Academic Grants

2007-2008 Awards

Privately Funded

Awardee(s) Project Title Grantor Amount
Gold, Abby U of M - Exercise, Sleep & Innovations University of Minnesota $9,000
Gold, Abby U of M - Photo Exhibit University of Minnesota

$2,000

Hendrickson, Trude U of M - Masters of Social Work University of Minnesota

$10,500

Sibley, Carol ALA - Best Read Aloud Picture Books American Library Association

$2,700

Sliwoski, Len Match SBDC - 2008 West Central Initiative

$55,000

White, Deb West Central Initiative - NEW Leadership West Central Initiative

$2,000

White, Deb MN Women's Fund - NEW Leadership MN Women's Fund

$7,000


Federally Funded

Awardee(s) Project Title Grantor Amount
Balgopal, Meena Dilemmas and Decisions: Using Guided Writing Activities to Increase Ecological Literacy in Undergraduate Biology Students  National Science Foundation  $139,011
Borgeson, Deanne ESCE-Early Childhood Pre-Service Learning MN Department of Education - Chancellor $20,000
Bradbury, Boyd ITQ- Improving Teacher Quality MN Department of Education - Chancellor

$28,205

Houts-Smith, Linda TEAM - Teach ELLs w/Academics in Mind U.S. Department of Education $1,354,314

Malott, Michelle, Fuselier, Linda & Wisenden, Brian

Teaching Science with Minnows & Liverworts National Science Foundation

$148,000

Melroe, Olivia Am Indian Pre-referral MN Department of Education - Chancellor

39,450

Michlovic, Michael GIS Database for Biesterfeldt Site National Park Service $1,000
Provost, Joe & Wallert, Mark Mechanisms of Sodium Hydrogen Exchanger in Lung Cancer Cell Metastasis and Invasion National Institutes of Health $185,000
 Provost, Joe & Wallert, Mark Rock & Rsk Phosphorylation of NHE1 Regulates Cell Motility Events in CCL39 Fibroblasts National Science Foundation $380,000
Sliwoski, Len Federal SBDC - 2008 SBDC - Federal

170,000


State Funded

Awardee(s) Project Title Grantor Amount
Sliwoski, Len State SBDC - 2008 SBDC - Minnesota $55,000


MnSCU Funded

Awardee(s) Project Title Grantor Amount
Craig, Matt Reaching the Stars: Learner-centered Redesign of Introductory Astronomy Center for Teaching and Learning-Chancellor's Office $24,859
Gess, Jarilyn Multiculturalism in Higher Education: Redesigning the Freshman Year Experience Center for Teaching and Learning-Chancellor's Office $24,601


Locally
Funded

Awardee(s) Project Title Grantor Amount
 Anna Arnar Searchable Digital Image Archive for MSUM Community Roland and Beth Dille Fund for Excellence  
 Laurie Blunsom New Frontiers in Diversity: Embracing a Gender-Diverse Community Roland and Beth Dille Fund for Excellence  
 Ellen Brisch Shaken: Journey into the Mind of a Parkinson's Patient' Lecture, Classroom Visits and Showing Roland and Beth Dille Fund for Excellence  
 Andrew Conteh Local Aspects of the Homeland Security - September 11th Event Roland and Beth Dille Fund for Excellence  
 Alan Davis Teaching Publishing: An in Depth Look at Student Involvement with New Rivers Press Roland and Beth Dille Fund for Excellence  
 Craig Ellingson 45th Straw Hat Celebration - Alumni Reunion and Performance Roland and Beth Dille Fund for Excellence  
 Linda Fuselier A Teaching and Research Collection of Regional Aquatic Organisms Roland and Beth Dille Fund for Excellence   
 Abby Gold Women's Health Round Table Roland and Beth Dille Fund for Excellence    
 Jane Gudmundson Virtual Art Gallery Roland and Beth Dille Fund for Excellence    
 Jody Mattern Student Evaluation Event Roland and Beth Dille Fund for Excellence    
 Patrick Self Model Effectiveness in Teaching Respiratory Mechanisms to First year Nursing Students Roland and Beth Dille Fund for Excellence    
 Ananda Shastri Honors Forum: How Physics of Light Gives Evidence That Early Renaissance Painters Used Mirrors to Create Photorealism Roland and Beth Dille Fund for Excellence   


Fellowship Recipients

Awardee(s) Project Title Grantor Amount