Research opportunities allow faculty and academic staff to grow professionally. Such opportunities in turn benefit UW Oshkosh students by improving the quality of their academic experiences and by providing opportunities for faculty/student collaborative research. Since fiscal year 2000-2001, grant activity levels have increased by nearly 183 percent, from $3,657,419 to $10,328,314 in fiscal year 2003-04. (Note: The grants below are listed by project director(s). Projects listed received funding for $5,000 or more.)
Name
Department
Project Title
$ Funded
Funding Agency
Bentivenga, Stephen
Biology & Microbiology
Feedback Between Plants and Soil Microbes in Serpentine and Prairie Grasslands
$20,326
National Science Foundation
Chiang, Bert
COEHS
Effect of Modification of Special Education Criteria Year 3
$180,000
WI Dept. of Public Instruction
Chiang, Bert
COEHS
Early and Ongoing Collaboration and Assistance Year 3
$23,000
CESA #1
Cleveland, Rebecca
Nursing
WI Youth in Nursing Summer Pre-College
$7,400
NE WI Area Health Education Center System
Coballes-Vega, Carmen
COEHS-Dean's Office
Project Adelante
$300,268
U.S. Dept. of Education
Fiedler, Craig
COEHS-Dean's Office
UW Oshkosh Refugee Teacher Training
$25,000
WI Dept. of Public Instruction
Fiedler, Craig
COEHS
Developing Alternative and Creative Learning Experiences for PK-12 Teachers
$25,230
UW System
Fiedler, Craig
COEHS
WIDA Assessment
$300,000
WI Dept. of Public Instruction/U.S. Dept. of Education
Fischer, Tom & Swanger, Wayne
COEHS
Wisconsin Teacher Supply and Demand Year 5
$50,000
WI Dept. of Public Instruction
Freed, Linda
Office of Grants and Faculty Development
Advancing the Practice of Teaching Through Scholarly Inquiry into Student Learning
$17,000
UW System-OPID
Garcia, Penny
COEHS
VIVA
$601,303
U.S. Dept. of Education
Genisio, Margaret
Provost's Office
Greater Oshkosh Even Start Year 3
$107,341
WI Dept. of Public Instruction
Grunloh, James
Economics
Economic Education: Mini-Society Training Program
$19,100
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Gutow, Jonathan
Chemistry
Mono- and Multi-layered Coatings Made with Metal Alkyls and Alkane Thiols on Hydroxylated Oxides
$100,000
National Science Foundation
Hankes, Judith
COEHS
Intertribal Nursing and Teaching Pre-College
$13,500
NE WI Area Health Education Center System
Hawkins, Muriel
Division of Academic Support
Aspiring Pupils for Professional Leadership in Education 2004
$16,206
WI Dept. of Public Instruction
Hawkins, Muriel
Division of Academic Support
WI Youth in Nursing 2004
$21,097
WI Dept. of Public Instruction
Hawkins, Muriel
Division of Academic Support
PreCollege Enrichment Program 2004
$83,996
WI Dept. of Public Instruction
Hawkins, Muriel
Division of Academic Support
Young Entrepreneurial Scholars 2004
$35,700
WI Dept. of Public Instruction
Heuer, Beth
Human Resources
Faculty Leadership Series
$8,000
UW System/Sloan Foundation
Hones, Don
COEHS
Project Lakeshore: Training for All Teachers
$249,992
U.S. Dept. of Education
Kedrowski, Brant
Chemistry
Exploration of Quinones as Precursors for Benzofurans in Organic Synthesis
$35,000
American Chemical Society-PRF
Kercher, Stephen
History
Teaching American History
$48,179
CESA #6/U.S. Dept. of Education
Kleinheinz, Gregory
Biology & Microbiology
Demonstration of the Conversion of MGP Solid Waste to a Marketable Glass Aggregate Product
$30,000
UW System-Solid Waste
Kleinheinz, Gregory
Biology & Microbiology
Environmental Health Capacity Building
$5,000
WI DHFS
Kleinheinz, Gregory & McDermott, Colleen
Biology & Microbiology
Microbial Water Testing-Door County Beaches
$54,000
Door County Health Dept.
Kleinheinz, Gregory
Biology & Microbiology
Comprehensive Water Quality and Source Tracking Study
$46,500
Environmental Protection Agency/WI Dept. of Natural Resources/Door County Soil and Water Conservation Dept.
