Seed for Success Acorn Awards

FY2011 Seed for Success Acorn Awards

Awardees

• SNAP-Ed: Family Nutrition Program
  Angela R. Abbott; Amy R. Mobley and Karen L. Zotz
  from Indiana Family and Social Services Administration
  $5,582,349
• Semiwave MURI:Sound and ElectroMagnetic Interacting Waves
  Douglas E. Adams, J. Stuart Bolton, Patricia Davies and Jeffrey F. Rhoads
  from National Science Foundation
  $2,000,000
• Development and Testing of Innovative Health Management Tools for Damage Detection, Evaluation, and Repair of the CH-53K Composite Rotor Blades and Structures
  Douglas E. Adams
  from CACI International, Inc.
  $2,772,170
• Development and Fabrication of a Stent Prototype to Induce Closure of Post-traumatic Blast-induced Pseudo-aneurysms,
  Jean P. Allain and Lisa M. Reece
  from Army Medical Research and Material Command
  $1,067,257.
• HORIZONS Student Support Program
  Dean M. Ballotti
  from U.S. Department of Education
  $1,889,885
• Student Support Services
  Gail A. Barker
  from U.S. Department of Education
  $1,495,875
• Developing an Interactive On-line Writing Lab to Increase Student Success in Core Writing Standards
  Linda S. Bergmann; Janet Alsup
  from Gates Foundation
  $1,453,832
• Science Learning through Engineering Design Targeted Partnership
  Keith J. Bowman; Brenda M. Capobianco, Todd R. Kelley, James D. Lehman, Johannes Strobel and Gabriela C. Weaver
  from National Science Foundation
  $3,862,372
• Energy Efficient Building Systems Regional Innovation Cluster Initiative
  James E. Braun; Qingyan Chen, William T. Horton, Jianghai Hu, Panagiota Karava, Steven D. Pekarek, Maryam Saeedifard and Athanasios Tzempelikos
  from U.S Department of Energy
  $5,960,000
• Topological Insulator Coherent Energy-efficient Devices
  Yong P. Chen, Supriyo Datta, Mark S. Lundstrom, Anant K. Ramdas, Xianfan Xu and Peide Ye
  from Office of Naval Research
  $2,492,613
• Indiana Space Grant Consortium
  Barrett S. Caldwall
  from National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  $2,875,000
• Energizing Research through Cyberinfrastructure: Renovation of the Research Data Center
  John P. Campbell, Joseph S. Francisco, Mark S. Lundstrom, Jayathi Y. Murthy and Norbert Neumeister
  from National Science Foundation
  $1,999,969
• Watershed Scale Optimization to Meet Sustainable Cellulosic Energy Crop Demand
  Indrajeet Chaubey, Laura C. Bowling, Sylvie M. Brouder, Keith A. Cherkauer, Bernard A. Engel, Jane R. Frankenberger, Reuben R. Goforth, Benjamin M. Gramig, Patrick T. Murphy and Jeffrey J. Volenec
  from U.S. Department of Energy
  $1,592,385
• Student Support Services at IPFW
  Kenneth C. Christmon and Barbara Kirkwood
  from U.S. Department of Education
  $1,100,000
• Anonymizing Textual Data and its Impact on Utility
  Christopher Clifton; Chyi-Kong K. Chang, Victor Raskin and Luo Si
  from National Science Foundation
  $1,554,441
• FY 2011 Indiana University School of Medicine - Lafayette General Fund
  Gordon L. Coppoc
  from Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis
  $1,665,143
• Novel Topoisomerase I Inhibitors
  Mark S. Cushman
  from National Institutes of Health
  $1,662,777
• Signals to Feed: Biological and Associative Mechanisms
  Terry L. Davidson, Kimberly P. Kinzig and Susan E. Swithers,
  from National Institutes of Health
  $1,462,435
