Research Office - Incentive Programs

GRF Spring 2012-13

The Research Office received 23 proposals for this solicitation with requests totaling $210,645. After review and evaluation the Research Council provided the Research Office with a prioritized list of proposals. The Vice President for Research has approved funding for six proposals with combined budgets of $55,351.

The following proposals have been selected for funding:

• Alcantar, Benjamin (Dept. of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine): "Comparing Immunological Strategies and Life Spans in Diverse Ungulate Species"
• Jander, Albrecht (School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering): "Advanced Spin-Caloritronic Materials for Thermo-Electric Energy Scavenging"
• Mustacich, Debbie (Linus Pauling Institute): "Role of Atypical Deoxy-Sphingoid Bases in Secondary Spinal Cord Injury"
• Sagili, Ramesh (Dept. of Horticulture, College of Agricultural Sciences): "Understanding Colony Level Prevalence and Intensity of Honey Bee Gut Parasite (Nosema ceranae) and Investigating effects of Colony Nutrition on Persistence of Nosema in Honey Bee Colonies"
• Sikora, Aleksandra (Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy): "Evaluation of the Conserved Proteins in the Cell Envelope and Membrane Vesicles of Neisseria gonorrhoeae as Putative Vaccine Candidates"
• Silveira, Jason (Dept. of Music, College of Liberal Arts): "Physiological Responses to Music Performance Stimuli"

GRF Fall 2012-13

The Research Office received 25 proposals for this solicitation with requests totaling $235,655. After review and evaluation the Research Council provided the Research Office with a prioritized list of proposals. The Vice President for Research has approved funding for four proposals with combined budgets of $38,846.

The following proposals have been selected for funding:

• Herlihy, Alan (Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife, College of Agricultural Sciences): "Using Genetic Evidence to Clarify Species Identities and Evolutionary Lineages in the Freshwater Amphipod Genus, Ramellogammarus"
• Hooven, Louisa (Dept. of Horticulture, College of Agricultural Sciences): "Fungicide Exposures to Honey Bees in Almonds"
• Ivanchenko, Maria (Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology, College of Agricultural Sciences): "Functional Genomics of Root System Establishment in a Model Crop Plant"
• MacDonald, Megan (School of Biological and Population Health Sciences, College of Public Health and Human Sciences): "The Physical Fitness of School-Aged Children with Autism"

GRF Spring 2011-12

The Research Office received 23 proposals for this solicitation with requests totaling $218,073. After review and evaluation the Research Council provided this office with a prioritized list of proposals. The Vice President for Research has approved funding for 3 proposals with combined budgets of $29,900.

The following proposals have been selected for funding:

• Beaver, Laura (School of Biological and Population Health Sciences, College of Public Health and Human Sciences): "Identification of Genetic Mechanisms by which Sulforaphane Prevents Prostate Cancer"
• Bethel, Jeffrey (School of Biological and Population Health Sciences, College of Public Health and Human Sciences): "Disaster Preparedness among Latino Households in Marion County, Oregon"
• Sinha, Arijit (Dept. of Wood Science and Engineering, College of Forestry): "Design and Evaluation of Novel Wood-Based Green Composite Panels for Structural Applications"

GRF Fall 2011-12

The Research Office received 22 proposals for this solicitation with requests totaling $216,416. After review and evaluation the Research Council provided this office with a prioritized list of proposals. The Vice President for Research has approved funding for 6 proposals with combined budgets of $56,962.

The following proposals have been selected for funding:

• Dhagat, Pallavi (School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering): "Development of Combined Imaging and Focused Hyperthermia System for Cancerous Tumors"
• Goyer, Aymeric (Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology, College of Agricultural Sciences): "Functional Genomics of Potato Nutritional Value: Identification of Regulatory Genes of Folate Biosynthesis"
• Ishmael, Jane (Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Science): "Development and Testing of the In Vivo Efficacy of a Synthetic Coibamide A Formulation"
• Mendez-Luck, Carolyn (Dept. of Human Development and Family Sciences/Health Management and Policy, College of Public Health and Human Sciences): "Facilitators and Barriers to Healthy Living in Oregon: Perspectives from American Indian and Latino Adults"
• Morzillo, Anita (Dept. of Forest Ecosystems and Society, College of Forestry): "Feedback Loops between Residents, Governance, Policy and Natural Resources in the Portland-Vancouver Metropolitan Area"
• Spitsbergen, Jan (Dept. of Microbiology, College of Agricultural Sciences): "Development of a Zebrafish Model for Study of Pathogenesis of Fungal Disease and for Antifungal Drug Discovery"

