List of Proposals Submitted

List of Proposals SubmittedFY2017 3rd Quarter

January 1, 2017 – March 31, 2017

Volume 17.3

List of Proposals Submitted

Office of the Vice President for Research

List of Proposals Submitted

This report provides a detailed listing of the competitive proposals (both new and renewals) submitted during the reporting quarter. The report includes all sponsored program activity (both research and education/service) that is managed by Sponsored Program Services within the Office of the Vice President for Research. The report includes two lists of proposals: 1) by the PI’s Academic Home Department; and 2) by the Managing Department or Center/Institute. This report includes all proposals submitted in the reporting quarter, based on the date a proposal was submitted to the sponsor and lists the total amount of requested funding for the entire project. The proposals listed reflect the current status of data in the InfoEd research administration system as of the date the report was created. Some information related to recently submitted proposals may be incomplete while the data entry process is underway.

Quarterly Proposal List by Academic Home Department

Total

Requested

AmountSubmit DateProject TitleSponsorPI Name

College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources $17,014,350Proposals 54

Agricultural and Resource Economics $3,312,437Proposals 7

Evaluation of Food Assistance Policies on Population-level Risk Factors for

Diabetes

3,081,843DHHS/CDC/Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAndreyeva, Tatiana 02/13/2017

Enhancing Nutrition Training of Child Care Providers in the State of Connecticut 8,170CT Department of Public HealthAndreyeva, Tatiana 02/24/2017

Increasing Participation in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) 50,907DHHS/CDC/Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention/CT Department of Public Health

Andreyeva, Tatiana 02/28/2017

Economic Experiments to Study Demand for Connecticut Greenhouse

Vegetables

45,578USDA/Agricultural Marketing Servicebovay jr., John 03/27/2017

Improvements of Marketing Connecticut Agriculture through Farmers' Markets 33,940USDA/Agricultural Marketing Servicebovay jr., John 03/27/2017

Assessing and Building Adaptive Capacity to Address Climate Change Impacts

on Fishing Communities and Fisheries Resources in Micronesia

17,000DOC/NOAA/Oceanic and Atmospheric

Research/University of Hawaii at Manoa

Pomeroy, Robert S 03/31/2017

Economic Viability of Selected Enterprises to Promote Farming and Land

Preservation in Connecticut

74,999USDA/Agricultural Marketing Service/CT Department of

Agriculture

bovay jr., John 03/29/2017

Allied Health Sciences $5,769,164Proposals 2

Testing a Bio-Behavioral Primary HIV Prevention Intervention Among High-Risk

People Who Use Drugs

3,772,803DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthCopenhaver, Michael M 01/06/2017

Encouraging Industry and Government Action to Reduce Marketing Unhealthy

Foods to Children: Phase V

1,996,361Johnson (Robert Wood) FoundationHarris, Jennifer L 01/27/2017

Animal Science $650,814Proposals 2

Preliminary Studies to Evaluate the Use of Ultrasound Technology to Reduce

Antibiotic Use for Mastitis Control in Dairy Cows

15,824Walker (George) Milk Research FundAndrew, Sheila M 03/02/2017

One-Two Punch for Organic Poultry Processing: Knocking out Foodborne

Pathogens with Plant-Derived Antimicrobials and Specialized Food Safety and

Processing Training

634,990USDA/National Institute of Food and

Agriculture/USDA/Agricultural Research Service

Venkitanarayanan, Kumar S 01/12/2017

Extension $1,381,791Proposals 8

Mapping Emergency Evacuation Information for Old Lyme 1,200Town of Old Lyme, CTBarrett, Juliana 02/21/2017

Living Shoreline for East Shore Park, New Haven, CT 59,113DOC/NOAA/National Ocean Service/Connecticut Fund

for the Environment

Barrett, Juliana 03/03/2017

Laying the Foundation for a Statewide Farm to School Launch 87,547USDA/Food and Nutrition Service/CT Department of

Education

Martin, Jennifer L 03/23/2017

Connecting Youth to Nature 17,600Disney Conservation Fund/National 4-H CouncilValiquette, Edith L 01/26/2017

Discover CT Grown - A Co-Marketing Strategy for Increasing Consumers of

Local Food

499,831USDA/Agricultural Marketing ServiceMartin, Jennifer L 03/27/2017

Connecticut Saves Week 2017 Campaign 1,500Consumer Federation of AmericaGriffiths-Smith, Faye I 02/17/2017

4-H Children Having Agricultural Relationships Get Empowered by STEM (4-H

CHARGES!)

640,000USDA/National Institute of Food and AgricultureCushman, Jennifer E 03/29/2017

Collaborative Regional Evaluation and Technical Expertise (CREATE) for

Developing Coastal Resilience

75,000DOC/NOAA/National Ocean Service/University of

Rhode Island


Kinesiology $881,332Proposals 16

Physical Literacy Assessment in Children 10,665American Council on ExerciseDistefano, Lindsay 01/10/2017

* Awards are listed according to the tenure home of the PI on each project.

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Requested


Validation of Brain Function Assessment Algorithm for mTBI from Injury to

Rehabilitation in College Athletes

116,261BrainScope CompanyCasa, Douglas J 01/19/2017

Effects of Competitive Ultraendurance Events on Appetite and Metabolism 10,000Graduate Women in ScienceColburn, Abigail T 01/13/2017

MiACLR: Michigan Initiative for ACL Rehabilitation 88,017DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/University of

Michigan

Lepley, Lindsey K 01/12/2017

Genome-Wide Transcriptional Profiles of Circulating Immune Cells During

Exercise and Dehydration Stress

10,000Graduate Women in ScienceLee, Elaine C 01/13/2017

A Comparison of the Practice of Two Tai Chi Interventions Tailored for Different

Health Outcomes

10,000American College of Sports MedicinePescatello, Linda S 01/20/2017

Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) to Diagnose Statin-Associated Muscle

Symptoms

153,955Not Available/American Heart AssociationTaylor, Beth 02/06/2017

Perceptions of Organizational Socialization and Role Balance from New Athletic

Training and Physical Therapy Faculty Members

50,000Spencer FoundationMazerolle, Stephanie M 02/01/2017

Organizational Culture's Effect on Injury Treatment Decision Making 2,500National Athletic Trainers AssociationMazerolle, Stephanie M 02/13/2017

Faculty Perspectives on Doctoral Mentoring and the Development of the Athletic

Training Faculty Member

11,500National Athletic Trainers AssociationMazerolle, Stephanie M 02/08/2017

Athletic Training Services: A Relationship Between ECSU and UCONN 114,144Eastern Connecticut State UniversityCasa, Douglas J 02/17/2017

Emergency Action Planning Policy Adoption in Secondary School Athletics 2,500National Athletic Trainers AssociationDistefano, Lindsay 02/14/2017

Comprehensive High School Sport Safety: A Personalized Approach for the

Local Implementation of Best Practice Initiatives

56,789National Athletic Trainers' Association Research and

Education Foundation

Distefano, Lindsay 02/14/2017

Variability in Neuromuscular Control in Youth Female Basketball Athletes over

One Athletic Season

2,500National Athletic Trainers AssociationDistefano, Lindsay 02/15/2017

Perceptions of Transition and Role Balance for New Athletic Training and

Physical Therapy Faculty Members

9,979Eastern Athletic Trainers' AssociationMazerolle, Stephanie M 03/15/2017

Validation of Internal Body Temperature and Physiological Measures During

Exercise and Rest

232,522Biotechnology High Performance Computing Software

Applications Institute

Casa, Douglas J 03/30/2017

Natural Resources and the Environment $1,027,960Proposals 6

Hydrologic Factors Influencing BOG Turtle Populations 29,059DOI/United States Fish and Wildlife Service/CT

Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

Robbins, Gary A 02/23/2017

Preliminary Proposal: Collaborative Research: Disentangling the Mechanistic

Effects of Ecosystem Physical and Biological Structure on Production

NSF/National Science FoundationFahey, Robert T 01/23/2017

FY2017 Annual Application 104B Water Resources 87,970DOI/United States Geological SurveyWarner, Glenn S 01/27/2017

A Connecticut Bird Atlas 309,094DOI/United States Fish and Wildlife Service/CT


Huang, Min T 02/24/2017

Environmental Pollutant-Gut-Microbiota-Pathogen Interactions: Insight from the

Polar Bear as a Sentinel for Human Health in the Artic

599,837EPA/Environmental Protection AgencyMcKinney, Melissa A 03/02/2017

Conservation Planning in Constrained Landscapes: Addressing Economic and

Social Tradeoffs in a Proposed Refuge Expansion

2,000American Wildlife Conservation FoundationVokoun, Jason 02/01/2017

Nutritional Sciences $184,342Proposals 2

The Potential Prebiotic Role of Dietary Milk Sphingomyelin 24,842DannonBlesso, Christopher N 02/13/2017

Resolving the Actions of ApoC-III in the Intestine, where Overexpression of

Human ApoC-III Stimulates Anti-Inflammatory Tregs and IL-10

159,500DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthKohan, Alison 02/16/2017


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Requested


Pathobiology $1,591,053Proposals 5

Brucellosis: Regional Engagement for Education and Zoonosis Eradication -

Jordan 2017 (BREEZE-J17)

499,899DOS/Department of StateGeary, Steven J 02/03/2017

Brucellosis: Regional Engagement for Education and Zoonosis Eradication -

Turkey 2017 (BREEZE-T17)

499,980DOS/Department of StateGeary, Steven J 02/03/2017

Detection of Highly Pathogenic Viral Diseases of Swine (HPVS) at the India

(Mizoram State)-Myanmar (Chin State) Border Region

464,391DOS/Department of StateRisatti, Guillermo 02/03/2017

Population-Level Phase Variable Surface Protein Gene Expression Modeling of

Mycoplasma Gallisepticum in Response to Ecological Pressures In-Vivo

0NSF/National Science FoundationGeary, Steven J 01/19/2017

Elucidating the Role of Chlamydia in Lymphangitis and Crohn's Disease 126,783PfizerVankruiningen, Herbert J 03/17/2017

Plant Science and Landscape Architecture $2,215,457Proposals 6

2016 National Perennial Ryegrass Test 7,500National Turfgrass Evaluation ProgramRackliffe, Steven 02/23/2017

Construction of Brinkman Athletic Field Traffic Simulator 10,000New England Regional Turfgrass FoundationRackliffe, Steven 02/22/2017

Control of Vascular Meristem Initiation and Activity in Arabidopsis Stem 2,005,000DHHS/NIH/National Institute of General Medical

Sciences

Wang, Huanzhong 02/06/2017

Coordinator, Professional Development Program, Northeast SARE 163,374USDA/National Institute of Food and

Agriculture/University of Vermont

McAllister, Janet C 02/27/2017

Leveraging NERTF Funding for the USGA Project: Solvita Soil Test Kits to

Categorize Golf Course Fairway Responsiveness to N Fertilization

29,583New England Regional Turfgrass FoundationGuillard, Karl 02/24/2017

IOS Preliminary Proposal: Use of a Unique Plant Biosensor for Localized

Elevations of cAMP for Testing a Model for a New Component of Brassinosteroid

Hormone Signal Transduction

0NSF/National Science FoundationBerkowitz, Gerald 01/19/2017

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences $66,329,857Proposals 144

Anthropology $211,006Proposals 3

Collaborative Research: NRT-INFEWS: Systems Thinking Training for Research

ON Geography-Based Coastal Food Energy Water Systems (STRONG-CFEWS)

159,274NSF/National Science Foundation/University of South

Florida

Smith, Chrystal 02/03/2017

Doctoral Dissertation Research: Accounting for the Experiences of People with

Down Syndrome in Clinical Settings

21,279NSF/National Science FoundationWillen, Sarah 01/17/2017

Doctoral Dissertation Research: Human-Landscape Interactions and Response

to Holocene Sea-Level Rise and Climate Change in Coastal New Hampshire,

USA

30,453NSF/National Science FoundationMcBride, Kevin A 01/20/2017

Chemistry $5,323,123Proposals 9

Site-Specific Isotopic Analyses Through Decarboxylation of Meteoritic Amino

Acids

NASA/National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationAngeles-Boza, Alfredo M 03/31/2017

Artificial Enzymes for CO2 Conversion 675,000Moore (Gordon and Betty) FoundationHe, Jie 03/01/2017

Triplet-based Organic Solar Cells 675,000Moore (Gordon and Betty) FoundationMani, Tomoyasu 03/01/2017

Catch and Release of siRNA with Porous Nanocapsules 453,238DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthPinkhassik, Evgueni 02/16/2017

An Integrated Theoretical and Experimental Research for MFI-Zeolite-Based

High Temperature Gas Sensors

788,507NSF/National Science FoundationSuib, Steven L 01/17/2017

Biological Effects of DNA Adducts of Aromatic Amine and Nitro Compounds 2,575,378DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthBasu, Ashis K 03/06/2017

UTAS Center of Excellence: High-Temperature Composites 50,000United Technologies-Aerospace SystemsSuib, Steven L 02/10/2017


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Requested


25x Space Fresnel Lens Concentrator Using 4(+) Junction IMM Solar Cells and

Nyctinastic Graphene Radiators to Mitigate LILT Effects for Outer Planet

Missions

31,000NASA/National Aeronautics and Space

Administration/Mark O'Neill

Kumar, Challa V 01/20/2017

Manipulating Excitons in Colloidal Quantum Dots by Plasmonic Structures 75,000Dreyfus (Camille and Henry) FoundationZhao, Jing 02/08/2017

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology $1,068,457Proposals 14

Springs of Resilience in a Changing Arctic: The Role of Tundra Springs for Arctic

Grayling Survival

30,438National Geographic SocietyUrban, Mark C 03/31/2017

Effects of Extinction on Ecological Gradients in Late Devonian Brachiopods 1,274Evolving Earth FoundationBush, Andrew M 03/01/2017

IOS Preliminary Proposal: Testing Hypotheses for the Developmental Basis of a

Morphological Novelty in Treehoppers

0NSF/National Science FoundationJockusch, Elizabeth L 01/18/2017

IOS Preliminary Proposal - RUI: Microbial Semiochemicals as Behavioral and

Ecological Organizers for Animals

0NSF/National Science FoundationTrumbo, Stephen T 01/18/2017

Preliminary Proposal: Collaborative Research: Multi-Decadal Responses of Plant

and Bird Communities to Environmental Change in the Southern Appalachian

Mountains

NSF/National Science FoundationTingley, Morgan W 01/23/2017

IOS Preliminary Proposal: Developmental Genetics of Corolla Tube Formation, a

Key Morphological Innovation During Angiosperm Evolution

0NSF/National Science FoundationYuan, Yaowu 01/19/2017

Preliminary Proposal: Collaborative Research: Genetic Origin, Developmental

Mechanism, and Evolutionary Consequence of a Novel Leaf Phenotype in

Monkeyflowers (Mimulus)

0NSF/National Science FoundationYuan, Yaowu 01/23/2017

Preliminary Proposal: Applying Associative Transcriptomics and Metagenomics

to Evaluate Adaptation to Acid Rain in Hardwood and Conifer Species

NSF/National Science FoundationWegrzyn, Jill L 01/23/2017

Preliminary Proposal: Collaborative Research: Using Demographic Networks to

Predict Plant-Herbivore Coextinctions Under Projected Global Warming

NSF/National Science FoundationGarcia-Robledo, Carlos A 01/23/2017

Paleoenvironmental Selectivity of the Frasnian-Famennian Extinction in the

Appalachian Basin

1,233Evolving Earth FoundationBush, Andrew M 03/01/2017

Collaborative Research: Drivers of Selective Mass Extinction: Insight from

Integrated Paleontological and Geochemical Records

261,898NSF/National Science FoundationBush, Andrew M 02/22/2017

DIMENSIONS: Collaborative Research: Phylogenetic and Environmental

Complexity Drive Local Adaptation and Species Interactions for Long-Lived

Conifers of the Arid West

301,504NSF/National Science FoundationWegrzyn, Jill L 02/20/2017

Dimensions: Collaborative Research: Biotic and Abiotic Drivers of Neotropical

Plant Speciation

150,000NSF/National Science FoundationGarcia-Robledo, Carlos A 02/20/2017

Modeling Connecticut¿s Avian Assemblage 322,110CT Department of Energy and Environmental ProtectionElphick, Christopher 01/26/2017

Economics $551,999Proposals 3

Poverty, Preference Admissions, College Access, and Intergenerational Mobility 7,000Russell Sage FoundationPrakash, Nishith 03/01/2017

Scholars in Race and Crime Research: Confounding Factors in the Evaluation of

Policing Data - Developing a Better Counterfactual

499,999DOJ/National Institute of JusticeRoss, Stephen L 03/31/2017

Does Allowing Women to Retire Early Really Benefit Them? 45,000Boston CollegeZhao, Kai 01/31/2017

English $157,197Proposals 5

FASTTRACK: Leadership Institute to Invest in Developing New Teacher-Leaders 15,000ED/Department of Education/National Writing Project

Corporation

Courtmanche, Jason C 02/07/2017

Narratives of Torture through History: The Empathic Reader in Context 90,950NEH/National Endowment for the HumanitiesCoundouriotis, Eleni 03/01/2017


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Requested


The UConn Health Writing Program for Biomedical Science Trainees 11,247Burroughs Wellcome Fund/University of Connecticut

Health Center

Deans, Thomas 03/06/2017

The Arts Teach (Everything): Using the Arts to Explore Literacy, Citizenship, and

Identity

20,000National Writing Project CorporationCourtmanche, Jason C 03/16/2017

NWP CRWP-SEED Professional Development in a High-Need Middle or High

School

20,000National Writing Project CorporationCourtmanche, Jason C 01/18/2017

Geography $3,124,625Proposals 3

INFEWS/T2: A Spatial Decision Support System at the Nexus of Food,

Bioenergy, Biodiversity, and Water Systems

2,499,999NSF/National Science FoundationZhang, Chuanrong 03/06/2017

Collaborative Proposal: FACET: Linking Records of Paleoelevation and

Paleoerosion in the Taiwan Arc-Continent Collision

580,439NSF/National Science FoundationOuimet, William B 01/13/2017

From New York to London: South Asian Queer Migration and Displacement 44,187National Centre for Research Methods

(NCRM)/Loughborough University

Dasgupta, Debanuj 02/27/2017

History $50,400Proposals 1

The Contingent Cold War and the Integrated Thought of George F. Kennan 50,400NEH/National Endowment for the HumanitiesCostigliola, Frank 02/06/2017

Human Development and Family Studies $2,182,445Proposals 7

An Intersectional Approach to Advance Understanding of School Achievement,

Health Behaviors, and Family Experiences of LGBTQ Youth

10,000American Psychological FoundationWatson, Ryan 02/17/2017

American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship -Himmelstein 103,328American Heart AssociationPuhl, Rebecca M 02/10/2017

Improving Pain Self-Management in Adolescents and Parents through Distress

Tolerance (IPASE-DT)

214,311DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Connecticut

Children's Medical Center

Russell, Beth S 01/30/2017

Testing a Multilevel, Multicomponent, Multigenerational Dietary Intervention to

Improve Southeast Asian Children's Diets

982,812DHHS/NIH/National Institute of Nursing

Research/Brown University

Gans-Deluca, Kim 01/18/2017

Unified Intervention to Address PrEP Cascade for BMSM 720,375DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthEaton, Lisa A 01/04/2017

Impact of Food Addiction Models of Obesity on Stigma, Weight and Policy 9,418Australian Research Council/Monash UniversityPuhl, Rebecca M 02/24/2017

A Home-Based Video and Motivational Interviewing Intervention to Improve

Preschoolers Diet Quality and Parental Food Parenting Practices

142,201DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/University of

Rhode Island


Integrative Geoscience $732,036Proposals 2

Using Satellite Radars and Fluid Withdrawal Records to Advance Subsidence

Research in Coastal Louisiana

19,748Water Institute of the Gulf/Tulane UniversityFernandes, Anjali M 01/25/2017

Laboratory Technician Support: The University of Connecticut

Geo-Thermochronology Center

712,288NSF/National Science FoundationGillingham, Julie C 02/08/2017

Linguistics $633,829Proposals 2

Bimodal Bilingual Code-Blending: Language Synthesis 374,974NSF/National Science FoundationLillo-Martin, Diane C 01/31/2017

Assessing Input Quality and the Development of Complex Syntactic Knowledge

in Children From Low Socioeconomic Backgrounds

258,855DHHS/AHRQ/Agency for Healthcare Research and

Quality/University of California, Irvine

Sprouse, Jon 02/07/2017

Marine Sciences $4,665,557Proposals 19

Microplastics in the Hudson River Estuary Environment and its Implication for

Uptake by Filter-Feeding Shellfish: A Potential Threat to Environment and

Human Health

198,053Hudson River FoundationWard, J E 01/16/2017


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Requested


Evaluating the Impacts of Human and Climate Disturbance on Mercury

Dynamics and Bioaccumulation in Benthic and Pelagic Organisms in the

Hackensack Sub-Estuarine System

197,507Hudson River FoundationMason, Robert 01/16/2017

Composting Seaweed to Recycle Nutrients and Improve Water Quality 10,000RecycleCT FoundationVaudrey, Jamie 01/19/2017

Collaborative EAGER: Detection Limit in Marine Nitrogen Fixation

Measurements: Constraints of Rates from the Mesopelagic Ocean

47,418NSF/National Science FoundationGranger, Julie 01/20/2017

NSF-IOS-BSF: Rethinking Biological Filtration: Intrinsic Versus Extrinsic Controls

on Feeding Efficiency in Marine Suspension Feeders

NSF/National Science FoundationWard, J E 01/19/2017

Collaborative Research: The Michigan Thunderstorm and Marine Experiment

(MITMEX)

453,912NSF/National Science FoundationLombardo, Kelly 01/31/2017

Mining Long-Term Archives of Georges Bank Haddock Scales and Otoliths to

Infer Plastic and Evolutionary Responses to Climate Variability and Fishing

440,180DOC/NOAA/Oceanic and Atmospheric ResearchBaumann, Hannes 01/30/2017

Time-Series Evaluation of Prey-Selectivity of the Copepod Calanus

Finmarchicus and Impacts on Fish and Fisheries in the Gulf of Maine

114,999DOC/NOAA/Oceanic and Atmospheric ResearchBucklin, Ann 02/22/2017

US GEOTRACES Pacific Meridional Transect: Determination of the Air-Sea

Exchange of Inorganic and Methylated Mercury in the

Anthropogenically-Impacted and Remote Pacific Ocean

285,106NSF/National Science FoundationMason, Robert 02/14/2017

Collaborative Research: Eddy Mediated Estuary Exchange in the Gulf of St.

Lawrence

425,806NSF/National Science FoundationWhitney, Michael 02/15/2017

Identification of Phytoplankton Collected from Long Island Sound 2017 103,000EPA/Environmental Protection Agency/CT Department

of Energy and Environmental Protection

Lin, Senjie 03/30/2017

Increasing Resilience and Reducing Risk through Successful Application of

Nature Based Coastal Infrastructure Practices in New England

163,286DOC/NOAA/National Ocean Service/Nature

Conservancy

O'Donnell, James 03/15/2017

Stable-Isotope Labeled Tracers, an Innovation Way to Validate Natural

Attenuation of RDX in Groundwater

270,000DOD/Department of the Navy/DOD/Navy/Naval

Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC)

Tobias, Craig R 03/03/2017

Developing a Cyanobacteria Metric for Harmful Algal Blooms from Remote

Sensing Data across Satellite Platforms


Administration/University of New Hampshire

Dierssen, Heidi 02/27/2017

A Seagrass Carbon Monitoring System 227,995NASA/National Aeronautics and Space

Administration/University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley


Exploring, Interpreting, and Synthesizing the IEC District Long-term Water

Quality Dataset

8,087New England Interstate Water Pollution Control

Com/Harbor Watch

Vaudrey, Jamie 02/16/2017

Collaborative Research: Investigations of Air-Sea Interactions Using Continuous

Measurements from the Ocean Observing Initiative (OOI) Surface Moorings

458,967NSF/National Science FoundationEdson, James B 02/15/2017

Collaborative Research: Born to Bloom: Population Genomics of the Salp, Salpa

Aspera, in the NW Atlantic Slope Water

611,947NSF/National Science FoundationBucklin, Ann 02/15/2017

Collaborative Research: Combining single-cell and community `omics¿ to

assess in situ functional diversity of marine planktonic ciliates

580,130NSF/GEO/Directorate for GeosciencesMcManus, George B 02/15/2017

Mathematics $451,300Proposals 8

PDE Problems from Materials Science and Fluid Dynamics 42,000Simons FoundationYan, Xiaodong 01/23/2017

Torsion Points on Elliptic Curves - Collaboration Grant 42,000Simons FoundationLozano-Robledo, Alvaro 01/27/2017

Computability Theory, Reverse Mathematics, and Combinatorics 42,000Simons FoundationDzhafarov, Damir 01/27/2017

Analysis and Dynamics on Carnot Groups 42,000Simons FoundationChousionis, Vasileios 01/30/2017

Geometric and Functional Inequalities and Applications to PDEs 42,000Simons FoundationLu, Guozhen 01/30/2017


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Geometric Structures from Gauge Theories and Infinite-Dimensional Analysis 42,000Simons FoundationSengupta, Ambar N 01/31/2017

Dynamical Algebraic Combinatorics & Birational Rowmotion 42,000Simons FoundationRoby, Thomas 01/31/2017

Applying Data Mining Techniques in Actuarial Science 157,300Society of ActuariesValdez, Emiliano 03/17/2017

Molecular and Cell Biology $4,785,352Proposals 17

Determination of the Muscle Stem Cell Lineage by Single-cell Transcriptomics 8,000NASA/National Aeronautics and Space

Administration/University of Hartford

Goldhamer, David J 03/08/2017

Antenatal Stress Proteins Modify Offspring Neuroendocrine and Immune

Functions

901,050DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Health

Research

Lynes, Michael A 02/24/2017

Dimensions: Horizontal Transfer of Secondary Metabolite Genes as a Driver of

Microbial Community Structure

1,737,690NSF/BIO/Directorate for Biological SciencesKlassen, Jonathan 02/21/2017

Targeting Centrosome Defects in Cancer 424,351DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthGiardina, Charles A 02/21/2017

Maternal Obesity, Oxidants, and Metallothionein Dysregulate Neonatal Immunity 790,120DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Albany Medical

Center


Genomic Analysis of Autism-Like Traits in Peromyscus (Deer Mice) 135,982DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/University of

South Carolina

O'Neill, Rachel J 02/03/2017

Mechanisms of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Obese Youth 128,200DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Yale UniversityGraf, Joerg 01/27/2017

Preliminary Proposal: Is Bacterial and Archaeal Diversity Structured by

Geography in Hypersaline Environments?

