Published by the MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, Vol. 4, No. 11, November 05

Grants Awarded October 2005

There were a total of 31 grants awarded for October 2005. Note: Some of the dollar amounts listed below represent awards that span more than one reporting period.

PI Project Title Agency
Amount
Claire Baffaut Watershed evaluation of field best management practices implementation Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service
$552,634
Eric Berg Correlation between circulating leptin concentrations and carcass merit in fed cattle Missouri Beef Industry Council
$10,650
Mark Coggeshall Survival and growth of planted oak seedlings in flooded environments from seed sources collected along a hydrological gradient Missouri Department of Conservation
$31,100
John Gardner Watershed Research, Assessment, and Stewardship Project (WRASP) Agricultural Research Service
$220,460
Matthew Gompper A comparative study of survey methodologies for the plains spotted skunk in Missouri Missouri Department of Conservation
$8,484
Patrick Guinan Soil and Climate Analysis Network Cooperative Agreement Department of Agriculture
$10,000
Jerry Hitzhusen Project LIFE (Leisure Is For Everyone) Missouri Department of Mental Health
$237,355
Lewis Jett Growing growers for the Kansas City regional market Kansas State University
$17,200
Jack Jones Analysis of total phosphorus, total nitrogen and suspended chlorophyll a in water samples from select stations on the Current and Jacks Fork Rivers National Park Service
$8,812
Jack Jones 100 Missouri Water Samples Missouri Department of Conservation
$7,500
Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes AgBioForum: Informing the Public Debate on Agrifood Biotechnology Illinois-Missouri Biotech Alliance
$50,000
Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes Agrobiotechnology in China: Impacts on US Soybean Market University of Kentucky
$75,351
Monty Kerley Beef Technology Transfer Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service
$241,683
Matthew Lucy An Innovative Doctoral Training Program to Prepare the Next Generation of Cross-Disciplinary Scholars in Animal Reproductive Biology Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service
$69,000
Laura McCann Barriers to Adoption of Nutrient Management Strategies by Animal Feeding Operations (AFO's) Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service
$215,000
Joshua Millspaugh Forage projection model development in South Dakota South Dakota Department of Game Fish and Parks
$179,216
Rose-Marie Muzika Effects of prescribed fire on oack pests and invasive plant species Forest Service
$38,621
Henry Nguyen Interdrought-II, International Conference on Integrated Approaches to Improve Crop Production under Drought-Prone Environments Agricultural Research Service
$25,000
Michael Nolan Initative to End Hunger in Africa - 58-3148-5-002 Foreign Agricultural Service
$1,127,280
David Patterson An integrated approach to development and application of precise methods of estrous cycle control for beef heifers and cows Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service
$367,806
Bobby Phipps Evaluation of Methods of prediction of Yield and Fiber Quality Stability in Upland Cotton Cotton Incorporated
$7,000
Anthony Prato UMMV CESU - Upper and Middle Mississippi River Valley Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit - US National Park Service National Park Service
$15,000
Charles Rabeni Evaluating new sampling methods for the biological monitoring protocols in Prairie Cluster Long-term Monitoring Program Geological Survey
$13,933
Charles Rabeni Freshwater mussels at Marais des Cygnes NWR: Sediment load, microhabitat, minimum in-stream flows. Geological Survey
$25,300
Charles Rabeni Effects of low thiamine on swim-up fry behavior and the interaction with dioxin-like chemicals Geological Survey
$10,000
Douglas Randall Regulation and Assembly of plant pyruvate dehydrogenase National Science Foundation
$150,000
Mary Sobba Annie's Project -- Missouri Department of Agriculture
$10,000
Donald Spiers Managed reductions of problems associated with fescue toxicosis at both plant and animal levels Agricultural Research Service
$156,607
Peter Sutovsky Ubiquitin Dependent Proteolysis in Farm Animal Spermatogenesis and Fertilization Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service
$10,000
John Walker LSC/Walker USDA NNF Train: Plant Geonomics Protreomics & Bioinformatics Department of Agriculture
$138,000
Judy Wall Identification of Molecular and Cellular Responses of Desulfovibrio vulgaris Biofilms under Culture Conditions Relevant to Field Conditions for Bioreduction of Heavy Metals Department of Energy
$38,000