FRC Grants Awarded
Fall/Spring 2009-2010 || Spring 2010 || Fall 2010 || Summer/Fall 2011 || Spring 2012 || Summer/Fall 2012 || Spring 2013 || Summer/Fall 2013 || Spring 2014 || Summer/Fall 2014 || Spring 2015 || Summer/Fall 2015 || Spring 2016 || Summer Fall 2016|| Spring 2017 || Summer/Fall 2017 || Spring 2018 || Spring 2019 || Summer/Fall 2019 || Spring 2020
Spring 2020
| Principal Investigator | Award Amount | Department | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erika Derkas | Research $2,333.72 |
Sociology | Women of Iron: Female artists in the world of casting, fabrication and forgoing in Flagstaff, AZ |
| Kevin Ensor | Travel $1,200 |
Counseling | Present at the American School Counseling Association National Conference Seattle, WA |
| Rick Froyd | Travel $477.50 |
Counseling | Navajo Nation Human Research Review Board 2019 Bi-Annual Research Conference in Windowrock, AZ |
| Peter Linder | Research $3,963.65 |
Arts and Sciences | “Ya no es de indios: Economic Expansion and societal change in Maracaibo Province in the eighteenth century” |
| David Lobdell | Research $4,987 |
Arts and Sciences | 3d Printing and Casting Symposium in Hilmsen, Germany |
| Julie Tsatsaros | Research $1,200 |
Natural Resources | Attend 2020 Annual Conference of the American Society for Environmental History in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
Summer/Fall 2019
| Principal Investigator | Award Amount | Department | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ali Arshad Chien-Chung Chen |
Research $5,000 |
School of Business | The Economic & Fiscal Impact of the Removal of the Annual Tax Cap: A Case Study of New Mexico Film Incentives |
| David Chadborn | Travel $1,200 |
Psychology | An Examination of Post-Object Fandom |
| Michael Petronis | Travel $1,200 |
Geology | Present at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in Phoenix, AZ |
Spring 2019
| Principal Investigator | Award Amount | Department | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jennifer Lindline | 25% Release | Natural Sciences | Promoting Undergraduate Perception, Preparedness, and Placement in Water Resources Management Careers |
| Lori Rudolph | 25% Release | Education | Research on Palestine Refugee Women in Tel Aviv and Bethlehem, Palestinian |
Spring 2018
| Principal Investigator | Award Amount | Department | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helen Blythe | Travel $1,200 |
English | Presenting at the 2018 Literary Studies Convention in Canberra, Australia |
| Blanca Cespedes | Research $5,0000 |
Natural Resources Management | Dendrochronology study of natural fire regime in San Miguel and Mora Counties (DENAFIRE) |
| Jennifer Lindline | Research $3,532 |
Natural Sciences | Testing magma flow and emplacement models in a Tertiary ring dike complex: implications for crustal growth at continental rift zones |
| Lori Rudolph | Research $4,286 |
Education | The Psychological impact of Israeli Settler on Palestinians in Tel Rumeida, Hebron |
| Michael Petronis | 25% Release | Natural Sciences | NSF-Geophysics-Collaborative Proposal: The tascotal Mesa transfer zone Crustal deformation associated with Rio Grande rifting in West Texas and adjacent Mexico |
| Blanca Cespedes | 25% Release Time | Natural Resources | Develop and resubmit a U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture through the Hispanic Serving Institutions program (USDA-NIFA-HIS) |
| Miki Ii | 25% Release Time | Biology | Using physiological and neurophamacological techniques will determine how development of healthy neurons are effected by mulations of DNA repair factors in Caenorhabditis elegans, a nematode. |
| Jiao Chen | 25% Release Time | Chemistry | Acquisition of an Ultra-high Resolution Scanning Electron Microscopy for Research, Education and Outreach in NanoChemistry. |
Summer/Fall 2017
| Principal Investigator | Award Amount | Department | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ericka Derkas | Research $2,774 |
Sociology | Post Conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina: Reproductive justice and the struggle to improve status among women |
| Jesus Rivas | Travel $1,200 |
Biology | Conference: XI Congreso Latinoamericano de Herpetologia in Ouito, Ecuador |
| Michael Petronis | Travel $1,200 |
Natural Sciences | Conference: Basalt 2017 Conference, Kadan, Czech Republic |
| Jessica Snow | 25% Release Time | Biology | A study on the estrogen paradox of pulmonary hypertension and lead to more effective treatments for this deadly disease. |
