Below are the UO recipients of ARRA grants from the NSF:
Alice Barkan, Biology, $299,758
Exploring the potential of pentatricopeptide repeat proteins for the site-directed modulation of RNA metabolism
William Bradshaw, Biology, $613,510
Can a small mosquito tell us something new about evolutionary physiology? Genetics of photoperiodic response in the pitcher-plant mosquito, Wyeomyia smithii
William Bradshaw, Biology, $584,551
Thermal Adaptation in Animals in the Temperate Zone - A Response to Rapid Climate Warming in Nature?
James Brau, Physics, $1.125 million
A Search for Gravitational Radiation at LIGO: Oregon Experimental Relativity Group
William Cresko, Biology, $364,756
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Evolutionary genomics of rapid adaptation in threespine stickleback
Joanna Goode, Education, $107,005
Teachers are key: Partnering with and supporting quality computer science teachers in the second largest K-12 school district in the country
Joanna Goode, Center for Advanced Technology in Education, $113,045
With UC-Davis, Teachers are Key: Partnering With and Supporting Quality Computer Science Teachers in the Second Largest K-12 School District in the Country
Michael, Haley, Chemistry, $499,379
Acquisition of high-sensitivity NMR capabilities for the CAMCOR Magnetic Resonance Facility
David, Johnson, Chemistry, $750,000
Materials Research Institute: Acquisition of a Dual-Beam Focused Ion Beam Instrument for Materials Characterization, Nanoarchitectures, and Physics of Nanodevices
David Johnson, Chemistry, $345,385
Synthesis of and Structure-Function Relationships in New Misfit Layered Compounds
Graham, Kribs, Physics, $120,000
Connecting Dark Matter to Particle Physics
Mark Lonergan, Chemistry, 515,000
MRI-R2: Development of a scanning tunneling microscope for optical spectroscopy
Allen Malony, Computer and Information Science, $1.97 million
Major research instrumentation program: Allows for the acquisition of an Applied Computational Instrument for Scientific Synthesis (advanced computing-related equipment), to support continued cutting-edge scientific research for an interdisciplinary group of computer scientists, psychologists, biologists, chemists and physicists.
Lise Nelson, Geography, $177,738
Collaborative Research/RUI (Research in Undergraduate Institutions): Linked Migration and Changing Labor Markets in the Rural United State
Barbara Roy, Biology, $572,879
Fungal mimicry and its consequences in the unique deceptive pollination of Dracula orchids
Daniel, Steck, Physics, $410,000
Ultracold Atoms as a Probe of Novel Atom–Surface Interactions
Janne Underriner, Northwest Indian Language Institute, $294,573
The Tolowa (TOL) Athabaskan Lexicon and Text Collection Project: Recording the Last Speakers of the Tolowa Dee-ni' Language:
George von Dassow, Biology, $712,356
Collaborative Research: Cytokinetic Furrow Specification in Sea Urchin Embryos