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Northwestern University January 10, 2002 Vol. 17, No. 11
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Recent grants top $41M

The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs reports 235 new grants and competing renewal grants for July and August 2001 totaling $41,727,545

CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION
Office of the Provost

• Principal Investigator: Dixon, Rebecca R. Title: IBHE Cooperative Work Study Program. Sponsor: Illinois Board of Higher Education. Amount: $80,200.

• Principal Investigator: Light, Gregory. Title: Gateway Course Workshop Program. Sponsor: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Amount: $231,000.

• Principal Investigator: Morimoto, Richard I. Title: David and Lucile Packard Foundation Scholarship. Sponsor: The David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Amount: $20,000.

• Principal Investigator: Morimoto, Richard I. Title: Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Fellowship. Sponsor: Fannie and John Hertz Foundation. Amount: $40,000.

• Principal Investigator: Morimoto, Richard I. Title: Ford Foundation Fellowship for Minorities. Sponsor: Ford Foundation (subcontracted from: National Research Council). Amount: $8,500.

• Principal Investigator: Morimoto, Richard I. Title: Graduate Research Fellowship Program. Sponsor: National Science Foundation. Amount: $545,100.

Office of the Vice President for
Business and Finance


• Principal Investigator: Nayler, Ronald. Title: Construction of the Robert H. Lurie Medical Research Center. Sponsor: State of Illinois Capital Development Board. Amount: $10,000,000.

University Library

• Principal Investigator: Roberts, Don L. Title: Cataloging Music Manuscripts. Sponsor: The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation. Amount: $30,000.

DENTAL SCHOOL
Administration


• Principal Investigator: Jameson, Lee M. Title: Scholarships for Students of Exceptional Financial Need. Sponsor: Bureau of Health Professions. Amount: $60,000.

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL POLICY
Education and Social Policy


• Principal Investigator: Fuson, Karen C. Title: Developing Children’s Capabilities for Abstract Mathematical Thought: An Experimental Program for Teaching Linear and Non-Linear Function. Sponsor: James S. McDonnell Foundation. Amount: $184,054.

• Principal Investigator: Gomez, Louis M. Title: Fenger Math, Science and Technology Academy. Sponsor: Chicago Public Schools. Amount: $97,845.

• Principal Investigator: Olszewski-Kubilius, Paula M. Title: Civic Education Program. Sponsor: Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation. Amount: $15,000.

• Principal Investigator: Olszewski-Kubilius, Paula M. Title: Project Excite. Sponsor: Evanston/Skokie Community Consolidated School District 65. Amount: $6,471.

• Principal Investigator: Reiser, Brian. Title: Supporting Student and Teacher Inquiry in Bioscience. Sponsor: National Center for Research Resources (subcontracted from: Museum of Science and Industry). Amount: $174,529.

• Principal Investigator: Sherin, Miriam G. Title: Developing Teachers’ Professional Vision (w/Video Clubs). Sponsor: The Spencer Foundation. Amount: $50,000.

KELLOGG SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
Administration


• Principal Investigator: Jacobs, Donald P. Title: Pilot Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading System Part 2. Sponsor: Joyce Foundation. Amount: $760,100.

Management and Strategy


• Principal Investigator: Capps, Cory Stephen. Title: Intergovernmental Personnel Agreement for C. Capps to Work with Department of Justice. Sponsor: Department of Justice. Amount: $90,000.

• Principal Investigator: Moenius, Johannes. Title: Technical Standards and the Trade Flows between the U.S. and Its Main Trading Partners. Sponsor: The Searle Fund. Amount: $61,000.
Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences

• Principal Investigator: Feddersen, Timothy J. Title: Group Decision Making Online. Sponsor: The Searle Fund. Amount: $64,000.

SCHOOL OF LAW
Law


• Principal Investigator: Abbott, Kenneth W. Title: The Optimal Role of Private Firms in International Governance. Sponsor: The Searle Fund. Amount: $100,000.

• Principal Investigator: Brooks, Richard W. Title: Markets for Pollution-Intensive Activities: Implications for Emissions Trading. Sponsor: The Searle Fund. Amount: $58,872.

• Principal Investigator: Presser, Stephen B. Title: Recapturing the Constitution: Race, Religion and Abortion Reconsidered. Sponsor: The Searle Fund. Amount: $96,350.

MCCORMICK SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
AND APPLIED SCIENCE
Biomedical Engineering


• Principal Investigator: Swartz, Melody A. Title: An Experimental Model for Lymphangiogenesis and Lymphatic Metastasis. Sponsor: U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command. Amount: $73,500.
Center for Optimization Technology

• Principal Investigator: Nocedal, Jorge. Title: Algorithms and Software for Nonlinear Optimization. Sponsor: Department of Energy. Amount: $98,120.
Center for Parallel and Distributed Computing

• Principal Investigator: Banerjee, Prithviraj. Title: MATLAB-Based Adaptive Computing for NASA Image Processing Application. Sponsor: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (subcontracted from: University of Washington). Amount: $99,107.

Center for Quantum Devices

• Principal Investigator: Razeghi, Manijeh. Title: Materials for Superlattice Infrared Detectors. Sponsor: Air Force Research Laboratory (subcontracted from: MP Technologies, LLC). Amount: $47,905.

• Principal Investigator: Razeghi, Manijeh. Title: Solar Blind Al(x)Ga(1-x)N UV Photodiodes by Lateral Epitaxial Overgrowth. Sponsor: Office of Naval Research (subcontracted from: MP Technologies, LLC). Amount: $79,612.

