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Volume 11, No. 2, Fall 01 | Return to Table of Contents
Gifts and Grants
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation provided renewed funding of $1 million in support of the Semester in Environmental Science, bringing the Foundation’s total commitment to this program to $2,765,000.
Burroughs Wellcome Fund awarded a grant of $384,375 for continued support of the Frontiers in Reproduction course.
George Frederick Jewett Foundation provided a grant of $50,000 in support of the MBL/WHOI Library. $25,000 is committed to an endowment to purchase books, journals, and CDs and $25,000 will support the development of a novel electronic taxonomy key to aid in the identification of invertebrates in the Woods Hole region.
The Catherine Filene Shouse Foundation awarded a grant of $48,000 to support women scientists at the MBL. The funding will underwrite a summer research fellowship, three scholarships for the MBL summer courses, and a scholarship for a student participating in the Semester in Environmental Science.
Cox Foundation, Inc. provided a grant of $41,100 to renew support for the 2000 Annual Fund at the Director’s Circle level with the balance of the grant to support a facilities maintenance fund.
The Waksman Foundation for Microbiology awarded a grant of $27,000 over three years in support of the MBL’s Science Journalism Program.
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation awarded a grant of $50,000 in support of Dr. Roger Hanlon’s research on reproductive behavior of commercially important squid on spawning grounds in Monterey Bay, California.
The Office of Naval Research awarded $50,000 to support “Microbial Diversity: a Summer Course at the Marine Biological Laboratory.” Caroline Harwood is the principal investigator.
Pfizer Foundation provided a grant of $25,000 in support of the Living in the Microbial World Teacher Enhancement Workshop and several mini-workshops and teacher meetings.
Burroughs Wellcome Fund provided an additional grant of $36,000 in support of the purchase of a cage washer for the Frontiers in Reproduction Course.
The Irving Weinstein Foundation, Inc. provided a planning grant of $25,000 in support of a new course in Genomics that will be offered at the MBL. The course will be co-directed by Dr. Mitchell Sogin of the MBL and Dr. Claire Fraser, MBL Trustee and Director of The Institute for Genome Research.
Wingwalker Initiatives provided a grant of $25,633 in support of The Ecosystems Center’s research programs in Alaska and Plum Island.
The Department of Energy awarded $30,000 for “Investigations into the Metabolic Diversity of Microorganisms as Part of Microbial Diversity.” Caroline S. Harwood is the principal investigator.
The American Heart Association awarded a grant of $99,000 over two years in support of Dr. Stefan McDonough’s research project titled “Mechanisms underlying zinc-induced neuronal damage during stroke: modulation of voltage-gated calcium channels.”
EPRI, Inc. awarded $145,000 in support of the project titled, “Carbon Cycle Model Linkages Project II.” Jerry Melillo is the principal investigator.
The USDA awarded $25,426 for the project titled, “Predicting the Influence of N Deposition of Temperate Forest Carbon Uptake and Storage Using 15 N Tracers and Modeling.” Knute Nadelhoffer is the principal investigator.
Universal Imaging Corporation provided a grant of $40,000 to provide a summer research fellowship and to underwrite research by the Mitchison-Salmon group.
The Grass Foundation provided renewed support of $30,000 over two years in support of the course, Neural Development and Genetics of Zebrafish as well as a grant of $1,000 for the East Coast Nerve Net meeting.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $26,920 in support of the project titled, “Near Real Time Monitoring of Inland Suburban Waterways: Application to Three Critical Environmental Issues Facing the Northshore/Metro-Boston Region (EPA EMPACT Grant)” Charles Hopkinson is the principal investigator.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded the following grants:
• $699,994 in support of “The ARCTIC LTER Project: The Future Characteristics of Arctic Communities, Ecosystems, and Landscapes.” Gaius R. Shaver is the principal investigator.
• $152,540 in support of the project titled, “Distinguishing the Evolutionary Mechanisms Shaping Endosymbiont Genomes” Jennifer J. Wernergreen is the principal investigator.
• $79,423 for “Modeling the Biogeochemical System of the Terrestrial Amazon: Issues for Sustainability.” Jerry Melillo is the principal investigator.
• $61,729 in support of the project titled, “Gene Function and Horizontal Transfer.” Monica Riley is the principal investigator.
• $1,200,824 in support of the project titled, “Environmental Genomes and the Evolution of Complex Systems in Simple Organisms & Ecological Genomes.” Mitchell Sogin is the principal investigator.
• $359,114 in support of the project titled, “Biogeochemical Consequences of Agricultural Intensification in the Amazon Basin.” Jerry Melillo is the principal investigator.
• $116,069 in support of the project titled, “A Modeling Synthesis of the Impacts of Tropical Forest Conversion on Carbo Fluxes and Storage, and on Nutrient Dynamics in Amazonia.” Edward Rastetter is the principal investigator.
• $716,913 in support of the project titled, “Environmental Genomes and the Evolution of Complex Systems in Simple Organisms.” Mitchell Sogin is the principal investigator.
• $126,076 in support of the project titled, “Linking Soil Biogeochemistry to Surface Water Chemistry in Small Drainage Basins of the Amazon.” Linda Deegan is the principal investigator.
• $335,349 for the Center for Advanced Studies in Space Life Sciences at the Marine Biological Laboratory. Diana Blazis is the principal investigator.
• $186,000 in support of the project titled, “Amplified Detection of Microbial Contamination for Planetary Protection.” Norm Wainwright is the principal investigator.
