Grants
Awarded Through the Division of Sponsored Research
This article was originally published in the March 2004 issue of CLASnotes.
Making Ends Meet: African Women's Health Concerns Affect Economic Development
The women of Mali, West Africa have traditionally served as caretakers of their families—families that are too often plagued by disease and illness. But to what degree do these health concerns cause financial strains on these women? Anthropology doctoral candidate Maxine Downs has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to further her dissertation research on the decision-making processes of entrepreneurial women of Mali, one of the poorest countries in the world.
After applying for more than a year, Downs says she received nothing but rejection letters until the National Institutes of Health recognized the potential of her research and awarded her the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award in fall 2001. The three-year grant gave Downs the necessary funds to complete field work in Mali.
Her research focuses on microcredit programs of West Africa, which provide small loans and savings opportunities to those who traditionally have been excluded from commercial financial services. Downs set out to understand how health and nutritional issues are intertwined with economic development efforts, in order to shed light on the need for a more integrative approach combining microcredit programs with health educational training. Downs says that poverty is a complex issue and simply giving people money, without additional training, will not address the need for better health and nutritional support. "Women are the primary health care providers of their households, and in a country where families are effected by disease and illness, health concerns may compromise a women's ability to work outside the domestic sphere, as well as influence her decision-making process." A portion of Down's work focuses on entrepreneurial Malian woman and their economic decision-making practice.
During her field work from January 2002 to December 2003, Downs studied three groups: women who participated in microcredit programs with health training; women who took part in microcredit programs without health training; and women who did not participate in either the microcredit or health training programs. "Decision-making models are of extreme importance to social scientists across disciplines," Down says. "Models provide a better understanding of how and why people make the types of decisions they do. Furthermore, advancing our knowledge of such decision-making processes can better inform our cultural understanding of complex issues of the intersection of poverty and health, which in turn can contribute to international work efforts of poverty alleviation in Africa, as well as worldwide."
Downs recently returned from the field and is now in the process of analyzing and writing her research findings. "What stands out the most to me is how the women would talk about the difficulty of paying back the loans, citing high interest rates as the primary problem," says Downs. "With high interest rates, it was impossible for the women to realize a profit. As a result, most of the older cloth dyers no longer use microcredit as a resource for credit. It is primarily the younger, less experienced women who use it as a way to build their inventory until their client base grows. Therefore, the present design of the program is not meeting the needs of these women." Downs plans to finish writing her dissertation and graduate in the spring of 2005.
—Kimberly A. Lopez
Grant Awards Summary
October 2003 - February 2004
October 2003 $2,805,221
November 2003 $1,436,456
December 2003 $1,658,870
January 2004 $4,224,856
February 2004 $2,811,764
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Total $12,937,167
October 2001 Total: $2,805,221 |
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Investigator |
Dept |
Agency |
Award |
Title |
BURNS A F |
ANT |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$1,000 |
GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM - COST OF EDUCATIONALLOWANCE |
FALSETTI A B |
ANT |
MULTIPLE SOURCES |
$545 |
FEES FOR SERVICES INCLUDING FORENSIC WORKSHOPS & CASEANALYSIS |
WARREN M W |
ANT |
MULTIPLE SPONSORS |
$522 |
MISCELLANEOUS DONORS |
BOWES G E |
BOT |
MISCELLANEOUS DONORSUNRESTRICTED DONATION |