• Principal Investigator: Razeghi, Manijeh. Title: Uncooled Infrared Photon Detectors (Phase II). Sponsor: Office of Naval Research (subcontracted from: MP Technologies, LLC). Amount: $75,431.
Center for Surface Engineering and Tribology

• Principal Investigator: Keer, Leon M. Title: Coating-Enabled Component Design/Technology Tools for Nanostructured Coatings. Sponsor: National Institute of Standards and Technology (subcontracted from: United Technologies Research Center). Amount: $60,000.

Chemical Engineering

• Principal Investigator: Barron, Annelise E. Title: Development of a Biomimetic Lung Surfactant Replacement. Sponsor: National Science Foundation. Amount: $90,117.

• Principal Investigator: Barron, Annelise E. Title: Development of an Improved Biomimetic Lung Surfactant Replacement. Sponsor: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Amount: $220,500.

• Principal Investigator: Barron, Annelise E. Title: Symposium on Microscale Separations and Analysis. Sponsor: National Human Genome Research Institute. Amount: $6,890.

• Principal Investigator: Barron, Annelise E. Title: Symposium on Microscale Separations and Analysis to be Held August 27, 2001 Chicago, IL. Sponsor: Department of Energy. Amount: $5,000.

• Principal Investigator: Burghardt, Wesley R. Title: IMR: Acquisition of a Stress Rheometer for Polymer Materials Research and Education. Sponsor: National Science Foundation. Amount: $40,782.

• Principal Investigator: Hatzimanikatis, Vassily. Title: QSB: Quantitative Analysis and Studies of the Correlation Between mRNA and Protein Expression Profiles in E. Coli. Sponsor: National Science Foundation. Amount: $66,817.

• Principal Investigator: Snurr, Randall Q. Title: NIRT: Design of Nanoporous Molecular Square Catalysts Using Multiscale Modeling. Sponsor: National Science Foundation. Amount: $250,000.

Civil Engineering

• Principal Investigator: Finno, Richard J. Title: In-Situ Non-Destructive Evaluation of Concrete Piles. Sponsor: Naval Facilities Engineering Command. Amount: $23,564.

• Principal Investigator: Finno, Richard J. Title: Objective Updating of Design Predictions for Supported Excavations Using Construction Monitoring Data. Sponsor: National Science Foundation. Amount: $23,117.

• Principal Investigator: Gaillard, Jean-Francois. Title: Collaborative Research: Understanding and Enhancement of Arsenic Hyperaccumulation by a Fern Plant. Sponsor: National Science Foundation. Amount: $22,315.

• Principal Investigator: Packman, Aaron I. Title: The Role of Physicochemical Processes in Sediment Transport by Turbidity Currents. Sponsor: Office of Naval Research. Amount: $41,041.

Computer Science

• Principal Investigator: Schopf, Jennifer M. Title: Workshop: Global Grid Forum Travel Funding: October 8-10, 2001, Rome, Italy. Sponsor: National Science Foundation. Amount: $53,487.

Electrical and Computer Engineering


• Principal Investigator: Choudhary, Alok N. Title: Enabling Technology Center for Scientific Data Management. Sponsor: Department of Energy. Amount: $194,021.

• Principal Investigator: Freeman, Randy A. Title: A Behavioral Approach to Dissipativity Analysis in Nonlinear Systems, with Applications to Human/Robot Interfaces. Sponsor: National Science Foundation. Amount: $65,015.

• Principal Investigator: Taylor, Valerie E. Title: New Approaches to Human Potential Realization through Information Technology Research. Sponsor: National Science Foundation (subcontracted from: Northeastern University). Amount: $99,082.

Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics

• Principal Investigator: Kath, William L. Title: Collaborative Research: Mathematical and Computational Methods for High Data-Rate Optical Fiber Communications. Sponsor: National Science Foundation. Amount: $115,006.

• Principal Investigator: Matalon, Moshe. Title: The Structure of Spray Flames in Non-Uniform Mixtures. Sponsor: United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation. Amount: $10,350.

• Principal Investigator: Miksis, Michael J. Title: Spreading Problems in Fluid Mechanics. Sponsor: National Science Foundation. Amount: $70,800.

• Principal Investigator: Volpert, Vladimir A. Title: Mathematical Aspects of Frontal Polymerization. Sponsor: National Science Foundation. Amount: $52,115.

Materials Science and Engineering

• Principal Investigator: Asta, Mark. Title: Atomic-Scale Studies of Solid-Liquid Interfaces in Alloys. Sponsor: Department of Energy. Amount: $139,093.

• Principal Investigator: Bedzyk, Michael J. Title: Mineral Surface and Interface Synchrotron X-Ray Studies. Sponsor: Department of Energy (subcontracted from: University of Chicago, Argonne National Laboratory). Amount: $24,877.

• Principal Investigator: Bedzyk, Michael J. Title: Synchrotron X-Ray Radiation Studies of Mineral Surfaces. Sponsor: Department of Energy (subcontracted from: University of Chicago, Argonne National Laboratory). Amount: $31,105.

• Principal Investigator: Faber, Katherine T. Title: Environmental Barrier Coatings for Energy Efficient Heat Engines. Sponsor: Department of Energy. Amount: $243,071.

• Principal Investigator: Hersam, Mark C. Title: Molecular Rotors. Sponsor: Army Research Office (subcontracted from: University of Colorado). Amount: $68,820.

• Principal Investigator: Hersam, Mark C. Title: Molecular Rotors. Sponsor: Army Research Office (subcontracted from: University of Colorado). Amount: $103,000.

• Principal Investigator: Olvera, Monica D. Title: Segregation in Multicomponent Macromolecular Systems. Sponsor: National Science Foundation. Amount: $65,000.

• Principal Investigator: Seidman, David N. Title: Graduate Student Researchers Program: Nanoscale Studies of the Evolution of Ni-Based Superalloy. Sponsor: National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Amount: $22,000.

• Principal Investigator: Voorhees, Peter W. Title: NIRT: The Evolution and Self-Assembly of Quantum Dots. Sponsor: National Science Foundation. Amount: $700,000.

