July 2004 Awards*

Richard T. Barber of the Center on Global Change has received an award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for a project entitled "Pacific Climate Variability and its Impact on Ecosystems and Fisheries: A Multi-scale Modeling and Data Assimilation Approach for Now-Casting and Forecasting." Total funding will be $840,274 over 36 months.

Ana P. Barros of Civil Engineering has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Collaborative Research: ITR Framework for Optimal Merging of Multi-Sensor Spatial Data and Multi-Analysis of Assembly Forecasts of High Precipation." Total funding will be $294,594 over 30 months.

Charles M. Becker of Economics has received an award from the American Economic Association for a project entitled "Summer Program and Minority Scholarship Program." Total funding will be $10,000 over 7 months.

Charles M. Becker of Economics has received an award from the Rand Corporation for a project entitled "Summer Program and Minority Scholarship Program." Total funding will be $10,000 over 12 months.

David Beratan of Chemistry has received an award from the American Chemical Society for a project entitled "Symposium: Molecular Chirality: Theory, Synthesis, and Spectroscopy at the Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (SERMAC 2004)." Total funding will be $2,400 over 11 months.

David J. Brady of the Fitzpatrick Center has received an award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for a project entitled "Compressive Optical MONTAGE Photography Initiative (COMP-I)." Total funding will be $2,702,443 over 36 months.

Leslie M. Collins of Electrical Engineering has received an award from EOIR Technologies, Inc. for a project entitled "Signal Processing for the Autonomous Mine Detection System." Total funding will be $47,000 over 6 months.

Harris M. Cooper of Education has received an award from the University of Pennsylvania for a project entitled "What Works Clearinghouse." Total funding will be $2,340,674 over 37 months.

Bruce H. Corliss of the Marine Lab has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Oceanographic Instrumentation: R/V Cape Hatteras." Total funding will be $31,830 over 23 months.

Larry B. Crowder of the Marine Lab has received an award from the Oak Foundation for a project entitled "Training Conservation Professionals for Belize." Total funding will be $280,229 over 48 months.

Larry B. Crowder of the Marine Lab has received an award from the Munson Foundation for a project entitled "Global Fellows - Carribbean and Southeast U.S." Total funding will be $32,000 over 24 months.

Clifford Cunningham of Biology has received a fellowship award from the National Science Foundation for student Christine Henzler, for a project entitled "Dissertation Research: A multi-locus study of genetic impact of rafting in North Atlantic amphipods." Total funding will be $12,000 over 24 months.

Kenneth A. Dodge of the Center for Child and Family Policy has received an award from the NC Department of Health and Human Services for a project entitled "Evaluation of Improving Child Welfare Outcomes Through Systems of Care." Total funding will be $58,238 over 5 months.

Christine Drea of Biological Anthropology has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Patterns of lemur reproductive and behavioral development." Total funding will be $319,281 over 35 months.

Gang Feng of Psychology: Social & Health Sciences has received an award from the RIKEN Brain Science Institute for a project entitled "Cross-linguistic Study of Phonological Development in Japanese and English." Total funding will be $28,820 over 24 months.

Fernando R. Fernholz of The Duke Center for International Development has received an award from the Research Triangle Institute for a project entitled "Program in Fiscal Decentralization and Analytical Techniques." Total funding will be $49,587 over 1 month.

John D. French of Latin American Studies has received an award from the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill for a project entitled "Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship." Total funding will be $124,000 over 12 months.

Paula E. Gilbert of Summer Academic Programs has received an award from the Bernard Osher Foundation for a project entitled "Building on Strength: DILR Prepares for the Next 25 Years." Total funding will be $100,000 over 12 months.

Patrick N. Halpin of the Nicholas School has received an award from the American Samoa Chamber of Commerce for a project entitled "Nearshore hydrodynamic modeling for marine protected areas in American Samoa." Total funding will be $12,160 over 2 months.

Steven L. Hensen of the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library has received an award from the National Film Preservation Foundation for a project entitled "H. Lee Waters Collection." Total funding will be $6,250 over 14 months.

William T. Joines of Electrical Engineering has received an award from the Army Research Office for a project entitled "Printed-Circuit Construction for Compact Microwave Circuits and Antennas." Total funding will be $40,000 over 12 months.

Jeffrey A. Karson of Earth & Ocean Sciences has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Collaborative Research: Iceland Flexure Zones: Analogs for Mid-Ocean Ridge Spreading Centers." Total funding will be $316,896 over 36 months.

