Recently Funded Projects
SOURCES OF FUNDING
The University of Delaware derives its research funding from a broad base of sources reflecting a diversity of initiatives across our seven colleges. This page includes contracts and grants that are received for research projects, public service/extension projects, education activities and equipment over the course of the month highlighted below. To view previous activity select the month/year in the Archive sidebar.
October 2018 – 75 Projects
| PROJECT | SPONSOR | AMOUNT |
|---|---|---|
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Investigations in Fisheries Ecology, Matthew Oliver, 1 yr. |
DOC | $ 65,000 |
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U.S. East Coast Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program, James Kirby, Fengyan Shi, 1 yr. |
DOC | $ 69,009 |
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Translating Metabolic Responses to Mechanical Insult into Early Interventions to Prevent PTOA, Shridhar Yarlagadda, John Gillespie, 4 yr. |
DOD | $ 642,253 |
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Wave, Sediment and Structure Interactions in Surf and Swash Zones, Nobuhisa Kobayashi, 3 yr. |
DOD | $ 120,000 |
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Composites Research, Engineering and Advanced Technology (CREATE), John Gillespie, Joseph Deitzel, John Tierney, 1 yr. |
DOD | $ 200,000 |
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Novel Design, Fabrication and Characterization of Tunable Infrared Notch Filters, Mark Mirotznik, 3 yr. |
DOD | $ 599,628 |
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Implementing the Avian Monitoring Protocols for the Northern Colorado Plateau I and M Network of the National Park Service, W Shriver, 2 yr. 5 mo. |
DOI | $ 48,650 |
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Longitudinal Examination of Victimization Experiences of Latinos (LEVEL): Extending the Bias Victimization Study, Chiara Sabina, 3 yr. |
DOJ | $ 95,655 |
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Administrative Support for the Technology Transfer Center (T2 Center), Earl Lee, 9 mo. |
DOT | $ 553,835 |
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Reducing Stormwater Runoff and Pollutant Loading with Biochar Addition to Highway Greenways, Paul Imhoff, 2 yr. |
DOT | $ 100,000 |
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Transportation Justice Study, David Racca, 3 mo. |
DOT | $ 14,066 |
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Professional Development to Support ELA Teachers at Alfred G. Waters Middle School to Build Understanding of Reading Strategies, Sharon Walpole, 10 mo. |
ED | $ 3,315 |
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Christina School District Seminars for Delaware Teachers Institute, Patricia Hermance, 7 mo. |
ED | $ 16,250 |
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Leadership Coaching and Professional Development to Expand Professional Collaboration and Specialized Instruction Capacity of Co-Teaching Teams in the Indian River School District, Alison Travers, 9 mo. |
ED | $ 32,225 |
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Professional Development and Coaching to Expand Professional Collaboration and Specialized Instruction capacity of Co-Teaching Teams at Laurel Middle School, Alison Travers, 10 mo. |
ED | $ 21,609 |
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New Castle County Vocational School District Seminars for Delaware Teachers Institute, Patricia Hermance, 7 mo. |
ED | $ 6,250 |
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Red Clay Consolidated School District Seminars for Delaware Teachers Institute, Patricia Hermance, 7 mo. |
ED | $ 18,750 |
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Reduction of Energy, Water, and Hazardous Material Technical Assistance for Food and Beverage Manufacturers in the Mid-Atlantic Region, Keith Goossen, 2 yr. |
EPA | $ 223,231 |
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Service Agreement Between University of Delaware and Charles County Dept of Health, Mary Dozier, 1 yr. |
HHS | $ 4,320 |
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DPH/HRSA Oral Health, Beth Mineo, Mary McDuffie, 1 mo. |
HHS | $ 10,000 |
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Strategic Prevention Framework-Partnerships for Success: State Epidemiological Outcomes Workgroups, Laura Rapp, 1 yr. |
HHS | $ 150,000 |
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Secondary Analyses of RCT Data on Infant Formula and Nutritional Programming, Jillian Trabulsi, 2 yr. |
HHS | $ 63,942 |
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Hippocampal-Thalamo-Prefrontal Circuitry Damage in an Animal Model of FASD, Anna Klintsova, 1 yr. 11 mo. |
HHS | $ 391,883 |