• An Agent-based Concept for an Enhanced C2BMC Architecture
  Daniel A. DeLaurentis, Saurabh Bagchi, Stephen D. Heister and Muharrem Mane,
  from Missile Defense Agency
  $1,250,972
• Crossroads Smart Grid Workforce Development Program
  James Eric Dietz, John Francis Burr, James M. Caruthers, Douglas E. Adams, Venkataramanan Balakrishnan, Anil Bajaj, Sanford Fleeter, Nancy L. Denton, David R. Hankins, Andrew L. Liu, Eric T. Matson, Vahid Motevalli, Joseph F. Pekny, Karl A. Perusich, Jeffrey J. Richardson, Maryam Saeedifard, Gregory M. Shaver, Steven D. Shelby, Anthony H. Smith, Oleg Wasynczuk and Clifford J. Wojtalewicz,
  from U.S. Department of Energy
  $2,200,760
• Institute for Accessible Science: Advancing Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Biomedical Laboratory Research
  Bradley S. Duerstock and Susan M. Mendrysa,
  from National Institutes of Health
  $1,984,388
• Application and Dissemination of a Culture-centered Approach to Tailoring Comparative Effectiveness Research Summary Guides
  Mohan J. Dutta, William B. Collins and Titilayo A. Okoror,
  from National Institutes of Health
  $1,494,475
• VACCINE: Visual Analytics for Command, Control, and Interoperability Environments
  David S. Ebert, Mireille Boutin, Timothy F. Collins, Edward J. Delp, Niklas E. Elmqvist and Ross L. Maciejewski
  from U.S. Department of Homeland Security
  $2,500,000
• Development of a Real-time Infectious Disease Surveillance and Response System for Pakistan:Responding to Human Well-being in Times of Threat
  Arif Ghafoor, Walid G. Aref, David S. Ebert and Ross L. Maciejewski,
  from U.S. Department of Defense,
  $1,594,655
• Inhibition and Mechanism of Flavivirus Methyltransferase
  Arun K. Ghosh
  from Wadsworth Center Health Research Inc.
  $1,194,494
• Broad-spectrum Antibiotic against Category A Agents
  Arun K. Ghosh and Thomas J. Kappock
  from National Institutes of Health
  $1,860,683
• Economics, Ecology, Education: An Integrated Approach to Ensure the Success of Organic Vegetable Growers
  Kevin D. Gibson, Corinne E.N. Alexander, Janna L. Beckerman, Steven G. Hallett, Lori Hoagland, Ian Kaplan, Maria I. Marshall, Eileen J. Kladivko and Clifford S. Sadof
  from National Institute of Food and Agriculture
  $1,288,010
• Coupling of Structure and Dynamics in RNA Catalysis,
  Barbara L. Golden,
  from National Institutes of Health,
  $1,801,848
• Indiana Local Technical Assistance Program
  John E. Haddock, from Indiana Department of Transportation
  $1,266,796
• Cancer Care Engineering
  Marietta L. Harrison, Ann Christine Catlin, David S. Ebert, Michael D. Murray, Joseph Pekny, Dan Raftery, Dorothy Teegarden, Dabao Zhang and Min Zhang,
  from Army Medical Research and Material Command
  $1,208,307
• Development of a High Performance Cold Climate Heat Pump
  William Travis Horton, James E. Braun and Eckhard A. Groll
  from U.S. Department of Energy
  $1,331,435
• Center for International Business Education and Research
  Gregory S. Hundley
  from U.S. Department of Education
  $1,798,317
• SoyMapII: Leveraging Untapped Genetic Diversity in Soybean
  Scott Jackson and Jianzin Ma
  from National Science Foundation
  $1,473,266
• Centers for Chemical Innovation, Phase I:Quantum Information and Computation for Chemistry
  Sabre Kais
  from National Science Foundation
  $1,500,000
• Retrieval-Oriented Learning Strategies
