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Robert P. Behringer of Physics has received an award from Orbital Technologies Corporation for a project entitled "Algorithms and Regolith Erosion Models for the Alert Code." Total funding will be $27,777 over 11 months.

David Beratan of Chemistry has received an award from the University of Pittsburgh for a project entitled "Center for Chemical Diversity." Total funding will be $1,217,988 over 59 months.

Peter H. Burian of Classical Studies has received an award from the Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation for a project entitled "Translatable: Creativity and Knowledge Formation Across Cultures." Total funding will be $2,000 over 12 months.

Bruce Caldwell of Economics has received an award from the Pierre F. and Enid Goodrich Foundation for a project entitled "Collected Works of F.A. Hayek." Total funding will be $8,804 over 12 months.

Albert M. Chang of Physics has received an award from the Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica for a project entitled "Research Support from the Institute of Physics Academia Sinica." Total funding will be $50,000 over 6 months.

Ruth S. Day of Psychology and Neuroscience has received an award from First DataBank, Inc. for a project entitled "Understanding Prescription Drug Information: Consumer Monographs." Total funding will be $7,000 over 3 months.

Laurent M. Dubois of Romance Languages has received an award from the Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation for a project entitled "World Cup and World Politics." Total funding will be $3,000 over 12 months.

Luciana Fellin of Romance Languages has received an award from the National Italian American Foundation for a project entitled "Language, Identity, and Communicative Practices among Italian Americans." Total funding will be $5,000 over 12 months.

Valeria Finucci of Romance Languages has received an award from the Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation for a project entitled "The Nose Job: Plastic Surgery and Bioethics in the Renaissance." Total funding will be $2,000 over 3 months.

Kevin D. Hoover of Economics has received an award from the Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation for a project entitled "The Uses of Economics: History and Future (Conference)." Total funding will be $1,000 over 12 months.

Calvin R. Howell of Physics has received an REU Site award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Undergraduate Research in Nuclear Physics at TUNL/Duke University." Total funding will be $211,895 over 36 months.

Margaret Humphreys of History has received an award from the Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation for a project entitled "The Civil War and American Medicine." Total funding will be $3,500 over 12 months.

Jie Liu of Chemistry has received an award from the Office of Naval Research for a project entitled "High Density Horizontally Aligned Semiconducting Carbon Nanotubes for High Frequency Electronic Devices." Total funding will be $74,999 over 36 months.

Lenhard L. Ng of Mathematics has received a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled "Symplectic Field Theory and Low-Dimensional Topology." Total funding will be $400,604 over 60 months.

Thomas J. Phillips of Physics has received an award from the Illinois Institute of Technology for a project entitled "Antihydrogen Research with IIT." Total funding will be $8,250 over 4 months.

Thomas S. Rankin of Documentary Studies has received an award from the Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation for a project entitled "UndraBorn: Extraordinary Children." Total funding will be $3,000 over 12 months.

David Soskice of Political Science has received an award from the Russell Sage Foundation for a project entitled "Democracy, Distribution, and the Representation of Economic Interests." Total funding will be $15,500 over 5 months.

Jacob L. Vigdor of Public Policy Studies has received an award from the Department of Education for a project entitled "The Impact of Federal Accountability Sanctions on Student Achievement in North Carolina." Total funding will be $850,948 over 48 months.

Divinity School

Ellen F. Davis of the Divinity School has received an award from the Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation for a project entitled "Lambeth Palace Roundtable for the Episcopal Church of Sudan." Total funding will be $4,000 over 12 months.

Fuqua School of Business

David T. Robinson of the Fuqua School of Business has received an award from the National Opinion Research Center for a project entitled "Kauffman Research Project Funding." Total funding will be $10,000 over 12 months.

Nicholas School

Scott A. Eckert of the Marine Lab has received an award from Drexel University for a project entitled "Interactions of Leatherback Turtles and Fisheries in the Pacific Ocean." Total funding will be $104,550 over 12 months.

Robert B. Jackson of Environmental Sciences & Policy has received an award from the Department of Energy for a project entitled "Southeastern Regional Center of the National Institute for Climatic Change Research (Supplement)." Total funding will be $611,407 over 22 months.

Randall Kramer of Environmental Sciences & Policy has received an award from Defenders of Wildlife for a project entitled "Ecosystem Services and Markets Associated with Red Wolf Habitat in North Carolina." Total funding will be $20,000 over 7 months.

