During the 2000-2001 fiscal year faculty members were once again awarded over $1 million from government agencies and private sponsors to support their research and other projects; 27 faculty members received a total of 39 grants and fellowships. In addition, faculty efforts (involving an additional 3 faculty members) resulted in two institutional grants to support the academic program. These faculty represent 14 of the College's academic departments, including all the departments in the Natural Sciences Division. The grants will support 38 student/faculty collaborations over the next few years as well as travel to research sites and conferences, research supplies, publication costs and other project expenses. Eleven of the grants provide some support for faculty leaves and six faculty grants include funding for scientific equipment. More than 30% of the faculty submitted at least one grant proposal; nearly half of those submitting proposals received at least one grant.

Copies of the full report are available to Middlebury College staff and faculty from the Grants Office by email.
Contact Franci Farnsworth (x5889) for more information.

Grants Awarded in 2000-2001 for Faculty Research & Projects
(arranged by sponsor)

Faculty Member

Department

Project Description or Title

American Association of Teachers of German, Inc.

Schaumann, Caroline

German

Faculty Development: Leadership Program for Teachers of German

American Chemical Society

Byers, Jeffrey

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Travel to National Organic Symposium

American Psychological Association

Hofer, Barbara

Psychology

Curriculum Development: Fostering Collaboration between Psychology and Teacher Education

American Sociological Association

Nelson, Margaret

Sociology-Anthropology

Community Action Research: Vermont Coalition of Clinics for the Uninsured

Council on Undergraduate Research

Abbott, Stephen

Mathematics & Computer Science

Research: Measure Properties of Weierstrass Nowhere-Differential Functions

Environmental Protection Agency

Root, Thomas

Biology

Research: Amphibian Monitoring at Ward Marsh in West Haven

Fulbright Scholar Program

Kelly, Thomas

Economics

Research and Teaching in Kenya: The Role of Information and Communication Technologies in Poverty Alleviation and Sustainable Development

Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Hart, William

History

Archival Research: "Who Shall Sing Best": Race, Slavery, and Religion in 18th Century New York

Harry S. Truman Library Institute

Ralph, James

History

Archival Research: Return of the Veterans

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Waldron, William

Religion

Fellowship in Japan: Buddhist Steps to an Ecology of Mind

Lintilhac Foundation, Inc.

Manley, Thomas

Geology

Research: Lagrangian Drifters Within Lake Champlain - Second Year Feasibility Study

Lintilhac Foundation, Inc.

Root, Thomas

Biology

Research Supplement: Reptile and Amphibian Inventory and Monitoring

MacArthur Foundation

Carpenter, Jeffrey

Economics

Research: Field Ultimatum and Dictator Games with High Stakes

Marine Biological Laboratory

Sheldon, Sallie

Biology

Fellowship: What are grazers on freshwater macrophytes really eating -- the plants or the epiphytes?

Montana Tech of the University of Montana

Ryan, Peter

Geology

Short Course and Web-Based Education: Mining-Related Water Quality Issues

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Winkler, Frank

Physics

Research: Probing Stellar Ejecta in SN 1006 through UV Absorption Spectroscopy

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Wolfson, Richard

Physics

Research: Energetics and Initiation of Coronal Mass Ejections

National Endowment for the Humanities

Broucke, Pieter

History of Art & Architecture

Fellowship: The Pantheon of Agrippa: Architecture, Sculpture, and Meaning

National Endowment for the Humanities-Summer Institute

Churchill, Robert

Geography

Institute Participation: Popular Cartography and Society

National Endowment for the Humanities-Summer Institute

Gould, Rebecca Kneale

Religion

Institute Participation: Environmental Ethics and Issues: Alaska as a Case Study

National Endowment for the Humanities-Summer Seminar

Gardner, William

Japanese

Seminar Participation: Literature in Transition: The Impact of Information Technologies

National Oceanic and Atmopheric Administration

Manley, Thomas
Manley, Patricia

Geology

Research: Continuation of Shelburne Bay Water Quality Program

National Science Foundation

Manley, Patricia

Geology

Research: High Resolution Quaternary Glacial History & Paleoenvironments of the East Antarctic Margin

National Science Foundation - POWRE (Professional Opportunities for Women in Research and Engineering)

Young, Helen

Biology

Research: Bumble bees and Impatiens: a mutualism gone awry?

National Science Foundation - POWRE

Helmreich, Dana

Biology

Research: Controllable Stress and the Thyroid Axis

National Science Foundation-CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development Program)

Carpenter, Jeffrey

Economics

Research: The Evolution of Social Capital in Field Settings: Experimental Measurements and Agent-Based Models of Convention Evolution

National Science Foundation-CCLI (Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement)

Watters, Christopher

Biology

Curriculum Development: An Imaging Facility to Enhance Study of Cell and Molecular Biology

National Science Foundation-REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates)

Campbell, Susan Mccauley, Michelle

Psychology

Summer Program for Students: Research in Psychology: Discovering the Process

National Science Foundation-ROA (Research Opportunity Award)

Dickerson, Matthew

Mathematics & Computer Science

Collaborative Research with Johns Hopkins University: Geometric Algorithms and Data Structures

Research Corporation

Bunt, Richard

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Research: Probing the Electronic Origins of Chiral Ligand Asymmetry in Palladium-Catalyzed Allylic-Alkylation Reactions

Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society

Winkler, Frank

Physics

Student Project: Identifying UV "Light Bulbs" for Probing Cold Material in Supernova Remnants

The Petroleum Research Fund of the American Chemical Society

Bunt, Richard

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Research: Probing the Electronic Origins of Chiral Ligand Asymmetry in Palladium-Catalyzed Allylic-Alkylation Reactions

The Petroleum Research Fund of the American Chemical Society

Larrabee, James

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Research: Magnetic Circular Dichroism of Binuclear Cobalt Complexes

U.S. Dept. of Education--Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Program

Kelly, Thomas

Economics

Research and Teaching in Kenya: The Role of Information and Communication Technologies in Poverty Alleviation and Sustainable Development

U.S. Geological Survey

Manley, Thomas

Geology

Research: Lagrangian Drifters Within Lake Champlain - Second Year Feasibility Study

Vermont Arts Endowment

Croft, Parker

History of Art & Architecture

Public Art Display: Time for One World

Vermont Dept. of Forests, Parks, and Recreation

Root, Thomas

Biology

Research: Amphibian Surveys at High and Low Elevations on Mount MansfieldThe Vermont Herp Atlas

VT-EPSCoR (Vermont Exerimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research)

Abbott, Stephen

Mathematics & Computer Science

Research: Measure Properties of Weierstrass Nowhere-Differential Functions

Workshop in Political Theory & Policy Analysis at Indiana University

Carpenter, Jeffrey

Economics

Research: North-South Visions of Local and Global Commons: Cross-country Experiments on Preserving Biodiversity