  Jeffrey D. Karpicke
  from Institute of Education Sciences
  $1,600,000
• Migration and Function of Th17 Cells in the Gut
  Chang H. Kim and Harm HogenEsch
  from National Institutes of Health
  $1,347,428
• North Central Nursing Clinics
  Jane M. Kirkpatrick, Pamela M. Aaltonen, Jennifer A. Coddington and Elizabeth A. O’Neil
  from Health Resources and Services Administration
  $3,250,000
• Climate Change, Mitigation, and Adaptation in Corn-Based Cropping
  Eileen J. Kladivko, Laura Bowling, Phillip Owens and Jane Frankenberger
  from National Institute of Food and Agriculture
  $1,400,940
• Structure-function Studies of Alpha- and Flaviviruses
  Richard J. Kuhn, Wen Jiang and Michael G. Rossmann
  from National Institutes of Health
  $1,962,284
• A Temporal View of the Plasmodium-Red Blood Cell Interactome
  Douglas J. LaCount
  from National Institutes of Health
  $1,464,666
• Novel Computational Methods for Modeling Cytochrome P450 Mediated Drug Metabolism
  Markus A. Lill
  from National Institutes of Health
  $1,336,745
• Improved Detection Techniques for Foodborne Pathogens
  Richard H. Linton, Bruce M. Applegate, Arun K. Bhunia, Michael R. Ladisch and Lisa J. Mauer
  from National Institute of Food and Agriculture
  $1,496,658
• Delivery of Hemotherapeutics — Development of Targeted Therapeutics for Cancer and Inflammation
  Philip S. Low
  from Endocyte, Inc., Folate Chemo: Novel, Non-toxic
  $1,384,986
• Network for Computational Nanotechnology
  Mark S. Lundstrom, Gerhard K. Klimeck, Michael L. McLennan and George B. Adams III
  from National Science Foundation
  $3,648,333
• Strengthening Supports to Military Families in Indiana and Beyond
  Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth
  from Lilly Endowment Inc.
  $6,328,144
• Military Community, Family and Youth Extension Program
  Renee K. McKee, Charles A. Hibberd and Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth
  from National Institute of Food and Agriculture
  $10,482,038
• Afternoons ROCK in Indiana
  Renee K. McKee
  from Indiana State Department of Health
  $1,194,111
• Afghan Agriculture University Faculty Strengthening
  Kevin T. McNamara and James M. Lowenberg-DeBoer
  from Agency for International Development
  $5,000,000
• Mechanisms of Viral Proteases in Coronavirus Replication and Pathogenesis,
  Andrew D. Mesecar and Susan C. Baker
  from National Institutes of Health
  $1,635,125
• Deviating from the Standard: Integrating Statistical Analysis and Experimental Design into Life Science Education
  Dennis J. Minchella, Edward L. Bartlett, James D. Forney, George P. McCabe, Nancy Pelaez and Ann E. Rundell
  from Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  , $1,500,000
• Developing LED Lighting Technology and Practices for Sustainable Specialty-crop Production
  Cary A. Mitchell, John Francis Burr and Roberto G. Lopez
  from National Institute of Food and Agriculture
  $2,441,298
• Encouraging Marketing and Trade in Sub-Saharan Africa through Hermetic Storage of Crops by Smallholder Farmers
  Larry L. Murdock and James M. Lowenberg-DeBoer
  from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  $1,099,709
• Purdue University Water Institute and Energy-Efficiency and Water Institute Research Facility
  Agbai Agwu Nnanna and Robert Kramer
  from U.S. Department of Energy
  $1,944,000
