Seed for Success Acorn Awards

FY2010 Seed for Success Acorn Awards

Awardees

• Foods and Nutrition Program 2010
  Angela R. Abbott; Karen L. Zotz
  from Indiana Family and Social Services Administration/U.S. Department of Agriculture
  $5,048,854
• Department and Testing of Innovative Health Management Tools for Damage Detection, Evaluation, and Repair of the CH-53K Composite Rotor Blades and Structure.
  Douglas E. Adams; James M. Caruthers, Weinong W. Chen, Charles M. Krousgrill, Peter H. Meckl, R. Byron Pipes, Farshid Sadeghi, Thomas H. Siegmund, Ron Sterkenburg, Chin-Teh Sun, Jeffrey P. Youngblood
  from CACI International Inc
  $3,107,550.
• EFRI-HyBi : Maximizing Conversion of Biomass Carbon to Liquid Fuel
  Rakesh Agrawal; Mahdi M. Abu-Omar, Nicholas C. Carpita, W. Nicholas Delgass, Maureen C. McCann, Fabio H. Ribeiro
  From National Science Foundation
  $2,000,000
• IGERT: The Solar Economy IGERT (SEIGERT)
  Rakesh Agrawal; George Bodner, Brenda M. Capobianco, Hugh W. Hillhouse and Wallace E. Tyner
  from National Science Foundation
  $3,100,000
• Interferon Alpha Regulation of Murine
  Erik S. Barton
  from PHS-NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  $1,850,944
• Realistic Simulation of Jet Engine Noise Using Petaflop Computing
  Gregory A. Blaisdell; Zhiyuan Li, Anastasios S. Lyrintzis
  from National Science Foundation
  $1,291,668
• Indiana Advanced Electric Vehicle Education and Training Consortium
  James M. Caruthers; John F. Burr, J. Eric Dietz, Steve Dunlop, Steve Shelby and Ron Steuterman
  from U.S. Department of Energy
  $6,135,839
• State of Indiana Funded Activities for Midwest Institute of Nanoelectronics Discovery (MIND)
  James A. Cooper
  from James A. Cooper
  $1,102,200
• Indiana University School of Medicine-Lafayette
  Gordon L. Coppoc
  from Indiana University School of Medicine
  $1,777,362
• Innovative Methods in Membrane Protein Production for Structure Determination
  William A. Cramer; Jue Chen, Wen Jiang, Garth J. Simpson, Cynthia V. Stauffacher, Dinesh A. Yernool
  from PHS-NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences
  $1,053,187
• A Center for High Performance Buildings at the Ray W. Herrick Laboratories
  Patricia Davies; James E. Braun, Qingyan Chen, Daniel E. Hirleman, Larry Fusaro, Robert E. Olson
  from National Institute of Standards & Technology
  $11,750,000
• Catalyst Design by Discovery Informatics
  W. Nicholas Delgass; Mahdi M. Abu-Omar, James M. Caruthers, Fabio H. Ribeiro, Kendall T. Thomson
  from U.S. Department of Energy
  $2,340,000
• Benzoic Acid Biosynthesis in Plants
  Natalia Doudareva
  from National Science Foundation
  $1,042,558
• NEESR-SG: Performance-Based Design and Real-Time Large-Scale Testing to Enable Implementation of Advanced Damping Systems
  Shirley J. Dyke
  from National Science Foundation
  $1,046,483
• VACCINE: Visual Analytics for Command, Control, and Interoperability Environments
  David S. Ebert; Mireille Boutin, William S. Cleveland, Timothy F. Collins, Edward J. Delp, Niklas Emanuel Elmqvist
  from U.S. Department of Homeland Security
  $1,684,999
• Development of Nano Thermal Interface Materials
  Timothy Fisher; Suresh V. Garimella, Jayathi Y. Murthy, Xianfan Xu
  From Raytheon
  $2,185,654
• Developing Talents and Improving Student Achievement Among Traditionally Underrepresented Populations
  Marcia L. Gentry; Luciana De Oliveira, Eric L. Mann, Rebecca L. Mann, Yukiko Maeda, Jean P. Peterson, Ala Samarapungavan
  Donna M. Fekete
  from U.S. Department of Education
  $2,243,965
• TC: Medium: Security and Privacy Preserving Data Mining and Management for Distributed Domains
  Arif Ghafoor; Walid G. Aref, Ahmed K. Elmagarmid
  From National Science Foundation
  $1,192,870
• Language Motor Relations in Children’s Speech Production
  Lisa A. Goffman; Anne Smith, Howard N. Zelaznik
  from PHS-NIH National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
  $1,741,227
• INLTAP2010
  John E. Haddock
  from Indiana Department of Transportation
  $1,229,458
• Operating Grant for the Second Year Institute P-12 Engineering Research and Learning(INSPIRE)
  Kamyar Haghighi
  from S. D. Bechtel, Jr.
