Outreach & Engagement

ARRA Awards at Stony Brook University

For more information about the impact at Stony Brook University, please visit their ARRA website 

Press Releases from Governor Patterson - NY Gov: Grants to Spur Clean Energy Jobs - (mentions Stony Brook, Brookhaven Labs and Cornell)

Stony Brook University - $620,000

The Research Foundation of Stony Brook University will receive $120,000 to move forward on research and treatment for multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's and depression.  In addition the Research Foundation of SUNY Stony Brook will receive $500,000 for high-resolution equipment to advance studies for a wide range of neurodegenerative diseases as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Press: http://schumer.senate.gov/new_website/record.cfm?id=311965

Stony Brook University - $300,000

SUNY Stony Brook will receive $219,532 for research with the potential to develop new anti-cancer agents, as well as $75,794 to support research and treatment for drug addiction, depression, compulsive behaviors, neuropathic pain and movement disorders.  These federal funds from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Press: http://schumer.senate.gov/new_website/record.cfm?id=313712

$120,000
Combined RT-Shim and Gradient System B-GA 12S
National Center for Research Resources

$500,000
500 MHz Solid-State NMR Spectrometer
National Center for Research Resources 

$75,794
The Biosynthesis of Anandamide
National Institute on Drug Abuse

$219,532
Substrate Specificity of Nonreceptor Tyrosine Kinases
National Cancer Institute

$75,794
Regulation of Canonical Wnt Signaling by the Beta-Catenin Antagonist Chibby
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Dev 

$390,000
Alcohol Effects on the Mitochondrial Genetic System
National Institute for Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism 

$140,000
New Physics at the Energy Frontier
National Science Foundation
 
$394,912
The Topology and Hodge Theory of Algebraic Maps
National Science Foundation 

$294,454
Astrophysics of Single and Binary Star Formation
National Science Foundation  

$429,483
Studies of Atomic Quantum Spin Systems in Optical Lattices
National Science Foundation  

$475,670
Cagewash Service Support Equipment
National Center for Research Resources  

$230,223
Collaborative Research:  Uncountable Markov Decision Processes and Their Applications to Optimization of Large-Scale Stochastic Systems
National Science Foundation
 
$16,118
Genetic and Molecular Analysis of Neural Development
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child 

$113,939
Estimating the Geometry of Riemann Surfaces in Dynamical Systems and Hyperbolic Geometry
National Science Foundation  

$588,172
The Glycolytic Pathway and the Physiological Genetics of Flight Metabolism
National Science Foundation 

$400,000
CAREER:  Spatial Sensing for Design of Miniature Sensor Array Microsystems
National Science Foundation 

$67,295
Targetting InhA for Anti-TB Drug Discovery
National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Disease

$496,689
Effects of Ocean Acidification on the Formation and Sinking of Particle Aggregates
National Science Foundation  

$67,241
Analysis of Meiotic Chromosome Synapsis in Yeast
National Institute of General Medical Sciences 

$156,000
Endocannabinoid Intracellular Transporters
National Institute on Drug Abuse  

$181,406
Remote Sensing of Ancient Mesopotamian Settlement Systems
National Science Foundation  

$911,106
Agents of Bioterrorism: Pathogenesis and Host Defense
National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Disease  

$531,513
Pathologic Interactions of Amyloid Beta-Protein
National Inst of Neurological Disorders & Stroke 

$12,000
Doctoral Dissertation Research Support for Pazit Ben Nun: The Moral Public: Moral, Judgement and Political Attitudes
National Science Foundation 

$234,000
Determinants of Pathogenic Hantavirus Attachment
National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Disease 

$76,716
High Resolution Membrane Structure from Fluorescence
National Institute of General Medical Sciences  

$430,000
CAREER: Exploiting the Density Fluctuating Regime in Supercritical Fluids for Environmentally Green Polymer Surface Processing
National Science Foundation  

$34,655
Dissecting the Roles of REST and its Corepressor CoREST Throughout Neural Development
National Inst of Neurological Disorders & Stroke  

$585,000
Heme Distortion in the H-NOX Family: From Basic Chemical and Physical Properties to Signal-Transduction
National Science Foundation  

