August 2018: Grants Awarded – External
Report snapshot of external awards received by UMaine researchers in August 2018. For more detailed reporting, please visit the Office of Research Administration site.
PDF of August 2018 External Grant Awards Report
| Project Title | Principal Investigator | Sponsor Name | Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Do catch shares shape market entrepreneurship and diversification in New England? | Stoll, Joshua | US Dept of Commerce
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
$110,039 |
| The Efficacy of From Here to There: A Dynamic Technology for Improving Algebraic Understanding | Mason, Craig | US Dept of Education
Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
$131,540 |
| University Transportation Center Program | Dagher, Habib Lopez-Anido, Roberto Landis, Eric Davids, William Rubin, Jonathan Gallant, Aaron |
US Dept of Transportation | $2,570,600 |
| CAREER: Hypothalamic Tanycytes and Neuronal Plasticity in the Regulation of Energy Balance | Townsend, Kristy | National Science Foundation | $550,000 |
| A Retrospective Study of Atlantic Herring Transition from a Food-fish to Baitfish Market: Implications for Optimal Yield, Fisheries Management, and Human Nutrition | Stoll, Joshua | US Dept of Commerce
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
$65,685 |
| Characterization of Near-Field Thermal Radiative Properties of Man-Made Materials | Edalatpour, Sheila Tripp, Carl |
National Science Foundation | $350,024 |
| CNH-L: Coupled dynamics of tourism and mosquito-borne disease transmission in the Americas | Gardner, Allison De Urioste-Stone, Sandra |
National Science Foundation | $1,576,688 |
| Assistance in Citizen Science Sensor Development and Testing | Boss, Emmanuel Brady, Damian |
US Dept of Commerce
Creare |
$54,239 |
| Design and performance of micropile-supported integral abutment bridges | Gallant, Aaron Davids, William |
ME Dept of Transportation | $186,480 |
| Developing a management strategy evaluation framework for the Maine lobster fishery in a changing Gulf of Maine – Fellowship, Mackenzie Mazur | Chen, Yong | US Dept of Commerce | $114,999 |
| A tool for understanding likely fish passage and harvest management outcomes for alewife on the St. Croix River | Zydlewski, Joseph | International St. Croix River Watershed Board
US Dept of the Interior |
$80,607 |
| Sentinel Fishery Project | Chen, Yong | Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries | $58,170 |
| Maine Education Policy Research Institute (MEPRI) FY19 | Fairman, Janet | Maine State Legislature
University of Southern Maine |
$125,000 |
| Production of pharmaceutical precursors from wood | Schwartz, Thomas | US Dept of Agriculture | $263,840 |
| Response of Sturgeon to the Veazie and Great Works Dam removals | Zydlewski, Gayle (faculty) | Nature Conservancy | $50,762 |
| Graduate Research Fellowship 2018 | Varahramyan, Khodadad | National Science Foundation | $322,000 |
| Atlantic Ocean Tropical Tuna Tagging Program | Golet, Walter | ICCAT International Commision for Conservation of Atlantic Tunas | $488,486 |