• Principal Investigator: Voorhees, Peter W. Title: The Effect of Grain Boundaries during Coarsening in Solid-Liquid Mixtures. Sponsor: National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Amount: $22,000.
Materials Technology Laboratory

• Principal Investigator: Graham, Michael E. Title: CrN Coatings for Bettis Furnished Specimens. Sponsor: Department of Energy (subcontracted from: Bechtel National, Inc., Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory). Amount: $28,271.

• Principal Investigator: Olson, Gregory B. Title: Analysis of S53 Alloy. Sponsor: Department of Defense (subcontracted from: QuesTek Innovations LLC). Amount: $3,374.

Mechanical Engineering

• Principal Investigator: Belytschko, Ted B. Title: Development and Application of Discrete Particle Method for Failure Prediction of Reinforced Concrete Structures under Blast Loads. Sponsor: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station (subcontracted from: General Atomics). Amount: $86,838.

• Principal Investigator: Lee, Jung-Hoon. Title: Innovative On-Chip Biomolecules Transport and Transduction System: Integrated Simulations and Experiments. Sponsor: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) (subcontracted from: Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Chesapeake). Amount: $80,000.

• Principal Investigator: Lewis, Elmer E. Title: Adaptive Neutron Transport Methods for Reactor Transient Analysis. Sponsor: Department of Energy (subcontracted from: Purdue University). Amount: $60,737.

• Principal Investigator: Ruoff, Rodney S. Title: New Methods and Tools for Nanotechnology. Sponsor: National Science Foundation. Amount: $156,828.

• Principal Investigator: Ruoff, Rodney S. Title: Periodic Carbon Nanotube Arrays. Sponsor: National Science Foundation. Amount: $12,646.

MEDICAL SCHOOL
Buehler Center on Aging


• Principal Investigator: Schrauf, Robert W. Title: Memory and Reversion to the First Language (Alzheimer’s). Sponsor: National Institute on Aging. Amount: $73,500.

Cell and Molecular Biology

• Principal Investigator: Hunzicker-Dunn, Mary E. Title: NRSA Fellowship in Support of Arrestin Interactions during LH Receptor Desensitization. Sponsor: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Amount: $29,860.

• Principal Investigator: Jones, Jonathan C. Title: Structure and Function of a Novel Matrix Junction in Endothelial Cells. Sponsor: American Heart Association. Amount: $55,000.

• Principal Investigator: Ravosa, Matthew J. Title: First-Ever International Symposium on Primate Origins and Adaptations. Sponsor: National Science Foundation. Amount: $14,540.

Center for AIDS Research

• Principal Investigator: Murphy, Robert L. Title: Lipodystrophy and Related Diseases Case Definition Study (Site# US08). Sponsor: National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research. Amount: $14,880.

Cognitive Neurology and
Alzheimer’s Disease Center


• Principal Investigator: Mesulam, Marsel. Title: Alzheimer’s Disease Core Center. Sponsor: National Institute on Aging. Amount: $942,767.

Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute

• Principal Investigator: Judd, Robert M. Title: CAREER: Detection of Salvageable Myocardium by Contrast MRI. Sponsor: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Amount: $95,175.
Medicine

• Principal Investigator: Adams, James G. Title: Emergency Medicine Clinical Research Program: Improving the Quality of Emergency Medical Care. Sponsor: Illinois Department of Public Aid (subcontracted from: Northwestern Memorial Hospital). Amount: $188,967.

• Principal Investigator: Argiris, Athanassios. Title: Phase II Study with Iressa in Head and Neck Cancer. Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (subcontracted from: University of Chicago). Amount: $15,750.

• Principal Investigator: Barch, David H. Title: Intergovernmental Personnel Agreement for A. Chlenski: Mechanisms of Anticarcinogenic Actions of Ellagic Acid. Sponsor: VA Lakeside Medical Center. Amount: $11,237.

• Principal Investigator: Bennett, Charles L. Title: Intergovernmental Personnel Agreement for K. Gibbons: Low Literacy Intervention for Colorectal Cancer Screening. Sponsor: VA Lakeside Medical Center. Amount: $12,036.

• Principal Investigator: Bennett, Charles L. Title: Intervention for Colorectal Cancer. Sponsor: National Cancer Institute. Amount: $336,339.

• Principal Investigator: Bhattacharya, Mondira. Title: Intergovernmental Personnel Agreement for J. Fabre: Life-Efficacy and Safety of Once-Weekly Rifapentine and Isonazid Compared to Twice-Weekly Rifampin and Isonazid in the Continuation of Therapy for Tuberculosis. Sponsor: VA Lakeside Medical Center. Amount: $20,020.

• Principal Investigator: Buchman, Alan L. Title: Multi-Center Trial of TPN-Associated Liver Disease. Sponsor: Food and Drug Administration. Amount: $252,481.

• Principal Investigator: Budinger, G.R. Scott. Title: Mitochondrial Regulation of Hyperoxic Cell Death. Sponsor: American Lung Association of Metropolitan Chicago. Amount: $25,000.

• Principal Investigator: Budinger, G.R. Scott. Title: Mitochondrial Regulation of Hyperoxic Cell Death. Sponsor: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Amount: $122,537.

• Principal Investigator: Chandel, Navdeep S. Title: NRSA Fellowship in Support of Hypoxia Enhances Nitric Oxide Induced Cell Death. Sponsor: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Amount: $45,560.

• Principal Investigator: Cryns, Vincent. Title: Role of Tau Proteolysis in Amyloid Beta-Induced Neuronal Apoptosis. Sponsor: Alzheimer’s Association. Amount: $76,620.

