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ACTIVE IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2011-2012
Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Faculty: David L. Bechler
Title: The Status of the Blackbanded Sunfish and Other Select Species in the State of Georgia.
Award: $81,568 (2011-2013)
US Department of Education through the University of Georgia
Faculty: Catherine Bush
Title:
Improving teacher Quality: Broadening Botanical Knowledge of Georgia Teachers in Grades K-12 through Inquiry-Based Learning, Brooks county Georgia.
Award: $34,644 (2011-2012)
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Faculty: Richard Carter (PI)
Title: Floristic Inventory and Vegetation Survey of the Banks Lake national Wildlife Refuge, Lanier county Georgia.
Award: $4,000 (2009-2011)
U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Agency (USAMRAA)
Faculty: Mitch Lockhart
Title: Gopher tortoise demography study at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia
Award: $14,500
Faculty: Richard Carter (PI)
Title: Effects of Prescribed Burning on Representative Forest Communities at Moody Air Force Base and Grand Bay Wildlife Management Area.
Award: $20,000 (2011)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Faculty: Richard Carter (PI)
Title: Collaborative Research: The GA-VSC Herbaria Collaborative: Phase I of a Statewide Consortium.
Award: $199,336 (2011-2014)
Faculty: Theresa Grove (PI) Timothy Fort (Co-PI)
Title: RUI: Thermal Adaption of Killifish: The Role of Calsequestrin in Gylcolytic Skeletal Muscle.
Award: $322,194 (2008-2012)
BP/FIO --Gulf Oil Spill Prevention, Response, and Recovery Grants Program
Faculty: James Nienow (Co-investigator)
Title: "Effects of the BP Oil Spill on diatoms, nannoplankton, and related protists at the base of the food chain in the NE Gulf of Mexico."
Award: $170,000 one year
Dupont
Faculty: Emily Cantonwine (PI)
Title: "Curative potential of Fontelis for leaf spot diseases of peanut."
Award: $15,000 (2010)
City of Jacksonville and St. Johns River Accord
Faculty: Gretchen Bielmyer (Investigator)
Title: State of the River report for the Lower St. Johns River Basin: Water Quality Fisheries, Aquatic Life, and Contaminants
Award: $16,912 (2008-2011)
Lowndes County Board of Health
Faculty: Mark Blackmore
Title: “Surveillance for West Nile Virus and Other Mosquito-borne Viruses”
Amount: $65,740 for Fiscal Year 2011-2012
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Faculty: Brian Ring
Title: Mechanisms of Ovotestis Development
Award: $194,538 (2010-2011)
Faculty: Cristina Calestani (PI)
Title: “Gene regulatory study of pigment cell development in sea urchins"
Award: $213,000 (2009-2012)
U.S. Department of Agriculture - Southern Region Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Program (SARE)
Faculty: Emily Cantonwine (Cooperator)
Title: Exploiting the organic peanut market: refining production systems for the Southeast
Award: $175,000 (2008-2010)