biology, A Novel Approach to Study Neocentromere Formation and Inactivation, <\/i>$20,000<\/p>\n
Kenneth Noll, <\/b>Molecular & Cell Biology, Thermus thermophilus: Biofuel Generation through Design and Analysis of a Genetically Tractable Extreme Thermophile<\/i>, $5,500<\/p>\n
Margaret Rubega, <\/b>Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Thermal Imaging for Ecological Research, <\/i>$14,000<\/p>\n
Mary Rumpho-Kennedy, <\/b>Molecular & Cell Biology, Shifting Our Approach Towards Identify Mechanisms of Establishment and Maintenance of a Unique Host-Symbiont Association,<\/i> $20,000<\/p>\n
Elizabeth Schifano, <\/b>Statistics, Statistical Methods for High-Dimensional Genomic Data<\/i>, $19,470<\/p>\n
Juliette Shellman, <\/b>Nursing, A Peer Reminiscence Intervention to Decrease Depression in Minority Elders, <\/i>$17,238<\/p>\n
Luis Van Isschot, <\/b>History, Understanding the Impact of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in Latin America’s Conflict Zones<\/i>, $7,764<\/p>\n
John Volin, <\/b>Natural Resources & the Environment, Phenological Responses to Climate Warming, and their Implications for Exotic Invasive Plants in Temperate Forest Understories: A Pilot Study<\/i>, $20,000<\/p>\n
Sarah Willen, <\/b>Anthropology, Renegade Moralities: “Illegality,” Exclusion, and Existential Struggle among African and Filipino Migrants in Israel<\/i>, $3,610<\/p>\n
Pinar Zorlutuna, <\/b>Mechanical Engineering, Cell-Based Logical Gates Using Microfabricated Substrates,<\/i> $26,837<\/p>\n
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