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Recent Gifts and Grants
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation awarded a grant to Mitch Sogin in the amount of $900,000 to support the International Census of Marine Microbes of the Census of Marine Life at the Bay Paul Center.
The Dart Neuroscience Limited Partnership gave a grant in the amount of $1,000,000 in support of the Dart fellows’ summer research program in learning and memory for the years 2004 through 2008.
The Grass Foundation awarded two grants totaling $255,000. A grant of $135,000 will support the Neural Systems and Behavior course for the years 2005 through 2007. A grant of $120,000 will support the Neurobiology course for the years 2005 through 2007. The Foundation also contributed $10,000 for the purchase of a Leica vibratome, which will be put in the Grass Laboratory during the summer.
The Gruss Lipper Family Foundation renewed funding in the amount of $226,953 for the Gruss Lipper Research and Educational Fund for Israeli Scientists over a period of three years.
The Massachusetts Environmental Trust gave a grant in the amount of $61,340 for the Ecosystems Center project “Building the Scientific Basis for Coastal Plain Pond Conservation.”
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation gave a grant in the amount of $50,000 to support the Microbial Diversity course for summer 2005.
The Keith R. Porter Endowment for Cell Biology awarded $100,000 to endow the Keith Porter Lecture Fund for lectures to be given in conjunction with the MBL Friday Evening Lecture series.
The G. Unger Vetlesen Foundation made a challenge grant of $500,000 for the renovation and expansion of the Whitman building. This grant is a capacity building grant.
The Waksman Foundation for Microbiology gave a grant in the amount of $27,000. $9,000 will support the Science Journalism Program and $18,000 will support the Microbial Diversity course.
Global Biodiversity Information awarded $21,000 for “Digitizing and Parsing Nomenclator Zoologicus.” Catherine Norton and David Remsen are the lead investigators.
NASA awarded the following grants:
- $315,250 (over three years; $100,000 first year; subawarding institution University of New Hampshire) for “Understanding the Changing Carbon, Nitrogen, and Water Cycles in the Earth System.” Jerry Melillo, Bruce Peterson, Paul Steudler, and Dave Kicklighter are the lead investigators.
- $30,000 for “Investigations into the Metabolic Diversity of Microorganisms as Part of a Course in Microbial Diversity.” Thomas Schmidt and William Metcalf are the lead investigators.
National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded the following grants:
- $450,000 (over three years; $150,000 first year) for “Interdisciplinary Training in Quantitative Cell Biology.” Ronald Vale and Tim Mitchison are the lead investigators.
- $123,401 for the Neuroinformatics course.Partha Mitra is the principal investigator.
- $45,750 for the Physiology: Cellular and Molecular Biology course. Lenny Dawidowicz is the principal investigator.
NOAA awarded the following grants:
- $277,051 (over two years; $115,935 first year; subawarding institution: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) for “Application of the Leaf Wax-Aerosol Method to Assess Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Carbon Isotopic Fractionation of Atmospheric CO2 by Terrestrial Photosynthesis.” Maureen Conte and John Hobbie are the lead investigators.
- $80,154 (subawarding institution: Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fishermen’s Association) for “Reproductive Life History and Essential Fish Habitat Mapping of Western Georges Bank Cod: GIS Mapping of Eggs, Larvae and Juvenile Cod.” Gabriele Gerlach is the principal investigator.
National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded the following grants:
- $681,850 for “Trophic Cascades and Interacting Control Processes in a Detritus-Based Aquatic Ecosystem.” Linda Deegen, Bruce Peterson, Joseph Vallino, Charles Hopkinson, and John Hobbie are the lead investigators.
- $159,975 for “Microsporidia and the Next Generation of Genome Scientists.” Mitch Sogin, Hilary Morrison, and Charles Vossbrinck are the lead investigators.
- $122,095 for “LTER: Plum Island Sound Comparative Ecosystem Study (PISCES): Effects of Changing Land Cover, Climate and Sea Level on Estuarine Trophic Dynamics.” Charles Hopkinson, John Hobbie, Bruce Peterson, Anne Giblin, Linda Deegan, and Joseph Vallino are the lead investigators.
- $112,584 (over three years; $46,495 first year) for “Collaborative Research: Pheromones, Polyandry, and Female Reproductive Success in Cephalopods.” Roger Hanlon is the principal investigator.
- $63,832 (subawarding institution: University of Rochester) for “Integrative Studies of Wolbachia-Eukaryotic Interactions: Genomes to Communities and Back.” Jennifer Wernegreen and Seth Bordenstein are the lead investigators.
United States Air Force (subawarding institution: Anteon Corporation) awarded $99,283 for “Cephalopod Coloration and Sensory Mechanisms.” Roger Hanlon is the principal investigator.
U.S. Army (subawarding institution: Battelle Columbus Operations) awarded $746,760 (over two years; $387,751 first year) for “Biological Approaches to Sensing Visual Scenes.” Roger Hanlon and Alan Kuzirian are the lead investigators.
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