In May 2013 (FY 2014), the Office of Sponsored Programs recorded the following grants
for American University researchers.
PI: Philip Johnson
College of Arts and Sciences - Physics
Title: Nonlinear Sensing with Ultracold Atoms in Optical Lattices
Sponsor: The University of Maryland - College Park
Funding Source: Army Research Office
Funds: $59,802.00
PI: Laura Juliano
College of Arts and Sciences - Psychology
Title: Placebo Mechanisms Underlying Smoking Behavior and Relapse Processes
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
Funds: $266,880.00
PI: Kim Blankenship
College of Arts and Sciences - Sociology
Title: Drug Policy, Incarceration, Community Reentry and Race, 2013 Summer Research
with NIDA
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
Funds: $9,914.00
PI: Philip Johnson
College of Arts and Sciences - Physics
Title: NIST SURF (Gaithersburg) Summer 2013
Sponsor: National Institute of Standards and Technology
$5,700.00
PI: David Carlini
College of Arts and Sciences - Biology
Title: Transcriptome profiling of the cave amphipod Gammarus minus: The genetic basis
and evolution of troglomorphic traits
Sponsor: Cave Conservancy of the Virginias
Funds: $15,720.00
PI: Jeffrey Kaplan
College of Arts and Sciences - Biology
Title: Biofilm matrix-degrading enzymes for the treatment and prevention of skin and
soft tissue infections
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
Funds: $150,843.00
PI: Anastasia Snelling
College of Arts and Sciences – School of Education, Teaching, and Health
Title: THE DC HEALTHY SCHOOLS ACT: MEASURING THE IMPACT - II
Sponsor: Kaiser Permanente
Funds: $72,621.00
PI: Nancy Abramowitz
Washington College of Law - Low Income Taxpayer Clinic
Title: The Janet R. Spragens Federal Tax Clinic 2013
Sponsor: Internal Revenue Service
Funds: $49,000.00
PI: Christopher Palmer
School of Communication - Center for Environmental Filmmaking
Title: Piedmont film and General Support
Sponsor: Prince Charitable Trusts
Funds: $20,000.00
PI: Jamin Raskin
Washington College of Law -Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project
Title: Marshall-Brennan Project Operating Support
Sponsor: Cafritz Foundation
Funds: $25,000.00