A partial list of external grants received by CALS faculty during the first quarter of fiscal year 2016 (July 2015 – September 2015) 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 |
| Sweet Hydrogen: High-Yield Production of Hydrogen for Biomass Sugars Catalyzed by In Vitro Synthetic Biosystems | U.S. Dept. of Energy | P. Zhang (BSE) | $404,316 |
| Information Management in Large Scale Gypsy Moth IPM | USDA, Forest Service | H. M. Dodd and A. Roberts (ENT) | $353,000 |
| Noncanonical Reactions Catalyzed by Atypical Flavoenzymes | NSF | P. Sobrado (BIOCHEM) | $320,000 |
| Soil Science Assistance Program – Virginia Department of Health | Va. Dept. of Health | J. Galbraith (CSES) | $318,450 |
| Boxwood blight: Studying Calonectria Pseudonaviculata Biology & Epidemiology to Enhance Mitigation Strategies | USDA, APHIS | C. Hong (HRAREC) and A. Baudoin (PPWS) | $300,000 |
| Collaborative Research: Elucidating the Molecular Architecture and Dynamics of Phenylalanine Biosynthesis in Plants | NSF | G. Pilot (PPWS) | $274,999 |
| Fetal Outcomes from Maternal Obesity Around the Time of Conception | Commonwealth Health Research Board | A. Ealy (APSC), S. Johnson (APSC), and S. Clark-Deener (Vet. Med.) | $146,330 |
| Gypsy Moth Mating Disruption in Populations of Various Densitite | USDA, Forest Service | K. Onufrieva and A. Roberts (ENT) | $125,000 |
| Principles Underlying the Success of the Weedy Invader Sorghum Halepense (*johnsongrass*) Toward its Containment and Mitigation | U. of Georgia Research Foundation Inc. | J. Barney (PPWS) | $121,544 |
| Estimating Use Values for Land in Agricultural and Hotricultural Uses | Va. Dept. of Taxation | G. Groover and F. A. Bruce (AAEC) | $105,700 |
| Small RNA-mediated Transcriptional Regulatory Networks Governing Adaptation to Submergence and Reoxygenation in Rice | Jeffress Trust and Award Program | T. Fukao (CSES) | $100,000 |
| RCPR Salary Funding | Richmond City | Kathleen Jamison (4-H Centers and Admin) | $100,000 |
| CNH-L The coupled dynamics of human – dryland river systems: linkages and feedbacks between anthropogenic and environmental drivers | NSF | K. Alexander (Fish and Wildlife Cons.), S. Eubank (VBS), A. Godrej (Civil and Env. Eng.), B. Lewis (VBI), M. Ponder (FST), and Eric Vance (STAT) | $1,799,999 |
| CSBR: Natural History Collections: Mission Critical Improvements to Virginia Tech’s Insect Collection | NSF | P. Marek (ENT) | $249,198 |
| CRISPR/Cas9 Guided Production of Genetically Engineered Pigs Lacks CD8+ T-cells | NIH Office of the Director | K. Lee (APSC) and L. Yuan (Vet. Med.) | $197,225 |
| Flavor Distortion Through Interaction of Chemicals in Fluids and Can Coatings: Phase II Project | Coca-Cola Company | R. Batra (Biomedical Eng. & Mechanics) and S. O’Keefe (FST) | $185,336 |
| Preparing a 21st Century STEM Workforce: Defining & Measuring Leadership in Engineering Education | NSF | D. Simmons (Myers-Lawson School of Construction) and N. Clegorne ( ALCE) | $444,183 |
| Protecting the Chesapeake Bay Aquaculture Industry from a Dynamic Carbonate Chemistry Environment | NOAA | D. Kuhn (FST) and D. Scott (BSE) | $353,766 |
| Growing 4-H Science | National 4-H Council | K. Jamison (4-H Centers and Admin) | $311,200 |