Spring 2017
| Principal Investigator | Award Amount | Department | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miki Li | Research $4,938.50 |
Biology | Roles of DNA repair genes in neurotransmission in Caenorhabditis elegans (round worm) |
| Kim Taik | Travel $495.00 |
Education | Attend the 66th Annual Western Illinois Univ. Math. Tch. Conference in Macomb, Illinois |
| Jessica Snow | Research $5,000 |
Biology | Role of Novel Estrogen Receptor in the Development of Pulmonary Hypertension |
Summer/Fall 2016
| Principal Investigator | Award Amount | Department | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erika Derkas | Research $4,75.28 | Sociology | Borders & spacio-cide: A gendered analysis of education outcomes among students of Bethlehem University |
| Mario Gonzales | Travel $1,200 | Anthropology | The Bread Loaf writers’ conference in Ripton, Vermont |
| Michael Petronis | Travel $1,200 |
Geology | American Geophysical Union’s 49th Annual Fall meeting |
| Lori Rudolph | Research $4,969 |
Education | Gender Dimensions and Political Violence Among Palestinian Women: Trauma Coping and Resilience |
| Chris Stead | Research $4,972.63 |
Chemistry | Elucidation of the Coxiella burnetii glycolysis pathway |
| Steven Williams | Travel $1,200 |
History | Present: “Physiognomy & the Development of a scientific Mentality in the Thirteenth Century, With Two Test Cases (Roger Bacon & Albertus Magnus)” |
| Donna Woodford-Gormley | Travel $1,200 |
English | Attend the World Shakespeare Congress, Stratford upon Avon and London |
Spring 2016
| Principal Investigator | Award Amount | Department | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chen Chien-Chung | Research $943.83 | Business Media & Technology | The Effects of Motives and Brand Likability on Electronic Word of Mouth |
| Lauren Fath | Research $1,200 | Gender Dimensions of Conflict and Political Violence among Palestinian Refugee Women: Trauma. Coping and Resilience | |
| Robert Karaba | Travel $282 | Education | 2016 Democracy and Education Centennial Conference |
| Taik kim | Travel $1,200 | Education | Present at the 3rd International Conference on Education and Social Services Singapore Title: Improving Student Learning in Mathematics by Using New and Existing Stem Assets |
| Peter Linder | Research $3,606.56 | History | “’With great impiety and nudity’: failures of Indian Pacification in Maracaibo Province, Venezuela, 1700-1821” |
| Kerry Loewen | Travel $ $1,040.19 | Media Arts | Presenting : Program in interactive Cultural Technology (PICT): a partnership between New Mexico Highlands University and the New Mexico State Department of cultural Affairs |
| Michael Petronis | Research $3,427 | Geology | The Tascotal Mesa Transfer zone- crustal Deformation associated with Rio Grande rifting in West Texas and adjacent Mexico |
| Jesus Rivas | 25% Release Time | Biology and Chemistry | Explore the synergistic interactions between two invasive species, climate change and the community of aquatic organism in a semi-arid habitat. |
Summer/Fall 2015
| Principal Investigator | Award Amount | Department | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jio Chen | Research Extended $5,000 | Chemistry | Rudimentary Study of Plasmons, Nanoparticles, Metamaterials and Photonic Devices |
| Lori Rudolph | Research | Education | Gender Dimensions of conflict and Political Violence among Palestinian Refugee Women: Trauma, coping and Resilience |
Spring 2015
| Principal Investigator | Award Amount | Department | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jiao Chen | Research $5,000 | Chemistry | Rudimentary Study of Plasmons, Nanoparticles, Metamaterials and Photonic Devices |
| Patricia Cruz | Travel $500 | Educational Leadership | Presenting – 2015 Professional Development Schools National Conference: Improving Literacy thru Collaborative Research: A Bridge between K-5 and Higher Education |
| Steven Williams | Research $1,490 | History | The Pope and the Philosopher: Gregory IX and the Study of Aristotle at the University of Paris in the Thirteenth Century |
| Joe Zebrowski | Research $5,000 | Natural Resource Management | Development and Application of Simulation Modelling for STEM Research |
Summer/Fall 2014
| Principal Investigator | Award Amount | Department | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Conley | Research $5,000 | Natural Resources | Evaluation of Ecohydrological Conditions in Deep Arroyos |
