CRITICAL MaSS: MATH AND SCIENCE SCHOLARS |
Source: National Science Foundation (S-STEM) |
Award Amount: $612,515 |
John Schaumloffel (Chemistry & Biochemistry), Jennifer Withington (Biology),
Jason Smolinski (Physics & Astronomy) |
Period: 7/2013 - 6/2018 |
The SUNY Oneonta S-STEM Scholars Program will reduce the financial burden on qualified students studying in STEM fields by providing scholarships; improve educational outcomes by supporting participants with new academic and student support services and programs; maximize student opportunities for undergraduate research and professional travel by providing resources to participats; and evaluate student progress, satisfaction, and program achievement.
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BIG DATA ON A SMALL(ER) CAMPUS: USE OF LARGE-SCALE TEXT ANALYSIS BY A COMPREHENSIVE PUI |
Source: SUNY Innovative Instructional Technology Grant Program |
Award Amount: $20,000 |
Brian Lowe, Greg Fulkerson, Brett Heindl (Sociology), Bill Wilkerson (Political Science), Jim Greenberg (TLTC) |
Period: 7/2012 - 6/2013 |
This project will offer instructors across a wide variety of disciplines at primarily undergraduate institutions (PUIs) the tools and methods necessary to discern patterns and trends within "big data" as it emerges through social media.
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evaluating geologic mapping tools for the undergraduate curriculum |
Source: SUNY Innovative Instructional Technology Grant Program |
Award Amount: $10,000 |
Martha Growdon, Les Hasbargen (Earth & Atmospheric Sciences) |
Period: 7/2012 - 6/2013 |
Funding will allow this project to determine the most student-accessible, cost-effective, yet reliable digital field mapping system, by conduting the first digital field-mapping evaluation, comparing available tablet computers and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in side-by-side field tests, with the broad goal of training students to produce new 1:24,000-scale geologic maps of New York State.
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automating production of powerpoint-based algorithm visualization teaching materials |
Source: SUNY Innovative Instructional Technology Grant Program |
Award Amount: $10,000 |
Sen Zhang, James Ryder (Mathematics, Computer Science & Statistics) |
Period: 7/2012 - 6/2013 |
This project will facilitate the teaching of algorithms by computer science instructors at primarily undergraduate institutions (PUIs) by increasing the availability and accessibility of easily adoptable, standardized PowerPoint presentation materials.
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Acquisition of Tools for Top-Down Management of Aquatic Systems:
Evaluating Sucess at the Bottom of the Food Chain
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Source: National Science Foundation (FSML) |
Award Amount: $94,315 |
Willard N. Harman (Biological Field Station), John R. Foster (SUNY Cobleskill) |
Period: 8/2012-7/2014 |
Funding will allow the Biological Field Station to acquire a FlowCam VS-IV integrated camera, computer, and software package to enhance progress on a number of ongoing research projects.
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Through Each of Our Voices: Narratives on Diversity, Inclusion and Community |
Source: SUNY Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion |
Award Amount: $10,000 |
Karen Joest (Human Ecology), Monica Ulewicz (ESCORT), and Leanne Avery (Education) |
Period: 7/2012-6/2013 |
An interdisciplinary team from SUNY Oneonta, partnering with community agencies, proposes a year-long series of activities to foster and enhance the cultural competence of the SUNY Oneonta campus and broader Oneonta communities.
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translation (show catalogue) |
Source: Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation |
Award Amount: $10,300 |
Rhea Nowak (Art) |
Period: 7/2012-6/2013 |
Publication of an exhibit catalogue in association with Rhea Nowak's exhibition Translation, to be mounted in the Martin Mullen Gallery during the month of September, 2012. Awarded funds cover photography and printing of the catalogue. |
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CONTINUATION OF BEDROCK GEOLOGIC MAPPING OF MATINICUS QUADRANGLE |
Source: USGS EDMAP Program |
Award Amount: $8,221 |
Martha Growdon (Earth & Atmospheric Sciences) |
Period:5/2012-4/2013 |
Continuation of EDMAP-funded work conducted in summer of 2011. Student and faculty mentor will conduct field work in 2012, along with laboratory analysis to follow, to conduct complete bedrock geological mapping of the Matinicus Quadrangle, Maine.
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Healthy as a Horse |
Source: The Stanley H. and Theodora L. Feldberg Foundation |
Award Amount: $10,000 |
Helen Battisti (Human Ecology) |
Period: 7/2012-6/2013 |
Pilot research study to help at-risk families prevent obesity in their children through Equine Assisted Learning. Program will instruct participants in aspects of horse care and riding basics, exercise and healthful eating, meal planning, self esteem, and other interventions.
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Function of Mouse Heat Shock Factor 1 Alpha and Beta Isoforms |
Source: National Institutes of Health |
Award Amount: $277,580 |
Nancy Bachman (Biology) |
Period:
9/2011-8/2014 |
Heat shock factor 1, a major target of the longevity factor sirtuin 1, provides body cells with protection from stressors such as heat and peroxide. This project will identify the contribution of isoforms of mouse heat shock factor 1, a regulatory protein, in activating stress response genes. Understanding these basic mechanisms will provide a critical framework for new treatments for age-associated diseases targeted to the heat shock pathway.