GRF Spring 2010-11

The Research Office received 21 proposals for this solicitation with requests totaling $197,575. After review and evaluation the Research Council provided this office with a prioritized list of proposals. The Vice President for Research has approved funding for 5 proposals with combined budgets of $48,580.

The following proposals have been selected for funding:

• Campana, Michael (Dept. of Geosciences, College of Science): "Surface Water Quality Modeling in the Kura-Araks River Basin of the South Caucasus"
• Elston, Julie (Dept. of International Business, College of Business): "Entrepreneurship Dynamics and Firm Growth in China"
• Jolles, Anna (Dept. of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine): "Effects of Intensive Forest Management on Health, Immunity, and Infectious Disease Prevalence in Wild Deer Mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) in the Oregon Coast Range"
• Rao, Sujaya (Dept. of Crop and Soil Science, College of Agricultural Sciences): "Bee Pollinators for Increased Oilseed Yield of Meadowfoam in the Willamette Valley"
• Suryan, Robert (Hatfield Marine Science Center, Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife, College of Agricultural Sciences): "Do Predator Diets Signal Changes in Forage Fish Populations? Implications for Food Web Dynamics and Ecosystem Indicators"

GRF Fall 2010-11

The Research Office received 24 proposals for this solicitation with requests totaling $232,787. After review and evaluation the Research Council provided this office with a prioritized list of proposals. The Vice President for Research has approved funding for 6 proposals with combined budgets of $59,710.

The following proposals have been selected for funding:

• Beaudry, Christopher (Dept. of Chemistry, College of Science): "Investigation of Molecular Mobius Strips"
• Lipscomb, Shannon (Dept. of Human Development and Family Sciences, College of Health and Human Sciences): "A New Look at Out-of-Home Child Care for High-Risk Children: Child Care Use, Quality, and Foster Children's Psychosocial Functioning"
• McComb, Brenda (Dept. of Forest Ecosystems and Society, College of Forestry): "How Costly are Coping Styles? Using Heart Rate Telemetry to Quantify Energetic Costs Mounted in Response to Environmental Stressors in Wild Songbirds"
• Rodriguez-Nikl, Tonatiuh (Dept. of Civil and Construction Engineering, College of Engineering): "Laboratory Testing of Staggered Stud Wood-Framed Walls"
• Smit, Ellen (Dept. of Public Health, College of Health and Human Sciences): "The Effect of Low Vitamin D Status and Frailty on Morbidity and Mortality Among U.S. Older Adults"
• Todorovic, Sinisa (School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering): "Advancing Bio-Based Composites by Automated Image Analytics"

GRF Spring 2009-10

The Research Office received 21 proposals for this solicitation with requests totaling $195,977. After review and evaluation the Research Council provided this office with a prioritized list of proposals. The Interim Vice President for Research has approved funding for 7 proposals with combined budgets of $68,849.

The following proposals have been selected for funding:

• Bennett, Tory (Dept. of Forest Ecosystems and Society, College of Forestry): "Do Rare Species Perceive Habitat Features as Barriers Where Common Species Would Not: A Comparative Study to Explore Landscape Permeability among a Local Buttefly Community"
• Black, Bryan (Dept. of Forest Ecosystems and Society, College of Forestry): "A Tree-Ring Approach to Developing Growth Chronologies for Marine Mammal Species"
• Chang, Jeff (Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology, College of Agricultural Sciences): "Characterizing the Mechanisms of Host-Association by the Deleterious Rhizosphere Bacteria, Pseudomonas fluorescens WH6"
• Herman, Gregory (School of Chemical & Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering): "Diffusion Mechanisms in Oxide Semiconductors"
• Kioussi, Chrissa (Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy): "Making of a Tooth"
• Metoyer, Ronald (School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering): "End User Information Graphics Construction"
• Sagili, Ramesh (Dept. of Horticulture, College of Agricultural Sciences): "Evaluating the Potential of Brood Pheromone to Stimulate Protein Consuption and colony Growth in Commercial Honey Bee Colonies"

GRF Fall 2009-10

The Research Office received 21 proposals for this solicitation with requests totaling $200,556. After review and evaluation the Research Council provided this office with a prioritized list of proposals. The Vice President for Research has approved funding for 5 proposals with combined budgets of $47,554.

