JUNE GRANTS *** from the Division of Sponsored Research

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 June that the following grants had been awarded:

Bruce Hans Appel, Department of Biological Sciences, in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $209,103 from the Public Health Service for "Genetic Analysis of Midline Cell Fate Specification."

Alfred B. Bonds III, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in the School of Engineering, has been awarded a grant of $248,602 by the Public Health Service for "Spatial Characteristics of Neurons in the Striate Cortex."

Alan R. Bowers, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering in the School of Engineering, has been awarded a grant of $65,000 by Delta Airlines for "Commercial Aircraft Deicing and Antiicing." John A. Roth is co-principal investigator.

Kenneth C. Catania, Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $133,748 by the Public Health Service for Development and Organization of Somatosensory Cortex."

Lynn S. Fuchs, Department of Special Education in Peabody College, has been awarded a grant of $700,000 by the Department of Education for "Center to Accelerate Student Learning." Douglas H. Fuchs is co-principal investigator.

Judy Garber, Kennedy Center in Peabody College, has been awarded a grant of $246,861 by the Public Health Service for "Treatment of Depression in Parents: Impact on Children."

Judy Garber, Department of Psychology and Human Development in Peabody College, has been awarded a grant of $246,861 by the Public Health Service for "Life Span Development of Normal and Abnormal Behavior."

Paul M. Gherman, Library in University Administration, has been awarded a grant of $100,000 by the Mellon Foundation for "Electronic Tools and Ancient Near East Archives Implementation."

Craig Ann Heflinger, Department of Human Organization and Development in Peabody College, has been awarded a grant of $151,500 by the Public Health Service for "Service Use by Youth with Alcohol and Mental Disorders."

Steven D. Hollon, Department of Psychology in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $113,425 by the Public Health Service for "Cognitive Therapy and Pharmacotherapy for Depression."

Carl H. Johnson, Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $80,127 by the Department of Defense for "Cell-permeable Circadian Clock Proteins."

Jon H. Kaas, Department of Psychology in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $283,401 by the Public Health Service for "Functional Organization of the Visual System."

Piotr Kaszynski, Department of Chemistry in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $367,700 by the National Science Foundation for "Synthesis of Liquid Crystalline Radicals and Study of Their Molecular Bulk Properties."

Kazuhiko Kawamura, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in the School of Engineering, has been awarded a grant of $208,685 by the Department of Defense for "Research Interactive in Human-Robot Interaction." Mitchell D. Wilkes is co-principal investigator.

Craig H. 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."

Tingyu Li, Department of Chemistry in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $214,007 by the Public Health Service for "Emantioselective Stationary Phases from Parallel Chemical Combinatorial Libraries."

Mark W. Lipsey, Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies, has been awarded a grant of $227,250 from the Public Health Service for "Meta-Analysis of Risk for Substance Abuse."

Sankaran Mahadevan, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering in the School of Engineering, has been awarded a grant of $47,982 by General Motors for "Computation Methods for Reliability Analysis."

Thomas J. Palmeri, Department of Psychology in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $75,750 by the Public Health Service for "Enantioselective Stationary Phases for Parallel Chemical Combinatorial Libraries."

Sokrates T. Pantelides, Department of Psychology in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $80,638 by the Department of Energy for "Atomic Scale Investigation of the Structure and Dynamics of Complex Catalytic Materials."

Cynthia B. Paschal, Department of Biomedical Engineering in the School of Engineering, has been awarded a grant of $103,819 by the National Science Foundation for "MRI Quantitation of Regional Pulmonary Perfusion."

David W. Piston, Department of Psychology in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $2.5 million by the Department of Defense for "Vanderbilt Free-Electron Laser Center for Research in Surgery, Medicine, Photobiology and Materials Science." Charles A. Brau is co-principal investigator.

Ned A. Porter, Department of Chemistry in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $464,877 by the Public Health Service for "Free Radicals, Lipids and Enzyme Activation."

Oakley S. Ray, Department of Psychology in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $28,921 from the Public Health Service for "American College of Neuropsychopharmacology Annual Meeting Special Programs."

Sandra J. Rosenthal, Department of Chemistry in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $75,750 by the Public Health Service for "Drug-conjugated Nanocrystals as Fluorescent Labels for Membrane Proteins in Neuroscience."

James V. Staros, Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $217,175 by the Public Health Service for "Molecular Biophysics Training Program at Vanderbilt."

Patti Parkison van Eys, Department of Psychology & Human Development in Peabody College, has been awarded a grant of $129,770 by the State of Tennessee for "Child Mental Health Coordinator for the Children's Health Initiative, State of Tennessee."

Thomas J. Weiler, Department of Psychology in the College of Arts and Science, has been awarded $130,000 by the Department of Energy for "Theoretical Investigations in Elementary Particle Physics." Thomas W. Kephart is co-principal investigator.

Bahr Weiss, Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies has received a grant of $693,978 by the Public Health Service for "Enhancing Children's Mental Health Services' Outcome."

John P. Wikswo Jr., Department of Physics in the School of Arts and Science, has been awarded a grant of $56,312 from the Public Health Service for "Ultra-High Resolution SQUID Magnetometer."

Paul J. Yoder, Kennedy Center in Peabody College, has been awarded a grant of $442,430 by the Public Health Service for "Early Communication Intervention in Autistic Children." Wendy Stone is co-principal investigator.

Paul J. Yoder, Kennedy Center in Peabody College, has been awarded a grant of $75,750 by the Public Health Service for "Evoked Potentials and Speech and Language Intervention." Michael Davis is co-principal investigator.