Published by the MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, Vol. 5, No. 6, Nov./Dec. 06

Grants Awarded October and November 2006

There were a total of 90 grants awarded for the two months of October and November. Note: Some of the dollar amounts listed below represent awards that span more than one reporting period.

PI Project Title Agency
Amount
Gary Allee North American Swine Energy System University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
$115,000
Claire Baffaut Watershed evaluation of field best management practices implementation Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service
$119,717
Wayne Bailey National Legume Risk Management Tool Development Project for Soybean Aphid in Missouri North Carolina State University
$8,700
Chris Barnett Missouri Department of Natural Resources Soil Map Digitization Project Phase 12 Missouri Department of Natural Resources
$135,109
Chris Barnett UMMV CESU (18) Digitize and Provide Access to Lincoln Home National Historic Site Photo Archives National Park Service
$29,787
Chris Barnett Geographic Names Information System Geological Survey
$15,618
Chris Barnett TXPED implementation and development of Web tools to perform Geospatial analysis of soil Laboratory and Pedon data Department of Agriculture
$94,696
Verel Benson Conservation Program Analysis Multi-project Summary Report Department of Agriculture
$15,590
Verel Benson Upper White River Watershed Integrated Economic and Environmental Management Missouri Department of Natural Resources
$86,625
Verel Benson Upper White River Watershed Integrated Economic and Environmental Management Missouri Department of Natural Resources
$39,002
Eric Berg Consumers willingness to purchase known tender beef steak within a restaurant setting Missouri Beef Industry Council
$20,200
Scott Brown Sales Tax Project Missouri Department of Revenue
$31,950
Robert Broz MOA Training Module for Pesticides and Water Quality Missouri Department of Agriculture
$43,478
Marcia Carlson Reduced Nocturnal Temperature for Early-Weaned Pigs South Dakota State University
$2,000
Seonghee Cho Designing and Conducting a Tourism Development Survey for the City of Columbia City of Columbia, Missouri
$25,753
Michael Cook New Generation Cooperative Directory Western Illinois University
$11,104
Bruce Cutter Effects of Prescribed Fire on Wildlife: Literature Reveiw and Summary (White) Paper. Missouri Department of Conservation
$2,500
Georgia Davis Improving Maize Genome Resources for Cereal Crop Improvement Agricultural Research Service
$35,000
Daniel Dey Restoration of Bottomland Hardwoods Missouri Department of Conservation
$13,986
David Diamond Missouri Resource Assessment Partnership (MoRAP) - Missouri Department of Conservation - Aquatic Project Missouri Department of Conservation
$42,666
David Diamond MDC/NatureServe Conservation Effects Project Data Development Missouri Department of Conservation
$10,000
David Diamond EPA Wetland Development Program Development Grant: Restoration and Protection of Missouri River Wetlands; a pilot project. Environmental Protection Agency
$82,923
Zhaofei Fan Regional oak decline-related and regular oak mortality predictions of extent and severity: including factor identification, and probability modeling Forest Service
$41,532
Charles Fluharty Rural Policy Research Institute Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service
$674,577
Gene Garrett Tree Improvement Specialist Position Missouri Department of Conservation
$30,000
Gene Garrett Hickman House Preservation, Renovation and Improvement Projects in Howard County, Missouri Department of Housing and Urban Development
$495,000
Bryan Garton Farm Business Management Analysis Program Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
$65,160
Patrick Guinan Automated Weather and Environmental Monitoring At Ozark National Scenic Riverways, Missouri National Park Service
$2,350
Robert Hayward Feed Training of Carnivorous Fishes Michigan State University
$52,080
Hong He Assessing the Effects of Fuel Management Alternatives on Fire Risk and Vegetation Structure Using LANDIS Modeling Forest Service
$85,675
Mickey Heitmeyer MDC GAYLORD LAB Big River/Wetland Field Station Missouri Department of Conservation
$83,000
Harvey James Balancing Agricultural Economics for a Sustainable Agriculture national Needs Fellowship Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service
$229,500
Thomas Johnson Stakeholder's Views about Research Priorities for an Improved Agricultural and Rural Data Information System Department of Agriculture
$7,500
Jack Jones Upper and Middle Mississippi Valley Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit Task Agreement National Park Service
$6,250
Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes Unitized Agreement- Agricultural Finance Review Cornell University
$1,000
Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes Agrobiotechnology in China: Competitiveness Impacts on U.S. Soybean Export Markets Virginia Polytech Inst and State University
$5,670
Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes BioDiesel Manufacturing Facility Feasibility Study and Business Plan Development Mid-America Research and Development Foundation
$20,909
Monty Kerley Improving Production Efficiency in Beef Cattle Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service
$462,110
Monty Kerley Beef Technology Transfer Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service
$239,373
John Kruse Transportation Research Appropriation Department of Transportation
$651,418
David Larsen Evaluation of the Sylvan Stand Structure Model for Southern Bottomland Hardwoods using Johnson's Permanent Plots Forest Service
$39,110
Marc Linit CPBR Fellowship-Danforth-Taylor Consortium of Plant Biotechnology Research
$106,000
Marc Linit Danforth Center - Genetically enhanced plants for micro-nutrients and bio-renewable oils Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service