| Sarah Corey-Rivas | Travel $800 | Biology | Present paper – A Genetic Assessment and Hybrid Status of the Northern Leopard Frog (Lithobates pipiens) Along the Mora River in Northern New Mexico |
| Carol Linder | 25% Release Time | Biology | Finding a role for GOLGA3 in the germ cell |
| Jesus Rivas | Travel $800 | Biology | Present paper – Population dynamics of green iguana (Iguana iguana): Does it pay for little boys to save their sister? |
| Jesus Rivas | Research $4,000 | Biology | Phylogeography of the Anaconda species complex (Eunectes) |
Spring 2014
| Principal Investigator | Award Amount | Department | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Linder | Research $4,967 | History & Political Sciences | “Perverse or Wild”: Motilones, Missions, and the State in Maracaibo Province, 1713-1840” |
| David Sammeth | Research $2,858 | Biology & Chemistry | Optical Stimulated Luminescence Short Course & Lab Equipment |
| Principal Investigator | Award Amount | Department | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Corey-Rivas | Travel $1,200 | Biology | Presenting at SWPARC – Using Phylogenetic Signal in Assessments of Amphibian Extinction Risk |
| Michael Petronis | Research $3,605 | Geology | Timing of Intercontinental Deformation across the Eastern Mono Basin, California and Nevada |
| Jesus Rivas | Travel $1,200 | Biology | Attending the SWPARC |
Spring 2013
| Principal Investigator | Award Amount | Department | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karen Hager | Research $2,744 | Education | Promoting Mathematical Reasoning (PMR)project |
| Taik Kim | Travel $1,101 | Education | Presenting at CSI – Closing the Achievement Gap: Strategies to Improve Mathematics Achievement of Academically Deficient Students in an Urban School. |
| Warren Lail | Travel/Research $1,200 | Anthropology | Presenting at SAA – Mycotoxins, Maize and Site Abandonment in the American Southwest. |
| Seonsook Part | Travel $952 | Education | Presenting at the 64th Annual Convention of the Conference on College Composition and Communication in Las Vegas, NV |
| Donna Woodford-Gormley | Travel/Research $4,600 | English | Caliban’s Books: Shakespeare in Cuba |
Summer/Fall 2012
| Principal Investigator | Award Amount | Department | Project Title |
| Craig Conley | 25% Release Time | Natural Resources | Prepare a grant to be submitted to the AFRI Foundation Program |
| Jesus Rivas | 25% Release Time | Biology | Distribution and species ranges of the genus Eunectes |
| Kerry Loewen | Travel $700 | Media Arts | 3D Editing in The Real World |
| David Sammeth | Travel $700 | Chemistry | Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) data and ages from the Colfax Skull |
| Peter Linder | Research $2,000 | History & Political Sciences | Clergy, Plebeians, & Social Conflict in 19th Century Maracaibo Province |
| Jennifer Lindline | Research $4,500 | Natural Resources | Investigating the Timing and Nature of Paleoproterozoic-Mesoproterozoic Sedimentation, Deformation, and Regional Metamorphism in North-Central New Mexico |
| Edward Martinez | Research $2,500 | Natural Resources | Chironomid Larvae as a Model Invertebrate for Detecting Copper Toxicity |
| Michael Petronis | Research $2,500 | Natural Resources | Neoproterozoic Glaciations: The East Greenland Exemplar |
Spring 2012
| Principal Investigator | Award Amount | Department | Project Title |
| Sara Brown | 25% Release Time | Natural Resources | Sim Table Acquisition |
| Jim Burns | 25% Release Time | Education | Impacts in Middle Grades Schools of Action Research-Based Professional Development on School Success, Relational Work, and School Climate |
| Sara Brown | Research $3,000 | Natural Resources | Investigation of pinyon-juniper age structure, and encroachment patterns in northern New Mexico |
| Craig Conley | Research $1,195 | Natural Resources | Enhancing Drought Resilience Through Biochar Soil Amendments |
| Carol Linder | Research $4,425 | Biology | Transcriptomic Analysis of Golga3(repro27)mice |
| Joe Schmalfeldt & Pete LeRoy | Research $3,655 | ESS | Determining Childhood Obesity in San Miguel County, New Mexico |
| Steven Williams | Research $1,576 | History & Political Sciences | The Pope and the Philosopher: Gregory IX and the Study of Aristotle at the University of Paris in the Thirteenth Century |
| Tatiana Dutoit | Travel $1,200 | Visual & Performing Arts | Composer’s Workshop by Dr. Tatiana Grecic Dutoit (90 minutes long) |
Summer/Fall 2011
| Principal Investigator | Award Amount | Department | Project Title |