Allan Kornberg of Political Science has received a fellowship award from the National Science Foundation for student Thomas J. Scotto, for a project entitled "Doctoral Dissertation Research: Transformation of a National Party System." Total funding will be $8,584 over 11 months.

Miguel A. Medina of Civil Engineering has received an award from Luna Innovations Inc. for a project entitled "High Resolution Acoustic Groundwater Flow Monitor." Total funding will be $15,000 over 7 months.

Ralf C. Michaels of the School of Law has received an award from the Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation for a project entitled "German Law Journal." Total funding will be $4,000 over 12 months.

Marie L. Miranda of the Nicholas School has received an award from the City of Durham Department of Housing and Community Development for a project entitled "Lead Safe for Kids Sake." Total funding will be $30,648 over 11 months.

Thomas Nechyba of the Micro-Incentives Research Center has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "An Empirical Investigation of Peer Effects in Schools and of Household Responses to School Policy Changes." Total funding will be $361,102 over 36 months.

Seog H. Oh of Physics has received an award from Brookhaven National Labs for a project entitled "US ATLAS Research Program in TRT Subsystem." Total funding will be $91,040 over 4 months.

Jenni W. Owen of the Center for Child and Family Policy has received an award from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation for a project entitled "Professional Development Initiative - Phase 2." Total funding will be $75,000 over 6 months.

J. Jeffrey Peirce of Civil Engineering has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Collaborative Research: Planning for a Cleaner Neuse River Basin in North Carolina." Total funding will be $56,415 over 12 months.

Lincoln F. Pratson of Earth & Ocean Sciences has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Collaborative Research: Resolution of the Stratigraphic Record for a High Input, Collision- Margin Shelf Basin: The MARGINS Waipaoa Focus." Total funding will be $214,292 over 36 months.

Kathleen Pryer of Biology has received a fellowship award from the National Science Foundation for student Eric Schuettpelz, for a project entitled "DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Evolution and diversification of epiphytic ferns." Total funding will be $11,986 over 23 months.

Andrew J. Read of the Marine Lab has received an award from the Department of Defense for a project entitled "Predictive Spatial Analysis of Marine Mammal Habitats." Total funding will be $968,567 over 36 months.

Michael C. Reed of Mathematics has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Supplement: Hyperacuity in the Auditory System." Total funding will be $49,719 over 24 months.

Curtis J. Richardson of the Nicholas School has received an award from Mecklenburg County, NC, for a project entitled "Little Sugar Creek Environmental Restoration Initiative- Phase 1: Wellingford Street Regional Water Quality Basin/ Hidden Valley Ecological Garden." Total funding will be $200,000 over 53 months.

Elwyn L. Simons of Biological Anthropology has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Paleoanthropological Research at the Fossil Primate Sites of the Fayum, Egypt." Total funding will be $276,974 over 35 months.

Elwyn L. Simons of the Primate Center has received an award from the National Geographic Society for a project entitled "Giant Lemurs and Faunal Extinction in Madagascar." Total funding will be $24,600 over 12 months.

Donald E. Stone of the Organization for Tropical Studies has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Digitization and Databasing of the La Selva Flora." Total funding will be $374,903 over 36 months.

Donald E. Stone of the Organization for Tropical Studies has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Collaborative Research: Causes and Consequences of Tree Colonization Patterns in Wet Tropical Forests." Total funding will be $130,549 over 36 months.

John W. Terborgh of the Nicholas School has received an award from the Foundation for Deep Ecology for a project entitled "Creation of a ParksWatch regional program for Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay." Total funding will be $10,000 over 12 months.

James W. Vaupel of Public Policy Studies has received a program-project grant award from the National Institutes of Health, for a program entitled "Oldest-old Mortality - Demographic Models and Analysis." Total funding will be $1,735,127 over 57 months. It includes the following projects:

- a project headed by James W. Vaupel, which will receive total funding of $217,169.
- a project headed by James W. Vaupel, which will receive total funding of $32,180.
- a project headed by James W. Vaupel, which will receive total funding of $14,320.
- a project headed by Anatoli I. Yashin, which will receive total funding of $209,178.
- An additional $1,262,280 is attributed to the program. This includes funds awarded for projects outside of Duke, as well as funds not yet assigned to projects.

Kathryn Whetten of the Center for Health Policy, Law, and Management has received an award from the Piedmont Consortium for a project entitled "Expansion & Enhancement of Services for the Hispanic Dually Diagnosed HIV Positive Substance Abuse Client." Total funding will be $1,861,282 over 25 months.

*School of Medicine awards are listed separately:

http://meddeandirect.mc.duke.edu/awards.asp

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Last updated August 4, 2004, by Ken Macdonald