• Principal Investigator: Eklund, Elizabeth. Title: Intergovernmental Personnel Agreement for I. Goldenberg. Sponsor: VA Lakeside Medical Center. Amount: $11,975.

• Principal Investigator: Eklund, Elizabeth. Title: Intergovernmental Personnel Agreement for Y. Lu. Sponsor: VA Lakeside Medical Center. Amount: $12,973.

• Principal Investigator: Emanuel, Linda L. Title: Exhibit Creation and Presentation at 7th EAPC Congress. Sponsor: Open Society Institute. Amount: $14,340.

• Principal Investigator: Gerding, Dale N. Title: Intergovernmental Personnel Agreement for S. Sambol: Prevention of Clostridium Difficile Associated Diarrhea. Sponsor: VA Lakeside Medical Center. Amount: $46,509.

• Principal Investigator: Green, Richard M. Title: Intergovernmental Personnel Agreement for S. Wei: Hepatocellular Transport in Health and Disease. Sponsor: VA Lakeside Medical Center. Amount: $13,862.

• Principal Investigator: Jain, Manu. Title: A Multicenter, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blinded Trial of Azithromycin in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis Chronically Infected with Pseudomonas Aeruginosa. Sponsor: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (subcontracted from: Children’s Memorial Hospital). Amount: $3,990.

• Principal Investigator: Johnson, Stuart B. Title: Intergovernmental Personnel Agreement for M. Merrigan: Prevention of Clostridium Difficile-Associated Diarrhea. Sponsor: VA Lakeside Medical Center. Amount: $23,104.

• Principal Investigator: Kuzel, Timothy M. Title: In-vivo Generation of Angiostatin 4.5: Clinical Trial. Sponsor: National Cancer Institute. Amount: $268,419.

• Principal Investigator: Pasche, Boris. Title: Mutations of the Type 1 TGF-Beta Receptors in Cancer. Sponsor: National Cancer Institute. Amount: $147,000.

• Principal Investigator: Passman, Rod S. Title: Validation of a Prediction Rule for Atrial Fibrillation following Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery. Sponsor: Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Amount: $17,619.

• Principal Investigator: Pope, Richard M. Title: Falk Medical Student Internship in Support of Expression of Flice Like Inhibitory Protein (FLIP). Sponsor: Arthritis Foundation, Greater Chicago Chapter. Amount: $3,000.

• Principal Investigator: Ramsey-Goldman, Rosalind. Title: Falk Medical Student Internship in Support of Epidemiology of Osteoporosis in Women with Lupus. Sponsor: Arthritis Foundation, Greater Chicago Chapter. Amount: $3,000.

• Principal Investigator: Rosenson, Robert S. Title: Prevention of Events with Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibition (PEACE). Sponsor: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (subcontracted from: The George Washington University). Amount: $20,000.

• Principal Investigator: Young, James B. Title: Environmental Temperature, SNS Development and Obesity. Sponsor: National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Amount: $307,515.

Microbiology-Immunology

• Principal Investigator: Fullner, Karla J. Title: Biochemical Analysis of the RTX-Induced Covalent Crosslink in Cellular Actin. Sponsor: National Foundation for Infectious Diseases. Amount: $2,000.

• Principal Investigator: Longnecker, Richard M. Title: Fellowship in Support of Regulation of EBV Latency by Ubiquitin-Proteasome System. Sponsor: The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Amount: $50,000.

• Principal Investigator: Miller, Stephen D. Title: Immunoregulation and Pathology of Chronic-Relapsing EAE. Sponsor: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Amount: $351,050.

• Principal Investigator: Miller, Stephen D. Title: Mechanisms of Therapeutic Blockade of CD154 in Prevention of Relapsing EAE. Sponsor: National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Amount: $109,144.

• Principal Investigator: Miller, Stephen D. Title: Role of Molecular Mimicry in the Initiation of Central Nervous System Autoimmune Disease. Sponsor: National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Amount: $35,321.

Molecular Pharmacology and
Biological Chemistry


• Principal Investigator: Miller, Richard J. Title: Interaction of Drugs with Neuronal Calcium Channels. Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health. Amount: $339,337.

• Principal Investigator: Narahashi, Toshio. Title: Mode of Action of Insecticides: Electrophysiological. Sponsor: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Amount: $363,740.

• Principal Investigator: Nye, Jeffrey S. Title: Fellowship in Support of Role of Presenilin Dependent Pathway. Sponsor: International Human Frontier Science Program Organization. Amount: $35,000.

• Principal Investigator: Shoichet, Brian. Title: Predoctoral Fellowship in Support of Structure-Based Discovery of Novel, Non-Beta-Lactam Inhibitors of AmpC Beta-Lactamase. Sponsor: American Chemical Society. Amount: $20,000.

• Principal Investigator: Shoichet, Brian. Title: Structure, Function and Inhibition of Beta-Lactamases. Sponsor: National Institute of General Medical Sciences. Amount: $219,142.

• Principal Investigator: Stern, Paula H. Title: Mazess Student Fellowship in Support of Regulation of RANKL Protein Expression by PTH through the Ca2+/Phospholipid/PKC Signaling Pathway. Sponsor: National Osteoporosis Foundation. Amount: $3,000.

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

• Principal Investigator: Conley, David B. Title: Apoptosis in the Aging Olfactory Mucosa. Sponsor: American Rhinologic Society. Amount: $25,000.
Pathology

• Principal Investigator: Green, Kathleen J. Title: Institutional NRSA in Support of Carcinogenesis Training Program. Sponsor: National Cancer Institute. Amount: $300,463.

• Principal Investigator: Haines III, George K. Title: Inhibition of PKR Activity is Required for Survival of Breast Cancer Cells. Sponsor: U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command. Amount: $73,500.