  $1,000,000
• Hypercast Program
  Qingyou Han and Keith Bowman; David R. Johnson, Matthew J. M. Krane, Rodney W. Trice, Kevin P. Trumble
  from North American Die Casting Association
  $2,165,000
• Walther Oncology Physical Sciences & Engineering Research Embedding Program
  Marietta L. Harrison; Joseph F. Pekny
  from Walther Cancer Institute Foundation Inc.
  $1,000,000
• Integrated Genomewide Analysis of the ipl1 Kinase Signaling Network
  Tony R. Hazbun
  from PHS-NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences
  $1,538,322
• Effects of Sensorineural Hearing Loss on Robust Speech Coding
  Michael G. Heinz
  from PHS-NIH National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
  $2,156,977
• Spray & Combustion of Gelled Hypergolic Propellants
  Stephen D. Heister; William E. Anderson, Osvaldo H. Campanella, Carlos M. Corvalan, Robert P. Lucht, Charles L. Merkle, Timothee Pourpoint, Paul E. Sojka, Steven F. Son
  from Army Research Office
  $1,250,000
• L-type Ca2+ channel modulation of beta cell function
  Gregory H. Hockerman
  from PHS-NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
  $1,642,628
• Control of Neural Organelle Transport
  Peter J. Hollenbeck
  from PHS-NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes
  $1,627,858
• Core Technology Development Plan for Cyberonics Next-Generation Devices
  Pedro Irazoqui
  from Cyberonics, Inc
  $1,200,000
• SoyMapII:Leveraging Untapped Genetic Diversity in Soybean–Amendment 1
  Scott A. Jackson;Jianxin Ma
  from National Science Foundation
  $2,281,276
• Prescription Drug Abuse in Club Subcultures: Contexts & Risks
  Brian C. Kell
  from PHS-NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse
  National Cancer Institute
  $3,026,205
• Migration and Function of Th17 Cells in the Gut
  Chang H. Kim; Harm Hogenesch
  from PHS-NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  $1,670,758
• Instant-On Simulation Delivery: Helping Teragrid Achieve its Wide and Open Strategic Goals
  Gerhard Klimeck; George B. Adams, Michael J. McLennan
  from National Science Foundation
  $1,426,404
• Pancreas Transcription Factors and Disease Model Systems
  Stephen F. Konieczny
  from PHS-NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
  $1,311,316
• Notch Regulation of Stem Cell Fate in Muscle
  Shihuan Kuang
  from PHS-NIH National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
  $1,906,250
• A Multidisciplinary Cancer Research Facility at Purdue University
  Richard J. Kuhn
  from PHS-NIH National Center for Research Resource
  $14,902,414
• Structure-Function Studies of Alpha-and Flaviviruses
  Richard J. Kuhn; Wen Jiang, Michael G. Rossmann
  from PHS-NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  $3,946,282
• Improved Detection Techniques for Foodborne Pathogens
  Richard H. Linton; Bruce M. Applegate, Arun K. Bhunia, Michael R. Ladisch, Lisa J. Mauer
  from Agricultural Research Service
  $1,496,658
• Development, and Engineering Command, Rapid and Accurate Pathogen Identification/Detection
  Philip S. Low; Yeong E. Kim, Ronald G. Reifenberger, Alexander Wei
  From U.S. Army Research
  $1,438,585
• Network for Computational Nanotechnology
  Mark S. Lundstrom; George B. Adams, Gerhard Klimeck, Michael McLennan and Alejandro Strachan
  from National Science Foundation
  $3,648,333
• Theory, Modeling, and Simulation of Nanotransistors
  Mark S. Lundstrom; Muhammad A. Alam, Supriyo Datta, Gerhard Klimeck, Alejandro H. Strachan, Peide Ye
  from Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  $2,039,235
• Center for the Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Bioenergy (C3Bio)
  Maureen C. McCann; Mahdi M. Abu-Omar, Rakesh Agrawal, Nicholas C . Carpita, Clint C.S. Chapple, W. Nicholas Delgass, Hilkka I. Kenttamaa, Nathan S. Mosier, Fabio H. Ribiero, Garth J. Simpson, Christopher J. Staiger, Daniel B. Szymanski, Kendall T. Thomson
