Variety of new grants received

The University Grants and Research Office announced the following new grants received during the spring and summer months:

Four grants awards received April 26-May 3, totaling $570,435:

Title: Chaffee Zoo

Agency: City of Fresno

Project director: Bob Hill

Amount of Award: $30,000

Purpose: To determine Fresno area residents' attitudes toward the Chaffee

Zoo and design an operating model for the Zoo.

College/School: Craig School of Business/MBA Programs Office

Title: Central Valley Higher Education Consortium (Yr 1 of 2)

Agency: The James Irvine Foundation

Project director: Allen Carden

Amount of Award: $181,367

Purpose: To build and nurture a college-going culture in which a higher percentage of Valley residents obtain associate's and bachelor's degrees.

College/School: Administration/Central Valley Higher Education Consortium

Title: Vascular Plant Species List Documentation

Agency: U.S. Department of the Interior

Project director: Ruth Ann Kern

Amount of Award: $25,000

Purpose: To document and accomplish data manipulation for the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks vascular plant collections.

College/School: Science and Math/Biology

Title: Restraint Usage Surveys (2004-05)

Agency: State of California (Office of Traffic Safety)

Project director: Steve Price

Amount of Award: $334,068

Purpose: To complete seat belt usage surveys to aid various agencies in evaluating the effectiveness of their media, enforcement, traffic safety programs and other related program issues.

College/School: Kremen School of Education and Human Development

Five grants awards received May 3-10 totaling $398,688.

Title: Pre-Service Teacher Program

Agency: National Science Foundation

Project director: David Andrews

Amount of Award: $40,500

Purpose: Funding for nine undergraduate science or mathematics pre-service teachers to attend the U.S. Department of Energy Research Assistantship program at Lawrence Berkeley Labs.

College/School: Science and Math/Provost Office

Title: 2004 Summer Fractal Geometry Workshop

Agency: Yale University (NSF subcontract)

Project director: Michael Fisher

Amount of Award: $35,520

Purpose: To offer a 3-day Fractal Geometry Workshop for middle school, high school, community college, and college teachers in August 2004.

College/School: Science and Math/Mathematics

Title: Tobacco Control Evaluation for 18-24 year olds

Agency: San Joaquin Valley Health Consortium

Project director: Vickie Krenz

Amount of Award: $10,000

Purpose: To work with partners in Fresno County to adopt tobacco control policies for the 18-24 year old population.

College/School: Health and Human Services/Health Science

Title: Post Harvest Quality and Genetics-Glassy Wing

Agency: USDA-ARS

Project director: Carl Pherson

Amount of Award: $12,668

Purpose: To help lay a concrete foundation and connect utilities for a trailer that will be utilized for Glassy Winged Sharpshooter research.

College/School: Agricultural Sciences and Technology/Ag Operations

Title: Power and the Land

Agency: The New York Community Trust

Project director: Ephraim Smith

Amount of Award: $300,000

Purpose: Financial support for a documentary on the making of the classic film, "Power and the Land."

College/School: Social Sciences/History

Nine grants awards received May 12-21, totaling $3,409,619.

Title: Long Term Training Grant in Vocational Evaluation and Work Adjustment

(Year 1 of 5)

Agency: U.S. Department of Education

Project director: Charles Arokiasamy/Chuck Degeneffe

Amount of Award: $100,000

Purpose: To recruit, train and graduate master's level rehabilitation counselors with expertise in vocational, medical, social and psychological rehabilitation services and increase the pool of available qualified Rehabilitation Counselors for the State/Federal rehabilitation system and non-profit Community Rehabilitation Programs.

College/School: Kremen School of Education and Human Development/

Counseling, Special Education, and Rehabilitation Department

Title: Long Term Training Grant in Job Development and Job Placement (Year 1of 5)

Agency: U.S. Department of Education

Project director: Charles Arokiasamy/Shari Willis

Amount of Award: $100,000

Purpose: To recruit, train and graduate master's level rehabilitation counselors with expertise in vocational, medical, social and psychological rehabilitation services and increase the pool of available qualified Rehabilitation Counselors for the State/Federal rehabilitation system and non-profit Community Rehabilitation Programs.

College/School: Kremen School of Education and Human Development/

Counseling, Special Education, and Rehabilitation Department

Title: Long Term Training - Rehabilitation Counseling (Year 1 of 5)

Agency: U.S. Department of Education

Project director: Charles Arokiasamy/Shari Willis

Amount of Award: $150,000

Purpose: To support 12 student traineeships a year, especially from underrepresented populations, program coordination, student recruitment and student conference travel.

