EXTERNALLY FUNDED AWARDS, November 2006
Judith Cochran, Educational Leadership & Policy, awarded $40,000 for “St. Louis Public Schools Avid Tutors” by the St. Louis Board of Education.
Alexei Demchenko, Chemistry and Biochemistry, awarded $420,000 for “CAREER: Stereosontrolled synthesis of 1,2-cis glycosides” by the National Science Foundation.
Sandra Diamond, Educational Psychology, awarded $18,310 for “Kids Voting Missouri program” by the St. Louis County Missouri.
Sandra Diamond, Educational Psychology, awarded $10,000 for “Kids Voting Missouri program” by the City of St. Louis Missouri.
Jerry Dunn, Children Advocacy Center, awarded $53,089 for “Trauma Focused Group Treatment for Child Victims of Interpersonal Crime” by the Missouri Department of Public Safety.
Jerry Dunn, Children Advocacy Center, awarded $121,161 for “Child Assessment Centers - West Pine” by the Missouri Department of Social Services.
Jerry Dunn, Children Advocacy Center, awarded $121,161 for “Child Assessment Centers - Weinman Building” by the Missouri Department of Social Services.
Deborah Henry, Continuing Education & Outreach, awarded $1,500 for “28th Annual St. Louis Storytelling Festival” by the Arts and Education Council of Greater St. Louis.
Patricia Johnson, Student Support Services, awarded $1,913 for “Accumulated Material: Contemporary Altars and Ofrendas” by the Missouri Arts Council.
Robert Marquis and Nicholas Barber, Biology, awarded $10,604 for “Effects of avian predation on canopy and understory leaf-chewing arthropods on mature White Oak Quercus alba” by the Environmental Protection Agency.
Lori Newcomer, Teaching & Learning, awarded $94,378 for “An Investigation of Reliability and Treatment and Validity of Functional Assessment Procedures and Generalization & Maintenance of Function Based Behavior Intervention Plans within the Context of Pro-Active School Wide Systems of Positive Behavior Support” by the US Department of Education - Non Student Aid.
Robert Paul, Psychology, awarded $13,730 for “Cognitive Effects of Bariatric Surgery” by the Kent State University.
Joseph Pickard and Lois Pierce, Social Work, awarded $25,000 for “The New York Academy of Medicine, Geriatric Social Work Initiative, The Practicum Partnership Program (Funded by The Harfford Foundation)” by the New York Academy of Medicine.
Thomas Schnell II, Educational Leadership & Policy, awarded $2,500 for “Regional Professional Development Center Compliance Consultant Supplement” by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Mark Tranel, Public Policy Research Centers, awarded $10,000 for “City of St. Louis Weed and Seed Program” by the Operation Weed & Seed St. Louis.
Mark Tranel, Timothy Baumann and Andrew Hurley, Public Policy Research Centers, Anthropology and History, awarded $16,000 for “Community Analysis of the Scott Joplin House and Surrounding area” by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
Mel Watkin, Public Policy Research Centers, awarded $1,000 for “Arts and Education Council Photography Project” by the Arts and Education Council of Greater St. Louis.
Total Awarded: $960,347
UM SYSTEM RESEARCH BOARD AWARDS, Fall 2006
Barbara Bacur, Psychology, awarded $20,570 for "Investigating False Memory in Older Adults."
Adrian Clingher, Mathematics and Computer Science, awarded $13,134 for "Geometrical Aspects of the F-Theory/Heterotic Duality."
Frank Grady, English, awarded $20,000 for "Fifteenth-Century English Literacies."
Colin MacDiarmid, Biology, awarded $30,600 for "Mechanism of Alr1 Regulation by Mg Availability."
Michael Ohnersorgen, Anthropology, awarded $26,500 for "Archaeological Investigations in Nayarit, Mexico."
Total Awarded: $110,804
