November 2007 Awards*

Roni Avissar of Civil Engineering has received an award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for a project entitled "Measurement of Atmospheric Boundary Layer--Supplement." Total funding will be $13,250 over 5 months.

David L. Banks of Statistical Sciences has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Student Travel Support for the Isaac Newton Institute Workshops on Statistical Methods for Complex, High-Dimensional Data." Total funding will be $15,000 over 12 months.

James O. Berger of Statistical Sciences has received an award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (Supplement)." Total funding will be $10,000 over 60 months.

Gale A. Boyd of Economics has received an award from ICF, Inc. for a project entitled "ENERGY STAR." Total funding will be $689,797 over 1 month.

Linda Burton of the Social Science Research Institute has received an award from the Johns Hopkins University for a project entitled "Ethnographic and Survey Studies of the Determinants of Healthy Marriages." Total funding will be $17,400 over 4 months.

Harris M. Cooper of the Social Science Research Institute has received an award from the Smith Richardson Foundation for a project entitled "Does Extending the School Year or School Day Improve Academic Achievement?" Total funding will be $100,000 over 12 months.

Alvin L. Crumbliss of Chemistry has received an award from Pfizer, Inc. for a project entitled "Characterize the Aqueous Iron(III) Chelation Chemistry of PF 02538084." Total funding will be $17,138 over 6 months.

Stefano Curtarolo of Mechanical Engineering has received an award from Stanford University for a project entitled "Materials for Nuclear Detection." Total funding will be $98,897 over 12 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 Grant." Total funding will be $101,347 over 12 months.

Fernando R. Fernholz of the Duke Center for International Development has received an award from the Islamic Development Bank Group for a project entitled "Saudi Arabia PARM." Total funding will be $49,900 over 5 months.

Jeffrey R. Forbes of Computer Science has received an award from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund for a project entitled "RoboCupJunior: Exhibitions of Problem Solving, Teamwork, and Creativity." Total funding will be $180,000 over 36 months.

Gary Gereffi of the Social Science Research Institute has received an award from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation for a project entitled "Analysis of the Reverse Brain Drain from the U.S. to India and China." Total funding will be $41,500 over 9 months.

Paula E. Gilbert of Continuing Studies has received an award from the NC Arts Council for a project entitled "Arts Councils Leadership Institute." Total funding will be $5,000 over 11 months.

Patrick N. Halpin of the Marine Lab has received an award from Old Dominion University for a project entitled "PIRE: Origins of High Marine Biodiversity in the Indo-Malay-Philippine Archipelago: Transformng a Biodiversity Hotspot." Total funding will be $54,399 over 12 months.

Edwin S. Iversen of Statistical Sciences has received an award from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Bayesian Modeling and Optimal Design for Studies of Gene-Environment Association." Total funding will be $946,196 over 34 months.

Sonke Johnsen of Biology has received an award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for a project entitled "Operation Deep-Scope 2007: Characterization of cliff ecosystems using new technologies." Total funding will be $112,400 over 11 months.

William T. Joines of Electrical Engineering has received an award from the Research Triangle Institute for a project entitled "Modeling Integrated Circuit Connections." Total funding will be $9,550 over 5 months.

Herbert P. Kitschelt of the Social Science Research Institute has received an award from the World Bank for a project entitled "Accountability, Public Policy, and Economic Performance." Total funding will be $150,000 over 17 months.

Jennifer Lansford of the Center for Child and Family Policy has received an award from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Parent Behavior and Child Adjustment Across Cultures." Total funding will be $2,020,296 over 57 months.

Arie Y. Lewin of Fuqua School of Business has received an award from The Conference Board for a project entitled "Offshoring Research Network (ORN)." Total funding will be $300,000 over 24 months.

Julian Lombardi of Computer Science has received an award from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for a project entitled "Towards an Enterprise-Integrated Croquet-Based Open Participatory Research and Education Infrastructure." Total funding will be $100,000 over 12 months.

James W. Moody of Sociology has received an award from Pennsylvania State University for a project entitled "Friendship Networks and Emergence of Substance Abuse." Total funding will be $56,000 over 12 months.

H. Frederik Nijhout of Biology has received an award from North Carolina State University for a project entitled "The Development Basis of Wing Pattern Variation in Heliconius." Total funding will be $31,846 over 9 months.

Kenneth H. Reckhow of the Nicholas School has received an award from Dartmouth College for a project entitled "Using Bayesian Networks to Link River Inputs with Ecosystem Indicators in the Gulf of Maine." Total funding will be $29,790 over 4 months.

Kenneth S. Rogerson of Public Policy Studies has received an award from Nike, Inc. for a project entitled "Sports for a Better World Media Project." Total funding will be $3,000 over 6 months.

Kimerly R. Rorschach of the Nasher Museum of Art has received an award from the NC Arts Council for a project entitled "Birth of the Cool: The Paintings of Barkley L. Hendricks Exhibition and Related Programs." Total funding will be $10,000 over 11 months.

Lisa L. Satterwhite of Biomedical Engineering has received an award from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Novel Zebrafish Models to Study Toxicity of PCBs and Pesticides During Pregnancy." Total funding will be $156,000 over 22 months.

Tianjian Shi of the Social Science Research Institute has received an award from the World Bank for a project entitled "Asian Barometer Surveys on Governance, Service Delivery and Human Security." Total funding will be $150,000 over 22 months.

Gangadhar P. Shukla of the Duke Center for International Development has received an award from the Government of India for a project entitled "Indian Administrative Service, Mid-Career Training." Total funding will be $169,874 over 36 months.

*Campus awards only, excluding some private-sector sponsors.

Last updated December 5, 2007, by Ken Macdonald