NSF/National Science FoundationPapke, Robertson T 01/23/2017

Preliminary Proposal: Investigating the Interaction Between the Mitochondria and

the Microbiome Across Hybrid Zones

NSF/National Science FoundationHird, Sarah M 01/23/2017

Formin 1 is a Modifier of Kidney Disease in Alport Syndrome 355,270DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Jackson

Laboratory

Campellone, Kenneth G 01/24/2017

Preliminary Proposal: SG: Cooperation, Cheating, and Selfishness in Microbial

Populations - A Genomic and Metagenomic Based Investigation

NSF/National Science FoundationGogarten, Johann P 01/23/2017

IOS Preliminary Proposal: Mechanisms of Microbiome-Dependent Effects on

Animal Development and Homeostasis

0NSF/National Science FoundationBroderick, Nichole A 01/19/2017

IOS preliminary proposal: Residents, Tourists and Invaders: Identifying

Mechanisms that Prevent the Invasion by and Engineering Probiotic Defenders

as Countermeasure

0NSF/National Science FoundationGraf, Joerg 01/19/2017

Preliminary Proposal: Collaborative Research:The Adaptation of

Horizontally-Acquired Genes is Affected by the Nature of Subsequent Selective

Forces

0NSF/National Science FoundationNoll, Kenneth M 01/16/2017

Acquisition of a State-of-the-Art Analytical Ultracentrifuge for Research and

Education

219,737NSF/National Science FoundationCole, James L 01/11/2017

SPR Microarray Instrumentation for High Content Analysis of Toxic Chemicals 66,952DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/CienciaLynes, Michael A 01/03/2017

Collaborative Research: Impact of a Novel Retrotransposon Expansion on

Centromere Function

18,000NSF/National Science FoundationO'Neill, Rachel J 01/17/2017

Physics $1,601,845Proposals 3

Molecular Dynamics Imaging from within at The Femto and Alto-Second

Timescale using FELs

910,845DOD/Department of DefenseBerrah, Nora 01/24/2017

Time-Dependent Kinetics and Collective Phenomena in Biological Systems 660,000Chaikin-Wile FoundationKharchenko, Vasili A 03/31/2017

Measurement of Neutron Interactions With 7Be and the Primordial 7Li Problem 31,000United States-Israel Binational Science FoundationGai, Moshe 02/06/2017


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Physiology and Neurobiology $17,206,472Proposals 16

KCNQ2/3 Channels and Interneuron Physiology 1,975,250DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthTzingounis, Anastasios 03/06/2017

Eph-Ephrin Signaling Facilities Dynamic Interactions within the Brain 1,963,669DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthConover, Joanne 03/06/2017

National Academies Summer Institute on Undergraduate Education 50,000Helmsley (Leona M. and Harry B.) Charitable Trust/Yale

University

Chen, Xinnian 03/07/2017

Neuronal-Activity Dependent Regulation of Remyelination by Chromatin

Remodeling

811,554National Multiple Sclerosis SocietyNishiyama, Akiko 01/27/2017

Regulation of Photoreceptor Metabolism 61,514DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/University of

Massachusetts Medical School

Kanadia, Rahul N 01/24/2017

UConn Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) 2,034,909DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthTzingounis, Anastasios 01/24/2017

A Novel Strategy for Seizure Prevention in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy 50,000Citizens United for Research in EpilepsyDe Blas, Angel L 01/30/2017

Role of Respiratory Control in Seizure Propensity and SUDEP 30,000American Epilepsy SocietyMulkey, Daniel K 01/31/2017

The microRNA Control of Alcoholic Liver Injury and Hepatic Lipid Metabolism 2,005,000DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthShin, Dong-Ju 02/06/2017

Integrating microRNA with lipid and glucose metabolism in fatty liver disease 110,456American Heart AssociationWang, Li 02/10/2017

Developmental Pathophysiology in Neocortex Caused by Somatic Mutations 1,945,504DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthLoturco, Joseph J 02/21/2017

Role of KCNQ2 Channels in Control of Breathing 2,163,410DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthMulkey, Daniel K 03/06/2017

Integrating LncRNA to Methionine Metabolism in Alcoholic Liver Disease 771,618DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthYang, Zhihong 02/13/2017

Vascular CO2 Reactiviity in Alzheimer's and Vascular Dementia 231,000American Heart AssociationHawkins, Virginia E 02/14/2017

Stroke Disordered Breathing Across Age and Gender and its Impact on

Neurological Recovery and Mortality

1,027,336DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/University of

Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Mulkey, Daniel K 03/16/2017

Inhibitory Cell Types and Circuits in the Lateral Hypothalamus 1,975,252DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthJackson, Alexander C 03/06/2017

Political Science $244,694Proposals 1

Collaborative Research: Profiting from Torture: The Economic & Legal

Landscapes

244,694NSF/National Science FoundationRichards, David L 01/11/2017

Psychological Sciences $21,835,445Proposals 23

Health Behaviors among Young Black Adults: Risk and Resilience 117,921DHHS/NIH/National Institute on Drug AbuseGibbons, Frederick 02/08/2017

Comparative Effectiveness Trial for Retention, Adherence and Health 99,783DHHS/NIH/National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and

Alcoholism

Kalichman, Seth C 02/22/2017

Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics of Learning in Dissipative Networks 844,282NSF/National Science FoundationDixon, James A 01/25/2017

InCHIP Healthy Habits Systematic Review Project 713,107DHHS/NIH/National Institute on Aging/Columbia

University

Johnson, Blair T 01/03/2017

Affordances and Adaptation: Obtaining New Insights with the Help of the

Quasi-Attractor Theory of Synergetics

658,367NSF/National Science FoundationFrank, Till 01/30/2017

IOS Preliminary Proposal: Collaborative Research: Temporal Dynamics as a

Determinant of Affiliative Behavior in Bonobos and Bottlenose Dolphins

NSF/National Science FoundationLarge, Edward W 01/19/2017

Well Child Lens: Web-Based Screening and Monitoring for Autism in Toddlers 140,179DHHS/NIH/National Institute of Mental Health/Drexel

University

Chen, Chi-Ming 01/18/2017

Computational Approaches to Human Spoken Word Recognition 487,451NSF/National Science FoundationMagnuson, James S 02/01/2017

Brain Correlates and Early Predictors to School-Age Language 2,188,375DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthNaigles, Letitia 02/06/2017


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Total

Requested


Multiple Object-Instantiation During Language Comprehension 3,629,078DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthAltmann, Gerald 02/02/2017

Rhythmic Neural Networks: Theory and Experiment 604,597NSF/National Science FoundationLarge, Edward W 02/01/2017

How compensatory plasticity is mediated by homo-, hetero- and homeostatic

synaptic changes

2,736,260DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthVolgushev, Maksim A 02/06/2017

NRT-UtB-DESE: Science of Learning, from Neurobiology to Real-World

Application: A Problem-Based Approach

2,999,855NSF/National Science FoundationMagnuson, James S 02/07/2017

Optimizing Romantic Partner Support of Weight Loss 81,472DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/University of

Texas, Austin

Gorin, Amy 02/10/2017

PIRE: "Multimodal Multilingual Development in Multiple Environments

(M3-PIRE)"

53,382NSF/National Science Foundation/Rochester Institute of

Technology

Coppola, Marie 03/31/2017

Transgenic Mouse Models of Perceptual Acoustic Enhancements in ASD 69,830Simons FoundationFitch, Roslyn H 03/09/2017

Innovative Approaches to Substance Use Treatment in College Students 698,310DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthPark, Crystal 03/20/2017

Optimal Outcomes in ASD: Adult Functioning, Predictors, and Mechanisms 3,748,444DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthEigsti, Inge-Marie 03/06/2017

Improving Quality of Life for Pediatric Cancer Patients and Parents through

Yoga: A Randomized Clinical Trial

1,111,332DHHS/NIH/National Cancer Institute/Connecticut


Park, Crystal 03/01/2017

Development and Validation of a Measure of Implicit and Explicit Religious

Beliefs

216,494Templeton (John) FoundationPark, Crystal 03/01/2017

An Online Parent Training to Improve Parenting Knowledge, Self-efficacy &

Parent/Child Communication

64,000Autism SpeaksFein, Deborah A 03/06/2017

Describing the Salience of Frustrative Non-reward and Temper Loss in Chronic

Irritability

422,574DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthBurke, Jeffrey D 02/15/2017

The Effects of Nicotine on Learned Fear in Humans Using Virtual Reality 150,352DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthAstur, Robert 02/16/2017

Sociology $155,018Proposals 2

Effects of Parental Overinvolvement on Child Outcomes from Elementary to

Middle School

50,000Spencer FoundationCheng, Hsu-Chih 02/01/2017

Emily Post's Etiquette: Web-Based Tools for Searching and Analyzing the Emily

Post Digital Corpus

105,018American Council of Learned SocietiesVoyer, Andrea M 01/25/2017

Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences $77,029Proposals 1

Interdisciplinary Sequence in Early Childhood Intervention for Master's Degree

Students in Speech, Language & Hearing and in Special Education

77,029ED/Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative

Services/University of Connecticut Health Center

Grela, Bernard 03/06/2017

Statistics $1,272,028Proposals 5

BIGDATA:F:Collaborative Research:Optimal Subsampling for Big Data and Rare

Events Data

365,707NSF/National Science FoundationWang, Haiying 03/22/2017

Collaborative Research: TRIPODS: NE Consortium for the Advancement of Data

Science (NECADS)-Foundations of High Performance Techniques for

High-Dimensional & High-Frequency Data

825,000NSF/National Science FoundationRavishanker, Nalini 03/13/2017

Integrative Analyses to Investigate Heterogeneity in Alzheimer's DiseaseAlzheimer's AssociationZhang, Yuping 03/01/2017

State Innovation Model/Round Two of Funding for Design and Test Assistance 39,321DHHS/CMS/Centers for Medicare and Medicaid


Harel, Ofer 02/23/2017

Bayesian Modeling & Inference of Latent Structures in Personalized Learning 42,000Simons FoundationWang, Xiaojing 01/31/2017

NEAG School of Education $56,839,103Proposals 13


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Total

Requested


Curriculum and Instruction $1,968,366Proposals 2

STEM+C: Teacher Professional Development in Computational Thinking

(CTPDe)

750,078NSF/National Science Foundation/Rutgers UniversityWilson, Suzanne 03/22/2017

The Literacy-Language Collaborative: Preparing Professionals to Support the

Literacy Development of Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

1,218,288ED/Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative

Services

Dostal, Hannah M 03/06/2017

Education Dean $50,006,123Proposals 1

Network for Educational Renewal through Residencies 50,006,123ED/Department of EducationAnagnostopoulos, Dorothea 03/24/2017

Educational Leadership $92,284Proposals 2

UCAPP Curriculum Design 20,700Hartford Foundation for Public GivingMichno, Jennifer A 02/22/2017

The Effect of Full-Day Kindergarten on Child Health Outcomes 71,584DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/University of

California, Santa Barbara

Dougherty, Shaun M 01/18/2017

Educational Psychology $4,772,330Proposals 8

National Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports 250,000ED/Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative

Services/University of Oregon

Sugai, George M 02/21/2017

National Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports 150,000ED/Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative



Project PSYCHS2 - (School) Psychologists Serving Youth through Coordinated

Health Services in Schools

1,248,960ED/Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative

Services

Sanetti, Lisa M 02/06/2017

Project NeXus II 1,127,452ED/Department of EducationCoyne, Michael D 02/06/2017

Collaborative Research: Windows of Opportunity-Understanding Black Male

Engineers in the Pursuit of Advanced Degrees

199,109NSF/National Science FoundationHines, Erik M 02/06/2017

Young Scholars Senior Summer Program 299,999Cooke (Jack Kent) FoundationRenzulli, Joseph S 03/31/2017

Learning Computational Thinking in the Context of Energy Consumption and the

Internet of Things (LComTECiT)

1,250,001NSF/National Science FoundationYoung, Michael F 03/29/2017

Post-School Outcomes Survey of CT Special Education Students 246,809ED/Department of Education/CT Department of

Education

Lombardi, Allison 01/20/2017

School of Business $33,150Proposals 2

Finance $33,150Proposals 2

Evaluating the impacts of construction and operation of a plant in Bloomfield CT 23,350Niagara BottlingCarstensen, Fred V 02/17/2017

Projecting the Dynamic Benefits of the New Haven Diaper Bank 9,800National Diaper Bank NetworkCarstensen, Fred V 02/22/2017

School of Engineering $41,173,981Proposals 118

Biomedical Engineering $2,206,571Proposals 10

Steerable Focused-Acoustic Neural Stimulation with Micron-Level Selectivity 355,440DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/University of

Southern California

Han, Martin 01/17/2017

2017-2018 Clinical Engineering Internship at Stanford Health 76,658Stanford Children's HealthKaputa, David F 02/03/2017

Mechanical Analysis of Evolving Heterogeneity in 3D Normal and Tumorigenic

Tissues

450,000NSF/National Science FoundationHoshino, Kazunori 01/13/2017

Understanding the Multiscale Mechanics of Nerve Endings to Address Visceral

Pain

432,481NSF/National Science FoundationFeng, Bin 01/12/2017


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Total

Requested


Waterproof Leadless Armbands for Continuous Wireless Monitoring for Atrial

Fibrillation

39,999DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Mobile Sense

Technologies

Chon, Ki 01/05/2017

Identification of Narcotizing Gas Thresholds 55,208DOD/Navy/Naval Sea Systems Command

(NAVSEA)/Duke University

Chon, Ki 03/31/2017

Development of Microscopic Virtual Reality System with 360 View Angle and

Force Sensing Feedback

481,846NSF/National Science FoundationZheng, Guoan 03/06/2017

2017-2019 Clinical Engineering Internship at ABM Healthcare 123,480ABM HealthKaputa, David F 02/08/2017

2017-2018 Clinical Engineering Internship at Geisinger Medical Center 131,040International Shared Services (ISS) SolutionsKaputa, David F 02/03/2017

Does Heart Rate Variability Predict Impairment of Operational Performance in

Divers?

60,419DOD/Department of the Army/Duke UniversityChon, Ki 02/01/2017

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering $4,712,242Proposals 14

Nanocoatings to Increase the Barrier Properties and Thermal Insulation for

Aerospace Products



Sun, Luyi 03/09/2017

Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell Deposition on Metal Substrate by RSDT 77,000DOE/Department of Energy/United

Technologies-Research Center

Maric, Radenka 02/15/2017

Carbon Dioxide Capture Using Hydrated Sodium Carbonate Powders 15,000EPA/Environmental Protection AgencySun, Luyi 02/03/2017

Catalysts for Electrochemical CO2 Capture and Eloectrocatalysis and the

Conversion of Ethanol

0DOE/Department of EnergyMaric, Radenka 01/31/2017

Developing Module-System Performance Relationships for Forward Osmosis

System

149,965DOI/Department of the InteriorMcCutcheon, Jeffrey R 01/18/2017

Tunable Plasmic Nanostructures by Atomic Layer Deposition 6,000NSF/ENG/Directorate for EngineeringWillis, Brian G 03/20/2017

Demonstrating Forward Osmosis for Manure Concentration 1,075,712USDA/Department of AgricultureMcCutcheon, Jeffrey R 01/09/2017

Moderna Therapeutics Sponsored Research Agreement 84,373Moderna TherapeuticsNieh, Mu-Ping 03/02/2017

Industrial Assessment Center at the University of Connecticut 680,000DOE/Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable EnergyMustain, William 03/13/2017

Bio-inspired Mechanochromic Devices for Aerospace Applications 13,000NASA/National Aeronautics and Space


Sun, Luyi 03/13/2017

NM: Layered Manufacturing of Nanostructured Materials 750,000NSF/National Science Foundation/Rutgers UniversityMaric, Radenka 01/10/2017

Continuous, Green, Sustainable Nanomanufacturing for Flexible Paper-Based

High-Efficiency Enzyme-Cascade Bioreactor

1,500,000NSF/National Science FoundationLei, Yu 01/13/2017

Electrospray Polymerization for Tunable Polyamide Film Formation 337,192NSF/National Science FoundationMcCutcheon, Jeffrey R 01/13/2017

Controlling Microstructure of Hybrid Thin Films through Flow Induced Orientation 16,000NSF/ENG/Directorate for EngineeringSun, Luyi 03/31/2017

Civil and Environmental Engineering $3,565,748Proposals 17

Evaluating Compatibility Zoning at General Aviation Airports 65,376National Academy of Sciences/StantecLownes, Nicholas 02/08/2017

Characterization and Modeling of Passive Microwave Precipitation Uncertainty

over Complex Terrain

45,000NASA/National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationAnagnostou, Emmanouil N 01/31/2017

Connecticut Pedestrian Safety Study and Strategic Plan Development 236,972CT Department of TransportationJackson, Eric D 02/08/2017

UCR AOI 1-3: Low Cost, Real-Time, in Situ Continuous Measurement of Water

Quality using Self-powered Wireless Milli-electrode Array (WiMEA) Sensor

Package

399,999DOE/Department of EnergyLi, Baikun 02/17/2017

Identifying Climate Impacts on Diarrhea Pathogen Pathways and Taxa in

Ethiopia

418,291DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthMellor, Jonathan E 02/16/2017


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Total

Requested


Estimation of Local Road AADT Using Demographic, Land Development and

Geospatial Data

137,000CT Department of TransportationIvan, John N 02/28/2017

A Bottom-up Approach to Design of Chemical Soil Stabilization Using

Thermodynamic Modeling

294,973NSF/National Science FoundationChrysochoou, Maria 03/13/2017

An Integrated Modeling and Decision Making Tool for Resilient Coastal

Community

1,101,206DOC/NOAA/Oceanic and Atmospheric ResearchZhang, Wei 03/15/2017

REU Site: Research Experience in Cyber and Civil Infrastructure Security for

Students with ADHD: Fostering Innovation

20,000NSF/ENG/Directorate for EngineeringEsmaili Zaghi, Arash 03/13/2017

REU Site: Research Experience in Cyber and Civil Infrastructure Security for


30,000NSF/ENG/Directorate for EngineeringEsmaili Zaghi, Arash 03/22/2017

Environmental Engineering Internships 10,000EPA/Environmental Protection Agency/CT Department

of Public Health

Bagtzoglou, Amvrossios C 03/30/2017

REU Supplement: PFI: AIR-TT: Prototype Development and Demonstration of

Milli-Electrode Array (MEA) as Real-Time In Situ Profiling Device in Wastewater

Treatment Systems

12,000NSF/ENG/Directorate for EngineeringLi, Baikun 03/31/2017

EAGER: Collaborative Research: Aeroelastic Real-Time Hybrid Simulation - A

New Concept for Wind Engineering Testing

118,262NSF/National Science FoundationChristenson, Richard 01/20/2017

Prediction of Harmful Algal Blooms Combining Weather, Air Quality, and

Ecosystem Models with Satellite and In-Situ Measurements

311,169EPA/Environmental Protection AgencyAstitha, Marina 01/04/2017

Consultant Planning Service Agreements (PSA4) for NYMTC 0New York Metropolitan Transportation

Council/Cambridge Systematics

Konduri, Karthik C 01/13/2017

UConn - Compression Systems: Composites Manufacturing, Analysis and Test 65,500United Technologies-Pratt & WhitneyKim, Jeongho 01/30/2017

CRISP Type 1: Integrated Human-Physical-Cyber System Modeling Framework

for Critical Chemical Infrastructures

300,000NSF/National Science FoundationZhang, Wei 02/08/2017

Computer Science and Engineering $5,147,107Proposals 11

REU: SCH: EXP: Life Rhythm: A Framework for Automatic and Pervasive

Depression Screening Using Smartphones

10,800NSF/CISE/Directorate for Computer and Information

Sciences and Engineering

Wang, Bing 03/30/2017

ll-New: A Hybrid Software-defined Real-time Sensing and Control Network

Testbed for Performance-critical Cyber-Physical Applications

547,638NSF/National Science FoundationHan, Song 01/18/2017

Cyber Training: DSE: Extreme-Scale Scientific Data Analytics: Principles and

Practice

488,029NSF/National Science FoundationHuang, Chun-Hsi 01/18/2017

Using Technology to Improve Communitywide Mental Health and Wellness 99,961NSF/National Science FoundationWang, Bing 02/16/2017

Modeling the Neurodevelopment Impact of Hydrocephalus 449,499DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthPeters, Thomas J 02/16/2017

Topological Detection of Geometric Structure 208,500DOD/Air Force Research Laboratory/Alion Science and

Technology

Sheehy, Donald R 02/17/2017

Numerical and Symbolic Techniques for Verification and Synthesis of

Cyber-Physical Systems

497,372NSF/National Science FoundationDuggirala, Parasara S 03/06/2017

Collaborative: Towards a Two-way Communication Framework with Verifiable

Authenticity and Integrity in Resource-constrained Industrial loT Networks

149,547NSF/National Science FoundationHan, Song 03/16/2017

Proposal White Paper 881,944DOD/Office of the Secretary of DefenseKhan, Mohammad M 03/20/2017

BIGDATA: IA: Learning and Big Data Techniques to Accelerate the Discovery of

Biomaterials

1,789,554NSF/National Science FoundationRajasekaran, Sanguthevar 03/22/2017

SCC-Planning: Towards a Virtual Reality Based Smart Community for People

with Visual Impairments

24,263NSF/National Science Foundation/University of

California, Santa Cruz

Han, Song 02/14/2017


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Total

Requested


Connecticut Transportation Institute $309,986Proposals 2

Northeast Autonomous Vehicle Summit 30,028DOT/Federal Highway Administration/CT Department of

Transportation

Mahoney, James M 03/17/2017

Development of a Digital Design Environment for CTDOT - Task #24 279,958DOT/Federal Highway Administration/CT Department of

Transportation


Electrical and Computer Engineering $5,511,473Proposals 18

Variable Magnetic Flux Generator Employing Rotating Thin Disk Arrays 1,103,695DOD/DARPA/Defense Advanced Research Projects

Agency

Jain, Faquir C 03/22/2017

Machine Learning Approaches for Adaptive Prognostics and Diagnostics of IGBT

Failures

50,906Toyota Research InstitutePattipati, Krishna R 03/20/2017

CPS: Medium: Collaborative Research: An In-plant Sensing and Analysis

System for Proactive Mitigation of Environmental Stresses in Crops

394,738NSF/National Science FoundationWang, Lei 03/06/2017

CPS: Small: Live-in Battery Management Systems Powered by Impedance

Measurement and Cloud Computing

500,000NSF/National Science FoundationPark, Sung Yeul 03/06/2017

CPS: Medium: Collaborative Research: Attack-Resilient Cyber-Physical

Systems: Scalable Design, Analysis and Testbed Verification

659,198NSF/National Science FoundationZhang, Liang 03/06/2017

INFEWS/T3: ASSISTANCE: A SenSing and Modeling SysTem enAbling

EfficieNt use of ResourCEs


Arkansas

Wang, Lei 03/03/2017

3D Augmented Reality 10,000Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute

(ETRI)

Javidi, Bahram 02/28/2017

Passive Three-Dimensional Imaging in Low Light Levels with Mobile Devices 203,130DOD/Department of the ArmyJavidi, Bahram 02/17/2017

EAGER: Cladded Quantum Dot Superlattices to Design and Fabricate Novel

Lasing Diodes on Si

39,514NSF/National Science FoundationJain, Faquir C 02/13/2017

Diagnosis-Driven Prognostics and Health Management of Lead Acid Batteries in

Military Ground Vehicles

49,661DOD/Department of Defense/Qualtech SystemsBazzi, Ali 02/07/2017

Integrated Bias Estimation and Tracking for EO/IR Fused Systems 299,924DOD/Missile Defense Agency/ToyonWillett, Peter K 02/08/2017

