September 2008

September Awards Received:
30 totalling $8,699,642.08
September Proposals Submitted:
31 from 28 Principal Investigators
FY09 Year-to-Date Active Sponsored Projects:
486 as of September 30, 2008
FY09 Year-to-Date Active Investigators:
225 as of September 30, 2008

Awards Received in September 2008

External funding awards listed on this page are drawn from database records maintained in the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs. An award is recorded as “received” on the date when the UM Accounting Office notifies the Principal Investigator (PI) and the ORSP that a grant account has been established for the project.

PI Name PI Department/Unit Sponsor Name Proposal Title Co-PI Name/s
Bell, Deborah HSchool of LawMississippi Bar Foundation/IOLTA ProgramChild Advocacy and Low-Income Taxpayer Clinics
Chambers, JamesJamie Whitten National Center for Physical AcousticsFibre Craft CorporationAnalysis of Fiber Craft Production for Noise ControlHickey, Craig
Chambers, JamesJamie Whitten National Center for Physical AcousticsU.S. Army Research OfficeSupport for the 13th International Long Range Sound Propagation Symposium
Chambers, JamesJamie Whitten National Center for Physical AcousticsU.S. Department of AgricultureAcoustic Technologies for Evaluating Catfish Production
Cheng, AlexanderCivil EngineeringU.S. Department of AgricultureErosion Control and Stabilization Technology for Alluvial Channels and Earthen Embankments
Davis, CynthiaMississippi Judicial CollegeMississippi Division of Public Safety Planning/U.S. Dept of JusticeState Advisory Group (SAG) Activities
Easson, Gregory LGeology and Geological EngineeringMississippi Development AuthorityEnterprise for Innovative Geospatial Solutions
Ervin, ElizabethCivil EngineeringNational Science FoundationBRIGE: Infrastructure Health Evaluation via Experimental Techniques
Gross, Alan MPsychologySt. Jude Children's Research HospitalGraduate Student Research Assistantship Agreement between St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Division of Behavioral Medicine and University of Mississippi (Sean Hollis)
Haley, BryanSociology and AnthropologyUniversity of WisconsinGeophysical Research in BelizeJohnson, Jay
Higdon, Carolyn WilesCommunication Sciences and DisordersMississippi Department of Education/U.S. Department of EducationAssessments, Speech Therapy and Audiology Services for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities
Jensen, CarlLegal StudiesDefense Intelligence AgencyAcademic Partnership for Analytic TrainingBarnard, Marie
Johnson, JaySociology and AnthropologyNorthwestern State University/National Park ServiceInstruction in Geophysical Technologies for NCPTT's 2008 Workshop
Lutken, CarolMississippi Mineral Resources InstituteMinerals Management ServiceThe Center for Marine Resources and Environmental TechnologyMcGee, Thomas M
Majumdar, SoumyajitPharmaceuticsNational Institutes of HealthLocalized Modulation of RPE P-gp/MRP Activity for Back-of-the-Eye Drug Delivery
McCaffrey, DavidPharmacy AdministrationHealthcare Convention and Exhibitors AssociationMessage in a Bottle-Pharmaceutical Promotion to Physicians, a Message Lost in Skepticism?
Metcalf, MichaelPublic Policy LeadershipU.S. Department of EducationProgram Development, Start-Up Costs, and Curriculum for the Department of Public Policy
Noonan, BriceBiologyU.S. Forest ServicePopulation Status of the Yazoo Darter, Etheostoma Raneyi, an Upper Yazoo River Endemic
Oakley, CharlotteSchool of Applied SciencesDelta Health Initiative/US Department of Health and Human ServicesMeeting Special Food and Nutrition Needs of Students in the School SettingKnight, Kathy
Oakley, CharlotteNational Food Service Management InstituteMichigan Department of Education/US Department of AgricultureHealthy Cuisine for Kids
Reed, DavidBiologyU.S. Fish & Wildlife ServiceYazoo Darter (Etheosteoma raneyi): an Examination of Population Status, Distributional Changes and Habitat Use
Sabatier, JamesJamie Whitten National Center for Physical AcousticsU.S. Army Research OfficeDetection of Humans and Light Vehicles Using Acoustic-to-Seismic Coupling
Seiner, JohnJamie Whitten National Center for Physical AcousticsCombustion Research and Flow Technology Inc./US Air Force Research LaboratoryImproving Weapons Bay Acoustical Environments Phase II SBIR AF07-256
Snow, Marilyn SLeadership and Counselor EducationLafayette County School DistrictAssistantship with Lafayette County School District (FY 08-09)
Sukanek, PeterChemical EngineeringNational Aeronautics and Space AdministrationExperimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR): Research Infrastructure Development Program (Year 1)
Sukanek, PeterChemical EngineeringNational Aeronautics and Space AdministrationMississippi Space Grant College and Fellowship Program
Summers, DonPhysics and AstronomyNational Science FoundationMuon Cooling R & D for a Neutrino Factory and Muon ColliderCremaldi, Lucien M
Valliant, MelindaNutrition and Hospitality ManagementGeneral MillsFueled and Fit Kids
Wang, SamNational Center for Computational Hydroscience and EngineeringU.S. Department of AgricultureImproving Erosion and Sediment Transport Models and Development in Support of USDA Agencies (Year 2)
Waxler, RogerJamie Whitten National Center for Physical AcousticsNational Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationRemote Infrasonic Monitoring of Natural Hazards