$495,000
The Design and Syntheses of Tubular Polymers and Supramolecular Structures
National Science Foundation  

$380,350
Computer-Guided Molecular Design
National Science Foundation  

$67,340
Collaborative Observational Study of Myopia in COMET Children 2-Coordinating Ctr
National Eye Institute  

$380,273
The Development and Redevelopment of Lexical and Sublexical Representations
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child  

$182,339
Activation of Phospholipase C beta by G Proteins
National Institute of General Medical Sciences  

$262,759
Coordination of the Late Steps of Human Nucleotide Excision Repair
National Institute of General Medical Sciences  

$210,399
Using PET Isotopes to Identify Drug Targets and to Diagnose Infectious Diseases
National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Disease 

$131,000
Genetics
National Institute of General Medical Sciences 

$155,334
Histone Modifying Enzymes and Transcription
National Institute of General Medical Sciences 

$11,794
Control of Eyelids in Normal and Pathological States
National Eye Institute 

$375,571
Conformal Geometry for Medical Imaging
National Inst of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering 

$1,858,340
Collaborative Research: Next-Generation Model Checking and Abstract Interpretation with a Focus on Embedded Control and Systems Biology
National Science Foundation

$615,637
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Evolutionary Dynamics of a Molecular Polymorphism for Diapause and Life Histories in Drosophila Melanogaster
National Science Foundation 

$307,672
The Role of C 1 q in Regulation of Monocyte to Dendtritic Cell Transition
National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Disease

$260,663
The Uneven Development of Industrial Hazards: Lead and Oil in the U.S. versus Mexico, 1930-1990
National Science Foundation

$260,064
Collaborative Research: Phenotypic Plasticity in Feeding: Ontogenetic Solutions to Scaling Limitations
National Science Foundation 

$240,521
Dynamics of Capillary Threads and High-Viscosity Droplets in Mircofluidic Systems
National Science Foundation 

$259,577
Collaborative Research:  Updating the U.S. Supreme Court Judical Database
National Science Foundation

$93,854
Instrumentation Development on Multi Scaled Scattering for Bio Molecular Solution
National Center for Research Resources

$194,238
Exocyclic DNA Adducts and Oxidative DNA Damage
National Cancer Institute  

$39,393
Support for Atmospheric Field Research at Thule, Greenland
National Science Foundation 

$150,000
How do Molecules Self-Assemble into One-Dimensional Structures?
Georgetown University 

$296,811
Collaborative Research:  Intermittent and Steady State Processes in Orographic Precipitation
National Science Foundation

$150,859
ARRA: Expression of Genetically Encoded Photosensors in Retinal Bipolar Neurons
National Eye Institute 

$218,524
ARRA:  Regulation of Pore Formation by Type III Secretion System
National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Disease 

$168,000
ARRA: Coping Skills Training for Arthritis: An Effectiveness Trial
National Inst of Arthritis Musculoskeletal & Skin 

$354,754
ARRA:  Cellular Neurobiology of the Retina
National Eye Institute 

$73,822
ARRA: Genetic and Molecular Analysis of Neural Development
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child 

$499,835
ARRA: Multimodality Optical Imaging Tools for Cocaine Studies
National Institute on Drug Abuse 

$606,241
ARRA:  Coping Skills Training for Arthritis:  An Effective Trial
National Inst of Arthritis Musculoskeletal & Skin 

$31,949
ARRA: Regulation of Masking and Circadian Rhythm Phase
National Inst of Neurological Disorders & Stroke 

$110,779
ARRA:  Expression of Neuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors
National Inst of Neurological Disorders & Stroke 

$400,000
ARRA: CAREER: Practical Privacy for Outsourcing Systems
National Science Foundation 

$192,685
ARRA:  Assembly and Function of the Yeast Spore Wall
National Institute of General Medical Sciences 

$88,449
ARRA: Developmental Regulation of the Secretory Pathway in Yeast
National Institute of General Medical Sciences 

$292,575
ARRA: Impact of Family Functioning and Violence on Adults and Children's Oral Health
National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Res

$196,382
ARRA: Regulation of Macromolecular Transport Through Plasmodesmata
National Institute of General Medical Sciences 