College/School: Kremen School of Education and Human Development/

Counseling, Special Education, and Rehabilitation Department

Title: Evaluation of Field Isolates of Phytophthora Capsici for Resistance to Various Fungicides

Agency: California Pepper Commission

Project director: Jim Prince

Amount of Award: $8,555

Purpose: Additional study of root and stem rot of pepper caused by

Phytophthora Capsici.

College/School: Science and Math/Biology

Title: San Joaquin Valley Regional Geospatial Data Catalog

Agency: Great Valley Center

Project director: Robert Slobodian

Amount of Award: $13,800

Purpose: To enable working with county level geospatial data at a multi-county, i.e. regional level, by cataloging metadata of the critical "layers" across the eight counties of the San Joaquin Valley.

College/School: Associate Provost/ ISIS Center

Title: Parenting Class

Agency: Central Valley Regional Center

Project director: Criss Wilhite

Amount of Award: $5,400

Purpose: To provide Positive Parenting skills classes (using basic principles of applied behavior analysis) taught by staff from the Department of Psychology.

College/School: Science and Math/Psychology

Title: Youth Pilot Project Evaluation

Agency: Fresno County

Project director: Marilyn Wilson

Amount of Award: $10,700

Purpose: To determine outcomes of Fresno County neighborhood-based services to families.

College/School: Science and Math/Psychology

Title: Ag Pump Efficiency Program-II - PG&E/SCE/SCG

Agency: California Public Utilities Commission

Project director: David Zoldoske/Peter Canessa

Amount of Award: $2,651,164

Purpose: Electric pump retrofit/repair, natural gas pump retrofit/repair, pump efficiency tests, and educational seminars.

College/School: Agricultural Sciences and Technology/CAST/CIT

Title: Central Valley California Student Opportunity & Access Program

(CAL-SOAP)

Agency: California Student Aid Commission

Project director: Daisy Dalrymple/Frances Pena

Amount of Award: $370,000

Purpose: To increase the accessibility of postsecondary educational opportunities to low income elementary and secondary school students, to provide information about and assistance with postsecondary financial aid programs, and to assist community college students in transferring to four-year institutions through the California Student Opportunity & Access Program.

College/School: Administration/Student Affairs

Four new grants awards received May 17-24, totaling $80,094.

Title: Difference testing of wines made using Christian Hansen "flavor design" yeasts

Agency: Christian Hansen

Project director: Susan Rodriguez

Amount of Award: $6,569

Purpose: A sensory analysis of Chardonnay wines made with the Christian

Hansen "flavor design" yeast cocktails.

College/School: Agricultural Sciences and Technology/VERC

Title: Fresno State Grape Day 2004

Agency: American Vineyard Foundation

Project director: Robert Wample

Amount of Award: $2,500

Purpose: To showcase the latest research being performed by researchers at the Viticulture and Enology Research Center (VERC) and to provide an educational forum on current issues affecting the grape and wine industry.

College/School: Agricultural Sciences and Technology/VERC

Title: NASA/CSU Fresno Pre-Service Teacher Institute

Agency: NASA Ames Research Center

Project director: Steve Price

Amount of Award: $60,000

Purpose: To establish a NASA/CSU Fresno Pre-Service Teacher Institute at Ames Research Center.

College/School: Kremen School of Education and Human Development

Title: Five-Year Report

Agency: Texas A&M University

Project director: Berta Gonzalez/Bill Erysian

Amount of Award: $11,025

Purpose: To prepare materials for a five-year report highlighting agribusiness education partnership accomplishments between Texas A&M, the USDA, and the Armenian agricultural academy.

College/School: Continuing and Global Education

Four grants awards received May 24-31, totaling $327,497.

Title: Risk Management Education for Farmers and Ranchers in California

Agency: USDA

Project director: Mechel Paggi

Amount of Award: $82,000

Purpose: To ensure that producers in three target groups will be better able to use financial management, crop insurance, and other emerging risk management tools.

College/School: Agricultural Sciences and Technology/CATI

Title: Minority COR Honors Program - Year 4 of 5

Agency: National Institute of Mental Health

Project director: Sergio Aguilar- Gaxiola

Amount of Award: $225,068

Purpose: To increase the number of minority undergraduate students who enter doctoral programs to pursue careers in mental health research.

