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Research Enhancement Award Winners Announced
Research Enhancement Award Winners
Research Enhancement Award Winners
from left: Dr. Charles Orser,
Dr. Susan Sprecher, Dr. Kevin Edwards,
Dr. Laura Vogel, Dr. Doug Whitman,
and Dr. Rachel Bowden.
Not pictured: Dr. David Borst,
Dr. Paul Garris, Dr. Sabine Loew, 
and Dr. William Perry.
Dean Olson announced the recipients of this year’s Research Enhancement Awards (REAs), highly competitive internal grant awards intended to promote high-quality research, scholarship, and creative activity by tenured and tenure-track faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences. The awards provide seed funds for scholarly or creative projects that will produce pilot data or other preliminary work for proposals to be submitted to outside funding agencies, and they fund excellent scholarly or creative activities of a one-time nature (such as completion of a significant book). The awards are funded up to a maximum of $3,000 toward one of two purposes: a course release or student assistants. "I am extremely impressed with the quality of scholarship being done by our faculty," said Dean Olson. "The REA proposals clearly demonstrate that many of our faculty are engaged in exciting, cutting-edge research."

 

Olson awarded the REAs upon the recommendation of the CAS Research Proposal Review Committee. Criteria used in evaluating the proposals included: project and budget justification, significance of project outcomes, originality of concept, appropriateness of project design and methods, qualifications of applicant for implementing project, potential impact on applicant's discipline, probability of achieving project objectives, potential for generating future external funding, and appropriateness of schedule for project activities, if applicable.

Five tenured and four pre-tenure faculty received nine awards that will fund two course releases, six graduate students, and one undergraduate assistant. The following are this year’s winners:

Rachel M. Bowden, "Elevated Corticosterone and Immune Function in Turtles."
Kevin A. Edwards, "P450 Reductase: A Link Between Development and Detoxification."
Paul Garris, "Real-Time Animal Telemetry."
Sabine S. Loew, "Molecular Evaluation of the Dispersal and Colonization Behavior of Aedes aegypti, An Important Insect Vector for Dengue And Yellow-Fever."
Charles E. Orser, Jr., "The Irish in Illinois Website."
William L. Perry, "Role of Modified Tile Drainage Systems in Altering Water Quality in Agricultural Drainage Streams."
Susan Sprecher, "Research on Compassionate Love."
Laura Vogel, "Immunological Memory in Aged Individuals."
Doug Whitman and David Borst, "Support for the ISU Grasshopper Colony."
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