Grants from the March 15, 2005 Deadline
Alphabetical by Institution

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College/ University	Subject	Title	Student	Mentor
Albertson College	Cell Biology / Biochemistry	The effect of cadmium on apoptosis in cultured human osteosarcoma cells	Kendra G. Coonse	Sara J. Heggland
Baylor University	Ecology	Determination of the Effects of Apicomplexan Parasitism (Ascogregarina) on the Vector Mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus	Lori Pfaff	Warren K. Hartberg
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev	Behavioral Ecology	Cooperative brood-care in the social spider Stegodyphus dumicola (Araneae, Eresidae)	Mor Salomon-Botner	Yael Lubin
California Institute of Technology	Physics / Astronomy	Entanglement and Correlations Low-Dimensional Quantum Systems	Michael Zwolak	Guifre Vidal
California State University-Fullerton	Tectonics / Geophysics	Geomorphological evolution of San Juan Creek, Orange County , California :Implications for tectonic deformation of the Santa Ana Mountain foothills	Aron R. Taylor	Phil A. Armstrong
Central Washington University	Tectonics / Geophysics	Identifying and dating the penultimate earthquake along the Owens Valley fault, California	Erik A. Scott	Jeffrey Lee
College of William and Mary	Ecology	Testing the effects of regional species pool size on the stability of ecosystem functions within metacommunities	Kristin E. France	J. Duffy
Cornell University	Systematics / Evolutionary Biology	Genetic and Morphological Diversification among Lake Tanganyikan Endemics: Gastropods and Cichlid Fishes Compared	Catherine E. Wagner	Amy R. McCune
Cornell University	Behavioral Ecology	Disentangling Breeding Synchrony from Extra-pair Paternity in Swallows	Valentina Ferretti	Irby J. Lovette
Cornell University	Behavioral Ecology	Sexual Conflict and Estrapair Paternity in the Plural Cooperatively Breeding Superb Starling, (Lamprotornis superbus)	Dustin R. Rubenstein	Paul W. Sherman
Dartmouth College	Ecology	The Impact of Nitrogen Availability on Plant-Pollinator Interactions	Laura A. Burkle	Rebecca E. Irwin
Drexel University	Physics / Astronomy	Wet-Chemical Synthesis of Core / shell Perovskite Nanoparticles	Linyou Cao	Jonathan E. Spanier
Duke University	Ecology	Defining critical internesting habitat for endangered leatherback sea turtles using Global Positioning Systems and Argos satellites	Kelly R. Stewart	Larry B. Crowder
Florida Atlantic University	Physiology / Functional Morphology	Olfaction in two shark species	Tricia L. Meredith	Stephen M. Kajiura
Florida Institute of Technology	Ecology	Understanding the Transportation of Isoetes' Spores in Three Andean Lakes	Rachel A. Hillyer	Mark B. Bush
Florida State University	Systematics / Evolutionary Biology	The evolution of zoanthid symbioses	Timothy D. Swain	Janie L. Wulff
George Washington University	Systematics / Evolutionary Biology	Molecular and Morphological Evolution of Glandulocaudine Fishes (Teleostei: Characidae)	Robert Javonillo	John R. Burns
Georgetown University	Physiology / Functional Morphology	Role of ATP (P2X5 and P2Y1) receptors in atrophying skeletal muscle following neuromuscular injury	Tanuj P. Banker	Jon-Philippe K. Hyatt
Harvard University	Anthropology	d15N Variation as a Function of Land-Use History from the Dendrochronological Record of a Reforested New England Farm	David D. Diaz	Noreen Tuross
Illinois Wesleyan University	Engineering	The Role of Transitional Shear Stress in the Development of Intimal Hyperplasia in Arterio-Venous Grafts	Shawn C. Oppegard	Susan M. McCormick
Indiana University Bloomington	Physics / Astronomy	A Compositional Analysis of the Billion-Year-Old Open Cluster NGC6811, its Constituent Stars and the Galaxy in Which it Resides	Elisabeth A. Mills	Constantine P. Deliyannis
Indiana University Bloomington	Systematics / Evolutionary Biology	Dispersal as a mechanism for asexuals to avoid parasites: Does escape in space work over time?	Jennifer M. Cianciolo	Curt Lively
Iowa State University	Anthropology	The black-handed spider monkey in a mosaic landscape at El Zota Biological Field Station, Costa Rica	Stacy M. Lindshield	Jill D. Pruetz
Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge	Hydrology / Geomorphology	Microbially Mediated Carbonate Dissolution in the Edwards Aquifer of Central Texas	Kelli D. Willson	Annette Engel
Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge	Systematics / Evolutionary Biology	Testing models of biological diversification in a continental radiation: morphological evolution and cladogenesis in the avian family Furnariidae	Santiago J. Claramunt	Robb T. Brumfield
Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge	Systematics / Evolutionary Biology	Testing introgression hypotheses in Passerina buntings	Matthew D. Carling	Robb T. Brumfield
Marshall University	Cell Biology / Biochemistry	The Role of the Alginate Overproduction in a Cystic Fibrosis Isolate of Pseudomonas aeruginosa on Virulence in a Susceptible Mouse Model	Nathan E. Head	Hongwei D. Yu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Engineering	Investigation of a Fluidized-Bed Alkaline Fuel Cell Electrode Utilizing PFC Emulsions	Justin E. Ruflin	Ernest G. Cravalho
McGill University	Chemistry	Synthesis and applications multifunctional dendrimers containing silicon (Si) and tin (Sn)	Rami Hourani	Ashok Kakkar
Memorial University	Ecology	Biogeochemistry of the Hyperbenthos of the Beaufort Sea Shelf, Arctic Ocean : a Zooplankton-Centered Approach	Tara L. Connelly	Donald R. Deibel
Miami University Ohio	Physics / Astronomy	Study of Displacive Phase Transition in Zircon and Hafnon	Sean P. McBride	Herbert Jaeger
Miami University Ohio	Hydrology / Geomorphology	Determining the susceptibility of drinking water sources to virus contamination: effectiveness of river bank filtration	Samuel Mutiti	Jonathan Levy
Miami University Ohio	Physiology / Functional Morphology	Synergistic Activity against Conidia and Hyphae of Fusarium by Pentamidine and Amphotericin B	Elizabeth J. Gannon	Marcia R. Lee
Michigan State University	Systematics / Evolutionary Biology	Genetic consequences of climate change on Peromyscus leucopus noveboracensis	Rosa A. Moscarella	Barbara L. Lundrigan
Michigan State University	Ecology	Pathogens, predators, and prey: an experimental test of the impacts of selective predation on parasite prevalence	Meghan A. Duffy	Jeffrey K. Conner
Middle Tennessee State University	Cell Biology / Biochemistry	Effects of aldosterone and aldosterone antagonism on transcription in mouse inner meduallary collecting duct cells	Jennifer A. Freimund	Amy E. Jetton
New Mexico State University	Physics / Astronomy	Gravitational Waves - What Will We See With LISA?	Ashley J. Ruiter	Krzysztof Belczynski
North Carolina State University	Psychology	Nitric oxide regulation of aggression in a coral reef fish, Thalassoma bifasciatum (Teleostei; Labridae)	Heather M. Heinz	John R. Godwin
Northwestern University	Anthropology	Cultivation and maintenance of power in a Maya farming village: Using kinship to establish authority at Chan	Yasmine M. Baktash	Cynthia Robin
Ohio State University	Anthropology	Contact in Central America: A Bioarchaeological Perspective from Ciudad Vieja , El Salvador	Sally M. Graver	Clark S. Larsen
Ohio State University	Anthropology	A Bioarchaeological Analysis of "Urbanism" in Early Bronze Age Southern Levant	Jaime M. Ullinger	Clark S. Larsen
Ohio State University	Behavioral Ecology	Mating System Dynamics in a long-lived, socially monogamous bird: the red-tailed hawk as an experimental model	Scott A. Kimball	Thomas C. Grubb
Ohio State University	Psychology	The Influence of Automatic Processes upon Decision Making Strategy	Rebecca J. White	Thomas E. Nygren
Ohio State University	Psychology	Development of a Chinese Personality Assessment Scale	Chung-Jen Hsu	William E. Loadman
Ohio State University	Anthropology	Regional Variation in Positional Behavior and Skeletal Morphology in Two Populations of Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata)	Robert L. Schubert	William S. McGraw
Ohio University	Ecology	Community structure of ectomycorrhizal fungi in mixed oak forests of southeastern Ohio: Effects of thinning and prescribed burning	Dawn R. Black	Kim J. Brown
Oklahoma State University	Engineering	Ozone Transport Mechanisms within the Atmospheric Boundary Layer	David J. Williams	Dee A. Sanders
Old Dominion University	Ecology	Maternal Provisioning of Sequestered Dietary Toxins by Rhabdophis tigrinus (Serpentes: Colubridae)	Deborah A. Hutchinson	Alan H. Savitzky
