Richard M. Anderson of Environmental Sciences & Policy has received an award from the Water Resources Research Institute for a project entitled "How Explicit Identification and Valuation of Ecosystem Services can Improve Management of Oyster and Oyster Reef Restor." Total funding will be $34,862 over 12 months.

William L. Chameides of Environmental Sciences & Policy has received an award from the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation for a project entitled "Doris Duke Conservation Fellows Program." Total funding will be $238,607 over 25 months.

Bruce H. Corliss of the Marine Laboratory has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Technician." Total funding will be $192,778 over 11 months.

Richard T. Di Giulio of Environmental Sciences & Policy has received an award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences for a project entitled "Superfund Basic Research Center." Total funding will be $377,442 over 11 months.

Richard B. Forward, Jr. of the Marine Laboratory has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "REU^*: Undergraduate Research in Estuarine and Coastal Marine Systems." Total funding will be $334,724 over 36 months.

Joel N. Meyer of Environmental Sciences & Policy has received an award from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "NIH^* Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Program." Total funding will be $225,600 over 23 months.

Sari Palmroth of Environmental Sciences & Policy has received an award from the Forest Service for a project entitled "Effect of Nitrogen Fertilization on Carbon Cycling and Sequestration Under Current and Elevated Atmospheric CO2." Total funding will be $138,996 over 36 months.

Daniel Richter, Jr. of Environmental Sciences & Policy has received an award from Weyerhaeuser Corporation for a project entitled "Evaluating Coarse Woody Debris Levels in a Loblolly Pine Plantation Managed for Biofuel Production." Total funding will be $13,000 over 8 months.

Varun Swamy of Environmental Sciences & Policy has received an award from the Conservation, Food & Health Foundation for a project entitled "Continuation of a basin-wide study of the effects of hunting-induced mammal extinctions on forest regeneration in the Peruvian Amazon & training Peruvian students in ecological research techniques." Total funding will be $25,000 over 12 months.

Dean L. Urban of Environmental Sciences & Policy has received an award from the Water Resources Research Institute for a project entitled "Assessing the Impacts of Watershed Development History and Levels of Hydrologic Alteration on Stream Ecosystem Health in the NC Piedmont.." Total funding will be $49,891 over 12 months.