NRT-IGE: Multidisciplinary Cohort-Thesis in Energy Systems: A Pilot Program 499,986NSF/National Science FoundationBazzi, Ali 02/07/2017

Predictive Analytics Based Power Demand Estimation & Diagnosis-Driven

Prognosis for Autonomous Electrical Power Systems


Administration/Qualtech Systems

Bazzi, Ali 01/18/2017

Collaborative Research: Operation-Oriented Design and Reliability Improvement

of Transient Electronics for Environmentally Benign Applications

249,362NSF/National Science FoundationWang, Lei 01/13/2017

Collaborative Research: Analysis and Control of Customizable Manufacturing

Systems: Theory and Application

238,683NSF/National Science FoundationZhang, Liang 01/13/2017

MRI: Development of a Software-Defined Electric Distribution Network

Instrument for Research in Smart and Connected Communities

699,739NSF/National Science FoundationZhang, Peng 01/11/2017

Automatic Training Sample Generation for Object Recognition 41,709ABBDani, Ashwin 01/05/2017

3D Optical Sensing and Imaging Using Nikon's Optical Components and

Devices: Applications to Real-Time Automated Health Monitoring

28,521NikonJavidi, Bahram 02/23/2017

Engineering Dean $2,484,262Proposals 4

DMREF: An Integrated Computational and Experimental Framework for Efficient

Design and Fabrication of Biodegradable Composites for Perforated Bone Plates

1,000,000NSF/National Science FoundationWei, Mei 01/17/2017

The Third Bridge 114,262Connecticut InnovationsBozorgmanesh, Hadi 02/10/2017


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Total

Requested


Southeast New England Naval STEM Coalition: Advancing the Navy's STEM

Education and Workforce Capabilities

1,320,000DOD/NAVY/Office of Naval ResearchAccorsi, Michael L 03/22/2017

Development of an Osteoinductive Bone Graft Substitute with Sustained Drug

Delivery

50,000DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/OrteoPoniXWei, Mei 01/03/2017

Engineering Diversity Program $2,255,197Proposals 1

Pathways to Engineering (PEN): Creating a Seamless Transition for Community

College Students

2,255,197NSF/National Science FoundationBurkey, Daniel D 03/29/2017

Materials Science and Engineering $6,522,451Proposals 14

Fabrication of Extreme Environment Materials for Large Parts Using Additive

Manufacturing Methods

49,000DOE/Department of Energy/HiFundaHebert, Rainer J 02/07/2017

Characterization and Mapping of Acoustic Radiation Force for Bone Repair 267,129DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/University of

Connecticut Health Center

Huey, Bryan 02/01/2017

UTAS Center for Excellence - Searching for Novel Additive Manufacturable

Aluminum Alloys for Aerospace Applications

150,000United Technologies-Aerospace SystemsAlpay, Pamir 02/08/2017

Computational and Experimental Studies of Laser-Powder Interactions for

Additive Manufacturing

60,100United Technologies-Pratt & WhitneyHebert, Rainer J 01/24/2017

DMREF: Collaborative Research: Adaptive Design Principles for Functional

Molecular Ferroelectric Materials

300,000NSF/National Science FoundationNakhmanson, Serge M 01/17/2017

MRI: Development of Tomographic Atomic Force Microscopy for Nanoscale

Volumetric Materials Property Mapping and Machining

998,939NSF/National Science FoundationHuey, Bryan 01/11/2017

DMREF: A Framework for the Accelerated Design of Functional Polymers 1,592,048NSF/National Science FoundationRamprasad, Ramamurthy 01/11/2017

SNM: Scalable and Sustainable Hydrothermal Manufacturing of Nano-array

based Low Temperature Diesel Oxidation Catalysts

8,000NSF/ENG/Directorate for EngineeringGao, Puxian 03/15/2017

Additive Manufacturing of Landing Gear Components by Selective Laser Melting 49,000DOD/Air Force Research Laboratory/HiFundaHebert, Rainer J 02/07/2017

Novel Al-Transition Metal-Rare Earth Metal Alloys for Additive Manufacturing of

Naval Components

415,784DOD/NAVY/Office of Naval ResearchHebert, Rainer J 02/15/2017

Topic 2A: Durable, High-Performance Materials and Interfaces for Advanced

Water Splitting

1,000,001DOE/Department of EnergySingh, Prabhakar 02/21/2017

Determination of Real-world Power Change Rates in PERC Modules using Novel

Characterization Techniques

210,000DOE/Department of Energy/Case Western Reserve

University


Strong, but Compliant Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Nanocomposite 110,000American Chemical Society/Petroleum Research FundLee, Seok-Woo 03/16/2017

Multifunctional Nano-Array Integrated Monoliths for Cold-start and

Low-temperature Emissions Control

1,312,450DOE/Department of EnergyGao, Puxian 03/24/2017

Mechanical Engineering $8,458,944Proposals 27

Complex Housing Optimization 65,817United Technologies-Aerospace SystemsTang, Jiong 02/17/2017

Reduced Kinetic Models with Fuel Sensitivity for Turbulent Combustion

Simulations

300,000NASA/National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationLu, Tianfeng 02/16/2017

CRII: ACI: Efficient Radiative Heat Transfer Modeling in Large-Scale

Combustion Systems

8,000NSF/CISE/Directorate for Computer and Information


Zhao, Xinyu 03/29/2017

Collaborative Research: The Role of 3-D Grain Boundary Conductivity

Enhancement in Mixed Ionic-Electronic Conductors

240,000NSF/National Science FoundationChiu, Wilson K 01/16/2017

Collaborative Research: Bone Adaptation-Driven Design of Scaffolds

with Spatially-Varying Architecture for Enhanced Growth

284,279NSF/National Science FoundationNorato Escobar, Julian A 01/13/2017


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Total

Requested


Prediction and Removal of Surface Defects for Additive Manufacturing 330,023NSF/National Science FoundationFan, Tai-Hsi 01/13/2017

A Point-of-Care Platform for Monitoring Sickle Cell Disease 45,000DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/MBioticsTasoglu, Savas 01/05/2017

Collaborative Research: Synthesizing High-Performance Thermoelectric

Metastructures with Phonon Engineering & Functional Additive Manufacturing

183,815NSF/National Science FoundationLi, Ying 01/13/2017

Collaborative Research: An Integrated Theoretical, Experimental and

Computational Study of the Interfacial Self-Healing of Nanocomposite Hydrogels


Collaborative Research: Temperature Field Reconstruction using Adaptive

Acoustic signals Generated by Novel Diaphragm-Based Optical Fiber Actuators

124,308NSF/National Science FoundationCao, Chengyu 01/13/2017

Advanced Monitoring and Control of Self-Contained, Inexpensive and Portable

Devise for Sickle Cell Disease Diagnosis

459,144NSF/National Science FoundationTasoglu, Savas 01/13/2017

Review of Heat Transfer Modeling Approaches for Combustor Liners 81,595United Technologies-Pratt & Whitney/United

Technologies Corporation

Cetegen, Baki 01/27/2017

Flow Assisted, Low Cost, Mobile Magnetic Cytometry for Circulating Tumor Cell

Detection and Monitoring

10,000Cancer Disparities Research NetworkTasoglu, Savas 03/31/2017

Imaging and Analysis of Cartilage Gradients to Predict OA Progression in Vivo 1,330,202DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/University of

Colorado, Boulder

Pierce, David M 03/31/2017

BIGDATA: IA: Collaborative Research: From Bytes to Watts - A Data Science

Solution to Improve Wind Energy Reliability and Operation

274,999NSF/National Science FoundationTang, Jiong 03/22/2017

Fundamental Insights into Molecular Selectivity of Synthetic Membranes

Through Molecular Simulations

110,000American Chemical Society/Petroleum Research FundLi, Ying 03/17/2017

SI2-SSE: Collaborative Research: Building an Efficient Toolkit for Multiphysics

and Mustiscale Coupling


Temperature and Mixture Fraction Measurements Upstream of Flame

Stabilization Location in Jet in Cross Flow

9,994United Technologies-Pratt & WhitneyCetegen, Baki 03/08/2017

Automated Continuous Health Monitoring from Urine 599,999NASA/National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationTasoglu, Savas 03/31/2017

Experiment and Multiscale Modeling of Slow Crack Growth of SiC/SIC

Composites in Operating Reactor Environments.

160,000DOE/Idaho Operations Office/Utah State UniversityZhang, Dianyun 02/14/2017

Biodegradable Intracranial Pressure Sensor Based Solely on Medical

Biomaterials

427,926DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthNguyen, Thanh D 02/15/2017

Emergency Hydrogen Refueler 40,013DOE/Department of Energy/Sustainable InnovationsPasaogullari, Ugur 02/07/2017

Efficient Combustion Chemistry Model Development with Uncertainty

Quantification

45,000DOD/Department of Defense/CFD Research

Corporation

Lu, Tianfeng 02/07/2017

One Step Surgical Procedure for the Treatment of Bone Defects with Short Term

Treatment of Osteogen Small Molecule



Nguyen, Thanh D 02/02/2017

A Novel Medical Snake-Robot Made out of Optical Fibers 448,668NSF/National Science FoundationCao, Chengyu 02/02/2017

A Fast, Accurate and Robust Combustion-Chemistry Module for JP-8 Fuel for

Use in 3-D CFD Codes

30,000DOD/Department of Defense/Innovative Scientific

Solutions

Sung, Chih-Jen 01/30/2017

Accumulation of Microtrauma and Loss of Function in Articular Cartilage 2,210,604DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthPierce, David M 02/06/2017

School of Fine Arts $123,440Proposals 1


Independent Science Learning through Serious Games with Expert Avatars and

Complementary Stories

123,440NSF/National Science Foundation/TheBeamerBowen, Kenneth 02/24/2017

School of Nursing $3,488,930Proposals 11


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Total

Requested



Physiological, Psychological, and Genomic Factors that Predict the Transition

from Acute to Chronic Pain in Patients with Traumatic Lower Extremity Fracture


Maryland, Baltimore County

Starkweather, Angela R 03/20/2017

PCNP CUPs: Primary Care NPs Caring for Underserved Communities, an

Innovative Clinical-Academic Partnership to Enhance Graduate NP Preparation

for Practice

1,046,901DHHS/HRSA/Health Resources and Services

Administration

Alexander, Ivy M 01/25/2017

Agreement for McGrath Research Services for CCMC 138,463Connecticut Children's Medical CenterMcGrath, Jacqueline M 02/08/2017

Integration of Innovation and Health Solutions: Does it Matter? 23,858National League for NursingMcGrath, Jacqueline M 02/08/2017

Targeting ASIC3 for Disruption of Nociceptor Sensitization Following Spinal Cord

Injury

50,000Allen FoundationBaumbauer, Kyle M 02/06/2017

COordinated Pain-management Education with Practice Applications for

INterprofessionals (COPE with PAIN)

221,552Macy (Josiah), Jr. FoundationMcCauley, Paula 02/17/2017

Targeting ASIC3 to Disrupt Noclceptor Sensitization Following Spinal Cord

Surgery

431,032DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthBaumbauer, Kyle M 02/16/2017

Veterans Integrative Pain Pragmatic Effectiveness Research (VIPER) 126,792DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Virginia

Commonwealth University


Adaptive Symptom Care with Exercise and Nutritional Directives with Breast

Cancer (ASCEND BCA)

461,510DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthJudge, Michelle P 02/27/2017

The STARR Program: STudents Advancing Reminiscence Research using a

Community Engaged Approach

460,646DHHS/NIH/National Institute of Nursing ResearchShellman, Juliette M 02/27/2017

Genetic, Psychological, and Behavioral Contributors to Stress Reactivity and

Response in Emerging Adults with Childhood Chronic Health Conditions

459,896DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Children's

Hospital of Philadelphia


School of Pharmacy $7,733,292Proposals 19

Pharmaceutical Sciences $6,204,506Proposals 16

Impact of Drug Treatment at Neonatal Ages on Variability of Drug Metabolism

and Drug Interactions in Adult Life

10,000American Foundation for Pharmaceutical EducationZhong, Xiaobo 01/18/2017

Mechanisms of Leukemia Cell Death Induced by Novel Geranylgeranyl

Diphosphate Synthase Inhibitors

10,000American Foundation for Pharmaceutical EducationWiemer, Andrew J 01/18/2017

Investigation of Natural Products for the Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury 10,000American Foundation for Pharmaceutical EducationBalunas, Marcy J 01/18/2017

Revealing the roles of CB1 Conformation and Phosphorylation in its Biased

Signaling

438,625DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthKendall, Debra A 03/30/2017

Stimulation of Gamma-Delta T Cells Using HMBPP Phosphonate Analogs and

Prodrugs as a Cancer Immunotherapy

175,500Cancer Research InstituteWiemer, Andrew J 03/31/2017

Identification of Small-molecule Inhibitors of Fbw7-mediated DISC1 Protein

Degradation



Wright, Dennis 03/07/2017

Control of Apolipoprotein Expression by Noncoding RNA 1,965,731DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthRasmussen, Theodore 03/06/2017

In Vitro Evaluation of Newly Discovered CB2 Selective Agonists for Therapeutics 159,500DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthKendall, Debra A 03/02/2017

Investigation of Host-Microbe Symbioses for Novel Antimicrobial Compounds as

Chemical Defense Mechanisms

26,600American Chemical Society/Petroleum Research FundBalunas, Marcy J 03/01/2017

Identification of Small Molecule Scaffolds that Modulate ATRX Function 159,500DHHS/NIH/National Cancer InstituteHadden, Kyle 02/27/2017

The Role of Integrins Clustering in Src-Mediated Signaling 154,000American Heart AssociationVinogradova, Olga 02/15/2017


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Total

Requested


Targeting Pathological Vascular Permeability through Endothelial PLC-beta and

TRP Channel Calcium Pathways



Hadden, Kyle 02/15/2017

The role of long non-coding RNAs in the regulation of drug metabolism 1,975,249DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthZhong, Xiaobo 02/02/2017

Continuous Manufacturing of Complex Dosage Form 0DOE/Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable EnergyBurgess, Diane J 01/30/2017

Identification and Validation of Biomarkers for Meals, Exercise and Stress to

Automate Artificial Pancreas Systems

500,000Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF)Burgess, Diane J 01/25/2017

Determining the Genetic, Cellular and Molecular Basis of Host Specialization in

Drosophila Sechellia

0NSF/National Science Foundation/Wesleyan UniversityBalunas, Marcy J 01/19/2017

Pharmacy Practice $1,528,786Proposals 3

PCORI Evidence Maps, Topic Briefs and Topic Refinements 0Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)Sobieraj, Diana 02/15/2017

Primary Care Medication Use and Safety: Integrating Pharmacists in Complex

Care Management Teams through E-Consultations (PCMUST)

1,499,826DHHS/AHRQ/Agency for Healthcare Research and

Quality

Smith, Marie A 01/23/2017

Building the Case: Changing Consumer Perceptions of the Value of Expanded

Community Pharmacist Services

28,960Community Pharmacy FoundationSmith, Marie A 01/04/2017

School of Social Work $473,390Proposals 4


OKMHSAS Comprehensive Approaches to Recovery Enhancement (CARE)

Grant

72,546DHHS/SAMHSA/Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration/Oklahoma Department of

Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

Lloyd, Margaret H 03/02/2017

Exploring the Role of Jail Contact in Women's Pathways to Prison 50,930DOJ/National Institute of Justice/University of North

Carolina, Charlotte

Kennedy, Stephanie C 03/09/2017

Evaluating Early Access to Medicaid as a Reentry Strategy 52,409Urban InstituteUlaszek, Wendy R 02/24/2017

State Targeted Response to the Opioid Crisis Grants (Opioid STR) 297,505DHHS/SAMHSA/Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration/CT Department of Mental

Health and Addiction Services

Rodis, Eleni T 02/17/2017

Academic and Service Programs $911,968Proposals 10

Global Affairs $24,990Proposals 1

The Marlene M. Johnson Innovation Challenge for U.S. - Cuba, Caribbean, and

Central American Academic Mobility

24,990Partners of the AmericasPietro, Roy E 03/29/2017

Provost & Exec VP Academic Affairs $53,530Proposals 2

Preliminary Proposal NSF INCLUDES: Connecticut Collective Impact

Collaborative

0NSF/National Science FoundationReis Renzulli, Sally 02/14/2017

Fulbright-Hays-Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Applications 53,530ED/Department of EducationSaunders-Kanabay, Luann 03/13/2017

Student Activities Proposals 1

Jumpstart UConnJumpstartDevivo Brassaw, Gina 03/09/2017

Unassigned Department $323,569Proposals 4

Direct Heat Flux Measurement of TBC with MW & LW IR Camera 60,000United Technologies-Pratt & WhitneyJordan, Eric H 03/28/2017

Gradient Rig Testing Simulation of CMAS Damage Progression 164,852United Technologies-Pratt & WhitneyJordan, Eric H 01/30/2017

Gradient Rig Testing Simulation of CMAS Damage Progression 23,717United Technologies-Pratt & WhitneyJordan, Eric H 03/28/2017

Direct Heat Flux Measurement of TBC with MW & LW IR Camera 75,000United Technologies-Pratt & WhitneyJordan, Eric H 01/30/2017


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Requested


Undergraduate Education $10,000Proposals 1

Pre-College Summer @ UConn Program 2017 10,000People¿s United Community FoundationRichardson, Wendi L 02/01/2017

VP Graduate Education & Dean $499,879Proposals 1

NRT-IGE: ICP-Individualized planning for Career development and Professional

growth

499,879NSF/National Science FoundationHolsinger, Kent E 02/06/2017

Vice President for Research $7,788,185Proposals 10

Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering $0Proposals 1

Preliminary Proposal: Spatial and Seasonal Dynamics of Forest Bird Biodiversity:

A Multiscale Perspective Based on Gradients of Energy Availability and

Landscape Structure

0NSF/National Science FoundationWillig, Michael R 01/23/2017

Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention and Policy $5,132,127Proposals 5

The Effect of Neighborhood Food Environments on Diet Quality of Preschool

Children in Family Child Care Homes

158,958DHHS/NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood

Institute/Brown University

Cooksey, Kristen E 03/08/2017

Community-Based Intervention to Improve Maternal-Infant Health and Infant

Neurobehavioral Development Outcomes Among HIV-Exposed and

HIV-Unexposed Infants

in Botswana

4,079,736DHHS/NIH/National Institute of Mental HealthButler, Lisa M 01/05/2017

Expanding the Wellness School Assessment Tool for the Whole School, Whole

Child, Whole Community Model

97,463Johnson (Robert Wood) Foundation/Action for Healthy

Kids

Schwartz, Marlene B 02/15/2017

Meet Me at the Crossroads: Weight-Stigma and the Intersections of Race and

Gender

2,000Society for the Psychological Study of Social IssuesHimmelstein, Mary S 01/26/2017

A Multi-Component Food Security and Behavioral Intervention to Improve

Maternal-Child Health Outcomes Amongst Young HIV-Infected Women in

Uganda

793,970DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthButler, Lisa M 02/07/2017

Institute of Materials Science $411,911Proposals 1

UTAS Center for Excellence 411,911United Technologies-Aerospace SystemsAindow, Mark 01/20/2017

Northeast Undersea Research Technology and Education Center $1,238,935Proposals 1

The Long Island Sound Habitat Mapping Initiative Phase II - Eastern Long Island

Sound

1,238,935CT Department of Energy and Environmental ProtectionBabb, Ivar G 01/04/2017

Sea Grant College Program $1,005,212Proposals 2

The Impact of Mixtures of PAHs on Zebrafish as a Model for Ecosystem and

Human Health

995,213Gulf of Mexico Research InitiativeDeguise, Sylvain 03/03/2017

Understanding Ocean Acidification: Global to Local Impacts 9,999DOC/National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationPayne, Diana L 01/20/2017

University of Connecticut - Storrs & Regional Proposals $201,909,646 386

School of Dental Medicine $4,625,117Proposals 13

Craniofacial Sciences $1,312,216Proposals 3

Postdoctoral Training in General, Pediatric and Public Health Dentistry and

Dental Hygiene

579,435DHHS/HRSA/Health Resources and Services

Administration

Mina, Mina 03/13/2017

Skeletal, Craniofacial, and Oral Biology Training Grant (R90) 76,064DHHS/NIH/National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial

Research

Mina, Mina 02/24/2017


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Total

Requested


Skeletal, Craniofacial, and Oral Biology Training Grant (T90DE021989) 656,717DHHS/NIH/National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial

Research

Mina, Mina 02/24/2017

Oral Health and Diagnostic Sciences $1,971,988Proposals 5

Clinical Registry of Dental Outcomes in Head and Neck Cancer Patients 671,665DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Carolinas

Medical Center

Lalla, Rajesh V 03/20/2017

Individualized Assessment and Treatment for Marijuana Dependence: Treatment

Mechanisms

568,537DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthLitt, Mark D 01/06/2017

Treat-to-target and personalized approach to periodontal therapy 267,527DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthIoannidou, Efthimia 02/02/2017

Oral Epithelial Cells, Candida and PMN Activation 398,750DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthDongari-Bagtzoglou, Anna I 03/06/2017

A Phase 2, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multi-Center, Trial of

the Effects of Intravenous GC4419 on the Incidence and Duration of Severe Oral

Mucositis (OM) in Patients Receiving Post-Operative or Definitive Therapy with

Single-Agent Cisplatin plus IMRT for Locally Advanced, Non-Metastatic

Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity or Oropharynx.