$831,810
ARRA: Novel Peptide to Inhibit Burn Injury Progression
National Inst of Arthritis Musculoskeletal & Skin

$172,250
ARRA: Extracellular Matrix Regulation of Myelination
National Inst of Neurological Disorders & Stroke 

$618,125
ARRA: Recruitment of Two Tenure-Track Faculty to Neurobiology & Behavior
National Inst of Neurological Disorders & Stroke 

$171,293
ARRA: Regulation of STAT3 Signaling
National Cancer Institute 

$130,316
ARRA: Role of Phospholipase D1 in Regulated Exocytosis
National Institute of General Medical Sciences 

$1,363,339
ARRA: Ecological Validity of PROMIS Instruments
National Inst of Arthritis Musculoskeletal & Skin 

$184,414
ARRA: Biophysical Studies of Amyloid Formation by Polypeptide Hormones
National Institute of General Medical Sciences 

$72,407
ARRA:  Mechanism of the Usher in Assembly and Secretion of Pili
National Institute of General Medical Sciences

$335,896
ARRA: Development and Formulation of Broad Spectrum Antimicrobials for Biodefense
Colorado State University

$100,641
Birational Geometry of Moduli Space and Applications
National Science Foundation

$10,667
ARRA: Developmental Center to Study Mechanisms & Effects of Chiropractic Manipulation Project 2: Vertebral Displacement and Ligament Strains During Simulated Spinal Manipulation
Palmer Chiropractic University Foundation

$3,400
ARRA:  2009-2010 Americorps Recovery Act Program
NYS Office of Children and Family Services

$1,778
ARRA:   Multi-Center, Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study of Weight-Reduction Diet plus Acetazolamide vs. Diet Plus Placebo in Subjects with Idiopathic Intracranial
St Lukes Roosevelt Institute for Health Science  

$91,601
ARRA:  Size Control and Commitment to Division in S. Cerevisiae
National Institute of General Medical Sciences  

$100,000
ARRA: Gq-Coupled Receptors Inhibit PI 3-Kinase/Akt Signaling Pathway
National Inst of Diabetes Digestive Kidney Disease

$10,460
ARRA: International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials Group (IMPACT)
Social and Scientific Systems Incorporated 

$6,588
ARRA: International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials Group (IMPAACT)
Social and Scientific Systems Incorporated 

$8,980
ARRA:  International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials Group (IMPAACT)
Social and Scientific Systems Incorporated

$121,557
ARRA:  Volume Regulation in Normal and Cataractous Lenses
National Eye Institute

$42,443
ARRA: International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials Group ("IMPAACT")
Social and Scientific Systems Incorporated

$131,824
ARRA: Circular Dichroism Spectropolarimeter with flourescence acquisition and temperature control
National Center for Research Resources

$4,600,351
ARRA: MRI-R2: Acquisition of a Data Intensive Supercomputer for Innovation and Transformative Research in Science and Engineering
National Science Foundation

$1,500,000
ARRA:  TAS::89 0227:: TAS Recovery Act 100G FTP:  An Ultra-High Speed Data Transfer Service Over Next Generation 100 Gigabit Per Second Network
US Department of Energy 

$96,011
ARRA: Oral Immunobiology of MCMV-Infected Mouse Salivary Glands
National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Res

$48,119
ARRA: MRI-R2: Development of a System for Real-Time X-ray Scattering Analysis of Complex Oxide Thin Film Growth
University of Vermont 

$1,200,000
ARRA:  MRI-R2:  Acquisition of Mass Spectrometers for Earth Systems Science Research at Stony Brook University
National Science Foundation

$16,118
ARRA: Genetic and Molecular Analysis of Neural Development
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child 

$14,179,569 (increased from $1,775,000)
ARRA:  An Animal Biosafety Level 3 Laboratory for Stony Brook University
National Center for Research Resources

$600,000
ARRA: First Principles Modeling of Metal-Electrolyte Systems: A Novel Approach to the Study of the Electrochemical Interface
US Department of Energy

$1,400,000
ARRA: MRI-R2: Development of an Immersive Giga-pixel Display
National Science Foundation  

$70,049
ARRA: Measuring Health-Related Quality of Life in Older Adults with Chronic Illness
National Institute on Aging