$1,000 |
MISCELLANEOUS DONORS |
GORDON D R |
BOT |
NATURE CONSERVANCY |
$15,714 |
TNC SPACE AGREEMENT |
MACK M C; CARDELUS C |
BOT |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$10,000 |
MINORITY POSTDOC FELLOWSHIP 2003: DOES EPIPHYTE FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY AFFECT NUTRIENT PARTITIONING AND RETENTION IN WET |
OPPENHEIMER D G |
BOT |
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY |
$279,496 |
THE FLORAL GENOME PROJECT: ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF THE FLORIDA GENETIC PROGRAM AND PHYLOGENETIC TOOLS FOR EVOLUTION |
SOLTIS D E; SOLTIS P S |
BOT |
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY |
$448,914 |
THE FLORAL GENOME PROJECT:ORIGIN & EVOLUTION OF THE FLORIDA GENETIC PROGRAM AND PHYLOGENETIC TOOLS FOR EVOLUTIONARY AND |
EYLER J R |
CHE |
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY |
$47,500 |
TRAVEL SUPPORT FOR THE FREE ELECTRON LASER—FOURIER TRANSFORM MASS SPECTROMETER FACILITY IN NIEUWEGEIN,NETHERLAN |
EYLER J R |
CHE |
NATL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH |
$28,500 |
TARGET ASSISTED COMBINATORIAL SYNTHESIS |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
EXXONMOBIL CORPORATION RESEARCH & ENGINEERING COMPANY |
$13,103 |
JOINT RESEARCH INTO CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF PETROLEUM(AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO AGREEMENT #57821) |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
EXXONMOBIL CORPORATION RESEARCH & ENGINEERING COMPANY |
$10,483 |
JOINT RESEARCH INTO CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF PETROLEUM |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
EXXONMOBIL CORPORATION RESEARCH & ENGINEERING COMPANY |
$12,579 |
JOINT RESEARCH INTO CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF PETROLEUM(AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO AGREEMENT #57821) |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
EXXONMOBIL CORPORATION RESEARCH & ENGINEERING COMPANY |
$12,055 |
JOINT RESEARCH INTO CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF PETROLEUM |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
EXXONMOBIL CORPORATION RESEARCH & ENGINEERING COMPANY |
$5,241 |
JOINT RESEARCH INTO CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF PETROLEUM(AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO AGREEMENT #57821) |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
IMCLONE SYSTEMS |
$0 |
IMCLONE SYNTHETIC PROJECT |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
MULTIPLE COMPANIES |
$3,250 |
SOFTWARE RESEARCH SUPPORT |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
MULTIPLE COMPANIES |
$964 |
MILES COMPOUND CONTRACT |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
MULTIPLE COMPANIES |
$496 |
MILES COMPOUND CONTRACT |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
MULTIPLE COMPANIES |
$272 |
MILES COMPOUND CONTRACT |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
MULTIPLE COMPANIES |
$272 |
MILES COMPOUND CONTRACT |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
MULTIPLE COMPANIES |
$272 |
MILES COMPOUND CONTRACT |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
MULTIPLE COMPANIES |
$3,848 |
MILES COMPOUND CONTRACT |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
MULTIPLE COMPANIES |
$420 |
MILES COMPOUND CONTRACT |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
U S NAVY |
$196,907 |
SYNTHESIS OF ACETYLENES/DI-ACETYLENES, STUDY OF THEIR 1,3- DIPOLAR CYCLOADDITIONS WITH AZIDES/POLYAZIDES AND PREPARATIO |
MARTIN C R |
CHE |
BROADLEY-JAMES CORPORATION |
$31,751 |
SBIR/STTR PHASE I: MINIATURE REFERENCE ELECTRODE WITH ANINVARIANT LIQUID JUNCTION POTENTIAL |
MARTIN C R |
CHE |
BROWN UNIVERSITY U S DEPT OF DEFENSE |
$49,560 |
DIRECT NANOSCALE CONVERSION OF BIO-MOLECULAR SIGNALS INTO ELECTRONIC INFORMATION |
MCELWEE-WHITE L A |
CHE |
AM CHEMICAL SOCIETY |
$5,000 |
AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY DIVISION OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY FUND |
REYNOLDS J R |
CHE |
PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC |
$39,992 |
INTERFACIAL CHARGE TRANSPORT WITH ADSORBABLE PPRODOTS |
SCOTT M J |
CHE |
U S DEPT OF ENERGY |
$130,892 |
ADVANCED EXTRACTION METHODS FOR ACTINIDE/LANTHANIDE SEPARATIONS |
YOST R A |
CHE |
FINNIGAN CORP |
$36,000 |
FUNDAMENTAL & INSTRUMENTAL STUDIES OF GC/MS/MS ON THE GCQ |