The following proposals have been selected for funding:

• Field, Jennifer (Dept. of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, College of Agricultural Sciences): "Illicit Anabolic Steroids at the Community Scale and the Potential for Adverse Biological Effects on Aquatic Life Upon Discharge to Wastewater"
• Goyer, Aymeric (Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center, College of Agricultural Sciences): "Cloning and Characterization of a Specific Thiamine Phosphate Hydrolase in Rice"
• Schneider, Guenter (Dept. of Physics, College of Science): "Theory of High Efficiency Photovoltaics Utilizing Heterojunction-Assisted Impact Ionization"
• Steinauer, Michelle (Dept. of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine): "Pathogen Adaptation to Novel Hosts through Introgressive Hybridization"
• Wong, Carmen (Dept. of Nutrition and Exercise Sciences, College of Health and Human Sciences): "Effects of Zinc Suplementation on Rejuvenating the Aged Immune System and Improving Influenza Virus Vaccination Efficacy in the Elderly"

GRF Spring 2008-09

The Research Office received 11 proposals for this solicitation with requests totaling $104,610. After review and evaluation the Research Council provided this office with a prioritized list of proposals. The Vice President for Research has approved funding for 6 proposals with combined budgets of $58,436.

The following proposals have been selected for funding:

• Betts, Matthew (Dept. of Forest Ecosystems and Society, College of Forestry): "Independent Effects of Tropical Forest Fragmentation and Habitat Loss on Hummingbird Movement and Pollination Dynamics"
• Greenwood, Jeffrey (Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics, College of Science): "Zebrafish Brain Tumor Dispersal Model"
• Hase, Claudia (Dept. of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine): "Role of Pili in Vibrio parahaemolyticus Colonization of the Pacific Oyster, Cassostrea gigas"
• Higgins, Adam (School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering): "Biopreservation of Cell-Based Devices"
• McKay, Jennifer (College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences): "Silver Isotopic Characterization of Marine Sediments and Hydrothermal Deposits"
• Nason, Jeffrey (School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering): "Probing Interactions between Engineered Nanoparticles and Natural Organic Matter: Implications for Environmental Fate, Transport and Toxicity"

GRF Fall 2008-09

The Research Office received 27 proposals for this solicitation with requests totaling $257,387. After review and evaluation the Research Council provided this office with a prioritized list of proposals. The Vice President for Research has approved funding for 5 proposals with combined budgets of $49,557.

The following proposals have been selected for funding:

• Buermeyer, Andrew (Dept. of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, College of Agricultural Sciences): "Novel Biomarkers of Sporadic Colorectal Cancer"
• Chase, Zanna (College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences): "Autonomous Measurements of Dissolved Copper in the Columbia River"
• McPhail, Kerry (Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy): "Human Health Applications of New Herbicidal Vinylglycines"
• Miller, Jessica (Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife, College of Agricultural Sciences): "A Tale of Two Sculpins: Validation of Methodologies to Quantify Scales of Connectivity in Local Populations of Tidepool (Oligocottus maculosus) and Mosshead (Clinocottus globiceps) Sculpin"
• Mustacich, Debbie (Linus Pauling Institute): "Mechanism of Cisplatin-Induced Neuropathy and Vitamin E Deficiency"

GRF Spring 2007-08

The Research Office received 24 proposals for this solicitation with requests totaling $222,374. After review and evaluation the Research Council provided this office with a prioritized list of proposals. The Vice President for Research has approved funding for 6 proposals with combined budgets of $52,005.

