Research Advocate Funding Guide, February 1999
Sponsored Projects Office, University of California, Berkeley

Contract and Grant Awards in January

Arens, Edward A., Center for Environmental Design Research, $47,259, LBNL, “Window/Therm Project.”

Arens, Edward A., Center for Environmental Design Research Center for Environmental Design Research, $23,455, LBNL, “New Technologies Demonstration Program Support for FEMP.”

Baker, Barbara, Plant and Microbial Biology, $63,359, UC Biotechnology STAR Program, “Genetic Dissection of the N-Terminal Signal Transduction Pathway in Tomato.”

Bale, Stuart, Space Sciences Laboratory, $62,600, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, “A Multi-Instrument Investigation of Wave and Particle Processes in the Solar Wind and at the Bow Shock.”

Bergman, Robert G., Chemistry, $20,000, LBNL, “Immobilized Homogeneous Catalysts.”

Bowker, Albert, Statistics, $15,000, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, “Grant for the Support of the Publication of Vannevar Bush’s Papers.”

Buffler, Patricia A., School of Public Health, $4,545,888, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, “Childhood Leukemia and Environmental Exposures.”

Chapela, Ignacio H., Environmental Science, Policy, and Management—Ecosystem Science Division, $61,027, UC Biotechnology Research and Education, “Valuation of Genetic Resources through Biotechnological and Pharmaceutical Discovery: A Model for Decision-Makers.”

Chapela, Ignacio H., Environmental Science, Policy, and Management—Ecosystem Science Division, $15,000, USDA Forest Service, “The Genetic Structure of the Heterobasidion Annosum at the Local Regional and Continental Level.”

Chen, Jyh-Yuan, ESRC, $188,000, NASA Lewis Research Center, “Numerical Study of Buoyancy and Different Diffusion Effects on the Structure and Dynamics of Triple Flames.”

Cohen, Martin, Radio Astronomy Laboratory, $409,000, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, “Probing the Morphology, Dynamic and Interface of the ISM.”

Cole, Robert W., Cal Performances, $35,000, ATandT Foundation, “Support for House of Blues and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 1998-99 Season.”

Colford Jr., John M., School of Public Health, $301,228, Centers for Disease Control, “Randomized Trial of Tapwater Treatment in HIV+ Persons.”

Davis, Marc, Astronomy, $61,913, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, “Studies of Dust Emission as Measured by DIRBE and IRAS.”

Derkiureghian, Armen, Earthquake Engineering Research Center, $3,000, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Elastic and Inelastic Behavior of Curved Beams and Plates.”

Duster, Troy S., Institute for the Study of Social Change, $126,477, California Endowment, “Developing Concepts and Models for a Center for Multicultural Health.”

Garcia, Eugene E., School of Education, $112,000, UC California Writing Project, “Bay Area Writing Project: CSMP 1998-1999.”

Gilbert, Gregory S., Environmental Science, Policy, and Management—Ecosystem Science Division, $59,580, Novartis Pharmaceutical, “Analysis of Ecological Correlates to Biological and Chemical Diversity of Leaf-Litter Fungi.”

Hall, Bronwyn H., Institute of Business and Economic Research, $20,350, California Council on Science and Technology, “Effectiveness of the California R&D Tax Credit.”

Harley, Robert A., Environmental Engineering and Health Sciences Labortory, $240,524, State of California EPA Air Resources Board, “Development of Reactivity Scales via 3-D Grid Modeling of California Ozone Episodes.”

Head-Gordon, Martin, Chemistry $13,815, LBNL, “Linear Scaling Density Functional Theory Methods.”

Horowitz, Roberto, ESRC, $70,628, Carnegie Mellon University, “Frontiers of Magnetic Recording.”

Howe, Linda K., Institute of Transportation Studies, $28,060, State of California Department of Transportation, “Training and Software Development for Improved Signal Timing Techniques.”

Hurley, Kevin, Space Sciences Laboratory, $29,500, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, “Analysis of ROSAT and SAX Data on Cosmic Gamma-Ray Bursts.”

Isacoff, Ehud, Molecular and Cell Biology, $10,000, LBNL, “Molecular Design Institute 2—Biosensors.”