YOST R A |
CHE |
IONALYTICS CORPORATION |
$90,000 |
RESEARCH IN HIGH-FIELD ASYMMETRIC WAVEFORM ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY (FAIMS): ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE LASER DES...... |
TURNER E R |
HIS |
U F FOUNDATION |
$10,186 |
SAM PROCTOR FELLOWSHIP FUND |
CHEN Y |
MAT |
MRI DEVICES CORPORATION |
$13,279 |
RESEARCH AGREEMENT BETWEEN UF & MRI DEVICES CORPORATION:MAY 12, 2003 - DECEMBER 10, 2003: PARALLLEL MRI ENCODING |
ANDRAKA B |
PHY |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$125,935 |
SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF UNCONVENTIONAL HEAVY FERMION MATERIALS |
BISWAS A |
PHY |
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY |
$115,140 |
INVESTIGATION OF THE NORMAL STATE OF ELECTRON-DOPED CUPRATES IN HIGH MAGNETIC FIELDS |
DORSEY A T |
PHY |
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITYNAT HIGH MAGNETIC FIELD LAB |
$32,092 |
MICROWAVE SPECTROSCOPY OF 2D ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS IN TILTEDMAGNETIC FIELDS |
HIRSCHFELD P J |
PHY |
U S NAVY |
$61,890 |
THEORY OF DEFECTS IN CUPRATE SUPERCONDUCTORS |
MEISEL M W |
PHY |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$8,400 |
REU SUPPLEMENTAL - MAGNETISM OF QUANTUM SPINS IN LOWDIMENSIONS |
MONKHORST H J |
PHY |
UNIV OF CALIFORNIA U C IRVINE |
$62,701 |
RESEARCH FOR THE DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTER AND RESONANCE MODE OF THE P-11B PLASMA ENERGY GENERATOR |
RAMOND P S; IKIVIE P |
PHY |
U S DEPT OF ENERGY CHICAGO OPERATIONS OFFICE |
$103,503 |
TASK A: RESEARCH IN THEORETICAL ELEMENTARY PARTICLE PHYSICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA |
TAKANO Y |
PHY |
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY |
$111,420 |
BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION OF MAGNON IN QUANTUM MAGNETS |
BRADLEY M M |
PSY |
NATL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NIMH - MENTAL HEALTH |
$100,400 |
THE CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF EMOTION AND ATTENTIONPROJECT 3 |
FISCHLER I S |
PSY |
NATL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NIMH - MENTAL HEALTH |
$23,531 |
THE CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF EMOTION AND ATTENTIONPROJ. 4 |
FAIRCLOTH C A |
SOC |
U S DEPT OF VETERANS AFFAIRSGAINESVILLE VA MEDICAL CENTER |
$7,018 |
RESEARCH SUPPORT SERVICES CONTRACT |
HENRETTA J C |
SOC |
NATL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NIA - NATL INSTITUTE ON AGING |
$224,292 |
FAMILY CULTURE AND INTERGENERATIONAL ALLOCATIONS |
CASELLA G; DANIELS M J |
STA |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$17,500 |
NSF CONFERENCE IN THE MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES ON DATA MINING AND BIOINFORMATICS |
EMMEL T C |
ZOO |
MISCELLANEOUS DONORSUNRESTRICTED DONATION |
$10,000 |
MISCELLANEOUS DONORS |
EVANS D H |
ZOO |
MISCELLANEOUS DONORSUNRESTRICTED DONATION |
$1,000 |
MISCELLANEOUS DONORS EXPENSE ACCOUNT FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS |
EVANS D H |
ZOO |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$4,000 |
INSTITUTIONAL ALLOWANCE: GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM ALLOWANCE |
HOLT R D |
ZOO |
UNIV OF MINNESOTA |
$296,386 |
BIOCOMPLEXITY OF THE GREATER SERENGETI- HUMANS IN A BIOLOGICALLY DIVERSE ECOSYSTEM |
November 2001 Total: $1,436,456 |
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CHENNAULT C L |
AALL |
U F RESEARCH FOUNDATION MISCRESIDUAL FUNDS |
$500 |
MISCELLANEOUS GRANT ACCOUNT |
BURNS A F; DOWNS M |
ANT |
NATL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NIGMS - GENERAL MEDICAL SCI |
$26,959 |
WHY DONT WOMEN DYE FOR CREDIT? A STUDY OF THE IMPACT OFSOCIAL NETWORKS ON URBAN CLOTH DYERS OF BAMAKO, MALI |
FALSETTI A B |
ANT |
MULTIPLE SOURCES |
$163 |
FEES FOR SERVICES INCLUDING FORENSIC WORKSHOPS & CASEANALYSIS |
WARREN M W |
ANT |
MULTIPLE SPONSORS |
$500 |
MISCELLANEOUS DONORS |
ELSTON R J |
AST |
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY |
$1,800 |
ORDER FOR SUPPLIES OR SERVICES |
GUSTAFSON B A |
AST |
U S NAVYNAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY |
$13,129 |
COSMIC DUST RESEARCH |
BENNER S A |
CHE |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$310,249 |
QUANTITATING IN VITRO SELECTION |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
EXXONMOBIL CORPORATION RESEARCH & ENGINEERING COMPANY |
