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.
Four tenured and four pre-tenure faculty received eight awards that will fund four course releases, four graduate students, and one undergraduate assistant. The following are this year’s winners:
Jon A. Friesen, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
“Metal-Enzyme Interactions in CTP:phosphocholine Cytidylyltransferase”
R. K. Jayaswal, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
“Characterization of Fur Regulated Genes in Listeria monocytogenes using DNA Microarray”
Shang-Fen Ren, Professor, Department of Physics
“Theoretical Investigation of Thermoelectric Properties of Semiconductor Nanostructures”
Scott K. Sakaluk, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
“Genetic Variation in Female Resistance to Male-Derived Anti-Aphrodisiacs”
Charles F. Thompson, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
“Caroteoid Trade-Off Hypothesis”
Kathryn Conley Wehrmann, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work
“Relationships Between Foster Parents and Foster Children”
Marion C. Willetts, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
“Constructing a National Data Set of Heterosexual Licensed Domestic Partners”
Corinne Zimmerman, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
“Individual Differences in Scientific Reasoning Skills”