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A Sampling of Recent Grants


Joint Educational Project
$25,000 from the Crail-Johnson Foundation for the USC Readers Plus program

Donald Arnold, Biological Sciences
$75,000 from the Whitehall Foundation, Inc. for the Mechanisms of Dendritic Targeting of Potassium Channels

Casden Institute for Study of the Jewish Role in American Life
$50,000 from the Amado (Maurice) Foundation
Center for Religion and Civic Culture
$200,000 from the James Irvine Foundation

Thomas H. Jordan, Earth Sciences
$1,127,450 from Unavco, Inc. for the Support for Existing Western U.S. GPS Networks

Charles E. McKenna, Chemistry
$85,000 from Procter and Gamble Company for Bisphosphonate Optimization

David A. Okaya, Earth Sciences
$149,698 from the National Science Foundation for a multi-disciplinary study of the northern Apennines mountains

Nancy Pedersen and Margaret J. Gatz, Psychology
$1,785,316 from the National Institute on Aging for Genetic and Environmental Influences-Biobehavioral Aging


Geraldine J. Peters, Physics
$36,706 from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for a Snapshot Survey of Sharp-Lined Early B-Type Stars

Xiaoqing Pi, George Hajj and Chunming Wang, Mathematics
$24,858 from Space Environment Technologies for an Operational Ionospheric Forecast System

Surya G.K. Prakash, Chemistry
$160,000 from Erc Incorporated for Studies on New Hydrocarbon Based Propellants

Mark Thompson, Chemistry
$150,000 from Universal Display Corporation for Phosphorescent White OLEDs

Ta-Liang Teng
$35,630 from the Central Weather Bureau
in Taiwan for an Earthquake Strong-Motion Rapid Reporting System and Related Studies
John Tower, Biological Sciences
$235,385 from Ellison Medical Foundation for Replicative Senescence of Drosophila Stem Cells in Vivo

John P. Wilson, Geography
$74,341 from Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade & Douglas, Inc. for the California Coastal Sediment Master Plan: GIS Component (Phase 1)

Jennifer R. Wolch, Geography
$100,000 from Watershed Conservation Authority for the Green Vision Plan for 21st Century So. CA: A Guide for Habitat, Watershed Management, and Recreational Open Space

The Wrigley Marine Science Center
$500,000 from The Rose Hills Foundation for Student Aid