• Principal Investigator: Haldar, Kasturi. Title: Fellowship in Support of Mechanisms of Apicoplast Replication and Dynamics in Red Cells Infected by Malaria Parasites. Sponsor: American Heart Association. Amount: $23,500.

• Principal Investigator: Haldar, Kasturi. Title: Trafficking Signals in P. Falciparum. Sponsor: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Amount: $325,110.

• Principal Investigator: Karpus, William J. Title: Fellowship in Support of the Role of MCP-1 in Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis. Sponsor: National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Amount: $35,321.

• Principal Investigator: Reddy, Janardan K. Title: Biological Studies with Peroxisome Proliferators. Sponsor: National Institute of General Medical Sciences. Amount: $404,424.

• Principal Investigator: Zhu, Yijun. Title: The Role of PRIP in Breast Cancer. Sponsor: U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command. Amount: $102,699.

Pediatrics

• Principal Investigator: Poncelet, Anne. Title: PKC, PI-3K & Smad Signaling in Mesangial Cell Collagen. Sponsor: National Kidney Foundation of Illinois. Amount: $20,000.

Physiology

• Principal Investigator: Morrison, Shaun F. Title: Central Sympathetic Regulation of Thermogenesis in Fever. Sponsor: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Amount: $217,292.

• Principal Investigator: Surmeier, James. Title: NRSA Fellowship in Support of Modulation of Na+ Currents in PFC Pyramidal Cells. Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health. Amount: $34,832.

Preventive Medicine

• Principal Investigator: Liu, Kiang. Title: Epidemiology: Oxidative Stress and Early Atherosclerosis. Sponsor: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (subcontracted from: University of Minnesota). Amount: $8,776.Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

• Principal Investigator: Blake, Lesley M. Title: Comparative Effectiveness of Antipsychotic Medications in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease. Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health (subcontracted from: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). Amount: $147,971.

• Principal Investigator: Lyons, John S. Title: Evaluation of the Mental Health/Juvenile Justice Service Integration Program. Sponsor: Illinois Department of Human Services. Amount: $75,000.

• Principal Investigator: McKinney, William T. Title: Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression (STAR*D). Sponsor: National Institutes of Health (subcontracted from: The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas). Amount: $89,456.

• Principal Investigator: Simpatico, Thomas A. Title: Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness (CATIE). Sponsor: National Institute of Mental Health (subcontracted from: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). Amount: $66,875.

• Principal Investigator: Stolley, Melinda R. Title: Breast Cancer Risk Reduction in Latino Women. Sponsor: Northwestern Memorial Foundation. Amount: $55,263.

• Principal Investigator: Teplin, Linda A. Title: Patterns and Sequences of Substance Use, Comorbidity and HIV/AIDS Risk Behaviors: A Longitudinal Study of Delinquent Youth. Sponsor: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Amount: $375,000.

Radiology

• Principal Investigator: Omary, Reed A. Title: RSNA Scholar/Student Assistant Grant. Sponsor: RSNA Research and Education Foundation. Amount: $5,000.

• Principal Investigator: Parrish, Todd B. Title: Uninterrupted, Artifact-Free EEG during Functional MRI. Sponsor: National Institutes of Health (subcontracted from: Srico, Inc.). Amount: $20,000.

• Principal Investigator: Pereles, Scott F. Title: RSNA Medical Student Department Grant. Sponsor: RSNA Research and Education Foundation. Amount: $3,000.
The Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University

• Principal Investigator: Holmgren, Robert A. Title: Training Program in Oncogenesis & Developmental Biology. Sponsor: National Cancer Institute. Amount: $225,575.

• Principal Investigator: Lee, Chung. Title: SPORE in Prostate Cancer. Sponsor: National Cancer Institute. Amount: $2,237,908.

• Principal Investigator: Rosen, Steven T. Title: The Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center. Sponsor: National Cancer Institute. Amount: $4,266,006.

Surgery

• Principal Investigator: Angelos, Peter. Title: American College of Surgeons Oncology Group (ACOSOG). Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (subcontracted from: Duke Clinical Research Institute). Amount: $2,833.

• Principal Investigator: Horvath, Keith A. Title: Biologic Bypass via Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery. Sponsor: Illinois Department of Public Aid (subcontracted from: Northwestern Memorial Hospital). Amount: $100,000.

• Principal Investigator: Horvath, Keith A. Title: Laser Induced Myocardial Angiogenesis. Sponsor: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Amount: $178,933.

• Principal Investigator: Murayama, Kenric M. Title: MIS Surgical Skills Training Facility. Sponsor: Illinois Department of Public Aid (subcontracted from: Northwestern Memorial Hospital). Amount: $450,000.
The Davee Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurological Sciences

• Principal Investigator: Siddique, Teepu. Title: Investigation of Age-Related Changes of the Proteasome in ALS. Sponsor: Muscular Dystrophy Association. Amount: $35,000.

• Principal Investigator: Siddique, Teepu. Title: Testing Gene Therapy in an ALS Transgenic Mouse Model. Sponsor: Muscular Dystrophy Association. Amount: $35,000.

Urology

• Principal Investigator: McVary, Kevin T. Title: Intergovernmental Personnel Agreement for C. Podlasek: Conducting Experiments Relating to Dr. McVary’s Study of Impotence in Diabetic Rats. Sponsor: VA Lakeside Medical Center. Amount: $13,998.

SCHOOL OF SPEECH
Communication Sciences and Disorders


• Principal Investigator: Wright, Beverly A. Title: Learning on Basic Auditory Tasks. Sponsor: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. Amount: $310,905.

UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTERS
Center for Catalysis and Surface Science


• Principal Investigator: Hupp, Joseph T. Title: Dreyfus Postdoctoral Program in Environmental Chemistry. Sponsor: The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc. Amount: $48,000.