Marie L. Miranda of the Nicholas School has received a program-project grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency, for a program entitled "Southern Center on Environmentally-Driven Disparities in Birth Outcomes (SCEDDBO)." Total funding will be $1,567,233 over 39 months. It includes the following projects:

- a project headed by Richard L. Auten Jr., which will receive total funding of $217,929.
- a project headed by Marie L. Miranda, which will receive total funding of $160,203.
- a project headed by Marie L. Miranda, which will receive total funding of $30,724.
- a project headed by Marie L. Miranda, which will receive total funding of $242,647.
- a project headed by Marie L. Miranda, which will receive total funding of $192,646.
- a project headed by Marie L. Miranda, which will receive total funding of $147,802.
- a project headed by Marie L. Miranda, which will receive total funding of $17,023.
- a project headed by Marie L. Miranda, which will receive total funding of $12,940.
- a project headed by Marie L. Miranda, which will receive total funding of $61,966.
- a project headed by Marie L. Miranda, which will receive total funding of $13,926.
- a project headed by Marie L. Miranda, which will receive total funding of $34,042.
- a project headed by Marie L. Miranda, which will receive total funding of $34,044.
- a project headed by Marie L. Miranda, which will receive total funding of $144,927.
- a project headed by Marie L. Miranda, which will receive total funding of $125,513.
- a project headed by Marie L. Miranda, which will receive total funding of $72,710.
- a project headed by Marie L. Miranda, which will receive total funding of $19,305.
- a project headed by Marie L. Miranda, which will receive total funding of $38,886.

Michael K. Orbach of the Marine Lab has received an award from Conservation International for a project entitled "Cultural Roles Related to Marine Management Areas in Belize." Total funding will be $7,500 over 4 months.

Michael K. Orbach of the Marine Lab has received an award from Conservation International for a project entitled "Cultural Roles of the Abrolhos Bank, Brazil." Total funding will be $7,500 over 4 months.

Michael K. Orbach of the Marine Lab has received an award from Conservation International for a project entitled "Cultural Roles Related to Marine Management Areas Study Site(s): Fiji." Total funding will be $7,500 over 5 months.

Michael K. Orbach of the Marine Lab has received an award from Conservation International for a project entitled "Cultural Heritage in the Marine Management Zone, Coiba National Park, Panama." Total funding will be $7,500 over 5 months.

Pratt School of Engineering

Cameron R. Bass of Biomedical Engineering has received an award from the TRUE Research Foundation for a project entitled "Transfer Function for Military Helmets."

April Brown of Electrical Engineering has received an award from the University of Wisconsin for a project entitled "Sb-Based HFETs Using Novel Buffers (supplement)." Total funding will be $130,000 over 11 months.

Lawrence Carin of Electrical Engineering has received an award from the Office of Naval Research for a project entitled "Transfer and Active Learning for Intent Recognigion." Total funding will be $250,000 over 24 months.

Earl H. Dowell of Mechanical Engineering has received an award from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research for a project entitled "Nonlinear High Fidelity Aeroelastic Analysis for Novel Configurations." Total funding will be $149,878 over 9 months.

Warren M. Grill of Biomedical Engineering has received an award from the National Institutes of Health for a project entitled "Temporal Patterns of Deep Brain Stimulation." Total funding will be $1,768,485 over 59 months.

Bobby D. Guenther of the Fitzpatrick Institute of Photonics has received an award from Battelle for a project entitled "Workshop on Laser Filamentation." Total funding will be $19,500 over 9 months.

Tod A. Laursen of Mechanical Engineering has received an award from Michelin Americas Research and Development Corporation for a project entitled "Development of Mortar-Based Contact Analysis Techniques for Very High Deformation Tire Analysis." Total funding will be $204,204 over 18 months.

Barry S. Myers of the Engineering Dean's Office has received an award from the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance for a project entitled "Grand Challenge Summit: Video Contest." Total funding will be $10,000 over 11 months.

Tuan Vo-Dinh of Biomedical Engineering has received an award from the US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command for a project entitled "Dynamic Testing of Signal Transduction Deregulation During Breast Cancer Initiation." Total funding will be $269,880 over 24 months.

Tomoyuki Yoshie of Electrical Engineering has received an award from Innovation Core SEI, Inc. for a project entitled "Silcon Photonics: Lasers, LEDs and Optical Isolators." Total funding will be $89,825 over 11 months.

School of Law

Carol Spruill of the School of Law has received an award from the NC State Bar Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts for a project entitled "IOLTA Public Service Internship Program." Total funding will be $9,000 over 12 months.

University Administration & Centers

Gilbert W. Merkx of the Center for International Studies has received an award from the Social Science Research Council for a project entitled "Academia in the Public Sphere: Islam and Muslims in World Contexts." Total funding will be $50,000 over 16 months.

Sumathi Ramaswamy of the Center for International Studies has received an award from the Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation for a project entitled "Barefoot Across India: Art & The Politics of Risk." Total funding will be $4,000 over 12 months.

Jo Rae Wright of the Graduate School has received an award from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for a project entitled "Planning Grant for International Graduate Training Program." Total funding will be $50,000 over 8 months.

University Interdisciplinary Centers

Peter McCornick of the Nicholas Institute has received an award from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for a project entitled "Supporting the Development of a Strategy for Agricultural Water Management." Total funding will be $10,011 over 4 months.

Brian C. Murray of the Nicholas Institute has received an award from Resources for the Future for a project entitled "Outreach to Decision Makers on REDD." Total funding will be $89,499 over 14 months.

Brian C. Murray of Nicholas Institute has received an award from Resources for the Future for a project entitled "Global Forest Carbon Economic Modeling Forum." Total funding will be $68,434 over 16 months.

Kathryn Whetten of the Center for Health Policy has received an award from Emory University for a project entitled "North Carolina HIV/AIDS Training and Information Center." Total funding will be $50,000 over 5 months.

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