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.

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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

Virtual Ethogram Component Depicting Humpback Whale Behavior to Support the Creation of an Online Behavioral Catalog that Uses Multiple Format, John Jahoda

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

Attendance at the American Society for Public Administration Conference and Presentation of Paper on the Department of Homeland Security, Wendy Haynes

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