Published by the MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, Vol. 4, No. 7, July 05

Grants Submitted June 2005

There were a total of 54 grant proposals for June 2005 and a total amount requested of $19,195,890.

PI/CoPIs Project Title Project Type Agency
Amount Requested
(Non-CAFNR PI)
•Leon Schumacher
Plug-In Hybrid Power System Partnership for Innovation Basic Research National Science Foundation
$280,001
(Non-CAFNR PI)
•Chris Barnett
Development and Production of Updated Data for Flood Insurance Other State Emergency Management Agency
$625,250
Chris Barnett
•Bryan Mayhan
•Randall Miles
Missouri Department of Natural Resources Soil Map Digitization Project Phase 11 Other Missouri Department of Natural Resources
$135,108
Chris Barnett Maintenance of the Public Drinking Water Branch Source Water Inventory/ Vulnerability Assessment Website Other Missouri Department of Natural Resources
$10,202
Eric Berg Quantifying the Effectiveness of Competitive Beef Industry Education Other Missouri Beef Industry Council
$12,486
Eric Berg Effects of Weaning Management and Vaccination History on Carcass Value in Beef Steers Other Missouri Beef Industry Council
$28,765
Eric Berg Consumers Willingness to Purchase Guaranteed Tender Beef Top Loin Steaks Within a Restaurant Setting Applied Research Missouri Beef Industry Council
$24,565
Kevin Bradley Development of Weed Thresholds for Common Weeds that Invade Tall Fescue Pastures Applied Research North Central Sustainable Ag Research and Education
$137,550
Thomas Clark MON 88017 EUP Trial-Academic Applied Research Monsanto Corporation
$7,380
Thomas Clark Initial Rates of selection and resistant colony development studies Applied Research Monsanto Corporation
$54,500
Andrew Clarke
•Azlin Mustapha
Effects of Different Marinade Treatments on Microbiological, Physical and Sensory Attributes of Beef Jerky Applied Research Missouri Beef Industry Council
$13,616
Michael Cook
•Michael Sykuta
Fellowship International Research Travel Allowance Applied Research Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service
$9,945
James English
•Laura Sweets
Limiting Losses to Phytophthora sojae in the North Central Region Applied Research Ohio State University
$20,000
William Folk
•Mark Haidekker
•Mark Hannink
•Steven Van Doren
•(Other non-CAFNR CoPIs)
Post Genomic Biomedical Scientist Other Howard Hughes Medicine Institute
$1,000,000
Sheila Grant
•Xudong Fan
•Carol Lorenzen
•Azlin Mustapha
A Rapid Technology for Detecting Listeria Monocytogenes in Beef Applied Research Missouri Beef Industry Council
$20,061
Jonathan Green
•Duane Keisler
•Randall Prather
•Michael F. Smith
•Jerry Taylor
Development of Ovine Expressed Sequence Tags for the Study of Female Reproduction. Basic Research Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service
$999,663
Patrick Guinan Automated Weather and Environmental Monitoring At Ozark National Scenic Riverways, Missouri Other National Park Service
$3,476
Jack Jones City of Columbia: Eagle Bluffs FY06 Applied Research City of Columbia, Mo.
$6,000
Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes Maximizing the Value of Corn Biotechnologies in Ethanol Production Basic Research Illinois-Missouri Biotech Alliance
$102,894
Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes
•James English
Commercial Development of Defensive Peptide Technologies Basic Research Illinois-Missouri Biotech Alliance
$67,666
Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes The Potential Impacts of the Biosafety Protocol on Soybean Biotechnology Basic Research Illinois-Missouri Biotech Alliance
$39,956
Monty Kerley Improving the Nutritive Value of Soybeans for Animal Feed Applications Basic Research Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council (MSMC)
$60,000
James Lee
•Mark Haidekker
•Grace Sun
Effects of Oxidative Stress on Glial Cell Membranes Basic Research National Institutes of Health
$383,125
Mary Leuci Voter Education and Poll Worker Recruitment Applied Research Missouri Office of Secretary of State
$1,029,983
Carol Lorenzen
•Andrew Clarke
•Mary Hendrickson
•Azlin Mustapha
Best Management Practices to Ensure the Safety and Quality of Meat and Poultry Products at Midwestern Farmers Markets Applied Research University of Nebraska- Lincoln
$123,641
Carol Lorenzen The effect of environmental factors in and around a commercial harvesting facility on beef quality Applied Research Missouri Beef Industry Council
$33,333
Carol Lorenzen
•Christy Bratcher
Effects of health status on meat quality Applied Research Missouri Beef Industry Council
$25,883