Center for Functional Genomics

• Principal Investigator: Takahashi, Joseph S. Title: Consortium for Mouse Genetics of Addition, Project 1. Sponsor: The Zaffaroni Foundation (subcontracted from: Duke University). Amount: $603,737.
Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science

• Principal Investigator: Dekel-Tabak, Eddie. Title: Assessment Via Contests: (1) Persistence in Occupation Choice; (2) Over/Underconfidence and Interaction Levels. Sponsor: National Science Foundation. Amount: $70,585.

Center for Public Safety

• Principal Investigator: Bendis, Paul M. Title: Accident Investigation Training. Sponsor: Chicago Police Department. Amount: $24,474.

• Principal Investigator: Bendis, Paul M. Title: OPOTA - Police Training Division. Sponsor: Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy (OH). Amount: $15,990.

• Principal Investigator: Buren, R. Michael. Title: Minneapolis Community & Technical College - SPP. Sponsor: Minneapolis Community and Technical College. Amount: $15,352.

• Principal Investigator: Buren, R. Michael. Title: ODPS - Supervision of Police Personnel. Sponsor: Ohio Department of Transportation. Amount: $18,448.

• Principal Investigator: Buren, R. Michael. Title: OKPD - Supervision of Police Personnel. Sponsor: Olathe Police Department (KS). Amount: $17,800.

• Principal Investigator: Buren, R. Michael. Title: Supervision of Police Personnel. Sponsor: Middletown Township Police Department (NJ). Amount: $17,496.

• Principal Investigator: Buren, R. Michael. Title: Supervision of Police Personnel. Sponsor: Minneapolis Community and Technical College. Amount: $16,423.

• Principal Investigator: Freesmeyer, Timothy J. Title: Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO). Sponsor: Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office (CO). Amount: $117,300.

• Principal Investigator: Freesmeyer, Timothy J. Title: Minnesota State Patrol SPSC. Sponsor: Minnesota State Patrol. Amount: $129,500.

• Principal Investigator: Seyfried, Robert K. Title: Wisconsin Fundamentals of Geometric Design Workshop. Sponsor: Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Amount: $12,500.

• Principal Investigator: Seyfried, Robert K. Title: Wisconsin Fundamentals of Geometric Design Workshop. Sponsor: Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Amount: $12,500.

• Principal Investigator: Stenzel, William W. Title: LAPD Scheduling Study. Sponsor: City of Los Angeles (subcontracted from: Police Management Advisors). Amount: $14,000.

• Principal Investigator: Stenzel, William W. Title: New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety SPSC. Sponsor: New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety. Amount: $6,700.

• Principal Investigator: Stenzel, William W. Title: OPOTA - (SPSC) School of Police Staff and Command. Sponsor: Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy (OH). Amount: $120,960.

• Principal Investigator: Stenzel, William W. Title: OPOTA - (SPSC) School of Police Staff and Command. Sponsor: Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy (OH). Amount: $61,740.

• Principal Investigator: Stenzel, William W. Title: Western Illinois University - Springfield, IL - Executive Management Program Retrainer. Sponsor: Western Illinois University. Amount: $7,500.

• Principal Investigator: Van Dyke, Peter M. Title: Basic Hostage - Pentagon-01.00. Sponsor: Defense Protective Service. Amount: $17,193.

• Principal Investigator: Weiss, Alexander. Title: Traffic Management Course. Sponsor: Abu Dhabi Police. Amount: $300,000.

Center for Sleep and Circadian Biology

• Principal Investigator: Turek, Fred W. Title: Animal Model for Sleep Loss and Circadian Disruption. Sponsor: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (subcontracted from: National Space Biomedical Research Institute). Amount: $236,330.

Institute for Bioengineering and Nanoscience in Advanced Medicine

• Principal Investigator: Stupp, Samuel I. Title: FRG: Organoapatite-Coated Titanium Foam: A Biohybrid for Skeletal Repair. Sponsor: National Science Foundation. Amount: $190,000.

Institute for Health Services
Research and Policy Studies


• Principal Investigator: Darnell, Julie S. Title: Access to and Participation in Medicaid and the Food Stamp Program. Sponsor: Department of Health and Human Services (subcontracted from: The George Washington University). Amount: $22,556.

• Principal Investigator: Dobrez, Deborah G. Title: Measurement and Use of Utilities in Ovarian Cancer CEA. Sponsor: National Cancer Institute. Amount: $458,557.

• Principal Investigator: Dobrez, Deborah G. Title: Patterns of Healthcare Resource Utilization of Children in Foster Care in Illinois. Sponsor: Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (subcontracted from: Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Research Institute). Amount: $13,828.

• Principal Investigator: Dobrez, Deborah G. Title: The Impact of Managed Care on Perinatal Regionalization. Sponsor: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Amount: $73,030.

• Principal Investigator: Lindrooth, Richard. Title: Effect of Inpatient Utilization and Discharge Decisions. Sponsor: Rehabilitation Institute Research Corporation. Amount: $33,473.

• Principal Investigator: LoSasso, Anthony T. Title: The Health Care “Safety Net” and the Crowding-Out of Employer-Provided Health Insurance. Sponsor: The Searle Fund. Amount: $100,000.
Institute for Neuroscience

• Principal Investigator: Spruston, Nelson P. Title: NRSA Fellowship in Support of Do Real Stimuli Evoke Better Backpropagation and LTP?. Sponsor: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Amount: $41,996.

• Principal Investigator: Surmeier, James. Title: NRSA in Support of General Motor Control Mechanisms and Disease Training. Sponsor: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Amount: $336,743.

Institute for Policy Research


• Principal Investigator: Altonji, Joseph G. Title: Chicago Regional Data Center. Sponsor: National Science Foundation. Amount: $100,000.

• Principal Investigator: Chong, Dennis. Title: Green Fees: How Communities Balance Open Space and Development. Sponsor: The Searle Fund. Amount: $100,000.

