Science Grants

Below is a list of notable grants recently awarded in the sciences--federal grants as well as awards from private foundations. The individual cited is the project's principal investigator. BIOTECHNOLOGY For training of graduate students in biochemistry and molecular biology. $50,000 from Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, Calif., to University of California, Santa Barbara; L. Wilson. ECOLOGY/ENVIRONMENT For grants related to research in the Great Lakes, especially projects involving toxic substances and the effect of toxins on the health of humans and wildlife. Moneys from the Great Lakes Protection Fund: * $45,000 toward emergency plan for oil spills; Michigan State University (MSU), East Lansing. * $42,000 for study of air toxins; Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Lansing. * $50,000 for studies of per-person fish consumption; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. * $45,000 for study of Zebra Mussels and PCBs; Oakland University, Rochester, Mich. * $57,000 toward development of methods to measure toxic substances in fish and wildlife; MSU. * $41,000 for study of contaminants and exposure caused by Great Lakes fish; Michigan Department of Public Health, Lansing. * $60,000 for fish consumption study, using mice models; MSU. * $53,000 for study of reductive dechlorination in PCBs and sediment to determine hazards; MSU. NEUROBIOLOGY For research on proteins, particularly GAP-43, related to growth and regeneration of nerve cells. $4 million over five years from Sumitomo Chemical and Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals, Osaka, Japan, to Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; M. Fishman. CHEMISTRY Recipients of New Faculty Awards Program in Chemistry for school year beginning in fall of 1990. $25,000 each from Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation to: * University of Texas, Austin; B. Iverson (bioorganic). * University of Colorado, Boulder; T. Sammakia (organometallic). *University of Southern California, Los Angeles; C.H. Mak (statistical mechanics). * Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge; M.G. Bawendi (materials). * Stanford University, Calif.; J.H. Griffin (bioorganic). * University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; J.T. Roberts (solid state-surface). * North Carolina State University, Raleigh; H.H. Thorp (bioinorganic). * Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn.; S.B. Sobolov (bioorganic). * University of Wisconsin, Madison; R.J. Hamers (surface science). * New York University; J.Z.H. Zhang (theoretical). * Yale University, New Haven, Conn.; P.H. Vaccaro (chemical physics). BIOENGINEERING For program aimed at improving diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular and blood diseases. $5.6 million Program Project Grant (PPG) and $1.6 million graduate student and postdoctoral training grant, each over five years, from National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to University of California, San Diego; S. Chien. GEOSCIENCES For support of the Center for Exploration in Geoscience Computing. $1 million (and an additional $2 million scheduled) from W.M. Keck Foundation to Colorado School of Mines, Golden. For geodetic survey of Nepal, using the satellite technology Global Positioning System; to provide measurements of the earth's crust and help with earthquake prediction. $500,000 from National Science Foundation (NSF) to University of Colorado, Boulder; R. Bilham. VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS Recipients of Visiting Professorships for women in U.S. science and engineering research. Total of $2.51 million from NSF and $360,000 from host institutions (listed) to 23 scientists: * Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore; P.G. Abir-Am, history and philosophy of science; $94,605 over one year. * Stanford University, Calif.; N.S. Allen, biological science; $129,266 over one year. * San Diego State University, Calif.; C.A. Beuchat, biological science; $180,000 over two years. * Princeton University, N.J.; D.G. Blackmond, engineering; $106,272 over one year. * University of Cincinnati; D.S. Brandt, earth science; $89,080 over one year. * University of California, Davis; V.K. Burbank, anthropology; $84,852 over one year. * University of Michigan (UM), Ann Arbor; V.L. Carpenter, decision, risk, and management science; $111,935 over nine months. * UM; L.S. Collins, earth science; $82,117 over one year. * Ohio State University, Columbus; L. Darden, history and philosophy of science; $107,585 over one year. * Boston University; J.A. Goldsmith, pure mathematics logic and computer science; $92,595 over one year. * University of Kansas, Lawrence; Z.T. Halpin, population biology; $96,737 over one year. * Princeton University, N.J.; B. Jaumard, engineering; $125,000 over one year. * Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.; M.R. Kasschau, biological science; $116,669 over one year. * New York Botanical Garden Institute; V.A. Krischik, biotic systems and resources; $160,000 over two years. * University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; W.W. Li, mathematics; $66,552 over one year. * University of Colorado, Boulder; I. Little-Marenin, astronomy; $113,339 over one year. * Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge; M. Millar, chemistry; $114,832 over one year. * University of Illinois, Urbana; L.I. Sennott, engineering; $113,440 over one year. * Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.; C. Shilepsky, engineering; $88,034 over one year. * University of Florida, Gainesville; J.E. Skog, biotic systems and resources; $87,614 over one year. *Princeton University, N.J.; J.L. Slonczewski, biological science; $77,137 over one year. * Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.; K. Strandburg, materials research; $110,486 over two years. * Pennsylvania State University, University Park; H.J. Thiebaux, atmospheric science; $125,528 over one year.

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