Grant Report; November 13, 2009

The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs announced 16 recent grants/contracts totaling $3,059,204. The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs acknowledges the commitment of the project directors and other faculty and staff who were instrumental in the process, including Joanna McKay, Melissa Jordine, John Capitman, Jane Middleton, David Foster, Ed Nelson, Tim Kubal, Charles Arokiasamy, John Lloyd, Kaan Kurtural, Mary Barakzai, Robert Dundas, Rahul Rai, Maria Sanchez, Ira Sorensen, Lara Triona, Lilia DeLaCerda, Larry Riley, Ganesan Srinivasan, Carol Fry Bohlin, Karen Arth, Rajee Amamrasinghe, Agnes Tuska, Ming Xiao, Roy Thornton, Susan Rodriguez, Eric Person and David Zoldozke.

Title: National Writing Project 2009
Agency: National Writing Project Corporation
Project director: Joanna McKay
Amount of Award: $46,000
Purpose: To provide family literacy program and professional development to serve the teachers with in Mariposa, Madera, Fresno, Kings, and Tulare counties.
College/School: Kremen School of Education ad Human Development/Literacy and Early Education

Title: History Project @ Fresno State
Agency: UC Davis, CHSSP
Project director: Melissa Jordine
Amount of Award: $5,000
Purpose: To provide support for the history teachers in the San Joaquin Valley through programs and workshops.
College/School: Social Sciences/History

Title: First 5 Evaluation Phase I
Agency: Harder and Co
Project director: John Capitman
Amount of Award: $14,997
Purpose: To provide funding for planning and assessment for a comprehensive evaluation for the First 5 Fresno County program.
College/School: Health and Human Services/CVHPI

Title: Central California Child Welfare Academy 2009-2010
Agency: State of California, Department of Social Services
Project director: Jane Middleton/David Foster
Amount of Award: $1,859,291
Purpose: To provide funding for the Central California Child Welfare Academy for the 2009-2010 fiscal year.
College/School: Health and Human Services/DSWE

Title: Evaluation of AmeriCorps National Service Grant
Agency: Fresno County Economic Opportunities Comission
Project director: Ed Nelson/Tim Kubal
Amount of Award: $2,500
Purpose: To provide evaluation services for the Fresno Safe and Proud Neighborhoods AmeriCorps Program.
College/School: Social Sciences/Sociology

Title: Vocational Evaluation and Work Adjustment (Yr 2 of 5)
Agency: US Department of Education
Project director: Charles Arokiasamy/John Lloyd
Amount of Award: $100,000
Purpose: To provide student scholarships, stipend, and other student related expenses.
College/School: Kremen School of Education and Human Development/CSER

Title: Interactive Effects of Mechanized CM
Agency: American Vineyard Foundation
Project director: Kaan Kurtural
Amount of Award: $40,725
Purpose: To test the interaction of mechanized canopy management and to evaluate the cost/benefit of interactive effects of and mechanized CM on the sustainability of San Joaquin Valley vineyards.
College/School: Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology/VERC

Title: Song-Brown Registered Nursing Education Program Capitation
Agency: Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development
Project director: Mary Barakzai
Amount of Award: $120,000
Purpose: To provide funding for 10 BS Nursing students for 2009-2010 fiscal year.
College/School: Health and Human Services/CCCEN

Title: Monitoring Fairmead Landfill (Year 3 of 5)
Agency: Madera County
Project director: Robert Dundas
Amount of Award: $168,659
Purpose: To provide funding for the year 3 activities for the monitoring of the Fairmead landfill.
College/School: Science and Mathematics/EES

Title: Distributed Computational Design Environment (DiCoDE)
Agency: HP Innovations in Education Grants
Project director: Rahul Rai/Maria Sanchez/Ira Sorensen/Lara Triona
Amount of Award: $260,000 (includes equipment donation)
Purpose: To provide computational resources and computer-aided communication.
College/School: Lyles College of Engineering/Mechanical Engineering

Title: Senior CSU-LSAMP Year 2
Agency: CSU Sacramento (passthrough NSF)
Project director: Lilia DeLaCerda/Larry Riley
Amount of Award: $93,000
Purpose: For the implementation of Phase IV of the CSU-LSAMP Senior Alliance program.
College/School: Health and Human Services and Sciences and Mathematics/LSAMP and Biology

Title: USDA ARS Support
Agency: USDA ARS Parlier
Project director: Ganesan Srinivasan
Amount of Award: $31,689
Purpose: For the purpose of supporting research to be carried out at ARS and Ag Operations facilities.
College/School: Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology/Ag Ops

Title: SJV Math Project/STIR 2009
Agency: California Postsecondary Education Commission via UCLA
Project director: Carol Fry Bohlin/Lisa Portela/Karen Arth/Rajee Amamrasinghe/Agnes Tuska
Amount of Award: $124,010
Purpose: To provide funding for the San Joaquin Valley Math project for the 2009-2010 fiscal year.
College/School: Kremen School of Education-Science and Mathematics/CI & Math

Title: Slurry-Induced Piping Progression
Agency: Magnus Pacific Corporation
Project director: Ming Xiao
Amount of Award: $25,883
Purpose: To investigate the mechanisms of slurry-induced pipping progression and the prevention measures.
College/School: Lyles College of Engineering/Civil Engineering and Geomatics

Title: Quantification of Microbial Rot in Wine Grapes (Year 2 of 3)
Agency: American Vineyard Foundation
Project director: Roy Thornton/Susan Rodriguez/Eric Person
Amount of Award: $99,220
Purpose: To provide funding to determine the qualitative and quantitative production of volatile organic compounds of the five primary grape rot microorganisms.
College/School: Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology/VERC

Title: Waterflow Technology 2009-2010
Agency: Fresno County Workforce Investment Board
Project director: David Zoldoske
Amount of Award: $68,230
Purpose: To provide intensive workshops, ongoing training and technical assistance to companies in the Water Technology Cluster.
College/School: Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology/ICWT