November 2006 Awards*

Robert P. Behringer of Physics has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Collaborative Research: SGER: Measuring Forces in Three-Dimensional Granular Materials." Total funding will be $10,247 over 12 months.

David Beratan of Chemistry has received an award from the University of Pittsburgh for a project entitled "Studies in Chirality and Drug Design." Total funding will be $53,834 over 12 months.

Teresa Berger of Divinity has received an award from the NC Humanities Council for a project entitled "Worship In Women's Hands? A Video Documentary." Total funding will be $1,200 over 12 months.

Celia J. Bonaventura of the Marine Lab has received an award from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine for a project entitled "Functional Analysis of Engineered Hemoglobins." Total funding will be $151,690 over 12 months.

Linda M. Burton of the Social Science Research Institute has received an award from Johns Hopkins University for a project entitled "Ethnographic and Survey Studies of the Determinants of Healthy Marriages." Total funding will be $178,350 over 15 months.

Linda M. Burton of the Social Science Research Institute has received an award from the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill for a project entitled "Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Methods." Total funding will be $66,066 over 18 months.

Franklin H. Cocks of Mechanical Engineering has received an award from North Carolina State University for a project entitled "Shielding a Polar Lunar Base." Total funding will be $10,000 over 12 months.

N. Gregson Davis and Susan Roth the Arts & Sciences Deans Office have received an award from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for a project entitled "Visual Studies Initiative." Total funding will be $2,500,000 over 60 months.

John E. Dolbow of Civil Engineering has received an award from Sandia National Laboratories for a project entitled "Coupling X-FEM and Surface Reconstruction Algorithms." Total funding will be $5,745 over 36 months.

Devendra P. Garg of Mechanical Engineering has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Sensors: Intelligent Multi-Sensor Modeling, Identification, and Data Fusion for Automated Manufacturing (Supplement)." Total funding will be $6,000 over 10 months.

David F. Katz of Biomedical Engineering has received an award from The Miriam Hospital for a project entitled "Linking Biofunctionality of Microbicides to User Perception and Acceptability." Total funding will be $44,340 over 11 months.

Paula McClain of the Social Science Research Institute has received an award from the Russell Sage Foundation for a project entitled "What's New About the New South? Race, Latino Immigration, and Inter-group Relations (Supplement)." Total funding will be $7,117 over 24 months.

Keith G. Meador of Divinity has received an award from the General Board of Pension and Health Benefits for a project entitled "Clergy and Laity Health and Well-Being Research Project (Supplement)." Total funding will be $9,000 over 7 months.

Marie Lynn Miranda of the Nicholas School has received an award from the Association of State & Territorial Chronic Disease Program Directors for a project entitled "Building Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Capacity in Two State Health Departments to Address Heart Disease and Stro." Total funding will be $950,000 over 12 months.

Brian C. Murray of the Nicholas Institute has received an award from the Forest Service for a project entitled "US Forest Service Ecosystem Services." Total funding will be $86,820 over 16 months.

Jenni W. Owen of the Center for Child and Family Policy has received an award from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, Inc. for a project entitled "Research to Policy." Total funding will be $6,615 over 2 months.

James W. Vaupel of Public Policy Studies has received an award from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Biodemography of Disease and Death in Moscow." Total funding will be $1,981,383 over 58 months.

Lingchong You of Biomedical Engineering has received an award from the David & Lucile Packard Foundation for a project entitled "Fidelity and Speed of Cellular Information Processing and Computing." Total funding will be $625,000 over 60 months.

*Campus awards only, excluding some private-sector sponsors. Schools of Medicine and Nursing awards are listed separately:

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Last updated December 4, 2006, by Ken Macdonald