$16,248 |
JOINT RESEARCH INTO CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF PETROLEUM(AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO AGREEMENT #57821) |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
EXXONMOBIL CORPORATION RESEARCH & ENGINEERING COMPANY |
$1,572 |
JOINT RESEARCH INTO CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF PETROLEUM |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
MULTIPLE COMPANIES |
$1,337 |
MILES COMPOUND CONTRACT |
OMENETTO N |
CHE |
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV |
$4,625 |
EDITORSHIP WITH ELSEVIER SCIENCE |
RICHARDSON D E |
CHE |
U F FOUNDATION |
$81 |
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS |
WINEFORDNER J D |
CHE |
UNIV OF MONTANA |
$185,693 |
PORTABLE CHEMICAL AGENT DETECTION SYSTEM |
PLEASANTS J M |
HIS |
MULTIPLE SPONSORS |
$1,000 |
ORAL HISTORY PROGRAM |
ACOSTA D E; MITSELMAKHER G |
PHY |
U S DEPT OF ENERGY CHICAGO OPERATIONS OFFICE |
$20,000 |
US CMS TRIGGER SUBSYSTEM FY 2003 |
AVERY P R; YELTON J M |
PHY |
U S DEPT OF ENERGY CHICAGO OPERATIONS OFFICE |
$139,937 |
TASK B: RESEARCH IN EXPERIMENTAL HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS |
AVERY P R; YELTON J M |
PHY |
U S DEPT OF ENERGY CHICAGO OPERATIONS OFFICE |
$30,000 |
TASK S: COMPUTER ACQUISITION FOR RESEARCH IN THEORETICAL ANDEXPERIMENTAL HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS |
IHAS G G |
PHY |
NASA |
$20,584 |
HYDROGEN RESEARCH FOR SPACEPORT AND SPACE BASED APPLICATIONS |
KONIGSBERG J; MITSELMAKHER G |
PHY |
U S DEPT OF ENERGY CHICAGO OPERATIONS OFFICE |
$47,600 |
TASK H: EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH IN COLLIDER PHYSICS AT CDF |
MITSELMAKHER G; KORYTOV A |
PHY |
U S DEPT OF ENERGY CHICAGO OPERATIONS OFFICE |
$204,000 |
TASK G: EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH IN COLLIDER PHYSICS AT CMS |
SULLIVAN N S |
PHY |
NASAJ H GLENN RESEARCH CENTER |
$149,398 |
HYDROGEN RESEARCH FOR SPACEPORT AND SPACE-BASED APPLICATIONSORTHO-PARA RATIOMETRY & CONVERSION IMPROVEMENT/NEW PROPELLA |
SPECTOR A C |
PSY |
NATL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NIDCD - DEAFNESS & COMM DISORD |
$222,076 |
PSYCHOPHYSICAL EVALUATION OF TASTE |
CARTER R L |
STA |
FLORIDA A & M UNIVERSITY |
$29,005 |
INFORMATICS-DATABASE MANAGEMENT FOR FLORIDA BIRTH DEFECTSREGISTRY |
OSENBERG C W |
ZOO |
SPRINGER-VERLAG |
$10,000 |
OECOLOGIA EDITORIAL OFFICE |
December 2001 Total: $1,658,870 |
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BURNS A F |
ANT |
U F FOUNDATION |
$7,500 |
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS |
DERMOTT S F |
AST |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$5,000 |
HOST INSTITUTIONAL ALLOWANCE |
DERMOTT S F |
AST |
U F FOUNDATION |
$3,750 |
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS |
BOWES G E |
BOT |
U F FOUNDATION |
$3,750 |
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS |
SCHUUR E A |
BOT |
NASA |
$156,683 |
THE RESPONSE OF SOIL CARBON TO PERMAFROST MELTING IN HIGHLATITUDE ECOSYSTEMS: USING RADIOCARBON TO DETECT THE EFFECTS |
BENNER S A |
CHE |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$87,240 |
NANOSCALE ARRAYS FOR DIRECT RNA PROFILING IN SINGLE CELLS & THEIR COMPARTMENTS |
CASTELLANO R K |
CHE |
RESEARCH CORP |
$35,000 |
RATIONALLY DESIGNED PROTEIN POLYMERS AS BIOLUBRICANTS |
DOLBIER JR W R |
CHE |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$150,690 |
REACTIVITY & SYNTHESIS OF FLUOROORGANIC COMPOUNDS & REACTIVEINTERMEDIATES |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
EXXONMOBIL CORPORATION RESEARCH & ENGINEERING COMPANY |
$10,483 |
JOINT RESEARCH INTO CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF PETROLEUM(AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO AGREEMENT #57821) |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
FLEXSYS AMERICA L P |
$36,000 |
STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIPS IN CISCOUS SUBSTANCES |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
MULTIPLE COMPANIES |
$538 |
SOFTWARE RESEARCH SUPPORT |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
MULTIPLE COMPANIES |
$8,018 |
MILES COMPOUND CONTRACT |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
MULTIPLE COMPANIES |
$1,003 |
MILES COMPOUND CONTRACT |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
MULTIPLE COMPANIES |
$2,409 |
