Awards List for the Week Beginning 8-24-2008

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1.

National Workshop on Cyber-Physical Systems Research Directions for Transportation: Aviation, Automobiles and Rail Award#:0850549 Current Year Award Amount:$50,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$50,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$50,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Poovendran Institution:U of Washington State:Washington District:07

2.

Collaborative: CSR-DMSS, TM: Live Updates of Scientific Workflows Award#:0849980 Current Year Award Amount:$190,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$190,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$700,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:48 Months PI: Bazzi Institution:Arizona State University State:Arizona District:05

3.

SGER: Environmental Genomics of Salpa Thompsoni in the Southern Ocean Award#:0849640 Current Year Award Amount:$53,933 Cumulative Award Amount:$53,933 Estimated Total Award Amount:$53,933 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Bucklin Institution:Univ of Connecticut State:Connecticut District:02

4.

Opportunities and Challenges in Uncertainty Quantification for Complex Interacting Systems Award#:0849537 Current Year Award Amount:$75,696 Cumulative Award Amount:$75,696 Estimated Total Award Amount:$75,696 Original Start Date:Sep 15, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Ghanem Institution:U of Southern California State:California District:33

5.

SGER: International Digital Sanskrit Library Integration Award#:0849511 Current Year Award Amount:$94,232 Cumulative Award Amount:$94,232 Estimated Total Award Amount:$94,232 Original Start Date:Oct 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Govindaraju Institution:SUNY Buffalo State:New York District:32

6.

SGER: Music Similarity Retrieval Using Power-Law Metrics Award#:0849499 Current Year Award Amount:$90,866 Cumulative Award Amount:$90,866 Estimated Total Award Amount:$90,866 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Manaris Institution:College of Charleston State:South Carolina District:01

7.

Fluid-Structure Interaction in Arthropod Mechanoreceptors with Application to Bio-Inspired Micro-Fluidic Sensors Award#:0849433 Current Year Award Amount:$399,943 Cumulative Award Amount:$399,943 Estimated Total Award Amount:$399,943 Original Start Date:Oct 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Gedeon Institution:Montana State University State:Montana District:00

8.	SGER: PQL: A Path Query Language Award#:0849392 Current Year Award Amount:$130,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$130,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$130,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Seltzer Institution:Harvard University State:Massachusetts District:08

9.

SGER: Soft Information Capturing and Exploitation in Multi-Hop Ad hoc Networks Award#:0849347 Current Year Award Amount:$200,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$200,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$200,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Paulraj Institution:Stanford University State:California District:14

10.

SGER: Multi-Lifespan Information System Research Initiative - The Information for an International Justice System Award#:0849270 Current Year Award Amount:$51,926 Cumulative Award Amount:$51,926 Estimated Total Award Amount:$51,926 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Friedman Institution:U of Washington State:Washington District:07

11.

SICB symposium: Psychoneuroimmunology Meets Integrative Biology. January 3-7, 2009. Boston, MA Award#:0849163 Current Year Award Amount:$19,524 Cumulative Award Amount:$19,524 Estimated Total Award Amount:$19,524 Original Start Date:Sep 15, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Martin Institution:U of South Florida State:Florida District:11

12.

DDDAS-TMRP (Collaborative Research): An Adaptive Cyberinfrastructure for Threat Management in Urban Water Distribution Systems Award#:0849064 Current Year Award Amount:$0 Cumulative Award Amount:$39,075 Estimated Total Award Amount:$39,075 Original Start Date:Jun 15, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Harrison Institution:North Carolina State U State:North Carolina District:04

13.

Conceptualization Tools for Unit Load Warehouse Design Based on Autonomous Vehicle Technology Award#:0848756 Current Year Award Amount:$0 Cumulative Award Amount:$109,442 Estimated Total Award Amount:$69,092 Original Start Date:Feb 21, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Krishnamurthy Institution:U of Wisconsin Madison State:Wisconsin District:02

14.	2009 SIGMOD Programming Contest Award#:0848727 Current Year Award Amount:$45,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$45,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$45,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Madden Institution:MIT State:Massachusetts District:08

15.

SGER: Privacy-Preserving Communication in Wireless Networks Award#:0848569 Current Year Award Amount:$150,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$150,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$150,000 Original Start Date:Jan 15, 2009 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Ren Institution:Michigan State University State:Michigan District:08

16.

SGER: Flash Memory DBMS for Transactional Database Applications Award#:0848503 Current Year Award Amount:$140,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$140,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$140,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:18 Months PI: Moon Institution:U of Arizona State:Arizona District:07

17.

SGER: Node Compromise Models and Their Defending Considerations in Mobile Ad-hoc Sensor Networks Award#:0848468 Current Year Award Amount:$100,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$100,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$100,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Makki Institution:Florida International Univ State:Florida District:21

18.

SGER: Symbolic Computation of Bounds on Timing and Probabilistic Properties of Computing Systems Award#:0848463 Current Year Award Amount:$74,810 Cumulative Award Amount:$74,810 Estimated Total Award Amount:$74,810 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Ciardo Institution:U of Cal Riverside State:California District:44

19.	NSF Creative IT Workshop Award#:0848407 Current Year Award Amount:$49,932 Cumulative Award Amount:$49,932 Estimated Total Award Amount:$49,932 Original Start Date:Jan 15, 2009 Projected Duration:1 Months PI: Magerko Institution:GA Tech Res Corp - GIT State:Georgia District:05

20.

III-SGER: Algorithms for Next-Generation Protein Modeling: Beyond Pair-wise Interactions Award#:0848389 Current Year Award Amount:$200,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$200,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$200,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Gray Institution:GA Tech Res Corp - GIT State:Georgia District:05

21.

SGER: A Novel Optimization Scheduling Technique for Sensor Surveillance Networks Award#:0848273 Current Year Award Amount:$49,823 Cumulative Award Amount:$49,823 Estimated Total Award Amount:$49,823 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Makki Institution:Lamar University Beaumont State:Texas District:02

22.

Collaborative Research: New Communication Infrastructures For Networked Coordinated Control Award#:0848256 Current Year Award Amount:$0 Cumulative Award Amount:$197,924 Estimated Total Award Amount:$197,924 Original Start Date:Jul 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Scaglione Institution:U of Cal Davis State:California District:01

23.

SGER Collaborative Research: VisualizeIT - Measuring the Impact of IT-Enabled Concept Generation on Designer Creativity Award#:0848244 Current Year Award Amount:$30,906 Cumulative Award Amount:$30,906 Estimated Total Award Amount:$30,906 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Campbell Institution:U of Texas Austin State:Texas District:21

24.

SGER: Well Modeled Modular Robots for Complex Dynamic Motion Award#:0848118 Current Year Award Amount:$70,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$70,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$70,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Yim Institution:U of Pennsylvania State:Pennsylvania District:02

25.

Travel Support for the Symposium on Architectures for Networking and Communications Systems (ANCS) Award#:0848046 Current Year Award Amount:$10,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$10,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$10,000 Original Start Date:Nov 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Franklin Institution:Washington University State:Missouri District:03

26.

Support for the 6th U.S. National Combustion Meeting Award#:0848013 Current Year Award Amount:$10,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$10,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$10,000 Original Start Date:Dec 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Wooldridge Institution:University of Michigan State:Michigan District:15

27.

SGER: Hierarchical Knowledge Representation in Robotics Award#:0847895 Current Year Award Amount:$100,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$100,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$100,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Grupen Institution:U of Massachusetts Amherst State:Massachusetts District:01

28.

SGER: A New Approach for Identifying DoS Attackers Based on Group Testing Techniques Award#:0847869 Current Year Award Amount:$150,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$150,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$150,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Thai Institution:University of Florida State:Florida District:06

29.

Proposal for Supporting US-Based Graduate Students to Attend the 2008 IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM 2008), Pisa, Italy December 15-19, 2008 Award#:0847772 Current Year Award Amount:$15,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$15,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$15,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Gunopulos Institution:U of Cal Riverside State:California District:44

30.

SGER: Feasibility of Decentralized Search in Mobile P2P Databases Award#:0847680 Current Year Award Amount:$100,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$100,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$100,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Wolfson Institution:U of Illinois Chicago State:Illinois District:01

31.

NeTS: Efficient Routing in Semi-Deterministic Delay Tolerant Networks Award#:0847664 Current Year Award Amount:$50,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$50,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$50,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Cardei Institution:Florida Atlantic Univ State:Florida District:22

32.

SGER: Rethinking Drivers for IT: Lessons from a Newfoundland Fishing Village Award#:0847293 Current Year Award Amount:$150,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$150,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$150,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Sengers Institution:Cornell University State:New York District:22

33.

CAREER: An Exploration of Faculty Expertise and Student Learning in Capstone Experiences Award#:0846605 Current Year Award Amount:$405,308 Cumulative Award Amount:$405,308 Estimated Total Award Amount:$405,308 Original Start Date:Jan 01, 2009 Projected Duration:60 Months PI: Paretti Institution:VA Polytechnic Inst & St U State:Virginia District:09

34.

The National Plant Genome Initiative at Ten Years: A Community Workshop to be held August 2008 in Irvine, California Award#:0845646 Current Year Award Amount:$44,113 Cumulative Award Amount:$44,113 Estimated Total Award Amount:$44,113 Original Start Date:Aug 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Ecker Institution:Salk Inst for Bio Studies State:California District:53

35.

US/India Chemical Engineering Conference and Workshop on Energy and Sustainability Award#:0845051 Current Year Award Amount:$45,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$45,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$45,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Varma Institution:Purdue University State:Indiana District:04

36.	SGER: Real-Time Continuum Manipulation Award#:0844954 Current Year Award Amount:$50,706 Cumulative Award Amount:$50,706 Estimated Total Award Amount:$50,706 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Walker Institution:Clemson University State:South Carolina District:03

37.

SGER: Fundamental studies on manipulation of red and white blood cells by electric field Award#:0844501 Current Year Award Amount:$49,685 Cumulative Award Amount:$49,685 Estimated Total Award Amount:$49,685 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Esmaeeli Institution:Southern Ill U Carbondale State:Illinois District:12

38.

SGER: Resource Management in Secure Open Wireless Networks Award#:0844247 Current Year Award Amount:$99,986 Cumulative Award Amount:$99,986 Estimated Total Award Amount:$99,986 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Choi Institution:George Washington Univ State:District of Columbia District:00

39.

Embodied Interaction Paradigm for Users with Severe Visual Impairments Award#:0844232 Current Year Award Amount:$96,393 Cumulative Award Amount:$96,393 Estimated Total Award Amount:$96,393 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Smith-Jackson Institution:VA Polytechnic Inst & St U State:Virginia District:09

40.

Vulnerability Assessment of Grid Software Infrastructure Award#:0844219 Current Year Award Amount:$150,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$150,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$150,000 Original Start Date:Sep 15, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Miller Institution:U of Wisconsin Madison State:Wisconsin District:02

41.

Drilling the Cretaceous/Paleogene Boundary in NJ: Testing the Relationship of Geochemical Anomalies to Event Beds Award#:0844127 Current Year Award Amount:$31,500 Cumulative Award Amount:$31,500 Estimated Total Award Amount:$31,500 Original Start Date:Sep 15, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Harrison Institution:Geological Survey State:Virginia District:08

42.

SGER: Investigation of dynamic actions of cellulolytic enzymes with micro-cantilever sensors Award#:0843921 Current Year Award Amount:$50,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$50,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$50,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Xi Institution:Drexel University State:Pennsylvania District:02

43.

SGER: Toward figurative language interpretation: A pilot study Award#:0843275 Current Year Award Amount:$100,603 Cumulative Award Amount:$100,603 Estimated Total Award Amount:$100,603 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Narayanan Institution:Internationl CompSci Inst State:California District:09

44.

SGER: Deception as a Resource in Design to Support Interpersonal Awareness Award#:0843215 Current Year Award Amount:$74,714 Cumulative Award Amount:$74,714 Estimated Total Award Amount:$74,714 Original Start Date:Jan 01, 2009 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Birnholtz Institution:Cornell University State State:New York District:22

45.

SGER: A Study of Following Instructions in Simplified Virtual Environments and Natural Environments: Evidence of Transfer and Comparisons of Cognitive Efficiency Award#:0843070 Current Year Award Amount:$91,169 Cumulative Award Amount:$91,169 Estimated Total Award Amount:$91,169 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Kirsh Institution:U of Cal San Diego State:California District:53

46.

Workshop: Research Challenges in Data-Centric Workflows Award#:0842993 Current Year Award Amount:$49,809 Cumulative Award Amount:$49,809 Estimated Total Award Amount:$49,809 Original Start Date:Jan 01, 2009 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Su Institution:U of Cal Santa Barbara State:California District:23

47.	CAREER: Entrainment of Cognitive Dynamics Award#:0842784 Current Year Award Amount:$0 Cumulative Award Amount:$152,015 Estimated Total Award Amount:$152,015 Original Start Date:Jul 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Kello Institution:U of Cal - Merced State:California District:18

48.	Markets Lab Award#:0842652 Current Year Award Amount:$20,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$20,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$20,000 Original Start Date:Aug 15, 2008 Projected Duration:6 Months PI: Pyrovolakis Institution:KIN State:Missouri District:05

49.

SIRG: Collaborative Research: Development of Sensor and Sensor Networks to Detect and Characterize Significant Environmental Episodic Events Award#:0842517 Current Year Award Amount:$0 Cumulative Award Amount:$11,768 Estimated Total Award Amount:$11,768 Original Start Date:Aug 31, 2007 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Bonner Institution:Clarkson University State:New York District:26

50.

International Workshop on Power System Operation and Planning. To be Held in Nigeria, August 17-19, 2009. Award#:0842386 Current Year Award Amount:$49,999 Cumulative Award Amount:$49,999 Estimated Total Award Amount:$49,999 Original Start Date:Oct 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Momoh (Director) Institution:Howard University State:District of Columbia District:00

51.

NSF-CISE-CCF-EMT Workshop on Emerging Models Technologies for Computations in Nanoelectronics Award#:0842324 Current Year Award Amount:$50,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$50,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$50,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Ni Institution:University of Iowa State:Iowa District:02

52.

III-SGER: Spatio-Temporal-Thematic Queries of Semantic Web Data: a Study of Expressivity and Efficiency Award#:0842129 Current Year Award Amount:$120,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$120,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$120,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Sheth Institution:Wright State University State:Ohio District:07

53.

SGER: Workgroup Protocols: Human Protocols for Synchronization of Task Planning, Execution and Information Exchange in Groups Award#:0841793 Current Year Award Amount:$49,736 Cumulative Award Amount:$49,736 Estimated Total Award Amount:$49,736 Original Start Date:Oct 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Peters Institution:Stanford University State:California District:14

54.

ATIP First Workshop on High Performance Computing (HPC) in India: Indigenous Hardware, Software, & Infrastructure Research Award#:0841558 Current Year Award Amount:$97,508 Cumulative Award Amount:$97,508 Estimated Total Award Amount:$97,508 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Kahaner Institution:ATIP State:New Mexico District:01

55.

2008 EC-US Workshop on Marine Genomics in Association with CIESM: at the Interface of Marine Microbial Ecology and Biotechnological Applications Award#:0841547 Current Year Award Amount:$41,221 Cumulative Award Amount:$41,221 Estimated Total Award Amount:$41,221 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Bartlett Institution:U of Cal SD Scripps Inst State:California District:53

56.	Generalizations of Serre's Conjecture Award#:0841491 Current Year Award Amount:$97,856 Cumulative Award Amount:$97,856 Estimated Total Award Amount:$97,856 Original Start Date:Jun 30, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Gee Institution:Harvard University State:Massachusetts District:08

57.

SGER Collaborative Research: VisualizeIT - Measuring the Impact of IT-Enabled Concept Generation on Designer Creativity Award#:0841389 Current Year Award Amount:$35,573 Cumulative Award Amount:$35,573 Estimated Total Award Amount:$35,573 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Lewis Institution:SUNY Buffalo State:New York District:32

58.

SGER Collaborative Research: VisualizeIT - Measuring the Impact of IT-Enabled Concept Generation on Designer Creativity Award#:0841379 Current Year Award Amount:$31,036 Cumulative Award Amount:$31,036 Estimated Total Award Amount:$31,036 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Stone Institution:U of Missouri Rolla State:Missouri District:00

59.

Rational points on varieties in families, and countable unions of varieties over countable fields Award#:0841321 Current Year Award Amount:$95,342 Cumulative Award Amount:$95,342 Estimated Total Award Amount:$290,278 Original Start Date:Jul 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Poonen Institution:MIT State:Massachusetts District:08

60.	USAP Operations Award#:0841210 Current Year Award Amount:$353,906 Cumulative Award Amount:$353,906 Estimated Total Award Amount:$353,906 Original Start Date:Jul 15, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: McCarthy Institution:NASA/GSFC/WFF State:Virginia District:02

61.

Usability, Security, and Privacy of Information Systems: A Workshop Award#:0841126 Current Year Award Amount:$110,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$110,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$110,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Eisenberg Institution:Nat Acad of Sciences State:District of Columbia District:00

62.

Collaborative Research: Using MARGINS Research Data Resources in the Classroom: Developing and Testing Multidisciplinary Mini-Lessons Award#:0841066 Current Year Award Amount:$0 Cumulative Award Amount:$41,774 Estimated Total Award Amount:$41,774 Original Start Date:Mar 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Abers Institution:Columbia University State:New York District:15

63.

SGER Collaborative Research: VisualizeIT - Measuring the Impact of IT-Enabled Concept Generation on Designer Creativity Award#:0840969 Current Year Award Amount:$29,880 Cumulative Award Amount:$29,880 Estimated Total Award Amount:$29,880 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: McAdams Institution:Texas Engineering Exp Sta State:Texas District:08

64.

Travel Support for the Round Table Satellite Workshop in Belo Horizonte and the 2008 Conference on Computational Physics (CCP2008) in Ouro Preto, Brazil Award#:0840920 Current Year Award Amount:$17,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$17,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$17,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Landau Institution:U of Georgia Res Fdn Inc State:Georgia District:10

65.

Complex-Valued Signal Processing and its Application to Analysis of Brain Imaging Data Award#:0840895 Current Year Award Amount:$150,202 Cumulative Award Amount:$150,202 Estimated Total Award Amount:$150,202 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Calhoun Institution:MIND State:New Mexico District:01

66.

SGER: TF:SING - A New Method for Resource Management in Wireless Sensor Networks Award#:0840891 Current Year Award Amount:$49,943 Cumulative Award Amount:$49,943 Estimated Total Award Amount:$49,943 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Jiang Institution:West Chester U of Pennsylv State:Pennsylvania District:16

67.

Animal Behavior Society Meeting, Brazil, June 2009: Integration of Behavioral Research across the Americas Award#:0840870 Current Year Award Amount:$30,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$30,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$30,000 Original Start Date:Dec 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Morris Institution:ABS State:Indiana District:09

68.

SGER: Enabling Creativity Using Kinetic Typography Award#:0840766 Current Year Award Amount:$199,941 Cumulative Award Amount:$199,941 Estimated Total Award Amount:$199,941 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Forlizzi Institution:Carnegie Mellon University State:Pennsylvania District:14

69.

MIND NanoArchitecture Workshop: Exploring Design with post-CMOS Devices Award#:0840741 Current Year Award Amount:$25,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$25,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$25,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Porod Institution:University of Notre Dame State:Indiana District:03

70.

CONF: 2009 Graduate Research Seminar Catecholamines- August 8, 2009-Biddeford, ME Award#:0840540 Current Year Award Amount:$14,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$14,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$14,000 Original Start Date:May 15, 2009 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: O'Donnell Institution:Gordon Res Conferences State:Rhode Island District:00

71.

SGER: Text Analysis and Pattern Detection - Phase II Award#:0840061 Current Year Award Amount:$99,546 Cumulative Award Amount:$99,546 Estimated Total Award Amount:$99,546 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Lancaster Institution:U of Cal Berkeley State:California District:09

72.

