In September 2014 (FY 2015), the Office of Sponsored Programs recorded the
following grants for American University researchers.
PI: John Bracht
College of Arts and Sciences - Biology
Title: Model systems for the investigation of DNA methylation and drug
repurposing
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
Funds: $486,819.00
PI: Douglas Fox
College of Arts and Sciences - Chemistry
Title: Durable Flame-Retardant Coatings Derived from Natural Materials
Sponsor: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Funds: $118,643.00
PI: Anastasia Snelling
College of Arts and Sciences - School of Education, Teaching, and Health
Title: Farm to School Evaluation
Sponsor: District of Columbia Office of State Superintendent of Education
Funds: $25,000.00
PI: Sarah Irvine Belson
College of Arts and Sciences – School of Education, Teaching, and Health
Title: Jumpstart for Young Children Partnership Program
Sponsor: Jumpstart for Young Children, Inc.
Source of Funds: Corporation for National and Community Service
Funds: $256,414.00
PI: Christopher Palmer
School of Communication - Center for Environmental Filmmaking
Title: HWHIII Program Support
Sponsor: Herbert W. Hoover Foundation
Funds: $5,000.00
PI: Patricia Aufderheide
School of Communication - Center for Social Media
Title: Operating Funds for the Center for Media & Social Impact
Sponsor: Wyncote Foundation
Funds: $100,000.00
PI: Stephen Silvia
School of International Service - Comparative and Regional Studies
Title: Codetermination comes to America
Sponsor: The Hans Boeckler Foundation
Funds: $29,784.00
PI: James Goldgeier
School of International Service - Dean's Office
Title: The AU-LUMS Partnership
Sponsor: U.S. Department of State
Funds: $500,000.00
PI: Maria De Jesus
School of International Service - International Communications
Title: The Role of a m- Health Technology in Breast Cancer Prevention among
Hispanic Women
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Funds: $230,529.00
PI: Randall Henning
School of International Service - International Politics
Title: New Thinking and the New G20: An Expanding Research Network to
Support Global Cooperation
Sponsor: Centre for International Governance
Funds: $36,565.00
PI: Dante Chinni
School of Public Affairs - Government
Title: NBC Support for the American Communities Project
Sponsor: National Broadcasting Company
Funds: $78,000.00
PI: Thomas Merrill
School of Public Affairs - Government
Title: Lectures in Classical Liberalism
Sponsor: Charles Koch Foundation
Funds: $10,500.00
PI: Hadar Harris
Washington College of Law - Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law
Title: Juveniles Deprived of Liberty Consultation Travel Grant (ATI)
Sponsor: Institute of International Education
Source of Funds: Ford Foundation
Funds: $10,000.00
PI: Leslye Orloff
Washington College of Law - National Immigrant Women's Advocacy Project
Title: Expanding Leadershiop Opportunities in the Domestic Violence Field for
Members of Underrepresented Groups
Sponsor: National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
Source of Funds: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Funds: $3,000.00
PI: Michael Carroll
Washington College of Law - Program on Information Justice and Intellectual
Property
Title: Promoting Open Licensing for Publicly Funded Open Educational Resources
Sponsor: The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Funds: $400,000.00
PI: Sean Fiil-Flynn
Washington College of Law - Program on Information Justice and Intellectual
Property
Title: Argentinian Judges Training
Sponsor: Academy of Exchanges and Judicial Studies
Funds: $10,000.00
PI: Brenda Smith
Washington College of Law - Project on Addressing Prison Rape
Title: Updating of the Policy Review and Development Guide: Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Persons in Custodial Settings
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Justice - National Institute of Corrections
Funds: $60,000.00
PI: Ann Shalleck
Washington College of Law - Women & International Law Program
Title: Health Legislation, Human Rights and Gender
Sponsor: World Bank Group
Funds: $13,139.00