March Grants

In the final issue of each month, the Register publishes grants in excess of $25,000 that were awarded the previous month. The Division of Sponsored Research received notification in March that the following grants had been awarded:

Royal G. Albridge, Department of Physics and Astronomy in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $60,000 by the National Science Foundation for "Undergraduate Summer Research Experiences in Physics at Vanderbilt University."

Csaba Biegl, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in the School of Engineering, has been awarded a grant of $45,000 by the Department of Defense for "Simulation and Modeling Research."

Thomas F. Catron, Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies, has been awarded a grant of $88,245 by the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation for "Behavioral Enrichment Skills Training (BEST) Program."

Charlotte F. Fischer, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in the School of Engineering, has been awarded a grant of $100,000 by the Department of Energy for "Theoretical Studies of Atomic Transitions."

Lynn Fuchs, Department of Special Education in Peabody College, has been awarded a grant of $89,930 by the Department of Education for "Gauging Outcomes to Accelerate Learning and Success: GOALS for Students with Disabilities." Douglas Fuchs is co-principal investigator.

Michael Goldfarb, Department of Mechanical Engineering in the School of Engineering, has been awarded a grant of $240,679 by the Department of Defense for "An Elasto-Dynamic Ornithoptic Flying Robotic Insect."

Richard F. Haglund Jr., Department of Physics and Astronomy in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $115,000 by the Department of Defense for "Optimization of Hard-Tissue Surgical Procedures in the Mid-Infrared."

William H. Hofmeister, Department of Chemical Engineering in the School of Engineering, has been awarded a grant of $120,380 by the Department of Defense for "Deposition of Undercooled Ceramic Materials."

G. Kane Jennings, Department of Chemical Engineering in the School of Engineering, has been awarded a grant of $25,000 by the American Chemical Society/ Petroleum Research fund for "Atomic-Level, Surface Modification to Impact the Growth of Polymethylene Films."

Carl H. Johnson, Department of Biology in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $113,688 by the Public Health Service for "BRET Interaction System for Circadian and Other Proteins."

Craig Kennedy, Department of Special Education in Peabody College, has been awarded a grant of $200,000 by the Department of Education for "Leadership Training in Low-Incidence Disabilities Integrating Research and Practice."

Sandra J. Rosenthal, Department of Chemistry in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $31,080 by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory for "High-Efficiency Biomimetic Photovoltaics Employing Semiconducting Nanocrystal Multicomposites."

Lilianna Solnica-Krezel, Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $55,607 by the March of Dimes for "Genetic Analysis of the Dorsal Gastrula Organizer in Zebrafish."

James V. Staros, Department of Microbiology in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $257,993 by the Public Health Service for "Protein Chemistry and Enzymology of the EGF Receptor."

Alvin M. Strauss, Department of Mechanical Engineering in the School of Engineering, has been awarded a grant of $460,750 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for "Tennessee Space Grant Consortium."

Gerald Stubbs, Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $110,000 by the National Science Foundation for "Structure, Assembly and Host Interactions of Helical Plant Viruses."

Lisa E. Wells, Department of Geology in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $52,424 by the National Science Foundation for "Implications of Long-Term Land Use and Land Cover Change on Cyprus: A Holocene History of Soil Erosion and Conservation." Jay S. Noller is co-principal investigator.

John P. Wikswo Jr., Department of Physics and Astronomy in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $50,000 by the Public Health Service for "Ultra-High Resolution SQUID Magnetometer."

MARCH GRANTS from the division of sponsored research

MARCH GRANTS
from the division of sponsored research