Oregon State University	Ecology	Linkages between mangrove forests and coral reefs: examining energy flow and organism movement between systems	Elise F. Granek	Bruce A. Menge
Oregon State University	Ecology	Cycling of coastal phytoplankton derived dissolved and particulate organic matter	Michael S. Wetz	Patricia A. Wheeler
Pennsylvania State University	Physics / Astronomy	Investigation of Inverse Compton Scattering Effects in Gamma-ray Burst Afterglow as well as its Detection from High Redshift GRBs by GLAST	Lijun Gou	Peter I. Meszaros
Princeton University	Engineering	Silicon / Silcon-Germanium Quantum Cascade Lasers	Fatima Toor	Claire F. Gmachl
Princeton University	Engineering	Experimental and computational approaches to investigate gene regulation by multiple cell communication pathways during development	Christopher A. Bristow	Stanislav Y. Shvartsman
Sam Houston State University	Behavioral Ecology	Extra-pair mating tactics in the Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis): a test of the ‘constrained female hypothesis’	Sheena K. Humbird	Diane L. Neudorf
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale	Physiology / Functional Morphology	Adrenergic receptor regulation of angiopoietin-1 (Ang.1) gene expression in human retinal endothelial cells (hRECs)	Luke A. Wiley	Jena J. Steinle
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale	Anthropology	Interregional Interaction and Sociopolitical Change on the Peruvian Far North Coast	Jorge A. Montenegro	Izumi Shimada
State University of West Georgia	Chemistry	Sonophotolytic degradation of azo-dyes	Christopher Shacklady	Anne C. Gaquere
Syracuse University	Ecology	Does Predation Risk or Nutrient Intake Determine Thomson's Gazelles' Anti-predator Behavior in Burned Areas?	Stephanie L. Eby	Mark E. Ritchie
Texas Tech University	Physics / Astronomy	Globular Star Cluster Tidal Streams: An Observational Study	William L. Powell	Ronald J. Wilhelm
Unity College	Ecology	Environmental Influences for the Tree Canopy Preference of Culex pipiens and Other Mosquito Species	Frank H. Cornine	Amy E. Arnett
Universidad de Buenos Aires	Computer Science / Mathematics	Self similarity in Harmonic Analysis. Othonormal basis and frames in L^2-fractal spaces	Leandro Zuberman	Ursula M. Molter
Universidad de los Andes	Physics / Astronomy	Spectral Analysis of HD 101584 in a Continous Five Years Span of Observation	Fabiola M. Díaz	Patricia Rosenzweig
University of Alabama at Birmingham	Ecology	Incidence, Identity, and Importance of Photosynthetic Symbionts in Shallow Water Sponge Communities	Patrick M. Erwin	Robert W. Thacker
University of Alberta	Petrology / Geochemistry	Molybdenum Isotopes as an Indicator of Past Changes in the Redox Conditions of the Santa Barbara Basin , California	Audrey D. Reznik-Jose	Aaron J. Pietruszka
University of Arizona	Ecology	A Comparative Study of the Evolution of Complexity in Volvocales	Matthew D. Herron	Richard E. Michod
University of Bristol	Paleontology / Sedimentation	Cranial mechanics of Dicynodontia using Finite Element Analysis	Sandra C. Jasinoski	Michael J. Benton
University of Calgary	Physics / Astronomy	Synchrotron emission from Special Relativistic Magneto-HydroDynamic (SRMHD) simulations of pulsar wind nebulae	Brian Niebergal	Denis A. Leahy
University of California-Berkeley	Physiology / Functional Morphology	Metabolic cost of hovering in the giant hummingbird, Patagona gigas	Maria Jose Fernandez	Robert Dudley
University of California-Berkeley	Behavioral Ecology	The Genetic and Social Mating System of the California Towhee (Pipilo crissalis)	Lauryn Benedict	Walter D. Koenig
University of California-Berkeley	Ecology	Why do frogs and birds use the same toxin? Ask the beetles	Daniel A. Levitis	Walter D. Koenig
University of California-Davis	Ecology	Foraging theory and primate frugivores: An empirical study in northern Madagascar	Brent J. Sewall	Dirk H. Van Vuren
University of California-Davis	Behavioral Ecology	Personality, Mate Choice, and Pair Compatibility in Cockatiels (Nymphicus hollandicus)	Rebecca A. Fox	James R. Millam
University of California-Davis	Anthropology	Regional Comparison of Snake Valley Corrugated Wares from Fremont Archaeological Sites in Upper Meadow Valley Wash, Snake Valley, and Parowan Valley Using XRF Mass Spectrometry and Petographic Thin Section Techniques	Clint R. Cole	Robert L. Bettinger