  From U.S. Department of Energy
  $15,074,136
• Advancing Afghan Agriculture Alliance
  Kevin T. McNamara; James M. Lowenberg-DeBoer
  from Agency for International Development
  $1,246,857
• Biomarkers of Dietary Variables Commonly Misreported
  Megan A. McCrory; Carol J. Boushey, Stacey L. Mobley, Mario Ferruzzi
  from PHS-NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
  $1,143,006
• Afternoons ROCK in Indiana
  Renee K. McKee
  from Indiana State Department of Health
  $1,194,111
• Purdue University Establishment of the Indiana Health Information Technology Extension Center
  David R. McKinnis; Mary Ann Sloan, Steven M. Witz
  from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  $12,000,000
• Advancing Afghan Agriculture Alliance
  Kevin T. McNamara
  from Agency for International Development
  $2,010,738
• A Genetically Tractable Microalgal Platform for Advanced Biofuel Production
  John A. Morgan
  from Iowa State University
  $1,034,523
• PRISM: Center for Prediction of Reliability, Integrity, and Survivability of Microsystems – Amendment 4
  Jayathi Y. Murthy
  from U.S. Department of Energy
  $3,300,000
• Adaptable Polymer Micelles for Tumor Targeting
  Kinam Park; Ji-Xin Cheng
  from PHS-CDC Centers for Disease Control
  $1,854,476
• NEXTRANS: Integrated Solutions for Mobility, Safety and Infrastructure
  Srinivas Peeta
  from U.S. Department of Transportation
  $2,085,000
• NMR Structure of Peptide and Protein Complexes
  Carol B. Post
  from PHS-NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences
  $1,851,266
• To Continue the Work of the State Utility Forecasting Group
  Paul V. Preckel; Douglas J. Gotham
  from Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission
  $1,298,974
• George E. Brown Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation
  Julio A. Ramirez; Saurabh Bagchi, Sean Brophy, Rudolf Eigenmann, Barbara Fossum, Thomas J. Hacker, Ayhan Irfanoglu, Tanu Malik, Santiago Pujol, Mete A. Sozen
  from National Science Foundation
  $20,000,000 multi-year award totaling $105 million
• Cancer Center Support Grant (CORE)
  Timothy L. Ratliff
  from PHS-NIH National Cancer Institute
  $1,165,056
• Fat Dogs and Coughing Horses: Animal Contributions towards a Healthier Citizenry
  Timothy L. Ratliff; Sandra F. Amass, Wilella D. Burgess, Kauline S. Davis, Marcia L. Gentry, Rebecca L. Mann, John R. Staver
  from PHS-NIH National Center for Research Resource
  $1,334,422
• Collaborative Research: ciHub, a Virtual Community to Support Research, Development, and Dissemination of Concept Inventories
  Teri Reed-Rhoads; Peter K. Imbrie, Johannes Strobel
  from National Science Foundation
  $1,064,603
• APT: The Analytical Proteomics Team
  Fred E. Regnier; Jiri Adamec, John A. Springer
  from PHS-NIH National Cancer Institute
  $1,178,066
• CDI-Type II: Cyber-enabled Engineering of Pharmaceutical Products
  Gintaras V. Reklaitis; Gary E. Blau, Michael J. Mclennan
  From National Science Foundation
  $1,932,768
• Institute for Atom-efficient Chemical Transformations (IACT)
  Fabio H. Ribeiro; Chelsey D. Baertsch, W. Nicholas Delgass, Eric A. Stach
  from Argonne National Laboratory
  $2,150,000
• Emerging Technologies and Approaches to Minimize Discharges into Lake Michigan – Module 3 of Phase 2
  Ralph V. Rogers; Agbai Agwu Nnanna
  from BP America Inc
  $2,688,213
• Structural Studies of Bacteriophage T4
  Michael G. Rossmann; Siyang Sun
  from PHS-NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
  $3,105,219
• Quantitative Design of Experiments to Predictably Alter Intracellular Signaling Dynamics
  Ann E. Rundell; Gregery T. Buzzard, Marietta L. Harrison
  From National Science Foundation
  $1,216,337
• TRMS: From Ionome to Genome: Mapping the Gene Networks Controlling Nutrient Content in Rice Grain