MILES COMPOUND CONTRACT |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
UNIV OF ALABAMA |
$46,227 |
DEVELOPMENT OF COMPLEMENTARY IN VITRO AND IN CILICO HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING METHODS FOR PRIOTIZING CHEMICALS.. |
MICHA D A |
CHE |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$148,225 |
QUANTUM DYNAMICS OF MANY-ATOM SYSTEMS: DENSITY MATRIX THEORYAND COMPUTATIONS |
POWELL D H |
CHE |
DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY |
$2,700 |
MASS SPECTROMETRY SERVICES |
REYNOLDS J R |
CHE |
U S AIR FORCE AFOSR |
$209,745 |
VARIABLE GAP CONJUGATED POLYMERS |
RICHARDSON D E |
CHE |
U F FOUNDATION |
$11,250 |
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS |
SCHANZE K S |
CHE |
U S AIR FORCE AFOSR |
$145,069 |
PLATINUM ACETYLIDE MATERIALS FOR OPTICAL LIMITING |
WAGENER K B |
CHE |
U S ARMYARMY RESEARCH OFFICE |
$127,988 |
POLYCARBOSILANE ELASTOMERS VIA CHAIN-INTERNAL AND CHAIN-END LATENT CROSSLINKING |
WINEFORDNER J D; SMITH B W |
CHE |
AERODYNE RESEARCH INC |
$65,517 |
PORTABLE LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY (LIBS) SENSOR FOR DETECTION OF BIOLOGICAL AGENTS |
SAPIENZA C M |
CSD |
NATL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH |
$9,311 |
RESPIRATORY MUSCLE TRAINING IN VENTILATOR DEPENDENT PATIENTS |
CLARK III I G |
ENG |
U F FOUNDATION |
$7,500 |
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS |
SMITH N J |
GEOG |
MISCELLANEOUS DONORSUNRESTRICTED DONATION |
$430 |
MISCELLANEOUS DONORS |
SMITH N J |
GEOG |
U F FOUNDATION |
$3,750 |
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS |
CHANNELL J E |
GEOL |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$78,888 |
MESOZOIC PALEOMAGNETISM IN ADRIA AND AFRICA: SOLVING A PERSISTENT PUZZLE IN ALPINE TECTONICS |
MUELLER P A |
GEOL |
U F FOUNDATION |
$7,500 |
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS |
NEUHOFF P S |
GEOL |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$100,118 |
SITE SPECIFIC ENERGETICS OF WATER IN ROCK-FORMING ZEOLITES |
PLEASANTS J M |
HIS |
MULTIPLE SPONSORS |
$154 |
ORAL HISTORY PROGRAM |
ALLADI K |
MAT |
U F FOUNDATION |
$7,500 |
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS |
BONA M |
MAT |
NATL SECURITY AGENCY |
$14,696 |
RESEARCH OF POLYNOMIALS HAVING COMBINATORIAL ORIGINS BY ALGEBRAIC AND TOPOLOGICAL METHODS |
TURULL A |
MAT |
NATL SECURITY AGENCY |
$27,107 |
RESEARCH IN FINITE GROUP THEORY |
MEISEL M W |
PHY |
U S DEPT OF STATE |
$6,000 |
US-SLOVAK MATERIAL RESEARCH ON CHARACTERIZATION OF NOVEL LOWDIMENSIONAL MAGNETIC SYSTEMS |
STANTON C J |
PHY |
U F FOUNDATION |
$7,500 |
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS |
WOODARD R P |
PHY |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$39,310 |
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY AND COSMOLOGY |
THIELE L P |
POL |
U F FOUNDATION |
$3,750 |
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS |
WILLIAMS P J; ALBARRACIN J |
POL |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$17,370 |
MARKET AND NON-MARKET FACTORS IN ARGENTINE IMMIGRATION POLICY: 1973-1999 |
HEESACKER M |
PSY |
U F FOUNDATION |
$3,750 |
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS |
VOLLMER T R |
PSY |
DEPT OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES |
$18,974 |
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA: BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS SERVICES PROGRAM |
NICHOLS G C |
RLL |
U F FOUNDATION |
$3,750 |
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS |
CASELLA G |
STA |
U F FOUNDATION |
$3,750 |
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIP |
EVANS D H |
ZOO |
U F FOUNDATION |
$3,750 |
DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS |
HOLT R D |
ZOO |
UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA |
$29,227 |
SPATIAL PATTERNS AND DYNAMICS IN LAKE ECOSYSTEMS UF THE ARCTIC LTER |
January 2001 Total: $4,224,856 |
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MCLAUGHLIN F |
AALL |
NATL FDTN ON ARTS & HUMANITIES NATL ENDOW FOR THE ARTS |
$40,000 |
TO CALL A MONSTER BY ITS NAME:A TRANSLATION OF BOUBACAR BORIS DIOP'S MURAMBI, LE LIVRE DES OSSEMENTS |
BURNS A F |
ANT |
MISCELLANEOUS DONORS UNRESTRICTED DONATION |
$1,000 |
MISCELLANEOUS DONORS |
BURNS A F |
ANT |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$1,000 |
GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM - COST OF EDUCATIONALLOWANCE |