Learning to Develop Insight: A Sub-symbolic Approach to Learning Transfer Award#:0840004 Current Year Award Amount:$103,727 Cumulative Award Amount:$103,727 Estimated Total Award Amount:$103,727 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Ventura Institution:Brigham Young University State:Utah District:03

73.

SGER: Transnational Public Health Informatics Research: US-China Collaboration Award#:0839990 Current Year Award Amount:$87,154 Cumulative Award Amount:$87,154 Estimated Total Award Amount:$87,154 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Zeng Institution:U of Arizona State:Arizona District:07

74.

International Conference on Spectral and High-Order Methods 2009 - ICOSAHOM'09; June 2009, Trondheim, Norway Award#:0839866 Current Year Award Amount:$15,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$15,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$15,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Karniadakis Institution:Brown University State:Rhode Island District:01

75.

Research Starter Grant: Three-Dimensional Polarization Second-Harmonic Generation Microscopy Award#:0839113 Current Year Award Amount:$49,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$49,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$49,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Toussaint Institution:U of Ill Urbana-Champaign State:Illinois District:15

76.

VOSS: Leveraging Development Expertise Across Cyberinfrastructures Award#:0838601 Current Year Award Amount:$125,749 Cumulative Award Amount:$125,749 Estimated Total Award Amount:$125,749 Original Start Date:Sep 15, 2008 Projected Duration:18 Months PI: Lee Institution:U of Cal Irvine State:California District:00

77.

Virtual Teams in 3D Virtual Environments: A Comparative Analysis of Project Team Innovation Award#:0838550 Current Year Award Amount:$358,795 Cumulative Award Amount:$358,795 Estimated Total Award Amount:$358,795 Original Start Date:Sep 15, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Meyer Institution:U of Oregon Eugene State:Oregon District:04

78.

Collaborative Research: VOSS: The Emergence of Collaborative Social Structure in nanoHUB Cyberspace Award#:0838529 Current Year Award Amount:$197,052 Cumulative Award Amount:$197,052 Estimated Total Award Amount:$197,052 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Beyerlein Institution:Purdue University State:Indiana District:04

79.

VOSS: The Social Life of Spacecraft: The Organization of Interplanetary Sociotechnical Systems Award#:0838499 Current Year Award Amount:$218,091 Cumulative Award Amount:$218,091 Estimated Total Award Amount:$218,091 Original Start Date:Sep 15, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Dourish Institution:U of Cal Irvine State:California District:00

80.

VOSS: Developing a Comparative Meta-Analytical Model for Evaluating and Facilitating Accessible CI-Enabled Virtual Organizations Award#:0838492 Current Year Award Amount:$199,927 Cumulative Award Amount:$199,927 Estimated Total Award Amount:$199,927 Original Start Date:Dec 15, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Cogburn Institution:Syracuse University State:New York District:25

81.

Collaborative Research: Communication, Trust and Leadership in Virtual Organizations and Teams Award#:0838402 Current Year Award Amount:$194,422 Cumulative Award Amount:$194,422 Estimated Total Award Amount:$194,422 Original Start Date:Sep 15, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Wigand Institution:U of Arkansas Little Rock State:null District:02

82.

VOSS: Delegating Organizational Work to Virtual Organization Technologies: Beyond the Communicational Paradigm Award#:0838383 Current Year Award Amount:$395,685 Cumulative Award Amount:$395,685 Estimated Total Award Amount:$395,685 Original Start Date:Oct 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Ribes Institution:University of Michigan State:Michigan District:15

83.

Collaborative Research: VOSS: The Emergence of Collaborative Social Structure in nanoHUB Cyberspace Award#:0838352 Current Year Award Amount:$111,687 Cumulative Award Amount:$111,687 Estimated Total Award Amount:$111,687 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Zimmerman Institution:University of Michigan State:Michigan District:15

84.

VOSS - Supporting Virtual Organizations In The Social Sciences Award#:0838330 Current Year Award Amount:$399,653 Cumulative Award Amount:$399,653 Estimated Total Award Amount:$399,653 Original Start Date:Sep 15, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Brown Institution:U of Cal San Diego State:California District:53

85.

VOSS: Constructing and Modifying Meaning in Complex Projects Award#:0838317 Current Year Award Amount:$100,626 Cumulative Award Amount:$100,626 Estimated Total Award Amount:$100,626 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Black Institution:Montana State University State:Montana District:00

86.

Collaborative Research: VOSS: Joining a Virtual Organization: A Multi-Method Study of Newcomers to Established Collaborations Award#:0838295 Current Year Award Amount:$193,917 Cumulative Award Amount:$193,917 Estimated Total Award Amount:$193,917 Original Start Date:Sep 15, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Teasley Institution:University of Michigan State:Michigan District:15

87.

Collaborative Research: Communication, Trust and Leadership in Virtual Organizations and Teams Award#:0838231 Current Year Award Amount:$191,444 Cumulative Award Amount:$191,444 Estimated Total Award Amount:$191,444 Original Start Date:Sep 15, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Korsgaard Institution:USC Research Foundation State:South Carolina District:06

88.

Collaborative Research: VOSS: Joining a Virtual Organization: A Multi-Method Study of Newcomer to Established Collaborations Award#:0838206 Current Year Award Amount:$91,119 Cumulative Award Amount:$91,119 Estimated Total Award Amount:$91,119 Original Start Date:Sep 15, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Johnston Institution:Arizona State University State:Arizona District:05

89.	Fall Workshop on Computational Geometry 2008 Award#:0838081 Current Year Award Amount:$12,335 Cumulative Award Amount:$12,335 Estimated Total Award Amount:$12,335 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Cutler Institution:Rensselaer Polytech Inst State:New York District:21

90.

Collaborative Research: CubeSat-based Ground-to-Space Bistatic Radar Experiment--Radio Aurora Explorer Award#:0838054 Current Year Award Amount:$381,072 Cumulative Award Amount:$381,072 Estimated Total Award Amount:$381,072 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Bahcivan Institution:SRI International State:California District:14

91.

Collaborative Research: CubeSat-based Ground-to-Space Bistatic Radar Experiment--Radio Aurora Explorer Award#:0838046 Current Year Award Amount:$510,510 Cumulative Award Amount:$510,510 Estimated Total Award Amount:$510,510 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Cutler Institution:University of Michigan State:Michigan District:15

92.

Small Grant for Exploratory Research: Creating a Future Internet Network Architecture with a Programmable Optical Layer Award#:0837995 Current Year Award Amount:$100,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$100,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$100,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Bergman Institution:Columbia University State:New York District:15

93.

Developing an Engineering Focused Narrative Television Series Award#:0837884 Current Year Award Amount:$199,460 Cumulative Award Amount:$199,460 Estimated Total Award Amount:$199,460 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Fortenberry Institution:Nat Acad of Sciences State:District of Columbia District:00

94.

CCLI: Enhancing Learning in Digital Systems using Video Games Award#:0837752 Current Year Award Amount:$150,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$150,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$150,000 Original Start Date:Jan 01, 2009 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Butler-Purry Institution:Texas Engineering Exp Sta State:Texas District:08

95.

BE/CNH: Biodiversity Dynamics and Land-Use Changes in the Amazon: Multi-Scale Interactions Between Ecological Systems and Resource-Use Decisions by Indigenous Peoples Award#:0837531 Current Year Award Amount:$0 Cumulative Award Amount:$1,192,518 Estimated Total Award Amount:$1,192,518 Original Start Date:Aug 01, 2007 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Fragoso Institution:SUNY Col Env Sci&Forestry State:New York District:21

96.

CCLI: Design and Implementation of an Innovative Problem-based Learning Model and Assessment Tools in Undergraduate Engineering Education Award#:0837465 Current Year Award Amount:$150,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$150,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$150,000 Original Start Date:Jan 01, 2009 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Pierrakos Institution:James Madison University State:Virginia District:00

97.

Transforming Museums and Colleges into an Effective Earth Science Partnership: Creating Student Explorations of Museum Exhibits for Undergraduate Education Award#:0837282 Current Year Award Amount:$149,602 Cumulative Award Amount:$149,602 Estimated Total Award Amount:$149,602 Original Start Date:Jan 01, 2009 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Kirkby Institution:U of Minnesota-Twin Cities State:Minnesota District:05

98.

CCLI Phase I: Increasing Student Design-Build Experiences via the GENIUS Innovation Lab Award#:0837234 Current Year Award Amount:$149,438 Cumulative Award Amount:$149,438 Estimated Total Award Amount:$149,438 Original Start Date:Jan 01, 2009 Projected Duration:30 Months PI: Warner Institution:Howard University State:District of Columbia District:00

99.

Statistical Shape Models to Aid in Plant Species Identification Award#:0836823 Current Year Award Amount:$9,975 Cumulative Award Amount:$9,975 Estimated Total Award Amount:$9,975 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Jacobs Institution:U of MD College Park State:Maryland District:05

100.

Collaborative Research: Controls on climate-active gases by Amundsen Sea ice biota Award#:0836144 Current Year Award Amount:$191,543 Cumulative Award Amount:$191,543 Estimated Total Award Amount:$191,543 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Yager Institution:U of Georgia Res Fdn Inc State:Georgia District:10

101.

Collaborative Research: Controls on climate-active gases by Amundsen Sea ice biota Award#:0836112 Current Year Award Amount:$125,733 Cumulative Award Amount:$125,733 Estimated Total Award Amount:$125,733 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Smith Institution:William & Mary Marine Inst State:Virginia District:01

102.

Studies of NOx photochemistry on surfaces as a heterogeneous source of nitrous acid Award#:0836070 Current Year Award Amount:$200,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$200,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$200,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Raff Institution:U of Cal Irvine State:California District:00

103.

Collaborative Research: Controls on Climate-Active Gases by Amundsen Sea Ice Biota Award#:0836061 Current Year Award Amount:$142,704 Cumulative Award Amount:$142,704 Estimated Total Award Amount:$142,704 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Dennett Institution:Woods Hole Ocean Inst State:Massachusetts District:10

104.

Success Partnerships for Increasing Recruitment into Technology (SPIRIT) Award#:0836020 Current Year Award Amount:$100,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$100,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$100,000 Original Start Date:Nov 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Ravishankar Institution:U of Cal Riverside State:California District:44

105.

Collaborative Research: CDI-Type II: Advanced Theory and Computational Methods for Modular Analysis and Design of Complex Gene Networks Award#:0835847 Current Year Award Amount:$1,287,121 Cumulative Award Amount:$1,287,121 Estimated Total Award Amount:$1,287,121 Original Start Date:Sep 15, 2008 Projected Duration:48 Months PI: Khammash Institution:U of Cal Santa Barbara State:California District:23

106.

CDI-Type I: Discovery of Novel Biochemical Pathways Award#:0835800 Current Year Award Amount:$620,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$620,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$620,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Broadbelt Institution:Northwestern University State:Illinois District:09

107.

CDI-TYPE II: From Language to Neural Representations of Meaning Award#:0835797 Current Year Award Amount:$2,100,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$2,100,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$2,100,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:48 Months PI: Mitchell Institution:Carnegie Mellon University State:Pennsylvania District:14

108.

CDI Type II Computational Discovery of Unusual Nucleic-Acid-Based Nanostructures Award#:0835794 Current Year Award Amount:$1,499,992 Cumulative Award Amount:$1,499,992 Estimated Total Award Amount:$1,499,992 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:48 Months PI: Hall Institution:North Carolina State U State:North Carolina District:04

109.

CDI Type II: Complex Dynamics in the Internet: A Computational Analytic Approach Award#:0835706 Current Year Award Amount:$1,500,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$1,500,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$1,500,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:48 Months PI: Friedman Institution:Cornell University State:New York District:22

110.

Collaborative Research CDI-Type II: Hierarchical Stochastic Algorithms for Materials Engineering. Award#:0835673 Current Year Award Amount:$384,402 Cumulative Award Amount:$384,402 Estimated Total Award Amount:$384,402 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:48 Months PI: Katsoulakis Institution:U of Massachusetts Amherst State:Massachusetts District:01

111.

CDI-Type II: Exploiting Collective Human Knowledge to Understand and Evolve Complex Networked Systems Award#:0835652 Current Year Award Amount:$1,450,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$1,450,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$1,450,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:48 Months PI: Rinard Institution:MIT State:Massachusetts District:08

112.

Collaborative Research: CDI Type I: Optimal and predictive control of neural prostheses using intracortical Brain Machine Interfaces Award#:0835632 Current Year Award Amount:$275,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$275,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$275,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Kothare Institution:Lehigh University State:Pennsylvania District:15

113.

Collaborative Research: CDI-Type II: Advanced Theory and Computational Methods for Modular Analysis and Design of Complex Gene Networks Award#:0835623 Current Year Award Amount:$762,877 Cumulative Award Amount:$762,877 Estimated Total Award Amount:$762,877 Original Start Date:Sep 15, 2008 Projected Duration:48 Months PI: Van Oudenaarden Institution:MIT State:Massachusetts District:08

114.

CDI-Type II: Understanding Water-Human Dynamics with Intelligent Digital Watersheds Award#:0835607 Current Year Award Amount:$899,391 Cumulative Award Amount:$899,391 Estimated Total Award Amount:$899,391 Original Start Date:Nov 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Schnoor Institution:University of Iowa State:Iowa District:02

115.

CDI Type I:A Communications Theory Approach to Morphogenesis and Architecture Maintenance Award#:0835592 Current Year Award Amount:$740,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$740,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$740,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Rose Institution:Rutgers Univ New Brunswick State:New Jersey District:06

116.

Collaborative Research CDI-Type II: Hierarchical Stochastic Algorithms for Materials Engineering. Award#:0835582 Current Year Award Amount:$357,385 Cumulative Award Amount:$357,385 Estimated Total Award Amount:$357,385 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:48 Months PI: Plechac Institution:U of Tennessee Knoxville State:Tennessee District:02

117.

CDI-Type I: High-Performance Simulations and Interactive Visualization for Automated Nanoscale Assembly Award#:0835572 Current Year Award Amount:$275,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$275,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$550,000 Original Start Date:Sep 15, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Gupta Institution:U of MD College Park State:Maryland District:05

118.

Collaborative Research: CDI Type I: Optimal and predictive control of neural prostheses using intracortical Brain Machine Interfaces Award#:0835554 Current Year Award Amount:$224,999 Cumulative Award Amount:$224,999 Estimated Total Award Amount:$224,999 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Thakor Institution:Johns Hopkins University State:Maryland District:07

119.

Collaborative Research CDI-Type II: Hierarchical Stochastic Algorithms for Materials Engineering. Award#:0835548 Current Year Award Amount:$858,197 Cumulative Award Amount:$858,197 Estimated Total Award Amount:$858,197 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:48 Months PI: Vlachos Institution:University of Delaware State:Delaware District:00

120.	IGERT Resource Center: IGERT.net Award#:0834992 Current Year Award Amount:$1,202,307 Cumulative Award Amount:$1,202,307 Estimated Total Award Amount:$3,020,190 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:60 Months PI: Falk Institution:TERC Inc State:Massachusetts District:08

121.

CSR-EHCS(CPS),TM: Architectures, Abstractions and Algorithms for Cyber-Physical Networks Award#:0834701 Current Year Award Amount:$300,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$300,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$300,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Krogh Institution:Carnegie Mellon University State:Pennsylvania District:14

122.

CSR - EHCS(EHS), TM: Abstract Interpretation-Based Analysis and Verification for Critical Systems Award#:0834535 Current Year Award Amount:$200,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$200,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$200,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Cousot Institution:New York University State:New York District:08

123.

CSR-EHCS (EHS), SM: Run-Time Assurances for High Confidence Embedded Systems Award#:0834299 Current Year Award Amount:$223,415 Cumulative Award Amount:$223,415 Estimated Total Award Amount:$223,415 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Stankovic Institution:University of Virginia State:Virginia District:05

124.

Experimentally Validated Numerical Models of Nanomaterials Award#:0834054 Current Year Award Amount:$400,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$400,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$400,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Kleinstreuer Institution:North Carolina State U State:North Carolina District:04

125.

CSR: DMSS, TM: Quantifying the Impact of Latency on Network-Interactive Computing Award#:0833882 Current Year Award Amount:$149,810 Cumulative Award Amount:$149,810 Estimated Total Award Amount:$470,142 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Satyanarayanan Institution:Carnegie Mellon University State:Pennsylvania District:14

126.

Strategies: Reforming IT Education through Game Design: Integrating Technology-Hub, Inner City, Rural and Remote Regions Award#:0833612 Current Year Award Amount:$1,499,425 Cumulative Award Amount:$1,499,425 Estimated Total Award Amount:$1,499,425 Original Start Date:Jan 01, 2009 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Repenning Institution:U of Colorado Boulder State:Colorado District:02

127.

RDE-RAD: EAST Alliance for Students with Disabilities in STEM- Phase 2 Award#:0833567 Current Year Award Amount:$1,278,433 Cumulative Award Amount:$1,278,433 Estimated Total Award Amount:$3,123,629 Original Start Date:Oct 01, 2008 Projected Duration:60 Months PI: Langley-Turnbaugh Institution:Univ of Southern Maine State:Maine District:01

128.

Get Educators in Mathematics and Science (GEMS) Award#:0833300 Current Year Award Amount:$749,976 Cumulative Award Amount:$749,976 Estimated Total Award Amount:$749,976 Original Start Date:Jan 01, 2009 Projected Duration:60 Months PI: Edward Institution:Florida International Univ State:Florida District:21

129.	SEOCEMS Noyce Scholarship Program: Phase I Award#:0833295 Current Year Award Amount:$749,998 Cumulative Award Amount:$749,998 Estimated Total Award Amount:$749,998 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:60 Months PI: Martin Institution:Ohio University State:Ohio District:06

130.

Robert Noyce Scholarships Phase II: Preparing Teachers for a New Era Award#:0833287 Current Year Award Amount:$500,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$500,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$500,000 Original Start Date:Aug 15, 2008 Projected Duration:48 Months PI: Calabrese Barton Institution:Michigan State University State:Michigan District:08

131.

Phase I:University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Noyce Scholars Program Award#:0833266 Current Year Award Amount:$749,596 Cumulative Award Amount:$749,596 Estimated Total Award Amount:$749,596 Original Start Date:Oct 01, 2008 Projected Duration:60 Months PI: O'Connor Institution:Univ of Mass, Dartmouth State:Massachusetts District:04

132.

Nazareth College Robert Noyce Scholar Program Award#:0833264 Current Year Award Amount:$749,692 Cumulative Award Amount:$749,692 Estimated Total Award Amount:$749,692 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:60 Months PI: O'Brien Institution:Nazareth College Rochester State:New York District:29

133.

Establishing a Supportive Environment for the Recruitment, Preparation, and Retention of the Urban Science Teacher Award#:0833251 Current Year Award Amount:$670,962 Cumulative Award Amount:$670,962 Estimated Total Award Amount:$670,962 Original Start Date:Oct 01, 2008 Projected Duration:60 Months PI: Gay Institution:Chicago State University State:Illinois District:01

134.

Project IMPACT: Improving Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry Teaching Award#:0833250 Current Year Award Amount:$500,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$500,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$500,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:48 Months PI: Roehrig Institution:U of Minnesota-Twin Cities State:Minnesota District:05

135.	KC-TEACH-Robert Noyce Scholarship Program Award#:0833185 Current Year Award Amount:$749,984 Cumulative Award Amount:$749,984 Estimated Total Award Amount:$749,984 Original Start Date:Jan 01, 2009 Projected Duration:60 Months PI: Odom Institution:U of Missouri Kansas City State:Missouri District:05

136.

CREST: Center for Exploitation of Nanostructures in Sensors and Energy Systems Award#:0833180 Current Year Award Amount:$2,000,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$2,000,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$5,000,000 Original Start Date:Oct 01, 2008 Projected Duration:60 Months PI: Akins Institution:CUNY City College State:New York District:15

137.	The Noyce Teacher Academy Scholar Program Award#:0833134 Current Year Award Amount:$749,996 Cumulative Award Amount:$749,996 Estimated Total Award Amount:$749,996 Original Start Date:Aug 15, 2008 Projected Duration:48 Months PI: Gardner Institution:CUNY Hunter College State:New York District:14

138.