The following proposals have been selected for funding:

• Barbour, Richmond (English, Liberal Arts): "The Third Voyage: Journals of the London East India Company, 1607-10"
• Green, Julie (Art, Liberal Arts): "Concept: East and West"
• Hallett, Sascha (Microbiology, Agricultural Sciences and Science): "Emerging Myxozoan Infections in Waterfowl"
• Murthy, Ganti (Biological and Ecological Engineering, Agricultural Sciences and Engineering): "Recovering Valuable Products from Gorse (Ulex europaeus)"
• Ostroverkhova, Oksana (Physics, Science): "The Unanticipated Effects of Sunlight-Induced Fluorescence on Native Bee Pollinator Behavior"
• Wildenschild, Dorthe (School of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering, Engineering): "Three-Dimensional Imaging and Quantification of Biomass in Porous Media"

GRF Fall 2007-08

The Research Office received 21 proposals for this solicitation with requests totaling $204,620. After review and evaluation the Research Council provided this office with a prioritized list of proposals. The Vice President for Research has approved funding for 6 proposals with combined budgets of $58,902.

The following proposals have been selected for funding:

• Baker, C. Scott (Marine Mammal Institute and Fisheries and Wildlife): "So Remorseless a Havoc: Reconstructing the Decline and Recovery of Sourthern Right Whales"
• Chung, Woon-Gye (Chemistry, Agricultural Sciences and Science): "Posttranslational Modifications of Zebrafish P450s"
• DeBano, Sandra (Fisheries and Wildlife, Agricultural Sciences): "The Effect of Livestock Grazing on Native Bee Pollinators in a Northwest Bunchgrass Prairie"
• Duringer, Jennifer (Biomedical Sciences, Veterinary Medicine): "Elucidating the Fate and Metabolism of the Grass Seed Toxin Lolitrem B in Cattle"
• Felix, Joel (Malheur Experiment Station/Crop and Soil Science, Agricultural Sciences): "Marketable Sugar Loss in Sugar Beets Parasitized by Dodder (Cuscuta spp) in the Treasure Valley"
• Leid, Mark (Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmacy): "The CTIP2 Transcriptional Network in Tooth Development"

GRF Spring 2006-07

The Research Office received 18 proposals for this solicitation with requests totaling $154,517. After review and evaluation the Research Council provided this office with a prioritized list of proposals. The Vice President for Research has approved funding for 4 proposals with combined budgets of $40,000.

The following proposals have been selected for funding:

• Indra, Gitali (Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmacy): "To Elucidate the Role of CTIP2 in Epidermal Homeostasis During Development"
• Liu, Hong (Biological and Ecological Engineering, Agricultural Sciences and Engineering): "Nano-Enhanced Bio-Electrolysis for Renewable Hydrogen Generation from Waste Biomass"
• Machado, Stephen (Crop and Soil Science, Agricultural Sciences): "Developing Organic Wheat Production Systems for Eastern Oregon"
• Wong, Carmen (Nutrition and Exercise Sciences, Health and Human Sciences): "The Role of Obesity in Autoimmune Disease Development"

GRF Fall 2006-07

The Research Office received 13 proposals for this solicitation with requests totaling $123,520. After review and evaluation the Research Council provided this office with a prioritized list of proposals. The Vice President for Research has approved funding for 4 proposals with combined budgets of $39,954.

The following proposals have been selected for funding:

• Kolluri, Siva Kumar (Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Agricultural Sciences): "An Affordable Clinically Approved Painkiller for Breast Cancer"
• Kong, Wei (Chemistry, Agricultural Sciences and Science): "Synthesis of Polymer Nanocomposites Containing Aligned Fillers"
• Kruzic, Jamie (Mechanical Engineering, Engineering): "Ductile B2 Intermetallic Compounds: Structural Materials for the 21st Century"
• Proteau, Philip (Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmacy): "Diterpene Antibiotic Biosynthetic Studies"

GRF Spring 2005-06

The Research Office received 21 proposals for this solicitation with requests totaling $184,522. After review and evaluation the Research Council provided this office with a prioritized list of proposals. The Vice President for Research has approved funding for 6 proposals with combined budgets of $52,003.