  David E. Salt; Ivan R. Baxter, Min Zhang
  from National Science Foundation
  $1,305,452
• Prognostic Significance of Insufficient ADL Help on Health Outcomes/Utilization
  Laura P. Sands; Bruce A. Craig, Joseph Thomas
  from PHS-NIH National Institute on Aging
  $1,112,313
• Tunable and Reconfigurable Optical Negative-Index Materials with Low Losses
  Vladimir M. Shalaev; Evgueni Nariminov
  from Army Research Office
  $1,052,215
• Transformation Optical Metamaterials
  Vladimir M. Shalaev; Alexandra Boltasseva, Evgueni E. Narimanov
  from Duke University
  $2,152,964
• Development, Improvement & Assessment of the Accuracy of Aircraft-Based Mass Balance Measurements of Integrated Urban Emission Fluxes of Greenhouse Gas
  Paul B. Shepson; Kevin R. Gurney
  from National Institute of Standards & Technology
  $1,500,000
• Computational Analysis of Advanced Cooling Strategies for High-Efficiency and Long Service Life Turbines
  Tom I-P. Shih
  from Ames Laboratory
  $1,065,530
• Experimental and Theoretical High Energy Physics Program Modification 44
  Ian P. Shipsey; Virgil Barnes, Daniela Bortoletto, Thomas Clark, Wei Cui, John Finley, Ephraim Fischbach, Arthur Garfinkel, Matthew Jones, Sergei Khlebnikov, Luis Martin Kruczenski, Sherwin Love, David Miller, Norbert Neumeister, John Peterson
  from U.S. Department of Energy
  $1,903,500
• NSF Stimulus Graduate Fellowship Research Program 2009-2012
  M.J.T. Smith
  from National Science Foundation
  $1,000,000
• Teragrid Extension: Bridging to XD
  Xiaohui Carol Song
  from University of Chicago
  $1,329,806
• Development and Implementation of the National Test Facility for Fuels and Propulsion
  David L. Stanley; Denver W. Lopp, James M. Thom
  from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
  $1,356,000
• Large-Scale Testing of SC Shield Building Components for Nuclear Power Plants
  Amit H. Varma
  from Westinghouse Electric Corporation
  $1,723,287
• New Lilly/CICP Resource Network Grant
  Bill Walker and Brandon Sorge
  from Central Indiana Corporate Partnership
  $2,000,000
• Comprehensive Mapping and Annotation of the E. Coli Transcriptome
  Barry L. Wanner; Michael R. Gribskov, Daisuke Kihara
  from PHS-NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences
  $1,000,000
• Calcium Metabolism in Mexican American Adolescents
  Connie M. Weaver; George P. McCabe
  from PHS-NIH National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
  $2,053,264
• Supplemental Vitamin D and Functional Outcomes in Early Adolescence
  Connie M. Weaver; George P. McCabe
  from University of Georgia
  $1,077,209
• Novel Ultrabroadband Photonic and Radio-Frequency Systems for Communications, Sensing and Countermeasures
  Andrew M. Weiner
  from Naval Post-Graduate School
  $4,214,174
• Nano-modified Cement for High Strength Concrete with Improved Mechanical Performance and Blast Resistance
  William J. Weiss; Weinong W. Chen, Carol A. Handwerker, Eric A. Stach
  from Army Corps of Engineers
  $1,000,000
• Nanoscale Optical Antenna Array for Controlled Massively Parallel Manufacturing of Nanowire Devices Modification 2
  Bill Walker and Brandon Sorge
  from Central Indiana Corporate Partnership
  $2,000,000
• Comprehensive Mapping and Annotation of the E. Coli Transcriptome
  Xianfan Xu; Minghao Qi, Eric A.Stach, Chen Yang
  from Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center
  $1,422,587
• Chinese Spirituality and Society Program: A Research and Training Initiative
  Fenggang Yang
  from John Templeton Foundation
  $1,998,426
• Choroid Plexus as a Target in Metal-induced Neurotoxicity
  Wei Zheng; Yulia N. Pushkar
  from PHS-NIH National Institute of Environment Health Sciences
  $2,041,292
• The Center for Computational Simulation and Visualization Project
  Chenn Qian Zhou
  from Department of Energy
  $4,757,500