In August 2013 (FY 2013), the Office of Sponsored Programs recorded the
following grants for American University researchers.
PI: Douglas Fox
College of Arts and Sciences – Chemistry
Title: Lignocellulosic Materials as Intumescing Flame Retardants for Bio-based
Polymer Composites
Sponsor: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Funds: $140,103.00
PI: Edwin Taylor
College of Arts and Sciences - Performing Arts
Title: Capitalizing Change in the Performing Arts
Sponsor: The William Penn Foundation
Funds: $353,214.00
PI: Adrienne Pine
College of Arts and Sciences - Anthropology
Title: Doctoral Dissertation Research
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Funds: $16,975.00
PI: Victoria Connaughton
College of Arts - Biology
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
Funds: $104,609.00
PI: Colin Saldanha
College of Arts and Sciences - Biology
Title: Neural estrogen synthesis by astrocytic aromatization and
neuroinflammation
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
Funds: $209,898.00
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.
Funds: $150,654.00
PI: Robin Adams
Center for Community Engagement & Service
Title: AmeriCorp Vista 2012-2013
Sponsor: Maryland Campus Compact
Funds: $24,090.00
PI: Eric Hershberg
Provost - Center for Latin American and Latino Studies
Title: Emergent Issues and Challenges for Latin American and Caribbean
Economies
Sponsor: Inter-American Development Bank
Funds: $450,000.00
PI: Christopher Palmer
School of Communication - Center for Environmental Filmmaking
Title: General Operating Program Support
Sponsor: Wallace Genetic Foundation, Inc.
Funds: $50,000.00
PI: Charles R. Lewis
School of Communication - Investigative Reporting Workshop
Title: Immigration Detention
Sponsor: Hagedorn Foundation
Funds: $60,000.00
PI: Jonathan Fox
School of International Service - Dean's Office
Title: Accountability and Mexican Agricultural Policy: Targeting Transparency
Sponsor: University of California at Santa Cruz
Funds: $31,309.00
PI: Kristin Diwan
School of International Service
Sponsor: Atlantic Council
Funds: $29,721.00
PI: Diane Singerman
School of Public Affairs – Government
Title: Tadamun Phase II: The Cairo Urban Solidarity Initiative Visiting Fellowship
Sponsor: Ford Foundation
Funds: $420,000.00
PI: Carola Weil
School of Professional & Extended Studies – Washington Internships for Native
American Students
Title: USDA-APHIS Summer 2013 WINS Program
Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Funds: $65,400.00
PI: Herman Schwartz
Washington College of Law – National Immigrant Women's Advocacy Project
Title: Women of Color Network Leadership Institute
Sponsor: National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
Funds: $20,000.00
PI: David Hunter
Washington College of Law - International Legal Studies Program
Title: The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program 2013-2014
Sponsor: Institute of International Education
Funds: $265,299.00