• Principal Investigator: Edin, Kathryn. Title: Couple Dynamics and Fathers’ Investments in Children. Sponsor: The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (subcontracted from: Washington University in St. Louis). Amount: $162,267.

• Principal Investigator: Ferrie, Joseph P. Title: Socioeconomic Status and Mortality in the U.S., 1850-1880. Sponsor: National Science Foundation. Amount: $51,781.

• Principal Investigator: Hu, Luojia. Title: Research in Microeconometric Methods and Their Applications. Sponsor: National Science Foundation. Amount: $19,999.

• Principal Investigator: Lewis, Dan A. Title: Illinois Families Study. Sponsor: The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Amount: $350,000.

• Principal Investigator: Lewis, Dan A. Title: Illinois Families Study: Wave 2. Sponsor: Woods Fund of Chicago. Amount: $96,218.

• Principal Investigator: Manza, Jeffrey. Title: Parties and Societies: Social Cleavages and Voting Behavior in Comparative Perspective. Sponsor: National Science Foundation. Amount: $63,994.

• Principal Investigator: Pattillo, Mary E. Title: The Effects of Incarceration on Families and Children. Sponsor: Russell Sage Foundation. Amount: $10,000.

• Principal Investigator: Skogan, Wesley G. Title: Evaluating Chicago’s Community Policing Program 2001-2002. Sponsor: Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. Amount: $153,405.

• Principal Investigator: Spencer, Bruce. Title: Limits of Empirical Social Sciences for Policy Analysis. Sponsor: The Searle Fund. Amount: $66,651.

• Principal Investigator: Weisbrod, Burton A. Title: The Nonprofit Sector: Private Governance and Collective Interests in the Hospital Industry. Sponsor: The Searle Fund. Amount: $46,358.

Materials Research Institute

• Principal Investigator: Chang, R.P.H. Title: U.S.-Middle East Materials Planning Meeting and Workshop. Sponsor: National Science Foundation. Amount: $32,110.

• Principal Investigator: Chang, R.P.H. Title: Workshop on International Collaboration and Networking; Cancun, Mexico; August 26-30, 2001. Sponsor: National Science Foundation. Amount: $22,000.

Program of African Studies


• Principal Investigator: Virmani, Akbar. Title: PICA: Governance and Uncertainty, Approaches to Africa’s Political Future. Sponsor: The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Amount: $147,000.

Transportation Center

• Principal Investigator: Ziliaskopoulos, Athanasios. Title: Development of a Simulation/Assignment Model for Evaluating ITS. Sponsor: New Jersey Department of Transportation (subcontracted from: New Jersey Institute of Technology). Amount: $46,090.

WEINBERG COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Cell Biology


• Principal Investigator: Jardetzky, Theodore S. Title: Structural Studies of Antibody Fc Receptor Specificity. Sponsor: The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Amount: $100,000.

• Principal Investigator: Linzer, Daniel I. Title: Construction of Neuroscience and Behavior Research Facilities at Northwestern University. Sponsor: National Center for Research Resources. Amount: $2,000,000.

• Principal Investigator: MacDonald, Ruby I. Title: Testing Molecular Models of Spectrin Flexibility. Sponsor: National Institute of General Medical Sciences. Amount: $225,800.

• Principal Investigator: Rosenzweig, Amy C. Title: Metal Trafficking by Copper ATPases. Sponsor: The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc. Amount: $12,000.

• Principal Investigator: Sontheimer, Erik. Title: The Roles of Dynamic RNA Interactions in the Splicesome. Sponsor: W. M. Keck Foundation. Amount: $10,000.

Chemistry

• Principal Investigator: Marks, Tobin J. Title: Bio-Inspired Self-Assembly of High-Response Photic Materials. Sponsor: Office of Naval Research (subcontracted from: Lockheed Martin Corporation). Amount: $56,000.

• Principal Investigator: Mirkin, Chad A. Title: (DURINT-01) Ultrasensitive and Selective Chip-Based Detection of DNA - Administration Core. Sponsor: Air Force Office of Scientific Research. Amount: $569,800.

• Principal Investigator: Mirkin, Chad A. Title: NRSA Fellowship in Support of Nanoscale Devices on DNA Functionalized Semiconductors. Sponsor: National Human Genome Research Institute. Amount: $33,260.

• Principal Investigator: Mirkin, Chad A. Title: Surface-Templated Growth and Assembly of Carbon Nanotube Arrays. Sponsor: National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Amount: $100,000.

• Principal Investigator: Nguyen, Sonbinh T. Title: Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship. Sponsor: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Amount: $20,000.

• Principal Investigator: O’Halloran, Thomas V. Title: NRSA Fellowship in Support of Intracellular Zinc Compartmentalization in S Cerevisiae. Sponsor: National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Amount: $33,260.

• Principal Investigator: Ratner, Mark A. Title: Molecular Rotors. Sponsor: Army Research Office (subcontracted from: University of Colorado). Amount: $43,829.

• Principal Investigator: Schatz, George C. Title: MURI: Center for Materials Chemistry in the Space Environment. Sponsor: Air Force Office of Scientific Research (subcontracted from: University of Chicago). Amount: $64,531.

• Principal Investigator: Shriver, Duward F. Title: Highly Conductive Rigid Polymers for Batteries. Sponsor: Department of Energy (subcontracted from: University of California, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory). Amount: $57,000.

• Principal Investigator: Wasielewski, Michael. Title: Nanostructured Organic Materials for Ultrafast Optoelectronics. Sponsor: National Science Foundation. Amount: $168,000.

Economics

• Principal Investigator: Gordon, Robert J. Title: ABR: The Measurement of 20th Century Economic Growth. Sponsor: National Science Foundation. Amount: $80,818.

