Faculty Grants and Awards
2009
- Brown, William A. "Developing Emerging Leaders in Nonprofit Organizations." OneStar Foundation, $70,221.
- Lindquist, Eric. "Mileage-based User Fee Pilot Project: Rural/Small Urban Area Application in Northeast Texas." University Transportation Center for Mobility. Co-Principal Investigator.
- Vedlitz, Arnold, and Eric Lindquist. "A Framework for Developing Novel Detection Systems Focusing on Interdicting Shielded HEU." National Science Foundation/Domestic Nuclear Detection Office and Department of Homeland Security, $7,200,000.
- Vedlitz, Arnold, Eric Lindquist, and Xinsheng Liu. "Utilization of Science-based Information on Climate Change in Decision Making and the Public Policy Process, Phase 2." National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, $940,000.
- Vedlitz, Arnold, and Eric Lindquist. "Climate Change, Drought and Policy Making in the U.S. Southern Region." National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, $720,560.
- Vedlitz, Arnold. "Public Understanding of Air Quality Issues in Texas, Phase V." Texas Department of Transportation and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, in partnership with the Texas Transportation Institute, $95,000.
2008
- Dorch, Edwina. "The Effectiveness of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program in Louisiana and Mississippi Post Katrina." Congressional Research Service, $15,000.
- Robinson, Scott E. "The Dynamics of Collaboration in Emergency Planning for America's Schools." National Science Foundation, $95,000.
- Scobell, Andrew. "What Drives Chinese Foreign Policy?" Smith Richardson Foundation and book contract by Columbia University Press [with co-principal investigator, Andrew J. Nathan], $150,000.
- Vedlitz, Arnold. "Advancing the Resilience of Coastal Localities: Developing, Implementing and Sustaining the Use of Coastal Resilience Indicators." National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, $350,000.
- Vedlitz, Arnold. "A Framework for Developing Novel Detection Systems Focused on Interdicting Shielded HEU." National Science Foundation/ Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, $7,200,000.
- Vedlitz, Arnold. "Public Understanding of Air Quality Issues in Texas, Phase IV." Texas Department of Transportation, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and the Texas Transportation Institute, $105,000.
- Vedlitz, Arnold. "Use of Science in Gulf of Mexico Decision Making Involving Climate Change." U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, $1,500,000.
- Vedlitz, Arnold. "Utilization of Science-Based Information on Climate Change in Decision Making and the Public Policy Process, Phase 1." National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, $940,000.
2007
- Bies, Angela. "Nonprofit Capacity Building in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Region." Minnesota Council of Nonprofits / The Otto Bremer Foundation, $16,300.
- Bies, Angela, and Sarah Jane Rehnborg. "Nonprofit Capacity Building in the Central Texas Region." RGK Center on Philanthropy, $15,000.
- Dean, Wesley et al. [Bo Norby, W. Alex McIntosh, and H. Morgan Scott]. "Resolving the Social Factors Influencing Variable Compliance and Risk Communication in Foreign Animal Disease Defense Programs." U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), $362,990.
- Dean, Wesley, et al. [Paul Byrne, Timothy Lambert, Jeanne Van der Zalm, Brendan Leier, Wendy Austin, Tracey Bailey, and Jaro Kotalik]. "Risk, Informed Consent, and the Adoption and Diffusion of New Medical Technologies." Health Canada, $48,632.
- Lindquist, Eric. "NER: Contours of Nano-Problems and Solutions and the Societal and Educational Challenge of Active Nanoscale Technology." National Science Foundation (NSF), $74,518.
- Lindquist, Eric. " Graduate Course Development: Transportation Policy and Politics." Southwest Region University Transportation Center (SWUTC), $6,000.
- Lindquist, Eric, and Arnold Vedlitz. "Climate Change/Variability Science and Adaptive Strategies for State and Regional Transportation." Southwest Region University Transportation Center (SWUTC), $50,000.
- Lindquist, Eric, and Arnold Vedlitz. "Transportation Planning, Policy and Climate Change: Making the Long Term Connection." University Transportation Center for Mobility (UTCM), $50,000.
- Lindquist, Eric, and Ginger Goodin (Texas Transportation Institute). "Mileage-Based User Fee Pilot Project: Rural/Small Urban Area Application in Northeast Texas." University Transportation Center for Mobility (UTCM), $50,000.
- Murray, Sheila . "Property Taxes: In Decline or Budget Savior?" Lincoln Institute for Land Policy, $50,000.
- Vedlitz, Arnold. "Public Understanding of Air Quality Issues in Texas, Phase IV." Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), and the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI), $105,000.
- Vedlitz, Arnold, Eric Lindquist and Chris Sprecher. "A Framework for Developing Novel Detection Systems Focused on Interdicting Shielded HEU." National Science Foundation, and the Department of Homeland Security, Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, $486,266.00.
- Vedlitz, Arnold et al. [Walter Peacock, Sammy Zahran, Sam Brody, William Merrell, William Seitz, and Robert Stickney]. "Advancing the Resilience of Coastal Localities: Developing, Implementing and Sustaining the Use of Coastal Resilience Indicators." NOAA FY 2007 Information Resource Supporting the Resiliency of Coastal Areas in the U.S. Portion of the Gulf of Mexico, $350,000.
2006
- Bies, Angela. "Analysis of the Nonprofit Capacity-Building 'Industry,' Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota Region." Forbes Funds, $3,700.
- Bies, Angela, and Judith Miller-Millesen. "Nonprofit Capacity Building in the Pittsburgh Region: Incentives, Learning, and Benchmarking." Forbes Funds, $27,104.
- Desch, Michael C., Roman Popadiuk, and Michael Absher. "The History and Effectiveness of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (PFIAB)." Richard Lounsbery Foundation, $124,000.
- Gawande, Kishore, Carol Silva, Gina Reinhardt, and Domonic Bearfield. "Katrina and Rita: The Impact of Exogenous Shocks on Risk Assessment." National Science Foundation, $114,900.
- Jenkins-Smith, Hank, and Kishore Gawande. "Environmental Risk Perceptions and Market Valuation." National Science Foundation, $275,000.
- Jenkins-Smith, Hank, Carol Silva, and Kerry Herron. "National Security Survey 2006." Sandia National Laboratories, $213,000.
- Murray, Sheila E. "The Insurance Value of Property Tax." Lincoln Institute for Land Policy, $35,000.
- Vedlitz, Arnold. "Science, Drought and Decision Making in the Southern Region of the U.S." National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service, $775,000.