| Jesus Rivas | 25% Release Time | Biology | Distribution and species ranges of the genus Eunectes |
| Arcaduis Krivoshein | Retained Term | Chemistry | Mechanism of action of antiepileptic drugs containing an α- substituted amide group |
| Michael Petronis | Research $2,263 | Geology | Serpentinisation magnetite production, precious metal concentration and the origin of life |
| David Sammeth | Research $3,000 | Chemistry | Luminescence Dating: Theory and Practice |
| Donna Woodford-Gormley | Travel $600 | English and Philosophy | Paper presented at the “International Shakespeare Association’s World Shakespeare Congress |
Fall 2010
| Principal Investigator | Award Amount | Department | Project Title |
| Craig Conley | 25% Grant Release Time | Natural Resources | Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) grant to the USDA |
| Jesus Rivas | Research $4,500 | Biology | Microsatellite Markers for the Green anaconda (Eunectes murinus) |
| Lori Rudolph | Research $4,500 | Counseling and Guidance | Gender Dimensions of Conflict and Political Violence Among Palestinian Refugee Women: Trauma, Coping and Resilience |
| Holly Middleton | Travel $1,000 | Arts and Sciences | The Work of Healthy Boys”: Performing Individuality in the Harvard Entrance Examinations |
| Veronica Saunero-Ward | Travel $1,000 | Arts and Sciences | The 42nd Annual Northeastern Modern Language Association Convention New Brunswick (Rutgers University), New Jersey |
| Orit Tamir | Travel $730 | Social & Behavioral Sciences | “Living as a Liminal Entity and Cancer Metaphors”: Presenting at the Society for Applied Anthropology 71st Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington |
| Ian Williamson | Travel $748.00 | Social & Behavioral Sciences |
“The Development of Scales of Personality and Psychopathology from Chinese Medicine” Presenting at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual meeting.
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Spring 2010
| Principal Investigator | Award Amount | Department | Project Title |
| Michael Petronis | 25% Release Time | Environmental Geology | Assessing Magnitude of Heterogeneous Extensional Strain in the Southern Great Basin – Constraints from AMS Fabrics in Ash-Flow Tuffs of the Caliente Caldera |
| Orit Tamir | 25% Release Time | Social & Behavioral Sciences | National Endowment for the Humanities Awards for Faculty at Institutions with High Hispanic Enrollment |
| Erika Derkas | Research $5,000 | Social & Behavioral Sciences | Health and the International Context of Organizing among Sex Worker Advocacy Groups |
| Jennifer Lindline | Research $5,000 | Natural Resources | Timing of Granite magmatism in Northern New Mexico’s Hermit’s Peak Batholith |
| Richard Plunkett | Research $3,032 | Biology | Construction of a research pyrolysis chamber for the production and analysis of biochar and secondary products |
| Kristie Ross | Research $2,000 | History and Political Sciences | Reconstructing Women: The Woolsey Sisters After the War |
| Arlie Tagayuna | Research $1,000 | Social & Behavioral Sciences | Virtual Parenting: Case study of Filipino transmigrant teachers in New Mexico |
| David Sammeth | Travel $1,200 | Chemistry | 7th New World Luminescence Dating Workshop (NWLDW) in Montreal (Quebec). |
| Djuaro Zrilic | Travel $1,200 | Engineering | An Approach for Bandwidth Reduction of Delta Modulated Pulse Stream in Control Applications (presenting in Kobe, Japan) |
Fall/Spring 2009-2010
| Principal Investigator | Award Amount | Department | Project Title |
| Craig Conley | Research $5000 | Natural Resources | Ecohydrological Characterization of Traditional Navajo Floodwater Garden Sites |
| Yongseek Kim | Travel $1200 | Sports Administra-tion | Price Perception in the Selection of Golf Courses: a Case Study of Municipal Golf Courses in the City of Albuquerque |
| Peter Linder | Research $2200 | History | Suscitándose Quejas Recíprocas: Labor, Social Conflict, and Politics in Cantón Zulia, Maracaibo, 1830-1858 |
| Jennifer Lindline | Travel $1200 | Natural Sciences | 2 papers at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting |
| Abbas Manafy | Research $2000 | Political Science | The United States Foreign Policy in Egypt: Theory vs. Practice |
| Michael Petronis | Travel $1200 | Natural Sciences | 2 papers at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting |
| Michael Petronis | 25% GrantRelease Time | Natural Sciences | CAREER: The Origin of Magnetic Fabrics and Their Relation to Rock Fabrics |