• Characterizing and Modeling the Experience of Transfer Students in Engineering
  Matthew W. Ohland and Russell Long
  from National Science Foundation
  $1,500,000
• Normal and Accelerated Failure Assessment of New Quantitative in vitro and in vivo Neural Interfaces
  Kevin J. Otto and Alyssa Panitch
  from Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center
  $1,978,517
• Improved Therapeutics for Drug Eluting Stents
  Alyssa Panitch and Kinam Park
  from National Institutes of Health
  $1,521,403
• NEXTRANS: Integrated Solutions for Mobility, Safety and Infrastructure
  Srinivas Peeta
  from U.S. Department of Transportation
  , $2,082,800
• State Utility Forecasting Group
  Paul V. Preckel and Douglas J. Gotham
  from Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission
  $1,139,653
• Useful to Usable: Transforming Climate Variability and Change Information for Cereal Crop Producers
  Linda Prokopy, Otto C. Doering, Benjamin M. Gramig, Devdutta S. Niyogi and Xiaohui C. Song
  from National Institute of Food and Agriculture
  $1,000,000
• the George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation Operations
  Julio A. Ramirez, Saurabh Bagchi, Sean Brophy, Rudolf Eigenmann, Thomas J. Hacker, Ayhan Irfanoglu, Santiago Pujol, Barbara Fossum, Shirley Dyke and Scott A. Newbolds
  from National Science Foundation
  $18,844,107
• Cancer Center Support Grant
  Timothy L.Ratliff
  from National Institutes of Health
  $1,258,258
• Analytical Proteomics Team
  Fred E. Regnier and John A. Springer
  from National Institutes of Health
  $1,032,527
• A Distributed Clinical and Biodefense National Network for Rapid Organism Identification,
  J. Paul Robinson, Arun K. Bhunia, Vincent Jo Davisson, Eric James Dietz, Daniel E. Hirleman and Bartlomiej P. Rajwa,
  from National Institutes of Health,
  $1,309,177.
• Specific Detection of Cervical Cancers Using Cytometry-Based Molecular Diagnostics
  J. Paul Robinson and Vincent Jo Davisson
  National Institutes of Health
  $1,570,140
• Elucidating the Genetic Architecture of ProVitamin A and Vitamin E Biosynthesis in Seed
  Torbert R. Rocheford
  from National Science Foundation
  $1,400,777
• Structure and Function of Icosahedral Viruses
  Michael G. Rossmann
  from National Institutes of Health
  $2,103,440
• X-ray Determinations of Proteins and Viruses
  Michael G. Rossmann
  from National Science Foundation
  $1,350,000
• TRMS:From Ionome to Genome: Mapping the Gene Networks Controlling Nutrient Content in Rice Grain
  David E. Salt
  from National Science Foundation
  $1,302,944
• The Genetic Basis of Natural Ionomic Variation
  David E. Salt
  from National Institutes of Health
  $1,857,862
• A Sustainable Energy Concepts Professional Development Model for Rural Schools and its Extension to a Systemic Approach for Integrating STEM Research and Education
  Timothy D. Sands, Kari Clase, Peggy A. Ertmer, Lisa Kirkham, Maureen C. McCann, Sidney M. Moon, and Gabriela C. Weaver
  from National Science Foundation
  $1,250,000
• Large-area 3D Optical Metamaterials with Tunability and Low Loss
  Vladimir M. Shalaev and Alexandra Boltasseva
  from the Office of Naval Research
  $1,950,000
• Technology and System Level Demonstration of Highly Efficient and Clean Diesel Powered Class 8 Trucks
  Gregory M. Shaver and Robert P. Lucht
  from Cummins, Inc.
