A partial list of external grants received by CALS faculty during the first quarter of fiscal year 2015 (July-September 2014) are included here. Only projects with total awards of $100,000 or more are included. We apologize for any omissions.
| Title | Sponsor | PI and Co-PIs | Total Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Novel Nanovaccines Against Nicotine Addiction | National Institute on Drug Abuse | C. Zhang (BSE), M. Ehrich and G. Magnin-Bissel (Vet. Med. Ag. Exper. Station), H. Zheng (BSE) | $727,306 |
| Discovery and Mechanism of Antimalarial Natural Products | National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine | D. Kingston (CHEM) and M. Cassera (BIOCHEM) | $436,606 |
| Boxwood Blight Studying Calonectria Pseudonaviculata Biology and Epideiology to Enhance Mitigation Strategies | USDA-APHIS | C. Hong (HRAREC) and A. Baudoin (PPWS) | $306,246 |
| d13C Added Sugar Intake Biomarker: Determining Validity in Children | National Institute of Child Health & Human Development | B. Davy (HNFE), J. Savla (Center for Gerontology), and M. Frisard (HNFE) | $204,921 |
| Technical Services, Stormwater Modeling for the City of Virginia Beach | Virginia Beach City | D. Sample (HRAREC) | $146,577 |
| Mechanisms of Nutrient Transport from Plants to Biotrophic Pathogens | NSF | G. Pilot, J. McDowell, and S. Okumoto (PPWS) and R. Helm (BIOCHEM) | $651,587 |
| Systems Analysis of Social Pathways of EpIdemics to Reduce Health Disparities | NIH, NIGMS | K. Abbas (Population Health Science), S. Swarup, A. Marathe, B. Lewis, S. Eubank and J. Chen (VBI), R. Stephens (PSYCH), K. Boyle (AAEC), P. Murray-Tuite (Civil & Envir. Eng.), and H. Rahmandad (Ind. & Syst. Eng.) | $352,634 |
| Soil Science Assistance Program – Virginia Department of Health | Va. Dept. of Health | J. Galbraith and S. Hodges (CSES) | $307,211 |
| New River PCB TMDL: Data Analysis and Modeling and TMDL Development | Va. DEQ | B. Benham, K. Kline, and E. Yagow (BSE) | $298,000 |
| Food and Agricultural Education Information System (FAEIS) – FY 2014 | USDA NIFA | M. Marchant (AAEC), E. Vance and E. Smith (Statistics) | $219,999 |
| BEHEARD Expressions of Interest for Ph.D. Degree Training of Students from Mozambique | Michigan State University | C. Larochelle (AAEC), P. Mallikarjunan (BSE), and G. Norton (AAEC) | $209,637 |
| Development of Doubled Haploid Wheat Lines to Accelerate Cultivar Development | Va. Small Grains Board | C. Griffey (CSES), R. Pitman (ESAREC), and M. Rosso (CSES) | $204,000 |
| Identifying pathogenic determinants of Acidovorax citrulli toward control of bacterial fruit blotch of cucurbits | Binational Agricultural Research & Development Fund | B. Zhao and G. Welbaum (HORT) | $100,000 |
| International Aquaculture Training Institute | Forever Oceans Corporation | M. Schwarz and M. Jahncke (VSAREC) | $100,000 |
| Flavor Distoration through Interaction of Chemicals in Fluids and Can Coatings | Coca-Cola Company | S. Okeefe (FST) and R. Batra (Eng. Science & Mechanics) | $230,887 |
| AgrAbility Virginia | USDA NIFA | K. Niewolny (ALCE), D. Ohanehi and J. Perumpral (BSE) | $179,626 |