About the Author
Dr. Mary Cortina is the Director of Sponsored Programs at Adelphi.
Funding and Washington Updates
Mary Cortina
cortina@adelphi.edu
ARRA, TARP, Stimulus, Oh My!
When President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA or stimulus), it included approximately $21.5 billion for federal research and development. This includes additional funding for many federal agencies that support college and university activities, particularly in the areas of infrastructure and instrumentation, education and training, and research. At the postsecondary level, there is added money for Pell grants, work study, and tax credits.
Although funding is available, there is also a very tight schedule to which federal agencies must adhere. In order to qualify for these funds, the proposals must be “shovel ready,” or ready to begin, within a very short time, usually 60 to 90 days, of the grant submission deadline. This is in keeping with one of the goals of the ARRA, which is to “to spend quickly to save and create jobs.”
The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP) will continue to monitor funding opportunities and pass them along to faculty, but you can also visit www.recovery.gov for more information. In addition, if you have projects that you think are relevant to the stimulus money, please contact us.
Faculty Development Grants, 08-09
Every year, the University issues a Call for Proposals for the Faculty Development Grants program, an internal funding source to support faculty with their research, pedagogy, creative works, artistic endeavors, and application. This year’s awards went to the following faculty:
Wahiba Abu Rass, School of Social Work, Chaplaincy Services and Spiritual Care in Hospitals and Other Health Care Settings: Are Muslim Patients’ Needs Being Addressed?
Sean Bentley, College of Arts and Sciences, Physics, Confocal Laser Microscope & Optical Tweezers
Melanie E.L. Bush, College of Arts and Sciences, Sociology, Breaking the Code of Good Intentions: Everyday Forms of Whiteness
Beth Christensen, College of Arts and Sciences, Environmental Studies, Genetic Sequencing of Marsh Plants to Identify Salt Marsh History
Jonna Coombs, College of Arts and Sciences, Biology, PIB-type ATPases in heavily-impacted vs. minimally-impacted sediments of the SSE
Laura DeRose, Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Pubertal timing and change in academic and psychological outcomes in the school setting: A longitudinal study
Judy Fenster, School of Social Work, Training Substance Abuse Clinicians to Refer Clients for Post-treatment Care
Maryann Forbes, School of Nursing, Evaluating the Design and Effectiveness of Three Clinical Simulation Scenarios
Margaret Gray, College of Arts and Sciences, Political Science, Harvesting Expectations: Farmworkers, Food Politics, and Power in New York Agriculture
Patrick Grehan, Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, An Assessment of a Social Network of ADHD Information Communication
Geoffrey Grogan, College of Arts and Sciences, Art & Art History, Look Out!! Monsters
Jim Hazy, School of Business, An analysis of the experiences of social entrepreneurs and emergent organizational forms
Graham Henning, School of Business, Cultural Tourism and the Guest-Host Relationship in Okinawa
Mary Hickey, School of Nursing, Female College Students’ Knowledge, Perceptions, and Use of Emergency Contraception
Joan Kearney, School of Nursing, Mothers and Children Exposed to Domestic Violence: A Clinical Intervention Focusing on Maternal Processes
Rheem Khamis-Dakwar, School of Education, Language assessment and intervention practices in a culturally-ingrained diglossic situation: A qualitative study
Hanna H. Kim, College of Arts and Sciences, Anthropology, Investigating and Filming Conceptions of “Hinduism” and “Religion” in Newly Constructed Swaminarayan Temples in the United States
Cindy Macguire, School of Education and College of Arts and Sciences, Building a Culture of Peace: A Practice-Based Art and Design Research Project in Suhareka, Kosovo
Adam N. McKeown, College of Arts and Sciences, English, Picturing the Borders in Early Modern England
Veronica Orozco, Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Psychological Well-Being of Racial/Ethnic Minority Students
Geoffrey Ream, School of Social Work, Differential Developmental Trajectories of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth
K.C. Rondello, School of Nursing, Antecedents of Ethical Decision-Making
Robert M. Siegfried, College of Arts and Sciences, Math and Computer Science, Automated Web Accessibility Study of College and University Home Pages
Justyna Widera, College of Arts and Sciences, Chemistry, Development and investigation of multifunction hybrids of nanocrystalline TiO2/quantum dots/conducting polymer nanowires for solar cell application
Monica Yang, School of Business, Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions by Chinese Multinational Corporations
Jiang Zhang, School of Business, The Adoption of RFID by Retail Business Firms: Social and Economical Implications 
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