AWARDS RECEIVED IN JULY 2003

COLLEGE

DEPARTMENT

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

SPONSOR

PROJECT TITLE

START DATE

END DATE

DIRECT

INDIRECT

AWARD AMOUNT

CALS

Animal Science

Barlow, John

Vermont Dairy Herd Improvement Associations, Inc. (DHIA)

Using DHIA Data for Herd Performance Management: Development of Case Based Training Resources

10/31/2002

11/1/2003

$8,000

CALS

Center for Rural Studies

Schmidt, Frederick E.

Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service/Department of Agriculture

Technology and Data Training and Outreach in Rural Vermont, Phase 2

7/15/2003

7/14/2006

$315,764

CALS

Center for Sustainable Agriculture

Grubinger, Vernon P.

Merck (John) Fund

Land Link Vermont: Moving Beyond Linking for Successful Farm Transitions

10/1/2003

9/30/2004

$5,000

CALS

Dean's Office College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Downer, Patricia S.

Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service/Department of Agriculture

Improve the Effectiveness of CRIS to CSREES Institutions

7/15/2003

7/14/2004

$109,433

CALS

Extension System

Grubinger, Vernon P.

Vermont Community Foundation

The Youth Horticulture Project

7/1/2003

6/30/2004

$435

$65

$500

CALS

Plant and Soil Science

Brownbridge, Michael

University of California at Riverside

Assessing Organic Mulches for Trips Control in Avocado Orchards

9/1/2002

12/31/2004

$39,475

CALS

Plant and Soil Science

Hulett, Nancy

Vermont Agency of Natural Resources (ANR)

Master Composter Program

7/1/2003

5/15/2004

$17,406

$2,594

$20,000

CALS

Plant and Soil Science

Magdoff, Frederick R.

Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service/Department of Agriculture

Northeast SARE Program

5/1/2003

4/30/2004

$11,574

CALS

Plant and Soil Science

Parker, Bruce L.

Forest Service/Department of Agriculture

Low Winter Temperatures in the HWA Microhabitats on Mt. Tom, MA

7/15/2002

2/1/2005

$30,408

A & S

Anthropology

Crock, John

Hoyle, Tanner and Associates, Inc.

Archaeological Resources Assessment for the Montague Golf Course Sewer Main Upgrade Project, Town of Randolph, Orange County, Vermont

7/7/2003

12/31/2004

$4,328

$1,182

$5,510

A & S

Anthropology

Crock, John

Intervale Foundation

Limited Phase I Archaeological Site Identification Survey for the Proposed Intervale Foundation Barn Relocation, Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont

4/8/2003

12/31/2003

$2,427

$663

$3,090

A & S

Anthropology

Crock, John

Alta Planning + Design

Archaeological Resources Assessment for the Champlain Path Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning and Feasibility Study, Towns of Charlotte, Shelburne, South Burlington, and Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont

8/15/2002

12/31/2004

$1,322

$361

$1,683

A & S

Anthropology

Crock, John

Vermont Division for Historic Preservation

Mount Independence Archaeological Study

5/4/2003

4/1/2004

$7,858

$2,145

$10,003

A & S

Biology

Vigoreaux, Jim

National Science Foundation

The Role of Flightin Phosphorylation in Thick Filament Assembly and Flight Muscle Mechnics in Drosophila

8/1/2003

7/31/2004

$80,765

$41,594

$122,359

A & S

Geology

Bierman, Paul R.

Department of Defense

Quantifying Erosion and Sedimentation in Extreme Environments: Refining and Applying the Cosmogenic Method for Army-Relevant Landscape Analysis

7/1/2003

6/30/2006

$369,126

$130,874

$500,000

A & S

Geology

Bierman, Paul R.

National Science Foundation

Collaborative Research: Sediment Production and Alluvial Buffering in a Steep-Land River Basin: Waipaoa River Basin, New Zealand

8/1/2003

7/31/2004

$10,016

$2,604

$12,620

A & S

Psychology

Zvolensky, Michael J.