CREST: Nanotechnology Center for Biomedical and Energy-Driven Systems and Applications Award#:0833112 Current Year Award Amount:$1,500,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$1,500,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$5,000,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:60 Months PI: Suarez Institution:U of Puerto Rico Mayaguez State:Puerto Rico District:00

139.	CWRU-Fisk Noyce Scholarship Program Award#:0833099 Current Year Award Amount:$749,931 Cumulative Award Amount:$749,931 Estimated Total Award Amount:$749,931 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:60 Months PI: Bernetich Institution:Case Western Reserve State:Ohio District:11

140.

CREST: Center for Innovative Information Systems Engineering Award#:0833093 Current Year Award Amount:$2,000,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$2,000,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$5,000,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:60 Months PI: Deng Institution:Florida International Univ State:Florida District:21

141.	UIC-CPS Noyce II Program Award#:0833089 Current Year Award Amount:$500,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$500,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$500,000 Original Start Date:Jan 01, 2009 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Mitchener Institution:U of Illinois Chicago State:Illinois District:01

142.

Virginia Teach: Serving Mathematics Students in Need Award#:0832992 Current Year Award Amount:$749,791 Cumulative Award Amount:$749,791 Estimated Total Award Amount:$749,791 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:60 Months PI: Norton Institution:VA Polytechnic Inst & St U State:Virginia District:09

143.

GSE/DIF Crafting Successful Living-Learning Programs for Women in STEM: Building Blocks for the Future Award#:0832987 Current Year Award Amount:$249,803 Cumulative Award Amount:$249,803 Estimated Total Award Amount:$249,803 Original Start Date:Nov 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Inkelas Institution:U of MD College Park State:Maryland District:05

144.

GSE/DIF Girls in Science: Key Research Findings on Gender Equity in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Award#:0832982 Current Year Award Amount:$249,136 Cumulative Award Amount:$249,136 Estimated Total Award Amount:$249,136 Original Start Date:Jan 01, 2009 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Hill Institution:Amer Assoc of Univ Women State:District of Columbia District:00

145.

Taxonomy of Virtual Worlds for Education Workshop Award#:0832980 Current Year Award Amount:$185,657 Cumulative Award Amount:$185,657 Estimated Total Award Amount:$185,657 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Corbit Institution:Cornell University State:New York District:22

146.

2008 New Mexico AMP Bridge to the Doctorate VI Award#:0832947 Current Year Award Amount:$987,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$987,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$987,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Cruzado-Salas Institution:New Mexico St University State:New Mexico District:02

147.

GSE/EXT: Appalachian Information Technology Extension Services Award#:0832913 Current Year Award Amount:$470,577 Cumulative Award Amount:$470,577 Estimated Total Award Amount:$2,479,111 Original Start Date:Oct 01, 2008 Projected Duration:60 Months PI: Meszaros Institution:VA Polytechnic Inst & St U State:Virginia District:09

148.

National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) Award#:0832858 Current Year Award Amount:$2,500,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$2,500,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$16,000,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:60 Months PI: Gross Institution:U of Tennessee Knoxville State:Tennessee District:02

149.

MU Noyce Scholars Program for Science and Mathematics Teachers Award#:0832765 Current Year Award Amount:$498,020 Cumulative Award Amount:$498,020 Estimated Total Award Amount:$498,020 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Abell Institution:U of Missouri Columbia State:Missouri District:09

150.

Self-Organized Aggregates in Photonics (SOAP): A Comprehensive Approach to Multiphoton Absorbing Supramolecular Assemblies Award#:0832622 Current Year Award Amount:$850,388 Cumulative Award Amount:$850,388 Estimated Total Award Amount:$1,800,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:48 Months PI: Belfield Institution:U of Central Florida State:Florida District:24

151.

CAREER: Shock-Tube Studies of Ignition and Oxidation Kinetics at Practical Conditions Award#:0832561 Current Year Award Amount:$0 Cumulative Award Amount:$219,472 Estimated Total Award Amount:$199,472 Original Start Date:Jan 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Petersen Institution:Texas Engineering Exp Sta State:Texas District:08

152.

Progressively Complex Numerical Studies of Infrasound Generated by Atmospheric Convection Award#:0832320 Current Year Award Amount:$134,877 Cumulative Award Amount:$134,877 Estimated Total Award Amount:$365,958 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Schecter Institution:NorthWest Res Assoc Inc State:Washington District:08

153.	NEDG: Application Oriented Edge Routers Award#:0832108 Current Year Award Amount:$410,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$410,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$410,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Bhuyan Institution:U of Cal Riverside State:California District:44

154.

NECO: Provably Assurable Ad Hoc Networks under Arbitrary Malicious Behaviors Award#:0831999 Current Year Award Amount:$199,991 Cumulative Award Amount:$199,991 Estimated Total Award Amount:$199,991 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Lin Institution:Purdue University State:Indiana District:04

155.

NEDG: Locally-optimal Power, Rate Adaptation and Scheduling in Wireless Networks Award#:0831973 Current Year Award Amount:$350,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$350,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$350,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Negi Institution:Carnegie Mellon University State:Pennsylvania District:14

156.

XPLR: Network Virtualization Using Dynamic FPGA Reconfiguration Award#:0831940 Current Year Award Amount:$84,801 Cumulative Award Amount:$84,801 Estimated Total Award Amount:$350,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Tessier Institution:U of Massachusetts Amherst State:Massachusetts District:01

157.

Collaborative Research: NEDG: Throughput Optimization in Wireless Mesh Networks Award#:0831939 Current Year Award Amount:$160,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$160,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$160,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:48 Months PI: Chen Institution:H M Jackson Fdn Mltry Med State:Maryland District:08

158.

Collaborative Research: NEDG: Throughput Optimization in Wireless Mesh Networks Award#:0831902 Current Year Award Amount:$160,001 Cumulative Award Amount:$160,001 Estimated Total Award Amount:$160,001 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:48 Months PI: Liang Institution:U of Texas Arlington State:Texas District:06

159.

Collaborative Research: NEDG: Throughput Optimization in Wireless Mesh Networks Award#:0831852 Current Year Award Amount:$330,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$330,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$330,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:48 Months PI: Cheng Institution:George Washington Univ State:District of Columbia District:00

160.

NECO: P4P: Provider Portal for (P2P) Network Applications Award#:0831834 Current Year Award Amount:$350,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$350,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$350,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Yang Institution:Yale University State:Connecticut District:03

161.

Collaborative Research: NEDG: Network Scheduling and Routing under Partial Information Structure Award#:0831756 Current Year Award Amount:$98,461 Cumulative Award Amount:$98,461 Estimated Total Award Amount:$98,461 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Ying Institution:Iowa State University State:Iowa District:04

162.

Collaborative Research: NEDG: Network Scheduling and Routing under Partial Information Structure Award#:0831580 Current Year Award Amount:$98,166 Cumulative Award Amount:$98,166 Estimated Total Award Amount:$98,166 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Caramanis Institution:U of Texas Austin State:Texas District:21

163.

Collaborative Research: NEDG: Throughput Optimization in Wireless Mesh Networks Award#:0831579 Current Year Award Amount:$160,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$160,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$160,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:48 Months PI: Du Institution:U of Texas Dallas State:Texas District:32

164.

US-China Workshop on Smart Systems: Bio-inspired Materials, Mechanics, Control, and Sensor Innovation Award#:0831566 Current Year Award Amount:$38,665 Cumulative Award Amount:$38,665 Estimated Total Award Amount:$38,665 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Yuan Institution:North Carolina State U State:North Carolina District:04

165.

CT-ISG: Physiological Value based Security for Body Area Networks Award#:0831544 Current Year Award Amount:$400,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$400,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$400,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Gupta Institution:Arizona State University State:Arizona District:05

166.	CT-ISG: Real Time Cryptography Award#:0831536 Current Year Award Amount:$300,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$300,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$300,000 Original Start Date:Oct 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Micciancio Institution:U of Cal San Diego State:California District:53

167.

CT-ISG: I-BLOCK: Understanding and Filtering of Malicious IP Traffic Award#:0831530 Current Year Award Amount:$399,847 Cumulative Award Amount:$399,847 Estimated Total Award Amount:$399,847 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Markopoulou Institution:U of Cal Irvine State:California District:00

168.

Collaborative Research: CT-M: Unification Laboratory for Cryptographic Protocol Analysis Award#:0831462 Current Year Award Amount:$50,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$50,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$50,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Kapur Institution:University of New Mexico State:New Mexico District:01

169.

CT-M: Collaborative Research: Securing Dynamic Online Social Networks Award#:0831452 Current Year Award Amount:$62,500 Cumulative Award Amount:$62,500 Estimated Total Award Amount:$250,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:48 Months PI: Sandhu Institution:U of Texas San Antonio State:Texas District:23

170.

CT-M: Understanding the Underground Economy Award#:0831408 Current Year Award Amount:$199,994 Cumulative Award Amount:$199,994 Estimated Total Award Amount:$199,994 Original Start Date:Oct 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Kruegel Institution:U of Cal Santa Barbara State:California District:23

171.

CT-S: Application-Aware Anonymity (A3) for the Masses Award#:0831376 Current Year Award Amount:$400,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$400,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$400,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Loo Institution:U of Pennsylvania State:Pennsylvania District:02

172.

CT-ISG Collaborative Research: Trusted Cooperative Transmission: Turning a Security Weakness into a Security Enhancement Award#:0831371 Current Year Award Amount:$107,945 Cumulative Award Amount:$107,945 Estimated Total Award Amount:$107,945 Original Start Date:Oct 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Han Institution:Boise State University State:Idaho District:02

173.

Collaborative Research: CT- ISG Key Generation from Physical Layer Characteristics in Wireless Networks Award#:0831366 Current Year Award Amount:$193,500 Cumulative Award Amount:$193,500 Estimated Total Award Amount:$193,500 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Yener Institution:Rensselaer Polytech Inst State:New York District:21

174.

CT-M: Collaborative Research: Securing Dynamic Online Social Networks Award#:0831360 Current Year Award Amount:$165,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$165,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$500,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:48 Months PI: Ahn Institution:Arizona State University State:Arizona District:05

175.

CT-ISG Collaborative Research: Trusted Cooperative Transmission: Turning a Security Weakness into a Security Enhancement Award#:0831315 Current Year Award Amount:$107,999 Cumulative Award Amount:$107,999 Estimated Total Award Amount:$107,999 Original Start Date:Oct 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Sun Institution:U of Rhode Island State:Rhode Island District:02

176.

Collaborative Research: CT-M: Unification Laboratory for Cryptographic Protocol Analysis Award#:0831305 Current Year Award Amount:$125,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$125,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$125,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Lynch Institution:Clarkson University State:New York District:26

177.

CT-ISG: Collaborative Research: Key Generation from Physical Layer Characteristics in Wireless Networks Award#:0831304 Current Year Award Amount:$193,500 Cumulative Award Amount:$193,500 Estimated Total Award Amount:$193,500 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Kiayias Institution:Univ of Connecticut State:Connecticut District:02

178.

CT-ISG: On Imperfect Randomness and Exposure-Resilient Cryptography Award#:0831299 Current Year Award Amount:$300,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$300,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$300,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Dodis Institution:New York University State:New York District:08

179.

CT-ISG: Crypto Algorithms for an Integrated Approach to Conditional, Revocable and Traceable Anonymity Award#:0831293 Current Year Award Amount:$300,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$300,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$300,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Lysyanskaya Institution:Brown University State:Rhode Island District:01

180.	CT-ISG: The Assumptions for Cryptography Award#:0831289 Current Year Award Amount:$399,877 Cumulative Award Amount:$399,877 Estimated Total Award Amount:$399,877 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Vadhan Institution:Harvard University State:Massachusetts District:08

181.

CT-M: Collaborative Research: Securing Dynamic Online Social Networks Award#:0831247 Current Year Award Amount:$250,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$250,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$250,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Squicciarini Institution:PA St U University Park State:Pennsylvania District:05

182.

CT-ISG: Improving Security and Privacy in Pervasive Healthcare Award#:0831244 Current Year Award Amount:$449,685 Cumulative Award Amount:$449,685 Estimated Total Award Amount:$449,685 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Fu Institution:U of Massachusetts Amherst State:Massachusetts District:01

183.

CT-ISG: An Architecture and Policies for Secure Network-facing Applications Award#:0831212 Current Year Award Amount:$400,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$400,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$400,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: King Institution:U of Ill Urbana-Champaign State:Illinois District:15

184.

Collaborative Research: CT-M: Unification Laboratory for Cryptographic Protocol Analysis Award#:0831209 Current Year Award Amount:$74,999 Cumulative Award Amount:$74,999 Estimated Total Award Amount:$74,999 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Narendran Institution:SUNY Albany State:New York District:21

185.

CT - ISG: ROME: Robust Measurement in Sensor Networks Award#:0831186 Current Year Award Amount:$400,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$400,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$400,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Zhang Institution:Rutgers Univ New Brunswick State:New Jersey District:06

186.

CT-ISG: New Security Properties for Hash and Trapdoor Functions Award#:0831184 Current Year Award Amount:$350,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$350,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$350,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Boldyreva Institution:GA Tech Res Corp - GIT State:Georgia District:05

187.

CT-ISG: Understanding Botnet Command and Control (C&C) Communication Award#:0831160 Current Year Award Amount:$400,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$400,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$400,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Jiang Institution:George Mason University State:Virginia District:11

188.

CT-ER: Ultra-wideband Radio for Low-Power Security Award#:0831133 Current Year Award Amount:$200,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$200,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$200,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Burleson Institution:U of Massachusetts Amherst State:Massachusetts District:01

189.

A Workshop on the Concept of a National Hazard Vulnerability and Resiliency Observatory Award#:0831115 Current Year Award Amount:$83,454 Cumulative Award Amount:$83,454 Estimated Total Award Amount:$83,454 Original Start Date:Aug 15, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Peacock Institution:Texas A&M Research Fdn State:Texas District:17

190.

CT-ISG: New Foundations for Quantitative Information Flow Award#:0831114 Current Year Award Amount:$335,852 Cumulative Award Amount:$335,852 Estimated Total Award Amount:$335,852 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Smith Institution:Florida International Univ State:Florida District:21

191.

CT-ISG: The Origin of the Code: Automated Identification of Common Characteristics in Malware Award#:0831081 Current Year Award Amount:$268,510 Cumulative Award Amount:$268,510 Estimated Total Award Amount:$268,510 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Reeves Institution:North Carolina State U State:North Carolina District:04

192.

Collaborative Research: CT-M: Unification Laboratory for Cryptographic Protocol Analysis Award#:0831064 Current Year Award Amount:$50,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$50,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$50,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Meseguer Institution:U of Ill Urbana-Champaign State:Illinois District:15

193.	Workshop: 2008 International Water Conference Award#:0830906 Current Year Award Amount:$27,585 Cumulative Award Amount:$27,585 Estimated Total Award Amount:$49,229 Original Start Date:Sep 15, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Cooper Institution:U of Cal Irvine State:California District:00

194.

Integrating Usability and Accessibility in Information Assurance Education Award#:0830865 Current Year Award Amount:$299,832 Cumulative Award Amount:$299,832 Estimated Total Award Amount:$299,832 Original Start Date:Oct 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Feng Institution:Towson University State:Maryland District:03

195.

Upper Midwest Information Assurance Faculty Development Project Award#:0830851 Current Year Award Amount:$299,759 Cumulative Award Amount:$299,759 Estimated Total Award Amount:$299,759 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Streff Institution:Dakota State Univ State:South Dakota District:00

196.

Geometric and Topological Analysis of Higher-Order Tensor Fields on Surfaces Award#:0830808 Current Year Award Amount:$374,996 Cumulative Award Amount:$374,996 Estimated Total Award Amount:$374,996 Original Start Date:Sep 15, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Zhang Institution:Oregon State University State:Oregon District:05

197.

An In-Depth Study of Homomorphic Encryption in Cryptography Award#:0830803 Current Year Award Amount:$1,000,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$1,000,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$1,000,000 Original Start Date:Oct 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Ostrovsky Institution:U of Cal Los Angeles State:California District:30

198.

Collaborative Research: Minimum Sobolov Norm Methods Award#:0830764 Current Year Award Amount:$119,462 Cumulative Award Amount:$119,462 Estimated Total Award Amount:$299,600 Original Start Date:Sep 15, 2008 Projected Duration:48 Months PI: Gu Institution:U of Cal Berkeley State:California District:09

199.	Theory of Self-Stabilizing Overlay Networks Award#:0830704 Current Year Award Amount:$162,163 Cumulative Award Amount:$162,163 Estimated Total Award Amount:$162,163 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Richa Institution:Arizona State University State:Arizona District:05

200.

Towards Modeling Mobile Wireless Networks -- When Connectivity Meets Mobility! Award#:0830702 Current Year Award Amount:$260,001 Cumulative Award Amount:$260,001 Estimated Total Award Amount:$260,001 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Makowski Institution:U of MD College Park State:Maryland District:05

201.

TF-SING: A Theoretical Foundation of Spatio-Temporal Mobility Modeling and Induced Link-Level Dynamics Award#:0830680 Current Year Award Amount:$270,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$270,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$270,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Eun Institution:North Carolina State U State:North Carolina District:04

202.

Signal Processing on Special Manifolds with Applications to Wireless Communication Award#:0830615 Current Year Award Amount:$268,939 Cumulative Award Amount:$268,939 Estimated Total Award Amount:$268,939 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Heath Institution:U of Texas Austin State:Texas District:21

203.

Collaborative Research: Minimum Sobolev Norm Methods Award#:0830604 Current Year Award Amount:$180,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$180,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$450,000 Original Start Date:Sep 15, 2008 Projected Duration:48 Months PI: Chandrasekaran Institution:U of Cal Santa Barbara State:California District:23

204.

CNPq/NSF, RUI: Surface and Volume Meshes for Volumetric Imaging Data Award#:0830589 Current Year Award Amount:$228,026 Cumulative Award Amount:$228,026 Estimated Total Award Amount:$228,026 Original Start Date:Sep 15, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Ramaswami Institution:Rutgers U Camden State:New Jersey District:01

205.

An Optimization Framework for the Estimation of Material Properties of Deformable Materials from Volumetric Deformation Measurements Award#:0830554 Current Year Award Amount:$250,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$250,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$250,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Teran Institution:U of Cal Los Angeles State:California District:30

206.

A Cooperative Game Theoretic Framework for Collaborative Information Processing in Distributed Sensor Nets Award#:0830545 Current Year Award Amount:$201,747 Cumulative Award Amount:$201,747 Estimated Total Award Amount:$201,747 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Jayaweera Institution:University of New Mexico State:New Mexico District:01

207.

A Learning Theory Approach to Algorithmic Game Theory, Database Privacy, and Clustering Award#:0830540 Current Year Award Amount:$300,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$300,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$300,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Blum Institution:Carnegie Mellon University State:Pennsylvania District:14

208.	Markets and Other Robust Self-Governing Systems Award#:0830516 Current Year Award Amount:$483,681 Cumulative Award Amount:$483,681 Estimated Total Award Amount:$483,681 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Cole Institution:New York University State:New York District:08

209.

Understanding Fairness in Secure Two-Party and Multi-Party Computation Award#:0830464 Current Year Award Amount:$277,782 Cumulative Award Amount:$277,782 Estimated Total Award Amount:$277,782 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Katz Institution:U of MD College Park State:Maryland District:05

210.

Collaborative research: Leveraging low-dimensional structure for time series analysis and prediction Award#:0830456 Current Year Award Amount:$208,231 Cumulative Award Amount:$208,231 Estimated Total Award Amount:$208,231 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Rozell Institution:GA Tech Res Corp - GIT State:Georgia District:05

211.	Justification Logic and Applications Award#:0830450 Current Year Award Amount:$374,996 Cumulative Award Amount:$374,996 Estimated Total Award Amount:$374,996 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Artemov Institution:CUNY Graduate School State:New York District:14

212.