Jones, Enrico E., Psychology, $40,000, American Psychoanalytic Association, “Quantitative Single Case Studies of Psychoanalytic Therapy.”

Kane, Caroline M., Professional Development Program, $10,000, National Science Foundation, “Presidential Awardee for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring.”

Keasling, Jay, Chemical Engineering, $132,490, Office of Naval Research, “Strategies for Metabolic Engineering of Environmental Microorganisms—Applications to Degradation of Organophosphate Contaminants.”

Keasling, Jay, Chemical Engineering, $264,908, National Science Foundation, “Strategies for Metabolic Engineering of Environmental Microorganisms—Applications to Degradation of Organophosphate Contaminants.”

Kim, Sung-Hou, Chemistry, $32,853, LBNL, “Structural Biophysics.”

Lightfoot, Kent G., Archaeological Research Facility, $6,000, State of California Department of Parks and Recreation, “Kashaya Petroglyphs Study.”

Long, Jeffrey R., Chemistry, $25,000, American Chemical Society, “Gas Phase Cluster Synthesis.”

Luhmann, Janet, Space Sciences Laboratory, $248,800, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, “CMES and Solar Magnetic Field Evolution: A SOHO GI Proposal.”

Marcy, Geoffrey, Space Sciences Laboratory, $178,168, UC DiMI Digital Media Innovation Program, “SETI@Home.”

Mills, Nicholas J., Environmental Science, Policy, and Management—Insect Biology Division, $19,070, Walnut Marketing Board, “Walnut Susceptibility of Codling Moth Damage Cultivars and Orchards.”

Minkler, Meredith A., School of Public Health, $49,999, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, “Grandparents: America’s Hidden Child Care System?”

Mishler, Brent D., University/Jepson Herbaria, $20,000, University of Tulsa, “The Origins and Phylogeny of Green Plants: A Research Coordination Group.”

Monteiro, Paulo J., Earthquake Engineering Research Center, $30,000, State of California Department of Transportation, “Feasibility Study of a New Device to Assess the Service Life of Corroded Reinforced Concrete Structure.”

Newton, A. Richard, Electronics Resaerch Laboratory, $5,979,331, Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, “Design and Test for Gigascale Integration.”

Nicas, Mark, School of Public Health, $482,064, Association of Schools of Public Health, “Infections Disease Among State Prison Healthcare Workers.”

Richards, Paul L., Space Sciences Laboratory, $65,000, NASA Ames Research Center, “Superconducting Bolometers for Infrared and Millimeter Wavelengths.”

Robertson, Lynn C., Institute of Personality and Social Research, $113,379, National Institute of Mental Health, “Brain Damage Effects on Feature Traces in Memory.”

Schell, Orville, School of Journalism, $25,000, Marin Community Foundation, “The New Millennium: Conversations on the Future in Marin.”

Schell, Orville, School of Journalism, $100,000, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, “Environmental Journalism Program.”

Serafini, Tito Andrew, Molecular and Cell Biology, $195,313, EULB Foundation, “A Functional Genomics of Neuronal Identity.”

Silver, Whendee L., Environmental Science, Policy, and Management—Ecosystem Science Division, $266,000, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, “Microbial Nitrogen Retention in Humid Soils: The Role of Dissimilatory Nitrate Reduction.”

Smith, Allan H., School of Public Health, $50,000, State of California Environmental Protection Agency, “Carcinogenic Dose Response Evaluation for Arsenic in Drinking Water.”

Twiss, Robert H., Center for Environmental Design Research, $351,122, State of California, “California Land Science Information Partnership.”

Wake, David B., Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, $25,000, Turner Foundation, Inc, “AMPHIBIAWEB: A Communication Network on Worldwide Vanishing Amphibians.”

Wenk, Hans-Rudolf, Geology and Geophysics, $288,178, LANL Los Alamos National Laboratory, “Fabrication of Mechanical Components for HIPPO Neutron Diffractometer.”

White, Richard M., Electronics Resaerch Laboratory, $78,479, Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories, “Ultrasonic Fluid Drive Mechanisms.”

Wilensky, Robert, Electronics Resaerch Laboratory, $300,000, Corporation for National Research Initiatives, “The D-Lib Test Suite.”
 


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