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Grants Awarded in 1998 for Faculty Research & Projects
(arranged by sponsor)

Faculty Member

Department

Project Description or Title

NIH-AREA
Bult, Abel Biology

Research that will contribute to the understanding of circadian rhythms in mammals

NSF
Lloyd, Andrea Biology

Climate and the expansion of the boreal forest at latitudinal treeline (in Alaska)

Lake Quabog Association
Sheldon, Sallie

Biology

Weevil addition to Lake Quabog, Massachusetts

Lake Garfield Association
Sheldon, Sallie Biology

Weevil addition to Lake Garfield, Massachusetts

NIH-FIRST Award
Spatafora, Grace Biology

Study of intracellular polysaccharide accumulation in Streptococcus mutans, the principal causative agent of human dental cavities

NIH-Small Grant
Spatafora, Grace Biology

Investigating a role for iron in Streptococcus mutans-induced disease

Lintilhac Foundation
Trombulak, Stephen Biology

Inventory and Monitoring of Vermont Reptiles and Amphibians

Pfizer Inc.
Byers, Jeffrey

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Student research project, "Radical Aromatic Substitution at Arene Chromium Complexes"

1) NSF-RUI
2) Petroleum Research Fund

Byers, Jeffrey

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Research related to compounds that exhibit analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties

American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Landino, Lisa Chemistry & Biochemistry

Funding to attend session on Biochemical Education at ASBMB meeting

Center for Chinese Studies
Moran, Thomas Chinese

Research in China titled, "The Literature of Return: Landscape and Memory in Modern Chinese Literature"

Fulbright Scholar Program
Schwartz, Paula French

Research in France titled, "Gender, Politics, and Memory"

1)Center for the Study of American Religion (Princeton)
2) Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship

Hart, William History

Knowledge, Identity, and Religious Change Among the Enslaved in 18th Century New York City

The Boston Athenaeum
Hart, William History

For the Good of Our Souls: Mohawk Authority, Accommodation, and Resistance to Protestant Evangelism, 1700-1780

NEH-Fellowship
Atherton, Cynthia History of Art/Arch

Research in India on the temple arts related to Krishna worship

Vermont Arts Endowment
Croft, Parker History of Art/Arch

Production of artwork for an exhibit titled, "Folded Light"

Vermont Dept. of Education
Prigo, Robert Interdepartmental: PH/GL

An institute for pre-college teachers -- Wind, Water and Ice: Lake Champlain and its Basin

Japan Foundation (Dartmouth)
Cavanaugh, Carole Japanese

A symposium on Japanese film and narrative, held at Middlebury and Dartmouth

Associated Kyoto Program at Doshisha University
Stahl, David Japanese

Research in Japan titled, "Ooka Shohei's Writings on the Pacific War"

NSF Research Opportunity Award
Dickerson, Matthew Math & CX

Research with a colleague from Johns Hopkins studying efficiently computable techniques for determining if a manufactured object meets tolerance specifications

Watters, Christopher Biology Regulation of Calcium Entry in Cerebral Arteries (research with a colleague at UVM)
Manley, Patricia Geology Research with a colleague at University of California related to tectonic evolution of the Pacific-Australian-Antarctic Plate Circuit
NECUSE
Peterson, William Math & CX

Workshop for Isolated Statisticians in New England (NEISM meeting)

Trombulak, Stephen Biology Research equipment for the environmental science program
VT-EPSCoR
Scharstein, Daniel Math & CX

Study of the sensitivity of stereo vision algorithms to unmodeled imperfections in their input data

Lloyd, Andrea Biology Long-term forest dynamics in an uncut forest fragment in central Vermont (Battell Forest)
Landino, Lisa Chemistry & Biochemistry Detection and Consequences of Oxidative Damage to Microtubule Proteins
NASA
Winkler, Frank Physics

Grant provides observing time on the ROSAT telescope to study Super Nova 1006

Wolfson, Richard Physics

Mass Ejections from the Solar Corona

NSF-International
Leng, Russell Poli Sci

A planning visit to New Zealand to initiate an investigation of mediation in militarized crises

Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
Williams, Mark Poli Sci

Research in Latin America titled, "Political Stability and Institutional Change"

Velez-Blasini, Carlos Psychology

Alcohol Expectancies, Acculturation, and Postdrinking Sexual Inferences Among Native and Mainland Puerto Rican and U.S. Samples

American Council of Learned Societies
Olsen, Andrea Theater/Film/Dance

Body and Earth: Contemplative Practice in Education (course development)