Recent Gifts and Grants
Announced December 22, 2011
Patricia Allen and Jonathan Landeck (CASFS), Education and Training in Sustainable Organic Agriculture, Marisla Foundation, $40,000.
Maureen Callanan (Psychology), Lupe's Story, Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose, $50,549.
Nancy Chen (Anthropology), Santa Cruz Commons: Activist Research and the Public Humanities, UC Humanities Network, UC Humanities Research Institute, $25,000.
Daniel Friedman (Economics), Economics in Recommender System, National Science Foundation, $396,175.
Gregory Gilbert (Environmental Studies), Phylogenetic Analysis for the Data Archival and Reporting Project, USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, $33,000.
Ronnie Lipschutz (Politics), Velux Visiting Professor Program, 2011-12, Villum Foundation, $50,030.
Jonathan Robinson (Economics), Identifying Delivery Strategies for Cost-Effective Health Intervention in Kenya, UCLA, $34,265.
Judy Scott (Education) and Cindy Pease-Alvarez (Education), ALLIES for Teacher Quality, California Postsecondary Education Commission, $249,984.
Judy Scott (Education) and Cindy Pease-Alvarez (Education), Central California Writing Project, California Subject Matters Project, $25,000.
Carol Shennan (Environmental Studies) and Joji Muramoto (Environmental Studies), Integrated Rotation Systems for Soil Borne Disease, Weed and Fertility Management in
Strawberry/Vegetable Production, Utah State University, $218,426.
Carol Shennan (Environmental Studies) and Joji Muramoto (Environmental Studies), Integrated Non-fumigant Strategies for Soil Borne Disease Control in Strawberry Production Systems in California, California Strawberry Commission, $33,667.
Carol Shennan (Environmental Studies), Joji Muramoto (Environmental Studies), and Sean Swezey (Environmental Studies), A Collaborative Research and Extension Network for Sustainable Organic Production Systems in Coastal California, USDA/CSREEs/NIFA, $2,608,205.
Trish Stoddart (Education) and Eduardo Mosqueda (Education), Ellisa (English Language and Literacy > Intergration in Subject Areas), U.S. Department of Education,
$1,970,218.
Jean Fox Tree (Psychology), HCC: Small: Collaborative Research: Gestural and Linguistic Expressivity and Entrainment in Dialogue, National Science Foundation,
$249,999.
Susan P. Wright (Politics), History of Counterbioterrorism Policy under the George W. Bush Administration, National Science Foundation, $179,189.
Announced August 8, 2011
Martin Chemers (Psychology), "Assessing Scientific Inquiry and Leadership Skills," NIH/NIGMS, $387,106.
Peggy Estrada (Latin American and Latino Studies), "Reclassifying and Not Reclassifying as Fully English Proficient, Access to Core Curricula and Achievement," U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, $1,598,169.
Daniel Friedman, "Boiling the Frog Optimally: A Laboratory Experiment," Hewlett-Packard Foundation, $75,000.
Steven Gliessman (Environmental Studies), "Green Kitchen Project," Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation, $75,000.
Jonathan Landeck (CASFS) and Patricia Allen (CASFS), "CASFS Farm and Garden Apprenticeship Program," Newman's Own Foundation, $50,000; and "Building Community Power to Eliminate Food Deserts in the California Central Coast Region," WhyHunger, $75,000.
Lisa Hunter (Institute for Scientist and Engineer Educators) and Claire Max (Astronomy and Astrophysics), "ARRA: Akamai Workforce Initiative," University of Hawaii, $105,594
Jonathan Robinson (Economics), "Identifying Delivery Strategies for Cost-Effective Health Intervention in Kenya," University of California, Los Angeles, $143,857
Nirvikar Singh (Economics), "International Migration from India: Entrepreneurship," University of Pennsylvania, $100,000.
Patricia Stoddart and Jerome Shaw (Education), "Effective Science Teaching for English Language Learners (ESTELL): A Pre-Service Teacher Professional Development Research Project Across Three Universities in California," NSF, $731,797.
Erika Zavaleta (Environmental Studies), "Dissecting Tax on Substitution: Can Non-Native Mutualists Rescue Native Species from Extinction?" Society for Conservation Biology, $96,296.
Announced March 8, 2011
Jeffrey Bury (Environmental Studies) and Chris Wilmers (Environmental Studies), "Center for Integrated Spatial Research Training Program," Elkhorn Slough Foundation.
Mayanthi Fernando (Anthropology), "Reconfiguring France: Muslim Citizens in the Shadow of Secularism," UCHRI.
Steven Gliessman (Environmental Studies), "Life Lab Science Program," UCOP No Child Left Behind Award.