65,509Galera TherapeuticsLalla, Rajesh V 02/10/2017

Reconstructive Sciences $1,340,913Proposals 5

Bioactive Proteins in Inflammatory Arthritis 25,000ImpactAssetsDealy, Caroline N 01/27/2017

Targeted Correction of Dominant Mutations of Type I Collagen Causing Severe

OI

327,250DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthRowe, David W 02/10/2017

Modulating Notch Signaling to Control Progression of Liver Fibrosis 7,096University of Zagreb School of MedicineKalajzic, Ivo 03/02/2017

Mechanisms underlying commitment and differentiation of progenitor cels during

bone healing

478,500DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthKalajzic, Ivo 03/27/2017

Artificial Salivary Gland, LLC 503,067DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Oral Fluid

Dynamics

Kelly, J. Robert 03/31/2017

School of Medicine $137,826,648Proposals 185

Cell Analysis Modeling - CCAM $1,579,789Proposals 1

Methods and Tools for Simulation and analysis of dynamic multivalent molecular

aggregates

1,579,789DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthBlinov, Michael 01/31/2017

Cell Biology $17,920,588Proposals 24

Reinitiation of meiosis by dephosphorylation of the NPR2 guanylyl cyclase in

response to luteinizing hormone

50,000Lalor FoundationVigone, Giulia 01/10/2017

Consultation and Bioinformatics Services 13,868Connecticut Children's Medical CenterVera-Licona, Martha Paola 01/05/2017

Center for Reproducible Systems for Biomedical Modeling 1,010,520DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/University of

Washington

Moraru, Ion I 01/04/2017

Nanoparticle-CT Angiography 66,355DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/NanoprobesSmilowitz, Henry 03/30/2017

Role of glial cells in normal and abnormal central sound processing 159,500DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/University of

Pittsburgh

Terasaki, Mark R 03/22/2017

Genetic Interrogation of Conserved Follicular Factors for Matrix

Metalloproteinase Regulation and Ovulation


Connecticut

Peluso, John J 03/21/2017

Maintenance and Development of Transgenic Mice for Studies of Signal

Transduction

63,000ImpactAssetsJaffe, Laurinda 03/10/2017

Collaborative Research: TRIPODS: NE Consortium for the Advancement of Data

Science (NECADS)-Foundations of High Performance Techniques

224,999NSF/National Science FoundationLaubenbacher, Reinhard 03/03/2017


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Total

Requested


Extracellular vesicles and hES-MSCs as novel tools to aid in the diagnosis &

treatment of secondary progressive disease

745,944National Multiple Sclerosis SocietyPachter, Joel 03/02/2017

Regulation of guanylyl cyclase A and B by hormones, ATP and phosphorylation 91,159DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/University of

Minnesota

Jaffe, Laurinda 02/27/2017

Targeting pathological vascular permeability through endothelial PLC-beta and

TRP channel calcium pathways

2,814,920DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthClaffey, Kevin P 02/22/2017

Collaboration on Drug Transport into the Brain 75,000GlaxoSmithKlinePachter, Joel 02/22/2017

JAX Center for PDX Model Development and Pre Clinical Trials 237,984DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Jackson

Laboratory

Laubenbacher, Reinhard 02/21/2017

Molecular control of sinoatrial node development and maturation 5,364American Heart Association/Mount Sinai School of

Medicine

Yue, Lixia 02/16/2017

Immune Evasion in Embryonic Stem Cell-based Tissue Repair and

Transplantation

463,453DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthShapiro, Linda H 02/14/2017

Avoiding Contrast Induced Nephropathy, A Minorities Health Disparity 988,000Keck (W. M.) FoundationSmilowitz, Henry 02/14/2017

Canalization: A fundamental design principle of gene regulatory networks 70,000DOD/Army/Department of the ArmyLaubenbacher, Reinhard 02/08/2017

Avoiding Contrast Induced Nephropathy, A Minorities Health Disparity 996,875DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/NanoprobesSmilowitz, Henry 02/02/2017

Signal Transduction at Fertilization 456,798DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthJaffe, Laurinda 02/02/2017

Multiscale modeling of the battle over iron in invasive lung infection 3,935,164DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthLaubenbacher, Reinhard 01/31/2017

TRPM2 is a key mediator of ischemic brain injury 2,382,171DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthYue, Lixia 01/30/2017

Understanding and predicting iron physiology at multiple scales - from cells to

individuals

2,932,097DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthMendes, Pedro 01/27/2017

Baf250a establishing gene activation and repression programs in the developing

sinoatrial node

62,337DHHS/NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood

Institute/Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Yue, Lixia 01/20/2017

Molecular control of atrioventricular node development 60,753DHHS/NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood


Yue, Lixia 01/19/2017

Center for Vascular Biology $732,924Proposals 1

Lympocyte Activation Gene-3 Deficiency Linked to Proinflammation and

Atherosclerosis

732,924DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthRodriguez, Annabelle 03/27/2017

Community Medicine and Health Care $3,348,355Proposals 11

An Integrated Approach to Hearing Preservation Among Construction Workers 108,000DHHS/CDC/Centers for Disease Control and PreventionCavallari, Jennifer 03/24/2017

Occupational Health Psychology MOU 7,000DHHS/CDC/Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention/University of Connecticut

Cavallari, Jennifer 03/10/2017

Interdisciplinary Sequence in Early Childhood Intervention for Master's Degree


1,250,000ED/Department of EducationBruder, Mary 03/06/2017

CT DCF Social Impact Bonding (SIB) 241,319CT Department of Children and Families/Social FinanceUngemack, Jane A 03/03/2017

CT SBIRT Health Professionals Training Program 314,145DHHS/SAMHSA/Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration

McRee, Bonnie G. 03/02/2017

Study of Health Impact of Fluctuating-work Time (SHIFT): A Molecular

Prospective

181,389DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Yale UniversityStevens, Richard G 02/23/2017

Sound Public Health Approaches to Knowing Exposure to HIV 23,749DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Medical College

of Wisconsin

Lazzarini, Zita 02/16/2017

Consumer Driven Healthcare Transition: From Pediatrics to Adult Care 592,748DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthBruder, Mary 02/07/2017


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Total

Requested


Autism Transitions Research Project (ATRP) 178,984DHHS/HRSA/Health Resources and Services

Administration/Hospital for Special Care

Gelbar, Nicholas 02/01/2017

Field Initiated Projects Program (Development) 225,000DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Orelena Hawks

Puckett Institute

Bruder, Mary 02/01/2017

Partner Violence, Appraisal and Substance Use 226,021DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Yale UniversityTennen, Howard A 01/23/2017

Dermatology $63,146Proposals 1

Protocol No. M16-048 entitled "A Phase 2b Multicenter, Randomized,

Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind Dose Ranging Study to Evaluate ABT-494 in

Adult Subjects with Moderate to Severe Atopic Dermatitis"

63,146AbbVie PharmaceuticalsStrober, Bruce 03/06/2017

Family Medicine $245,461Proposals 2

Statistical Methods for Health Care Utilization and Costs 13,657DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Connecticut


Wang, Xiaoyan 03/01/2017

MOA Between the Office of the Healthcare Advocate and the University of


231,804CT Office of the Healthcare AdvocateAgresta, Thomas P 01/23/2017

Genetics and Developmental Biology $19,927,899Proposals 16

Identification of human orofacial enhancers and their role in orofacial cells 239,279DHHS/NIH/National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial

Research

Cotney, Justin 03/02/2017

Gene expression control by trypanosome cyclin-dependent kinase CRK9 2,418,565DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthGunzl, Arthur 02/28/2017

Phosphotyrosine profiling of human lung cancer 158,361DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthMayer, Bruce J 02/22/2017

Complex RNA Processing 610,181DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthGraveley, Brenton R 02/10/2017

Modulating the stress response of human neurons via gene editing of FKBP5 438,625DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthLalande, Marc E 02/10/2017

Super-resolution affinity maps for protein interactions in signaling 431,032DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthMayer, Bruce J 02/10/2017

TGF-beta family members and their binding proteins in aging skeletal muscle 2,116,834DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthLee, Se-Jin 01/27/2017

Genetic, Psychological, and Behavioral Contributors to Stress Reactivity and

Response in Emerging Adults


Connecticut

Young, Erin 01/27/2017

NRT-UtB-DESE: Science of learning, from neurobiology to real-world application:

a problem-based approach


Connecticut

Chamberlain, Stormy J. 01/26/2017

Comprehensive Analysis of Functional RNA Elements Encoded in the Human

Genome

2,000,000DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthGraveley, Brenton R 01/26/2017

Single Molecule Chromatin Interaction Analysis in Single Nuclei 26,628DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Jackson

Laboratory

Yu, Ji 01/25/2017

A Comprehensive Functional Map of Human Protein-RNA Interactions 10,113,618DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthGraveley, Brenton R 01/18/2017

Determining the roles of individual UBE3A protein isoforms in Angelman

syndrome

431,032DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthChamberlain, Stormy J. 03/07/2017

Nuclear-retained long noncoding RNA's 326,821DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthCarmichael, Gordon G 03/07/2017

Neurogenesis and morphogenesis of the cerebellum 438,625DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthLi, James Y.H 03/13/2017

Investigating the efficacy of novel therapeutic approaches for restoring UBE3A

expression in human Angelman syndrome...

110,000Angelman Syndrome FoundationGermain, Noelle 03/13/2017

Immunology $18,983,903Proposals 19

Breaking Tolerance to Induce Tumor Specific Cytotoxic DC4 Th1 Cells 1,993,750DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthAdler, Adam J. 02/27/2017


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Total

Requested


Exploring the Existence and Significance of an Entero-Mammary Pathway 65,232Hood (Charles H.) Foundation/Connecticut Children's

Medical Center

Matson, Adam 03/06/2017

Crosstalk between inflammasomes and interferons in antibacterial host defense 434,828DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthRathinam, Vijay 02/14/2017

Enteric immune defense block by Shiga toxin Producing Escherichia coli 231,000American Heart AssociationKailasan Vanaja, Sivapriya 02/14/2017

Enteric Immune Responses to Pathogenic Escherichia coli 431,032DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthKailasan Vanaja, Sivapriya 02/14/2017

Characterization of noncanonical inflammasone-mediated release of alarmins 431,032DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthRathinam, Vijay 02/14/2017

Role of a novel subset of lung resident macrophages in regulating immune

homeostasis during respiratory infection

2,707,504DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthKhanna, Kamal 01/31/2017

Enhancing Immunotherapy with Combined Image Guided Cryotherapy and PD-1

Axis Inhibition in a Murine Colorectal Model

3,000Radiological Society of North AmericaPuddington, Lynn 01/31/2017

Using signaling complex disruptors of Raf-1kinase for the treatment of

inflammation

675,000National Multiple Sclerosis SocietyBrocke, Stefan 01/26/2017

TLR Tolerance in Multiple Sclerosis (RG-1707-26530) 673,800National Multiple Sclerosis SocietyClark, Robert B 01/26/2017

Mechanisms of Impaired Mycobacteria Sending by TLR4 Polymorphic Variants 2,571,059DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthMedvedev, Andrei 01/24/2017

Long Non-Coding RNAs and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus 438,625DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthMedvedev, Andrei 01/13/2017

Cytosolic Immune Surveillance During Bacterial Infections 395,242DHHS/NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious

Diseases

Rathinam, Vijay 01/11/2017

Role of IRAK4 in systemic lupus erythematous 600,000Lupus Research AllianceMedvedev, Andrei 01/10/2017

Air pollution particles, deregulation of macrophage responses and infection 438,625DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthMedvedev, Andrei 01/06/2017

Cellular Mechanisms of Viral Control 401,242DHHS/NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious

Diseases

Cauley, Linda S 01/04/2017

The Role of Long Non-Coding RNAs in TLR4 Tolerance and Sepsis 124,068DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthMurphy, Michael 03/21/2017

Impact of Aging and Influenza Respiratory Tract Infection on Muscle Health 3,699,749DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthHaynes, Laura 03/24/2017

Modulation of Biodefense Responses to Microbial Pathogens 2,669,115DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthVella, Anthony T. 02/23/2017

Medicine $28,091,375Proposals 45

Treatment with novel Thetis n-3 PUFA compounds, TP-252 (EPA) to test

regression of adenomatous polyps

6,064Thetis PharmaceuticalsRosenberg, Daniel W 03/31/2017

Azithromycin Cardiac Safety Study 26,250VERANNE/Veterans Education and Research

Association of Northern New England

Mortensen, Eric M 03/30/2017

Hepatic steatosis assessment by transient elastography: Is it a colon cancer

screening tool?

0EchosensBortniker, Ethan 03/24/2017

Ryan White Part A Minority AIDS Initiative (MAI) (2 parts/funds Outpt Ambulatory

and Tx Adherence)

93,325DHHS/HRSA/Health Resources and Services

Administration/City of Hartford, CT

Dieckhaus, Kevin D 03/23/2017

Area Health Education Centers, Point of Service for Maintenance and Education 2,187,341DHHS/HRSA/Health Resources and Services

Administration

Gould, Bruce E 03/22/2017

Tuberculosis ("TB") Prevention and Control in CT State Correctional Facilities 140,000CT Department of Public HealthIvanaviciene, Jurate 03/20/2017

Subcontract for services pursuant to the provision of the CMHC HIV prevention

program in CDOC

1,028,546DHHS/CDC/Centers for Disease Control and


Ivanaviciene, Jurate 03/20/2017

Dissecting intratumor heterogeneity of rectal carcinomas to identify biomarkers

and modifiers to chemo...

1,339,743DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthRosenberg, Daniel W 03/13/2017


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Total

Requested


Inductive Small Molecule Regeneration 40,000Connecticut Institute for Clinical and Translational

Science (CICATS)

Lo, Wai Hong 03/13/2017

Role of miR29 in osteoclastogenesis 347,705DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthDelany, Anne M 03/10/2017

FGF2 Isoforms in Bone and Phosphate Homeostasis 1,993,750DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthHurley, Marja 03/02/2017

The UConn Health Writing Program for Biomedical Science Trainees 28,674Burroughs Wellcome FundHeinen, Christopher D 03/02/2017

Combination Adjuvants to Activate Human Dendritic Cell Subsets and B Cells 145,001DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Jackson

Laboratory

Kuchel, George A 02/24/2017

Role of CD97 in Bone 2,310,724DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthLee, Sun-Kyeong 02/23/2017

Motivational Interviewing to improve Adherence to Hydroxyurea in Sickle Cell 277,551DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Yale UniversityAndemariam, Biree 02/22/2017

Impact of cardiovascular events on outcomes after pneumonia 244,022DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthMortensen, Eric M 02/22/2017

M1 Mentoring Award 10,000Connecticut Institute for Clinical and Translational

Science (CICATS)

Delany, Anne M 02/22/2017

Sickle Cell Trait and Bone Fracture 239,250DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthXiao, Liping 02/21/2017

CPH-NEW 384,905DHHS/CDC/National Institute for Occupational Safety

and Health/University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Cherniack, Martin G 02/16/2017

To Generate Donor - Specific Immunogenic and Tolerogenic Antigen Presenting

Cells from Human DC-Derived...

438,625DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthChhabra, Arvind 02/14/2017

Generating AICD Resistant TCR Engineered Human Primary Anti-Tumor T Cells

with Customized Effector Function...

438,625DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthChhabra, Arvind 02/14/2017

Biodegradable intracranial pressure sensor based solely on medical biomaterials 67,190DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/University of

Connecticut

Kim, Insoo 02/10/2017

Improving communication in noise when wearing hearing protection 434,638DHHS/CDC/National Institute for Occupational Safety

and Health

Brammer, Anthony 02/08/2017

Characterization of Treponema pallidum rare outer membrane proteins 477,374DHHS/NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious

Diseases

Radolf, Justin D 02/07/2017

Development of Osteotropic Drug Delivery Nanoparticles: An Oral Delivery

Strategy for Metabolic Bone Disease

438,625DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthLo, Wai Hong 02/07/2017

Translation of COPE for Publicly-funded Home Care Clients and their Families 527,579DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthFortinsky, Richard 02/07/2017

A Feasibility study of dronabinol for pain and inflammation of sickle cell disease 100,000DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Yale UniversityAndemariam, Biree 02/01/2017

Hereditary Cancer Variants of Uncertain Significance in Stem Cells 1,958,784DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthHeinen, Christopher D 02/01/2017

Characterization of the inherent immunogenicity of human dendritic cell-derived

induced pluripotent stem cell lines....

1,993,750DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthChhabra, Arvind 02/01/2017

Engaging Local Communities in Developing a Commercial Fishing TWH Initiative 11,170DHHS/CDC/Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention/Bassett Healthcare Network

Dugan, Alicia 01/30/2017

Statins for primary prevention in individuals with high level of physical fitness 25,429DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/University of

Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas


Microbiome and Sickle Cell Bone Disease 1,993,750DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthXiao, Liping 01/30/2017

Smoking Cessation Treatments for Homeless Smokers 1,993,750DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthRash, Carla 01/30/2017

Molecular mechanisms of strain diversity underlying Staphylococcus epidermidis

commensal-virulence lifestyle

109,772DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Jackson

Laboratory


One-step surgical procedure for the treatment of bone defects with short-term

treatment of osteogenic small molecule

1,965,543DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthLo, Wai Hong 01/25/2017


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Total

Requested


Post Baccalaureate Research Education Program at UConn Health (PREP at

UConn Health)

1,830,294DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthHurley, Marja 01/23/2017

Development of compounds synthetically lethal to APC-mutant cancer cells 21,000University of ConnecticutRosenberg, Daniel W 01/23/2017

Primary Care Integrated, Virtual Team Pharmacist E-consults for Complex Care

Management Patients with ...


Connecticut


Combination Adjuvants to Activate Human Dendritic Cell Subsets and B Cells 22,657DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Jackson

Laboratory


Microbiome Plasticity and Pathogenicity in Older Adults: Baselines & Transitions

from Skilled Nursing Care

66,823University of Connecticut Health CenterKuchel, George A 01/12/2017

Combining Testosterone Therapy and Exercise to Improve Function Post Hip

Fracture

2,134,025DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Washington

University


Development of Targeted Nanoscale Drug Delivery System for Osteoarthritic

Cartilage Tissue

100,000Arthritis National Research FoundationLo, Wai Hong 01/10/2017

A multi-center retrospective study for developing and validating a second version

of RosettaGX Reveal, a molecular test for the classification of indeterminate

thyroid FNA samples.

9,139Rosetta GenomicsMalchoff, Carl 01/05/2017

3D Kinematics of Ankle Bracing on Ankle Stability 5,000Orthopaedic Research and Education FoundationWolf, Megan R 01/05/2017

The biomechanical effects of ankle instability with ankle bracing on

3-dimensionsal kinematics: A cadaveric study

5,000American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle SocietyWolf, Megan R 01/05/2017

Molecular Biology & Biophysics $12,176,191Proposals 11

Oxidation is trigger for PML multimerization and Nuclear Body formation in HSV

infected cells

433,253DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthWeller, Sandra K 02/10/2017

Toolset for NMR Investigations of Disordered Proteins 915,052DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/University of

Wisconsin, Madison

Hoch, Jeffrey C 02/16/2017

Development and Application of Non-Fourier Method for Biomolecular NMR 1,993,750DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthHoch, Jeffrey C 02/28/2017

Identification of small-molecule inhibitors of Fbw7-mediated DISC1 protein

degradation

438,625DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthHao, Bing 03/10/2017

Metabolic Activities in Dormant Spores of Bacillus Species 75,000DOD/Army/Department of the ArmySetlow, Peter 03/13/2017

MRI: Acquisition of a 900 MHz NMR Spectrometer for South/Central New

England

3,739,205NSF/National Science FoundationHoch, Jeffrey C 01/06/2017

Center for Biomolecular NMR Data Processing and Analysis 1,130,894DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthHoch, Jeffrey C 03/28/2017

Framework for efficient nonuniformly sampled NMR experiments with enhanced

sensitivity, resolution and reproducibility.

438,625DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthSchuyler, Adam D 02/10/2017

RNA Granule Translation in ALS 50,000Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis AssociationCarson, John H 01/26/2017

Peptide Amidation in Ciliogenesis 2,901,193DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthKing, Stephen M 01/23/2017

Stabilizing nuclear p27kip1 as a therapeutic target for endometrial cancer 60,594DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/New York

University

Hao, Bing 03/24/2017

NEAG Cancer Center (SOM) $402,647Proposals 1

A Patient-Derived Xenograft Model of novel augmentation of AML therapy by

Vitamin D

402,647DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthHarrison, Jonathan 02/15/2017

Neuroscience $10,974,440Proposals 17

PAM as a regulatory accessory protein for V-ATPase 1,250,000DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthVishwanatha, Kuruthihalli S 01/18/2017


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Total

Requested


Novel proteins regulating function and expression of SLO-2 potassium channels 307,038DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthChen, Bojun 01/18/2017

Therapeutic potential of purinergic P2X4 receptors in stroke 231,000American Heart AssociationVerma, Rajkumar 01/12/2017

Origin of Cortical Species - Specific Distinctions 67,500DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Yale UniversityZecevic, Nada 01/04/2017

Circuitry and neurons of the inferior colliculus in normal and developmentally

altered mice

3,039,282DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthOliver, Douglas L 01/23/2017

Cellular Senescence in Neural Progenitor Cells Limits CNS Remyelination 641,714National Multiple Sclerosis SocietyCrocker, Stephen J. 02/01/2017

Transcriptional and epigenetic regulation of retinal ganglion cell development 438,625DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthTrakhtenberg, Feliks 02/07/2017

PAD4 in Retinal Gilliosis 438,625DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthMohan, Royce 02/08/2017

Cellular reprogramming to regenerate axons damaged in ischemic optic

neuropathy

231,000American Heart AssociationTrakhtenberg, Feliks 02/08/2017

Targeting ASIC3 to disrupt nociceptor sensitization following spinal cord injury 252,186DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/University of

Connecticut

Baumbauer, Kyle M 02/10/2017

Behavioral Measures of the Precision of Coding on Interaural Temporal

Disparities in Human Listerners

218,000DOD/Navy/Office of Naval ResearchBernstein, Leslie 02/15/2017

Altered synaptic physiology in a human stem cell model of up 15q syndrome 64,000National Alliance for Autism ResearchSelvam, Rajamani 03/01/2017

Modeling autism related pathology in Trio haploinsufficient mice 150,000Simons FoundationMains, Richard 03/02/2017

Synaptic function of BK Channel-interacting proteins 398,750DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthWang, ZhaoWen 03/02/2017

Transcriptional regulators of the developmental loss of retinal ganglion cell's

intrinsic axon growth and regeneration capacity

438,625DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthTrakhtenberg, Feliks 03/07/2017

The Functional Consequences of SCI on Cutaneous Nociceptors 40,372DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/University of

Connecticut


Development of objective electrophysiological tests for tinnitus based on

long-lasting after-discharges in the interior colliculus

2,767,723DOD/Army/Army Medical Research Acquisition ActivityOliver, Douglas L 03/16/2017

Obstetrics and Gynecology $9,000Proposals 3

Maternal Fetal Medicine Reunion 3,000NateraLuo, Guo Yang 02/17/2017

Maternal Fetal Medicine Reunion 3,000General Electric HealthcareLuo, Guo Yang 02/15/2017

Maternal Fetal Medicine Reunion 3,000SamsungLuo, Guo Yang 02/15/2017

Orthopaedic Surgery $4,257,734Proposals 10

Role of Notch Signaling in Osteocytes 338,938DHHS/NIH/National Institute of Arthritis and

Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases

Canalis, Ernesto 02/23/2017

Mechanisms of Notch Action in Bone 354,888DHHS/NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive

and Kidney Diseases


Learning and Big Data Techniques to Accelerate the Discovery of Biomaterials 242,072NSF/National Science Foundation/University of

Connecticut

Nukavarapu, Syam 02/24/2017

Creating Biodegradable Conducting Polymeric Implants 439,361DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthKumbar, Sangamesh G. 03/07/2017

Mentor/M1 Awardees 150,000Connecticut Institute for Clinical and Translational

Science (CICATS)

Laurencin, Cato 03/13/2017

Biomaterials and Bioactive Factors for Shoulder Regenerative Engineering 100,000University of Connecticut Health CenterLaurencin, Cato 02/16/2017

Seeding cementless orthopedic implants and cancellous bone allografts and

bioactive glass particles for enhanced implant fixation and antimicrobial implant

prophylaxis

150,299OrthoMedeXNair, Lakshmi S. 01/06/2017


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Total

Requested


Mimetogenesis Project. Parent Log # 20160704 62,000Connecticut Institute for Clinical and Translational

Science (CICATS)


Functionalized allograft for large scale bone defect healing 97,956DOD/Department of Defense/University of ConnecticutKhan, Yusuf M 01/13/2017

Role of PI3K in Fracture Healing 2,322,220DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthSanjay, Archana 01/13/2017

Pediatrics $1,400,504Proposals 4

Comparison of vectors and optimization of dosages for renal vein injection

method in GSD-la mice

695,366Dimension TherapeuticsLee, Youngmok 02/22/2017

Barriers to Engagement and Retention in Opioid Agonist Therapy for Postpartum

Women



Pappagallo, Mariann 03/07/2017

Ryan White Part D 611,813DHHS/HRSA/Health Resources and Services

Administration/Connecticut Children's Specialty Group

Salazar, Juan C. 02/07/2017

Ryan White A 21,810DHHS/HRSA/Health Resources and Services



Psychiatry $16,997,567Proposals 13

Violence exposure, threat-reactivity, and fear and distress pathways from early

childhood to adolescence: a prospective...

3,943,895DHHS/NIH/National Institute of Mental HealthBriggs-Gowan, Margaret 02/28/2017

A whole-Genome Approach for Identifying Evidence of Intergenerational

Transmission of Trauma-Related Eipgentic...

70,000Brain and Behavior Research FoundationGrasso, Damion 02/24/2017

Supporting Injury Prevention Center Research 25,806Connecticut Children's Medical CenterGrasso, Damion 02/21/2017

Aging Inmates Suicidal Ideation and Depression (Aging INSIDE) Study 398,750DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthBarry, Lisa 02/14/2017

Enhancing the Capacity of Pediatric Primary Care Providers: A Pilot Trial of the

Anxiety Action Plan

731,569DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthGinsburg, Golda S 02/10/2017

Peripheral Inflammation Mediates the Association between Neuroticism and

Neurodegeneration in Geriatric Major Depression

200,000Dana (Charles A.) FoundationManning, Kevin J 01/27/2017

Treatment for AUD and PTSD: A trial of Cognitive Processing Therapy and

Zonisamide

1,957,844DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Yale UniversityCovault, Jonathan M 01/26/2017

Neural Compensation as Cognitive Reserve: Influence on Cognitive Decline in

Older Adults

3,945,919DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthWang, Lihong 01/24/2017

Optimizing a Coordinated Adolescent, Family and M-Health Intervention for

Cannabis Use Disorders

3,980,664DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthKaminer, Yifrah 01/20/2017

Cognitive Decline, Decision Making and Financial Exploitation of Chinese Older

Adults

252,599DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Rush University

Medical Center

Wang, Lihong 01/18/2017

Zonisamide treatment of alcohol use disorder: an evaluation of efficacy and

mechanism of action

290,521DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Yale UniversityCovault, Jonathan M 03/27/2017

The Center for Trauma Recovery and Juvenile Justice 600,000DHHS/SAMHSA/Substance Abuse and Mental Health


Ford, Julian D 03/01/2017

The Center for the Treatment of Developmental Trauma Disorders 600,000DHHS/SAMHSA/Substance Abuse and Mental Health



Surgery $690,975Proposals 5

Electrocatalytic Studies of Toxic Pollutant Activation 47,566DHHS/NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health

Sciences/University of Connecticut

Choudhary, Dharamainder 03/17/2017

Angiogenic Regulators in Ischemic Disorders 399,913DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthMaulik, Nilanjana 02/15/2017


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Total

Requested


Changes in Circulatory Biomarker, Prestin, After Noise-Induced Hearing Loss 9,996SensorionParham, Kourosh 02/15/2017

Role of Prolylhudroxylases in the Diabetic Myocardium 231,000American Heart AssociationThirunavukkarasu, Mahesh 02/08/2017

Engineered Resveratrol Loaded Nanofiber Scaffolds for Cardiac Repair and

Regeneration

2,500American Medical AssociationCampbell, Jacob 01/05/2017

Traumatology and Emergency Medicine $24,150Proposals 1

CT Poison Control RADARS Surveillance System 24,150Denver Health and Hospital AuthorityMcKay, Charles 01/19/2017

Other UConn Health $544,873Proposals 6


Vasectomy: Perspectives on Urological Counseling and Procedural Training for

Ob/Gyn Residents

6,415Society of Family PlanningMorosky, Christopher M. 03/06/2017

White Matter Hyperdensities as a Predictor of Central Presbycusis 5,000New England Otolaryngological SocietyBlake, Danielle 02/23/2017

Using tablet computers to teach newly-diagnosed diabetes patients about

medication administration & diab. self-care

6,791DHHS/NIH/National Library of Medicine

(NLM)/University of Massachusetts Medical School

Urciuoli, Wendy 01/13/2017

Endothelial and immune cell crosstalk: mediating atheroscierosis through IL-36

guided T cell activation

53,688American Heart AssociationXu, Maria 02/06/2017

The Genomic Landscape of Neuroflbromatosis Type II 25,000American Neurotology SocietyRoberts, Daniel 01/18/2017

Uncovering the Mechanism of Esophageal Regeneration And Understanding

The Role of The TGF Pathway

447,979DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthFink, Christine 02/14/2017

University of Connecticut Health Proposals $142,996,638 204

Grand Total $344,906,284Proposals 590


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Quarterly Proposal List by Managing Department

Total

Requested


College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources $8,027,903Proposals 39

Agricultural and Resource Economics $154,517Proposals 3

45,578Economic Experiments to Study Demand for Connecticut Greenhouse

Vegetables

USDA/Agricultural Marketing Servicebovay jr., John 03/27/2017

33,940Improvements of Marketing Connecticut Agriculture through Farmers' MarketsUSDA/Agricultural Marketing Servicebovay jr., John 03/27/2017

74,999Economic Viability of Selected Enterprises to Promote Farming and Land

Preservation in Connecticut

USDA/Agricultural Marketing Service/CT Department of

Agriculture

bovay jr., John 03/29/2017

Animal Science $650,814Proposals 2

15,824Preliminary Studies to Evaluate the Use of Ultrasound Technology to Reduce

Antibiotic Use for Mastitis Control in Dairy Cows

Walker (George) Milk Research FundAndrew, Sheila M 03/02/2017

634,990One-Two Punch for Organic Poultry Processing: Knocking out Foodborne

Pathogens with Plant-Derived Antimicrobials and Specialized Food Safety and

Processing Training

USDA/National Institute of Food and

Agriculture/USDA/Agricultural Research Service

Venkitanarayanan, Kumar S 01/12/2017

Extension $1,246,478Proposals 5

640,0004-H Children Having Agricultural Relationships Get Empowered by STEM (4-H

CHARGES!)

