FB96 SELECTED CONTRACT AND GRANT AWARDS

Boston College Fact Book, 1995-1996

Contact:  factbook@bc.edu 

Date Posted: FEB 28 1996

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SELECTED CONTRACT AND GRANT AWARDS

1994-1995



Title                            Source of Funding       Amount

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Biology Department

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 The Effect of Ocular Melanin  National Science         $120,939

  on the Absolute Dark-        Foundation

  Threshold Rodents



 Glycolipids Brain Tumors      National Institutes       141,765

                               of Health

Chemistry Department

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 Controlling and Probing       National Science          111,200

  the Microscopic              Foundation

  Structure and Dynamics 

  of Liquids



 Catalytic RNA                 National Institutes       188,466

                               of Health   

 Osmoregulation in             U.S. Department of        170,481

  Methanogens                  Energy



Fine Arts Department

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 Memory and the Middle Ages    National Endowment         50,000

                               for the Arts



Geology and Geophysics Department

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 New England Seismic Network   U.S. Geological Survey    180,000



Institute for Scientific Research

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 Computer Models for the       U.S. Air Force            370,000

  Characterization of the 

  Space Radiation Environment



Mathematics Department

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 Implementation of the         National Science          763,547

  National Council of          Foundation

  Teachers of Mathematics 

  Standard in Discrete 

  Mathematics, Phase II



Psychology Department

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 Subsistence Change in         National Science           37,849

  Northeastern Zaire           Foundation



School of Education

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 Increasing Ethical            Philip Morris              75,000

  Sensitivity                  Companies, Inc.



 Collaboration with            U.S. Department            90,643

  Social Services in           of Education

  Teacher Education



 Urban District                Charles Hayden             50,000

  Assessment Consortium        Foundation



School of Nursing

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 Immigrant Stressors and       National Institutes       100,644

  Psycho-Social Adaptation     of Health



School of Social Work

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 Children's Services Project   Children's Services        64,325

                               of Roxbury, Inc./ 

                               Kellogg Foundation



Source: Office of Research Administration