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Directly Testing the Magnocellular Theory of Dyslexia, Keith Schneider, 4 yr. 9 mo. |
HHS | $ 1,895,328 |
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Disc Mechanics and Altered Loading in Degeneration., Dawn Elliott, Barry Bodt, 5 yr. |
HHS | $ 2,423,592 |
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Profiles and Progress in Spanish English Bilinguals with Language Impairment: Development of a Criterion Reference Measure, Aquiles Iglesias, 3 yr. |
HHS | $ 384,546 |
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Developmental Monitoring and Language, Beth Mineo, Susan Giancola, Brittany Powers, 1 yr. |
HHS | $ 563,000 |
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Fabrication, Characterization and Performance Evaluation of Aligned Short Fiber Composites, Bazle Haque, 11 mo. |
NASA | $ 50,000 |
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Characterizing Coronal Structure and the Young Solar Wind, William Matthaeus, Rohit Chhiber, 3 yr. |
NASA | $ 640,439 |
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Marine Heat Waves in Midlatitude Regions: Role of the Coastal Wind Mode Near Eastern Ocean Boundaries, Carlos Moffat Varas, 4 yr. |
NASA | $ 42,147 |
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Life on Clays: Evaluating Fe(II)-Smectites as Electron Donors on Early Earth and Other Planetary Bodies, Clara Chan, 1 yr. |
NASA | $ 348,616 |
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Women of Consequence, Ambitious, Ancillary and Anonymous Workshops for Students, Lynnette Overby, 8 mo. |
NEA | $ 3,300 |
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Community Music School, Tamara Smith, 1 yr. |
NEA | $ 10,000 |
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Master Players Concert Series, Xiang Gao, 1 yr. |
NEA | $ 20,000 |
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Mechanisms of Light Control of Root Growth, Erin Sparks, 1 yr. |
NSF | $ 154,566 |
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Exploring the Space of CHO Extracellular Vesicles (EVs) and Potential Applications, Eleftherios Papoutsakis, 1 yr. |
NSF | $ 100,000 |
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University of Delaware I-Corps Site, Daniel Freeman, 2 yr. |
NSF | $ 159,999 |
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Tunable Qubits in Hybrid Photonic Materials as a Acalable Platform for Quantum Photonic Devices, Matthew Doty, Joshua Zide, Stephanie Law Toner, 3 yr. |
NSF | $ 999,995 |
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Water Security in Delaware’s Changing Coastal Environment, Kent Messer, Amy Shober, Donald Sparks, Daniel Leathers, Christopher Kloxin, George Parsons, John Rabolt, Amy Slocum, Holly Michael, Wei-Jun Cai, Thomas Hanson, Andrew Novocin, Jennifer Volk, Richard Martin, Karl Booksh, Deb Jaisi, Leah Palm-Forster, 5 yr. |
NSF | $ 19,199,993 |
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Cyberinfrastructure Tools for Precision Agriculture in the 21st Century, Rodrigo Vargas Ramos, 1 yr. 9 mo. |
NSF | $ 213,264 |
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Federal and State Technology Partnership Program, J Bowman, Louis DiNetta, William Johnson, Joy Goswami, Jacob Blacksten, Stephanie O’Leary, 1 yr. |
SBA | $ 125,000 |
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Laboratory Support for the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Spotted Wing Drosophila, Spotted Lantern Fly and Others, Douglas Tallamy, 1 yr. |
USDA | $ 35,000 |
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How to Control Small Hive Beetles with Entomopathogenic Nematodes, Deborah Delaney, Ivan Hiltpold, Brian Kunkel, 2 yr. 10 mo. |
USDA | $ 19,646 |
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Evaluating Monitoring Techniques and Natural Enemies for Improving Cucurbit Pest Management, David Owens, Ivan Hiltpold, 2 yr. 10 mo. |
USDA | $ 26,931 |
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Utilizing Poultry Byproduct Compost for Vegetable Production, Gordon Johnson, 2 yr. 10 mo. |
USDA | $ 41,764 |
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Development and Testing of Lima Bean Varieties with Improved Plant Architecture and Stress Tolerances, Emmalea Ernest, 2 yr. 10 mo. |
USDA | $ 47,508 |
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Get Up and Do Something Website & Facebook Page to Promote Healthy Behaviors Among the WIC Population, P Peterson, 1 yr. |
USDA | $ 30,000 |
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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education Plan for Delaware, Gina Crist, O Snider, 1 yr. |
USDA | $ 272,000 |
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Smith Lever, Michelle Rodgers, 1 yr. |
USDA | $ 1,344,100 |