USDA/National Institute of Food and AgricultureCushman, Jennifer E 03/29/2017

1,500Connecticut Saves Week 2017 CampaignConsumer Federation of AmericaGriffiths-Smith, Faye I 02/17/2017

499,831Discover CT Grown - A Co-Marketing Strategy for Increasing Consumers of

Local Food

USDA/Agricultural Marketing ServiceMartin, Jennifer L 03/27/2017

87,547Laying the Foundation for a Statewide Farm to School LaunchUSDA/Food and Nutrition Service/CT Department of

Education

Martin, Jennifer L 03/23/2017

17,600Connecting Youth to NatureDisney Conservation Fund/National 4-H CouncilValiquette, Edith L 01/26/2017

Kinesiology $561,906Proposals 11

232,522Validation of Internal Body Temperature and Physiological Measures During

Exercise and Rest

Biotechnology High Performance Computing Software

Applications Institute

Casa, Douglas J 03/30/2017

116,261Validation of Brain Function Assessment Algorithm for mTBI from Injury to

Rehabilitation in College Athletes

BrainScope CompanyCasa, Douglas J 01/19/2017

114,144Athletic Training Services: A Relationship Between ECSU and UCONNEastern Connecticut State UniversityCasa, Douglas J 02/17/2017

10,000Effects of Competitive Ultraendurance Events on Appetite and MetabolismGraduate Women in ScienceColburn, Abigail T 01/13/2017

2,500Emergency Action Planning Policy Adoption in Secondary School AthleticsNational Athletic Trainers AssociationDistefano, Lindsay 02/14/2017

2,500Variability in Neuromuscular Control in Youth Female Basketball Athletes over

One Athletic Season

National Athletic Trainers AssociationDistefano, Lindsay 02/15/2017

10,000Genome-Wide Transcriptional Profiles of Circulating Immune Cells During

Exercise and Dehydration Stress

Graduate Women in ScienceLee, Elaine C 01/13/2017

9,979Perceptions of Transition and Role Balance for New Athletic Training and

Physical Therapy Faculty Members

Eastern Athletic Trainers' AssociationMazerolle, Stephanie M 03/15/2017

11,500Faculty Perspectives on Doctoral Mentoring and the Development of the Athletic

Training Faculty Member

National Athletic Trainers AssociationMazerolle, Stephanie M 02/08/2017

2,500Organizational Culture's Effect on Injury Treatment Decision MakingNational Athletic Trainers AssociationMazerolle, Stephanie M 02/13/2017

50,000Perceptions of Organizational Socialization and Role Balance from New Athletic

Training and Physical Therapy Faculty Members

Spencer FoundationMazerolle, Stephanie M 02/01/2017

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Total

Requested


Natural Resources and the Environment $428,123Proposals 4

309,094A Connecticut Bird AtlasDOI/United States Fish and Wildlife Service/CT


Huang, Min T 02/24/2017

29,059Hydrologic Factors Influencing BOG Turtle PopulationsDOI/United States Fish and Wildlife Service/CT


Robbins, Gary A 02/23/2017

2,000Conservation Planning in Constrained Landscapes: Addressing Economic and

Social Tradeoffs in a Proposed Refuge Expansion

American Wildlife Conservation FoundationVokoun, Jason 02/01/2017

87,970FY2017 Annual Application 104B Water ResourcesDOI/United States Geological SurveyWarner, Glenn S 01/27/2017

Nutritional Sciences $184,342Proposals 2

24,842The Potential Prebiotic Role of Dietary Milk SphingomyelinDannonBlesso, Christopher N 02/13/2017

159,500Resolving the Actions of ApoC-III in the Intestine, where Overexpression of

Human ApoC-III Stimulates Anti-Inflammatory Tregs and IL-10

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthKohan, Alison 02/16/2017

Pathobiology $2,586,266Proposals 6

995,213The Impact of Mixtures of PAHs on Zebrafish as a Model for Ecosystem and

Human Health

Gulf of Mexico Research InitiativeDeguise, Sylvain 03/03/2017

499,899Brucellosis: Regional Engagement for Education and Zoonosis Eradication -

Jordan 2017 (BREEZE-J17)

DOS/Department of StateGeary, Steven J 02/03/2017

499,980Brucellosis: Regional Engagement for Education and Zoonosis Eradication -

Turkey 2017 (BREEZE-T17)

DOS/Department of StateGeary, Steven J 02/03/2017

0Population-Level Phase Variable Surface Protein Gene Expression Modeling of

Mycoplasma Gallisepticum in Response to Ecological Pressures In-Vivo

NSF/National Science FoundationGeary, Steven J 01/19/2017

464,391Detection of Highly Pathogenic Viral Diseases of Swine (HPVS) at the India

(Mizoram State)-Myanmar (Chin State) Border Region

DOS/Department of StateRisatti, Guillermo 02/03/2017

126,783Elucidating the Role of Chlamydia in Lymphangitis and Crohn's DiseasePfizerVankruiningen, Herbert J 03/17/2017

Plant Science and Landscape Architecture $2,215,457Proposals 6

0IOS Preliminary Proposal: Use of a Unique Plant Biosensor for Localized

Elevations of cAMP for Testing a Model for a New Component of Brassinosteroid

Hormone Signal Transduction

NSF/National Science FoundationBerkowitz, Gerald 01/19/2017

29,583Leveraging NERTF Funding for the USGA Project: Solvita Soil Test Kits to

Categorize Golf Course Fairway Responsiveness to N Fertilization

New England Regional Turfgrass FoundationGuillard, Karl 02/24/2017

163,374Coordinator, Professional Development Program, Northeast SAREUSDA/National Institute of Food and

Agriculture/University of Vermont

McAllister, Janet C 02/27/2017

7,5002016 National Perennial Ryegrass TestNational Turfgrass Evaluation ProgramRackliffe, Steven 02/23/2017

10,000Construction of Brinkman Athletic Field Traffic SimulatorNew England Regional Turfgrass FoundationRackliffe, Steven 02/22/2017

2,005,000Control of Vascular Meristem Initiation and Activity in Arabidopsis StemDHHS/NIH/National Institute of General Medical

Sciences

Wang, Huanzhong 02/06/2017

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences $57,770,487Proposals 127

Anthropology $211,006Proposals 3

30,453Doctoral Dissertation Research: Human-Landscape Interactions and Response

to Holocene Sea-Level Rise and Climate Change in Coastal New Hampshire,

USA

NSF/National Science FoundationMcBride, Kevin A 01/20/2017

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Total

Requested


159,274Collaborative Research: NRT-INFEWS: Systems Thinking Training for Research

ON Geography-Based Coastal Food Energy Water Systems (STRONG-CFEWS)

NSF/National Science Foundation/University of South

Florida

Smith, Chrystal 02/03/2017

21,279Doctoral Dissertation Research: Accounting for the Experiences of People with

Down Syndrome in Clinical Settings

NSF/National Science FoundationWillen, Sarah 01/17/2017

Chemistry $4,484,616Proposals 7

Site-Specific Isotopic Analyses Through Decarboxylation of Meteoritic Amino

Acids

NASA/National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationAngeles-Boza, Alfredo M 03/31/2017

2,575,378Biological Effects of DNA Adducts of Aromatic Amine and Nitro CompoundsDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthBasu, Ashis K 03/06/2017

675,000Artificial Enzymes for CO2 ConversionMoore (Gordon and Betty) FoundationHe, Jie 03/01/2017

31,00025x Space Fresnel Lens Concentrator Using 4(+) Junction IMM Solar Cells and

Nyctinastic Graphene Radiators to Mitigate LILT Effects for Outer Planet

Missions

NASA/National Aeronautics and Space

Administration/Mark O'Neill

Kumar, Challa V 01/20/2017

675,000Triplet-based Organic Solar CellsMoore (Gordon and Betty) FoundationMani, Tomoyasu 03/01/2017

453,238Catch and Release of siRNA with Porous NanocapsulesDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthPinkhassik, Evgueni 02/16/2017

75,000Manipulating Excitons in Colloidal Quantum Dots by Plasmonic StructuresDreyfus (Camille and Henry) FoundationZhao, Jing 02/08/2017

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology $1,068,457Proposals 14

1,274Effects of Extinction on Ecological Gradients in Late Devonian BrachiopodsEvolving Earth FoundationBush, Andrew M 03/01/2017

1,233Paleoenvironmental Selectivity of the Frasnian-Famennian Extinction in the

Appalachian Basin

Evolving Earth FoundationBush, Andrew M 03/01/2017

261,898Collaborative Research: Drivers of Selective Mass Extinction: Insight from

Integrated Paleontological and Geochemical Records

NSF/National Science FoundationBush, Andrew M 02/22/2017

322,110Modeling Connecticut¿s Avian AssemblageCT Department of Energy and Environmental ProtectionElphick, Christopher 01/26/2017

150,000Dimensions: Collaborative Research: Biotic and Abiotic Drivers of Neotropical

Plant Speciation


Preliminary Proposal: Collaborative Research: Using Demographic Networks to

Predict Plant-Herbivore Coextinctions Under Projected Global Warming


0IOS Preliminary Proposal: Testing Hypotheses for the Developmental Basis of a

Morphological Novelty in Treehoppers

NSF/National Science FoundationJockusch, Elizabeth L 01/18/2017

Preliminary Proposal: Collaborative Research: Multi-Decadal Responses of Plant

and Bird Communities to Environmental Change in the Southern Appalachian

Mountains

NSF/National Science FoundationTingley, Morgan W 01/23/2017

0IOS Preliminary Proposal - RUI: Microbial Semiochemicals as Behavioral and

Ecological Organizers for Animals

NSF/National Science FoundationTrumbo, Stephen T 01/18/2017

30,438Springs of Resilience in a Changing Arctic: The Role of Tundra Springs for Arctic

Grayling Survival

National Geographic SocietyUrban, Mark C 03/31/2017

301,504DIMENSIONS: Collaborative Research: Phylogenetic and Environmental

Complexity Drive Local Adaptation and Species Interactions for Long-Lived

Conifers of the Arid West


Preliminary Proposal: Applying Associative Transcriptomics and Metagenomics

to Evaluate Adaptation to Acid Rain in Hardwood and Conifer Species


0IOS Preliminary Proposal: Developmental Genetics of Corolla Tube Formation, a

Key Morphological Innovation During Angiosperm Evolution

NSF/National Science FoundationYuan, Yaowu 01/19/2017

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Total

Requested


0Preliminary Proposal: Collaborative Research: Genetic Origin, Developmental

Mechanism, and Evolutionary Consequence of a Novel Leaf Phenotype in

Monkeyflowers (Mimulus)

NSF/National Science FoundationYuan, Yaowu 01/23/2017

Economics $551,999Proposals 3

7,000Poverty, Preference Admissions, College Access, and Intergenerational MobilityRussell Sage FoundationPrakash, Nishith 03/01/2017

499,999Scholars in Race and Crime Research: Confounding Factors in the Evaluation of

Policing Data - Developing a Better Counterfactual

DOJ/National Institute of JusticeRoss, Stephen L 03/31/2017

45,000Does Allowing Women to Retire Early Really Benefit Them?Boston CollegeZhao, Kai 01/31/2017

English $157,197Proposals 5

90,950Narratives of Torture through History: The Empathic Reader in ContextNEH/National Endowment for the HumanitiesCoundouriotis, Eleni 03/01/2017

15,000FASTTRACK: Leadership Institute to Invest in Developing New Teacher-LeadersED/Department of Education/National Writing Project

Corporation

Courtmanche, Jason C 02/07/2017

20,000NWP CRWP-SEED Professional Development in a High-Need Middle or High

School

National Writing Project CorporationCourtmanche, Jason C 01/18/2017

20,000The Arts Teach (Everything): Using the Arts to Explore Literacy, Citizenship, and

Identity

National Writing Project CorporationCourtmanche, Jason C 03/16/2017

11,247The UConn Health Writing Program for Biomedical Science TraineesBurroughs Wellcome Fund/University of Connecticut

Health Center

Deans, Thomas 03/06/2017

Geography $44,187Proposals 1

44,187From New York to London: South Asian Queer Migration and DisplacementNational Centre for Research Methods

(NCRM)/Loughborough University

Dasgupta, Debanuj 02/27/2017

History $50,400Proposals 1

50,400The Contingent Cold War and the Integrated Thought of George F. KennanNEH/National Endowment for the HumanitiesCostigliola, Frank 02/06/2017

Integrative Geoscience $1,312,475Proposals 3

19,748Using Satellite Radars and Fluid Withdrawal Records to Advance Subsidence

Research in Coastal Louisiana

Water Institute of the Gulf/Tulane UniversityFernandes, Anjali M 01/25/2017

712,288Laboratory Technician Support: The University of Connecticut

Geo-Thermochronology Center

NSF/National Science FoundationGillingham, Julie C 02/08/2017

580,439Collaborative Proposal: FACET: Linking Records of Paleoelevation and

Paleoerosion in the Taiwan Arc-Continent Collision

NSF/National Science FoundationOuimet, William B 01/13/2017

Linguistics $633,829Proposals 2

374,974Bimodal Bilingual Code-Blending: Language SynthesisNSF/National Science FoundationLillo-Martin, Diane C 01/31/2017

258,855Assessing Input Quality and the Development of Complex Syntactic Knowledge

in Children From Low Socioeconomic Backgrounds

DHHS/AHRQ/Agency for Healthcare Research and

Quality/University of California, Irvine

Sprouse, Jon 02/07/2017

Marine Sciences $4,665,557Proposals 19

440,180Mining Long-Term Archives of Georges Bank Haddock Scales and Otoliths to

Infer Plastic and Evolutionary Responses to Climate Variability and Fishing

DOC/NOAA/Oceanic and Atmospheric ResearchBaumann, Hannes 01/30/2017

114,999Time-Series Evaluation of Prey-Selectivity of the Copepod Calanus

Finmarchicus and Impacts on Fish and Fisheries in the Gulf of Maine

DOC/NOAA/Oceanic and Atmospheric ResearchBucklin, Ann 02/22/2017

611,947Collaborative Research: Born to Bloom: Population Genomics of the Salp, Salpa

Aspera, in the NW Atlantic Slope Water

NSF/National Science FoundationBucklin, Ann 02/15/2017

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Total

Requested


69,164Developing a Cyanobacteria Metric for Harmful Algal Blooms from Remote

Sensing Data across Satellite Platforms


Administration/University of New Hampshire


227,995A Seagrass Carbon Monitoring SystemNASA/National Aeronautics and Space

Administration/University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley


458,967Collaborative Research: Investigations of Air-Sea Interactions Using Continuous

Measurements from the Ocean Observing Initiative (OOI) Surface Moorings

NSF/National Science FoundationEdson, James B 02/15/2017

47,418Collaborative EAGER: Detection Limit in Marine Nitrogen Fixation

Measurements: Constraints of Rates from the Mesopelagic Ocean

NSF/National Science FoundationGranger, Julie 01/20/2017

103,000Identification of Phytoplankton Collected from Long Island Sound 2017EPA/Environmental Protection Agency/CT Department

of Energy and Environmental Protection

Lin, Senjie 03/30/2017

453,912Collaborative Research: The Michigan Thunderstorm and Marine Experiment

(MITMEX)

NSF/National Science FoundationLombardo, Kelly 01/31/2017

197,507Evaluating the Impacts of Human and Climate Disturbance on Mercury

Dynamics and Bioaccumulation in Benthic and Pelagic Organisms in the

Hackensack Sub-Estuarine System

Hudson River FoundationMason, Robert 01/16/2017

285,106US GEOTRACES Pacific Meridional Transect: Determination of the Air-Sea

Exchange of Inorganic and Methylated Mercury in the

Anthropogenically-Impacted and Remote Pacific Ocean

NSF/National Science FoundationMason, Robert 02/14/2017

580,130Collaborative Research: Combining single-cell and community `omics¿ to

assess in situ functional diversity of marine planktonic ciliates

NSF/GEO/Directorate for GeosciencesMcManus, George B 02/15/2017

163,286Increasing Resilience and Reducing Risk through Successful Application of

Nature Based Coastal Infrastructure Practices in New England

DOC/NOAA/National Ocean Service/Nature

Conservancy

O'Donnell, James 03/15/2017

270,000Stable-Isotope Labeled Tracers, an Innovation Way to Validate Natural

Attenuation of RDX in Groundwater

DOD/Department of the Navy/DOD/Navy/Naval

Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC)

Tobias, Craig R 03/03/2017

8,087Exploring, Interpreting, and Synthesizing the IEC District Long-term Water

Quality Dataset

New England Interstate Water Pollution Control

Com/Harbor Watch

Vaudrey, Jamie 02/16/2017

10,000Composting Seaweed to Recycle Nutrients and Improve Water QualityRecycleCT FoundationVaudrey, Jamie 01/19/2017

198,053Microplastics in the Hudson River Estuary Environment and its Implication for

Uptake by Filter-Feeding Shellfish: A Potential Threat to Environment and

Human Health

Hudson River FoundationWard, J E 01/16/2017

NSF-IOS-BSF: Rethinking Biological Filtration: Intrinsic Versus Extrinsic Controls

on Feeding Efficiency in Marine Suspension Feeders

NSF/National Science FoundationWard, J E 01/19/2017

425,806Collaborative Research: Eddy Mediated Estuary Exchange in the Gulf of St.

Lawrence

NSF/National Science FoundationWhitney, Michael 02/15/2017

Mathematics $451,300Proposals 8

42,000Analysis and Dynamics on Carnot GroupsSimons FoundationChousionis, Vasileios 01/30/2017

42,000Computability Theory, Reverse Mathematics, and CombinatoricsSimons FoundationDzhafarov, Damir 01/27/2017

42,000Torsion Points on Elliptic Curves - Collaboration GrantSimons FoundationLozano-Robledo, Alvaro 01/27/2017

42,000Geometric and Functional Inequalities and Applications to PDEsSimons FoundationLu, Guozhen 01/30/2017

42,000Dynamical Algebraic Combinatorics & Birational RowmotionSimons FoundationRoby, Thomas 01/31/2017

42,000Geometric Structures from Gauge Theories and Infinite-Dimensional AnalysisSimons FoundationSengupta, Ambar N 01/31/2017

157,300Applying Data Mining Techniques in Actuarial ScienceSociety of ActuariesValdez, Emiliano 03/17/2017

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Total

Requested


42,000PDE Problems from Materials Science and Fluid DynamicsSimons FoundationYan, Xiaodong 01/23/2017

Molecular and Cell Biology $4,785,352Proposals 17

0IOS Preliminary Proposal: Mechanisms of Microbiome-Dependent Effects on

Animal Development and Homeostasis

NSF/National Science FoundationBroderick, Nichole A 01/19/2017

355,270Formin 1 is a Modifier of Kidney Disease in Alport SyndromeDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Jackson

Laboratory

Campellone, Kenneth G 01/24/2017

219,737Acquisition of a State-of-the-Art Analytical Ultracentrifuge for Research and

Education

NSF/National Science FoundationCole, James L 01/11/2017

424,351Targeting Centrosome Defects in CancerDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthGiardina, Charles A 02/21/2017

Preliminary Proposal: SG: Cooperation, Cheating, and Selfishness in Microbial

Populations - A Genomic and Metagenomic Based Investigation

NSF/National Science FoundationGogarten, Johann P 01/23/2017

8,000Determination of the Muscle Stem Cell Lineage by Single-cell TranscriptomicsNASA/National Aeronautics and Space


Goldhamer, David J 03/08/2017

128,200Mechanisms of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Obese YouthDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Yale UniversityGraf, Joerg 01/27/2017

0IOS preliminary proposal: Residents, Tourists and Invaders: Identifying

Mechanisms that Prevent the Invasion by and Engineering Probiotic Defenders

as Countermeasure

NSF/National Science FoundationGraf, Joerg 01/19/2017

Preliminary Proposal: Investigating the Interaction Between the Mitochondria and

the Microbiome Across Hybrid Zones

NSF/National Science FoundationHird, Sarah M 01/23/2017

1,737,690Dimensions: Horizontal Transfer of Secondary Metabolite Genes as a Driver of

Microbial Community Structure

NSF/BIO/Directorate for Biological SciencesKlassen, Jonathan 02/21/2017

790,120Maternal Obesity, Oxidants, and Metallothionein Dysregulate Neonatal ImmunityDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Albany Medical

Center


66,952SPR Microarray Instrumentation for High Content Analysis of Toxic ChemicalsDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/CienciaLynes, Michael A 01/03/2017

901,050Antenatal Stress Proteins Modify Offspring Neuroendocrine and Immune

Functions

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Health

Research


0Preliminary Proposal: Collaborative Research:The Adaptation of

Horizontally-Acquired Genes is Affected by the Nature of Subsequent Selective

Forces

NSF/National Science FoundationNoll, Kenneth M 01/16/2017

135,982Genomic Analysis of Autism-Like Traits in Peromyscus (Deer Mice)DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/University of

South Carolina

O'Neill, Rachel J 02/03/2017

18,000Collaborative Research: Impact of a Novel Retrotransposon Expansion on

Centromere Function

NSF/National Science FoundationO'Neill, Rachel J 01/17/2017

Preliminary Proposal: Is Bacterial and Archaeal Diversity Structured by

Geography in Hypersaline Environments?