University of California - Los Angeles	Behavioral Ecology	Fitness consequences of solitary versus group living for male yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris)	Lucretia E. Olson	Daniel T. Blumstein
University of California - Los Angeles	Computer Science / Mathematics	A Human Inspired System for Computational Language Acquisition	Stephen M. Wedig	Michael G. Dyer
University of California-Santa Barbara	Petrology / Geochemistry	Refining Monazite Petrochronology as a Tool for Understanding Tectonic Processes	Emily M. Peterman	Bradley R. Hacker
University of California-Santa Barbara	Cell Biology / Biochemistry	From worms to humans: examining the mechanism by which the conserved apoptotic suppressor ICD-3 acts	Thomas A. McCloskey	Joel H. Rothman
University of California-Santa Barbara	Ecology	Shifting baselines in coral reef ecosystems: Quantifying community structure in a trophically intact coral reef ecosystem prior to the onset of fishing	Elizabeth M. Madin	Steven Gaines
University of Central Florida	Behavioral Ecology	Benefits of tree calls in the pinewoods treefrog (Hyla femoralis)	Kristine S. Gross	John E. Fauth
University of Chicago	Physiology / Functional Morphology	Ecomorphological and Biomechanical Analyses of Late Devonian Fossil Fish Assemblages	Philip S. Anderson	Michael LaBarbera
University of Chicago	Systematics / Evolutionary Biology	Trends in Cranial Morphology in the Non-mammalian Therapsida	Christian F. Kammerer	Neil H. Shubin
University of Cincinnati	Hydrology / Geomorphology	Timing and style of glaciation in semi-arid, westerlies-dominated Tibet	Nicole K. Davis	Lewis A. Owen
University of Cincinnati	Systematics / Evolutionary Biology	Determination of Selective Costs Among Synonymous Codons in Highly Expressed Genes in Escherichia coli	David J. Hauber	Ronald W. DeBry
University of Connecticut	Systematics / Evolutionary Biology	Gill Development in Mayflies: A Molecular Perspective on Appendage Development in a Non-Model Insect	Brigid C. ODonnell	Elizabeth L. Jockusch
University of Florida	Systematics / Evolutionary Biology	Identifying and Analyzing Candidate Genes for Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination in the Red-eared Slider Turtle, Trachemys scripta	Jena L. Chojnowski	Edward L. Braun
University of Georgia	Cell Biology / Biochemistry	The Functional Analysis of the Fatty Acid Biosynthesis Pathways in the Apicomplexan Parasite, Toxoplasma gondii	Jolly Mazumdar	Boris Striepen
University of Hawaii at Hilo	Ecology	Role of Parasites in the Invasional Success of the Puerto Rican tree frog Eleutherodactylus coqui (Amphibia) in Hawaii	Shenandoah R. Marr	William J. Mautz
University of Hawaii at Manoa	Ecology	Multiple paternity assessments for three congeneric shark species (Carcharhinus) in Hawaii	Toby S. Daly-Engel	Brian W. Bowen
University of Idaho	Petrology / Geochemistry	Microbial populations in extreme environments: investigations and characterizations of the geochemistry and microbiology of Galápagos Island fumaroles	Lisa E. Mayhew	Dennis J. Geist
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Behavioral Ecology	Harvester Ant Thermoregulation	Christopher R. Smith	Andrew Suarez
University of Iowa	Psychology	Attentional Effects in Visual Short-Term Memory: Protection or Comparison?	Michi Matsukura	Shaun P. Vecera
University of Kansas	Petrology / Geochemistry	Contrasting the Chemostrantigraphy, Paleoclimate, and Paleooceanography of the Pawnee Iola, and Oread Cyclothems (Pennsylvanian) Midcontinent USA	Michael R. Bruemmer	Luis A. Gonzalez
University of Kentucky	Behavioral Ecology	Effects of habitat and density on the reciprocity strategy of an egg-trading simultaneous hermaphrodite (Serranus tortugarum)	Mary K. Hart	Robert C. Sargent
University of Lousiana at Monroe	Behavioral Ecology	Intrauterine Position Effects on the Behavior and Reproductive Success ofCcommunal Females	Danielle L. Lahr	Loren D. Hayes
University of Maryland, College Park	Ecology	Pollen or resource limitation in island plants: are specialized species more pollen limited than their generalized relatives?	Silvana Marten-Rodriguez	Charles B. Fenster
