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Volume 33, Number 4, August 2006

February 2006 research board awards announced

The University of Missouri Research Board, a University-wide panel composed of 20 faculty members, has awarded more than $1 million to support 49 research projects across the University’s four campuses.

The board has established a network of UM experts in each discipline. The board addresses specific criteria in evaluating a request. The board then considers the recommendations of the peer reviewers. William Miller, professor of nuclear engineering at UM-Columbia, chairs the research board.

In February, UM researchers filed 156 requests for grants, totaling more than $5 million. Approximately 31 percent of the requests were approved and approximately 18 percent of the total dollar amount requested was awarded.

The board granted ten engineering requests for a total of $254,321; ten in humanities and fine arts for a total of $96,157; 12 in life sciences for a total of $397,048; six in physical sciences and mathematics for a total of $101,084; and 11 in social and behavioral sciences for a total of $177,137.

UM-Columbia

• Frank Booth, Biological Sciences, $16,498

• Kristin Buss, Psychological Sciences, $29,000

• Dawn Cornelison, Biological Sciences, $26,820

• Guilherme DeSouza, Electrical Engineering, $26,800

• Frances Dickey, English, $5,000

• Paul Fadel, Physiology, $30,594

• Raghuraman Kannan, Radiology, $24,500

• Martin Katz, Ophthalmology, $34,300

• Brian Kierland, Philosophy, $12,000

• M. Kovarik, Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, $33,696

• Huaiyin Li, History, $7,790

• Yuyan Luo, Psychological Sciences, $19,200

• Bruce McClure, Agriculture Biochemistry, $39,520

• Kerby Miller, History, $10,000

• Susan Nagel, Obstetrics & Gynecology, $30,280

• Craig Palmer, Anthropology, $8,000

• Peter Pfeifer, Physics & Astronomy, $12,484

• Elmer Price, Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, $45,000

• Takeshi Wada, Sociology, $28,500

• Shuguang Wang, Mathematics, $7,100

• Glenn Washer, Civil & Enviromental Engineering, $30,600

• Paul Weirich, Philosophy, $10,000

• Robert Winholtz, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, $29,500

• Chengshan Xiao, Electrical Engineering, $26,550

UM-Kansas City

• Elijah Gowin, Art & Art History, $10,200

• Kathy Krause, Foreign Languages & Literature, $12,800

• Ann Smith, Basic Medical Sciences, $45,840

• Deborah Smith, Sociology & Criminal Justice, $8,500

• Da-Ming Zhu, Physics, $13,500

UM-Rolla

• Derek Apel, Mining Engineering, $22,300

• Ghulam Bham, Civil Engineering, $25,705

• Anne Cotterill, English, $13,367

• Robert DuBois, Physics, $20,000

• Shannon Fogg, History, $5,000

• Daniel Forciniti, Chemical Engineering, $35,200

• Yu-Ning Ge, Civil Engineering, $26,477

• Gregory Gelles, Economics & Finance, $6,500

• Katie Grantham Lough, Basic Engineering, $31,189

• Nicholas Leventis, Chemistry, $22,000

UM-St. Louis

• Thomas Fletcher, Psychology, $12,000

• Erika Gibb, Physics & Astronomy, $26,000

• Baorong Guo, Social Work, $6,000

• Sharon Johnson, Social Work, $12,000

• Lisa Schechter, Biology, $39,000

• Mary Troy, English, $10,000

• Kamila White, Psychology, $29,000

• Richard Wright, Criminology & Criminal, $18,437

• Bethany Zolman, Biology, $31,000

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