Published by the MU College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, Vol. 7, No. 1, Jan./Feb. 08

Grants Submitted December 2007 and January 2008

There were a total of 46 grant proposals for December 2007 and January 2008 and a total amount requested of $11,739,082.

PI/CoPIs Project Title Project Type Agency
Amount Requested
Francisco Aguilar Collaborative Efforts Toward Enhancing Competitiveness in the Primary Wood Products Sector of the State of Missouri Basic Research Forest Service
$43,904
Lesa Beamer
•Steven Van Doren		 Dynamics and Catalysis in a Phosphohexomutase from P. Aeruginosa Basic Research National Science Foundation
$901,162
Jose Cisneros
•David Baker		 International Training and Business Development in Peru Other Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service
$96,960
Mark Coggeshall Tools and Resources for Plant Genome Research (TRPGR): Genetic Maps for the Genus Quercus Basic Research Notre Dame University
$61,915
David Emerich Construction of a Symbiotic Interactome Interactome, Transcriptomics, Metabolomics Basic Research National Science Foundation
$1,498,558
Sharyn Freyermuth
•Gerald Hazelbauer		 Searching the deep sea for clues to enhance agricultural carbon fixation: An undergraduate research program to isolate, characterize, and sequence novel autotrophs Basic Research Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service
$279,078
Felix Fritschi Evaluating Genotypic Variation in Early Vigor of Cotton/Project 08-374 Applied Research Cotton Incorporated
$10,000
Felix Fritschi Evaluating Genotypic Variation in Early Vigor of Cotton/Project 08-319MO Applied Research Cotton Incorporated
$21,796
Felix Fritschi Coupling high-throughput genetic and phenotypic information for yield enhancement Basic Research United Soybean Board
$408,626
Christopher Fulcher Community Issues Management (CIM) Collaborative Operating Agreement Other Trident United Way
$25,000
Michael Gold
•Non-CAFNR CoPI		 Agroforestry Training for RC&D Personnel Basic Research University of Nebraska, Lincoln
$11,574
Matthew Gompper
•Joshua Millspaugh		 Impact of a diverse parasite community on host vital rates Basic Research National Science Foundation
$936,309
Matthew Gompper CAREER: Experimental Analyses Relating Host Contact and Parasite Community Structure Basic Research National Science Foundation
$7,500
Thomas Johnson
•Amy Lake		 St. Francois County Baseline Extension Other St. Francois County Industrial Development Authority
$4,540
Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes Unitized Agreement: Emerging Firms Mapping Project Basic Research Missouri Tech Corporation
$35,000
Monty Kerley Using Crude Glycerol, an Alternative Feedstuff from Biodiesel Production, as a Pre-harvest Carcass Influencer to Enhance Marbling and Meat Quality Basic Research National Cattlemen's Beef Association
$75,617
Dylan Kesler Improving Captive Rehabilitation of Wild Birds by Assessing Post-Release Movements and Survival Basic Research Morris Animal Foundation
$105,177
Dylan Kesler Recovery of Endangered Tuamotu Kingfishers Basic Research Walt Disney Parks and Resorts
$19,480
Mengshi Lin
•Joseph Awika
•David Ledoux
•Non-CAFNR CoPIs		 Rapid and Ultrasensitive SERS Methods Coupled with Novel Nanosubstrates for Monitoring the Safety of Imported Foods Basic Research Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service
$499,277
Mengshi Lin
•Lili He		 Novel soy protein edible films containing natural preservatives for strawberries and blueberries preservation Basic Research North Central Sustainable Ag Research and Education
$9,201
Michael McMullen Genetic Architecture of Maize and Teosinte Basic Research Cornell University
$1,674,849
Joshua Millspaugh Population Regulation in Mammalian Herbivores: Integrating Top-down and Bottom-up Effects by Adaptive Behavior Theory Basic Research National Science Foundation
$169,495
Valeri Mossine