Carol Lorenzen Utilization of Meullenet-Owens Razor Shear Method as a Unique Method of Tenderness Evaluation in Beef. Applied Research Missouri Beef Industry Council
$32,333
Raymond Massey
•Robert Kallenbach
Mitigating Forage Harvest Yield and Quality Loss Risk Using Precise Weather Information and Models Applied Research Department of Agriculture
$394,982
Azlin Mustapha Conversion of free linoleic acid to conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) by probiotics in a model cattle rumen Applied Research Missouri Beef Industry Council
$29,583
Azlin Mustapha Rapid Quantification of Culturable and Viable-But-Nonculturable Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Beef Products Using EMA-Real Time PCR Applied Research Missouri Beef Industry Council
$30,383
Azlin Mustapha Real-time Monitoring of Cross-contamination of Listeria monocytogenes Between Equipment, Environment and Ready-to-Eat Meat Products via a GFP Reporter Applied Research Missouri Beef Industry Council
$30,583
Henry Nguyen Interdrought II:International Conference on Integrated Approaches to Improve Crop Production under Drought-Prone Environments Other Agricultural Research Service
$3,000
Henry Nguyen Translational Genomics for Drought Tolerance in Soybean Basic Research Mo. Soybean Merchandising Council (MSMC)
$161,193
Michael Nolan IEHA-Initiative to End Hunger in Africa Applied Research Foreign Agricultural Service
$275,000
Joseph Parcell
•Robert Hayward
•Robert Pierce
Paddlefish Production as an Economically and Environmentally Sustainable Use of Farm Ponds Basic Research University of Nebraska-Lincoln
$102,652
Joseph Parcell
•Christian Boessen
Understanding Quality Consistency and Pricing Strategy of Beef at Retail Basic Research Missouri Beef Industry Council
$25,044
Kenneth Pigg Awareness, Attitudes and Actions of Residents in the Hinkson Creek Watershed Applied Research Missouri Department of Conservation
$52,720
Charles Rabeni A methodological framework for ecoregional scale landbird conservation planning in forested avifaunal biomes Applied Research Geological Survey
$255,073
R. Michael Roberts
•Mark Hannink
Interaction between blastocyst and uterine endometrium (Competing Continuation of NIH Award 5R01HD21896) Basic Research National Institutes of Health
$1,837,500
Robert Schnabel
•Jerry Taylor
Identification of QTN influencing milk production and female fertility in Holsteins Basic Research Cooperative State Research Education and Ext Svc
$491,815
Leon Schumacher
•Carol Lorenzen
Beef Tallow as a Diesel Fuel Additive Increases Engine Lubricity. Applied Research Mo. Beef Industry Council
$17,405
David Sleper
•Grover Shannon
Development of improved soybean varieties with high yield and high protein in maturity groups III-IV. Basic Research Agricultural Research Service
$91,750
Mary Sobba Annie's Project — Missouri Applied Research Department of Agriculture
$10,000
Gary Stacey
•Melissa Goellner Mitchum
•Henry Nguyen
•David Sleper
SoyCAP: Enhancing biotic stress resistance through translational genomics Applied Research Department of Agriculture
$5,000,000
William Stamps Enhancing Biodiversity and Farm Income with Alternative Crops in an Agroforestry Setting Basic Research University of Nebraska-Lincoln
$61,701
Grace Sun
•Gary Weisman
•(Other non-CAFNR CoPIs)
Neuroprotective effects of polyphenols against cerebral ischemic damage Basic Research National Institutes of Health
$2,594,218
Peter Sutovsky Ubiquitin Dependent Proteolysis in Farm Animal Spermatogenesis and Fertilization Basic Research Cooperative State Research Education and Ext Svc
$10,000
Peter Sutovsky
•(Other non-CAFNR CoPIs)
Ubiquitin in male infertility Basic Research National Institutes of Health
$1,089,855
Jerry Taylor Characterization of 50,000 SNPs and development of high-throughput assays for linkage and linkage disequilibrium mapping in cattle and sheep Basic Research Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service
$999,999
Jerry Taylor QTL Mapping of Natural Disease Resistance Genes to Bovine Brucellosis Basic Research Texas A&M University
$27,892
John Viator
•(Other non-CAFNR CoPIs)
Photoacoustic detection of circulating melanoma cells Basic Research Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation
$298,719
Michele Warmund Effects of Formulation and Scheduling of Nitrogen on Vegetative Growth, Bur Number, and Yield of Chinese Chestnut Applied Research Unlisted Sponsor
$3,655
Robert Weaber Evaluation of Genetic Predictors of End Product Attributes and Value Used by Missouri Beef Producers Applied Research Mo. Beef Industry Council
$13,786