VPR Small Grants Introduction

The Office of the Vice President for Research, Graduate Studies, and Economic Development and the University of Arizona Foundation continue to support the Faculty Small Grants Program (FSG). Awards of up to $10,000 are made on a competitive basis for projects involving research or other creative scholarly activity. The Program is intended to provide short-term, one-time support that will "jump start" worthwhile projects and result in data or work products that can be used in developing major proposals for submission to extramural funding agencies or private contributors. Individuals holding faculty rank, who have an appointment in the research scientist series of titles, or who have a continuing or continuing-eligible status are eligible to apply; however, the Faculty Small Grants Program gives highest priority to junior-level individuals in those categories.

PROPOSALS SELECTED BY UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA FOUNDATION FOR FUNDING FOR THE 2007 - 2008 ROUND OF FACULTY SMALL GRANTS 

1.  E. Fiona Bailey, Physiology, "Sleep, Breathing, and Menopause"

2.  Roger Barthelson, Plant Sciences, "Regulation of the Expression of Plant Genes  Related to Stress"

3.  Alfredo Berardo, Political Science, "Policy Networks and Management of Water Quality in America"

4.  Michael Brescia, Arizona State Museum, "Implications of Spanish Property Law for Hispanic and Indian Communities of the Southwest"

5.  Andrew Carnie, Linguistics, "Ultrasonic Analysis of tense Sonorant Consonants in Scottish Gaelic"

6.  Chih Chin Chou, Special Education, Rehabilitation, and School Psychology, "Social Support and Acculturative Stress Among Chinese International Students"

7.  Alex Cronin, Physics, "Nano-Scale Energy Sensor"

8.  Melissa Curran, Family and Consumer Sciences, "The Transition to Parenthood for Unmarried, Cohabiting Couples"

9. Paul Kapp, Geosciences, "Sandblasting in Central Asia and Tectonic and Climatic Implications"

10.  Julie Lang, Surgical Oncology, "Effect of Pregnancy History on the Presence of Breast Stem Cells"

11.  Linda Lumsden, Journalism, "Comrades:  Visions and Values of the Early American Radical Press, 1900-1920"

12.  Michelle McMahon, Plant Sciences, "Barcoding the Plants of Arizona:  Geographically-Based Biodiversity Informatics"

13.  Moe Momayez, Mining and Geological Engineering, "Alternate Energy Source for Sustainable Development"

14.  Theodore Price, Pharmacology, "Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors as Novel Analgesics for Neuropathic Pain"

15.  Iliana Reyes, Language, Reading, and Culture, "Teacher's Perspectives on Literacy Practices by Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Children"

16.  Michael Riehle, Entomology, "Insulin Signaling as a Drive Mechanism for Mosquito Population Replacement"

17.  Margaret Tome, Pathology, "Manganese Prophyrins in Lymphoma Cell Growth and Drug Response"

18.  Koen Visscher, Physics, "A Novel Dual-Reporter System for Translational Recoding"

19.  Daniela Zarnescu, Molecular and Cellular Biology, "Fragile X Syndrome:  A Gene Discovery Approach in Drosophila"