University of Maryland, College Park	Behavioral Ecology	The function of social calls in Pallid bats (Antrozous pallidus): A field based experimental approach	Bryan D. Arnold	Gerald S. Wilkinson
University of Massachusetts Amherst	Paleontology / Sedimentation	New Studies on an Old Fossil: A Reexamination of Climactichnites	Patrick R. Getty	James W. Hagadorn
University of Massachusetts Amherst	Physiology / Functional Morphology	HGF / c-met Binding in Satellite Cells During Skeletal Muscle Regeneration	Kimberly A. Sewright	Priscilla M. Clarkson
University of MassachusettsMedical Center	Cell Biology / Biochemistry	Characterizing the role of Myo1c in regulating GLUT4 translocation during insulin-mediated glucose uptake	Nana K. Hagan	Michael P. Czech
University of Memphis	Ecology	Phylogeography and the role of life cycle polyphenism in the ecological divergence of the Eastern Newt, Notophthalmus viridescens	Mizuki Takahashi	Matthew J. Parris
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	Psychology	Cultural Differences in Visuospatial Working Memory and Attention	Aysecan Z. Boduroglu	Priti Shah
University of Minnesota , Twin Cities	Systematics / Evolutionary Biology	Comparative Evolution of Trophic Morphology in Four Clades of North American Minnows (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)	Nicholas J. Gidmark	Andrew M. Simons
University of Minnesota , Twin Cities	Systematics / Evolutionary Biology	Phylogeny of Castilleae (Moraceae): Investigating the evolutionary history of the figs' closest relatives	Wendy L. Clement	George D. Weiblen
University of Mississippi	Ecology	The role of zooplankton availability and heterotrophy in the recovery of cnidarian-algal symbiosis after hyperthermic bleaching	Cameron E. Johnson	Tamar L. Goulet
University of Missouri-St. Louis	Systematics / Evolutionary Biology	Duplication and diversification of APETALA1 / FRUITFULL-like genes in grasses (Poaceae)	Jill C. Preston	Elizabeth A. Kellogg
University of New Mexico	Ecology	Life history strategies and the integration of pulsed resources at multiple timescales	Robin Warne	Blair O. Wolf
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Petrology / Geochemistry	Extracting paleoenvironmental information from shells of the European Oyster, Ostrea edulis	Tracy L. Fenger	Donna M. Surge
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Ecology	Does omnivory drive the cascading effects of diverse predator assemblages on plant community diversity and biomass?	Mary I. O'Connor	John F. Bruno
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Behavioral Ecology	Direct and Indirect Benefits: Relative Importance to a Female's Mate Choice	Tatiana Vasquez	Karin S. Pfennig
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Engineering	Modification of an isolated heart setup to simulate normal and pathophysiological performance	Randal T. Cole	Timothy A. Johnson
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Physiology / Functional Morphology	Testing a functional model of a new joint type: the octopus buccal mass muscle articulation	Ted Uyeno	William M. Kier
University of North Carolina at Wilmington	Physiology / Functional Morphology	Ontogeny and organization of acoustic lipid in the jaw fats of the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)	Zoey P. Zahorodny	Heather N. Koopman
University of Northern Colorado	Physics / Astronomy	A Survey of Inca Monuments to Identify Possible Astronomical Alignments with Inca-Made and Natural Features	Mike J. Zawaski	Richard D. Dietz
University of Oregon	Tectonics / Geophysics	Detrital Zircon Provenance of Lower-Middle Jurassic Strata in Eastern Oregon and Western Idaho	Todd A. LaMaskin	Rebecca J. Dorsey
University of Puget Sound	Ecology	The role of UV radiation in habitat selection of the seastar Pisaster ochraceus	Melissa S. Vasquez	Jennifer Burnaford
University of Southern California	Paleontology / Sedimentation	Initial Steps Towards Dominance: Bivalve Paleoecology in the Late Permian	Matthew E. Clapham	David J. Bottjer
University of Tennessee Knoxville	Paleontology / Sedimentation	Modeling changes in global oxygen levels during the lower Paleozoic explosion of animal life	Juan Carlos Silva	Linda C. Kah