The following proposals have been selected for funding:

• Flatt, Patricia (Phamaceutical Sciences): "Characterization of Pyralomicin Halogenases for Use in Drug Design"
• Hardison, Linda (Botany and Plant Pathology): "Oregon Grasses: Identification Tools and Descriptions"
• Lien, Mei-Ching (Psychology): "Aging and Attention: An Electrophysiological Investigation"
• Pastey, Manoj (Biomedical Sciences): "Role of a New HIV Protein (NS2) in the Replication of the Virus"
• Sherr, Barry (College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences): "Programmed Cell Death (PCD) in Marine Phagotrophic Protists"
• Sherr, Evelyn (College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences): "Use of Sugar/Lectin Microarrays to Investigate the Biochemistry of Prey Selection in Marine Phagotrophic Protists"

GRF Fall 2005-06

The Research Office received 24 proposals for this solicitation with requests totaling $220,854. After review and evaluation the Research Council provided this office with a prioritized list of proposals. The Vice President for Research has approved funding for 6 proposals with combined budgets of $58,307.

The following proposals have been selected for funding:

• Bartholomew, Jerri (Microbiology): "DNA Sequencing of Myxozoan Parasites for Definitive Identification and Life Cycle Determination"
• Chase, Zanna (College of Oceanic and Stmospheric Sciences): "Towards High Resolution Vertical Mapping of Iron Concentrations in the Coastal Ocean: Development of a Continuous Flow Analyzer for Iron in Seawater"
• Draheim, Christopher (Nutrition and Exercise Sciences): "Markers of Inflammation and Vascular Function in Adults with Down Syndrome"
• Ishmael, Jane (Phamaceutical Sciences): "A Role for Myosin II in NMDA Receptor Dynamics"
• Podolskiy, Viktor (Physics): "Strongly Anisotropic Composites: New Types of Artificial Materials"
• Wallin, Kimberly (Forest Science): "Improving Guidelines in Intermountain West for Slash Management to Minimize Ips pini Attack Following Thinning of Ponderosa Pine Stands"

GRF Spring 2004-05

The Research Office received 22 proposals for this solicitation with requests totaling $201,130. After review and evaluation the Research Council provided this office with a prioritized list of proposals. The Vice President for Research has approved funding for 6 proposals with combined budgets of $56,856.

The following proposals have been selected for funding:

• Cramer, Lori (Sociology): "Experiencing Outdoor Recreation by an Aging Society"
• McClelland, Megan (Human Development and Family Sciences): "The Kindergarten Readiness Study"
• Rivin, Carol (Botany and Plant Pathology): "Antagonistic Signaling Circuits Regulating Seed Maturation in Maize"
• Sorensen, Jennifer (Fisheries and Wildlife): "Mechanisms that Regulate Absorption of Ingested Plant Toxins in the Brushtail Possums of New Zealand"
• Yin, Xihou (Pharmaceutical Sciences): "Biosynthetic Gene Cluster for the Peptide Antibiotic Enduracidin"
• Yin, Xinhua (Mid-Columbia Agriculture Research Center): "Assessment of an Integrated Nitrogen Fertigation and Drip Irrigation Production System for Economically and Environmentally Sound Pear Production"

GRF Fall 2004-05

The Research Office received 19 proposals for this solicitation with requests totaling $167,473. After review and evaluation the Research Council provided this office with a prioritized list of proposals. The Vice President for Research has approved funding for 7 proposals with combined budgets of $64,363.

The following proposals have been selected for funding:

• Benoit-Bird, Kelly (College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences): "The Way to a Whale's Habitat is Through His Stomach: Adding Prey to Sperm Whale Assessment"
• Cui, Zhengrong (Pharmaceutical Sciences): "Novel Nano-Engineered Anthrax DNA Vaccine for Non-Invasive Immunization on Skin"
• Gerwick, Lena (Zoology): "Precerebellin-Like Protein Expression in Zebrafish"
• Lowry, Malcolm (Microbiology): "Analysis of Francisella Tularensis Virulence"
• Merrill, Gary (Biochemistry/Biophysics): "Hydrogen Peroxide Signaling via a Peroxiredoxin Floodgate"
• Muszynski, Lech (Wood Science and Engineering): "Application of XMT Imaging and Digital Volume Correlation for Quantitative Characterization of Micromechanical Performance and Governing Failure Mechanisms in Wood-Plastic Composites"
• von Germeten, Nicole (History): "Race, Religion and Society in Cartagena De Indies"