Proposals Submitted in September 2008

External funding proposals listed on this page are drawn from database records maintained in the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs. A proposal is recorded as “submitted” on the date when the approval signature of the University’s Authorizing Institutional Representative is affixed.

PI Name PI Department/Unit Sponsor Name Co-PI Name/s
Abadie, AnnCenter for the Study of Southern CultureMississippi Humanities Council
Agarwal, AmeetaNational Center for Natural Products ResearchDuke University/National Institutes of Health
Cavaglia, MarcoPhysics and AstronomyNational Science Foundation
Cheng, AlexanderCivil EngineeringUT-Battelle/U.S. Dept of Energy/U.S. Dept of Homeland SecurityAl-Ostaz, Ahmed
Mantena, Prabhakar
Mullen, Christopher L
Clark, AliceNational Center for Natural Products ResearchNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseasesAgarwal, Ameeta
Dyer, DonaldModern LanguagesNational Security Agency
Easson, Gregory LGeology and Geological EngineeringMississippi Development Authority
Gabrynowicz, JoanneNational Center for Remote Sensing, Air and Space LawThe U.S.-China Legal Cooperation Fund
Gross, Alan MPsychologySt. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Harper, MaxineCenter for Educational Research and EvaluationMississippi Institutions of Higher Learning/Corporation for National and Community Service
Hoeksema, JasonBiologyArnold & Mabel Beckman Foundation
Holland, Marjorie MBiologyU.S. Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research ServiceHighsmith, Ray
Holmes, ErinCenter for Pharmaceutical Marketing and ManagementNational Community Pharmacists AssociationBanahan, Benjamin
Howard, JoshuaHistoryJapan Foundation
Jo, SeongbongPharmaceuticsNational Science Foundation
Johnson, JaySociology and AnthropologyOregon Public Broadcasting
Lombardo, ThomasPsychologyUniversity of Mississippi Medical Center/State of MississippiBentley, John P
Bentley, Sandy
Mantena, PrabhakarMechanical EngineeringOffice of Naval ResearchAl-Ostaz, Ahmed
Cheng, Alexander
Rajendran, Arunachalam
Oakley, CharlotteNational Food Service Management InstituteMichigan Department of Education/US Department of Agriculture
Oakley, CharlotteNational Food Service Management InstituteU.S. Department of Agriculture/Mid-Atlantic Regional Office
Prasad, S NCivil EngineeringU.S. Department of Agriculture
Rhodes, PhilipComputer and Information SciencesNational Science Foundation
Scovazzo, PaulChemical EngineeringU.S. Department of EnergySukanek, Peter
Sims, JamesPharmacognosyNational Institutes of HealthHamann, Mark
Snow, Marilyn SLeadership and Counselor EducationLafayette County School District
Sufka, KennethPsychologyTriton BioPharma, LLC
Thurlkill, Mary FPhilosophy and ReligionWabash Ctr for Teaching & Learning/Lilly Endowment
Walker, LarryNational Center for Natural Products ResearchU.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel CommandNanayakkara, N P Dhammika
Tekwani, Babu
Walker, LarryNational Center for Natural Products ResearchU.S. Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service
Wang, SamNational Center for Computational Hydroscience and EngineeringU.S. Department of Agriculture
Wang, SamNational Center for Computational Hydroscience and EngineeringU.S. Department of Agriculture

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