Geometric and Combinatorial Algorithms for Optimal Surface Segmentation in Medical Images Award#:0830402 Current Year Award Amount:$178,121 Cumulative Award Amount:$178,121 Estimated Total Award Amount:$178,121 Original Start Date:Sep 15, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Wu Institution:University of Iowa State:Iowa District:02

213.

Collaborative research: Leveraging low-dimensional structure for time series analysis and prediction Award#:0830320 Current Year Award Amount:$222,911 Cumulative Award Amount:$222,911 Estimated Total Award Amount:$222,911 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Wakin Institution:Colorado School of Mines State:Colorado District:07

214.

TF-SING: Collaborative Research: Reliable Spatial-Temporal Coverage with Minimum Cost in Wireless Sensor Network Deployments Award#:0830314 Current Year Award Amount:$150,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$150,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$150,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Wang Institution:Univ of Mass Lowell State:Massachusetts District:05

215.

TF-SING: Energy-Efficient Design in Wireless Networks Using Cooperative Communication Award#:0830289 Current Year Award Amount:$277,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$277,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$277,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Cardei Institution:Florida Atlantic Univ State:Florida District:22

216.

Gaussian Beam Methods for Large-Scale Computational Electromagnetics and Applications Award#:0830161 Current Year Award Amount:$250,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$250,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$250,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Bao Institution:Michigan State University State:Michigan District:08

217.

US Liaison Activity for the international ESSAS Program Award#:0830146 Current Year Award Amount:$37,353 Cumulative Award Amount:$37,353 Estimated Total Award Amount:$119,172 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Hunt Institution:U of Washington State:Washington District:07

218.

TF-SING: Collaborative Research: Reliable Spatial-Temporal Coverage with Minimum Cost in Wireless Sensor Network Deployments Award#:0829993 Current Year Award Amount:$239,998 Cumulative Award Amount:$239,998 Estimated Total Award Amount:$239,998 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Wu Institution:U of Texas Dallas State:Texas District:32

219.

Collaborative Research: AToL: PorToL - The Porifera Tree of Life Project Award#:0829986 Current Year Award Amount:$672,783 Cumulative Award Amount:$672,783 Estimated Total Award Amount:$1,680,750 Original Start Date:Oct 01, 2008 Projected Duration:60 Months PI: Thacker Institution:U of Alabama Birmingham State:Alabama District:07

220.

EMT/QIS: Continuous-time quantum computation Award#:0829944 Current Year Award Amount:$180,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$180,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$180,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Landahl Institution:University of New Mexico State:New Mexico District:01

221.

EMT/QIS: Robust Quantum Simulation Techniques for Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computation Award#:0829937 Current Year Award Amount:$100,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$100,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$300,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Bacon Institution:U of Washington State:Washington District:07

222.

EMT/BSSE: Hierarchical Representation and Simulation of Modular Cellular Systems Award#:0829929 Current Year Award Amount:$199,578 Cumulative Award Amount:$199,578 Estimated Total Award Amount:$199,578 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Stevens Institution:University of Chicago State:Illinois District:01

223.

Multi-Resolution Partitioning and Kinetic Function Estimation for Dynamic Biochemical Network Model Development Award#:0829899 Current Year Award Amount:$850,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$850,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$850,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Hassoun Institution:Tufts University State:Massachusetts District:07

224.

Collaborative Research: EMT/MISC: Behavior-Based Molecular Robotics Award#:0829896 Current Year Award Amount:$300,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$300,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$300,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Stefanovic Institution:University of New Mexico State:New Mexico District:01

225.

EMT/QIS: GaAs hole spins as qubits: Eliminating hyperfine interaction-induced decoherence Award#:0829872 Current Year Award Amount:$200,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$200,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$600,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Petta Institution:Princeton University State:New Jersey District:12

226.

Code Representation and Performance of Graph-Based Decoding Award#:0829865 Current Year Award Amount:$300,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$300,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$300,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Siegel Institution:U of Cal San Diego State:California District:53

227.

EMT/BSSE: HIERARCHICAL REPRESENTATION AND SIMULATION OF MODULAR CELLULAR SYSTEMS Award#:0829864 Current Year Award Amount:$196,735 Cumulative Award Amount:$196,735 Estimated Total Award Amount:$196,735 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: An Institution:Northwestern U Chicago State:Illinois District:07

228.

EMT/QIS: Quantum Control of Impurity States in a Semiconductor Award#:0829854 Current Year Award Amount:$149,504 Cumulative Award Amount:$149,504 Estimated Total Award Amount:$450,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Golding Institution:Michigan State University State:Michigan District:08

229.

Collaborative EMT/BSSE: Hierarchical representation and simulation of modular cellular systems Award#:0829836 Current Year Award Amount:$301,473 Cumulative Award Amount:$301,473 Estimated Total Award Amount:$301,473 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Emonet Institution:Yale University State:Connecticut District:03

230.

Collaborative Research: EMT/MISC: Behavior Based Molecular Robotics Award#:0829805 Current Year Award Amount:$315,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$315,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$315,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Winfree Institution:California Inst of Tech State:California District:29

231.

EMT/NANO: Polymerase-Based Self-Activating and Reactivating DNA Systems Award#:0829798 Current Year Award Amount:$200,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$200,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$500,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Reif Institution:Duke University State:North Carolina District:04

232.

Collaborative Research: AToL: PorToL - The Porifera Tree of Life Project Award#:0829791 Current Year Award Amount:$173,704 Cumulative Award Amount:$173,704 Estimated Total Award Amount:$439,564 Original Start Date:Oct 01, 2008 Projected Duration:60 Months PI: Lopez Institution:Nova Southeastern Univ State:Florida District:20

233.

EMT/BSSE: Hierarchical representation and simulation of modular cellular systems Award#:0829788 Current Year Award Amount:$301,793 Cumulative Award Amount:$301,793 Estimated Total Award Amount:$301,793 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Faeder Institution:U of Pittsburgh State:Pennsylvania District:14

234.

Collaborative Research: AToL: PorToL - The Porifera Tree of Life Award#:0829783 Current Year Award Amount:$219,672 Cumulative Award Amount:$219,672 Estimated Total Award Amount:$535,954 Original Start Date:Oct 01, 2008 Projected Duration:60 Months PI: Lavrov Institution:Iowa State University State:Iowa District:04

235.

Collaborative Research: AToL: PorToL - The Porifera Tree of Life Project Award#:0829763 Current Year Award Amount:$88,841 Cumulative Award Amount:$88,841 Estimated Total Award Amount:$283,729 Original Start Date:Oct 01, 2008 Projected Duration:60 Months PI: Hill Institution:University of Richmond State:Virginia District:07

236.	Instance Compression Award#:0829754 Current Year Award Amount:$300,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$300,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$300,000 Original Start Date:Sep 15, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Fortnow Institution:Northwestern University State:Illinois District:09

237.

Collaborative Proposal: EMT/MISC Behavior Based Molecular Robotics Award#:0829744 Current Year Award Amount:$360,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$360,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$360,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Stojanovic Institution:Columbia University State:New York District:15

238.

EMT/BSSE: A Computational Framework for Inferring Self-Regulatory Properties from High-Dimensional Dynamic Models of Biological Systems Award#:0829742 Current Year Award Amount:$100,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$100,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$100,000 Original Start Date:Sep 15, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Clewley Institution:Ga State U Res Fdn, Inc. State:Georgia District:05

239.

Topologically Fault-Tolerant Distributed Quantum Computer Architecture Award#:0829694 Current Year Award Amount:$400,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$400,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$400,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Yamamoto Institution:Stanford University State:California District:14

240.

Collaborative Proposal: EMT/MISC Behavior Based Molecular Robotics Award#:0829685 Current Year Award Amount:$420,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$420,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$420,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Yan Institution:Arizona State University State:Arizona District:05

241.

CPATH CB: Improving Computing Education by Developing Regional Communities of Computing Educators Award#:0829601 Current Year Award Amount:$439,827 Cumulative Award Amount:$439,827 Estimated Total Award Amount:$439,827 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Guzdial Institution:GA Tech Res Corp - GIT State:Georgia District:05

242.

Collaborative Research: EMT/MISC: Behavior-Based Molecular Robotics Award#:0829579 Current Year Award Amount:$330,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$330,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$330,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Walter Institution:University of Michigan State:Michigan District:15

243.

Collaborative Proposal: EMT/MISC Behavior Based Molecular Robotics Award#:0829552 Current Year Award Amount:$315,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$315,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$315,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Mrksich Institution:University of Chicago State:Illinois District:01

244.

Collaborative Research: EMT/MISC: Behavior-Based Molecular Robotics Award#:0829541 Current Year Award Amount:$210,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$210,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$210,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Krapivsky Institution:Boston University State:Massachusetts District:08

245.

EMT/BSSE: RNA switches and logic gates for biomolecular computation in vitro Award#:0829536 Current Year Award Amount:$150,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$150,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$449,898 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Yokobayashi Institution:U of Cal Davis State:California District:01

246.

FSML: Improvement of the Yellowstone Ecological Research Center's Field Station to Support Collaborative Research and Education in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Award#:0829495 Current Year Award Amount:$230,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$230,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$230,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Crabtree Institution:YERC State:Montana District:00

247.

Cyberinfrastructure Software Sustainability and Reusability Workshop Award#:0829462 Current Year Award Amount:$131,746 Cumulative Award Amount:$131,746 Estimated Total Award Amount:$131,746 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Wheeler Institution:Indiana University State:Indiana District:09

248.	EMT/QIS: Physics Based Approaches to Quantum Algorithms Award#:0829421 Current Year Award Amount:$199,999 Cumulative Award Amount:$199,999 Estimated Total Award Amount:$600,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Shor Institution:MIT State:Massachusetts District:08

249.

Developing Professorial Leadership: A Pilot Partnership Award#:0829399 Current Year Award Amount:$172,223 Cumulative Award Amount:$27,750 Estimated Total Award Amount:$199,973 Original Start Date:Jan 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Petersen Institution:Stanford University State:California District:14

250.

URM: Integrative Biology for Future Researchers Award#:0829250 Current Year Award Amount:$118,981 Cumulative Award Amount:$118,981 Estimated Total Award Amount:$700,570 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:60 Months PI: Murphey Institution:Florida Atlantic Univ State:Florida District:22

251.

Development of highly efficient Aquaporin based membranes for Aqueous Separations Award#:0828512 Current Year Award Amount:$399,999 Cumulative Award Amount:$399,999 Estimated Total Award Amount:$399,999 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Clark Institution:U of Ill Urbana-Champaign State:Illinois District:15

252.

RAPD: Eye-Hand Coordination Assessment/Therapy Using a Robotic Haptic System Award#:0828492 Current Year Award Amount:$76,742 Cumulative Award Amount:$76,742 Estimated Total Award Amount:$220,002 Original Start Date:Jan 01, 2009 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Pernalete Institution:Cal Poly Pomona Fdn, Inc State:California District:38

253.

Effect of Wing Deformation and Flexibility on the Aerodynamics of Insect Flight Award#:0828147 Current Year Award Amount:$240,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$240,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$240,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Mittal Institution:George Washington Univ State:District of Columbia District:00

254.

Ceramic-Carbonate Dual-Phase Membranes for High Temperature Carbon Dioxide Separation Award#:0828146 Current Year Award Amount:$276,409 Cumulative Award Amount:$276,409 Estimated Total Award Amount:$276,409 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Lin Institution:Arizona State University State:Arizona District:05

255.

Lipid bilayer-inorganic nanoparticle interactions: Model systems to examine the role of particle size and surface chemistry on cell membrane stability Award#:0828022 Current Year Award Amount:$188,493 Cumulative Award Amount:$188,493 Estimated Total Award Amount:$188,493 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Bothun Institution:U of Rhode Island State:Rhode Island District:02

256.

Experimental and in silico investigation of mechanism of biological activity of amyloid forming proteins Award#:0828009 Current Year Award Amount:$367,949 Cumulative Award Amount:$367,949 Estimated Total Award Amount:$367,949 Original Start Date:Oct 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Good Institution:U of MD Baltimore County State:Maryland District:07

257.

GSE/RES: The missing piece of the STEM puzzle: The role of communion in women's STEM career decisions Award#:0827606 Current Year Award Amount:$338,510 Cumulative Award Amount:$338,510 Estimated Total Award Amount:$338,510 Original Start Date:Jan 01, 2009 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Diekman Institution:Miami Univ State:Ohio District:08

258.

GSE/RES: Women's Persistence in Engineering Careers: Barriers and Supports Award#:0827553 Current Year Award Amount:$497,577 Cumulative Award Amount:$497,577 Estimated Total Award Amount:$497,577 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Fouad Institution:U of Wisconsin Milwaukee State:Wisconsin District:04

259.

Looking inside high school science classrooms: An exploration of males' and females' subjective experience Award#:0827526 Current Year Award Amount:$476,131 Cumulative Award Amount:$476,131 Estimated Total Award Amount:$476,131 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Schmidt Institution:Northern Illinois Univ State:Illinois District:14

260.

Collaborative Proposal: Object and Action Recognition in Time Sequences of Images: Computational Neuroscience and Neurophysiology Award#:0827483 Current Year Award Amount:$475,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$475,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$475,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Poggio Institution:MIT State:Massachusetts District:08

261.

GSE/RES: A Longitudinal, Mixed-Method Test of a Social Cognitive Model of Women's Adjustment to STEM Majors: Building an Empirical Foundation for Theory-Based Interventions Award#:0827470 Current Year Award Amount:$472,085 Cumulative Award Amount:$472,085 Estimated Total Award Amount:$472,085 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Lent Institution:U of MD College Park State:Maryland District:05

262.

Collaborative Proposal: Object and Action Recognition in Time Sequences of Images: Computational Neuroscience and Neurophysiology Award#:0827427 Current Year Award Amount:$475,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$475,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$475,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Sheinberg Institution:Brown University State:Rhode Island District:01

263.

UBM-Group: An Integrative Analysis of Human Cancer: Exploiting the Synergy of Mathematical and Molecular Biological Approaches in Studying a Complex Problem Award#:0827262 Current Year Award Amount:$229,801 Cumulative Award Amount:$229,801 Estimated Total Award Amount:$229,801 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Roberts Institution:Dickinson College State:Pennsylvania District:19

264.

UBM-Group, RUI: Undergraduate Research Experience in Mathematical Biology Award#:0827205 Current Year Award Amount:$238,940 Cumulative Award Amount:$238,940 Estimated Total Award Amount:$238,940 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Yates Institution:Youngstown St University State:Ohio District:17

265.

Exploring Factors in the Social Ecology of the Home that Affect First-Grade Girls' Spatial Skills and Early Math Strategies Award#:0827155 Current Year Award Amount:$499,681 Cumulative Award Amount:$499,681 Estimated Total Award Amount:$499,681 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Casey Institution:Boston College State:Massachusetts District:04

266.

Genome Scrambling in Caulobacters and their Phages Award#:0826792 Current Year Award Amount:$368,069 Cumulative Award Amount:$368,069 Estimated Total Award Amount:$368,069 Original Start Date:Aug 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Ely Institution:USC Research Foundation State:South Carolina District:06

267.

HSD: Changing Societal Attitudes Towards Water Scarcity: Ethanol Production and Increasing Groundwater Depletion of the Ogallala Aquifer Award#:0826778 Current Year Award Amount:$747,528 Cumulative Award Amount:$747,528 Estimated Total Award Amount:$747,528 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:42 Months PI: Edwards Institution:North Carolina A&T St Univ State:North Carolina District:12

268.

US-Spain Planning Visit: Collaborative Research on Sea-Level Changes Recorded in Coastal Caves of Mallorca Award#:0826667 Current Year Award Amount:$9,394 Cumulative Award Amount:$9,394 Estimated Total Award Amount:$9,394 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Onac Institution:U of South Florida State:Florida District:11

269.

Collaborative Research: Grazing and Iron Controls of Diatom Blooms in the Arabian Sea Award#:0826626 Current Year Award Amount:$516,686 Cumulative Award Amount:$516,686 Estimated Total Award Amount:$516,686 Original Start Date:Jan 01, 2009 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Landry Institution:U of Cal SD Scripps Inst State:California District:53

270.

SedDB, The Online Information System for Sediment Geochemistry Continued Operation and Development Award#:0826197 Current Year Award Amount:$202,681 Cumulative Award Amount:$202,681 Estimated Total Award Amount:$399,123 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Lehnert Institution:Columbia University State:New York District:15

271.

Real-Time Control for Engineering Electrospun Nanofiber Diameter Distributions for Advanced Applications Award#:0826106 Current Year Award Amount:$224,100 Cumulative Award Amount:$224,100 Estimated Total Award Amount:$0 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Gevelber Institution:Boston University State:Massachusetts District:08

272.

Collaborative Research: Grazing and Iron Controls of Diatom Blooms in the Arabian Sea Award#:0826027 Current Year Award Amount:$344,047 Cumulative Award Amount:$344,047 Estimated Total Award Amount:$344,047 Original Start Date:Jan 01, 2009 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Moffett Institution:U of Southern California State:California District:33

273.

Predicting the effects of ocean warming on larval dispersal by measuring adaptive potential of corals Award#:0825979 Current Year Award Amount:$474,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$474,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$474,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Baums Institution:PA St U University Park State:Pennsylvania District:05

274.

Fucoid inducible defenses: the causes and consequences of intraspecific variation Award#:0825846 Current Year Award Amount:$279,843 Cumulative Award Amount:$279,843 Estimated Total Award Amount:$279,843 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Long Institution:Northeastern University State:Massachusetts District:08

275.

Collaborative Research: Grazing and Iron Controls of Diatom Blooms in the Arabian Sea Award#:0825767 Current Year Award Amount:$139,819 Cumulative Award Amount:$139,819 Estimated Total Award Amount:$139,819 Original Start Date:Jan 01, 2009 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Goes Institution:Bigelow Lab for Ocean Scs State:Maine District:01

276.

Doctoral Dissertation Research: Rural Communities, Mining, and Globalization Award#:0825724 Current Year Award Amount:$7,499 Cumulative Award Amount:$7,499 Estimated Total Award Amount:$7,499 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Green Institution:U of Wisconsin Madison State:Wisconsin District:02

277.

Nonlinear Dynamics of Nanopore Current Oscillations Award#:0825661 Current Year Award Amount:$344,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$344,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$344,000 Original Start Date:Sep 15, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Martens Institution:U of Cal Irvine State:California District:00

278.

Collaborative Research: Probing mantle plumbing beneath Pacific ridges thriugh study of the Lamont and Vance Seamount chains Award#:0825612 Current Year Award Amount:$190,934 Cumulative Award Amount:$190,934 Estimated Total Award Amount:$190,934 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Lundstrom Institution:U of Ill Urbana-Champaign State:Illinois District:15

279.

COLLABORATIVE PROPOSAL: HOW IMPORTANT IS "OLD" CARBON IN LAKE SUPERIOR? A RADIOCARBON INVESTIGATION Award#:0825600 Current Year Award Amount:$477,428 Cumulative Award Amount:$477,428 Estimated Total Award Amount:$477,428 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Minor Institution:U of Minnesota Duluth State:Minnesota District:08

280.

Collaborative Research: Grazing and Iron Controls of Diatom Blooms in the Arabian Sea Award#:0825598 Current Year Award Amount:$479,438 Cumulative Award Amount:$479,438 Estimated Total Award Amount:$479,438 Original Start Date:Jan 01, 2009 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Smith Institution:U of Miami Sch Mar&Atmos State:Florida District:17

281.

COLLABORATIVE PROPOSAL: HOW IMPORTANT IS "OLD" CARBON IN LAKE SUPERIOR? A RADIOCARBON INVESTIGATION Award#:0825403 Current Year Award Amount:$183,190 Cumulative Award Amount:$183,190 Estimated Total Award Amount:$183,190 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: McCallister Institution:Virginia Commonwealth Univ State:Virginia District:03

282.