GRF Spring 2003-04

The Research Office received 35 proposals for this solicitation with requests totaling $327,962. The following proposals, with combined budgets of $58,780 were selected for funding:

• Bakalinsky, Alan (Food Science and Technology): "Control of Buoyancy in the Yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae"
• Giebultowicz, Jadwiga (Zoology): "Regulation of Life Span and Reproduction in a Model Organism"
• Gross, Joan (Anthropology): "Teaching Indigenous Languages in Oregon"
• Hase, Claudia (Microbiology): "Role of the Primary Sodium Pump NQR in Yersinia Pestis"
• Kent, Adam (Geosciences): "Development of Techniques for Laser-Ablation-ICP-MS Analysis of Sulfide and Carbonate Minerals and Applications to Studies of Giant Ore Deposits and Holocene Climate Change"
• McIntyre, David (Physics): "Spectroscopic Detection of Trace Gases"
• Tekin-Koru, Ayca (Economics): "Corruption and Foreign Direct Investment"

GRF Fall 2003-04

The Research Office received 29 proposals for this solicitation with requests totaling $265,887. The following proposals, with combined budgets of $60,170 were selected for funding:

• Bowers, John (Art): "Creation and Installation of a One-Person Art Exhibition"
• Collins, Anthony (Pharmaceutical Sciences): "Inward Rectifier Potassium Channels in Neuronal Excitoxicity"
• Ho, Emily (Nutrition and Food Management): "Gene Expression Profiling and Antioxidant Status Following Zinc Supplementation"
• Mahmud, Taifo (Pharmaceutical Sciences): "Biosynthetic Approaches to Novel Myxobacterial Origin Antibiotics"
• Meigs, Andrew (Geosciences): "Glacier Dams and the Timescales of Sediment Filling and Evacuation of Reservoirs"
• Miller, Jeffrey (Rangeland Resources): "Measures of Lepidoptera Biodiversity for Environmental Assessment and Long-Term Monitoring in Oregon, Taiwan, and Costa Rica"
• Yokochi, Alex (Chemistry): "Aluminum Metal as Energy Storage Material for Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (FCEV)"

GRF Spring 2002-03

The Research Office received 29 proposals for this solicitation with requests totaling $256,197. The following ten proposals, with combined budgets of $88,072, were selected for funding:

• Cope, Rhian B. (Biomedical Sciences): Does Exposure to Topical Cis-Urocanic Acid Enhance Mycobacterium Ulcerans Infection in a Hairless Guinea Pig Model of Buruli Ulcer Disease
• DeBano, Sandra J. (Entomology): Understanding the Role of Terrestrial Riparian Insects in Salmon Recovery and Stream Restoration
• Hackel, Steven W. (History): Father Junipero Serra: California's Founding Father
• Healy, Maureen (History): At the Gates of Western Civilization: Islam and the Turks in Central European Historical Memory
• Heppell, Scott (Fisheries and Wildlife): Socio-Behavioral Analysis of Habitat Structure in Subtropical Red Groupers (Epinephelus morio)
• Heppell, Selina (Fisheries and Wildlife): Assessment of Juvenile Rockfish Traps as a Tool for Essential Habitat Identification
• Ishmael, Jane (Pharmaceutical Sciences): Localization of Nonmuscle Myosin RLC and NMDA Receptors in Isolated Hippocampal Neurons
• Kioussi, Chrissa (Biochemistry and Biophysics): Molecular Mechanisms of Cardiac Outflow Tract Defects
• Robinson, Tara R. (Fisheries and Wildlife): Bluebird of Happiness? Battles of the Sexes in Western Bluebirds
• Wildenschild, Dorthe (Geosciences): Investigating Subsurface Pore Scale Flow Processes with OSU's X-ray Microtomography Facility

GRF Fall 2002-03

The General Research Fund Fall solicitation generated 31 proposals, with a total budget request of $217,767. The following proposals were funded, totaling $54,153:

