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Sonya Bahar, Physics & Astronomy and Center for Neurodynamics, awarded $111,229 for “CAREER: From Imaging Collective Dynamics In The Cortex To Teaching Interdisciplinary Science” by the National Science Foundation.

Edward Bennett and Julie Lynn Ott DeKinder, College of Optometry, awarded $8,500 for “Clinical Evaluation of Stabilizing Myopia by Accelerating Reshaping Technique The SMART STUDY” by Eyevis, LLC.

Brenda Bredemeier, Educational Psychology, awarded $2,000 for “Education for Social Responsibility” by Missouri State University.

Margaret Cohen and Tobias Shorts, Academic Affairs, awarded $3,500 for “Promoting Service-Learning to Meet the UM-St. Louis Goal for Civic Engagement” by Missouri State University.

Martille Elias, Teaching & Learning, awarded $2,000 for “The Family Writing Project” by Missouri State University.

Erika Gibb, Physics & Astronomy, awarded $3,750 for “Characterizing Volatile Composition in Preplanetary Disks” by the National Science Foundation.

Erika Gibb and Kari Van Brunt, Physics & Astronomy, awarded $2,000 for “Solid Volatiles Toward YSOs” by Sigma XI, the Scientific Research Society.

Alan Hauff, Continuing Education & Outreach, awarded $55,383 for “Missouri Small Business Assistance Center at the University of Missouri-St. Louis” by the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Carl Hoagland, Teaching & Learning, awarded $4,160 for “Perspectives on American Democracy - website” by the Cooperating School Districts.

James Hunt, Biology, awarded $14,547 for “Collaborative Research: Using Comparative Genomics to Study the Evolution of Social Behavior” by the National Science Foundation.

Donald Kridel, Economics, awarded $10,000 for “UMSL/ESI Elasticity Study” by Express Scripts, Inc.

Robert Marquis, Biology, awarded $12,000 for “Impacts of an invasive shrub, the amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maacki) on biotic interactions in native communities” by the National Science Foundation.

Robert Marquis and Humberto de Paula Dutra, Biology, awarded $1,000 for “Impact of an invasive species, Lonicera maackii, on biodiversity through biotic interactions” by the Webster Groves Nature Study Society.

Keith Stine and Alexei Demchenko, Chemistry & Biochemistry, awarded $180,497 for “STICS: Surface-Tethered Iterative Carbohydrate Synthesis” by the National Institutes of Health.

Zuleyma Tang Martinez, Biology, awarded $4,000 for “UMSL Minority Graduate Fellowship” by the National Science Foundation.

Patricia Wente, KWMU FM Radio, awarded $12,000 for “The DNA Files III” by Soundvision Productions.

Category	No. Applications	Budgets Requested	No. Awarded	% Awarded	Dollars Awarded	Award/ Request, %
A. Subcommittee or Discipline
ENGR	52	$1,980,064	13	25%	$358,532	18%
HUMFINEART	37	$777,001	16	43%	$151,617	20%
LIFESCI	105	$4,576,526	29	28%	$869,150	19%
PHYSCIMATH	40	$1,579,112	13	33%	$264,704	17%
SOCBEHSCI	63	$1,897,789	21	33%	$342,556	18%
Total	297	$10,810,492	92	31%	$1,986,559	18%
B. Campus
UM-Columbia	170	$6,355,098	59	35%	$1,268,477	20%
UM-Kansas City	33	$1,192,418	11	33%	$205,796	17%
UM-Rolla	55	$2,074,882	9	16%	$209,520	10%
UM-St. Louis	39	$1,188,094	13	33%	$302,766	25%
Total	297	$10,810,492	92	31%	$1,986,559	18%
C. Professorial Rank
Asst. Professor	157	$5,464,783	51	32%	$1,014,836	19%
Assoc. Professor	81	$2,972,325	25	31%	$588,578	20%
Professor	53	$2,099,894	15	28%	$350,545	17%
Res. Asst/Assoc/Scie.	6	$273,490	1	17%	$32,600	12%
Total	297	$10,810,492	92	31%	$1,986,559	18%