National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS

Panic and Smoking Cessation

7/15/2003

4/30/2004

$100,000

$51,500

$151,500

A & S

Psychology

Zvolensky, Michael J. / Feldner,Matthew

National Institute of Mental Health/NIH/DHHS

Emotional Suppression and Anxiety Sensitivity

8/26/2003

8/25/2004

$39,661

CESS

Center on Disability and Community Inclusion

Cloninger, Chigee J.

Vermont AHS Department of Health

Continence Project

7/1/2002

6/30/2003

$18,518

$1,482

$20,000

CESS

Center on Disability and Community Inclusion

Cloninger, Chigee J.

Vermont AHS Department of Developmental & Mental Health Services

Training and Technical Assistance

7/1/2003

6/30/2004

$50,236

$4,018

$54,254

CESS

Dean's Office College of Education and Social Services

Tarule, Jill M.

Winooski School District

Professional Development Support in Educational Technology Integration: Winooski School District

7/1/2003

12/31/2003

$7,000

CESS

Dean's Office College of Education and Social Services

Tarule, Jill M.

Vermont Department of Education

Higher Education Collaborative

7/1/2003

6/30/2004

$68,941

$5,514

$74,455

CESS

Education Department

Koliba, Christopher

Vermont Department of Education

High Schools on the Move through Service Learning

5/19/2003

9/30/2003

$5,729

$458

$6,187

CESS

Education Department

Koliba, Christopher

Paul (Josepine Bay & Michael C) Fdn

State Coordination, Policy Development, and Research

7/1/2003

12/31/2004

$69,444

$5,556

$75,000

CESS

Education Department

Proulx, Raymond J.

Brown University

Northeast Regional Lab at Brown University

12/15/2002

12/14/2003

$11,269

$902

$12,171

CESS

Social Work

Burford, Gale

Vermont AHS Department of Social & Rehabilitaional Services (SRS)

Foster Adoptive Parent Training

7/1/2002

6/30/2003

$10,000

$800

$10,800

CESS

Social Work

Burford, Gale

Vermont AHS Department of Social & Rehabilitaional Services (SRS)

State Social & Rehabilitation Services Contract

7/1/2002

6/30/2003

$19,200

$1,536

$20,736

CEM

Mathematics and Statistics

Golden, Kenneth I.

National Science Foundation

Collaborative Research: Research on Strongly Coupled Plasmas

9/1/2003

8/31/2004

$31,023

$15,977

$47,000

CEM

Mechanical Engineering

Huston, Dryver R.

Department of Transportation

Measurement of Electromagnetic Characteristics of Ground Penetration Radars

6/1/2003

1/31/2005

$284,505

$76,995

$361,500

CEM

Mechanical Engineering

Iatridis, James

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases/NIH/DHHS

Load Induced Disc Degeneration in a Model

8/1/2003

7/31/2004

$106,450

$8,516

$114,966

COM

Anatomy and Neurobiology

Forehand, Cynthia J.

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke/NIH/DHHS

Pattern Formation in the Sympathetic Nervous System

7/1/2003

6/30/2004

$237,500

$112,528

$350,028

COM

Anatomy and Neurobiology

Nishi, Rae

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke/NIH/DHHS

Mechanisms of Trophic Molecules in Neuronal Development

8/1/2003

7/31/2004

$225,000

$114,750

$339,750

COM

Biochemistry

Morrical, Scott W.

National Institute of General Medical Sciences/NIH/DHHS

Assembly and Activation of Enzyme-ssDNA Complexes

8/1/2003

7/31/2004

$235,000

$96,820

$331,820

COM

Dean's Office College of Medicine

Reardon, Mildred A.

Fletcher Allen Community Health Foundation

Diabetes Coordinating Council

1/1/2003

6/30/2004

$35,000

COM

Family Practice

Little, David N.

