March 2012 Awards Overview
In March 2012 (FY 2012), the Office of Sponsored Programs recorded 16 grants for American University researchers. Below is a summary of these awards.
PI: Richard Kay
College of Arts and Sciences –Physics
Title:Laser, Fiber and Optical Technology
Sponsor: National Aeronautics and Space Administration – (NASA)
Funds: $33,818
PI: Laura Juliano
College of Arts and Sciences –Psychology
Title: Placebo Mechanisms Underlying Smoking Behavior and Relapse Processes
Sponsor:National Institutes of Health
Funds: $243,250
PI: Anastasia Snelling
College of Arts and Sciences - School of Education, Teaching and Health
Title:The DC Healthy Schools Act in the District of Columbia: Measuring its Impact Duration
Sponsor: Kaiser Permanente
Funds: $69,406
PI: Michael Bader
College of Arts and Sciences –Sociology
Title: Using Google Streetview to Measure Neighborhood Characteristics
Sponsor: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
Funds: $12,677
PI: Alan Duffy
Dean of Students
Title: Healthy Weight Intervention in Female Athletes: A Randomized Control Trial
Sponsor: Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Funds: $622,170
PI: Eric Hershberg
Center for Latin American and Latino Studies
Title: Tinker Field Research Fellowships through the Center for Latin American and Latino Studies
Sponsor: Tinker Foundation Incorporated
Funds: $1,315
PI: Christopher Palmer
School of Communication - Center for Environmental Filmmaking
Title: Marine Program Funding
Sponsor: The Henry Foundation
Funds: $5,000
PI: Philip Sol Hart
School of Communication
Title: The Influence of Efficacy, Framing, and Political Orientation on Selective Perception and Selective Exposure: The Case of Atmospheric Change
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Funds: $219,292
PI: Caroline Cooper
School of Public Affairs - Justice Programs Office
Title: NACM Core Competencies Revision Project - Subcontract Proposal
Sponsor: Justice Management Institute
Funds: $61,560
PI: Jennifer Lawless
School of Public Affairs – Government
Title:Uncovering the Origins of the Gender Gap in Political Ambition
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Funds: $301,113
PI: Alan Levine
School of Public Affairs – Government
Title: Lectures in Classical Liberalism
Sponsor: Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation
Funds: $15,000
PI: David Hunter
Washington College of Law - International Legal Studies Program (ILSP)
Title: Junior Faculty Development Program 2012
Sponsor: American Councils for International Education
Funds: $2,422
PI: Richard Wilson
Washington College of Law
Title: Building Capacity of NGOs Working on Nationality Issues in the Bahamas
Sponsor: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Funds: $150,000
PI: Jamin Raskin
Washington College of Law
Title: Children's Dental Health Project 2012
Sponsor: Children’s Dental Health Project
Funds: $12,000
PI: Herman Schwartz
Washington College of Law
Title:Connecting Law Enforcement to Immigrant Victims of Crime
Sponsor: Legal Momentum
Funds: $245,267
PI: Herman Schwartz
Washington College of Law
Title: Immigrant Women’s Technical Assistance Project
Sponsor: Legal Momentum
Funds: $578,568