College/School: Science and Math/Psychology

Title: San Joaquin Valley Water Cluster - Technology/Training Support

Agency: Great Valley Center

Project director: David Zoldoske/Dan Clawson

Amount of Award: $5,000

Purpose: To develop an online training program designed to help water technology companies in the Valley expand and innovate.

College/School: Agricultural Sciences and Technology/CIT

Title: Nutrition Therapy in Practice: Strengthening Medical Nutrition

Therapy Skills

Agency: Michigan State University (USDA subcontract)

Project director: Diane Golzynski

Amount of Award: $15,429

Purpose: To assist in pilot testing of the LON-CAPA technology, work on the assessment of the evaluation tool, and co-author publications for peer-reviewed journals

College/School: Agricultural Sciences and Technology/Food Science

Six new grant awards received June 1-7, totaling $836,092.

Title: Child Welfare Training Academy

Agency: Fresno County Human Services System

Project director: Ben Cuellar/David Foster

Amount of Award: $2,500

Purpose: To provide LCSW supervisor training for Fresno County Health and Human Services staff.

College/School: Health and Human Services/Health Science

Title: Water Technology Lab (Year 1 of 4)

Agency: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Project director: David Zoldoske

Amount of Award: $731,592 (4-year total: $1,743,600)

Purpose: To provide needed services to conduct research, test, and certify the performance of a wide range of products manufactured by the water industry.

College/School: Agricultural Sciences and Technology/ICWT

Title: Calaveras Big Trees State Park

Agency: Calif. Department of Parks and Recreation

Project director: Michael Moratto

Amount of Award: $35,650

Purpose: To provide skilled restoration stone masonry services for the Civilian Conservation Corps-built campstoves and barbecues at Calaveras Big Trees State Park near Arnold, Calif.

College/School: Social Sciences/ Georgraphy

Title: Columbia State Historic Park

Agency: Calif. Department of Parks and Recreation

Project director: Michael Moratto

Amount of Award: $42,550

Purpose: To treat the historic buildings at Columbia State Historic Park near Sonora, Calif.

College/School: Social Sciences/Geography

Title: Characterization of the growth of strains of Oenococcus oeni in the presence of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Agency: American Vineyard Foundation

Project director: Susan Rodriguez

Amount of Award: $10,000

Purpose: To determine viable cell concentrations of strains of Oenococcus oeni as influenced by innoculation time and yeast strain in fermenting must.

College/School: Agricultural Sciences and Technology/VERC

Title: San Joaquin Valley Regional Geospatial Data Catalog

Agency: Great Valley Center

Project director: Robert Slobodian

Amount of Award: $13,800

Purpose: To catalog critical geospatial metadata from the eight San Joaquin Valley counties.

College/School: Associate Provost/ ISIS Center

Fourteen grant awards received June 8-22, totaling $2,303,573:

Title: California Nutrition Network 2003-04

Agency: California Department of Health Services

Project director: Debra Harris

Amount of Award: $270,793

Purpose: To provide nutrition education outreach and conduct nutrition activities to lower income families in the Central Valley.

College/School: Health and Human Services/Social Work

Title: Research to Reduce Disparities in Minority Mental Health (Year 3 of 3)

Agency: National Institute of Mental Health

Project director: Sergio Aguilar- Gaxiola

Amount of Award: $331,958

Purpose: To identify barriers and predictors of mental health service utilization for severely mentally ill Mexican-Americans along with examining the course of mental illness and help-seeking patterns in order to obtain a better understanding of disparities in mental health care in this population.

College/School: Science and Math/Psychology

Title: Jumpstart Kids Day

Agency: Youth Service America

Project director: Amy Lukianov

Amount of Award: $1,000

Purpose: To assist in the coordination of National Youth Service Day 2004, designed to make service the common expectation and experience for all young people in America.

College/School: Provost/Students for Community Service

Title: Lancaster University Center Project

Agency: City of Lancaster

Project director: Joe Sanders

Amount of Award: $357,876

Purpose: To equip the Lancaster University Center Project with distance learning technologies.

College/School: Provost/AIC

Title: State Supervisors

Agency: California Department of Education

Project director: Nina Dilbeck

Amount of Award: $27,950

Purpose: To provide Fresno/Central California field office facilities and services for the Home Economics Careers and Technology Education consultant.