Collaborative Research: In situ measurements of oxygen and nitrate with profiling floats deployed at ocean time-series stations Award#:0825348 Current Year Award Amount:$236,400 Cumulative Award Amount:$236,400 Estimated Total Award Amount:$596,400 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Johnson Institution:MBARI State:California District:00

283.

Acquisition of a New Continuous-Flow Stable Isotope Mass Spectrometer and Two Elemental Analyzers for Support of the University of Southern California Stable Isotope Facility Award#:0825325 Current Year Award Amount:$321,095 Cumulative Award Amount:$321,095 Estimated Total Award Amount:$321,095 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Stott Institution:U of Southern California State:California District:33

284.

Collaborative Research: Probing mantle plumbing beneath Pacific ridges thriugh study of the Lamont and Vance Seamount chains Award#:0825265 Current Year Award Amount:$157,868 Cumulative Award Amount:$157,868 Estimated Total Award Amount:$157,868 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Perfit Institution:University of Florida State:Florida District:06

285.

Collaborative Research: Quantitative Importance and Trophic Role of Noctiluca Blooms in the Arabian Sea Award#:0825009 Current Year Award Amount:$176,206 Cumulative Award Amount:$176,206 Estimated Total Award Amount:$176,206 Original Start Date:Nov 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Buskey Institution:U of Texas Austin State:Texas District:21

286.

Collaborative Research: In situ measurements of oxygen and nitrate with profiling floats deployed at ocean time-series stations Award#:0824990 Current Year Award Amount:$392,305 Cumulative Award Amount:$392,305 Estimated Total Award Amount:$932,305 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Riser Institution:U of Washington State:Washington District:07

287.

Collaborative Research: Turbulent fluxes and boundary layer structure due to near-shore internal tides Award#:0824972 Current Year Award Amount:$758,568 Cumulative Award Amount:$758,568 Estimated Total Award Amount:$758,568 Original Start Date:Jan 01, 2009 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Monismith Institution:Stanford University State:California District:14

288.

Collaborative Research: Turbulent fluxes and boundary layer structure due to near-shore internal tides Award#:0824928 Current Year Award Amount:$303,658 Cumulative Award Amount:$303,658 Estimated Total Award Amount:$303,658 Original Start Date:Jan 01, 2009 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Nash Institution:Oregon State University State:Oregon District:05

289.

Collaborative Research: Turbulent fluxes and boundary layer structure due to near-shore internal tides Award#:0824832 Current Year Award Amount:$404,581 Cumulative Award Amount:$404,581 Estimated Total Award Amount:$404,581 Original Start Date:Jan 01, 2009 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Pawlak Institution:U of Hawaii State:Hawaii District:01

290.

Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Human Predation Pressure and the Late Quaternary Extinctions in the Cape Ecozone, South Africa Award#:0824717 Current Year Award Amount:$15,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$15,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$15,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Brooks Institution:George Washington Univ State:District of Columbia District:00

291.

U.S. - Netherlands Planning Visit: Reconstructing the Linguistic Prehistory of the Alor-Pantar Languages Award#:0824697 Current Year Award Amount:$3,369 Cumulative Award Amount:$3,369 Estimated Total Award Amount:$3,369 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Holton Institution:U of Alaska Fairbanks State:Alaska District:00

292.

Collaborative Research: Quantitative Importance and Trophic Role of Noctiluca Blooms in the Arabian Sea Award#:0824632 Current Year Award Amount:$296,905 Cumulative Award Amount:$296,905 Estimated Total Award Amount:$296,905 Original Start Date:Nov 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Goes Institution:Bigelow Lab for Ocean Scs State:Maine District:01

293.

Are mountains "higher" in the tropics? A comparative analysis of population genetic structure and ecophysiological divergence in montane salamanders Award#:0824599 Current Year Award Amount:$50,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$50,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$50,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Kozak Institution:U of Minnesota-Twin Cities State:Minnesota District:05

294.

Doctoral Dissertation Improvement: Testing Theories of Kin and Nonkin Social Bonds in Understanding SocialIinteractions in a Multi-level Society of Sichuan Snub-Nosed Monkey Award#:0824466 Current Year Award Amount:$12,281 Cumulative Award Amount:$12,281 Estimated Total Award Amount:$12,281 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Garber Institution:U of Ill Urbana-Champaign State:Illinois District:15

295.

Self-Pumping Micro Fuel-Cell System with Scalable Monolithic Construction Award#:0824269 Current Year Award Amount:$330,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$330,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$330,000 Original Start Date:Oct 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Kim Institution:U of Cal Los Angeles State:California District:30

296.

Adaptive Radio Platforms based on Recursive Receivers Employing Non-Linearity Compensation and Interference Cancellation Award#:0824250 Current Year Award Amount:$260,954 Cumulative Award Amount:$260,954 Estimated Total Award Amount:$260,954 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Gharpurey Institution:U of Texas Austin State:Texas District:21

297.

Multi-Scale Artificial Dielectric Materials and Their Applications Award#:0824034 Current Year Award Amount:$360,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$360,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$360,000 Original Start Date:Oct 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Whites Institution:SD Sch of Mines and Tech State:South Dakota District:00

298.

Conservation, Sustainability, and Poverty Alleviation in the Himalayan Region: Do Participatory Environmental Policies Work? Award#:0823177 Current Year Award Amount:$152,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$152,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$244,700 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:30 Months PI: Muldavin Institution:Sarah Lawrence College State:New York District:18

299.

Palmer, Antarctica Long Term Ecological Research Project Award#:0823101 Current Year Award Amount:$940,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$940,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$5,640,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:72 Months PI: Ducklow Institution:Marine Biological Lab State:Massachusetts District:10

300.

STTR Phase II: Next Generation Digital Data Recovery System Award#:0822980 Current Year Award Amount:$489,525 Cumulative Award Amount:$489,525 Estimated Total Award Amount:$500,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Pal Institution:Digital Assembly State:New York District:10

301.

U.S.-Brazil Planning Visit: Development of a Device for Real Time Interaction With the Brain Award#:0822533 Current Year Award Amount:$19,990 Cumulative Award Amount:$19,990 Estimated Total Award Amount:$19,990 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Restrepo Institution:U of Col at Denver HSC State:Colorado District:07

302.	The Growth of Tense and Agreement Award#:0822513 Current Year Award Amount:$125,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$125,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$500,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:48 Months PI: Rispoli Institution:U of Ill Urbana-Champaign State:Illinois District:15

303.

Structure and Function Studies of Azoreductase Award#:0822337 Current Year Award Amount:$175,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$175,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$175,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: John Institution:Oklahoma State University State:Oklahoma District:03

304.

E: Examining Teacher Discourse and Whole-Class Interaction: A Social Semiotics Model for Mathematics Lesson Study Groups Award#:0822223 Current Year Award Amount:$439,747 Cumulative Award Amount:$439,747 Estimated Total Award Amount:$439,747 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Zolkower Institution:CUNY Brooklyn College State:New York District:11

305.

Investigations of Viral RNA Replication in Living Cells. Award#:0822058 Current Year Award Amount:$153,491 Cumulative Award Amount:$153,491 Estimated Total Award Amount:$476,984 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Altan-Bonnet Institution:Rutgers U Newark State:New Jersey District:10

306.

Genome-wide Exploration of miRNA-mediated Network Motifs Award#:0822033 Current Year Award Amount:$190,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$190,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$340,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Zhu Institution:Duke University State:North Carolina District:04

307.

Board on Research Data and Information Award#:0821873 Current Year Award Amount:$260,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$260,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$260,000 Original Start Date:Sep 15, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Uhlir Institution:Nat Acad of Sciences State:District of Columbia District:00

308.

MRI: Acquisition of Genomic Sequencing Instrumentation Award#:0821806 Current Year Award Amount:$1,257,184 Cumulative Award Amount:$1,257,184 Estimated Total Award Amount:$1,257,184 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Houde Institution:New Mexico St University State:New Mexico District:02

309.

MRI: Acquisition of an Aberration Corrected High Resolution Analytical Transmission Electron Micro. for Advanced Materials Research Award#:0821796 Current Year Award Amount:$3,277,750 Cumulative Award Amount:$3,277,750 Estimated Total Award Amount:$3,277,750 Original Start Date:Oct 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Carpenter Institution:Arizona State University State:Arizona District:05

310.

SCREMS: The Computational Frontiers of Number Theory, Representation Theory, and Mathematical Physics Award#:0821725 Current Year Award Amount:$106,869 Cumulative Award Amount:$106,869 Estimated Total Award Amount:$106,869 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Stein Institution:U of Washington State:Washington District:07

311.

MRI: Acquisition of A Hybrid Deposition System for Materials Science Research and Education Award#:0821704 Current Year Award Amount:$413,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$413,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$413,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Mankey Institution:U of Alabama Tuscaloosa State:Alabama District:00

312.

MRI: Development of the RSS/NIR Spectrograph for the SALT 11-Meter Telescope Award#:0821689 Current Year Award Amount:$1,020,023 Cumulative Award Amount:$1,020,023 Estimated Total Award Amount:$1,996,776 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:48 Months PI: Sheinis Institution:U of Wisconsin Madison State:Wisconsin District:02

313.

MRI: Acquisition of a High Resolution LC-MS/MS System Award#:0821661 Current Year Award Amount:$479,590 Cumulative Award Amount:$479,590 Estimated Total Award Amount:$479,590 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Minto Institution:Indiana University State:Indiana District:09

314.

MRI: Acquisition of a Carbon-Hydrogen-Nitrogen (CHN) Elemental Analyzer for Ecosystem Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamic Research and Training at University of Illinois at Springfield Award#:0821649 Current Year Award Amount:$106,475 Cumulative Award Amount:$106,475 Estimated Total Award Amount:$106,475 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Chen Institution:Univ of Ill at Springfield State:Illinois District:19

315.

MRI: Development of A System for Continuously Monitoring Fish Population and Behavior over Continental Shelf-Scales with Ocean Acoustic Waveguide Remote Sensing (OAWRS) Award#:0821574 Current Year Award Amount:$1,798,227 Cumulative Award Amount:$1,798,227 Estimated Total Award Amount:$1,798,227 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Makris Institution:MIT State:Massachusetts District:08

316.

MRI: Acquisition of Nanolithography Instrumentation for Research and Education at Boston College Award#:0821471 Current Year Award Amount:$550,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$550,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$550,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Naughton Institution:Boston College State:Massachusetts District:04

317.

MRI: Development of an Ultra-Fast Optical Spectroscopy System for Multi-Disciplinary Studies Award#:0821450 Current Year Award Amount:$565,926 Cumulative Award Amount:$565,926 Estimated Total Award Amount:$565,926 Original Start Date:Oct 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Rothschild Institution:Boston University State:Massachusetts District:08

318.

MRI: Development of a Rubidium Spin Filter as a Source of Polarized Electrons Award#:0821385 Current Year Award Amount:$285,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$285,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$285,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Gay Institution:U of Nebraska-Lincoln State:Nebraska District:01

319.

MRI: Acquisition of Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization and Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometers for the Analysis of New Synthetic Polymers and Materials Award#:0821313 Current Year Award Amount:$788,600 Cumulative Award Amount:$788,600 Estimated Total Award Amount:$788,600 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Wesdemiotis Institution:University of Akron State:Ohio District:13

320.	SCREMS-JMU-2008 Award#:0821309 Current Year Award Amount:$50,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$50,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$50,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Martin Institution:James Madison University State:Virginia District:00

321.

Collaborative research-MRI: Development of the LSU-FSU Array for Nuclear Astrophysics with Exotic Nuclei Award#:0821308 Current Year Award Amount:$248,220 Cumulative Award Amount:$248,220 Estimated Total Award Amount:$248,220 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Blackmon Institution:La St U & A&M Coll State:Louisiana District:06

322.

MRI: Acquisition of Magneto-Optical Microscopy Instrumentation for Research and Education Award#:0821268 Current Year Award Amount:$242,539 Cumulative Award Amount:$242,539 Estimated Total Award Amount:$242,539 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Furis Institution:U of Vermont & St Agr Coll State:Vermont District:00

323.

MRI: Acquisition of a High Pressure Oxygen Sputtering System for Research and Education in Oxide Heterostructures Award#:0821256 Current Year Award Amount:$161,548 Cumulative Award Amount:$161,548 Estimated Total Award Amount:$161,548 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Leighton Institution:U of Minnesota-Twin Cities State:Minnesota District:05

324.

MRI: Acquisition of an Updated Digital Microscopy Station for Multidisciplinary Museum Research and Student Training Award#:0821203 Current Year Award Amount:$100,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$100,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$100,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Keiper Institution:Cleveland Mus of Nat Hist State:Ohio District:11

325.

Scientific Computing Research Environments for the Mathematical Sciences (SCREMS) Award#:0821196 Current Year Award Amount:$50,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$50,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$50,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Michailidis Institution:University of Michigan State:Michigan District:15

326.

MRI: Acquisition of an Electron Probe Microanalyzer for Innovative Geological, Biogeochemical, and Material Science Applications Award#:0821180 Current Year Award Amount:$500,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$500,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$500,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Darby Institution:Old Dominion Research Fdn State:Virginia District:03

327.

MRI-RUI: Acquisition of a Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope to Advance Research and Education at Missouri State University Award#:0821159 Current Year Award Amount:$321,986 Cumulative Award Amount:$321,986 Estimated Total Award Amount:$321,986 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Dong Institution:Missouri State U State:Missouri District:07

328.

MRI: Acquisition of an Imaging Spherical Aberration Corrector and a Lorentz Lens for Magnetic Materials Characterization Award#:0821136 Current Year Award Amount:$620,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$620,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$620,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: De Graef Institution:Carnegie Mellon University State:Pennsylvania District:14

329.

MRI: Acquisition of a Coulter-Beckman Multisizer 3 Electronic Particle Analyzer and preparatory instruments for sedimentary research and education with undergrad students at IUP Award#:0821097 Current Year Award Amount:$63,841 Cumulative Award Amount:$63,841 Estimated Total Award Amount:$63,841 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Hovan Institution:IUP-RI State:Pennsylvania District:04

330.

SCREMS: High Performance Scientific Computing Environment Award#:0821071 Current Year Award Amount:$113,522 Cumulative Award Amount:$113,522 Estimated Total Award Amount:$113,522 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Li Institution:Kent State University State:Ohio District:17

331.

MRI: Acquisition of Controlled Environment Plant Growth Chambers For Research And Teaching In The Plant Sciences Award#:0821062 Current Year Award Amount:$127,487 Cumulative Award Amount:$127,487 Estimated Total Award Amount:$127,487 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Horton Institution:U of NC Asheville State:North Carolina District:11

332.

RUI: Cytoplasmic Dyneins and Intraflagellar Transport in Tetrahymena Thermophila Award#:0821029 Current Year Award Amount:$119,390 Cumulative Award Amount:$119,390 Estimated Total Award Amount:$497,990 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:48 Months PI: Asai Institution:Harvey Mudd College State:California District:26

333.

MRI: Acquisition of a High Field, Multi-Probe Cryogenic System for Quantum and Nano-Structured Materials Research Award#:0821005 Current Year Award Amount:$501,374 Cumulative Award Amount:$501,374 Estimated Total Award Amount:$501,374 Original Start Date:Oct 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Broholm Institution:Johns Hopkins University State:Maryland District:07

334.

MRI: Acquisition of Instrumentations for Studying Complex Contaminants in Water Award#:0820983 Current Year Award Amount:$100,304 Cumulative Award Amount:$100,304 Estimated Total Award Amount:$100,304 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Lee Institution:Univ of Mass Lowell State:Massachusetts District:05

335.

MRI: Acquisition of a State of the Art Scanning Electron Microscope at Chicago State University on Chicago's far Southside Award#:0820958 Current Year Award Amount:$354,536 Cumulative Award Amount:$354,536 Estimated Total Award Amount:$354,536 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Maselli Institution:Chicago State University State:Illinois District:01

336.

Collaborative research-MRI: Development of the LSU-FSU Array for Nuclear Astrophysics with Exotic Nuclei Award#:0820941 Current Year Award Amount:$252,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$252,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$252,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Rogachev Institution:Florida State University State:Florida District:02

337.	SGER: Grand Challenges in Cyber Security Award#:0820907 Current Year Award Amount:$200,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$200,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$200,000 Original Start Date:Oct 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Vigna Institution:U of Cal Santa Barbara State:California District:23

338.

MRI: Acquisition of a Molecular Imaging System to Continue Faculty & Student Research in an Interdisciplinary Biosystems and Engineering Research Program Award#:0820869 Current Year Award Amount:$249,483 Cumulative Award Amount:$249,483 Estimated Total Award Amount:$249,483 Original Start Date:Jan 01, 2009 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Slaughter Institution:Virginia State University State:Virginia District:04

339.

MRI: Acquisition of ICPMS Instrumentation for Interdisciplinary Research Award#:0820723 Current Year Award Amount:$695,247 Cumulative Award Amount:$695,247 Estimated Total Award Amount:$695,247 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Thunell Institution:USC Research Foundation State:South Carolina District:06

340.

TRMS: High-Throughput Functional Analysis of Soybean Defense Pathways by Virus-Induced Gene Silencing Award#:0820642 Current Year Award Amount:$512,975 Cumulative Award Amount:$512,975 Estimated Total Award Amount:$2,112,160 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:48 Months PI: Whitham Institution:Iowa State University State:Iowa District:04

341.

Renewable Energy Materials Research Science and Engineering Center Award#:0820518 Current Year Award Amount:$2,325,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$2,325,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$6,975,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:72 Months PI: Taylor Institution:Colorado School of Mines State:Colorado District:07

342.

Mechanistic and Structural Studies of Novel Heme-Containing Enzymes Award#:0820456 Current Year Award Amount:$448,284 Cumulative Award Amount:$448,284 Estimated Total Award Amount:$597,712 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:48 Months PI: Dawson Institution:USC Research Foundation State:South Carolina District:06

343.

RUI: Deciphering Plant-Herbivore Interactions Award#:0820367 Current Year Award Amount:$350,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$350,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$350,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Musser Institution:Western Illinois Univ State:Illinois District:17

344.	Chromosome evolution: Models and tests Award#:0819901 Current Year Award Amount:$243,259 Cumulative Award Amount:$243,259 Estimated Total Award Amount:$789,998 Original Start Date:Aug 15, 2008 Projected Duration:48 Months PI: Kirkpatrick Institution:U of Texas Austin State:Texas District:21

345.

PRE-Depression Investigation of Cloud-systems in the Tropics (PREDICT) Award#:0819288 Current Year Award Amount:$16,778 Cumulative Award Amount:$16,778 Estimated Total Award Amount:$16,778 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:31 Months PI: Montgomery Institution:Naval Postgraduate School State:California District:17

346.

Autonomic Nervous System Activity & Relational Aggression Award#:0819148 Current Year Award Amount:$135,300 Cumulative Award Amount:$135,300 Estimated Total Award Amount:$599,969 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:48 Months PI: Crick Institution:U of Minnesota-Twin Cities State:Minnesota District:05

347.

Protein-protein Interactions in Signal Transduction Award#:0819125 Current Year Award Amount:$180,562 Cumulative Award Amount:$180,562 Estimated Total Award Amount:$719,999 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:48 Months PI: Nash Institution:University of Chicago State:Illinois District:01

348.

Social Environment, Hormones, and Ontogenetic Carry-Over Effects on Male Reproductive Phenotypes in a Polymorphic bird Award#:0818962 Current Year Award Amount:$140,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$140,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$560,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:48 Months PI: Webster Institution:Washington State Univ State:Washington District:05

349.

RUI: Function of LacI-type Transcription Factors in Caulobacter Award#:0818934 Current Year Award Amount:$136,851 Cumulative Award Amount:$136,851 Estimated Total Award Amount:$379,146 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Stephens Institution:Santa Clara University State:California District:15

350.