• Allen, George (Pharmacy): Comparative Evaluation of Two Antibiotic Dosing Measures, the AUC/MIC Ratio and AUC/MPC Ration, As Predictors of the Development of Flouroquinolone Resistance in Streptococcus Pneumoniae
• Bernell, Stephanie (Public Health): The Role and Management of Tacit Knowledge in High Performing Health Care Teams
• Brunner, Amy (Forest Science): DNA Microarray Expression Analysis for Studying Tree Maturation
• Gross, Michael (BioChemistry/BioPhysics): Microarray Analyses of Pain-Gating Spinal Interneuron Progenitors
• Kutzler, Michelle (Clinical Sciences): Effects of Under Nutrition During Pregnancy on Maternal Organ and Placental Blood Flow
• Quian, Michael (Agricultural Sciences): Marionberry Flavor-Descriptive Analysis and Chemical Anchor
• Widrick, Jeffrey (Exercise and Sports Science) Reactive Oxygen and Nitrogen Species and Muscle Atrophy

GRF Spring 2001-02

The Research Office received 35 proposals for this solicitation with requests totaling $268,061. The Research Council provided this office with a prioritized list of proposals. The Vice President for Research has approved funding for 6 proposals with combined budgets of approximately $47,614.

• Bird, Karyn (Biomedical Sciences): Isolation and Enhanced Differentiation of Endothelial Progenitor Cells from Peripheral Blood
• Chang, Chih-hung (Chemical Engineering): Pulse Nanocrystal Deposition by Thermal Ink Jet Technology and Applications to Fabrication of Flexible CuInSe2 Thin Film Photovoltaics
• Marks, Andrea (Art): The Polish Poster: The Essence of Expression
• Smith, Jennifer (Psychology): Predicting distress: Interactions of personality, stress-reactivity, and coping
• Uttl, Bob (Psychology): Aging, Individual Differences and World Wide web Usability
• Weis, Virginia (Zoology): Mechanisms Governing the Establishment and Breakdown of Cnidarian/Algal Mutualisms

GRF Fall 2001-02

• Banks, Michael (Coastal Oregon Marine Experiment Station): Genetic Characterization of Pacific Northwestern Native Oysters: A Tool for Restoration
• Green, Julie (Art): New Research in China"
• Stotz, Henrik (Horticulture): Functional Analysis of Plant Resistance to the Fungal Pathogen Botrytis cinerea
• Sulzman, Elizabeth (Crop and Soil Science): Assessing Mechanisms that Control Soil CO2 Release From Soils
• Wooster, David (Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center): Impact of Riparian Vegetation Restoration on Aquatic Invertebrates in Eastern Oregon

GRF Spring 2000-01

• Azarenko, Anita (Horticulture):  Reduction of Nitrogen Pollution from Container Production Systems
• Bakalinsky, Alan (Food Science and Technology):  Genetic Analysis of Film Formation by a Wine Strain of the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
• Falkner, Kelly (Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences):  Determining the Cause of Recent Large Freshwater Fluctuations in the Gulf of Alaska
• Heppell, Scott (Fisheries and Wildlife):  Migration of Blue Fin Tuna to the Central North Atlantic:  Are these animals spawning?
• Noller, Jay (Crop and Soil Science):  Assessing Platonic Views of Soils and Land Use in Grecian Landscapes
• Rockey, Daniel (Microbiology):  Transcriptional Analysis of a Paralogous Gene Family of Chlamydia pneumoniae
• Stone, Alexandra (Horticulture):  Organic Matter-Mediated Foliar Disease Suppression: Soil and Plant Factors

GRF Fall 2000-01

• Cherian, Gita (Animal Sciences):  Immune-Powered Eggs
• Farber, Vreneli (Foreign Language and Literature):  Actor Training in Post-Soviet Russia
• Forsberg, Neil (Animal Sciences):  Nutritional Ecology of the Goat and Oryx Populations of the Al-Jaluuni Sanctuary in Oman
• Hoffman, Mark (Exercise and Sport Science):  Development of an Ankle Effusion Model
• Li, Kaichang (Forest Products):  Development of Formaldehyde-free Wood Adhesives
• Maddalozzo, Gianni (Exercise and Sport Science):  The Separate and Combined Effect of Estrogen Replacement Therapy and Resistance Training on the Musculoskeletal and Nervous System in Early Postmenopausal Women
• Tornquist, Susan (Biomedical Sciences):  T Cell and Cytokine Responses to Sarcocystis neurona Infection in Horses