HECKENBERGER M J |
ANT |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$155,406 |
PRODUCTION,ACCUMULATION, AND REGIONAL SOCIO-POLITICAL DYNAMICS IN THE SOUTHERN AMAZON(BRAZIL)AD 1250-1600 |
MARGOLIS M L |
ANT |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$11,846 |
DOCTORAL DISSERATION RESEARCH: IMPLICATIONS OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL MOBILITY FOR TRANSNATIONAL WEST AFRICAN MIGRANTS... |
SASSAMAN JR K E |
ANT |
WENNER-GREN FDTN ANTHRO RES |
$6,000 |
GHEBREIGZIABIHER, ASMERET, U. OF ASMARA, ERITREA—TO AIDIN TRAINING IN ANTHROPOLOGY/ARCHAEOLOGY AT THE UNIV OF FLA |
WARREN M W |
ANT |
MULTIPLE SPONSORS |
$22 |
MISCELLANEOUS DONORS |
KOLOKOLOVA L |
AST |
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA |
$50,000 |
DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPACT MICRO-IMAGING SPECTROMETER FOR PLANETARY MISSIONS |
SARAJEDINI V L |
AST |
CHANDRA X-RAY CENTER |
$7,842 |
ANCHORING THE AGN X-RAY LUMINOSITY FUNCTION |
MACK M C |
BOT |
MELLON FOUNDATION, ANDREW W |
$1,148 |
THE ROLE OF PLANT TRAITS IN ECOSYSTEM NUTRIENT CYCLING |
SCHUUR E A |
BOT |
MELLON FOUNDATION, ANDREW W |
$1,497 |
THE SENSITIVITY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS TOPRECIPITATION |
BARTLETT R J |
CHE |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$20,200 |
ELECTRONIC SPECTROSCOPY AND PHOTOCHEMISTRY OF TRANSITIONMETAL |
BOWERS C R |
CHE |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$18,000 |
STUDY OF THE ELECTRON-NUCLEAR SPIN INTERACTION IN SEMICONDUCTOR SYSTEMS: TOWARDS SPINTRONIC MEMORY DEVICES. |
DURAN R S |
CHE |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$30,254 |
ENGINEERED PARTICULATES |
DURAN R; SPEARTON S J |
CHE |
U S AIR FORCEAFOSR |
$712,461 |
ADDRESSABLE IMMOBILIZED ION CHANNELS-ADD ON TO EXISTING GRANT F49620-03-1-0393 |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
ARKAT USA |
$21,818 |
FLORIDA HETEROCYCLIC CONFERENCE AND ARKIVOC ELECTRONICJOURNAL |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
EXXONMOBIL CORPORATION RESEARCH & ENGINEERING COMPANY |
$9,959 |
JOINT RESEARCH INTO CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF PETROLEUM |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
EXXONMOBIL CORPORATION RESEARCH & ENGINEERING COMPANY |
$7,338 |
JOINT RESEARCH INTO CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF PETROLEUM (AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO AGREEMENT #57821) |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
MULTIPLE COMPANIES |
$501 |
MILES COMPOUND CONTRACT |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
MULTIPLE COMPANIES |
$469 |
MILES COMPOUND CONTRACT |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
MULTIPLE COMPANIES |
$1,090 |
MILES COMPOUND CONTRACT |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
MULTIPLE COMPANIES |
$6,257 |
MILES COMPOUND CONTRACT |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
MULTIPLE COMPANIES |
$392 |
MILES COMPOUND CONTRACT |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
MULTIPLE COMPANIES |
$523 |
MILES COMPOUND CONTRACT |
MARTIN C R |
CHE |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$26,638 |
GOAL IV: DETOXIFICATION |
MARTIN C R |
CHE |
U S DEPT OF DEFENSEDARPA |
$1,074,250 |
ARRAY-BASED NANOPORE STOCHASTIC SENSORS FOR MULTIPLEXED BIOASSAYS |
POWELL D H |
CHE |
DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY |
$2,520 |
MASS SPECTROMETRY SERVICES |
REYNOLDS J R |
CHE |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$18,000 |
INTERNATIONAL:CONTRAOLLED OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES OFHYBRID DIOXYTHIOPHENE POLYMERS |
RICHARDS N G |
CHE |
NATL INSTITUTES OF HEALTHNIDDK - DIABET DIGEST & KIDNEY |
$212,450 |
BIOCHEMICAL STUDIES OF OXALATE DECARBOXYLASE |
STEWART J D |
CHE |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$141,898 |
NEW REAGENTS FOR ASYMMETRIC ORGANIC SYNTHESIS FROM ENGINEERED CELLS(SUPPLEMENT) |
TAN W |
CHE |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$188,700 |
NANOSCALE ARRAYS FOR DIRECT RNA PROFILING IN SINGLE CELLS & THEIR COMPARTMENTS |
TAN W |
CHE |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$35,789 |
GOAL I:ADVANCED SEPARATION PROCESSES |
REISS J G; WOOD S K |
CSD |
MARCH OF DIMES |
$10,120 |
GENETICS & YOUR PRACTICE CD ROM |
SMITH N J |
GEOG |
MISCELLANEOUS DONORS UNRESTRICTED DONATION |
