Thanks to all who submitted proposals to the 2012-13 Faculty Research Grant and Creative Activity Grant Programs administered through the GDO. Thirty proposals were submitted to the two programs requesting nearly $64,000 (competing for $24,000 in available funds). Fifteen grant awards were made to faculty from across the disciplines. Congratulations to awardees:

Research Grant Awards

Devin Castendyk (Earth & Atmospheric Sciences)
Influence of a Meltwater Stream on the Dynamics of an Ice-Covered Lake, Antarctica

Brian Dolber (Communication Arts)
Forms of Revolution: Yiddish Newspapers and the Representation of Counterpublics

Leigh Fall (Earth & Atmospheric Sciences)
Nitrogen Isotopes Recorded in Naticid Gastropods (Neverita) of Long Island Sound, New York

Kelly Gallagher (Chemistry & Biochemistry)
Swing Your Partner, Do-Si-Do: A Far-Western Analysis of Binding Interactions Between the Novel Proteins CGI-112, COX4N, and TTC35

Melissa Godek (Earth & Atmospheric Sciences)
Identification of the Indian Summer Singuarity Across the Northeast United States

Martha Growdon (Earth & Atmospheric Sciences)
Correlation of Mapped Bedrock Units on the Matinicus Quadrangle with the Mainland, Maine

Mette Harder (History)
13 Vendémiaire IV - A Royalist Insurrection Against the First French Republic?

Jeffrey Heilveil (Biology)
Development of Microsatellite Markers for a Commodotiy Species and an Ecological Indicator Species

Florian Reyda (Biology / Biological Field Station)
Are American Eels in the Chesapeake Bay Parasitologically Safe to Reintroduce to the Upper Susquehanna Basin?

John Schaumloffel (Chemistry & Biochemistry)
Occurrence of Methylphenidate and Ritalinic Acid in Oneonta Wastewater

Jennifer Withington (Biology)
Is There Evidence that Root System Branching Follows Pipe Model Theory and Allometric Scaling?

Creative Activity Awards

Gustavo Arango (Foreign Languages & Literatures)
Serendipity: A Photographic Journey to Sri Lanka

Barbara Kahl (Theatre)
Reviving the Ancient Arts of Tapestry and Felting with Natural Fibers

Rhea Nowak (Art)
Translations

Yolanda Sharpe (Art)
New Drawing Series: Encaustic (Wax) Paints, Ink, Digital, and Mixed Media on Paper