NSF/National Science FoundationPapke, Robertson T 01/23/2017

Physics $1,601,845Proposals 3

910,845Molecular Dynamics Imaging from within at The Femto and Alto-Second

Timescale using FELs

DOD/Department of DefenseBerrah, Nora 01/24/2017

31,000Measurement of Neutron Interactions With 7Be and the Primordial 7Li ProblemUnited States-Israel Binational Science FoundationGai, Moshe 02/06/2017

660,000Time-Dependent Kinetics and Collective Phenomena in Biological SystemsChaikin-Wile FoundationKharchenko, Vasili A 03/31/2017

Physiology and Neurobiology $17,206,472Proposals 16

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Total

Requested


50,000National Academies Summer Institute on Undergraduate EducationHelmsley (Leona M. and Harry B.) Charitable Trust/Yale

University

Chen, Xinnian 03/07/2017

1,963,669Eph-Ephrin Signaling Facilities Dynamic Interactions within the BrainDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthConover, Joanne 03/06/2017

50,000A Novel Strategy for Seizure Prevention in Temporal Lobe EpilepsyCitizens United for Research in EpilepsyDe Blas, Angel L 01/30/2017

231,000Vascular CO2 Reactiviity in Alzheimer's and Vascular DementiaAmerican Heart AssociationHawkins, Virginia E 02/14/2017

1,975,252Inhibitory Cell Types and Circuits in the Lateral HypothalamusDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthJackson, Alexander C 03/06/2017

61,514Regulation of Photoreceptor MetabolismDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/University of


Kanadia, Rahul N 01/24/2017

1,945,504Developmental Pathophysiology in Neocortex Caused by Somatic MutationsDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthLoturco, Joseph J 02/21/2017

30,000Role of Respiratory Control in Seizure Propensity and SUDEPAmerican Epilepsy SocietyMulkey, Daniel K 01/31/2017

2,163,410Role of KCNQ2 Channels in Control of BreathingDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthMulkey, Daniel K 03/06/2017

1,027,336Stroke Disordered Breathing Across Age and Gender and its Impact on

Neurological Recovery and Mortality

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/University of

Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Mulkey, Daniel K 03/16/2017

811,554Neuronal-Activity Dependent Regulation of Remyelination by Chromatin

Remodeling

National Multiple Sclerosis SocietyNishiyama, Akiko 01/27/2017

2,005,000The microRNA Control of Alcoholic Liver Injury and Hepatic Lipid MetabolismDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthShin, Dong-Ju 02/06/2017

1,975,250KCNQ2/3 Channels and Interneuron PhysiologyDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthTzingounis, Anastasios 03/06/2017

2,034,909UConn Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP)DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthTzingounis, Anastasios 01/24/2017

110,456Integrating microRNA with lipid and glucose metabolism in fatty liver diseaseAmerican Heart AssociationWang, Li 02/10/2017

771,618Integrating LncRNA to Methionine Metabolism in Alcoholic Liver DiseaseDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthYang, Zhihong 02/13/2017

Political Science $244,694Proposals 1

244,694Collaborative Research: Profiting from Torture: The Economic & Legal

Landscapes

NSF/National Science FoundationRichards, David L 01/11/2017

Psychological Sciences $18,797,026Proposals 16

3,629,078Multiple Object-Instantiation During Language ComprehensionDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthAltmann, Gerald 02/02/2017

150,352The Effects of Nicotine on Learned Fear in Humans Using Virtual RealityDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthAstur, Robert 02/16/2017

422,574Describing the Salience of Frustrative Non-reward and Temper Loss in Chronic

Irritability

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthBurke, Jeffrey D 02/15/2017

140,179Well Child Lens: Web-Based Screening and Monitoring for Autism in ToddlersDHHS/NIH/National Institute of Mental Health/Drexel

University

Chen, Chi-Ming 01/18/2017

53,382PIRE: "Multimodal Multilingual Development in Multiple Environments

(M3-PIRE)"

NSF/National Science Foundation/Rochester Institute of

Technology

Coppola, Marie 03/31/2017

844,282Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics of Learning in Dissipative NetworksNSF/National Science FoundationDixon, James A 01/25/2017

3,748,444Optimal Outcomes in ASD: Adult Functioning, Predictors, and MechanismsDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthEigsti, Inge-Marie 03/06/2017

64,000An Online Parent Training to Improve Parenting Knowledge, Self-efficacy &

Parent/Child Communication

Autism SpeaksFein, Deborah A 03/06/2017

69,830Transgenic Mouse Models of Perceptual Acoustic Enhancements in ASDSimons FoundationFitch, Roslyn H 03/09/2017

5:14 pm




Total

Requested


658,367Affordances and Adaptation: Obtaining New Insights with the Help of the

Quasi-Attractor Theory of Synergetics

NSF/National Science FoundationFrank, Till 01/30/2017

IOS Preliminary Proposal: Collaborative Research: Temporal Dynamics as a

Determinant of Affiliative Behavior in Bonobos and Bottlenose Dolphins

NSF/National Science FoundationLarge, Edward W 01/19/2017

604,597Rhythmic Neural Networks: Theory and ExperimentNSF/National Science FoundationLarge, Edward W 02/01/2017

487,451Computational Approaches to Human Spoken Word RecognitionNSF/National Science FoundationMagnuson, James S 02/01/2017

2,999,855NRT-UtB-DESE: Science of Learning, from Neurobiology to Real-World

Application: A Problem-Based Approach

NSF/National Science FoundationMagnuson, James S 02/07/2017

2,188,375Brain Correlates and Early Predictors to School-Age LanguageDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthNaigles, Letitia 02/06/2017

2,736,260How compensatory plasticity is mediated by homo-, hetero- and homeostatic

synaptic changes

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthVolgushev, Maksim A 02/06/2017

Sociology $155,018Proposals 2

50,000Effects of Parental Overinvolvement on Child Outcomes from Elementary to

Middle School

Spencer FoundationCheng, Hsu-Chih 02/01/2017

105,018Emily Post's Etiquette: Web-Based Tools for Searching and Analyzing the Emily

Post Digital Corpus

American Council of Learned SocietiesVoyer, Andrea M 01/25/2017

Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences $77,029Proposals 1

77,029Interdisciplinary Sequence in Early Childhood Intervention for Master's Degree


ED/Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative


Grela, Bernard 03/06/2017

Statistics $1,272,028Proposals 5

39,321State Innovation Model/Round Two of Funding for Design and Test AssistanceDHHS/CMS/Centers for Medicare and Medicaid


Harel, Ofer 02/23/2017

825,000Collaborative Research: TRIPODS: NE Consortium for the Advancement of Data

Science (NECADS)-Foundations of High Performance Techniques for

High-Dimensional & High-Frequency Data

NSF/National Science FoundationRavishanker, Nalini 03/13/2017

365,707BIGDATA:F:Collaborative Research:Optimal Subsampling for Big Data and Rare

Events Data

NSF/National Science FoundationWang, Haiying 03/22/2017

42,000Bayesian Modeling & Inference of Latent Structures in Personalized LearningSimons FoundationWang, Xiaojing 01/31/2017

Integrative Analyses to Investigate Heterogeneity in Alzheimer's DiseaseAlzheimer's AssociationZhang, Yuping 03/01/2017

NEAG School of Education $56,839,103Proposals 13

Curriculum and Instruction $1,968,366Proposals 2

1,218,288The Literacy-Language Collaborative: Preparing Professionals to Support the

Literacy Development of Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing


Services

Dostal, Hannah M 03/06/2017

750,078STEM+C: Teacher Professional Development in Computational Thinking

(CTPDe)

NSF/National Science Foundation/Rutgers UniversityWilson, Suzanne 03/22/2017

Education Dean $50,006,123Proposals 1

50,006,123Network for Educational Renewal through ResidenciesED/Department of EducationAnagnostopoulos, Dorothea 03/24/2017

Educational Leadership $92,284Proposals 2

71,584The Effect of Full-Day Kindergarten on Child Health OutcomesDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/University of

California, Santa Barbara

Dougherty, Shaun M 01/18/2017

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Total

Requested


20,700UCAPP Curriculum DesignHartford Foundation for Public GivingMichno, Jennifer A 02/22/2017

Educational Psychology $4,772,330Proposals 8

1,127,452Project NeXus IIED/Department of EducationCoyne, Michael D 02/06/2017

199,109Collaborative Research: Windows of Opportunity-Understanding Black Male

Engineers in the Pursuit of Advanced Degrees

NSF/National Science FoundationHines, Erik M 02/06/2017

246,809Post-School Outcomes Survey of CT Special Education StudentsED/Department of Education/CT Department of

Education

Lombardi, Allison 01/20/2017

299,999Young Scholars Senior Summer ProgramCooke (Jack Kent) FoundationRenzulli, Joseph S 03/31/2017

1,248,960Project PSYCHS2 - (School) Psychologists Serving Youth through Coordinated

Health Services in Schools


Services

Sanetti, Lisa M 02/06/2017

250,000National Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and SupportsED/Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative



150,000National Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and SupportsED/Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative



1,250,001Learning Computational Thinking in the Context of Energy Consumption and the

Internet of Things (LComTECiT)

NSF/National Science FoundationYoung, Michael F 03/29/2017

School of Business $33,150Proposals 2

Finance $33,150Proposals 2

9,800Projecting the Dynamic Benefits of the New Haven Diaper BankNational Diaper Bank NetworkCarstensen, Fred V 02/22/2017

23,350Evaluating the impacts of construction and operation of a plant in Bloomfield CTNiagara BottlingCarstensen, Fred V 02/17/2017

School of Engineering $33,204,625Proposals 100

Biomedical Engineering $1,851,131Proposals 9

39,999Waterproof Leadless Armbands for Continuous Wireless Monitoring for Atrial

Fibrillation

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Mobile Sense

Technologies

Chon, Ki 01/05/2017

60,419Does Heart Rate Variability Predict Impairment of Operational Performance in

Divers?

DOD/Department of the Army/Duke UniversityChon, Ki 02/01/2017

55,208Identification of Narcotizing Gas ThresholdsDOD/Navy/Naval Sea Systems Command

(NAVSEA)/Duke University

Chon, Ki 03/31/2017

432,481Understanding the Multiscale Mechanics of Nerve Endings to Address Visceral

Pain

NSF/National Science FoundationFeng, Bin 01/12/2017

450,000Mechanical Analysis of Evolving Heterogeneity in 3D Normal and Tumorigenic

Tissues

NSF/National Science FoundationHoshino, Kazunori 01/13/2017

123,4802017-2019 Clinical Engineering Internship at ABM HealthcareABM HealthKaputa, David F 02/08/2017

131,0402017-2018 Clinical Engineering Internship at Geisinger Medical CenterInternational Shared Services (ISS) SolutionsKaputa, David F 02/03/2017

76,6582017-2018 Clinical Engineering Internship at Stanford HealthStanford Children's HealthKaputa, David F 02/03/2017

481,846Development of Microscopic Virtual Reality System with 360 View Angle and

Force Sensing Feedback

NSF/National Science FoundationZheng, Guoan 03/06/2017

Center for Clean Energy Engineering $4,488,161Proposals 11

49,661Diagnosis-Driven Prognostics and Health Management of Lead Acid Batteries in

Military Ground Vehicles

DOD/Department of Defense/Qualtech SystemsBazzi, Ali 02/07/2017

5:14 pm




Total

Requested


499,986NRT-IGE: Multidisciplinary Cohort-Thesis in Energy Systems: A Pilot ProgramNSF/National Science FoundationBazzi, Ali 02/07/2017

65,500UConn - Compression Systems: Composites Manufacturing, Analysis and TestUnited Technologies-Pratt & WhitneyKim, Jeongho 01/30/2017

1,500,000Continuous, Green, Sustainable Nanomanufacturing for Flexible Paper-Based

High-Efficiency Enzyme-Cascade Bioreactor

NSF/National Science FoundationLei, Yu 01/13/2017

0Catalysts for Electrochemical CO2 Capture and Eloectrocatalysis and the

Conversion of Ethanol

DOE/Department of EnergyMaric, Radenka 01/31/2017

77,000Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell Deposition on Metal Substrate by RSDTDOE/Department of Energy/United

Technologies-Research Center

Maric, Radenka 02/15/2017

750,000NM: Layered Manufacturing of Nanostructured MaterialsNSF/National Science Foundation/Rutgers UniversityMaric, Radenka 01/10/2017

500,000CPS: Small: Live-in Battery Management Systems Powered by Impedance

Measurement and Cloud Computing

NSF/National Science FoundationPark, Sung Yeul 03/06/2017

40,013Emergency Hydrogen RefuelerDOE/Department of Energy/Sustainable InnovationsPasaogullari, Ugur 02/07/2017

1,000,001Topic 2A: Durable, High-Performance Materials and Interfaces for Advanced

Water Splitting

DOE/Department of EnergySingh, Prabhakar 02/21/2017

6,000Tunable Plasmic Nanostructures by Atomic Layer DepositionNSF/ENG/Directorate for EngineeringWillis, Brian G 03/20/2017

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering $2,943,197Proposals 3

2,255,197Pathways to Engineering (PEN): Creating a Seamless Transition for Community

College Students

NSF/National Science FoundationBurkey, Daniel D 03/29/2017

680,000Industrial Assessment Center at the University of ConnecticutDOE/Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable EnergyMustain, William 03/13/2017

8,000Nanocoatings to Increase the Barrier Properties and Thermal Insulation for

Aerospace Products



Sun, Luyi 03/09/2017

Civil and Environmental Engineering $2,530,639Proposals 9

45,000Characterization and Modeling of Passive Microwave Precipitation Uncertainty

over Complex Terrain

NASA/National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationAnagnostou, Emmanouil N 01/31/2017

311,169Prediction of Harmful Algal Blooms Combining Weather, Air Quality, and

Ecosystem Models with Satellite and In-Situ Measurements

EPA/Environmental Protection AgencyAstitha, Marina 01/04/2017

10,000Environmental Engineering InternshipsEPA/Environmental Protection Agency/CT Department

of Public Health

Bagtzoglou, Amvrossios C 03/30/2017

294,973A Bottom-up Approach to Design of Chemical Soil Stabilization Using

Thermodynamic Modeling

NSF/National Science FoundationChrysochoou, Maria 03/13/2017

30,000REU Site: Research Experience in Cyber and Civil Infrastructure Security for


NSF/ENG/Directorate for EngineeringEsmaili Zaghi, Arash 03/22/2017

20,000REU Site: Research Experience in Cyber and Civil Infrastructure Security for


NSF/ENG/Directorate for EngineeringEsmaili Zaghi, Arash 03/13/2017

418,291Identifying Climate Impacts on Diarrhea Pathogen Pathways and Taxa in

Ethiopia

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthMellor, Jonathan E 02/16/2017

1,101,206An Integrated Modeling and Decision Making Tool for Resilient Coastal

Community

DOC/NOAA/Oceanic and Atmospheric ResearchZhang, Wei 03/15/2017

300,000CRISP Type 1: Integrated Human-Physical-Cyber System Modeling Framework

for Critical Chemical Infrastructures

NSF/National Science FoundationZhang, Wei 02/08/2017

Computer Science and Engineering $4,649,735Proposals 10

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Total

Requested


149,547Collaborative: Towards a Two-way Communication Framework with Verifiable

Authenticity and Integrity in Resource-constrained Industrial loT Networks

NSF/National Science FoundationHan, Song 03/16/2017

547,638ll-New: A Hybrid Software-defined Real-time Sensing and Control Network

Testbed for Performance-critical Cyber-Physical Applications

NSF/National Science FoundationHan, Song 01/18/2017

24,263SCC-Planning: Towards a Virtual Reality Based Smart Community for People

with Visual Impairments

NSF/National Science Foundation/University of

California, Santa Cruz

Han, Song 02/14/2017

488,029Cyber Training: DSE: Extreme-Scale Scientific Data Analytics: Principles and

Practice

NSF/National Science FoundationHuang, Chun-Hsi 01/18/2017

881,944Proposal White PaperDOD/Office of the Secretary of DefenseKhan, Mohammad M 03/20/2017

449,499Modeling the Neurodevelopment Impact of HydrocephalusDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthPeters, Thomas J 02/16/2017

1,789,554BIGDATA: IA: Learning and Big Data Techniques to Accelerate the Discovery of

Biomaterials

NSF/National Science FoundationRajasekaran, Sanguthevar 03/22/2017

208,500Topological Detection of Geometric StructureDOD/Air Force Research Laboratory/Alion Science and

Technology

Sheehy, Donald R 02/17/2017

10,800REU: SCH: EXP: Life Rhythm: A Framework for Automatic and Pervasive

Depression Screening Using Smartphones

NSF/CISE/Directorate for Computer and Information


Wang, Bing 03/30/2017

99,961Using Technology to Improve Communitywide Mental Health and WellnessNSF/National Science FoundationWang, Bing 02/16/2017

Connecticut Transportation Institute $867,596Proposals 7

118,262EAGER: Collaborative Research: Aeroelastic Real-Time Hybrid Simulation - A

New Concept for Wind Engineering Testing

NSF/National Science FoundationChristenson, Richard 01/20/2017

137,000Estimation of Local Road AADT Using Demographic, Land Development and

Geospatial Data

CT Department of TransportationIvan, John N 02/28/2017

236,972Connecticut Pedestrian Safety Study and Strategic Plan DevelopmentCT Department of TransportationJackson, Eric D 02/08/2017

0Consultant Planning Service Agreements (PSA4) for NYMTCNew York Metropolitan Transportation

Council/Cambridge Systematics

Konduri, Karthik C 01/13/2017

65,376Evaluating Compatibility Zoning at General Aviation AirportsNational Academy of Sciences/StantecLownes, Nicholas 02/08/2017

279,958Development of a Digital Design Environment for CTDOT - Task #24DOT/Federal Highway Administration/CT Department of

Transportation


30,028Northeast Autonomous Vehicle SummitDOT/Federal Highway Administration/CT Department of

Transportation


Electrical and Computer Engineering $3,719,380Proposals 13

41,709Automatic Training Sample Generation for Object RecognitionABBDani, Ashwin 01/05/2017

1,103,695Variable Magnetic Flux Generator Employing Rotating Thin Disk ArraysDOD/DARPA/Defense Advanced Research Projects

Agency

Jain, Faquir C 03/22/2017

39,514EAGER: Cladded Quantum Dot Superlattices to Design and Fabricate Novel

Lasing Diodes on Si

NSF/National Science FoundationJain, Faquir C 02/13/2017

203,130Passive Three-Dimensional Imaging in Low Light Levels with Mobile DevicesDOD/Department of the ArmyJavidi, Bahram 02/17/2017

10,0003D Augmented RealityElectronics and Telecommunications Research Institute

(ETRI)

Javidi, Bahram 02/28/2017

28,5213D Optical Sensing and Imaging Using Nikon's Optical Components and

Devices: Applications to Real-Time Automated Health Monitoring

NikonJavidi, Bahram 02/23/2017

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Total

Requested


50,906Machine Learning Approaches for Adaptive Prognostics and Diagnostics of IGBT

Failures

Toyota Research InstitutePattipati, Krishna R 03/20/2017

394,738CPS: Medium: Collaborative Research: An In-plant Sensing and Analysis

System for Proactive Mitigation of Environmental Stresses in Crops

NSF/National Science FoundationWang, Lei 03/06/2017

249,362Collaborative Research: Operation-Oriented Design and Reliability Improvement

of Transient Electronics for Environmentally Benign Applications

NSF/National Science FoundationWang, Lei 01/13/2017

400,000INFEWS/T3: ASSISTANCE: A SenSing and Modeling SysTem enAbling

EfficieNt use of ResourCEs


Arkansas

Wang, Lei 03/03/2017

299,924Integrated Bias Estimation and Tracking for EO/IR Fused SystemsDOD/Missile Defense Agency/ToyonWillett, Peter K 02/08/2017

659,198CPS: Medium: Collaborative Research: Attack-Resilient Cyber-Physical

Systems: Scalable Design, Analysis and Testbed Verification

NSF/National Science FoundationZhang, Liang 03/06/2017

238,683Collaborative Research: Analysis and Control of Customizable Manufacturing

Systems: Theory and Application

NSF/National Science FoundationZhang, Liang 01/13/2017

Engineering Dean $1,434,262Proposals 2

1,320,000Southeast New England Naval STEM Coalition: Advancing the Navy's STEM

Education and Workforce Capabilities

DOD/NAVY/Office of Naval ResearchAccorsi, Michael L 03/22/2017

114,262The Third BridgeConnecticut InnovationsBozorgmanesh, Hadi 02/10/2017

Eversource Energy Center $699,739Proposals 1

699,739MRI: Development of a Software-Defined Electric Distribution Network

Instrument for Research in Smart and Connected Communities

NSF/National Science FoundationZhang, Peng 01/11/2017

Materials Science and Engineering $780,913Proposals 4

49,000Additive Manufacturing of Landing Gear Components by Selective Laser MeltingDOD/Air Force Research Laboratory/HiFundaHebert, Rainer J 02/07/2017

415,784Novel Al-Transition Metal-Rare Earth Metal Alloys for Additive Manufacturing of

Naval Components

DOD/NAVY/Office of Naval ResearchHebert, Rainer J 02/15/2017

49,000Fabrication of Extreme Environment Materials for Large Parts Using Additive

Manufacturing Methods

DOE/Department of Energy/HiFundaHebert, Rainer J 02/07/2017

267,129Characterization and Mapping of Acoustic Radiation Force for Bone RepairDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/University of



Mechanical Engineering $8,742,500Proposals 30

448,668A Novel Medical Snake-Robot Made out of Optical FibersNSF/National Science FoundationCao, Chengyu 02/02/2017

124,308Collaborative Research: Temperature Field Reconstruction using Adaptive

Acoustic signals Generated by Novel Diaphragm-Based Optical Fiber Actuators

NSF/National Science FoundationCao, Chengyu 01/13/2017

9,994Temperature and Mixture Fraction Measurements Upstream of Flame

Stabilization Location in Jet in Cross Flow

United Technologies-Pratt & WhitneyCetegen, Baki 03/08/2017

81,595Review of Heat Transfer Modeling Approaches for Combustor LinersUnited Technologies-Pratt & Whitney/United

Technologies Corporation

Cetegen, Baki 01/27/2017

240,000Collaborative Research: The Role of 3-D Grain Boundary Conductivity

Enhancement in Mixed Ionic-Electronic Conductors

NSF/National Science FoundationChiu, Wilson K 01/16/2017

330,023Prediction and Removal of Surface Defects for Additive ManufacturingNSF/National Science FoundationFan, Tai-Hsi 01/13/2017

75,000Direct Heat Flux Measurement of TBC with MW & LW IR CameraUnited Technologies-Pratt & WhitneyJordan, Eric H 01/30/2017

60,000Direct Heat Flux Measurement of TBC with MW & LW IR CameraUnited Technologies-Pratt & WhitneyJordan, Eric H 03/28/2017

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Total

Requested


23,717Gradient Rig Testing Simulation of CMAS Damage ProgressionUnited Technologies-Pratt & WhitneyJordan, Eric H 03/28/2017

164,852Gradient Rig Testing Simulation of CMAS Damage ProgressionUnited Technologies-Pratt & WhitneyJordan, Eric H 01/30/2017

110,000Fundamental Insights into Molecular Selectivity of Synthetic Membranes

Through Molecular Simulations

American Chemical Society/Petroleum Research FundLi, Ying 03/17/2017

183,815Collaborative Research: An Integrated Theoretical, Experimental and

Computational Study of the Interfacial Self-Healing of Nanocomposite Hydrogels

NSF/National Science FoundationLi, Ying 01/13/2017

183,815Collaborative Research: Synthesizing High-Performance Thermoelectric

Metastructures with Phonon Engineering & Functional Additive Manufacturing


205,162SI2-SSE: Collaborative Research: Building an Efficient Toolkit for Multiphysics

and Mustiscale Coupling


45,000Efficient Combustion Chemistry Model Development with Uncertainty

Quantification

DOD/Department of Defense/CFD Research

Corporation

Lu, Tianfeng 02/07/2017

300,000Reduced Kinetic Models with Fuel Sensitivity for Turbulent Combustion

Simulations

NASA/National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationLu, Tianfeng 02/16/2017

427,926Biodegradable Intracranial Pressure Sensor Based Solely on Medical

Biomaterials

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthNguyen, Thanh D 02/15/2017

250,581One Step Surgical Procedure for the Treatment of Bone Defects with Short Term

Treatment of Osteogen Small Molecule



Nguyen, Thanh D 02/02/2017

284,279Collaborative Research: Bone Adaptation-Driven Design of Scaffolds

with Spatially-Varying Architecture for Enhanced Growth

NSF/National Science FoundationNorato Escobar, Julian A 01/13/2017

2,210,604Accumulation of Microtrauma and Loss of Function in Articular CartilageDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthPierce, David M 02/06/2017

1,330,202Imaging and Analysis of Cartilage Gradients to Predict OA Progression in VivoDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/University of

Colorado, Boulder

Pierce, David M 03/31/2017

30,000A Fast, Accurate and Robust Combustion-Chemistry Module for JP-8 Fuel for

Use in 3-D CFD Codes

DOD/Department of Defense/Innovative Scientific

Solutions

Sung, Chih-Jen 01/30/2017

274,999BIGDATA: IA: Collaborative Research: From Bytes to Watts - A Data Science

Solution to Improve Wind Energy Reliability and Operation

NSF/National Science FoundationTang, Jiong 03/22/2017

65,817Complex Housing OptimizationUnited Technologies-Aerospace SystemsTang, Jiong 02/17/2017

10,000Flow Assisted, Low Cost, Mobile Magnetic Cytometry for Circulating Tumor Cell

Detection and Monitoring

Cancer Disparities Research NetworkTasoglu, Savas 03/31/2017

45,000A Point-of-Care Platform for Monitoring Sickle Cell DiseaseDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/MBioticsTasoglu, Savas 01/05/2017

599,999Automated Continuous Health Monitoring from UrineNASA/National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationTasoglu, Savas 03/31/2017

459,144Advanced Monitoring and Control of Self-Contained, Inexpensive and Portable

Devise for Sickle Cell Disease Diagnosis

NSF/National Science FoundationTasoglu, Savas 01/13/2017

160,000Experiment and Multiscale Modeling of Slow Crack Growth of SiC/SIC

Composites in Operating Reactor Environments.