Health Resources and Services Administration/DHHS

Predoctoral Training Grant in Family Practice

7/1/2003

6/30/2004

$75,000

$6,000

$81,000

COM

Medical Biostatistics

Single, Richard

University of California at Berkeley

Histocompatibility Working Group Core B: Biostatistics

9/1/2002

6/30/2003

$29,441

$15,162

$44,603

COM

Medicine

Ades, Philip

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS

Exercise and Weight Loss in Obese Coronary Patients

9/1/2003

8/31/2004

$250,000

$128,750

$378,750

COM

Medicine

Davis, Gerard S.

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS

Mechanisms of Pulmonary Fibrosis Caused by Silica

7/1/2003

6/30/2004

$200,000

$102,000

$302,000

COM

Medicine

Jetton, Tom

American Diabetes Association, Inc.

Mechanisms of Compensating Beta Cell Mass Expansion to Insulin Resistance

7/1/2003

6/30/2004

$86,957

$13,043

$100,000

COM

Medicine

Kelm, Robert

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS

Regulation of Cell Proliferation

8/1/2003

7/31/2004

$169,600

$87,344

$256,944

COM

Medicine

Lewinter, Martin M.

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS

Mechanoenergetics of Hypertrophy and Failure

7/15/2003

6/30/2004

$250,000

$128,750

$378,750

COM

Medicine

Segal, Alan

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/NIH/DHHS

ATP - Sensitive K Channel in Renal Proximal Tubule

8/1/2003

5/31/2004

$167,125

$86,069

$253,194

COM

Medicine

Toth, Michael J.

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases/NIH/DHHS

Skeletal Muscle Protein Metabolism in Heart Failure

8/1/2003

7/31/2004

$106,532

$8,363

$114,895

COM

Medicine

Van Buren, Peter

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS

Contractile Dysfunction in Ischemic Heart Disease

8/1/2003

7/31/2004

$225,000

$107,338

$332,338

COM

Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

Maughan, David W.

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases/NIH/DHHS

Myosin-Based Kinetic Differences between Muscle Types

8/1/2003

7/31/2004

$235,000

$94,400

$329,400

COM

Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

Maughan, David W.

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS

Do Light Chain Extensions Enhance Muscle Power Output?

8/1/2003

7/31/2004

$250,000

$87,220

$337,220

COM

Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

Radermacher, Michael

National Institute of General Medical Sciences/NIH/DHHS

3D Structures of Membrane Protein Complexes

8/1/2003

7/31/2004

$200,000

$103,000

$303,000

COM

Neurology

Eckenstein, Felix

National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS

Neurotrophic Support in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease

7/1/2003

6/30/2004

$237,350

$122,235

$359,585

COM

Neurology

Eckenstein, Felix

University of Arkansas

Axonal Growth in the Chronically Injured Spinal Cord

4/1/2003

3/31/2004

$16,346

$8,418

$24,764

COM

Office of Health Promotion Research

Solomon, Laura J.

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Smoke-Free Families Project

4/1/2003

4/30/2004

$28,812

$2,593

$31,405

COM

Pathology

Mossman, Brooke T.

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/NIH/DHHS

Environmental Pathology Training Grant

7/1/2003

6/30/2004

$346,542

$21,447

$367,989

COM

Pathology

Tracy, Russell P.

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS

Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease Study: Special Laboratory Center

1/14/1999

1/14/2009

$730,450

$117,918

$848,368

COM

Pediatrics

Contompasis, Stephen

Health Resources and Services Administration/DHHS

The Vermont Interdisciplinary Leadership Education for Health Professionals Program

7/1/2003

6/30/2004

$355,871

$24,129

$380,000

COM

Pediatrics

Shaw, Judith S.

Vermont AHS Department of Health

Vermont Statewide Public and Private Partnership for Improvement in Maternal and Children's Health

7/1/2003

6/30/2004

$1,345,674

$493,693

$1,839,367

COM

Pharmacology

Damon, Deborah

American Heart Association

Vascular Mechanisms Underlying Sympathetic Innervation of Blood Vessels

7/1/2003

6/30/2004

$54,545

$5,455

$60,000

COM

Pharmacology

Nelson, Mark T.