• Principal Investigator: Monge, Alexander. Title: Government Policies and Human Capital Formation with Endogenous Credit Constraints. Sponsor: National Science Foundation. Amount: $19,999.

Geological Sciences

• Principal Investigator: Okal, Emile A. Title: Field Survey of the Peruvian Tsunami of June 23, 2001. Sponsor: National Science Foundation. Amount: $19,350.

• Principal Investigator: Robinson, Mark S. Title: Science Team Support for the MESSENGER Mission. Sponsor: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (subcontracted from: Carnegie Institution of Washington). Amount: $57,865.

Mathematics

• Principal Investigator: Burns, Keith H. Title: Dynamics of Partially Hyperbolic Systems. Sponsor: National Science Foundation. Amount: $28,500.

• Principal Investigator: Franks, John M. Title: Dynamics on Two-Dimensional Surfaces. Sponsor: National Science Foundation. Amount: $62,000.

• Principal Investigator: Hsu, Elton P. Title: Stochastic Analysis and Differential Geometry. Sponsor: National Science Foundation. Amount: $30,736.

• Principal Investigator: Suslin, Andrei A. Title: Algebraic K-Theory, Motivic Cohomology and Homology of Linear Groups. Sponsor: National Science Foundation. Amount: $10,863.

• Principal Investigator: Suslin, Andrei A. Title: Algebraic K-Theory, Motivic Cohomology and Homology of Linear Groups. Sponsor: National Science Foundation. Amount: $27,258.

• Principal Investigator: Wilkinson, Anne M. Title: Ergodic and Geometric Properties of Diffeomorphisms. Sponsor: National Science Foundation. Amount: $36,000.

• Principal Investigator: Xia, Zhihong. Title: Research in Hamiltonian Dynamics. Sponsor: National Science Foundation. Amount: $48,000.

Neurobiology and Physiology

• Principal Investigator: Klein, William L. Title: A Combinatorial Search for Beta-Cyclodextrins to Abate the Neurotoxicity of Amyloid-Beta-Peptide in Alzheimer’s Disease. Sponsor: Institute for the Study of Aging (subcontracted from: University of Illinois at Chicago). Amount: $53,368.

• Principal Investigator: Klein, William L. Title: Neurological Deficits Due to Toxic A-Beta Oligomers. Sponsor: National Institute on Aging. Amount: $304,524.

• Principal Investigator: Klein, William L. Title: Soluble Toxins in Alzheimer’s Disease. Sponsor: Anonymous Foundation (III). Amount: $335,131.

• Principal Investigator: Menco, Bernard P. Title: Ultrastructural Analyses on Chemosensory Signaling. Sponsor: National Science Foundation. Amount: $110,000.

Philosophy

• Principal Investigator: Frisch, Mathias. Title: Philosophy and Classical Electrodynamics. Sponsor: National Endowment for the Humanities. Amount: $24,000.

Physics and Astronomy

• Principal Investigator: Ketterson, John B. Title: Dynamic Flux Line Response in Layered Superconductors with Tailored Defect Structures. Sponsor: Department of Energy (subcontracted from: University of Kentucky). Amount: $3,333.

• Principal Investigator: Ketterson, John B. Title: Experimental Study of Nonequilibrium Effects in Double-Barrier SIS’IS Tunnel Junctions. Sponsor: National Research Council. Amount: $7,200.

• Principal Investigator: Rasio, Frederic A. Title: Hydrodynamic Calculations of Coalescing Compact Binaries. Sponsor: National Science Foundation. Amount: $58,370.

• Principal Investigator: Sauls, James A. Title: Research into Unconventional Superconductors. Sponsor: Department of Energy (subcontracted from: University of Chicago, Argonne National Laboratory). Amount: $16,089.

• Principal Investigator: Ulmer, Melville P. Title: National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program. Sponsor: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (subcontracted from: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign). Amount: $98,035.

• Principal Investigator: Zadeh, Farhad Y. Title: Web-Based Image Analysis in Astronomy Education and Public Outreach. Sponsor: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (subcontracted from: Space Telescope Science Institute). Amount: $10,000.

Political Science

• Principal Investigator: Schneider, Ben. Title: Business Associations, Economic Growth and Political Democracy. Sponsor: The Searle Fund. Amount: $24,000.

Psychology

• Principal Investigator: Bailey, Michael J. Title: Is Female Sexual Arousal Target Specific?. Sponsor: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Amount: $73,500.

• Principal Investigator: Medin, Douglas L. Title: Cognitive Mediation of Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Conflict over a Shared Environment. Sponsor: Russell Sage Foundation. Amount: $114,980.

• Principal Investigator: Vishton, Peter M. Title: Reaching as a Yardstick for Infant Gestalt Perception. Sponsor: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Amount: $187,875.

Sociology

• Principal Investigator: Fine, Gary A. Title: Dynamics of Voluntary Poverty. Sponsor: The Searle Fund. Amount: $92,468.

• Principal Investigator: Hagan, John L. Title: Doctoral Dissertation Research: The Impact of Juvenile Justice Involvement on Educational Outcomes. Sponsor: National Science Foundation. Amount: $6,866.

• Principal Investigator: Moskos, Charles C. Title: Army Reserve Components: A Sociological Analysis. Sponsor: U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences. Amount: $44,660.

• Principal Investigator: Schnaiberg, Allan. Title: Moving Out: Section 8 and Public Housing Relocation. Sponsor: Department of Housing and Urban Development. Amount: $15,000.

Statistics

• Principal Investigator: Jiang, Wenxin. Title: Boosting for Regression and Classification: Some Views from Analogy. Sponsor: National Science Foundation. Amount: $23,806.

• Principal Investigator: Severini, Thomas A. Title: Applications and Extensions of Likelihood Methods. Sponsor: National Science Foundation. Amount: $26,613.

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