$240 |
MISCELLANEOUS DONORS |
SMITH N J |
GEOG |
MISCELLANEOUS DONORS UNRESTRICTED DONATION |
$700 |
MISCELLANEOUS DONORS |
WAYLEN P R |
GEOG |
MISCELLANEOUS DONORS UNRESTRICTED DONATION |
$520 |
MISCELLANEOUS DONORS |
MARTIN E E |
GEOL |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$63,767 |
SGER PROPOSAL- EVALUATION OFFE-MN OXIDE COATINGS AS IDEAL A RCHIVES OF DEEP WATER NDISOTOPES |
MARTIN J B |
GEOL |
DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECT |
$51,046 |
HYDROGEOLOGY OF O'LENO STATE PARK AND NITRATE LOADING FROMTHE RIVER RISE: A FIRST MAGNITUDE SPRING |
ADAMS E D |
PHY |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$63,877 |
MAGNETIC AND THERMODYNAMICSTUDY OF SOLID 3HE |
CHENG H P |
PHY |
U S DEPT OF ENERGY |
$72,482 |
INTERFACIAL PHENOMENA IN NOBEL METAL-C60 INTERACTIONS |
HIRSCHFELD P J |
PHY |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$37,000 |
THEORY OF GRAIN BOUNDARIES AND SURFACES OF HIGH TEMPERATURE SEMICONDUCTORS |
BRANCH M N; MILLER M L |
PSY |
NATL INSTITUTES OF HEALTHNIDA - NATL INST ON DRUG ABUSE |
$28,058 |
COCAINE TOLERANCE AND BEHAVIOR CORRELATED REINFORCEMENT |
BRANCH M N; PINKSTON J W |
PSY |
NATL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH |
$28,088 |
EXAMINATION OF LOCOMOTOR SENSITIZATION IN PIGEONS |
HOLLINGER R C |
SOC |
MULTIPLE SOURCES |
$5,000 |
SECURITY RESEARCH PROJECT |
YANG M C |
STA |
TEXAS A&M RESEARCH FDTN |
$14,749 |
EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS FOR THE PROJECTSELF-HEALING, FRACTURE-RESISTANT RESTORATIVE CERAMICS |
BOLKER B M |
ZOO |
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY |
$66,898 |
EMERGING WILDLIFE DISEASES:THREATS TO AMPHIBIAN BIODIVERSITY |
EVANS D H |
ZOO |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$133,034 |
PARACRINE CONTROL OF FISH GILL FUNCTION |
EVANS D H |
ZOO |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$4,000 |
INSTITUTIONAL ALLOWANCE:GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPPROGRAM ALLOWANCE |
LEVEY D J; ANDINO J M |
ZOO |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$486,000 |
SCIENCE PARTNERS IN INQUIRY-BASED COLLABORATIVE EDUCATION (S.P.I.C.E.) |
LILLYWHITE H B |
ZOO |
U F FOUNDATION |
$19,800 |
SEAHORSE KEY CONSERVATION UFF 8613 |
PHELPS S M |
ZOO |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$334,209 |
BEHAVIORAL AND NEUROENDOCRINE VARIATION IN MAMMALIAN MATING SYSTEMS |
February 2001 Total: $2,811,764 |
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BOINSKI S H |
ANT |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$103,186 |
SOCIAL CONVENTIONS, SEXUAL SELECTION AND ACOUSTIC SIGNALS IN WILD BROWN CAPUCHINS |
BURNS A F; DOWNS M |
ANT |
NATL INSTITUTES OF HEALTHNIGMS - GENERAL MEDICAL SCI |
$804 |
WHY DONT WOMEN DYE FOR CREDIT?A STUDY OF THE IMPACT OFSOCIAL NETWORKS ON URBAN CLOTH DYERS OF BAMAKO, MALI |
FALSETTI A B |
ANT |
MISCELLANEOUS DONORS UNRESTRICTED DONATION |
$3,500 |
MISCELLANEOUS DONORS |
EIKENBERRY S S |
AST |
NASA |
$38,072 |
A LONG LOOK AT SMC X-1 |
REYES F J |
AST |
MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIV |
$3,000 |
SUPPORT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RADIO OBSERVATORY INTHE INTERNET AS PART OF NASA RADIO JOVE EDUCATIONAL |
WILSON R E |
AST |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$13,118 |
A GENERAL BINARY STAR MODEL FOR THE ASTRONOMICALCOMMUNITY |
MACK M C |
BOT |
MELLON FOUNDATION, ANDREW W |
$1,205 |
THE ROLE OF PLANT TRAITS IN ECOSYSTEM NUTRIENT CYCLING |
OPPENHEIMER D G; JEFFRIES S R |
BOT |
NATL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH |
$21,878 |
CONTROL OF CELL SHAPE BY THE FRC2 GENE IN ARABIDOPSIS |
OPPENHEIMER D G; JEFFRIES S R |
BOT |
NATL INSTITUTES OF HEALTHNIGMS - GENERAL MEDICAL SCI |
$26,815 |
CONTROL OF CELL SHAPE BY THE FRC2 GENE IN ARABIDOPSIS |
SCHUUR E A |
BOT |
MELLON FOUNDATION, ANDREW W |
$1,621 |
THE SENSITIVITY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS TOPRECIPITATION |
SOLTIS D E; SOLTIS P S |
BOT |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$132,290 |
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: PATTERNS & MECHANISMS OF GENE EXPRESSION IN RECENT ALLOTETRAPLOIDS OF RECURRENT ORIGIN |
BARTLETT R J |
CHE |
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY |
$174,282 |
DETERMINATION OF POTENTIAL ENERGY SURFACES FOR ENERGETICMOLECULES |
BARTLETT R J |
CHE |
U S AIR FORCE |