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Discover, Identify and Evaluate the Biology, Ecology, and Efficacy of Exotic Predators and Parasitoids as Classical Biological Control Agents of Invasive Arthropod Pests of Agricultural Crops, Douglas Tallamy, 9 mo. |
USDA | $ 14,000 |
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Molecular Markers for Detection of Quarantine Significant Phytoplasmas in Agriculturally and Environmentally Important Plants, Nicole Donofrio, 1 yr. |
USDA | $ 63,998 |
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Crop Insurance Education in Delaware, Laurie Wolinski, 1 yr. 6 mo. |
USDA | $ 224,549 |
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Training for EPDR & VDLQA Certificate Programs, Eric Benson, Brian Ladman, Robert Alphin, 1 yr. |
USDA | $ 270,000 |
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USDA Hatch Multistate Appropriations, Mark Rieger, 1 yr. |
USDA | $ 499,301 |
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Delaware Hatch, Mark Rieger, 1 yr. |
USDA | $ 1,129,569 |
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Northeast Extension Risk Management Education (ERME) Center, Laurie Wolinski, 1 yr. |
USDA | $ 2,365,704 |
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Professional Development for Secondary ELA Teachers at Appoquinimink School District to Support Reading Instruction, Sharon Walpole, 2 mo. |
Appoquinimink School District | $ 947 |
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Appoquinimink Seminars for Delaware Teachers Institute, Patricia Hermance, 7 mo. |
Appoquinimink School District | $ 6,250 |
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CDS/Air Force i-SLEDS, Fouad Kiamilev, 6 mo. |
Chip Design Systems | $ 74,328 |
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DASL Recruitment, Selection and Development of Aspiring School Leaders in the State of DE, Alison Travers, 11 mo. |
Delaware Department of Education | $ 95,000 |
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Delaware Reading Project and Delaware Social Studies Education Project, Sharon Walpole, 1 yr. |
Delaware Department of Education | $ 150,000 |
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Wilimington Education Improvement Commission (WEIC), Daniel Rich, Francis O’Malley, Haley Qaissaunee, Kelly Sherretz, 11 mo. |
Delaware Department of Education | $ 155,784 |
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DDOE Support, Carlos Asarta, 1 yr. |
Delaware Department of Education | $ 203,300 |
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Professional Development and Support to Social Studies Teachers at Delcastle Technical High School for Instruction and Assessment of Social Studies Standards, Michael Feldman, 11 mo. |
Delcastle Technical High School | $ 4,748 |
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HMA Healthy Communities Delaware, Steven Peuquet, Julia O’Hanlon, Sarah Pragg, Eric Jacobson, Roger Hesketh, Gina Crist, Nancy Mears, Signe Bell, Sarah Bercaw, 7 mo. |
Health Management Associates | $ 329,630 |
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Principal Professional Development, Alison Travers, 9 mo. |
Indian River School District | $ 8,000 |
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Merck Research Project, Karl Booksh, 1 yr. 6 mo. |
Merck & Company | $ 50,000 |
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Renewable Resources Extension Act Program, Michelle Rodgers, 1 yr. |
National Institute of Food & Agriculture | $ 46,448 |
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Two Professional Development Sessions for Red Clay’s Literacy Conference, Jacquelyn Wilson, 2 mo. |
Red Clay Consolidated School District | $ 1,850 |
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Professional Development Presentations in Literacy During Red Clay’s Writing Institute., Sharon Walpole, 2 mo. |
Red Clay Consolidated School District | $ 1,874 |
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Red Clay Consolidated School District Service Agreement, Carol Vukelich, 9 mo. |
Red Clay Consolidated School District | $ 76,991 |
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Contributions of Executive Function to Literacy Development in Impoverished Settings, Kaja Jasinska, 1 yr. 8 mo. |
Society for Research in Child Developmnt | $ 15,000 |
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Optimization and Design of Next Generation Low Surface Energy FPS Coatings Technologies, Thomas Epps, 1 yr. |
The Chemours Company | $ 170,694 |
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Study of Early Brain and Behavior Development in Infants With and Without Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Anjana Bhat, 3 yr. |
The Dana Foundation | $ 200,000 |
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Evaluation of Perceptual Assimilation: English Vowel Perception for Japanese Speakers, Arild Hestvik, 7 mo. |
Waseda University | $ 4,000 |