  $1,262,495
• The O-Buoy Network of Chemical Sensors in the Arctic Ocean
  Paul B. Shepson
  from National Science Foundation
  $1,041,211
• Social and Behavioral Influences on Clinical Communication and Pain Management
  Cleveland B. Shields
  from National Institutes of Health
  $3,437,436
• An Experimental and Theoretical High Energy Physics Program
  Ian P. Shipsey, Virgil E. Barnes, Daniela Bortoletto, Thomas Clark, Wei Cui, John Finley, Ephraim Fischbach, Arthur Garfinkel, Matthew Jones, W. C. Sergei Khlebnikov, Luis Martin Kruczenski, Sherwin Love, David Miller, Norbert Neumeister and John Peterson
  from U.S. Department of Energy
  $1,976,000
• Nonlinear Optical Imaging for Guiding Protein Structure Determination
  Garth J. Simpson, Chittaranjan Das and Minghao Qi
  from National Institutes of Health
  $1,549,599
• Robust and Principled Visual Intelligence
  Jeffrey M. Siskind, Sven Dickinson and Song Wang
  from Army Research Laboratory
  $6,000,000
• Midwest Crossroads Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate
  Mark J.T. Smith
  from National Science Foundation
  $1,259,559
• Nanoenergetics and High Hydrogen Content Materials for Space Propulsion
  Steven F. Son and Timothee L. Pourpoint
  from Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  $1,090,150
• Chemical Decomposition in High Energy Density Materials Induced by Coupled Acoustic and Electromagnetic Energy Insult
  Steven F. Son, Lori J. Groven and Alejandro H. Strachan
  from Office of Naval Research
  $1,200,000
• I-STEM Resource Network/Indiana Science Initiative
  Brandon Sorge and William S. Walker
  from Eli Lilly and Company Foundation
  $1,500,000
• Preparing Cyber Security Leaders,
  Eugene H. Spafford, Melissa J. Dark and Victor Raskin,
  from National Science Foundation,
  $1,039,953.
• Arabidopsis 2010: Dissecting Cortical Actin Function During Arabidopsis-Pseudomonas Interactions
  Christopher J. Staiger
  from National Science Foundation
  $1,108,984
• Development and Implementation of the National Test Facility for Fuels and Propulsion
  David L. Stanley, Denver W. Lopp, Robert P. Lucht and James Mark Thom,
  from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
  $1,283,000
• Multi-Resolution Modeling and Experiments of Nanostructured Reactive Materials
  Alejandro H. Strachan and Steven F. Son
  from Defense Threat Reduction Agency,
  $1,861,054
• Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation in Indiana
  Beverly Davenport Sypher, G. Christine Taylor and Monica Cox,
  from National Science Foundation,
  $1,301,948
• Emerging Frontiers of Science of Information
  Wojciech Szpankowski, Ruben C. Aguilar, Mikhail J. Atallah, Christopher Clifton, Supriyo Datta, Ananth Y. Grama, Suresh Jagannathan, Aditya P. Mathur, Jennifer L. Neville, Zygmunt Pizlo, Doraiswami Ramkrishna, Yuan Qi, Vernon J. Rego, Luo Si, and Mark Daniel Ward
  from National Science Foundation
  $2,500,000
• New Proteomic Technologies for the Analysis of Tyrosine Kinase Signaling Pathways,
  Weiguo Andy Tao, Robert L. Geahlen, Scott A. McLuckey and Olga Vitek,
  from National Institutes of Health,
  $1,854,175.
• The Role of DEAD-box Proteins in Gene Expression
  Elizabeth Tran
  from National Institutes of Health
  $1,819,192
• Genetic and Genomic Approaches to Understanding Long-distance Transport and Carbon Partitioning in Plants
  Clifford F. Weil and Rebecca W. Doerge
  from National Science Foundation,
  $1,735,212
• From Research to Impact
  Steven M. Witz and Kenneth J. Musselman
  from Regenstrief Foundation,
  $3,000,000
• Thermoelectrics Partnership:Thermoelectrics for Automotive Waste Heat Recovery
  Xianfan Xu, Timothy Fisher, Timothy D. Sands, Stephen D. Heister and Yue Wu
  from National Science Foundation,
  $1,391,825
• The Center for Computational Simulation and Visualization Project
  Chenn Qian Zhou,
  from U.S. Department of Energy
  $3,000,000
• Plant Abiotic Stress Tolerance
  Jian-Kang Zhu
  from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
  $6,033,300
• A Paradigm Shift in Ecosystem and Environmental Modeling: An Integrated Stochastic, Deterministic, and Machine Learning Approach
  Qianlai Zhuang; Melba M. Crawford, Dongbin Xiu and Hao Zhang
  from National Science Foundation
  $1,591,428