$683,923
Anthony Lupo The Climatology of Dew Points and Fire Weather Related Parameters in the Missouri - Arkansas Region University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
$7,300
Arthur McIntosh T-7-3622-110 (BCIRL) Agricultural Research Service
$13,500
Seth Meyer Structual Models at the US and Rest of the World Natural Fiber Market Texas Tech University
$35,715
Joshua Millspaugh Develop, monitor and evaluate mourning dove harvest management opportunities in an agroforestry complex Missouri Department of Conservation
$67,180
Nadia Navarrete-Tindall Evaluating Poverty Grass for Use in Trees, Fairways, or Rough Areas on Golf Courses in the Midwest: Phase 1 Agricultural Research Service
$10,000
Kelly Nelson Demonstration of alternative energy source (solar) pumps for adding water to a subsurface water table management system for irrigation. Department of Agriculture
$17,050
Henry Nguyen Confirmation of Quantitative Trait Loci and Gene-Based Molecular Marker Development for Broad Spectrum Resistance to Soybean Cyst Nematode. USB Proj. 7259 Smith Bucklin and Associates
$71,370
Charles Nilon Baltimore Ecosystems Study: Bird Species Composition and Abundance Institute of Ecosystem Studies
$13,657
Michael Nolan Africa Bureau - Technical Support Foreign Ag Service
$491,695
Michael Nolan Africa Program Support Foreign Ag Service
$440,000
Michael Nolan Southern Sudan Agricultural Revitalization Proj (SSARP) Foreign Ag Service
$1,800,000
Michael Nolan Initative to End Hunger in Africa - 58-3148-5-002 Foreign Ag Service
$854,116
Michael Nolan Collaborative Agricultural Research Program(CRSP) Foreign Ag Service
$19,880
Melvin Oliver T-7-3622-966 Administrative Costs Agricultural Research Service
$38,735
Melvin Oliver T-7-3622-610 Agricultural Research Service
$32,509
Melvin Oliver T-7-3622-120 (ARS-Plant Genetics) Agricultural Research Service
$84,492
Melvin Oliver T-6-3622-610 Agricultural Research Service
$11,590
Stephen Pallardy The Missouri Ozark Forest AmeriFlux Project: A Strategically Located Site for Understanding Variability and Resiliency of Carbon Uptake and Water Use at Ecosystem and Species Levels Oak Ridge National Lab
$117,030
Joseph Parcell Exporting Value Added Soy Products to India Department of Agriculture
$27,325
Randall Prather Gene Therapy for Cycstic Fibrosis Lung Disease University of Iowa
$118,035
Randall Prather Development of Defined Conditions for Pig Embryo Culture Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service
$227,323
Anthony Prato Adaptivity Mnaging Agricultural Production for Future Climate and Land Use Changes in Montana's Flathead River Basin Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service
$360,000
Charles Rabeni Landscape influences on smallmouth bass populations Missouri Department of Conservation
$58,500
Sandy Rikoon The North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program Missouri Plan of Work, Calendar year 2006 University of Nebraska, Lincoln
$50,000
Sandy Rikoon Issues Affecting SWCD Staff and District Organization Missouri Department of Natural Resources
$9,843
John Sadler T-6-3622-115 (Cropping Systems) Agricultural Research Service
$134,620
David Sleper Breeding Soybean for North Missouri Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council (MSMC)
$70,000
David Sleper Monsanto Service Order #22 Monsanto Corporation
$3,500
David Sleper Molecular Mapping of Resistance to Soybean Cyst Nermatode in Soybean Lines PI437654 and PI438503A Mo. Soybean Merchandising Council (MSMC)
$50,134
Michael Smith Effect of ovulatory follicle size on luteal function, pregnancy rate, and late embryonic/fetal mortality. Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service
$317,411
Mary Sobba Annie's Project -- Missouri Department of Agriculture
$9,091
Angela Speck MIPS Infrared Imaging of AGB Dustshells (MIRIAD): tracing mass-loss histories in the extremely large shells around evolved stars Jet Propulsion Lab
$36,053
Donald Spiers Managed Reductions of Problems Associated with Fescue Toxicosis at Both Plant and Animal Levels Agricultural Research Service
$289,574
Donald Spiers Chronic Effects of Fescue Toxicosis Agricultural Research Service
$12,000
David Stanley T-6-3622-110 (BCIRL) Agricultural Research Service
$15,645
Laura Sweets North Central SDS Coordination and Variety Testing Program Southern Illinois University
$5,000
Jerry Taylor Oligo Agreement - University of New England University of New England
$15,358
Jerry Taylor Oligo Agreement - Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization
$15,359
Jerry Taylor Oligo Agreement - University of Otago University of Otago (Dunedin)
$15,359
Jerry Taylor Support for the 24th Stadler Genetics Symposium Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service
$8,000
Corinne Valdivia Adapting to change in the Andean Highlands. Practices and strategies to address climate and market risks in vulnerable agro-ecosystems Virginia Polytech Institute and State University
$126,296
Corinne Valdivia Asset Accumulation Strategies in Three New Settlement Communities Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service
$54,483
Steven Van Doren Matrix Metalloproteinase Inhibition and Specificity National Institutes of Health
$303,488
J. Allen Wrather Biology and Management of Heterodera Glycines Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service
$32,000
J. Allen Wrather Managing Frogeye Leaf Spot and Charcoal Rot in the North Central Region Southern Illinois University
$19,500
J. Allen Wrather Compile Estimates of Soybean Yields Suppressed by Diseases for the USA During 2006 Smith Bucklin and Associates
$16,000
Zhanyuan Zhang Systematically assigning gene functions in soybean employing RNAi technology IMBA 2007 Illinois-Missouri Biotech Alliance
$60,157

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