Development of Adaptable Cell LA-ICP-MS and Support for External Collaborations in the Elemental Analysis Facility at The Field Museum Award#:0818401 Current Year Award Amount:$177,268 Cumulative Award Amount:$177,268 Estimated Total Award Amount:$177,268 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Dussubieux Institution:Field Mus of Natural Hist State:Illinois District:07

351.

Control of Initiation of Cell Division by the Unfolded Protein Response Award#:0818248 Current Year Award Amount:$143,668 Cumulative Award Amount:$143,668 Estimated Total Award Amount:$436,795 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Polymenis Institution:Texas A&M Research Fdn State:Texas District:17

352.

Even-Skipped Locus Control and Enhancer-Promoter Interaction Award#:0818118 Current Year Award Amount:$175,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$175,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$495,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Jaynes Institution:Thomas Jefferson Univ State:Pennsylvania District:01

353.

Collaborative Research: Ceramic Geography and the Social Formations of the Smoky Hill Phase, East-central Kansas Award#:0818089 Current Year Award Amount:$112,049 Cumulative Award Amount:$112,049 Estimated Total Award Amount:$112,049 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:18 Months PI: Adair Institution:U of Kansas Ctr for Res In State:Kansas District:03

354.

Nitric Oxide and Autophagy Regulation in Arabidopsis Award#:0817976 Current Year Award Amount:$364,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$364,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$728,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:48 Months PI: Braam Institution:William Marsh Rice Univ State:Texas District:07

355.

Collaborative Research: Ceramic Geography and the Social Formations of the Smoky Hill Phase, east-central Kansas Award#:0817810 Current Year Award Amount:$97,540 Cumulative Award Amount:$97,540 Estimated Total Award Amount:$97,540 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:18 Months PI: Roper Institution:Kansas State University State:Kansas District:02

356.

Collaborative Proposal: Professional Development Gateways in Social Learning Settings Award#:0817625 Current Year Award Amount:$386,986 Cumulative Award Amount:$386,986 Estimated Total Award Amount:$386,986 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:42 Months PI: Wilson Institution:U of Washington State:Washington District:07

357.

Collaborative Research: Validating Assessment Procedures and Interventions for Enhancing Interdisciplinary Teamwork and Ethical Awareness in Undergraduate Project Teams Award#:0817531 Current Year Award Amount:$192,502 Cumulative Award Amount:$192,502 Estimated Total Award Amount:$192,502 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Huyck Institution:Illinois Inst of Tech State:Illinois District:01

358.

Collaborative Proposal: Improving Engineering Communication Education with Enhanced Calibrated Peer Review Award#:0817515 Current Year Award Amount:$189,812 Cumulative Award Amount:$189,812 Estimated Total Award Amount:$189,812 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Waggenspack Institution:La St U & A&M Coll State:Louisiana District:06

359.

Collaborative Research: Recurring Patterns in Molecular Science: Reusable Learning Resources Award#:0817493 Current Year Award Amount:$204,026 Cumulative Award Amount:$204,026 Estimated Total Award Amount:$204,026 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Yaron Institution:Carnegie Mellon University State:Pennsylvania District:14

360.

Graphical Representations to Assess System Performance (GRASP): Assessment for Engineering Education Award#:0817486 Current Year Award Amount:$500,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$500,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$500,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Brophy Institution:Purdue University State:Indiana District:04

361.

Collaborative Research: Validating Assessment Procedures and Interventions for Enhancing Interdisciplinary Teamwork and Ethical Awareness in Undergraduate Project Teams Award#:0817445 Current Year Award Amount:$95,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$95,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$95,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Raber Institution:Mich Technological Univ State:Michigan District:01

362.

Collaborative Research: Recurring Patterns in Molecular Science: Reusable Learning Resources Award#:0817432 Current Year Award Amount:$140,326 Cumulative Award Amount:$140,326 Estimated Total Award Amount:$140,326 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Bartolo Institution:Kent State University State:Ohio District:17

363.

Collaborative Research: Validating Assessment Procedures and Interventions for Enhancing Interdisciplinary Teamwork and Ethical Awareness in Undergraduate Project Teams Award#:0817426 Current Year Award Amount:$94,264 Cumulative Award Amount:$94,264 Estimated Total Award Amount:$94,264 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Ochs Institution:Lehigh University State:Pennsylvania District:15

364.

Collaborative Research: Recurring Patterns in Molecular Science: Reusable Learning Resources Award#:0817400 Current Year Award Amount:$155,366 Cumulative Award Amount:$155,366 Estimated Total Award Amount:$155,366 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Carter Institution:MIT State:Massachusetts District:08

365.

Collaborative Research: INCIST: Improving National acceptance of Computing Intensive Statistical Techniques. Award#:0817397 Current Year Award Amount:$123,763 Cumulative Award Amount:$123,763 Estimated Total Award Amount:$123,763 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2009 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Woodard Institution:North Carolina State U State:North Carolina District:04

366.

Collaborative Research: Assessing Technical Entrepreneurship Learning in Engineering Education Award#:0817394 Current Year Award Amount:$262,341 Cumulative Award Amount:$262,341 Estimated Total Award Amount:$262,341 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:40 Months PI: Weilerstein Institution:Nat Coll Inven & Inno Alli State:Massachusetts District:02

367.

Developing an Economics Pedagogic Portal Award#:0817382 Current Year Award Amount:$497,953 Cumulative Award Amount:$497,953 Estimated Total Award Amount:$497,953 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Simkins Institution:North Carolina A&T St Univ State:North Carolina District:12

368.

Collaborative Research: Improving the Geoscience Major: Developing Community Expertise in Curriculum Design and Assessment Award#:0817353 Current Year Award Amount:$224,132 Cumulative Award Amount:$224,132 Estimated Total Award Amount:$224,132 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Manduca Institution:Carleton College State:Minnesota District:02

369.

Collaborative Research: Assessing Technical Entrepreneurship Learning in Engineering Education Award#:0817309 Current Year Award Amount:$236,552 Cumulative Award Amount:$236,552 Estimated Total Award Amount:$236,552 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:40 Months PI: Besterfield-Sacre Institution:U of Pittsburgh State:Pennsylvania District:14

370.

Collaborative Research: Validating Assessment Procedures and Interventions for Enhancing Interdisciplinary Teamwork and Ethical Awareness in Undergraduate Project Teams Award#:0817291 Current Year Award Amount:$117,750 Cumulative Award Amount:$117,750 Estimated Total Award Amount:$117,750 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Schaffer Institution:Purdue University State:Indiana District:04

371.

Collaborative Research: Improving the Geoscience Major: Developing Community Expertise in Curriculum Design and Assessment Award#:0817265 Current Year Award Amount:$25,440 Cumulative Award Amount:$25,440 Estimated Total Award Amount:$25,440 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Macdonald Institution:College of William & Mary State:Virginia District:01

372.

Collaborative Research: INCIST: Improving National acceptance of Computing Intensive Statistical Techniques Award#:0817262 Current Year Award Amount:$226,236 Cumulative Award Amount:$226,236 Estimated Total Award Amount:$226,236 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2009 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: West Institution:Texas A&M Research Fdn State:Texas District:17

373.

Preparing to Teach Mathematics with Technology (PTMT): An Integrated Approach Award#:0817253 Current Year Award Amount:$500,416 Cumulative Award Amount:$500,416 Estimated Total Award Amount:$500,416 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:48 Months PI: Hollebrands Institution:North Carolina State U State:North Carolina District:04

374.

Functional Analysis of Small Auxin Up-Regulated (SAUR) Genes in Arabidopsis Award#:0817205 Current Year Award Amount:$159,999 Cumulative Award Amount:$159,999 Estimated Total Award Amount:$639,998 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:48 Months PI: Gray Institution:U of Minnesota-Twin Cities State:Minnesota District:05

375.

Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Ethics and Practical Justice: Analysis of an International Criminal Tribunal Award#:0817190 Current Year Award Amount:$14,500 Cumulative Award Amount:$14,500 Estimated Total Award Amount:$14,500 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Asad Institution:CUNY Graduate School State:New York District:14

376.

Undergraduate Science and Technology Education Using Low Cost Radio Telescopes Award#:0817136 Current Year Award Amount:$443,564 Cumulative Award Amount:$443,564 Estimated Total Award Amount:$443,564 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Whitney Institution:Northeast Radio Obs Corp State:Massachusetts District:08

377.

Professional Enhancement Program Award#:0817071 Current Year Award Amount:$238,721 Cumulative Award Amount:$238,721 Estimated Total Award Amount:$1,199,680 Original Start Date:Oct 01, 2008 Projected Duration:72 Months PI: Pearson Institution:Math Assn of America State:District of Columbia District:00

378.

Turtles of the World: Global Systematics for an Imperiled Clade Award#:0817042 Current Year Award Amount:$577,294 Cumulative Award Amount:$577,294 Estimated Total Award Amount:$577,294 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:48 Months PI: Shaffer Institution:U of Cal Davis State:California District:01

379.

Inventory and Evolution of Fishes from Streams of the Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico Award#:0817027 Current Year Award Amount:$582,030 Cumulative Award Amount:$582,030 Estimated Total Award Amount:$582,030 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Mayden Institution:Saint Louis University State:Missouri District:01

380.

Enhancing Calibrated Peer Review for Improved Engineering Communication Education Award#:0817015 Current Year Award Amount:$50,050 Cumulative Award Amount:$50,050 Estimated Total Award Amount:$50,050 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Wilmot Institution:LTRC State:Louisiana District:06

381.

Phylogenetic Systematics of Orthoptera (Insecta): Evolution of Male Genitalia and Study of Nuclear Mitochondrial Pseudogenes Award#:0816962 Current Year Award Amount:$400,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$400,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$400,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Song Institution:Brigham Young University State:Utah District:03

382.

Collaborative Research: Improving Engineering Communication with Enhanced Calibrated Peer Review Award#:0816849 Current Year Award Amount:$79,997 Cumulative Award Amount:$79,997 Estimated Total Award Amount:$79,997 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Carlson Institution:Rose-Hulman Inst of Tech State:Indiana District:08

383.

Collaborative Research: Estimating Biological Diversity and Its Patterns Award#:0816840 Current Year Award Amount:$80,356 Cumulative Award Amount:$80,356 Estimated Total Award Amount:$252,129 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Epstein Institution:Northeastern University State:Massachusetts District:08

384.

RUI: Ciliate Phylogeny Assessed by Mitochondrial Markers Award#:0816828 Current Year Award Amount:$114,782 Cumulative Award Amount:$114,782 Estimated Total Award Amount:$114,782 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Katz Institution:Smith College State:Massachusetts District:02

385.

Web-based Interactive Organic Chemistry Homework Award#:0816783 Current Year Award Amount:$218,913 Cumulative Award Amount:$218,913 Estimated Total Award Amount:$218,913 Original Start Date:Jan 01, 2009 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Grossman Institution:U of Kentucky Res Fdn State:Kentucky District:00

386.

Transforming Undergraduate Laboratory Experiences Award#:0816754 Current Year Award Amount:$177,911 Cumulative Award Amount:$177,911 Estimated Total Award Amount:$177,911 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Hunter Institution:U of Cal Santa Cruz State:California District:17

387.

Does home-field advantage cause faster decomposition rates in temperate forest ecosystems? Award#:0816720 Current Year Award Amount:$135,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$135,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$135,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Ayres Institution:Colorado State University State:Colorado District:04

388.

Evolution and Genetics of Kin Recognition in a Model System Award#:0816690 Current Year Award Amount:$188,786 Cumulative Award Amount:$188,786 Estimated Total Award Amount:$800,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:48 Months PI: Queller Institution:William Marsh Rice Univ State:Texas District:07

389.

News Media Coverage and the Construction of Public Health Problems Award#:0816678 Current Year Award Amount:$114,808 Cumulative Award Amount:$114,808 Estimated Total Award Amount:$114,808 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Carpenter Institution:Vanderbilt University State:Tennessee District:05

390.

Evolution of Tropical Heliconia: Temporal and Spatial Diversification at the Species Level Award#:0816661 Current Year Award Amount:$400,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$400,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$600,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:60 Months PI: Specht Institution:U of Cal Berkeley State:California District:09

391.

Collaborative Research: Improving Engineering Communication Education with Enhanced Calibrated Peer Review Award#:0816660 Current Year Award Amount:$180,141 Cumulative Award Amount:$180,141 Estimated Total Award Amount:$180,141 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Russell Institution:U of Cal Los Angeles State:California District:30

392.

Collaborative Research: Professional Development Gateways in Social Learning Settings Award#:0816642 Current Year Award Amount:$60,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$60,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$60,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:42 Months PI: Bates Institution:Minn State Univ, Mankato State:Minnesota District:01

393.

Collaborative Research: Estimating biological diversity and its patterns Award#:0816638 Current Year Award Amount:$98,220 Cumulative Award Amount:$98,220 Estimated Total Award Amount:$299,446 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Bunge Institution:Cornell University State State:New York District:22

394.

Infusing Quantitative Literacy throughout the Social Science Curriculum Award#:0816517 Current Year Award Amount:$369,932 Cumulative Award Amount:$369,932 Estimated Total Award Amount:$998,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Frey Institution:University of Michigan State:Michigan District:15

395.

CNH: Coupled Natural and Human Ecosystems over Long Periods: Pueblo Ecodynamics Award#:0816400 Current Year Award Amount:$1,499,172 Cumulative Award Amount:$1,499,172 Estimated Total Award Amount:$1,499,172 Original Start Date:Jan 01, 2009 Projected Duration:60 Months PI: Kohler Institution:Washington State Univ State:Washington District:05

396.

Collaborative Research: Estimating Ecosystem Model Uncertainties in Pan-Regional Syntheses and Climate Change Impacts on Coastal Domains of the North Pacific Ocean Award#:0816241 Current Year Award Amount:$177,993 Cumulative Award Amount:$177,993 Estimated Total Award Amount:$177,993 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Powell Institution:U of Cal Berkeley State:California District:09

397.

Collaborative Research: Creating a bean beetle curriculum development network Award#:0815135 Current Year Award Amount:$352,814 Cumulative Award Amount:$352,814 Estimated Total Award Amount:$352,814 Original Start Date:Mar 01, 2009 Projected Duration:48 Months PI: Beck Institution:Emory University State:Georgia District:04

398.

Developing Online Value Inventories to Predict and Improve Student Success in STEM Education Award#:0815046 Current Year Award Amount:$368,326 Cumulative Award Amount:$368,326 Estimated Total Award Amount:$368,326 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Deeds Institution:Drury University State:Missouri District:07

399.

Collaborative Research: Estimating Ecosystem Model Uncertainties in Pan-Regional Syntheses and Climate Change Impacts on Coastal Domains of the North Pacific Ocean Award#:0815030 Current Year Award Amount:$325,090 Cumulative Award Amount:$325,090 Estimated Total Award Amount:$325,090 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Milliff Institution:NorthWest Res Assoc Inc State:Washington District:08

400.

Collaborative Research: Estimating Ecosystem Model Uncertainties in Pan-Regional Syntheses and Climate Change Impacts on Coastal Domains of the North Pacific Ocean Award#:0814934 Current Year Award Amount:$235,034 Cumulative Award Amount:$235,034 Estimated Total Award Amount:$235,034 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Wikle Institution:U of Missouri Columbia State:Missouri District:09

401.

Collaborative Research: Professional Development Gateways in Social Learning Settings Award#:0814802 Current Year Award Amount:$48,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$48,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$48,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:42 Months PI: Scott Institution:Seattle Pacific University State:Washington District:07

402.

Collaborative Research: Estimating Ecosystem Model Uncertainties in Pan-Regional Syntheses and Climate Change Impacts on Coastal Domains of the North Pacific Ocean Award#:0814749 Current Year Award Amount:$179,995 Cumulative Award Amount:$179,995 Estimated Total Award Amount:$179,995 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Moore Institution:U of Cal Santa Cruz State:California District:17

403.

RUI: Population Dynamics and Niche Differentiation among Ammonia Oxidizing Prokaryotes in Salt Marsh Sediments Award#:0814586 Current Year Award Amount:$142,449 Cumulative Award Amount:$142,449 Estimated Total Award Amount:$142,449 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Bernhard Institution:Connecticut College State:Connecticut District:02

404.

Phylogeny of Apidae (Hymenoptera) with an emphasis on the evolution and antiquity of eusociality Award#:0814544 Current Year Award Amount:$393,736 Cumulative Award Amount:$393,736 Estimated Total Award Amount:$393,736 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Danforth Institution:Cornell University State State:New York District:22

405.

Conference-EC-US Task Force Joint US-EU Workshop on Metabolomics and Environmental Biotechnology Award#:0814529 Current Year Award Amount:$15,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$15,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$15,000 Original Start Date:Jun 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Young Institution:Rutgers Univ New Brunswick State:New Jersey District:06

406.

Collaborative Research: Creating a Bean Beetle Curriculum Development Network Award#:0814373 Current Year Award Amount:$147,038 Cumulative Award Amount:$147,038 Estimated Total Award Amount:$147,038 Original Start Date:Mar 01, 2009 Projected Duration:48 Months PI: Blumer Institution:Morehouse College State:Georgia District:05

407.

Testing the Ecological Drivers and Phylogenetic Components of Diversification in a Major Continental Vertebrate Radiation Award#:0814277 Current Year Award Amount:$398,592 Cumulative Award Amount:$398,592 Estimated Total Award Amount:$398,592 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Lovette Institution:Cornell University State State:New York District:22

408.

SGER: Phylogenies, gene conversion, concerted evolution, and ancestral sequence reconstruction Award#:0813976 Current Year Award Amount:$10,360 Cumulative Award Amount:$10,360 Estimated Total Award Amount:$10,360 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Dittmar De La Cruz Institution:SUNY Buffalo State:New York District:32

409.

Activities of the Polar Research Board Award#:0813667 Current Year Award Amount:$245,820 Cumulative Award Amount:$245,820 Estimated Total Award Amount:$572,270 Original Start Date:Sep 15, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Elfring Institution:Nat Acad of Sciences State:District of Columbia District:00

410.

NSF Engineering Reasearch Center for Biorenewable Chemicals (CBiRC) Award#:0813570 Current Year Award Amount:$3,250,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$3,250,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$18,500,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:60 Months PI: Shanks Institution:Iowa State University State:Iowa District:04

411.

Numerical Spectral Analysis and Approximation of Functional Traveling Waves Award#:0812800 Current Year Award Amount:$150,808 Cumulative Award Amount:$150,808 Estimated Total Award Amount:$150,808 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Van Vleck Institution:U of Kansas Ctr for Res In State:Kansas District:03

412.

RI-Small: Collaborative Research: Dispatcher's Assistant for Emergency First Response Award#:0812693 Current Year Award Amount:$16,500 Cumulative Award Amount:$16,500 Estimated Total Award Amount:$16,500 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Mehrotra Institution:U of Cal Irvine State:California District:00

413.

RI-Small: Stochastic Learning: Modeling in Machines and Brains Award#:0812687 Current Year Award Amount:$290,721 Cumulative Award Amount:$290,721 Estimated Total Award Amount:$290,721 Original Start Date:Dec 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Leen Institution:Oregon Hlth and Science U State:Oregon District:01

414.

III-COR-small: Harvesting Concept Hierarchies from Social Data Award#:0812677 Current Year Award Amount:$450,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$450,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$450,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Lerman Institution:U of Southern California State:California District:33

415.

Supporting Wilderness Search and Rescue Personnel: Acquiring and Visualizing Aerial Imagery Award#:0812653 Current Year Award Amount:$141,314 Cumulative Award Amount:$141,314 Estimated Total Award Amount:$446,784 Original Start Date:Nov 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Morse Institution:Brigham Young University State:Utah District:03

416.

RI-Small: Collaborative Research: Dispatcher's Assistant for Emergency First Response Award#:0812610 Current Year Award Amount:$16,500 Cumulative Award Amount:$16,500 Estimated Total Award Amount:$16,500 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Tur Institution:SRI International State:California District:14

417.

