Applying for Foundation and Government Grants
Scroll down to see the list of recent external grant awards to UMW faculty members!
Faculty and staff members of the University of Mary Washington who are interested in submitting proposals to external funding agencies should contact the Academic Affairs office for assistance. John Morello, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, is temporarily serving as the initial point of contact for faculty and staff.
All grants, fellowships, and contracts involving government agencies, foundations, business, and so forth MUST receive prior approval from officials at the University of Mary Washington BEFORE the proposal or application is submitted to the external funding entity.
Materials on this website reflect the current temporary arrangements, and additional changes are likely as these arrangements evolve.
LATEST NEWS: EXTERNALLY FUNDED GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND CONTRACTS
Awards Made to UMW During the Period January 2007 – September 2008
| Awarded to: |
Project Title |
Award Amount |
Funding Source: |
|---|---|---|---|
Mindy Erchull, Department of Psychology |
An Expoloration of Objectification in Menstrual Product Advsertisements |
$2,000 |
National Psi Chi Faculty Advisor Research Grant Program |
| Norah Hooper , College of Graduate and Professional Studies (Education) | Traineeships for Education of Special Education Personnell (Region 3) | $75,000 | Virginia Department of Education |
| Patricia Reynolds, College of Graduate and Professional Studies (Education) | TESL 532: Differentiated Instructionfor English Language Learners Across the Curriculum | $52,219.60 | Virginia Department of Education |
| Brian Rizzo, Department of Geography | Remote Sensing Laboratory | $3,000 (subcontract) | Randolph Macon College |
| Antonio Barrenechea, Department of English, Lingusitics, and Communication | Participant in National Humanities Center Institute | $9,521 | Jesse Ball duPont Foundation June 2008 |
| Kelli Slunt, Department of Chemistry | Use of UMW Chemistry Lab by MECEP Program at Quantico | $2,905 (contract) | USMC June 2008 |
| Janet Asper, Department of Chemistry | Educational Partnership Agreement with NSWC at Dahlgren | for loan of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance instrument (NMR) | NSWC June 2008 |
Alan Griffith, Department of Biology |
"Best Dam Project Ever" |
$500 | The Nature Conservance in Virginia March 2008 |
| Shawn Humphreys (and students), Department of Economics | Students Helping Honduras: Indoor Air Pollution Initiative | $1,000 | Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Partnership Foundation January 2008 |
| Ron Zarcharski , Department of Computer Science | Computer Analysis of Cyberterrorism against the U.S. | $19,988 (subcontract) | New Mexico State Univertsity January 2008 |
| Awarded to: |
Project Title |
Award Amount |
Funding Source: |
| Allyson Poska, Department of History and American Studies | “Iberian Regionalism and the Formation of Gender Norms in Colonial Spanish America” | $60,000 | American Council of Learned Societies March 2007 |
Nabil Al-Tikriti, Department of History and American Studies |
“Addressing Ethnic Conflict and Population Displacement in Iraq” |
$57,000 |
U.S. Institute for Peace, Jennings Randolph Senior Fellowship April 2007 |
Robert Barr, Department of Political Science and International Affairs |
“Understanding Populism” |
$60,000 |
Smith Richardson Foundation, Junior Faculty Grant for International Security and Foreign Policy October 2007 |
Ben Kisila, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences |
“Sediment Chronology to Aid in Historical Analysis of PCB Influx in Lake Anna Sediments, Spotsylvania and Orange Counties, Virginia” |
$13,092 |
Army Corps of Engineers July 2007 |
Ben Kisila, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences |
“Sediment Chronology and Influx Rates to Aid in Historical Analysis of PCB Influx in Lake Anna (Near Cooling Intake) and WHTF (Lagoons 1 & 2) Sediments” |
$5,338 |
Dominion Virginia Power October 2007 |
Meghan Budinger, James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library |
“Publication of ‘The Making of a Revolutionary’” |
$1,974 |
Virginia Foundation for Humanities August 2007 |
| Awarded to: |
Project Title |
Award Amount |
Funding Source: |
|---|
Meghan Budinger, James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library |
“James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library Costume Collection” |
$26,262 |
National Endowment for the Arts, “Save Our Treasures” May 2007 |
Janet Asper, Department of Chemistry |
“New Reagents for the Solution of Phase Synthesis of Alkylguanidines” |
$50,000 |
American Chemical Society, Petroleum Research Fund Preliminary notification received in October 2007; final award notice due in December 2007 |
Teresa Coffman, College of Graduate and Professional Studies (Education) with Stafford County school system |
“Technology Resource Teachers (TRT) Role in Teacher Preparation” |
$10,000 |
Virginia Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development August 2007 |
Debra Hydorn, Department of Mathematics, Alan Griffith and Kathryn Loesser-Casey, Department of Biology |
Promoting Biostatistics” |
$3,000 |
American Statistical Association November 2007 |
| Awarded to: |
Project Title |
Award Amount |
Funding Source: |
|---|---|---|---|
Kathryn Loesser-Casey and Lynn Lewis, Department of Biology |
“The Freshman Biology Class We Wish We Had Taken in College” |
Course development and materials costs for three years |
Howard Hughes Medical Institute November 2007 |
Meghan Budinger, James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library |
“Publication of ‘The Making of a Revolutionary’” |
$500 |
Community Foundation of the Rappahannock Region (Ukrop’s First Market Bank Fund) November 2007 |
Alan Griffith, Department of Biology |
“Diagnostic Question Clusters to Improve Student Reasoning and Understanding in Biology Courses” |
$13, 125 |
National Science Foundation (CO-PI on grant awarded to Hamsphire College) November 2007 |