Committee Name: Faculty Grants Committee

November 17, 2009

Committee Name: Faculty Grants Committee

Co-Chair:Stephen J. Burn

Subject:Faculty Grant proposals

First Reading:December 1, 2009

Recommendations:

1.Accept recommendations for the Faculty Grant Program.

Faculty Grant Recommendation

The FGC is charged with reviewing and ranking various internal grant programs, including the Faculty Grant program. The Committee met on November 11th to evaluate 17 proposals. The evaluation criteria used were those listed in the Faculty Grant Program Guidelines (

After evaluation, the Committee voted to approve for funding all 17 proposals, which areidentified by rank below. It is important to note that the FGC makes recommendations to the Provost who will determine how many of the 17 ranked grants are able to be funded this year.

The total amount requested for the 17 proposals deemed fundable is $112,597.

Based on the information supplied by the applicants, the following have not received prior funding from the Faculty Grants program: Sandra Burr, Tara Foster, Austin Hummell, Yan Liu, Rebecca Mead, Bill Mihalopoulos, Erich N. Ottem, Peter J. Pless, Joel E. Thompson, and Bao Truong.

Faculty Grants: Discussed and ranked proposals

Rank: / Amount Requested
1 / Truong, Bao / Preference optimality conditions in multi-objective optimization with applications / Mathematics / 6,000
2 / Zhang, Qinghong / Determining weights for multi-objective optimization in posture prediction: an inverse optimization approach / Mathematics / 7,000
3 / Mead, Rebecca J. / Native American adaptation to American settlement in Michigan / History / 6,949
4 / Lindsay, Alec R. / Applying molecular genetic data to conservation problems / Biology / 7,000
5 / Foster, Tara / Editing three anonymous Anglo-Norman lives of Saint Margaret / Modern Languages / 7,000
6 / Thompson, Joel E. / Investing in America in the Early 1880s / Business / 6,260
7 / Pless, Peter J. / Salone satellite exhibition: spaces / Art & Design / 7,000
8 / Burr, Sandra / Recovering Harriet and Louisa Beaufort / English / 7,000
9 / Liu, Yan / Analysis of tetracycline antibiotic residues in food sample using microchip capillary electrophoresis with pulsed amperometric detection / Chemistry / 7,000
10 / Marquardt, Donald J. / Diels-Alder cycloadditions of fulvenes as a route to fullerene substructures / Chemistry / 7,000
11 / Appleton, Randy / Measuring the performance of Linux / Computer Science / 6,048
12 / Ottem, Erich N. / Determining the importance of brain-derived neurotrophic factor produced by muscles in the onset of neuromuscular disease / Biology / 6,990
13 / Hummell, Austin / The bridge of gods: a sequence of poems / English / 4,100
14 / Russell, Shelley / Playscript and production exploring sulfide mining in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and the individual's response to environmental politics / CAPS / 7,000
15 / Getman, Thomas D. / Preparation of unique ligands containing the B10H2 cage as an anion / Chemistry / 7,000
16 / Singh, Jaspal K. / The construction of Sikh identity and ideas of homeland in Indian and diasporic imaginations / English / 7,000
17 / Mihalopoulos, Bill / Finding work through sex: Japanese prostitutes abroad and nation building, 1870-1930 / 6,250
112, 597