III-COR-Small: Collaborative Research: Time Series Subsequence Matching for Content-based Access in Very Large Multimedia Databases Award#:0812601 Current Year Award Amount:$135,202 Cumulative Award Amount:$135,202 Estimated Total Award Amount:$225,001 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Athitsos Institution:U of Texas Arlington State:Texas District:06

418.

III-Small-COR: Automatic Construction of Artifact-based Workflows Award#:0812578 Current Year Award Amount:$449,739 Cumulative Award Amount:$449,739 Estimated Total Award Amount:$449,739 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Su Institution:U of Cal Santa Barbara State:California District:23

419.

RI-Small: Collaborative Research: Dispatcher's Assistant for Emergency First Response Award#:0812440 Current Year Award Amount:$75,731 Cumulative Award Amount:$75,731 Estimated Total Award Amount:$75,731 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Hakkani-Tur Institution:Internationl CompSci Inst State:California District:09

420.

HCC: Participation Lifecycles in Online Communities Award#:0812429 Current Year Award Amount:$449,515 Cumulative Award Amount:$449,515 Estimated Total Award Amount:$449,515 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Lampe Institution:Michigan State University State:Michigan District:08

421.

III-COR-Small: Similarity Criteria Issues in Similarity Retrieval Award#:0812377 Current Year Award Amount:$300,435 Cumulative Award Amount:$300,435 Estimated Total Award Amount:$449,999 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Samet Institution:U of MD College Park State:Maryland District:05

422.	RI-Small: Human Shape and Pose from Images Award#:0812364 Current Year Award Amount:$113,179 Cumulative Award Amount:$113,179 Estimated Total Award Amount:$369,649 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Black Institution:Brown University State:Rhode Island District:01

423.

NSF Engineering Research Center for Revolutionizing Metallic Biomaterials Award#:0812348 Current Year Award Amount:$3,250,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$3,250,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$18,500,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:60 Months PI: Sankar Institution:North Carolina A&T St Univ State:North Carolina District:12

424.

U. S. - Egypt International Collaboraton: Utilitarian Supramolecular nanoCellulosic Materials/OISE Award#:0812337 Current Year Award Amount:$30,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$30,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$30,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Newkome Institution:University of Akron State:Ohio District:13

425.

III-COR-Small: Bootstrapping Adaptive Personalized Music Search with Game-based Collaborative Tagging Award#:0812314 Current Year Award Amount:$444,171 Cumulative Award Amount:$444,171 Estimated Total Award Amount:$444,171 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Pardo Institution:Northwestern University State:Illinois District:09

426.

III-COR-Small: Collaborative Research: Time Series Subsequence Matching for Content-based Access in Very Large Multimedia Databases Award#:0812309 Current Year Award Amount:$148,083 Cumulative Award Amount:$148,083 Estimated Total Award Amount:$224,998 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Kollios Institution:Boston University State:Massachusetts District:08

427.

III-COR-Small: Extending and Leveraging Probabilistic Databases for New Applications Award#:0812272 Current Year Award Amount:$331,999 Cumulative Award Amount:$331,999 Estimated Total Award Amount:$450,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Koch Institution:Cornell University State:New York District:22

428.

RI-Small: Approximation Based Reasoning and Planning Award#:0812267 Current Year Award Amount:$339,934 Cumulative Award Amount:$339,934 Estimated Total Award Amount:$339,934 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Tran Institution:New Mexico St University State:New Mexico District:02

429.

III-CTX-Small: Exploiting domain expertise to enhance information retrieval Award#:0812260 Current Year Award Amount:$446,028 Cumulative Award Amount:$446,028 Estimated Total Award Amount:$446,028 Original Start Date:Sep 15, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Delcambre Institution:Portland State University State:Oregon District:03

430.

III-COR-Small: Efficient Matching for Large Real-World Schemas and Ontologies Award#:0812258 Current Year Award Amount:$289,958 Cumulative Award Amount:$289,958 Estimated Total Award Amount:$444,285 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Cruz Institution:U of Illinois Chicago State:Illinois District:01

431.

RI-Small: Optimal Automated Design of Cascaded Object Detectors Award#:0812235 Current Year Award Amount:$337,002 Cumulative Award Amount:$337,002 Estimated Total Award Amount:$337,002 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Vasconcelos Institution:U of Cal San Diego State:California District:53

432.

HCC-Small: Understanding and Supporting Online Question-Answering Sites Award#:0812148 Current Year Award Amount:$445,519 Cumulative Award Amount:$445,519 Estimated Total Award Amount:$445,519 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Konstan Institution:U of Minnesota-Twin Cities State:Minnesota District:05

433.

NSF Engineering Research Center for Future Renewable Electric Energy Delivery and Management (FREEDM) Systems Award#:0812121 Current Year Award Amount:$3,249,975 Cumulative Award Amount:$3,249,975 Estimated Total Award Amount:$18,499,692 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:60 Months PI: Huang Institution:North Carolina State U State:North Carolina District:04

434.	III-COR:Small: Information Genealogy Award#:0812091 Current Year Award Amount:$449,578 Cumulative Award Amount:$449,578 Estimated Total Award Amount:$449,578 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Joachims Institution:Cornell University State:New York District:22

435.

COAL: Coalition Organization with Agent Leadership Award#:0812039 Current Year Award Amount:$258,786 Cumulative Award Amount:$258,786 Estimated Total Award Amount:$258,786 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Allan Institution:Utah State University State:Utah District:01

436.

III-COR-Small: Social Integration of Semantic Annotation Networks for Web Applications Award#:0811994 Current Year Award Amount:$449,995 Cumulative Award Amount:$449,995 Estimated Total Award Amount:$449,995 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Menczer Institution:Indiana University State:Indiana District:09

437.	RI-Small: Unsupervised Learning of Meaning Award#:0811974 Current Year Award Amount:$450,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$450,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$450,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Jurafsky Institution:Stanford University State:California District:14

438.

RI-Small: Multi-level Priors for Multi-view Stereo Award#:0811878 Current Year Award Amount:$300,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$300,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$300,000 Original Start Date:Sep 15, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Seitz Institution:U of Washington State:Washington District:07

439.

Collaborative Research: CPA-CSA: CMP Architectures with Global Communication Award#:0811820 Current Year Award Amount:$108,067 Cumulative Award Amount:$108,067 Estimated Total Award Amount:$108,067 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Chiang Institution:Oregon State University State:Oregon District:05

440.

Collaborative Research: CPA-CSA: CMP Architecures with Global Communication Award#:0811798 Current Year Award Amount:$108,341 Cumulative Award Amount:$108,341 Estimated Total Award Amount:$108,341 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Erez Institution:U of Texas Austin State:Texas District:21

441.

CPA-CSA: Development of Parallel Reduced Run-Time Complexity Hardware-Oriented Deadlock Algorithms with Proofs and Extensions to Other Areas Award#:0811448 Current Year Award Amount:$100,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$100,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$100,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Lee Institution:Indiana University State:Indiana District:09

442.

CPA-ACR: Fast Recovery Using Optimal and Near-Optimal Parallelism in Data-Intensive Computing Award#:0811413 Current Year Award Amount:$95,179 Cumulative Award Amount:$95,179 Estimated Total Award Amount:$273,992 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Wang Institution:U of Central Florida State:Florida District:24

443.

Collaborative Research: CPA-CSA: CMP Architectures with Global Communication Award#:0811375 Current Year Award Amount:$108,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$108,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$108,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Peh Institution:Princeton University State:New Jersey District:12

444.	CPA-CSA: Verification-Aware Microarchitecture Award#:0811290 Current Year Award Amount:$220,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$220,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$220,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Sorin Institution:Duke University State:North Carolina District:04

445.

Theory and Algorithm of Adaptive Methods for Numerical Methods Award#:0811272 Current Year Award Amount:$149,999 Cumulative Award Amount:$149,999 Estimated Total Award Amount:$149,999 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Chen Institution:U of Cal Irvine State:California District:00

446.

ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Award: An institution-wide collaboration to hiring, retaining, and promoting women STEM faculty at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Award#:0811250 Current Year Award Amount:$733,370 Cumulative Award Amount:$733,370 Estimated Total Award Amount:$3,801,443 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:60 Months PI: Couture Institution:U of Nebraska-Lincoln State:Nebraska District:01

447.

ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Award: NDSU ADVANCE FORWARD - Transforming a Gendered Institution Award#:0811239 Current Year Award Amount:$733,763 Cumulative Award Amount:$733,763 Estimated Total Award Amount:$3,677,884 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:60 Months PI: Schnell Institution:North Dakota State U Fargo State:North Dakota District:00

448.

ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Award: Advancing Women within Interdisciplinary and International Networks Award#:0811170 Current Year Award Amount:$1,189,025 Cumulative Award Amount:$1,189,025 Estimated Total Award Amount:$3,687,222 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:60 Months PI: Wadia-Fascetti Institution:Northeastern University State:Massachusetts District:08

449.

ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Award: Comprehensive Equity at Ohio State (CEOS) Award#:0811123 Current Year Award Amount:$666,550 Cumulative Award Amount:$666,550 Estimated Total Award Amount:$3,622,853 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:60 Months PI: Herbers Institution:Ohio State Univ Res Fdn State:Ohio District:15

450.

Absolutely Stable Time Domain Integral Equation Methods in Computational Electromagnetism Award#:0811104 Current Year Award Amount:$66,386 Cumulative Award Amount:$66,386 Estimated Total Award Amount:$200,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Weile Institution:University of Delaware State:Delaware District:00

451.

ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Award: In the footsteps of Katharine Wright: Promoting STEM Women through LEADER Award#:0810989 Current Year Award Amount:$610,317 Cumulative Award Amount:$610,317 Estimated Total Award Amount:$2,863,057 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:60 Months PI: Wheatly Institution:Wright State University State:Ohio District:07

452.

ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Award: Excellence in Science and Engineering (EXCELinSE) at WSU Award#:0810927 Current Year Award Amount:$759,850 Cumulative Award Amount:$759,850 Estimated Total Award Amount:$3,750,001 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:60 Months PI: Bates Institution:Washington State Univ State:Washington District:05

453.

Computational and Experimental Studies of Turbulent Premixed Flame Kernels Award#:0810537 Current Year Award Amount:$29,999 Cumulative Award Amount:$29,999 Estimated Total Award Amount:$29,999 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Echekki Institution:North Carolina State U State:North Carolina District:04

454.

High order numerical methods for PDEs on complex domains and their applications in computational biology Award#:0810413 Current Year Award Amount:$80,575 Cumulative Award Amount:$80,575 Estimated Total Award Amount:$80,575 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Zhang Institution:University of Notre Dame State:Indiana District:03

455.

SHARP: Saronic Harbors Archaeological Research Project Award#:0810096 Current Year Award Amount:$177,043 Cumulative Award Amount:$177,043 Estimated Total Award Amount:$177,043 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Pullen Institution:Florida State University State:Florida District:02

456.

Electrochemical Investigations on Addressable Array Platforms Award#:0809966 Current Year Award Amount:$406,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$406,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$406,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Zoski Institution:New Mexico St University State:New Mexico District:02

457.

DUSEL R&D: Fast Neutron Spectroscopy in the Deep Underground Environment Award#:0809696 Current Year Award Amount:$170,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$170,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$480,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Beise Institution:U of MD College Park State:Maryland District:05

458.

Archaeological Survey of Late Postclassic Tlaxcala, Mexico Award#:0809643 Current Year Award Amount:$117,028 Cumulative Award Amount:$117,028 Estimated Total Award Amount:$117,028 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Blanton Institution:Purdue University State:Indiana District:04

459.

Synthesis and Characterization of Polymeric Nanofibers and Nanowires Award#:0809454 Current Year Award Amount:$17,100 Cumulative Award Amount:$17,100 Estimated Total Award Amount:$17,100 Original Start Date:Aug 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Amer Institution:Wright State University State:Ohio District:07

460.

Phase Behaviors and Nucleation Kinetics of Protein Solutions Award#:0809431 Current Year Award Amount:$390,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$390,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$390,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Song Institution:Iowa State University State:Iowa District:04

461.	Harnessing Nanocapsule Materials Award#:0809422 Current Year Award Amount:$390,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$390,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$390,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Tucker Institution:U of Missouri Columbia State:Missouri District:09

462.	Self-Replicating Nucleic Acids Award#:0809413 Current Year Award Amount:$180,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$180,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$540,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Szostak Institution:Mass General Hospital State:Massachusetts District:08

463.

SGER: Cryptographic Techniques for Trustworthy Computation in Faulty and Non-Confining Execution Environments Award#:0808907 Current Year Award Amount:$200,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$200,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$200,000 Original Start Date:Sep 15, 2008 Projected Duration:17 Months PI: Rivest Institution:MIT State:Massachusetts District:08

464.

HCC-Large: Decentralized Virtual Activities and Technologies: A Socio-Technical Approach Award#:0808783 Current Year Award Amount:$2,997,936 Cumulative Award Amount:$2,997,936 Estimated Total Award Amount:$2,997,936 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Scacchi Institution:U of Cal Irvine State:California District:00

465.

INT2-Large: Collaborative Research: Developing Social Robots Award#:0808767 Current Year Award Amount:$2,650,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$2,650,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$2,650,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:48 Months PI: Movellan Institution:U of Cal San Diego State:California District:53

466.

INT2-Large: Collaborative Research: Developing Social Robots Award#:0808653 Current Year Award Amount:$350,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$350,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$350,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:48 Months PI: Messinger Institution:University of Miami State:Florida District:00

467.

Reduction of iron and humic substances as a dominant respiratory process in arctic peat soils Award#:0808604 Current Year Award Amount:$586,013 Cumulative Award Amount:$586,013 Estimated Total Award Amount:$586,013 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Lipson Institution:San Diego State Univ Fdn State:California District:53

468.	Mission to Alpha Centauri Award#:0808150 Current Year Award Amount:$150,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$150,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$150,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Fischer Institution:San Francisco State Univ State:California District:12

469.

Adaptive Finite Element Methods for Multiscale Problems Governed by Geometric PDE Award#:0807811 Current Year Award Amount:$510,119 Cumulative Award Amount:$510,119 Estimated Total Award Amount:$510,119 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Nochetto Institution:U of MD College Park State:Maryland District:05

470.

The Problem of Measurement Output Control under Set-membership Uncertainty Award#:0807771 Current Year Award Amount:$75,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$75,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$200,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Varaiya Institution:U of Cal Berkeley State:California District:09

471.

Spectropolarimetric Investigation of Gas Flows in the Inner Parsec of Active Galactic Nuclei Award#:0807633 Current Year Award Amount:$292,941 Cumulative Award Amount:$292,941 Estimated Total Award Amount:$292,941 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Robinson Institution:Rochester Inst of Tech State:New York District:29

472.

Testing the Statistical Isotropy of the Universe Award#:0807564 Current Year Award Amount:$113,348 Cumulative Award Amount:$113,348 Estimated Total Award Amount:$352,550 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Huterer Institution:University of Michigan State:Michigan District:15

473.

Collaborative Research: Massive Surveys for Pulsars and Radio Transients Using the Arecibo L-band Feed Array Award#:0807512 Current Year Award Amount:$45,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$45,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$269,664 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Backer Institution:U of Cal Berkeley State:California District:09

474.

A study of Multiplicity in Small Solar System Bodies Award#:0807468 Current Year Award Amount:$394,270 Cumulative Award Amount:$394,270 Estimated Total Award Amount:$394,270 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Marchis Institution:SETI Institute State:California District:14

475.

Flow-Driven Molecular Cloud Formation: An Origin of the Initial Mass Function? Award#:0807305 Current Year Award Amount:$300,273 Cumulative Award Amount:$300,273 Estimated Total Award Amount:$300,273 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Hartmann Institution:University of Michigan State:Michigan District:15

476.

Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) Award#:0807226 Current Year Award Amount:$599,923 Cumulative Award Amount:$599,923 Estimated Total Award Amount:$599,923 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:48 Months PI: Jacquez Institution:New Mexico St University State:New Mexico District:02

477.

Collaborative Research: Massive Surveys for Pulsars and Radio Transients Using the Arecibo L-band Feed Array Award#:0807151 Current Year Award Amount:$124,242 Cumulative Award Amount:$124,242 Estimated Total Award Amount:$383,019 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Cordes Institution:Cornell University State:New York District:22

478.

Fostering Outstanding Cohorts in Undergraduate Science (FOCUS) Scholarships Award#:0807128 Current Year Award Amount:$600,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$600,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$600,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:60 Months PI: Hughes Institution:University of North Texas State:Texas District:26

479.

Bridge to Graduate Study in Interdisciplinary Sciences Award#:0807030 Current Year Award Amount:$597,331 Cumulative Award Amount:$597,331 Estimated Total Award Amount:$597,331 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:48 Months PI: Dakins Institution:University of Idaho State:Idaho District:01

480.

GEEKS: Great Expectations: Engineering Kansas Scholars Award#:0807019 Current Year Award Amount:$597,953 Cumulative Award Amount:$597,953 Estimated Total Award Amount:$597,953 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:60 Months PI: Whitman Institution:Wichita State University State:Kansas District:04

481.	Bradley University STEM Scholarship Program Award#:0806989 Current Year Award Amount:$600,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$600,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$600,000 Original Start Date:Aug 15, 2008 Projected Duration:60 Months PI: Reyer Institution:Bradley University State:Illinois District:18

482.

CONNECTS 2: Scholarships to Support Success in Engineering Award#:0806974 Current Year Award Amount:$600,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$600,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$600,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:48 Months PI: Malave Institution:Texas Engineering Exp Sta State:Texas District:08

483.

Collaborative Research: Massive Surveys for Pulsars and Radio Transients Using the Arecibo L-band Feed Array Award#:0806942 Current Year Award Amount:$79,563 Cumulative Award Amount:$79,563 Estimated Total Award Amount:$289,482 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Camilo Institution:Columbia University State:New York District:15

484.

ACCESS Engineering (Achieving Community College Excellence, Success, and Scholarship in Engineering) Award#:0806921 Current Year Award Amount:$600,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$600,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$600,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:48 Months PI: Hou Institution:Montgomery Col Rockville State:Maryland District:08

485.	Mentoring Students to Total Success Award#:0806909 Current Year Award Amount:$600,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$600,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$600,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:60 Months PI: Arroway Institution:North Carolina State U State:North Carolina District:04

486.	Bombardment history of the planets Award#:0806828 Current Year Award Amount:$96,396 Cumulative Award Amount:$96,396 Estimated Total Award Amount:$297,952 Original Start Date:Aug 15, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Malhotra Institution:U of Arizona State:Arizona District:07

487.

Collaborative Research: Chemical Weathering and Organic Carbon Export from Arctic Watersheds, North Slope, Alaska Award#:0806827 Current Year Award Amount:$264,624 Cumulative Award Amount:$264,624 Estimated Total Award Amount:$264,624 Original Start Date:Sep 15, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: McClelland Institution:U of Texas Austin State:Texas District:21

488.

Modeling, Analysis, Computation and Experiments of Two-Component Bose-Einstein Condensates Award#:0806762 Current Year Award Amount:$300,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$300,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$300,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Carretero Institution:San Diego State Univ Fdn State:California District:53

489.

Netzel Scholars: Opportunity in Chemistry and Biology Award#:0806748 Current Year Award Amount:$599,474 Cumulative Award Amount:$599,474 Estimated Total Award Amount:$599,474 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:60 Months PI: Dixon Institution:Ga State U Res Fdn, Inc. State:Georgia District:05

490.

Collaborative Research: Chemical Weathering and Organic Carbon Export from Arctic Watersheds, North Slope, AK Award#:0806714 Current Year Award Amount:$134,514 Cumulative Award Amount:$134,514 Estimated Total Award Amount:$134,514 Original Start Date:Sep 15, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Douglas Institution:USACRREL State:New Hampshire District:02

491.

Collaborative Research: Chemical Weathering and Organic Carbon Export From Arctic Watersheds, North Slope, AK Award#:0806643 Current Year Award Amount:$258,707 Cumulative Award Amount:$258,707 Estimated Total Award Amount:$258,707 Original Start Date:Sep 15, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Jacobson Institution:Northwestern University State:Illinois District:09

492.