University of Tennessee-Knoxville	Ecology	Competition Between Seedlings of Three Native Hardwoods with Different Strategies and Microstegium vimineum Under Contrasting Light Regimes	Jordan M. Marshall	David S. Buckley
University of Texas at Austin	Engineering	Functional Characterization of a Novel Acellular Peripheral Nerve Graft	Scott D. Lundy	Christine E. Schmidt
University of Texas at Austin	Physics / Astronomy	A Search for Multi-Planet Systems	Robert A. Wittenmyer	William D. Cochran
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas	Cell Biology / Biochemistry	The Latex Bead Protective Effect Associated With Acanthamoeba Keratitis	Daniel W. Clarke	Jerry Y. Niederkorn
University of Toronto	Systematics / Evolutionary Biology	Characterizing Bowerbird SWS1 Visual Pigments: A Comparative Analysis of Vertebrate UV / violet Vision	Ilke N. van Hazel	Belinda S. Chang
University of Vermont	Engineering	Learning by Observation for Robot Manipulator	Xianhua Jiang	Yuichi Motai
University of Virginia	Systematics / Evolutionary Biology	Distributional Patterns in the genus Inga (Fabaceae)	Kyle G. Dexter	Clifford W. Cunningham
University of Virginia	Physics / Astronomy	A Spectroscopic Upgrade to FanCam Enabling Galactic Dynamical Studies	Srikrishna Kanneganti	Michael Skrutskie
University of Virginia	Physics / Astronomy	A New Approach to High Energy Neutrino Detection by Means of the Askaryan Effect	Erin E. Mastrantonio	Richard F. Bradley
University of Washington	Physics / Astronomy	Does Metallicity Affect the Fate of Massive Stars?	Ricardo A. Covarrubias	Julianne Dalcanton
University of Washington	Physics / Astronomy	Thick Disk Formation in a Lambda Cold Dark Matter Cosmology	Alyson M. Brooks	Julianne Dalcanton
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	Psychology	Heightened Auditory Startle Reactions in Young Children with Williams Syndrome	Frank J. Gallo	Bonita P. Klein-Tasman
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	Psychology	Pretend Companions (Imaginary Playmates): What Roles Do They Serve?	Espen Klausen	Richard H. Passman
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh	Cell Biology / Biochemistry	Response of retinal glia to hibernation-induced photoreceptor degeneration	Aaron R. Gruber	Dana K. Vaughan
Utah State University	Ecology	Does the invasive annual yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis) self-fertilize? Linking litter decomposition with inorganic soil nitrogen levels in the field	Julie P. Rieder	Edward W. Evans
Utah State University	Cell Biology / Biochemistry	Stereochemistry of Proton Addition to a N2 analog Catalyzed by Ala Nitrogenase: A 2D-NMR (COSY) Structural Study	Miguel A. Pabon	Lance C. Seefeldt
Utah State University	Chemistry	Pyrotechnic effects upon air particle composition	Eric L. Vawdrey	Phillip J. Silva
Vanderbilt University	Anthropology	Tiwanaku Social Organization and the Impact of Status and Ethnicity on Diet: A Bioarchaeological Assessment	Carrie A. Berryman	Tiffiny A. Tung
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Physiology / Functional Morphology	Effects of Thyroid Disruption on the Expression of Thyroid Responsive RC3 Gene in Developing Japanese Quail Brain	Yu Chen	F. M. A. McNabb
Wake Forest University School of Medicine	Physiology / Functional Morphology	Metabotropic glutamate receptor modulation of primary visual cortex input to thalamus	Georgia M. Alexander	Dwayne W. Godwin
Washington State University	Ecology	Evaluating Impacts of Timber Harvesting on a Stream-associated Amphibian using a Landscape Genetic Approach	Stephen F. Spear	Andrew T. Storfer
Washington University in St. Louis	Behavioral Ecology	Sleeping Behavior in Anolis Lizards	Sonal Singhal	Jonathan B. Losos
Wesleyan University	Physics / Astronomy	Photometric Study of the T Tauri Star Population of NGC 2264	Cassandra L. Fallscheer	William Herbst
Western Washington University	Tectonics / Geophysics	Kinematic analysis of ductile features, South Cascade River region, North Cascades Washington	Gerald A. Griesel	Elizabeth R. Schermer
Yale University	Chemistry	Protein Recognition by Dynamic Combinatorial Libraries of Bivalent Oligonucleotide-linked Organic Fragments	Debarati M. Tagore	Andew D. Hamilton
Yale University	Ecology	Effects of multiple-genotype Trypanosoma brucei infections on parasite dynamics and virulence	Oliver Balmer	Stephen C. Stearns