New Grants and Contracts

The following researchers received a new grant or contract since the 23nd Scire edition. Award amounts are totals expected for the entire funding period. The list does not include supplements, modifications or other changes to existing grants or contracts. For awards that have more than one investigator, the first faculty member listed is the principal investigator.

Mark J. Butler, professor of biological sciences, “Meta-Data Management and Retrospective Analysis of Spiny Lobster Recruitment”; Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, $21,644.

Frank P. Day, professor of biological sciences, “Long-term Ecological Research on Disturbance, Succession and Ecosystem State Change at the Virginia Coast Reserve: LTER IV – Subcontract: Vegetation Monitoring on the Hog Island Chronosequence”; University of Virginia, $10,000.

Andrew S. Gordon, professor of biological sciences, “The Detection and Study of Harmful Algae”; Virginia Department of Health, $318,708.

Eileen E. Hofmann and John M. Klinck, professors, Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, “Feeding, Growth and Survival of Hard Clam (Mercenaria Mercenaria) Larvae: A Combined Experimental and Modeling Study;” New York Sea Grant, $30,463.

Wayne L. Hynes, associate professor of biological sciences, and Frederick C. Dobbs, associate professor of ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, “Antibiotic Resistance, Plasmids and the Potential for Horizontal Gene Transfer in Vibrio Cholerae Found in Ships’ Ballast Tanks”; National Sea Grant College Program, $77,965 and $32,217.

Cynthia M. Jones and Chester E. Grosch, professors of ocean, earth and atmospheric sciences, “The Impact of Correlated Recruitments in Multispecies Models”; University of Maryland, $28,867.

Li-Shi Luo, associate professor of mathematics and statistics, “Unified Computational Modeling of Mixed Continuum-Rarefied Flows”; National Institute of Aerospace, $444,660.

Kurt J. Maly, eminent scholar of computer science, “Fault Tolerant Architecture and Data Mining”; Outsite Networks, $12,090.

Harold G. Marshall, professor emeritus, and Andrew S. Gordon, biological sciences, “The Detection and Study of Harmful Algae”; Virginia Department of Health, $28,975.

Bryan E. Porter, associate professor of psychology, “Boost’em in the Back Seat: A Safe Ride Program”; Eastern Virginia Medical School, $7,500.

Jennifer Radkiewicz, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, “Investigation of 2-Aminoethoxydiphenylborate and Analyogues as Store-operated Calcium Entry Channel Inhibitors”; Jeffress Research Grants Program, $10,000.

Winston Roberts, professor of physics, “IPA for Department of Energy – Winston Roberts”; U.S. Department of Energy, $89,198.

Daniel E. Sonenshine, professor emeritus of biological sciences, “Tropical Subtropical Agricultural Research – Carribean”; University of Florida, $31,975.

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