Gifts & Grants

American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc. awarded $10,000 for the Science Journalism Program.

Battelle Memorial Institute awarded $240,468 for “Harbor and Outfall Monitoring: Bethic Fluxes.” Anne Giblin, principal investigator.

Burroughs Wellcome Fund awarded $486,950 to the Frontiers in Reproduction Fund.

Cabot Family Charitable Trust awarded $50,000 to the Shinya and Sylvia Inoué Endowment for Cellular Dynamics Imaging.

Molly N. Cornell pledged $250,000 to support the Neal W. Cornell Endowed Research Fund.

The Dorr Foundation pledged $26,581 to support The Semester in Environmental Sciences.

The Ellison Medical Foundation awarded $876,981 to the Molecular Biology of Aging Fund.

The Environmental Protection Agency awarded:

• $99,978 for “Amplification of Fecal DNA Extracts, GS-FLX Pyrosequencing and Informatic Analysis of Tag Sequences.” Mitchell Sogin, principal investigator.
• $18,000 (current year funding) for “Biofuel Trade-Offs: Fuels, Forest, and Food.” Jerry Melillo, principal investigator.

Golden Family Foundation awarded $200,000 to the Logan Science Journalism Program.

The Grass Foundation awarded $150,000 to the Albert and Ellen Grass Faculty Grant Program.

MacArthur Foundation awarded $56,000 for “Biodiversity Heritage Library.” Cathy Norton, principal investigator.

NASA awarded:

• $44,000 for “Land use-Ecosystem-Climate Interactions in Monsoon Asia.” Jerry Melillo, principal investigator.
• $23,389 (current year funding) for “Further Tests on a Modeling Framework to Detect and Analyze Changes in Land-to-Coastal Fluxes.” Bruce Peterson, principal investigator.

The National Institutes of Health awarded:

• $799,341 for “Biological Studies of Cephalopods.” Roger Hanlon, principal investigator.
• $475,847 (current year funding) for “Synaptic Determinants of Vestibular Afferent Dynamics.” Stephen Highstein, principal investigator.
• $337,190 (current year funding) for “Biology of the Inner Ear.” Eliezar Dawidowicz, principal investigator.
• $320,948 for “Toxic Metals in the Northeast: Biological to Environmental Implications.” Joshua Hamilton, principal investigator.
• $274,275 (current year funding) for “Toxic Metals in the Northeast: Biological to Environmental Implications.” Joshua Hamilton, principal investigator.
• $267,844 for “Validation and Development of Trypanosomal Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors for Treatment of Sleeping Sickness.” Robert Campbell, principal investigator.
• $248,640 for “Logistical and Technical Support for NINDS at the Marine Biological Laboratory (NINDS).” Thomas Reese, principal investigator.
• $215,345 for “Neural Systems and Behavior.” Eliezar Dawidowicz, principal investigator.
• $111,945 for “BioCurrents Research Center.” Peter Smith, principal investigator.
• $35,606 for “Orientation independent DIC and Polarization Microscopy.” Michael Shribak, principal investigator.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded:

• $84,631 for “Training Facility/Center for Recurring Training of Fisheries Observer.” David Potter, principal investigator.
• $50,101 (current year funding) for “Alternative Nitrogen Cycling Pathways: When Does Nitrate Disappearance Alleviate Eutrophication?” Anne Giblin, principal investigator.
• $39,828 for “Requirements for the Development and Maintenance of Multicellular Life” David Patterson, principal investigator.
• $32,393 for “Environmental Investigation and Assessment of the Hard Clam Parasite, QPX.” Roxanna Smolowitz, principal investigator.
• $23,980 (current year funding) for “Oases for Life and Pre-Biotic Chemistry: Hydrothermal Exploration using Underwater Robotics.” Julie Huber, principal investigator.

The National Science Foundation awarded:

• $820,000 for “Plum Island Ecosystems LTER.” Anne Giblin, principal investigator.
• $330,054 (current year funding) for “Collaborative Research: Effects of Tropical Watershed Deforestation on Mangrove Ecosystem Function and Services.” Ivan Valiela, principal investigator.
• $322,193 (current year funding) for “Fire in the Arctic Landscape: Impacts, Interactions and Links to Global and Regional Environmental Change.” Gaius Shaver, principal investigator.
• $315,000 for “The Arctic LTER Project: Regional Variation in Ecosystem Processes and Landscape Linkages.” John Hobbie, principal investigator.
• $230,000 for “Collaborative Research: Influence of Land Use on Watershed Hydrology and Biogeochemistry at the Amazon Agricultural Frontier.” Chris Neill, principal investigator.
• $206,097 for “A Biochemical, Genetic and Genomic Investigation of the Evolution and Ecology of Sexual Reproduction.” David Mark Welch, principal investigator.
• $203,952 for “Collaborative Research: IPY: Arctic Great Rivers Observatory.” Bruce Peterson, principal investigator.
• $200,000 for “Microbial Inventory Research Across Diverse Aquatic LTERs.” Linda Amaral Zettler, principal investigator.
• $137,761 for “LTREB: Long-Term Changes in Experimental Salt Marsh Plots: Effects of Chronic Euthrophication and Sea Level Rise.” Ivan Valiela, principal investigator.
• $119,988 for “Sequencing and Analysis of Centrosomal RNAs” Mark Alliegro, principal investigator.
• $115,000 for “Molecular Mechanisms of Light-Signaling in a Novel Lineage of Ciliated Photoreceptors.” Enrico Nasi, principal investigator.
• $77,761 (current year funding) for “LTREB: Long-Term Changes in Experimental Salt Marsh Plots: Effects of Chronic Euthrophication and Sea Level Rise.” Ivan Valiela, principal investigator.
• $59,949 for “COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: MIP: How Responsive are Bacterial Endosymbionts to Physiological and Ecological Variation in their Host Ants.” Jennifer Wernegreen, principal investigator.
• $33,800 for “Palmer, Antarctica Long Term Ecological Research Project.” Hugh Ducklow, principal investigator.
• $29,789 for “Collaborative Research: Rapid Response to a Submarine Eruption at W. Mata Volcano.” Julie Huber, principal investigator.
• $20,243 for “Collaborative Research: Benthic Macroalgal Regulation of Carbon and Nitrogen Turnover in Land Margin Ecosystems.” Joseph Vallino, principal investigator.
• $12,908 for “LTER: PALMER ANTARCTICA LTER: Climate Change, Ecosystem Migration and Teleconnections in an Ice-Dominated Environment.” Hugh Ducklow, principal investigator.
• $7,500 for “Microbial Inventory Research Across Diverse Aquatic LTERs.” Linda Amaral Zettler, principal investigator.

The Office of Naval Research awarded $80,500 (current year funding) for “Reflective Light Modulation by Cephalopods in Shallow Nearshore Habitats.” Roger Hanlon, principal investigator.

Patricia K. Robertson pledged $50,000 to support the Lola Ellis Robertson Scholarship and gave a gift of $16,000 to upgrade the sound systems in the Lillie Auditorium and the Meigs room.

The Smithsonian Institution awarded $115,332 for “Encyclopedia of Life: Education and Outreach Component Project Proposal.” David Patterson, principal investigator.

The United States Department of Agriculture awarded $21,636 for “Evaluation of Putatively QPX-resistant Strains of Northern Hard Clams Using Field and Genetic Studies.” Scott Lindell, principal investigator.

William Townsend Porter Foundation awarded $10,920 to the William Townsend Porter Scholarship.