CARS Small Grants enable faculty and librarians to pursue creative, innovative ideas for the enhancement of research, teaching and other scholarly activities, for which they would otherwise not have the resources.
Funded Projects from 2010
Perception, Memory and Landscape - Water, Rock and Time, Mary Dondero
Professional Development Project on Hawaiian Creole and Contact Varieties, Fernanda Ferreira
Hand-Held Weather Stations for Geography Labs and Research, Robert Hellström
WiFi Weather Station and Snow Depth Monitoring System for Snow Research at Harvard Forest, Massachusetts, Robert Hellström
The Holly Project: Effects on Captive Chimpanzee (Pan trogolodytes) Behavior of Applying Sensory Integration Therapy, Ellen Ingmanson
Seduction of the English Garden, Thomas J. Mickey
Measuring Hypoxia Induced Endocrine Disruption Biomarkers in the Fathead Minnow, Jonathan Roling
The Folk Music of Rajasthan, India, Salil Sachdev
Funded Projects from 2009
Inventing Identities in Second Language Writing, Michelle Cox
Samuel Johnson and Ossian, Cambridge University Press, 2009, Thomas M. Curley
Innovations in Child and Family Policy, Emily M. Douglas
Engaging in South African Family Literacy Education, Ruth D. Farrar
Photographing Climate Change in the Peruvian Andes, Ivana George
Experiences of Science Majors in an Elementary and Early Childhood Education Licensure Program, Nicole J. Glen
Middleborough Little League Archaeology Project, Curtiss Hoffman
Middleborough Little League Site Archaeology Project: Use-Wear Analysis of Tools from the 1999-2001 Seasons, Curtiss Hoffman
The Success and Failure of College Presidents, Stephen J. Nelson
Investigating the Contemporary Context of Japanese Performance Traditions Through Fieldwork in Japan, Minae Savas
Olga Costa: A Mexican by Choice, Julia Stakhnevich
Ethical Issues in Direct-to-Consumer Advertising: Building Relationships of Trust, Catherine A. Womack
Funded Projects from 2008
Land Use Transition and Dynamic Soil Property Assessment for an Agricultural Soil of Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Darcy Boellstorff
Validation of Forest Algorithms in a Snow Process Model, Robert Hellström
Effect of 3-methyleneoxindole and Its Derivatives on Viability of Trypanosoma Brucei, Patricia E. Mancini
The Music of the Sidis: An African Bridge to India, Salil Sachdev
Acquisition of New Response Pads to Run SuperLab Pro in Psychology Research Experiments, Elizabeth Spievak
Funded Projects from 2007
Land Use Change and Soil Carbon Storage Potential in Central Spain, Darcy Boellstorff
Sign Language “Storyreading” for Children Who are Deaf, Sandra Ciocci
F. Holland Day: A Biography, Patricia J. Fanning
A Study of Returning to Schooling at the College Level, William C. Levin
Leaders in the Labyrinth: College Presidents and the Battle of Creeds and Convictions, Stephen J. Nelson
Noborigama Wood Fire, Preston Saunders
A Sociolinguistic Investigation of Word Borrowing Patterns in Putin’s Russia, Julia Stakhnevich
Funded Projects from 2006
Days of Dialogue: Collaboration Among Teacher Educators, Barbara Bautz and Kelly Donnell
Exploring Graphic Design in Paintings, Shanshan Cui
Belize Study Tour Planning Trip, Sandra Faiman-Silva
The Proper Care And Feeding Of Economic Decisions: Revealing the True Value of Service and Caring Labor in Public and Non-Profit Organizations, Deniz Zeynep Leuenberger
Enter At Your Own Risk: The Dangerous Art of Dennis Cooper, Leora Lev
Commercialization of Nature: Selling the 19th Century American Garden, Thomas Mickey
Description of the Problem, Preston Saunders
Construction of Multilingual Indigenous Identities in Oaxaca, Mexico, Julia Stakhnevich
Performance of Vierne’s Piece Symphonique and Research for Compact Disc Booklet, Steven Young
Funded Projects from 2005
Opera on Video, Jabbar Al-Obaidi
Developing a Textbook for Teaching Psychological Competencies to Health Care Practitioners, Victoria Bacon
Mshanets Oral History Project, Leonid Heretz
Enter at Your Own Risk: The Dangerous Art of Dennis Cooper, Leora Lev
InSite 05, Magaly Ponce
Research Study of the Oral Rhythmic Tradition and Percussion Music of North India, Salil Sachdev
Professional Growth, Preston Saunders