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October 2003, Vol. 12, No. 6 | Return to Table of Contents
Recent Gifts and Grants
Howard Hughes Medical Institute has provided a grant in the amount of $2,200,000 in support of the MBL’s educational programs, 2004 through 2007.
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has provided an additional grant of $500,000 for the Semester in Environmental Science program for undergraduate students from liberal arts colleges and universities.
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation provided sponsorship in the amount of $40,000 for the MBL conference, “Unveiling the Ocean’s Hidden Majority: A Roadmap” to be held November 19 - 21, 2003, at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Institute, Moss Landing, CA.
The Department of Defense awarded $25,000 (subawarding institution: Anteon Corporation) for “Investigation of Marine Biological Applications on Hardened Materials.” Roger Hanlon is the principal investigator.
National Institutes of Health awarded $153,450 (subawarding institution: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) for “Membrane Proteins in Blood Coagulation.” Bruce Furie is the principal investigator.
Environmental Protection Agency awards:
• $252,750 for “Regulation of Embryonic Neuronal Development by Chemical Mixtures from Brick, NJ.” Carol Reinisch is the principal investigator.
• $94,277 (subawarding institution: University of South Carolina) for “Coastal Wetland Indicators.” Charles Hopkinson is the principal investigator.
National Science Foundation awards:
• $660,591 for “Trophic Cascades and Interacting Control Processes in a Detritus-based Aquatic Ecosystem.” Linda Deegan, Bruce Peterson, Joseph Vallino, Charles Hopkinson, and John Hobbie are the principal investigators.
• $212,422 (subawarding institution: MIT) for “BIOCOMPLEXITY: Feedback Between Ecosystems and the Climate System.” Jerry Melillo is the principal investigator.
• $153,814 for “Microsporidia and the Next Generation of Genome Scientists.” Mitch Sogin, Hilary Morrison, and Charles Vossbrinck are the principal investigators.
• $90,558 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 principal investigators.
• $82,925 (over five years; first year, $15,500; subawarding institution: University of Rochester) for “Integrative Studies of Wolbachia - Eukaryotic Interactions: Genomes to Communities and Back.” Jennifer Wernegreen and Seth Bordenstein are the principal investigators.
DARPA awarded $33,984 for “Soft Robot Manipulators and Manipulation.” Roger Hanlon is the principal investigator.
NASA awarded $147,000 for “Amplified Detection of Microbial Contamination for Planetary Protection.” Norman Wainwright is the principal investigator.
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