•Thomas Mawhinney		 Lectin Blocking, Antioxidant and Chemoprevention Effects of Modified Carbohydrates from Processed Tomato Basic Research American Institute for Cancer Research
$162,534
Rose-Marie Muzika
•Francisco Aguilar
•Bruce Barrett
•Michael Gold		 A trans-disciplinary approach to overcome limitations to native organic pecan production in the Midwest Applied Research Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service
$686,295
Nadia E. Navarrete Tindall Producing and Marketing Vegetable and other Alternative Crops for Hispanics in Rural Missouri Other North Central Risk Management Education Center
$48,327
Henry Nguyen Functional analysis and molecular characterization of root-related GmNAC transcription factors involved in the drought stress resistance mechanisms in soybean Basic Research Department of Agriculture
$348,960
Henry Nguyen
•Grover Shannon		 Genetic Specification of a Soybean Plant: from Genome Sequence to Traits Applied Research Virginia Polytech Institute and State University
$417,643
Michael Nolan Senior Regional Environmental Advisor - Amendment #6 Applied Research Foreign Ag Service
$170,487
Scott Peck Phosphoproteomic analysis of the rice XA21-mediated resistance response Basic Research National Science Foundation
$656,451
Joseph Polacco
•David Emerich
•Gary Stacey
•Jay Thelen		 Understanding Brazilian Agriculture Biotech-- Bases for Cooperation with U.S. Agriculture Basic Research Cooperative State Research Education and Ext Svc
$95,000
Randall Prather Health beneficial effects of omega-3 PUFAs and balanced n-6/n-3 ration in Fat-1 transgenic pigs. Basic Research University of Pittsburgh
$149,697
Anthony Prato Assessing and Adaptively Managing Wildfire Risk in the Wildfire-Urban Interface for Future Climate and Land Use Changes Basic Research National Science Foundation
$782,766
Charles Rabeni Invertebrate and water quality analysis component for the headwater monitoring of PL566 small flood control structures on the north Missouri streams. Basic Research Missouri Department of Natural Resources
$69,309
Sandy Rikoon
•Mary Hendrickson
•Timothy Reinbott
•Robert Torres
•David Trinklein		 Enhancing the Experimental Learning of Undergraduate Students in Sustainable Agriculture Basic Research Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service
$147,279
James Schoelz Association of Tobacco mosaic virus with chloroplasts Basic Research National Science Foundation
$378,354
Gene Stevens Variable Rate Nitrogen with On-the-Go Sensors for Cotton Applied Research Cotton Incorporated
$18,000
Wyatt Thompson NC-506 Regional Sustainability of Ethanol Demand - IL Other University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
$25,000
Wyatt Thompson NC-506 Regional Sustainability of Ethanol Demand - MI Other Michigan State University
$20,000
Wyatt Thompson NC-506 Regional Sustainability of Ethanol Demand - OH Other Ohio State University
$20,000
Wyatt Thompson NC-506 Regional Sustainability of Ethanol Demand - Purdue Other Purdue University
$10,000
Steven Van Doren Docking of Matrix Metalloproteinase-12 with a Triple Helical Peptide from Collagen V Basic Research American Heart Association
$143,001
Judy Wall Characteristics of H2 Producing Biological Systems Operating at 1 nM H2 Concentration Basic Research University of Oklahoma
$125,877
Michele Warmund Graft Union Failure and Incompatibility of Chestnut Applied Research California Department of Food and Agriculture
$9,525
J. Allen Wrather Site Specific Detection of Root-Knot Nematodes in Cotton Fields Over Years Applied Research Cotton Incorporated
$12,000
Zhanyuan Zhang Development of transgenic soybean (Glycine max) for expression of candidate promoters and genes: Round IIIa Applied Research Dow Agrosciences, LLC
$269,999
Zhanyuan Zhang Functional Analysis of Soybean Genes Through Transposon Mutagenesis Applied Research Agricultural Research Service
$77,560

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