Materials World Network: Collaborative Research: Transition Metal Oxide Nanoarchitectures for Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Generation Award#:0806610 Current Year Award Amount:$210,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$210,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$540,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Ehrman Institution:U of MD College Park State:Maryland District:05

493.

Modeling patch-scale expansion of arctic shrubs Award#:0806506 Current Year Award Amount:$337,268 Cumulative Award Amount:$337,268 Estimated Total Award Amount:$337,268 Original Start Date:Sep 15, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Cairns Institution:Texas A&M Research Fdn State:Texas District:17

494.

The OASIS-2009 Field Mission: Studies of Photochemistry and Trace Gas Exchange in the Arctic in the Context of a Changing Climate Award#:0806437 Current Year Award Amount:$649,725 Cumulative Award Amount:$649,725 Estimated Total Award Amount:$649,725 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Orlando Institution:UCAR State:Colorado District:02

495.

AMC-SS: Transition Pathways and Free Energy Calculations in Complex Systems Award#:0806401 Current Year Award Amount:$90,512 Cumulative Award Amount:$90,512 Estimated Total Award Amount:$138,515 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Ren Institution:New York University State:New York District:08

496.

Observations and Modeling of Ocean - Ice Sheet Interaction in Jakobshavn and Helheim Ice Fjords, Greenland Award#:0806393 Current Year Award Amount:$295,754 Cumulative Award Amount:$295,754 Estimated Total Award Amount:$295,754 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:60 Months PI: Holland Institution:New York University State:New York District:08

497.

The Influence of Basal Hydrology on Glacier Sliding and Erosion Award#:0806355 Current Year Award Amount:$195,799 Cumulative Award Amount:$195,799 Estimated Total Award Amount:$195,799 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Rempel Institution:U of Oregon Eugene State:Oregon District:04

498.

Statistical Analysis for Models involving Riemannian Manifolds Award#:0806128 Current Year Award Amount:$59,991 Cumulative Award Amount:$59,991 Estimated Total Award Amount:$59,991 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Peng Institution:U of Cal Davis State:California District:01

499.	Fence Methods for Complex Model Selection Problems Award#:0806127 Current Year Award Amount:$120,337 Cumulative Award Amount:$120,337 Estimated Total Award Amount:$120,337 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Jiang Institution:U of Cal Davis State:California District:01

500.

Collaborative Research: Fence Methods for Complex Model Selection Problems Award#:0806076 Current Year Award Amount:$44,946 Cumulative Award Amount:$44,946 Estimated Total Award Amount:$44,946 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Rao Institution:Case Western Reserve State:Ohio District:11

501.

Direct and inverse problems for reflectance optical tomography and spectroscopy in layered tissues Award#:0806039 Current Year Award Amount:$102,528 Cumulative Award Amount:$102,528 Estimated Total Award Amount:$102,528 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Kim Institution:U of Cal - Merced State:California District:18

502.	Topics in Topological Fixed Point Theory Award#:0805968 Current Year Award Amount:$107,226 Cumulative Award Amount:$107,226 Estimated Total Award Amount:$107,226 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Wong Institution:Bates College State:Maine District:02

503.

Algebraic applications of the homotopy theory of homotopy theories Award#:0805951 Current Year Award Amount:$82,697 Cumulative Award Amount:$82,697 Estimated Total Award Amount:$82,697 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Bergner Institution:U of Cal Riverside State:California District:44

504.

Parabolic differential equations and the geometry of manifolds Award#:0805834 Current Year Award Amount:$126,999 Cumulative Award Amount:$126,999 Estimated Total Award Amount:$126,999 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Colding Institution:MIT State:Massachusetts District:08

505.

Algebraic Structures of Mathematical Physics Award#:0805785 Current Year Award Amount:$145,726 Cumulative Award Amount:$145,726 Estimated Total Award Amount:$145,726 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Voronov Institution:U of Minnesota-Twin Cities State:Minnesota District:05

506.

Polar Sea-Ice Information Needs: Interdisciplinary Training, Outreach and IPY Legacy Products Through a Sea-Ice System Services Approach Award#:0805703 Current Year Award Amount:$49,946 Cumulative Award Amount:$49,946 Estimated Total Award Amount:$49,946 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Eicken Institution:U of Alaska Fairbanks State:Alaska District:00

507.	NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology Award#:0805644 Current Year Award Amount:$123,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$123,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$123,000 Original Start Date:Jan 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Bletter Institution:N, Bletter State:New York District:12

508.

Model free variable selection in sufficient dimension reduction Award#:0805409 Current Year Award Amount:$61,594 Cumulative Award Amount:$61,594 Estimated Total Award Amount:$61,594 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Ni Institution:U of Central Florida State:Florida District:24

509.

Multicore Optimization of an Astrophysical Simulation Code using Performance Annotations Award#:0804982 Current Year Award Amount:$85,001 Cumulative Award Amount:$85,001 Estimated Total Award Amount:$85,001 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Ricker Institution:U of Ill Urbana-Champaign State:Illinois District:15

510.

Detection and Application of Embedded Degrees of Freedom in Nanoassembled Quantum Materials Award#:0804402 Current Year Award Amount:$110,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$110,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$330,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Manoharan Institution:Stanford University State:California District:14

511.

Complex Intermetallics, New Dimensions: A Synthetic, Structural and Theoretical Approach Award#:0804223 Current Year Award Amount:$70,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$70,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$230,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Lee Institution:Cornell University State:New York District:22

512.

U.S.-Brazil Collaboration: Investigation of Subsurface Contaminant Mass Flows Award#:0804134 Current Year Award Amount:$19,800 Cumulative Award Amount:$19,800 Estimated Total Award Amount:$19,800 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Hatfield Institution:University of Florida State:Florida District:06

513.	Collapsing and relative hyperbolicity Award#:0804038 Current Year Award Amount:$151,847 Cumulative Award Amount:$151,847 Estimated Total Award Amount:$151,847 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Belegradek Institution:GA Tech Res Corp - GIT State:Georgia District:05

514.

HCC-Medium: StepGreen: Mobilizing Social Networks and Context Awareness to Motivate Reduced Energy Award#:0803733 Current Year Award Amount:$450,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$450,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$450,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Mankoff Institution:Carnegie Mellon University State:Pennsylvania District:14

515.

The 3D Colonial Philadelphia Project -- Digital Restoration of Thin-Shell Objects for Historical Archeological Research and Interpretation Award#:0803670 Current Year Award Amount:$737,737 Cumulative Award Amount:$737,737 Estimated Total Award Amount:$737,737 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Cohen Institution:Drexel University State:Pennsylvania District:02

516.

Collaborative Research: Simulating Neutron Star-Black Hole Inspirals: From Binaries to Accretion and Jets Award#:0803629 Current Year Award Amount:$240,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$240,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$300,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Lehner Institution:La St U & A&M Coll State:Louisiana District:06

517.

Collaborative Research: Simulating Neutron Star-Black Hole Inspirals: From Binaries to Accretion and Jets Award#:0803624 Current Year Award Amount:$40,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$40,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$120,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Liebling Institution:Long Island Univ State:New York District:03

518.

Collaborative Research: Simulating Neutron Star-Black Hole Inspirals: From Binaries to Accretion and Jets Award#:0803615 Current Year Award Amount:$80,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$80,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$240,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Hirschmann Institution:Brigham Young University State:Utah District:03

519.

III-COR-Medium: Efficient and Effective Search Services Over Archival Webs Award#:0803605 Current Year Award Amount:$900,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$900,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$900,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Davison Institution:Lehigh University State:Pennsylvania District:15

520.

III-CXT-Medium: Collaborative Research: Inference of Complex Genealogical Histories in Populations: Algorithms and Applications Award#:0803564 Current Year Award Amount:$594,791 Cumulative Award Amount:$594,791 Estimated Total Award Amount:$594,791 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Gusfield Institution:U of Cal Davis State:California District:01

521.

HCC-Medium: Collaborative Research: Understanding and Optimizing Wireless Mobile Computing for Underserved Urban Communities Award#:0803556 Current Year Award Amount:$522,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$522,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$522,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Zhong Institution:William Marsh Rice Univ State:Texas District:07

522.

HCC-Medium: Collaborative Research: Understanding and Optimizing Wireless Mobile Computing for Underserved Urban Communities Award#:0803555 Current Year Award Amount:$126,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$126,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$126,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Crowder Institution:U of Houston State:Texas District:18

523.

III-CXT-Medium: Collaborative Research: Inference of Complex Genealogical Histories in Populations: Algorithms and Applications Award#:0803440 Current Year Award Amount:$305,209 Cumulative Award Amount:$305,209 Estimated Total Award Amount:$305,209 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Wu Institution:Univ of Connecticut State:Connecticut District:02

524.

RI Medium: Audio Diarization - Towards Comprehensive Description of Audio Events Award#:0803219 Current Year Award Amount:$249,864 Cumulative Award Amount:$249,864 Estimated Total Award Amount:$249,864 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Hasegawa-Johnson Institution:U of Ill Urbana-Champaign State:Illinois District:15

525.

MO: Diversity and Ecology of Archael Viruses from Yellowstone Thermal Environments Award#:0802200 Current Year Award Amount:$752,642 Cumulative Award Amount:$752,642 Estimated Total Award Amount:$752,642 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:60 Months PI: Young Institution:Montana State University State:Montana District:00

526.

International Research Fellowship Program: Hadamard Wellposedness and Asymptotic Stability of Finite Energy Solutions for a Structural Acoustic Interaction Modeled by Nonlinear Award#:0802187 Current Year Award Amount:$172,100 Cumulative Award Amount:$172,100 Estimated Total Award Amount:$172,100 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2009 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Bociu Institution:L, Bociu State:Virginia District:05

527.

MO: Collaborative Research: A Microbial Observatory Examining Microbial Abundance, Diversity, Associations and Activity at Seafloor Brine Seeps Award#:0801973 Current Year Award Amount:$149,996 Cumulative Award Amount:$149,996 Estimated Total Award Amount:$149,996 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:60 Months PI: MacDonald Institution:TX A&M U Corpus Christi State:Texas District:27

528.

MO: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: A MICROBIAL OBSERVATORY EXAMINING MICROBIAL ABUNDANCE, DIVERSITY, ASSOCIATIONS AND ACTIVITY AT SEAFLOOR BRINE SEEPS Award#:0801742 Current Year Award Amount:$400,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$400,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$400,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:60 Months PI: Teske Institution:U of NC Chapel Hill State:North Carolina District:04

529.

MO: Collaborative Research: A Microbial Observatory Examining Microbial Abundance, Diversity, Associations and Activity At Seafloor Brine Seeps Award#:0801741 Current Year Award Amount:$599,717 Cumulative Award Amount:$599,717 Estimated Total Award Amount:$599,717 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:60 Months PI: Joye Institution:U of Georgia Res Fdn Inc State:Georgia District:10

530.

Spectral Properties of Multidimensional Quasi-Periodic Schroedinger Operators Award#:0800949 Current Year Award Amount:$155,779 Cumulative Award Amount:$155,779 Estimated Total Award Amount:$155,779 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Karpechina Institution:U of Alabama Birmingham State:Alabama District:07

531.

Integrating Multiscale Modeling and in vivo Experiments for Studying Blood Clot Development Award#:0800612 Current Year Award Amount:$275,679 Cumulative Award Amount:$275,679 Estimated Total Award Amount:$864,660 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Alber Institution:University of Notre Dame State:Indiana District:03

532.	Investigations in Mixed Integer Programming Award#:0800057 Current Year Award Amount:$390,764 Cumulative Award Amount:$390,764 Estimated Total Award Amount:$390,764 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Lee Institution:GA Tech Res Corp - GIT State:Georgia District:05

533.

Social Dynamics, Signaling, and Surface Motility in Cyanobacteria: Integrating Models and Experiments Award#:0758374 Current Year Award Amount:$284,377 Cumulative Award Amount:$284,377 Estimated Total Award Amount:$1,141,144 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:48 Months PI: Levy Institution:U of MD College Park State:Maryland District:05

534.

Quantum effects in radiation-pressure-dominated optomechanical systems Award#:0758188 Current Year Award Amount:$478,077 Cumulative Award Amount:$478,077 Estimated Total Award Amount:$884,077 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Mavalvala Institution:MIT State:Massachusetts District:08

535.

Collaborative Research: The Casimir effect: Geometry and boundary condition dependence Award#:0757795 Current Year Award Amount:$40,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$40,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$120,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Loya Institution:SUNY Binghamton State:New York District:22

536.

Collaborative Research: The Casimir effect: Geometry and boundary condition dependence Award#:0757791 Current Year Award Amount:$50,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$50,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$150,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Kirsten Institution:Baylor University State:Texas District:17

537.

Bridging the Valley: A STEP Ahead for STEM Majors Award#:0756838 Current Year Award Amount:$1,476,668 Cumulative Award Amount:$1,476,668 Estimated Total Award Amount:$2,476,481 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:60 Months PI: Kolvoord Institution:James Madison University State:Virginia District:00

538.

Flame Synthesis of Metal-Oxide/Carbide Nanowires Award#:0755615 Current Year Award Amount:$50,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$50,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$50,000 Original Start Date:Oct 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Tse Institution:Rutgers Univ New Brunswick State:New Jersey District:06

539.

REU Site: Microbiology-From Atoms to Ecosystems at the University of Minnesota Award#:0755130 Current Year Award Amount:$285,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$285,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$285,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Schiff Institution:U of Minnesota-Twin Cities State:Minnesota District:05

540.

REU Site Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology at Rochester Award#:0755117 Current Year Award Amount:$299,250 Cumulative Award Amount:$299,250 Estimated Total Award Amount:$299,250 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Pearce Institution:University of Rochester State:New York District:28

541.

RAPD: Analytical and Exploratory Approaches to Communicate Mathematics to Visually Impaired Students Award#:0754525 Current Year Award Amount:$79,813 Cumulative Award Amount:$79,813 Estimated Total Award Amount:$239,240 Original Start Date:Aug 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Pontelli Institution:New Mexico St University State:New Mexico District:02

542.

Collaborative Research: A Systems Biology Approach for Metabolically Engineering Escherichia coli for Producing Hydrogen via Fermentation Award#:0753702 Current Year Award Amount:$150,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$150,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$150,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Wood Institution:Texas Engineering Exp Sta State:Texas District:08

543.

Collaborative Research: A Systems Biology Approach for Metabolically Engineering Escherichia coli for Producing Hydrogen via Fermentation Award#:0753664 Current Year Award Amount:$75,813 Cumulative Award Amount:$75,813 Estimated Total Award Amount:$75,813 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Srivastava Institution:Univ of Connecticut State:Connecticut District:02

544.

INTEROP: Developing Community-based DRought Information Network Protocols and Tools for Multidisciplinary Regional Scale Applications (DRInet) Award#:0753116 Current Year Award Amount:$250,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$250,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$750,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Song Institution:Purdue University State:Indiana District:04

545.

Collaborative Research: A Systems Biology Approach for Metabolically Engineering Escherichia coli for Producing Hydrogen via Fermentation Award#:0753068 Current Year Award Amount:$74,472 Cumulative Award Amount:$74,472 Estimated Total Award Amount:$74,472 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Self Institution:U of Central Florida State:Florida District:24

546.

U/Pb Zircon dating of the Kane Oceanic Core Complex, MAR Award#:0752558 Current Year Award Amount:$121,349 Cumulative Award Amount:$121,349 Estimated Total Award Amount:$121,349 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Cheadle Institution:University of Wyoming State:Wyoming District:00

547.	Essential upgrades to resistivity instruments Award#:0751868 Current Year Award Amount:$371,024 Cumulative Award Amount:$371,024 Estimated Total Award Amount:$371,024 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Lilley Institution:U of Washington State:Washington District:07

548.

CAREER: Growth of Ammonia Oxidizing Archaea and Bacteria in Semi-Arid Soils Award#:0747397 Current Year Award Amount:$675,575 Cumulative Award Amount:$675,575 Estimated Total Award Amount:$675,575 Original Start Date:Oct 01, 2008 Projected Duration:60 Months PI: Schwartz Institution:Northern Arizona Univ State:Arizona District:01

549.

CAREER: Understanding the Role of Cell Surface Markers in Microfluidic Cell Separation - An Integrated Research and Education Program Award#:0747166 Current Year Award Amount:$400,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$400,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$400,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:60 Months PI: Murthy Institution:Northeastern University State:Massachusetts District:08

550.

Folding and Activation of Client Proteins by the Hsp90 Molecular Chaperone Machine Award#:0744522 Current Year Award Amount:$167,149 Cumulative Award Amount:$167,149 Estimated Total Award Amount:$681,350 Original Start Date:Aug 15, 2008 Projected Duration:48 Months PI: Johnson Institution:University of Idaho State:Idaho District:01

551.

Collaborative Research: Testing Biogeographic Models of Community Assembly, Colonization and Vicariance with Comparative Phylogeographic Data and Hierarchical Bayesian Models Award#:0743648 Current Year Award Amount:$135,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$135,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$135,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Hickerson Institution:CUNY Queens College State:New York District:09

552.

A Genetic Stock Center for Peromyscus Award#:0742680 Current Year Award Amount:$170,520 Cumulative Award Amount:$170,520 Estimated Total Award Amount:$530,521 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Felder Institution:USC Research Foundation State:South Carolina District:06

553.

Collaborative Research: Possible Climate-induced Change in the Distribution of Pleuragramma Antarcticum on the Western Antarctic Peninsula Shelf Award#:0741362 Current Year Award Amount:$203,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$203,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$203,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Ashford Institution:Old Dominion Research Fdn State:Virginia District:03

554.

Collaborative Research: Possible Climate-induced Change in the Distribution of Pleuragramma Antarcticum on the Western Antarctic Peninsula Shelf. Award#:0741351 Current Year Award Amount:$25,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$25,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$284,095 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Fraser Institution:Polar Oceans Group State:Montana District:00

555.

Collaborative research: Possible climate-induced change in the distribution of Pleuragramma antarcticum on the Western Antarctic Peninsula shelf Award#:0741348 Current Year Award Amount:$25,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$25,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$412,023 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Torres Institution:U of South Florida State:Florida District:11

556.

Collaborative Research: Thermochronologic and modelling test for a Mesozoic West Antarctic Plateau Award#:0739781 Current Year Award Amount:$41,591 Cumulative Award Amount:$41,591 Estimated Total Award Amount:$114,616 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Blythe Institution:Occidental College State:California District:31

557.

Collaborative Research: Thermochronologic and modelling test for a Mesozoic West Antarctic Plateau Award#:0739713 Current Year Award Amount:$77,314 Cumulative Award Amount:$77,314 Estimated Total Award Amount:$161,078 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Huerta Institution:Central Washington Univ State:Washington District:04

558.

Development of a Cognitive Tutor for Training Social and Behavioral Science Students in Research Methods Fundamentals Award#:0737068 Current Year Award Amount:$150,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$150,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$150,000 Original Start Date:Sep 15, 2008 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Smith Institution:Northern Illinois Univ State:Illinois District:14

559.

Research on Student Understanding of Solution Phenomena in College Chemistry Award#:0736791 Current Year Award Amount:$149,898 Cumulative Award Amount:$149,898 Estimated Total Award Amount:$149,898 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:24 Months PI: Wink Institution:U of Illinois Chicago State:Illinois District:01

560.

Faculty Development in Science, Technology, and Society Award#:0736623 Current Year Award Amount:$148,657 Cumulative Award Amount:$148,657 Estimated Total Award Amount:$148,657 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2009 Projected Duration:36 Months PI: Gimbel Institution:Gettysburg College State:Pennsylvania District:19

561.

The Genome and the Computational Sciences, A Workshop at Brown University, December 8-12, 2008 Award#:0714609 Current Year Award Amount:$25,000 Cumulative Award Amount:$25,000 Estimated Total Award Amount:$25,000 Original Start Date:Sep 01, 2008 Projected Duration:12 Months PI: Istrail Institution:Brown University State:Rhode Island District:01

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