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS

Coronary Artery Regulation by Ca2+ Signaling and Estrogen

8/1/2003

7/31/2004

$250,000

$127,500

$377,500

COM

Pharmacology

Nelson, Mark T.

Glaxo Foundation

Action of K(ATP) Channel Openers on Membrane Potential and Action Potential Frequency in Urinary Bladder Smooth Muscle

5/1/2003

4/30/2004

$13,636

$1,364

$15,000

COM

Psychiatry

Marsch, Lisa

National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS

Computer-Assisted HIV Prevention for Young Drug Abusers

7/1/2003

6/30/2004

$250,000

$73,583

$323,583

COM

Surgery

Zvara, Peter

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/NIH/DHHS

Bladder Outlet Obstruction Induced Neuroplasticity

8/1/2003

7/31/2004

$92,250

$7,380

$99,630

COM

Vermont Cancer Center

Krag, David N.

National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS

Sentinel Node Versus Axillary Dissection in Breast Cancer

7/1/2003

6/30/2004

$545,034

$280,693

$825,727

CNHS

Dean's Office College of Nursing & Health Sciences

Rambur, Betty

Vermont Agency of Human Services (AHS)

Center for Nursing

7/1/2003

6/30/2004

$74,627

$20,373

$95,000

CNHS

Physical Therapy

Wu, Ge

Integrated Biomedical Systems

Early Detection of Falls with Multidimensional Sensors

7/1/2003

12/31/2003

$10,843

$5,584

$16,427

General Institutional

Admissions & Financial Aid

Honeman, Donald M.

New Visions for Public Schools

Collaboration with the New Century High Schools Consortium

7/1/2003

6/30/2007

$296,000

$24,000

$320,000

General Institutional

Extension System

Leonard, Colleen

Vermont Dairy Herd Improvement Associations, Inc. (DHIA)

Dairy Records Analysis and Interpretation

10/31/2002

11/1/2003

$2,500

General Institutional

VP for Student Affairs

Johnson, Richard

Department of Education

Upward Bound Program

9/1/2003

8/31/2004

$220,926

$13,698

$234,624

MMG

Wallace, Susan S.

Department of Energy

DOE DEPSCOR Initiative in Structural Biology and Computation Biology/Bioinformatics

7/1/2003

6/30/2004

$495,050

$254,950

$750,000

SNR

Bowden, William B.

National Science Foundation

Will Climate Change Affect Hyporheic Processes in Arctic Streams? An Assessment of Interactions Among Geomorphology, Hydrology and Biogeochemistry in Arctic Stream Networks

8/1/2003

7/31/2006

$500,390

$108,318

$608,708

SNR

DeHayes, Donald H.

Vermont ANR Department of Fish & Wildlife

Agreement for Establishment and Operation of the Vermont Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Unit

7/1/2003

6/30/2004

$40,000

SNR

DeHayes, Donald H.

Forest Service/Department of Agriculture

The Influence of Silvicultural Selection on the Genetic Diversity, Productivity, and Long-Term Sustainability of White Pine: A Case Study in Jericho, Vermont

7/1/2003

6/30/2006

$8,000

SNR

Parrish, Donna L.

Green Mountain National Forest/Department of Agriculture

Population Modeling for Batten Kill Brown Trout: Focus on Survival of Midsize Trout

4/1/2003

3/31/2004

$26,087

$3,913

$30,000

SNR

Troy, Austin

Forest Service/Department of Agriculture

Spatial Analysis of Urban Ecological and Social Data

6/1/2003

5/31/2006

$10,000

SNR

Wilson, Matthew

Forest Service/Department of Agriculture

Baltimore Metropolitan Region Quality of Life Survey

6/16/2003

6/16/2004

$40,000

TOTAL

$10,803,401

$3,364,117

$14,167,518