College/School: College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology/

Child, Family and Consumer Science Department

Title: Monterey County Math Scholars Program

Agency: Monterey County Office of Education

Project director: Ofelia Gamez

Amount of Award: $52,500

Purpose: To advance students' performance in General Math and Pre-Algebra

for the students who participate in the Monterey County Math Scholars

Program (MCMSP).

College/School: Student Affairs

Title: Habitat Conservation Project Analysis

Agency: California Department of Fish and Game

Project director(s): Mary McClanahan/David Zoldoske

Amount of Award: $9,999

Purpose: To identify resource constraints of proposed development projects using geo-referenced databases and other available information, and report findings to regional environmental scientists.

College/School: Engineering and Computer Sciences/California Water Institute

Title: Small Business Development Center 2004

Agency: UC Merced

Project director: Amy Chubb

Amount of Award: $224,100

Purpose: To increase small business growth throughout Central California through one-on-one business counseling, training, and outreach.

College/School: Craig School of Business/ University Business Center

Title: San Joaquin Writing Project

Agency: UC Office of the President

Project director: Gail Tompkins

Amount of Award: $20,000

Purpose: To improve writing instructions and empower teachers who teach writing and use writing as a tool for learning.

College/School: Kremen School of Education and Human Development/Literacy

and Early Education

Title: Central Valley Science Project '04

Agency: California Science Project

Project director: James Marshall

Amount of Award: $172,196

Purpose: To conduct a three-week summer institute designed to serve approximately 75 teachers (grades 4-8), focusing on concepts associated with the middle school life science and physical science standards.

College/School: Kremen School of Education and Human Development/Curriculum and Instruction

Title: Applied Research Center '04

Agency: Applied Research Center

Project director: Ed Nelson

Amount of Award: $52,120

Purpose: To perform direct field research and supervise the daily operation

of the Applied Research Center office in Fresno.

College/School: Social Sciences/Sociology

Title: Workability IV

Agency: U.S. Department of Education

Project director: Charles Arokiasamy

Amount of Award: $108,238

Purpose: To provide services to consumers of Department of Rehabilitation who are students at CSU Fresno. The intent of these services is to prepare and assist these individuals to obtain and maintain meaningful employment.

College/School: Kremen School of Education and Human Development/

Counseling, Special Education, and Rehabilitation Department

Title: Job Retention Program

Agency: U.S. Department of Education

Project director: Charles Arokiasamy

Amount of Award: $264,833

Purpose: To provide the Successful Training in Employment Advancement and

Development (STEAD) Job Retention services for referred CalWORKs and eligible post-aid participants that are employed and have been determined to be at risk of not retaining employment.

College/School: Kremen School of Education and Human Development/

Counseling, Special Education, and Rehabilitation Department

Title: CalWORKs Specialized Assessment Services

Agency: U.S. Department of Education

Project director: Charles Arokiasamy

Amount of Award: $410,010

Purpose: To provide specialized assessment services for referred CalWORKs participants with limited English speaking ability, learning disabilities and other unique needs, residing in Fresno County.

College/School: Kremen School of Education and Human Development/

Counseling, Special Education, and Rehabilitation Department

Ten grant awards received June 23-July 6, totaling $2,309,855.

Title: Child Welfare Academy '03-'04

Agency: California Department of Social Services

Project director: David Foster

Amount of Award: $1,445,975

Purpose: To provide training for Child Welfare staff and establish a region-wide mentoring system to facilitate the training transfer of learning.

College/School: Health and Human Services/Health Science

Title: Resource Assessment Program

Agency: California Department of Fish and Game

Project director(s): Mary McClanahan/David Zoldoske

Amount of Award: $305,000

Purpose: Additional funding so that spring studies using young salmon from the Merced River Fish Hatchery can be expanded.

College/School: Engineering and Computer Sciences/California Water Institute

Title: Chukchansi Even Start Family Literacy Program

Agency: Picayune Rancheria

Project director: Cheri Cruz

Amount of Award: $197,489

Purpose: To operate the Even Start Family Literacy Program through the U.S. Department of Education.

College/School: Admin/Central Valley Higher Education Consortium

Title: WorkKeys Testing for Fresno County (2004-05)

Agency: Fresno County

Project Director: Thomas McClanahan/Bill Hunt/Joe Olivares/Deborah Walters

Amount of Award: $174,800

Purpose: To provide American College Testing (ACT) WorkKeys assessments to the County's Department of Employment and Temporary Assistance as part of the Regional Jobs Initiative.