The National Institutes of Health awarded the following grants:
• $39,720 for “Symposium Supplement - Frontiers in Reproduction: Molecular & Cellular Concepts.” Gerald Schatten is the principal investigator.
• $44,310 in support of the project titled, “Neural Mechanisms of Vestibular Function.” Roger Hanlon is the principal investigator.
• $175,000 for the project titled, “Predicting changes in regional and global biogeochemical cycles.” Jerry Melillo is the principal investigator.
• $110,038 in support of the Neurobiology Course. Lenny Dawidowicz and Gary Banker are the principal investigators.
• $142,899 in support of the Fundamental Aspects of Vision Research Course. David Papermaster is the principal investigator.
• $168,022 for the Embryology Course. Mary Anne Bronner-Fraser is the principal investigator.
• $106,535 for the Frontiers in Reproduction: Molecular & Cellular Concepts Course. Gerald Schatten is the principal investigator.
• $236,126 in support of the project titled, “Characterization of the Giardia lamblia Transcriptome.” Andrew McArthur is the principal investigator.
• $86,998 in support of the project titled, “Neural Mechanisms of Vestibular Function.” Roger Hanlon is the principal investigator.
• $208,000 in support of the project titled, “Testing Molecular Evolutionary Consequences of Endosymbiosis.” Jennifer Wernegreen is the principal investigator.
• $55,790 in support of the project titled, “Work Group on Neuronal Dynamics.” David Kleinfeld is the principal investigator.
• $45,750 for the Physiology: Cellular and Molecular Biology Course. Lenny Dawidowicz is the principal investigator.
• $122,442 for “Training in Methods in Computational Neuroscience.” William Bialek is the principal investigator.
• $781,155 over five years ($154,884 for the first year) for the Summer Program in Neuroscience, Ethics and Survival (SPINES) Course. Joe Martinez is the principal investigator.
• $264,130 over five years ($49,750 for the first year) for the Neural Development and Genetics of Zebrafish Course. Lenny Dawidowicz is the principal investigator.
• $240,663 for the project titled, “Development of a New Automated Polarized Microscope.” Rudolf Oldenbourg is the principal investigator.
• $884,582 in support of the “BioCurrents Research Center.” Peter J. Smith is the principal investigator.
• $549,334 in support of the project titled, “Giardia – A Model for Ancient Eukaryotic Genome Analysis.” Mitchell L. Sogin is the principal investigator.
• $53,298 for the “Book on Calcium Waves and Patterns.” Lionel Jaffe is the principal investigator.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded the following grants:
• $40,000 for “REU Supplement - The Arctic LTER Project: The Future Characteristics of Arctic Communities, Ecosystems, and Landscapes.” John Hobbie is the principal investigator.
• $221,286 for “The Response of Carbon Cycling in Arctic Ecosystems to Global Change: Regional and Pan-Arctic Assessments.” John Hobbie is the principal investigator.
• $200,000 for “Effect of N Deposition on Forest C Balance: Long-term Responses at Stand and Regional Scales.” Knute J. Nadelhoffer is the principal investigator.
• $85,000 for “The NASA Planetary Biology Internship Program.” Lynn Margulis is the principal investigator.
• $50,000 for “Support of a Charter Vessel for the Collection of Live Marine Organisms for Neurobiological Research.” Roger Hanlon is the principal investigator.
• $296,353 for the project titled, “Microbial Observatories: Salt Marsh Microbes and Microbial Processes: Sulfur and Nitrogen.” John Hobbie is the principal investigator.
• $198,895 in support of the project titled, “Laboratory Equipment for Post-Genomic Studies in Environmental Biology.” Mitch Sogin is the principal investigator.
• $184,581 for the project titled, “Structure/Function Investigation of Gamma-Carboxyglutamic Acid-Containing Conotoxins.”
Alan Rigby is the principal investigator.
• $417,946 over three years ($143,472 for the first year) for the project titled, “Species-, Community-, and Ecosystem-Level Consequences of the Interactions among Multiple Resources.” Ed Rastetter is the principal investigator.
• $700,000 in support of the project titled, “LTER: Plum Island Sound Comparative Ecosystem Study (PISCES): Effects of Changing Land Cover, Climate and Sea Level on Estuarine Trophic Dynamics.” Charles Hopkinson is the principal investigator.
• $847,083 for “Developing Process-Level Understanding of Controls on Belowground Carbon and Nutrient Dynamics in Tundra Ecosystems.” Knute Nadelhoffer is the principal investigator.
• $347,457 in support of the project titled, “Water and Constituent Fluxes Across the Eurasian Arctic: Evolving Land-Ocean Connections Over the Past 20,000 Years.” Bruce Peterson is the principal investigator.
• $75,000 for the project titled, “Molecular Approaches to Microbial Biodiversity.” Caroline S. Harwood is the principal investigator.
• $799,998 in support of the project titled, “Aquatic Ecosystem Responses to Changes in the Environment of an Arctic Drainage Basin.” John Hobbie is the principal investigator.
• $78,979 for the REU Marine Models in Biological Research Course. Lenny Dawidowicz and Michael Tytell are the principal investigators.
• $208,000 in support of the project titled, “Ecosystem Controls on the Biogeochemical Processing of Watershed – Derived Nitrogen in Tidal Rivers.” Bruce Peterson is the principal investigator.
• $755,000 in support of the project titled,”LTER: Plum Island Sound Comparative Ecosystem Study (PISCES): Effects of Changing Land Cover, Climate and Sea Level of Estuarine Trophic Dynamics.” Charles Hopkinson is the principal investigator.
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