DOE/Idaho Operations Office/Utah State UniversityZhang, Dianyun 02/14/2017

8,000CRII: ACI: Efficient Radiative Heat Transfer Modeling in Large-Scale

Combustion Systems

NSF/CISE/Directorate for Computer and Information


Zhao, Xinyu 03/29/2017

UTC Institute for Advanced Systems Engineering $497,372Proposals 1

497,372Numerical and Symbolic Techniques for Verification and Synthesis of

Cyber-Physical Systems

NSF/National Science FoundationDuggirala, Parasara S 03/06/2017


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Total

Requested



123,440Independent Science Learning through Serious Games with Expert Avatars and

Complementary Stories

NSF/National Science Foundation/TheBeamerBowen, Kenneth 02/24/2017



1,046,901PCNP CUPs: Primary Care NPs Caring for Underserved Communities, an

Innovative Clinical-Academic Partnership to Enhance Graduate NP Preparation

for Practice

DHHS/HRSA/Health Resources and Services

Administration

Alexander, Ivy M 01/25/2017

50,000Targeting ASIC3 for Disruption of Nociceptor Sensitization Following Spinal Cord

Injury

Allen FoundationBaumbauer, Kyle M 02/06/2017

431,032Targeting ASIC3 to Disrupt Noclceptor Sensitization Following Spinal Cord

Surgery

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthBaumbauer, Kyle M 02/16/2017

461,510Adaptive Symptom Care with Exercise and Nutritional Directives with Breast

Cancer (ASCEND BCA)

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthJudge, Michelle P 02/27/2017

221,552COordinated Pain-management Education with Practice Applications for

INterprofessionals (COPE with PAIN)

Macy (Josiah), Jr. FoundationMcCauley, Paula 02/17/2017

138,463Agreement for McGrath Research Services for CCMCConnecticut Children's Medical CenterMcGrath, Jacqueline M 02/08/2017

23,858Integration of Innovation and Health Solutions: Does it Matter?National League for NursingMcGrath, Jacqueline M 02/08/2017

460,646The STARR Program: STudents Advancing Reminiscence Research using a

Community Engaged Approach

DHHS/NIH/National Institute of Nursing ResearchShellman, Juliette M 02/27/2017

459,896Genetic, Psychological, and Behavioral Contributors to Stress Reactivity and

Response in Emerging Adults with Childhood Chronic Health Conditions

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Children's

Hospital of Philadelphia


68,280Physiological, Psychological, and Genomic Factors that Predict the Transition

from Acute to Chronic Pain in Patients with Traumatic Lower Extremity Fracture


Maryland, Baltimore County


126,792Veterans Integrative Pain Pragmatic Effectiveness Research (VIPER)DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Virginia

Commonwealth University


School of Pharmacy $6,233,466Proposals 18

Pharmaceutical Sciences $6,204,506Proposals 16

26,600Investigation of Host-Microbe Symbioses for Novel Antimicrobial Compounds as

Chemical Defense Mechanisms

American Chemical Society/Petroleum Research FundBalunas, Marcy J 03/01/2017

10,000Investigation of Natural Products for the Treatment of Traumatic Brain InjuryAmerican Foundation for Pharmaceutical EducationBalunas, Marcy J 01/18/2017

0Determining the Genetic, Cellular and Molecular Basis of Host Specialization in

Drosophila Sechellia

NSF/National Science Foundation/Wesleyan UniversityBalunas, Marcy J 01/19/2017

0Continuous Manufacturing of Complex Dosage FormDOE/Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable EnergyBurgess, Diane J 01/30/2017

500,000Identification and Validation of Biomarkers for Meals, Exercise and Stress to

Automate Artificial Pancreas Systems

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF)Burgess, Diane J 01/25/2017

159,500Identification of Small Molecule Scaffolds that Modulate ATRX FunctionDHHS/NIH/National Cancer InstituteHadden, Kyle 02/27/2017

540,801Targeting Pathological Vascular Permeability through Endothelial PLC-beta and

TRP Channel Calcium Pathways



Hadden, Kyle 02/15/2017

159,500In Vitro Evaluation of Newly Discovered CB2 Selective Agonists for TherapeuticsDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthKendall, Debra A 03/02/2017

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Total

Requested


438,625Revealing the roles of CB1 Conformation and Phosphorylation in its Biased

Signaling

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthKendall, Debra A 03/30/2017

1,965,731Control of Apolipoprotein Expression by Noncoding RNADHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthRasmussen, Theodore 03/06/2017

154,000The Role of Integrins Clustering in Src-Mediated SignalingAmerican Heart AssociationVinogradova, Olga 02/15/2017

10,000Mechanisms of Leukemia Cell Death Induced by Novel Geranylgeranyl

Diphosphate Synthase Inhibitors

American Foundation for Pharmaceutical EducationWiemer, Andrew J 01/18/2017

175,500Stimulation of Gamma-Delta T Cells Using HMBPP Phosphonate Analogs and

Prodrugs as a Cancer Immunotherapy

Cancer Research InstituteWiemer, Andrew J 03/31/2017

79,000Identification of Small-molecule Inhibitors of Fbw7-mediated DISC1 Protein

Degradation



Wright, Dennis 03/07/2017

10,000Impact of Drug Treatment at Neonatal Ages on Variability of Drug Metabolism

and Drug Interactions in Adult Life

American Foundation for Pharmaceutical EducationZhong, Xiaobo 01/18/2017

1,975,249The role of long non-coding RNAs in the regulation of drug metabolismDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthZhong, Xiaobo 02/02/2017

Pharmacy Practice $28,960Proposals 2

28,960Building the Case: Changing Consumer Perceptions of the Value of Expanded

Community Pharmacist Services

Community Pharmacy FoundationSmith, Marie A 01/04/2017

0PCORI Evidence Maps, Topic Briefs and Topic RefinementsPatient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)Sobieraj, Diana 02/15/2017



50,930Exploring the Role of Jail Contact in Women's Pathways to PrisonDOJ/National Institute of Justice/University of North

Carolina, Charlotte

Kennedy, Stephanie C 03/09/2017

72,546OKMHSAS Comprehensive Approaches to Recovery Enhancement (CARE)

Grant

DHHS/SAMHSA/Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration/Oklahoma Department of

Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

Lloyd, Margaret H 03/02/2017

297,505State Targeted Response to the Opioid Crisis Grants (Opioid STR)DHHS/SAMHSA/Substance Abuse and Mental Health

Services Administration/CT Department of Mental

Health and Addiction Services

Rodis, Eleni T 02/17/2017

52,409Evaluating Early Access to Medicaid as a Reentry StrategyUrban InstituteUlaszek, Wendy R 02/24/2017

Academic and Service Programs $588,399Proposals 6

Global Affairs $24,990Proposals 1

24,990The Marlene M. Johnson Innovation Challenge for U.S. - Cuba, Caribbean, and

Central American Academic Mobility

Partners of the AmericasPietro, Roy E 03/29/2017

Provost & Exec VP Academic Affairs $53,530Proposals 2

0Preliminary Proposal NSF INCLUDES: Connecticut Collective Impact

Collaborative

NSF/National Science FoundationReis Renzulli, Sally 02/14/2017

53,530Fulbright-Hays-Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad ApplicationsED/Department of EducationSaunders-Kanabay, Luann 03/13/2017

Student Activities Proposals 1

Jumpstart UConnJumpstartDevivo Brassaw, Gina 03/09/2017

Undergraduate Education $10,000Proposals 1

10,000Pre-College Summer @ UConn Program 2017People¿s United Community FoundationRichardson, Wendi L 02/01/2017

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Total

Requested


VP Graduate Education & Dean $499,879Proposals 1

499,879NRT-IGE: ICP-Individualized planning for Career development and Professional

growth

NSF/National Science FoundationHolsinger, Kent E 02/06/2017

Vice President for Research $35,126,753Proposals 65

Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering $5,117,411Proposals 10

42,707Predictive Analytics Based Power Demand Estimation & Diagnosis-Driven

Prognosis for Autonomous Electrical Power Systems


Administration/Qualtech Systems

Bazzi, Ali 01/18/2017

Preliminary Proposal: Collaborative Research: Disentangling the Mechanistic

Effects of Ecosystem Physical and Biological Structure on Production

NSF/National Science FoundationFahey, Robert T 01/23/2017

399,999UCR AOI 1-3: Low Cost, Real-Time, in Situ Continuous Measurement of Water

Quality using Self-powered Wireless Milli-electrode Array (WiMEA) Sensor

Package

DOE/Department of EnergyLi, Baikun 02/17/2017

12,000REU Supplement: PFI: AIR-TT: Prototype Development and Demonstration of

Milli-Electrode Array (MEA) as Real-Time In Situ Profiling Device in Wastewater

Treatment Systems

NSF/ENG/Directorate for EngineeringLi, Baikun 03/31/2017

149,965Developing Module-System Performance Relationships for Forward Osmosis

System

DOI/Department of the InteriorMcCutcheon, Jeffrey R 01/18/2017

337,192Electrospray Polymerization for Tunable Polyamide Film FormationNSF/National Science FoundationMcCutcheon, Jeffrey R 01/13/2017

1,075,712Demonstrating Forward Osmosis for Manure ConcentrationUSDA/Department of AgricultureMcCutcheon, Jeffrey R 01/09/2017

599,837Environmental Pollutant-Gut-Microbiota-Pathogen Interactions: Insight from the

Polar Bear as a Sentinel for Human Health in the Artic

EPA/Environmental Protection AgencyMcKinney, Melissa A 03/02/2017

0Preliminary Proposal: Spatial and Seasonal Dynamics of Forest Bird Biodiversity:

A Multiscale Perspective Based on Gradients of Energy Availability and

Landscape Structure

NSF/National Science FoundationWillig, Michael R 01/23/2017

2,499,999INFEWS/T2: A Spatial Decision Support System at the Nexus of Food,

Bioenergy, Biodiversity, and Water Systems

NSF/National Science FoundationZhang, Chuanrong 03/06/2017

Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention and Policy $21,082,327Proposals 30

8,170Enhancing Nutrition Training of Child Care Providers in the State of ConnecticutCT Department of Public HealthAndreyeva, Tatiana 02/24/2017

3,081,843Evaluation of Food Assistance Policies on Population-level Risk Factors for

Diabetes

DHHS/CDC/Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAndreyeva, Tatiana 02/13/2017

50,907Increasing Participation in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)DHHS/CDC/Centers for Disease Control and


Andreyeva, Tatiana 02/28/2017

4,079,736Community-Based Intervention to Improve Maternal-Infant Health and Infant

Neurobehavioral Development Outcomes Among HIV-Exposed and

HIV-Unexposed Infants

in Botswana

DHHS/NIH/National Institute of Mental HealthButler, Lisa M 01/05/2017

793,970A Multi-Component Food Security and Behavioral Intervention to Improve

Maternal-Child Health Outcomes Amongst Young HIV-Infected Women in

Uganda

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthButler, Lisa M 02/07/2017

158,958The Effect of Neighborhood Food Environments on Diet Quality of Preschool

Children in Family Child Care Homes

DHHS/NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood

Institute/Brown University

Cooksey, Kristen E 03/08/2017

3,772,803Testing a Bio-Behavioral Primary HIV Prevention Intervention Among High-Risk

People Who Use Drugs

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthCopenhaver, Michael M 01/06/2017

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Total

Requested


10,665Physical Literacy Assessment in ChildrenAmerican Council on ExerciseDistefano, Lindsay 01/10/2017

56,789Comprehensive High School Sport Safety: A Personalized Approach for the

Local Implementation of Best Practice Initiatives

National Athletic Trainers' Association Research and

Education Foundation

Distefano, Lindsay 02/14/2017

720,375Unified Intervention to Address PrEP Cascade for BMSMDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthEaton, Lisa A 01/04/2017

982,812Testing a Multilevel, Multicomponent, Multigenerational Dietary Intervention to

Improve Southeast Asian Children's Diets

DHHS/NIH/National Institute of Nursing

Research/Brown University


142,201A Home-Based Video and Motivational Interviewing Intervention to Improve

Preschoolers Diet Quality and Parental Food Parenting Practices


Rhode Island


117,921Health Behaviors among Young Black Adults: Risk and ResilienceDHHS/NIH/National Institute on Drug AbuseGibbons, Frederick 02/08/2017

81,472Optimizing Romantic Partner Support of Weight LossDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/University of

Texas, Austin

Gorin, Amy 02/10/2017

1,996,361Encouraging Industry and Government Action to Reduce Marketing Unhealthy

Foods to Children: Phase V

Johnson (Robert Wood) FoundationHarris, Jennifer L 01/27/2017

2,000Meet Me at the Crossroads: Weight-Stigma and the Intersections of Race and

Gender

Society for the Psychological Study of Social IssuesHimmelstein, Mary S 01/26/2017

713,107InCHIP Healthy Habits Systematic Review ProjectDHHS/NIH/National Institute on Aging/Columbia

University

Johnson, Blair T 01/03/2017

99,783Comparative Effectiveness Trial for Retention, Adherence and HealthDHHS/NIH/National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and

Alcoholism

Kalichman, Seth C 02/22/2017

88,017MiACLR: Michigan Initiative for ACL RehabilitationDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/University of

Michigan

Lepley, Lindsey K 01/12/2017

1,111,332Improving Quality of Life for Pediatric Cancer Patients and Parents through

Yoga: A Randomized Clinical Trial

DHHS/NIH/National Cancer Institute/Connecticut


Park, Crystal 03/01/2017

698,310Innovative Approaches to Substance Use Treatment in College StudentsDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthPark, Crystal 03/20/2017

216,494Development and Validation of a Measure of Implicit and Explicit Religious

Beliefs

Templeton (John) FoundationPark, Crystal 03/01/2017

10,000A Comparison of the Practice of Two Tai Chi Interventions Tailored for Different

Health Outcomes

American College of Sports MedicinePescatello, Linda S 01/20/2017

103,328American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship -HimmelsteinAmerican Heart AssociationPuhl, Rebecca M 02/10/2017

9,418Impact of Food Addiction Models of Obesity on Stigma, Weight and PolicyAustralian Research Council/Monash UniversityPuhl, Rebecca M 02/24/2017

214,311Improving Pain Self-Management in Adolescents and Parents through Distress

Tolerance (IPASE-DT)

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Connecticut


Russell, Beth S 01/30/2017

97,463Expanding the Wellness School Assessment Tool for the Whole School, Whole

Child, Whole Community Model

Johnson (Robert Wood) Foundation/Action for Healthy

Kids

Schwartz, Marlene B 02/15/2017

1,499,826Primary Care Medication Use and Safety: Integrating Pharmacists in Complex

Care Management Teams through E-Consultations (PCMUST)

DHHS/AHRQ/Agency for Healthcare Research and

Quality

Smith, Marie A 01/23/2017

153,955Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) to Diagnose Statin-Associated Muscle

Symptoms

Not Available/American Heart AssociationTaylor, Beth 02/06/2017

10,000An Intersectional Approach to Advance Understanding of School Achievement,

Health Behaviors, and Family Experiences of LGBTQ Youth

American Psychological FoundationWatson, Ryan 02/17/2017

Institute of Materials Science $7,525,768Proposals 19

411,911UTAS Center for ExcellenceUnited Technologies-Aerospace SystemsAindow, Mark 01/20/2017

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Total

Requested


150,000UTAS Center for Excellence - Searching for Novel Additive Manufacturable

Aluminum Alloys for Aerospace Applications

United Technologies-Aerospace SystemsAlpay, Pamir 02/08/2017

1,312,450Multifunctional Nano-Array Integrated Monoliths for Cold-start and

Low-temperature Emissions Control

DOE/Department of EnergyGao, Puxian 03/24/2017

8,000SNM: Scalable and Sustainable Hydrothermal Manufacturing of Nano-array

based Low Temperature Diesel Oxidation Catalysts

NSF/ENG/Directorate for EngineeringGao, Puxian 03/15/2017

355,440Steerable Focused-Acoustic Neural Stimulation with Micron-Level SelectivityDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/University of

Southern California

Han, Martin 01/17/2017

60,100Computational and Experimental Studies of Laser-Powder Interactions for

Additive Manufacturing

United Technologies-Pratt & WhitneyHebert, Rainer J 01/24/2017

210,000Determination of Real-world Power Change Rates in PERC Modules using Novel

Characterization Techniques

DOE/Department of Energy/Case Western Reserve

University


998,939MRI: Development of Tomographic Atomic Force Microscopy for Nanoscale

Volumetric Materials Property Mapping and Machining

NSF/National Science FoundationHuey, Bryan 01/11/2017

110,000Strong, but Compliant Hybrid Organic-Inorganic NanocompositeAmerican Chemical Society/Petroleum Research FundLee, Seok-Woo 03/16/2017

300,000DMREF: Collaborative Research: Adaptive Design Principles for Functional

Molecular Ferroelectric Materials

NSF/National Science FoundationNakhmanson, Serge M 01/17/2017

84,373Moderna Therapeutics Sponsored Research AgreementModerna TherapeuticsNieh, Mu-Ping 03/02/2017

1,592,048DMREF: A Framework for the Accelerated Design of Functional PolymersNSF/National Science FoundationRamprasad, Ramamurthy 01/11/2017

788,507An Integrated Theoretical and Experimental Research for MFI-Zeolite-Based

High Temperature Gas Sensors

NSF/National Science FoundationSuib, Steven L 01/17/2017

50,000UTAS Center of Excellence: High-Temperature CompositesUnited Technologies-Aerospace SystemsSuib, Steven L 02/10/2017

15,000Carbon Dioxide Capture Using Hydrated Sodium Carbonate PowdersEPA/Environmental Protection AgencySun, Luyi 02/03/2017

13,000Bio-inspired Mechanochromic Devices for Aerospace ApplicationsNASA/National Aeronautics and Space


Sun, Luyi 03/13/2017

16,000Controlling Microstructure of Hybrid Thin Films through Flow Induced OrientationNSF/ENG/Directorate for EngineeringSun, Luyi 03/31/2017

50,000Development of an Osteoinductive Bone Graft Substitute with Sustained Drug

Delivery

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/OrteoPoniXWei, Mei 01/03/2017

1,000,000DMREF: An Integrated Computational and Experimental Framework for Efficient

Design and Fabrication of Biodegradable Composites for Perforated Bone Plates

NSF/National Science FoundationWei, Mei 01/17/2017

Northeast Undersea Research Technology and Education Center $1,238,935Proposals 1

1,238,935The Long Island Sound Habitat Mapping Initiative Phase II - Eastern Long Island

Sound

CT Department of Energy and Environmental ProtectionBabb, Ivar G 01/04/2017

Sea Grant College Program $162,312Proposals 5

59,113Living Shoreline for East Shore Park, New Haven, CTDOC/NOAA/National Ocean Service/Connecticut Fund

for the Environment


75,000Collaborative Regional Evaluation and Technical Expertise (CREATE) for

Developing Coastal Resilience

DOC/NOAA/National Ocean Service/University of

Rhode Island


1,200Mapping Emergency Evacuation Information for Old LymeTown of Old Lyme, CTBarrett, Juliana 02/21/2017

9,999Understanding Ocean Acidification: Global to Local ImpactsDOC/National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationPayne, Diana L 01/20/2017

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Total

Requested


17,000Assessing and Building Adaptive Capacity to Address Climate Change Impacts

on Fishing Communities and Fisheries Resources in Micronesia

DOC/NOAA/Oceanic and Atmospheric

Research/University of Hawaii at Manoa

Pomeroy, Robert S 03/31/2017

University of Connecticut - Storrs & Regional $201,909,646Proposals 386

School of Dental Medicine $4,625,117Proposals 13

Craniofacial Sciences $1,312,216Proposals 3

579,435Postdoctoral Training in General, Pediatric and Public Health Dentistry and

Dental Hygiene


Administration

Mina, Mina 03/13/2017

76,064Skeletal, Craniofacial, and Oral Biology Training Grant (R90)DHHS/NIH/National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial

Research

Mina, Mina 02/24/2017

656,717Skeletal, Craniofacial, and Oral Biology Training Grant (T90DE021989)DHHS/NIH/National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial

Research

Mina, Mina 02/24/2017

Oral Health and Diagnostic Sciences $1,971,988Proposals 5

398,750Oral Epithelial Cells, Candida and PMN ActivationDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthDongari-Bagtzoglou, Anna I 03/06/2017

267,527Treat-to-target and personalized approach to periodontal therapyDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthIoannidou, Efthimia 02/02/2017

671,665Clinical Registry of Dental Outcomes in Head and Neck Cancer PatientsDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Carolinas

Medical Center

Lalla, Rajesh V 03/20/2017

65,509A Phase 2, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multi-Center, Trial of

the Effects of Intravenous GC4419 on the Incidence and Duration of Severe Oral

Mucositis (OM) in Patients Receiving Post-Operative or Definitive Therapy with

Single-Agent Cisplatin plus IMRT for Locally Advanced, Non-Metastatic

Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity or Oropharynx.

Galera TherapeuticsLalla, Rajesh V 02/10/2017

568,537Individualized Assessment and Treatment for Marijuana Dependence: Treatment

Mechanisms

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthLitt, Mark D 01/06/2017

Reconstructive Sciences $1,340,913Proposals 5

25,000Bioactive Proteins in Inflammatory ArthritisImpactAssetsDealy, Caroline N 01/27/2017

478,500Mechanisms underlying commitment and differentiation of progenitor cels during

bone healing

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthKalajzic, Ivo 03/27/2017

7,096Modulating Notch Signaling to Control Progression of Liver FibrosisUniversity of Zagreb School of MedicineKalajzic, Ivo 03/02/2017

503,067Artificial Salivary Gland, LLCDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Oral Fluid

Dynamics

Kelly, J. Robert 03/31/2017

327,250Targeted Correction of Dominant Mutations of Type I Collagen Causing Severe

OI

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthRowe, David W 02/10/2017

School of Medicine $137,826,648Proposals 185

Calhoun Cardiology Center - CCC $4,504,375Proposals 5

1,993,750Smoking Cessation Treatments for Homeless SmokersDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthRash, Carla 01/30/2017

5,364Molecular control of sinoatrial node development and maturationAmerican Heart Association/Mount Sinai School of

Medicine

Yue, Lixia 02/16/2017

62,337Baf250a establishing gene activation and repression programs in the developing

sinoatrial node

DHHS/NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood


Yue, Lixia 01/20/2017

60,753Molecular control of atrioventricular node developmentDHHS/NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood


Yue, Lixia 01/19/2017

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Total

Requested


2,382,171TRPM2 is a key mediator of ischemic brain injuryDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthYue, Lixia 01/30/2017

Cell Analysis Modeling - CCAM $1,656,417Proposals 3

1,579,789Methods and Tools for Simulation and analysis of dynamic multivalent molecular

aggregates

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthBlinov, Michael 01/31/2017

50,000RNA Granule Translation in ALSAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis AssociationCarson, John H 01/26/2017

26,628Single Molecule Chromatin Interaction Analysis in Single NucleiDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Jackson

Laboratory

Yu, Ji 01/25/2017

Cell Biology $3,706,958Proposals 11

456,798Signal Transduction at FertilizationDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthJaffe, Laurinda 02/02/2017

91,159Regulation of guanylyl cyclase A and B by hormones, ATP and phosphorylationDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/University of

Minnesota

Jaffe, Laurinda 02/27/2017

63,000Maintenance and Development of Transgenic Mice for Studies of Signal

Transduction

ImpactAssetsJaffe, Laurinda 03/10/2017

75,000Collaboration on Drug Transport into the BrainGlaxoSmithKlinePachter, Joel 02/22/2017

745,944Extracellular vesicles and hES-MSCs as novel tools to aid in the diagnosis &

treatment of secondary progressive disease

National Multiple Sclerosis SocietyPachter, Joel 03/02/2017

14,327Genetic Interrogation of Conserved Follicular Factors for Matrix

Metalloproteinase Regulation and Ovulation


Connecticut

Peluso, John J 03/21/2017

996,875Avoiding Contrast Induced Nephropathy, A Minorities Health DisparityDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/NanoprobesSmilowitz, Henry 02/02/2017

66,355Nanoparticle-CT AngiographyDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/NanoprobesSmilowitz, Henry 03/30/2017

988,000Avoiding Contrast Induced Nephropathy, A Minorities Health DisparityKeck (W. M.) FoundationSmilowitz, Henry 02/14/2017

159,500Role of glial cells in normal and abnormal central sound processingDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/University of

Pittsburgh

Terasaki, Mark R 03/22/2017

50,000Reinitiation of meiosis by dephosphorylation of the NPR2 guanylyl cyclase in

response to luteinizing hormone

Lalor FoundationVigone, Giulia 01/10/2017

Center for Molecular Medicine $3,711,970Proposals 7

10,000M1 Mentoring AwardConnecticut Institute for Clinical and Translational

Science (CICATS)

Delany, Anne M 02/22/2017

347,705Role of miR29 in osteoclastogenesisDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthDelany, Anne M 03/10/2017

28,674The UConn Health Writing Program for Biomedical Science TraineesBurroughs Wellcome FundHeinen, Christopher D 03/02/2017

1,958,784Hereditary Cancer Variants of Uncertain Significance in Stem CellsDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthHeinen, Christopher D 02/01/2017

1,339,743Dissecting intratumor heterogeneity of rectal carcinomas to identify biomarkers

and modifiers to chemo...

