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OFFICE OF RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION NEWSLETTER  |  October 2007
(Volume VII, No. 4)

 

What's Inside

 

HOME

 

RECENT AWARDS

 

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

 

NEWS

 

August 2007 EXTERNAL

FUNDINGSources

Association
$100,000

Corporation

$241,278
Federal
$6,260,408
MO Local Government
$787,868
State of Missouri
$414,961
TOTAL
$7,804,515
 

August 2007 EXTERNAL

FUNDINGPurposes

Instruction
$1,033,290
Other Sponsored Activity
$4,883,504
Research
$1,887,721
TOTAL
$7,804,515
 
 

Recent Awards

 

EXTERNAL FUNDING

 
 

EXTERNALLY FUNDED AWARDS, August 2007

 

Gregory Aubuchon and Donald Kridel, Economics, awarded $114,787 for “Missouri Gaming Market Analysis” by the Missouri Gaming Commission.

 

James Bashkin, Chemistry and Biochemistry, awarded $229,778 for “Antiviral Compounds that Target HPV18 DNA” by NanoVir, LLC.

 

Jerry Dunn, Children's Advocacy Center, awarded $186,014 for “Parent Child Interaction Therapy for Promoting Positive Discipline” by the Saint Louis Mental Healthy Board.

 

Jerry Dunn, Children's Advocacy Center, awarded $199,852 for “Integrated Treatement for Complex Trauma with Children with Serious Emotional Disturbance” by the Saint Louis Mental Healthy Board.

 

G A Franzel, Continuing Education & Outreach, awarded $1,500 for “Conference Speaker Support” by the VISTAKON.

 

Tara Galovski, Center for Trauma Recovery, awarded $203,850 for “Improving Effectiveness: Treatment Outcome Research” by the National Institutes of Health.

 

George Gokel, Center for Nanoscience, awarded $174,428 for “Synthetic Chemical Models of Ammonium Arene Interactions” by the National Science Foundation.

 

Clark Hickman and Stephen Viola, Continuing Education & Outreach, awarded $50,000 for “Paraprofessional Tuition Reimbursement” by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

 

John Hoover and Gregory Ames, Mercantile Library, awarded $16,277 for “Bureau of Railway Economics (BRE) Collection” by the Missouri State Library.

 

Cezary Janikow and Uday Chakraborty, Mathematics & Computer Science, awarded $10,000 for “Network Load Test Tool” by the Express Scripts, Inc.

 

David Laslo, Public Policy Research Centers, awarded $402,002 for “Workforce Development Information System (Adult)” by the St Louis Agency Training and Employment.

 

Lori Newcomer, Teaching & Learning, awarded $21,740 for “Positive Behavior Support (PBS) Coaches Training” by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

 

Joseph Pickard, Social Work, awarded $100,000 for “Mental Health Counseling and Referral of Older Adults: Clergy Experience” by the Gerontological Society of America.

 

Lloyd Richardson, Educational Leadership & Policy, awarded $4,000 for “Translation of USGS Web Pages” by the U.S. Geological Survey.

 

Thomas Schnell II, Educational Leadership & Policy, awarded $90,000 for “Regional Professional Development Center Compliance Consultant” by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

 

James Shymansky, Teaching & Learning, awarded $983,290 for “Professional Development for Rural Teachers through Adaptation of Science Kits: The Just ASK a Teacher Project” by the National Science Foundation.

 

Patricia Simmons, Lynn Beckwith, Carl Hoagland and Gwendolyn Turner, Teaching & Learning and Educational Leadership & Policy, awarded $4,231,964 for “St Louis in Gear for Success (SLINGS)” by the U.S. Department of Education.

 

Martin Stallings, Student Life, awarded $102,657 for “Communication Arts Initiative” by the Missouri Community Service Commission.

 

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.

 

Xuemin Wang, Biology, awarded $400,000 for “Characterizing Functions of Multiple Phospholipase Ds in Plant Production and Quality” by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

 

Patricia Wente, KWMU FM Radio, awarded $3,500 for “Cityscape” by the Missouri Arts Council.

 

Janet Wilking, Chemistry, awarded $262,876 for “Novel Metalloles Containing Heav Gropu 14 Elements” by the National Science Foundation.

 
 

Total Awarded: $7,804,515

 
 
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The Office of Research Administration provides leadership and support in the development, execution and operation of programs in sponsored research, technology transfer and economic development throughout the University of Missouri-St. Louis. The goal of this newsletter is to inform the campus community of grants received, to highlight the accomplishments of our faculty, graduate students and staff, and to share with you a calendar of important events and deadlines. Please direct any comments or questions regarding the newsletter to Tamara Wilgers (wilgerst@umsl.edu).

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