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College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) |
Source: U.S. Department of Education |
Award Amount: $2,124,335 |
Patricia Hanley (Student Development) |
Period: 7/2011–6/2016 |
CAMP assists migrant and seasonal farm workers and members of their immediate family to complete their first academic year of college at SUNY Oneonta and to continue in postsecondary education; it provides a comprehensive array of educational and support services, along with intensive follow-up assistance so that participants are successful in completing their postsecondary education.
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Teaching Inquiry Using NASA Earth System Science (TINES) |
Source: National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
Award Amount: $231,467 |
Todd Ellis (Earth & Atmospheric Sciences) |
Period: 7/2011–6/2013 |
A comprehensive project which trains and supports pre-service and in-service K-12 teachers, and provides them with an opportunity to use NASA Earth Science mission data and Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) observations to incorporate scientific inquiry-based learning in the classroom.
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RUI: Implementing the Otsego Lake Watershed Plan -
Enhancement of Lake Access,
Laboratory and Field Instrumentation and Associated Research |
Source: National Science Foundation (FSML) |
Award Amount: $103,633 |
Willard Harman (Biological Field Station), Florian Reyda (Biology/Biological Field Station) |
Period: 4/2011–3/2013 |
Construction of a series of weirs in tributaries to Otsego Lake for long-term stream hydrologic, sediment and nutrient mass balance monitoring/analysis; purchase of four boats; and acquisition of instrumentation to refine acoustic evaluation of fish populations, to collect fish characterizing tributary water quality, and for analysis of the aquatic biota in both the Lake and its tributaries.
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Sustainable Infrastructure for the SUNY Oneonta Biological Field Station Upper Research Site |
Source: National Science Foundation Academic Research Infrastructure Program (ARI-R2) |
Award Amount: $417,500 |
Willard Harman (Biological Field Station), Nigel Mann (Biology), Florian Reyda (Biology/Biological Field Station), Scott Barton, Tom Rathbone (Facilities Planning) |
Period: 10/2010–3/2013 |
Renovation of currently underutilized field laboratory; expansion of the laboratory’s capacity will allow faculty researchers to establish long-planned projects in ornithology, parasitology, geomorphology, botany and population ecology, and to collaborate with colleagues at other institutions to devise novel investigations capitalizing on the site’s unique characteristics.
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New "Drilling Prospects" to Feed the Geoscience Workforce Pipeline |
Source: National Science Foundation Geoscience Education (GeoEd) |
Award Amount: $148,406 |
James Ebert & Todd Ellis (Earth & AtmosphericSciences) |
Period: 9/2010–8/2013 |
Focused expansion of the Earth Science Outreach Program (ESOP) which provides college credit for advanced geoscience courses taught in high schools in response to the absence of Advanced Placement opportunities in the geosciences; and evaluation of the efficacy of dual-credit programs to demonstrate the effectiveness of recruiting talented students into geosciences majors.
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PREDICT: Predicting Results & Evaluating Data using Insights from Computational Techniques |
Source: National Science Foundation Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Instruction (CCLI) |
Award Amount: $164,753 |
Jacqueline Bennett, Kelly Gallagher, Trudy Thomas-Smith (Chemistry & Biochemistry) |
Period: 1/2010–12/2012 |
Introduces computational chemistry through a graduated approach; activities combine hands-on experiential components with in-depth complementary computational exercises to demonstrate how microscopic phenomena lead to macroscopic properties.
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Improving the Use of Computer Data Analysis Skills in Undergraduate Meteorology |
Source: National Science Foundation Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Instruction (CCLI) |
Award Amount: $199,592 |
Todd Ellis & Jerome Blechman (Earth & Atmospheric Sciences) |
Period: 9/2009–8/2013 |
Development of new Meteorology curriculum elements, along with substantial improvement and upgrading of the Meteorology program’s computing facilities.
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SUNY Oneonta Noyce Scholars Program |
Source: National Science Foundation |
Award Amount: $899,964 |
Paul Bischoff (Secondary Science Education), James Ebert, Todd Ellis (Earth & Atmospheric Sciences), Paul French (Physics & Astroomy), Les Hasbargen (Earth & Atmospheric Sciences), John Schaumloffel (Chemistry & Biochemistry) |
Period: 7/2009–6/2014 |
Preparation and graduation of an additional 24 secondary science teachers, via a combination of academic, experiential, informal science education and practical experiences. Noyce Scholars, recruited from entering STEM majors, commit to teaching for four years in high-need school districts (either urban or rural) upon graduation.
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Developing Cultural Entrepreneurship |
| Source: Institute of Museum and Library Services |
Award Amount: $238,584 |
Gretchen Sorin (Cooperstown Graduate Program) |
Period: 11/2008–10/2012 |
Creation of an Institute to train and develop the next generation of cultural entrepreneurs that challenges the traditional models of nonprofit leadership, providing firsthand interactive learning about innovation and how to take cultural institutions into creative new directions.
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*Current Grant Awards represent funding awarded and fiscally administered through the Research Foundation of SUNY (RF) only and does not include private grants and gifts secured and administered through the College at Oneonta Foundation. In addition to facilitating all grants submitted through the RF, Grants Development staff also devote significant effort to developing proposals for a variety of College at Oneonta Foundation priorities. This listing also does not include contracts awarded and administered through the RF that are not facilitated by the GDO.
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