Jonathon Landeck (CASFS), "'Fresh Fruit and Vegetables: A Centerpiece for a Healthy School Environment," California Department of Food and Agriculture; and "Community Supported Ag Training and Education Project," True North Foundation.
Judith Scott (Education) and Cindy Pease-Alvarez (Education), "Central California Writing Project," UCOP No Child Left Behind Award.
Ali Shakouri (Electrical Engineering), Ronnie Lipschutz (Politics), Melanie DuPuis (Sociology), Steven Gliessman (Environmental Studies), and Michael Isaacson (Electrical Engineering), "Collaborative Research: Engaged Interdisciplinary Learning in Sustainability (EILS): Enhancing STEM Education through Social and Technological Literacy," National Science Foundation.
Carol Shennan (Environmental Studies) and Joji Muramoto (CASFS), "Advanced Development and Implementation of Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation Technology as an Alternative to Methyl Bromide," University of Tennessee.
Announced November 15, 2010
Betty Achinstein (Education), "Teachers of Color in Schools and Classrooms that Engage Latina/o Youth in Academically Challenging Work," Flora Family Foundation.
Patricia Allen (CASFS), "CASFS Farm and Garden Apprenticeship Program, 2010-11," Marisla Foundatio.
Patricia Allen and Jonathon Landeck (CASFS), "Collaborative Research and Education for Sustainable Food Systems," USDA/CSREES.
Jeffrey Bury (Environmental Studies), "Collaborative Research: Hydrologic Transformation and Human Resilience to Climate Change in the Peruvian Andes," NSF.
Jonathon Landeck (CASFS), "Santa Cruz Regional School Garden Resource Center," CDE.
Ruth Langridge (Politics/Legal Studies) and Andrew Fisher (Earth Sciences), "Climate Change and Water Supply Security: Developing a Strategic Groundwater Reserve to Reduce Vulnerability to Extreme Droughts," NOAA.
J. Cameron Monroe (Anthropology), grant and Javits Fellowship for Mary Ann Fanning (Anthropology), U.S. Department of Education.
Judith Scott (Education) and Cindy Pease-Alvarez (Education), California Subject Matters Project for the Central California Writing Project, UCOP.
Kip Tellez (Education), "Corra La Vox," UC Links.
Chris Wilmers (Environmental Studies), "Habitat Fragmentation Impacts on Puma Energetics, Behavior, and Ecology," Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.
Erika Zavaleta (Environmental Studies), "Documenting the Interdependence of Livelihoods and Plant Biodiversity in Southwestern Ethiopia's Changing Landscape," Christensen Fund.
Announced September 22, 2010
Patricia Allen (CASFS), various topics, three grants: True North Foundation; Newman's Own; Monterey Peninsula Foundation.
Gregory Gilbert (Environmental Studies), "Phylogenetic Analysis for the Data Archival and Reporting Project (GPDD)," USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
Stephen Gliessman (Environmental Studies), Program in Community and Agroecology (PICA), Helen and Will Webster Foundation.
Ruth Langridge (Politics), "Climate Change and Water Supply Security: Reconfiguring Groundwater Management to Reduce Vulnerability to Extreme Drought Events," California Institute for Energy and Environment (UC/CIEE), California Energy Commission (prime), through the Center for Global, International and Regional Studies (CGIRS).
Barbara Rogoff (Psychology), "Learning Through Observing and Pitching-in to Community Activities," the National Science Foundation.
Carol Shennan and Joji Muramoto (Environmental Studies), different topics, two grants: California Strawberry Commission (through CASFS) and Organic Farming Research Foundation.
Chris Wilmers, Terrie Williams, and Gabriel Elkaim (Environmental Studies, the Institute of Marine Science, and the Computer Engineering Department, respectively), "ANIMA, a New Instrument Package for Integrating Behavior, Physiology and Ecology of Wild Mammals," the National Science Foundation.
Erika Zavaleta (Environmental Studies), "Assessment of Adaptation Strategies and Scenario Development for California Ecosystems," California Institute for Energy and Environment (UC/CIEE), California Energy Commission (prime).
Announced July 28, 2010
Betty Achinstein and Rod Ogawa (Education), "Organizing Schools and Classrooms to Engage Latino Youth in Academically Challenging Work," William T. Grant Foundation.
Angela Irvine and Heather Bullock (Psychology), "Dispelling Myths Surrounding the Incarceration of LGBTQ Youth Project," Vanguard Public Foundation.
Dominic W. Massaro (Psychology), "iGlasses: Appliance for Improving Speech Understanding in Fact-to-Face Communication and Classroom Situations," Animated Speech Corporation (NSF prime).
Judith Scott and Cindy Pease-Alvarez (Education), "National Writing Project," Central California Writing Project.