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthRosenberg, Daniel W 03/13/2017

6,064Treatment with novel Thetis n-3 PUFA compounds, TP-252 (EPA) to test

regression of adenomatous polyps

Thetis PharmaceuticalsRosenberg, Daniel W 03/31/2017

21,000Development of compounds synthetically lethal to APC-mutant cancer cellsUniversity of ConnecticutRosenberg, Daniel W 01/23/2017

Center for Public Health $2,187,341Proposals 1

2,187,341Area Health Education Centers, Point of Service for Maintenance and EducationDHHS/HRSA/Health Resources and Services

Administration

Gould, Bruce E 03/22/2017

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Total

Requested


Center for Quantitative Medicine $7,645,916Proposals 7

231,804MOA Between the Office of the Healthcare Advocate and the University of


CT Office of the Healthcare AdvocateAgresta, Thomas P 01/23/2017

3,935,164Multiscale modeling of the battle over iron in invasive lung infectionDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthLaubenbacher, Reinhard 01/31/2017

237,984JAX Center for PDX Model Development and Pre Clinical TrialsDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Jackson

Laboratory

Laubenbacher, Reinhard 02/21/2017

70,000Canalization: A fundamental design principle of gene regulatory networksDOD/Army/Department of the ArmyLaubenbacher, Reinhard 02/08/2017

224,999Collaborative Research: TRIPODS: NE Consortium for the Advancement of Data

Science (NECADS)-Foundations of High Performance Techniques

NSF/National Science FoundationLaubenbacher, Reinhard 03/03/2017

2,932,097Understanding and predicting iron physiology at multiple scales - from cells to

individuals

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthMendes, Pedro 01/27/2017

13,868Consultation and Bioinformatics ServicesConnecticut Children's Medical CenterVera-Licona, Martha Paola 01/05/2017

Center for Vascular Biology $5,021,817Proposals 4

2,814,920Targeting pathological vascular permeability through endothelial PLC-beta and

TRP channel calcium pathways

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthClaffey, Kevin P 02/22/2017

1,010,520Center for Reproducible Systems for Biomedical ModelingDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/University of

Washington

Moraru, Ion I 01/04/2017

732,924Lympocyte Activation Gene-3 Deficiency Linked to Proinflammation and

Atherosclerosis

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthRodriguez, Annabelle 03/27/2017

463,453Immune Evasion in Embryonic Stem Cell-based Tissue Repair and

Transplantation

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthShapiro, Linda H 02/14/2017

Community Medicine and Health Care $1,387,865Proposals 6

401,242Cellular Mechanisms of Viral ControlDHHS/NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious

Diseases

Cauley, Linda S 01/04/2017

23,749Sound Public Health Approaches to Knowing Exposure to HIVDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Medical College

of Wisconsin

Lazzarini, Zita 02/16/2017

314,145CT SBIRT Health Professionals Training ProgramDHHS/SAMHSA/Substance Abuse and Mental Health


McRee, Bonnie G. 03/02/2017

181,389Study of Health Impact of Fluctuating-work Time (SHIFT): A Molecular

Prospective

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Yale UniversityStevens, Richard G 02/23/2017

226,021Partner Violence, Appraisal and Substance UseDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Yale UniversityTennen, Howard A 01/23/2017

241,319CT DCF Social Impact Bonding (SIB)CT Department of Children and Families/Social FinanceUngemack, Jane A 03/03/2017

Dermatology $63,146Proposals 1

63,146Protocol No. M16-048 entitled "A Phase 2b Multicenter, Randomized,

Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind Dose Ranging Study to Evaluate ABT-494 in

Adult Subjects with Moderate to Severe Atopic Dermatitis"

AbbVie PharmaceuticalsStrober, Bruce 03/06/2017

Family Medicine $13,657Proposals 1

13,657Statistical Methods for Health Care Utilization and CostsDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Connecticut


Wang, Xiaoyan 03/01/2017

Genetics and Developmental Biology $19,901,271Proposals 15

326,821Nuclear-retained long noncoding RNA'sDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthCarmichael, Gordon G 03/07/2017

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Total

Requested


431,032Determining the roles of individual UBE3A protein isoforms in Angelman

syndrome

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthChamberlain, Stormy J. 03/07/2017

31,060NRT-UtB-DESE: Science of learning, from neurobiology to real-world application:

a problem-based approach


Connecticut

Chamberlain, Stormy J. 01/26/2017

239,279Identification of human orofacial enhancers and their role in orofacial cellsDHHS/NIH/National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial

Research

Cotney, Justin 03/02/2017

110,000Investigating the efficacy of novel therapeutic approaches for restoring UBE3A

expression in human Angelman syndrome...

Angelman Syndrome FoundationGermain, Noelle 03/13/2017

10,113,618A Comprehensive Functional Map of Human Protein-RNA InteractionsDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthGraveley, Brenton R 01/18/2017

610,181Complex RNA ProcessingDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthGraveley, Brenton R 02/10/2017

2,000,000Comprehensive Analysis of Functional RNA Elements Encoded in the Human

Genome

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthGraveley, Brenton R 01/26/2017

2,418,565Gene expression control by trypanosome cyclin-dependent kinase CRK9DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthGunzl, Arthur 02/28/2017

438,625Modulating the stress response of human neurons via gene editing of FKBP5DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthLalande, Marc E 02/10/2017

2,116,834TGF-beta family members and their binding proteins in aging skeletal muscleDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthLee, Se-Jin 01/27/2017

438,625Neurogenesis and morphogenesis of the cerebellumDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthLi, James Y.H 03/13/2017

158,361Phosphotyrosine profiling of human lung cancerDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthMayer, Bruce J 02/22/2017

431,032Super-resolution affinity maps for protein interactions in signalingDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthMayer, Bruce J 02/10/2017

37,238Genetic, Psychological, and Behavioral Contributors to Stress Reactivity and

Response in Emerging Adults


Connecticut

Young, Erin 01/27/2017

Immunology $14,882,912Proposals 17

1,993,750Breaking Tolerance to Induce Tumor Specific Cytotoxic DC4 Th1 CellsDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthAdler, Adam J. 02/27/2017

675,000Using signaling complex disruptors of Raf-1kinase for the treatment of

inflammation

National Multiple Sclerosis SocietyBrocke, Stefan 01/26/2017

673,800TLR Tolerance in Multiple Sclerosis (RG-1707-26530)National Multiple Sclerosis SocietyClark, Robert B 01/26/2017

231,000Enteric immune defense block by Shiga toxin Producing Escherichia coliAmerican Heart AssociationKailasan Vanaja, Sivapriya 02/14/2017

431,032Enteric Immune Responses to Pathogenic Escherichia coliDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthKailasan Vanaja, Sivapriya 02/14/2017

2,707,504Role of a novel subset of lung resident macrophages in regulating immune

homeostasis during respiratory infection

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthKhanna, Kamal 01/31/2017

65,232Exploring the Existence and Significance of an Entero-Mammary PathwayHood (Charles H.) Foundation/Connecticut Children's

Medical Center

Matson, Adam 03/06/2017

438,625Air pollution particles, deregulation of macrophage responses and infectionDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthMedvedev, Andrei 01/06/2017

438,625Long Non-Coding RNAs and Systemic Lupus ErythematosusDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthMedvedev, Andrei 01/13/2017

2,571,059Mechanisms of Impaired Mycobacteria Sending by TLR4 Polymorphic VariantsDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthMedvedev, Andrei 01/24/2017

600,000Role of IRAK4 in systemic lupus erythematousLupus Research AllianceMedvedev, Andrei 01/10/2017

124,068The Role of Long Non-Coding RNAs in TLR4 Tolerance and SepsisDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthMurphy, Michael 03/21/2017

3,000Enhancing Immunotherapy with Combined Image Guided Cryotherapy and PD-1

Axis Inhibition in a Murine Colorectal Model

Radiological Society of North AmericaPuddington, Lynn 01/31/2017

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Total

Requested


395,242Cytosolic Immune Surveillance During Bacterial InfectionsDHHS/NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious

Diseases

Rathinam, Vijay 01/11/2017

431,032Characterization of noncanonical inflammasone-mediated release of alarminsDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthRathinam, Vijay 02/14/2017

434,828Crosstalk between inflammasomes and interferons in antibacterial host defenseDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthRathinam, Vijay 02/14/2017

2,669,115Modulation of Biodefense Responses to Microbial PathogensDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthVella, Anthony T. 02/23/2017

Medicine $12,184,786Proposals 26

0Hepatic steatosis assessment by transient elastography: Is it a colon cancer

screening tool?

EchosensBortniker, Ethan 03/24/2017

434,638Improving communication in noise when wearing hearing protectionDHHS/CDC/National Institute for Occupational Safety

and Health

Brammer, Anthony 02/08/2017

108,000An Integrated Approach to Hearing Preservation Among Construction WorkersDHHS/CDC/Centers for Disease Control and PreventionCavallari, Jennifer 03/24/2017

7,000Occupational Health Psychology MOUDHHS/CDC/Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention/University of Connecticut

Cavallari, Jennifer 03/10/2017

384,905CPH-NEWDHHS/CDC/National Institute for Occupational Safety

and Health/University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Cherniack, Martin G 02/16/2017

1,993,750Characterization of the inherent immunogenicity of human dendritic cell-derived

induced pluripotent stem cell lines....

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthChhabra, Arvind 02/01/2017

438,625Generating AICD Resistant TCR Engineered Human Primary Anti-Tumor T Cells

with Customized Effector Function...


438,625To Generate Donor - Specific Immunogenic and Tolerogenic Antigen Presenting

Cells from Human DC-Derived...


93,325Ryan White Part A Minority AIDS Initiative (MAI) (2 parts/funds Outpt Ambulatory

and Tx Adherence)


Administration/City of Hartford, CT


109,772Molecular mechanisms of strain diversity underlying Staphylococcus epidermidis

commensal-virulence lifestyle

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Jackson

Laboratory


11,170Engaging Local Communities in Developing a Commercial Fishing TWH InitiativeDHHS/CDC/Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention/Bassett Healthcare Network


79,982Primary Care Integrated, Virtual Team Pharmacist E-consults for Complex Care

Management Patients with ...


Connecticut


1,993,750FGF2 Isoforms in Bone and Phosphate HomeostasisDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthHurley, Marja 03/02/2017

1,830,294Post Baccalaureate Research Education Program at UConn Health (PREP at

UConn Health)

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthHurley, Marja 01/23/2017

140,000Tuberculosis ("TB") Prevention and Control in CT State Correctional FacilitiesCT Department of Public HealthIvanaviciene, Jurate 03/20/2017

1,028,546Subcontract for services pursuant to the provision of the CMHC HIV prevention

program in CDOC

DHHS/CDC/Centers for Disease Control and


Ivanaviciene, Jurate 03/20/2017

67,190Biodegradable intracranial pressure sensor based solely on medical biomaterialsDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/University of

Connecticut

Kim, Insoo 02/10/2017

9,139A multi-center retrospective study for developing and validating a second version

of RosettaGX Reveal, a molecular test for the classification of indeterminate

thyroid FNA samples.

Rosetta GenomicsMalchoff, Carl 01/05/2017

244,022Impact of cardiovascular events on outcomes after pneumoniaDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthMortensen, Eric M 02/22/2017

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Total

Requested


25,429Statins for primary prevention in individuals with high level of physical fitnessDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/University of

Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas


26,250Azithromycin Cardiac Safety StudyVERANNE/Veterans Education and Research

Association of Northern New England


477,374Characterization of Treponema pallidum rare outer membrane proteinsDHHS/NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious

Diseases

Radolf, Justin D 02/07/2017

5,000The biomechanical effects of ankle instability with ankle bracing on

3-dimensionsal kinematics: A cadaveric study

American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle SocietyWolf, Megan R 01/05/2017

5,0003D Kinematics of Ankle Bracing on Ankle StabilityOrthopaedic Research and Education FoundationWolf, Megan R 01/05/2017

1,993,750Microbiome and Sickle Cell Bone DiseaseDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthXiao, Liping 01/30/2017

239,250Sickle Cell Trait and Bone FractureDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthXiao, Liping 02/21/2017

Molecular Biology & Biophysics $12,126,191Proposals 10

438,625Identification of small-molecule inhibitors of Fbw7-mediated DISC1 protein

degradation

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthHao, Bing 03/10/2017

60,594Stabilizing nuclear p27kip1 as a therapeutic target for endometrial cancerDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/New York

University

Hao, Bing 03/24/2017

1,130,894Center for Biomolecular NMR Data Processing and AnalysisDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthHoch, Jeffrey C 03/28/2017

1,993,750Development and Application of Non-Fourier Method for Biomolecular NMRDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthHoch, Jeffrey C 02/28/2017

915,052Toolset for NMR Investigations of Disordered ProteinsDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/University of

Wisconsin, Madison

Hoch, Jeffrey C 02/16/2017

3,739,205MRI: Acquisition of a 900 MHz NMR Spectrometer for South/Central New

England

NSF/National Science FoundationHoch, Jeffrey C 01/06/2017

2,901,193Peptide Amidation in CiliogenesisDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthKing, Stephen M 01/23/2017

438,625Framework for efficient nonuniformly sampled NMR experiments with enhanced

sensitivity, resolution and reproducibility.

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthSchuyler, Adam D 02/10/2017

75,000Metabolic Activities in Dormant Spores of Bacillus SpeciesDOD/Army/Department of the ArmySetlow, Peter 03/13/2017

433,253Oxidation is trigger for PML multimerization and Nuclear Body formation in HSV

infected cells

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthWeller, Sandra K 02/10/2017

NEAG Cancer Center (SOM) $780,198Proposals 3

100,000A Feasibility study of dronabinol for pain and inflammation of sickle cell diseaseDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Yale UniversityAndemariam, Biree 02/01/2017

277,551Motivational Interviewing to improve Adherence to Hydroxyurea in Sickle CellDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Yale UniversityAndemariam, Biree 02/22/2017

402,647A Patient-Derived Xenograft Model of novel augmentation of AML therapy by

Vitamin D

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthHarrison, Jonathan 02/15/2017

Neuroscience $10,974,440Proposals 17

252,186Targeting ASIC3 to disrupt nociceptor sensitization following spinal cord injuryDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/University of

Connecticut


40,372The Functional Consequences of SCI on Cutaneous NociceptorsDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/University of

Connecticut


218,000Behavioral Measures of the Precision of Coding on Interaural Temporal

Disparities in Human Listerners

DOD/Navy/Office of Naval ResearchBernstein, Leslie 02/15/2017

307,038Novel proteins regulating function and expression of SLO-2 potassium channelsDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthChen, Bojun 01/18/2017

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Total

Requested


641,714Cellular Senescence in Neural Progenitor Cells Limits CNS RemyelinationNational Multiple Sclerosis SocietyCrocker, Stephen J. 02/01/2017

150,000Modeling autism related pathology in Trio haploinsufficient miceSimons FoundationMains, Richard 03/02/2017

438,625PAD4 in Retinal GilliosisDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthMohan, Royce 02/08/2017

3,039,282Circuitry and neurons of the inferior colliculus in normal and developmentally

altered mice

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthOliver, Douglas L 01/23/2017

2,767,723Development of objective electrophysiological tests for tinnitus based on

long-lasting after-discharges in the interior colliculus

DOD/Army/Army Medical Research Acquisition ActivityOliver, Douglas L 03/16/2017

64,000Altered synaptic physiology in a human stem cell model of up 15q syndromeNational Alliance for Autism ResearchSelvam, Rajamani 03/01/2017

231,000Cellular reprogramming to regenerate axons damaged in ischemic optic

neuropathy

American Heart AssociationTrakhtenberg, Feliks 02/08/2017

438,625Transcriptional and epigenetic regulation of retinal ganglion cell developmentDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthTrakhtenberg, Feliks 02/07/2017

438,625Transcriptional regulators of the developmental loss of retinal ganglion cell's

intrinsic axon growth and regeneration capacity

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthTrakhtenberg, Feliks 03/07/2017

231,000Therapeutic potential of purinergic P2X4 receptors in strokeAmerican Heart AssociationVerma, Rajkumar 01/12/2017

1,250,000PAM as a regulatory accessory protein for V-ATPaseDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthVishwanatha, Kuruthihalli S 01/18/2017

398,750Synaptic function of BK Channel-interacting proteinsDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthWang, ZhaoWen 03/02/2017

67,500Origin of Cortical Species - Specific DistinctionsDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Yale UniversityZecevic, Nada 01/04/2017

Obstetrics and Gynecology $9,000Proposals 3

3,000Maternal Fetal Medicine ReunionGeneral Electric HealthcareLuo, Guo Yang 02/15/2017

3,000Maternal Fetal Medicine ReunionNateraLuo, Guo Yang 02/17/2017

3,000Maternal Fetal Medicine ReunionSamsungLuo, Guo Yang 02/15/2017

Orthopaedic Surgery $6,801,902Proposals 14

338,938Role of Notch Signaling in OsteocytesDHHS/NIH/National Institute of Arthritis and

Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases


354,888Mechanisms of Notch Action in BoneDHHS/NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive

and Kidney Diseases


97,956Functionalized allograft for large scale bone defect healingDOD/Department of Defense/University of ConnecticutKhan, Yusuf M 01/13/2017

439,361Creating Biodegradable Conducting Polymeric ImplantsDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthKumbar, Sangamesh G. 03/07/2017

150,000Mentor/M1 AwardeesConnecticut Institute for Clinical and Translational

Science (CICATS)


62,000Mimetogenesis Project. Parent Log # 20160704Connecticut Institute for Clinical and Translational

Science (CICATS)


100,000Biomaterials and Bioactive Factors for Shoulder Regenerative EngineeringUniversity of Connecticut Health CenterLaurencin, Cato 02/16/2017

100,000Development of Targeted Nanoscale Drug Delivery System for Osteoarthritic

Cartilage Tissue

Arthritis National Research FoundationLo, Wai Hong 01/10/2017

40,000Inductive Small Molecule RegenerationConnecticut Institute for Clinical and Translational

Science (CICATS)

Lo, Wai Hong 03/13/2017

438,625Development of Osteotropic Drug Delivery Nanoparticles: An Oral Delivery

Strategy for Metabolic Bone Disease

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthLo, Wai Hong 02/07/2017

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Total

Requested


1,965,543One-step surgical procedure for the treatment of bone defects with short-term

treatment of osteogenic small molecule

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthLo, Wai Hong 01/25/2017

150,299Seeding cementless orthopedic implants and cancellous bone allografts and

bioactive glass particles for enhanced implant fixation and antimicrobial implant

prophylaxis

OrthoMedeXNair, Lakshmi S. 01/06/2017

242,072Learning and Big Data Techniques to Accelerate the Discovery of BiomaterialsNSF/National Science Foundation/University of

Connecticut

Nukavarapu, Syam 02/24/2017

2,322,220Role of PI3K in Fracture HealingDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthSanjay, Archana 01/13/2017

Pediatrics $1,400,504Proposals 4

695,366Comparison of vectors and optimization of dosages for renal vein injection

method in GSD-la mice

Dimension TherapeuticsLee, Youngmok 02/22/2017

71,515Barriers to Engagement and Retention in Opioid Agonist Therapy for Postpartum

Women



Pappagallo, Mariann 03/07/2017

21,810Ryan White ADHHS/HRSA/Health Resources and Services



611,813Ryan White Part DDHHS/HRSA/Health Resources and Services



Psychiatry $18,845,549Proposals 16

3,943,895Violence exposure, threat-reactivity, and fear and distress pathways from early

childhood to adolescence: a prospective...

DHHS/NIH/National Institute of Mental HealthBriggs-Gowan, Margaret 02/28/2017

592,748Consumer Driven Healthcare Transition: From Pediatrics to Adult CareDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthBruder, Mary 02/07/2017

225,000Field Initiated Projects Program (Development)DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Orelena Hawks

Puckett Institute

Bruder, Mary 02/01/2017

1,250,000Interdisciplinary Sequence in Early Childhood Intervention for Master's Degree


ED/Department of EducationBruder, Mary 03/06/2017

1,957,844Treatment for AUD and PTSD: A trial of Cognitive Processing Therapy and

Zonisamide

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Yale UniversityCovault, Jonathan M 01/26/2017

290,521Zonisamide treatment of alcohol use disorder: an evaluation of efficacy and

mechanism of action

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Yale UniversityCovault, Jonathan M 03/27/2017

600,000The Center for Trauma Recovery and Juvenile JusticeDHHS/SAMHSA/Substance Abuse and Mental Health



600,000The Center for the Treatment of Developmental Trauma DisordersDHHS/SAMHSA/Substance Abuse and Mental Health



178,984Autism Transitions Research Project (ATRP)DHHS/HRSA/Health Resources and Services

Administration/Hospital for Special Care

Gelbar, Nicholas 02/01/2017

731,569Enhancing the Capacity of Pediatric Primary Care Providers: A Pilot Trial of the

Anxiety Action Plan

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthGinsburg, Golda S 02/10/2017

70,000A whole-Genome Approach for Identifying Evidence of Intergenerational

Transmission of Trauma-Related Eipgentic...

Brain and Behavior Research FoundationGrasso, Damion 02/24/2017

25,806Supporting Injury Prevention Center ResearchConnecticut Children's Medical CenterGrasso, Damion 02/21/2017

3,980,664Optimizing a Coordinated Adolescent, Family and M-Health Intervention for

Cannabis Use Disorders

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthKaminer, Yifrah 01/20/2017

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Total

Requested


200,000Peripheral Inflammation Mediates the Association between Neuroticism and

Neurodegeneration in Geriatric Major Depression

Dana (Charles A.) FoundationManning, Kevin J 01/27/2017

3,945,919Neural Compensation as Cognitive Reserve: Influence on Cognitive Decline in

Older Adults

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthWang, Lihong 01/24/2017

252,599Cognitive Decline, Decision Making and Financial Exploitation of Chinese Older

Adults

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Rush University

Medical Center

Wang, Lihong 01/18/2017

Surgery $690,975Proposals 5

2,500Engineered Resveratrol Loaded Nanofiber Scaffolds for Cardiac Repair and

Regeneration

American Medical AssociationCampbell, Jacob 01/05/2017

47,566Electrocatalytic Studies of Toxic Pollutant ActivationDHHS/NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health

Sciences/University of Connecticut

Choudhary, Dharamainder 03/17/2017

399,913Angiogenic Regulators in Ischemic DisordersDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthMaulik, Nilanjana 02/15/2017

9,996Changes in Circulatory Biomarker, Prestin, After Noise-Induced Hearing LossSensorionParham, Kourosh 02/15/2017

231,000Role of Prolylhudroxylases in the Diabetic MyocardiumAmerican Heart AssociationThirunavukkarasu, Mahesh 02/08/2017

Traumatology and Emergency Medicine $24,150Proposals 1

24,150CT Poison Control RADARS Surveillance SystemDenver Health and Hospital AuthorityMcKay, Charles 01/19/2017

UConn Center on Aging $9,305,308Proposals 8

398,750Aging Inmates Suicidal Ideation and Depression (Aging INSIDE) StudyDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthBarry, Lisa 02/14/2017

527,579Translation of COPE for Publicly-funded Home Care Clients and their FamiliesDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthFortinsky, Richard 02/07/2017

3,699,749Impact of Aging and Influenza Respiratory Tract Infection on Muscle HealthDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthHaynes, Laura 03/24/2017

22,657Combination Adjuvants to Activate Human Dendritic Cell Subsets and B CellsDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Jackson

Laboratory


145,001Combination Adjuvants to Activate Human Dendritic Cell Subsets and B CellsDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Jackson

Laboratory


2,134,025Combining Testosterone Therapy and Exercise to Improve Function Post Hip

Fracture

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of Health/Washington

University


66,823Microbiome Plasticity and Pathogenicity in Older Adults: Baselines & Transitions

from Skilled Nursing Care

University of Connecticut Health CenterKuchel, George A 01/12/2017

2,310,724Role of CD97 in BoneDHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthLee, Sun-Kyeong 02/23/2017



5,000White Matter Hyperdensities as a Predictor of Central PresbycusisNew England Otolaryngological SocietyBlake, Danielle 02/23/2017

447,979Uncovering the Mechanism of Esophageal Regeneration And Understanding

The Role of The TGF Pathway

DHHS/NIH/National Institutes of HealthFink, Christine 02/14/2017

6,415Vasectomy: Perspectives on Urological Counseling and Procedural Training for

Ob/Gyn Residents

Society of Family PlanningMorosky, Christopher M. 03/06/2017

25,000The Genomic Landscape of Neuroflbromatosis Type IIAmerican Neurotology SocietyRoberts, Daniel 01/18/2017

6,791Using tablet computers to teach newly-diagnosed diabetes patients about

medication administration & diab. self-care

DHHS/NIH/National Library of Medicine

(NLM)/University of Massachusetts Medical School

Urciuoli, Wendy 01/13/2017

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Total

Requested


53,688Endothelial and immune cell crosstalk: mediating atheroscierosis through IL-36

guided T cell activation

American Heart AssociationXu, Maria 02/06/2017

University of Connecticut Health $142,996,638Proposals 204

Grand Total $344,906,284Proposals 590

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