$188,215 |
METASTABLE MOLECULES IN THE GROUND AN IN EXCITED STATES:THEORY DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION AND APPLICATION |
BENNER S A |
CHE |
UNIV OF WASHINGTON |
$51,153 |
ASTROBIOLOGY |
DOLBIER JR W R |
CHE |
DUPONT COMPANY |
$100,000 |
OXIDATIVE FLUORINATION OF ALIPHATIC ALKENES |
DURAN R; SPEARTON S J |
CHE |
U S AIR FORCEAFOSR |
$833,461 |
ADDRESSABLE IMMOBILIZED ION CHANNELS-ADD ON TO EXISTING GRANT F49620-03-1-0393 |
EYLER J R |
CHE |
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY |
$91,200 |
MANAGEMENT OF NSF IN-HOUSE RESEARCH PROGRAM ( A SUBCONTRACT FROM FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY- FSU PO#G28525) |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
EXXONMOBIL CORPORATION RESEARCH & ENGINEERING COMPANY |
$24,110 |
JOINT RESEARCH INTO CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF PETROLEUM (AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO AGREEMENT #57821) |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
EXXONMOBIL CORPORATION RESEARCH & ENGINEERING COMPANY |
$26,731 |
JOINT RESEARCH INTO CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF PETROLEUM |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
IMCLONE SYSTEMS |
$123,172 |
IMCLONE SYNTHETIC PROJECT |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
MULTIPLE COMPANIES |
$272 |
MILES COMPOUND CONTRACT |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
MULTIPLE COMPANIES |
$307 |
MILES COMPOUND CONTRACT |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
MULTIPLE COMPANIES |
$272 |
MILES COMPOUND CONTRACT |
KATRITZKY A R |
CHE |
MULTIPLE COMPANIES |
$272 |
MILES COMPOUND CONTRACT |
TAN W; MARTINEZ DIAZ K |
CHE |
NATL INSTITUTES OF HEALTHOFFICE OF AIDS RESEARCH |
$27,550 |
NANOSCALE DNA ARRAYS FOR SINGLE NEURON PROFILING - MINORITY SUPPLEMENT |
HODELL D A |
GEOG |
TEXAS A&M RESEARCH FDTNU S SCIENCE SUPPORT PROGRAM |
$28,397 |
EVOLUTION OF THE STRONTIUM ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION OF SEAWATER DURING THE PALEOCENE AND EOCENE:IMPLICATIONS FOR LONGTERM |
SMITH N J |
GEOG |
MISCELLANEOUS DONORS UNRESTRICTED DONATION |
$70 |
MISCELLANEOUS DONORS |
GREGORY F G; MCKNIGHT S A |
HIS |
UNIV OF SIEGEN |
$1,292 |
MYSTICISM AND MODERNITY |
MARTINEZ J |
MAT |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$5,000 |
CONFERENCE ON LATTICE-ORDERED GROUPS AND F-RINGS |
ANDRAKA B |
PHY |
U S DEPT OF ENERGY |
$122,697 |
SYNTHESIS STUDY OF UNCONVENTIONAL F-ELECTRON METALS |
INGERSENT J K; DORSEY A T |
PHY |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$105,005 |
AN REU SITE IN PHYSICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA |
LEE Y |
PHY |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$114,796 |
NATURE OF PURE & DIRTY LIQUID 3HE-FUNDAMENTAL INVESTIGATIONSAND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES |
BRANCH M N; MILLER M L |
PSY |
NATL INSTITUTES OF HEALTHNIDA - NATL INST ON DRUG ABUSE |
$804 |
COCAINE TOLERANCE AND BEHAVIOR CORRELATED REINFORCEMENT |
BRANCH M N; PINKSTON J W |
PSY |
NATL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH |
$804 |
EXAMINATION OF LOCOMOTOR SENSITIZATION IN PIGEONS |
TRICKEY S B; KRAUSE J L |
QTP |
U S NAVY OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH |
$15,525 |
PARTIAL FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE 2004 SANIBEL SYMPOSIUM |
CHAPMAN C A |
ZOO |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$74,980 |
PREDICTORS OF PRIMATE ABUNDANCE: HOW POPULATIONS RESPOND TO STRESS |
GUILLETTE JR L J |
ZOO |
WILDLIFE FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA |
$25,143 |
ROLE OF EGGSHELL INTEGRITY IN ALLIGATOR EGG VIABILITY INFLORIDA |
KIMBALL R T; BRAUN E L |
ZOO |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
$126,389 |
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH EARLY BIRD: A COLLABORATIVE PROJECTTO RESOLVE DEEP NODES OF AVIAN PHYLOGENY |
WAYNE M L |
ZOO |
NATL INSTITUTES OF HEALTHNIGMS - GENERAL MEDICAL SCI |
$204,376 |
QUANTITATIVE GENETICS OF OVARIOLE NUMBER IN DROSOPHILAS |
This listing of grants is obtained from the Division of Sponsored Research in the Office of Research and Graduate Programs. While every effort to ensure accuracy has been made, mistakes sometimes happen. If you feel there is an error, please contact Greg Miller-House at gregmh@rgp.ufl.edu.
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