CARS Faculty and Librarian Research Grants are available for substantial individual projects for full-time tenured or tenure track BSU faculty and librarians. These grants support activities for faculty and librarian research projects, scholarship, and creative activity, and to provide time for these activities. This grant is funded through the Office of Academic Affairs by the Bridgewater Foundation.
Funded Projects from 2012
A Data Envelopment Analysis Model for Evaluating the Effects of Pollution Control Methods on Hazardous Air Emissions from Coal Power Plants, Kelley Donalds and Xiangrong Liu
Perception, Memory and Landscape, Mary Dondero
Participant Perceptions Following a Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction Program: A Qualitative Interview Study, Michelle Mamberg
Intertextual Connections: The Impact of Interactive Read-Alouds and Discussions on Elementary Students' Writing During Writing Workshop, Jennifer Manak
An Evolution of the Latin Alphabet: Harvesting the Typographic Imagination of Italy, Donald Tarallo
Preparation of First Critical Edition of the Four Organ Sonatas and other Selected Works of Henry M. Dunham, Steven Young
Impact of Panama Canal Expansion and Market Analysis on Massport, Chien Wen Yu
Funded Projects from 2011
Voices of Educators - The Aha Moment, Jabbar Al-Obaidi and Thanh T. Nguyen
Milton and the End of Renaissance Friendship, Part Two, Gregory Chaplin
Pate de Verre Vessels, Leigh Craven
Pattern Prediction in Combustion, Laura K. Gross
Trade Patterns and International Relations in the China-Brazil-U.S. Triangle: A Mixed-Method Analysis, Martin Grossman and Chien Wen Yu
Explorations in Stainless Steel, Rob Lorenson
Exploring Protein Synthesis as a Target for Anti-cancer Drugs, Boriana Marintcheva
Molecular Analysis of the Intestinal Microbial Community in an Herbivorous Snail, Caracolus Caracolla, Jennifer E. Mendell and Christopher P. Bloch
Feminine Madness in the Japanese Noh Theatre, Minae Yamamoto Savas
Jerusalem & the Dome of the Rock: Books in Progress, Beatrice St. Laurent
The Integration of Dance and Text: A study of the interplay between language and movement in performance, Jody Weber
Establishing a Baseline Prevalence of Unwanted Sexual Experiences in a New England University, Richard Wright
Funded Projects from 2010
Mixed Media Artworks, Leigh Craven
Summer Joy: Life and Death in the Garden, Mary Dondero
Language Motivation and Performance of Portuguese Language Learners, Fernanda Ferreira
Structural and Biochemical Analysis of Translesion Synthesis DNA Polymerases, Samer Lone