| ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND - SMALL GRANTS COMPETITION
SPRING 2001 | |||
| ADF NO. | PROJECT TITLE | DIRECTOR / ACADEMIC UNIT | AWARD |
| Biosciences | |||
| SG01-4* | Functional magnetic resonance imagining of the monkey brain | S. Everling / Physiology | $ 5,200 |
| SG01-5* | Subversion of innate immune responses by pathogenic bacterial products | D.J. Kelvin / Microbiology & Immunology | 3,936 |
| SG01-6 | Captive Bubble Tensiometer Update | F. Possmayer / Obstetrics & Gynaecology | 7,500 |
| SG01-7 | Investigation of signal transduction cascades and second messenger systems influenced by antipsychotics | W. Rushlow / Psychiatry | 7,398 |
| SG01-8 | The role of versican, an extracellular matrix proteoglycn, in astrocytoma invasion and proliferation | L.C. Ang / Pathology | 7,500 |
| SG01-55 | The spatial and temporal distribution of a fish kill toxin in a natural Harmful Algal Bloom | C.G. Trick / Plant Sciences | 7,500 |
| SUB TOTAL | 39,034 | ||
| Physical & Mathematical Sciences and Engineering | |||
| SG01-24 | A Decentralized Approach to Multi-Robot Coordination Based on the Beowulf Cluster Supercomputer Model | K. McIsaac / Electrical and Computer Engineering | 6,803 |
| SG01-26 | Experimental Study of NOx Reduction in Diesel Engines | C. Zhang / Mechanical and Materials Engineering | 7,500 |
| SG01-27 | High Efficiency Ultrasonic Processor for the Sonochemical Treatment of Bitumen | A. Bassi / Chemical and Biochemical Engineering | 7,200 |
| SG01-34 | Groundwater monitoring in Karst Aquifers: Walkerton, Ontario | C.C. Smart / Geography | 6,813 |
| SG01-54 | Vacuum Manifold for Solvent Purification System | J.F. Corrigan / Chemistry | 5,029 |
| SUB TOTAL | 33,345 | ||
| Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities | |||
| SG01-19 | Resistance in the early French-speaking African literature: example of Félix Couchoro (1900 - 1968) | L-H. Laté / French | 7,325 |
| SG01-20* | Competence and performance in Second Language acquisition: Do learners know more than we think? | J.L.S. Bruhn de Garavito / Modern Languages and Literatures | 7,083 |
| SG01-21 | Continental Literature, Translation, and Joseph Johnson Circle | A. Esterhammer / Modern Languages and Literatures | 4,008 |
| SG01-22 | Thomas More, Common Lawyer, on the Origin and Nature of International Law | A. Young / English | 2,850 |
| SG01-23 | Drawing Distinctions | P. Maynard / Philosophy | 5,582 |
| SG01-28* | The Formation of a Lifestyle Movement: Natural Foods as Industry and Social Movement | L.J. Miller / Information & Media Studies and Sociology | 4,778 |
| SG01-29 | Tobacco Marketing and Advertising in Canada, 1965 - 1995 | D. Robinson / Information & Media Studies | 4,860 |
| SG01-30 | The Transformation of Status in Eighteenth and Nineteenth-Century ÉîÒ¹¸£ÀûÕ¾ Europe | S. Clark / Sociology | 7,330 |
| SG01-31 | Combining class, age, gender, and ethnicity in assessments of health | J. McMullin / Sociology | 4,743 |
| SG01-37* | Readiness for Change and Treatment of Anxiety | D.J.A. Dozois, H.A. Westra, T. Hill /
Psychology |
7,500 |
| SG01-38 | Harmony amid Competition: English Atlantic shipping in the Barbados Trade | I.K. Steele / History | 6,960 |
| SUB TOTAL | 63,019 | ||
| TOTAL | 135,398 | ||
* = Encumbered pending ethics approval