Kleinheinz, Gregory& McDermott, Colleen
Biology & Microbiology
WI Beach Monitoring-Lake Superior/Kewaunee
$36,200
Environmental Protection Agency/WI Dept. of Natural Resources
Koker, John
Mathematics
Math Reasoning and Problem Solving
$153,931
WI Dept. of Public Instruction
Krueger, Dick
Center for Community Partnerships
UW Extension Small Business Development Center
$86,607
UW Extension/ SBA/SBDC
Lattery, Mark
Physics & Astronomy
Modeling Physical Science
$54,202
UW System-ESEA
Linenthal, Edward
Religious Studies/Anthropology
Management Seminars and Consultation to NPS Staff
$19,516
U.S. Dept. of Interior-Nat'l. Park Service
Lizotte, Michael
Biology & Microbiology
Arctic Research Opportunities
$177,526
National Science Foundation
Malsin, Byron
CCDET
Out-of-School WIA Contract
$43,835
Fox Valley Workforce Development Board
Malsin, Byron
CCDET
In-School WIA Contract
$270,495
Fox Valley Workforce Development Board
Malsin, Byron
CCDET
Income Maintenance Training and Payment Accuracy
$2,328,000
WI DHFS
Malsin, Byron
CCDET
Fraud Prevention and Investigation
$62,000
WI DHFS
Malsin, Byron
CCDET
Truancy Intervention Program
$20,000
Winnebago County DHS
Malsin, Byron
CCDET
Truancy Intervention Program
$20,288
City of Oshkosh
Malsin, Byron
CCDET
Restitution 20 Addendum
$67,154
Winnebago County DHS
Malsin, Byron
CCDET
FNS Big 10 Conference
$10,992
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Malsin, Byron
CCDET
IT Conference
$14,520
WI Dept. of Health and Family Services/Dept. of Administration/ Dept. of Workforce Development
Malsin, Byron
CCDET
Workforce Development and Child Support Training
$536,000
WI Dept. of Workforce Development
Malsin, Byron
CCDET
Great Kids 2004
$15,000
Elmer Leach Foundation
Malsin, Byron
CCDET
Great Kids 2004
$14,644
NE WI Allied Health Education Center
Malsin, Byron
CCDET
Great Kids 2004
$5,000
Oshkosh Area Community Foundation-Hiwela Youth Fund
Malsin, Byron
CCDET
Allied Health Care Career Exploration for Teens/Great Kids 2004
$12,610
NE WI Allied Health Education Center
Malsin, Byron
CCDET
Milwaukee County Support
$36,857
Milwaukee County
McCall, Ava
COEHS
Project Lakeshore: Training for All Teachers
$13,980
WI Dept. of Public Instruction
Melland, Michael
University Police
Mobile Data Computers for Police Cars
$9,195
WI Dept. of Transportation/U.S. Dept. of Justice
Melland, Michael
University Police
Homeland Security Part 2
$9,195
UW System
Montgomery, Polly
COEHS
Fox Valley Writing Project
$38,000
National Writing Project
Naps, Thomas
Computer Science
Integrating Algorithm Visualization Year 1
$70,102
National Science Foundation
Newson-Horst, Adele
COLS-Dean's Office
Summer Institute to Encourage Standards-based Practices in the Classroom
$20,000
UW System
Pillsbury, Robert
Biology & Microbiology
Wetland Sampling
$15,071
Menominee Indian Tribe of WI
Pope, Dawn/Whitman, Leona
Nursing
Living Healthy Clinic Year 9
$160,000
Mercy Health Foundation
Pope, Dawn/Whitman, Leona
Nursing
Living Healthy Clinic Year 9
$130,000
Winnebago County
Pope, Dawn/Whitman, Leona
Nursing
Living Healthy Clinic Year 9
$17,500
City of Oshkosh/Oshkosh Area Community Foundation/Oshkosh Area United Way
Ranger, Joshua
Library and Learning Resources
Archives Mentoring Program
$5,000
WI Historical Society
Sandrin, Todd/Kallas, Toivo/Shors, Teri
Biology & Microbiology
Acquisition of Instrumentation for a Proteomics and Functional Genomics Core Facility
$407,718
National Science Foundation
Sibelman, Simon
Foreign Languages and Literature
Children and Rescue in France During the Second World War
$93,619
National Endowment for the Humanities
Smith, Rosemary
Nursing
Advanced Practice Support Fund 2004
$29,178
DHHS-HRSA
Stewart, Stephanie
Nursing
Collaborative Nursing Education for Native Americans