College/School: Provost/University Grants and Research

Title: USDA Task Order 402

Agency: U.S. Department of Agriculture

Project director: Carl Pherson

Amount of Award: $46,519

Purpose: To assist with laboratory analysis and field evaluation/care of grape.

College/School: Agricultural Sciences and Technology/Ag Operations

Title: Change of Venue: Wesson Trial

Agency: County of Fresno

Project director: Ed Nelson

Amount of Award: $23,000

Purpose: To conduct surveys on change of venue in preparation of State of California v. Wesson.

College/School: Social Sciences/Sociology

Title: Caswell Memorial State Park

Agency: Calif. Department of Parks and Recreation

Project director: Michael Moratto

Amount of Award: $21,447

Purpose: To provide pre-field preparations, field work, lab processing and a technical report on the cultural stewardship project at Caswell Memorial State Park.

College/School: Social Sciences/Geography

Title: BioGas Fuel Study

Agency: Great Valley Center

Project director: Timothy Stearns

Amount of Award: $10,000

Purpose: To produce a market map for three Central Valley counties, along with a case study report on each map that assesses the feasibility of dairy biogas as a market substitute.

College/School: Lyles Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Title: Kauffman Innovation Partners Program

Agency: Kauffman Foundation

Project director: Genelle Taylor

Amount of Award: $10,000

Purpose: To advance entrepreneurship in America and improve the educational achievement of youth.

College/School: Lyles Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Title: Effect of Overhead Pulsed Irrigation on Grapevine Cooling and Fruit Quality

Agency: Aquarius Brands

Project director: Robert Wample

Amount of Award: $7,659

Purpose: To determine the effect of directed, overhead, pulsed microsprinklers on canopy and fruit temperatures of Syrah, Tannat and Carignane grapes.

College/School: Agricultural Sciences and Technology/VERC

Fourteen grant awards received July 7-30, totaling $1,615,315.

Title: Advanced Education Nursing Traineeships Program

Agency: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

Project director: Benjamin Cuellar

Amount of Award: $63,849

Purpose: To provide financial assistance for students in the Advanced Education Nursing Traineeships Program.

College/School: Health and Human Services

Title: National Writing Project (2004)

Agency: National Writing Project

Project director: Gail Tompkins

Amount of Award: $43,000

Purpose: Continued funding for the San Joaquin Valley Writing Project, which services five counties and features a dedicated group of Teacher Consultants.

College/School: Kremen School of Education and Human Development/Literacy and Early Education

Title: Caltrans Task Order 1

Agency: Caltrans

Project director: Kristina Roper

Amount of Award: $26,170

Purpose: Additional funding for cultural resource services (personnel and equipment) to assist in transportation project environmental clearance for a variety of projects throughout the city of Fresno.

College/School: Social Science/Anthropology

Title: Instructional Capability Improvement for the Dairy Science and Technology Program

Agency: USDA (HSI Program)

Project director: Gour Choudhury/Jon Robison/Jim Casey

Amount of Award: $199,920

Purpose: To improve the instructional capability of the Dairy Science and Technology Program and to maximize student learning by integrating theory with experimentation and application.

College/School: Agricultural Sciences and Technology/Food Science and Nutrition

Title: Efficacy of Manure Based Fertilizer System on Bell Pepper

Agency: Biomatrix Limited

Project Director: Dave Goorahoo

Amount of Award: $14,168

Purpose: To investigate the efficacy of manure-based eco-fertilizer on bell pepper and to work out an optimum dosage and protocol for practical application of the product in the plantation of bell pepper.

College/School: Agricultural Sciences and Technology/CIT

Title: Irrigation Association Certification Program

Agency: The Irrigation Association

Project Director: Kate Norum

Amount of Award: $67,063

Purpose: To assist The Irrigation Association in examination development, candidate processing, examination implementation and administration, and database management.

College/School: Agricultural Sciences and Technology/CIT

Title: Big Meadows Project

Agency: Fresno Flyfishers for Conservation

Project Director: Roland Brady

Amount of Award: $10,000

Purpose: To undertake a study of the land use history and the hydrological and biological conditions causing the meadow's decline and design methods to return the stream to a proper form and function.

College/School: Science and Math/Earth and Environmental Sciences

Title: STEPSS (Strategies for Teacher Excellence Promoting Student Success)

Agency: Visalia Unified School District

Project director: Carol Bohlin

Amount of Award: $45,000

Purpose: To cover funding for up to 20 STEPSS Master's Degree participants.

College/School: Kremen School of Education and Human Development