ACES+, the continuation of Academic Careers in Engineering & Sciences program, announced the recipients of the 2015 ADVANCE Opportunity Awards. Ten proposals representing academic disciplines ranging from psychological science to chemistry to theater were awarded a total of $34,309.60.
“We’re thrilled to have the support of President Barbara R. Snyder and Provost Bud Baeslack to continue these awards,” said Lynn Singer, deputy provost and vice president for academic affairs, “and this year additional funding was provided from the Faculty Development Office.”
ADVANCE Opportunity grants are competitive annual awards selected by the Opportunity Grant Oversight Committee, who reviewed a total of 36 proposals in 2015. Opportunity grants, first launched in 2004 under the National Science Foundation-ADVANCE grant ACES, provide small amounts of supplemental support of current or proposed projects and activities where funding is difficult to obtain through other sources. All Case Western Reserve University faculty members are eligible to apply.
According to the Office of the Provost, the following is a list of 2015 ADVANCE Opportunity Award winners and information about their projects:
- Anna Akkus, Comprehensive Care, School of Dental Medicine
Award: $3,000 to support a seed investment to continue research activity geared toward introducing clinically relevant diagnostic equipment (Raman Spectrometer) into the field of dentistry.
- John Broich, History, College of Arts and Sciences
Award: $3,100 to support fieldwork necessary to compose a prospectus that will earn a book contract, titled Revolution, 1919: The Year of Mutiny and Upheaval in British World
- Gilbert Doho, Modern Languages and Literatures, College of Arts and Sciences
Award: $4,900 to support fieldwork necessary to complete publication of one full length book, titled Postcolonial Strategies: New Technologies, book publication cinema and museums businesses in Francophone Africa.
- Monica Montano, Pharmacology, School of Medicine
Award: $4,700 to reinstate federal funding of research on the inhibition of metastasis by HEXIM1 inducing drugs by decreasing cancer stem cell population.
- Cristian Gomez Olivares, Modern Languages and Literatures, College of Arts and Sciences
Award: $3,000 to support fieldwork necessary to complete publication of a book length project focused on memory, dictatorship and Latin American poetry, and how the latter has been affected and changed by the political life and the turmoil of the continent.
- Elliot Posner, Political Science, College of Arts and Sciences
Award: $2,168 to support additional research and other activities that will help revise, improve, complete and publish the manuscripts (two papers and a book manuscript), titled International Financial Regulatory Cooperation in the Post-Crisis Era.
- Jeffrey Ullom, Theater, College of Arts and Sciences
Award: $1,703.60 to support research of necessary to complete publication of a book, titled Exploring the Architecture and Mechanics of the Astor Place Riot.
- Allison Webel, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
Award: $3,318 to disseminate data on the findings of improving exercise and cardio metabolic fitness in HIV-infected adults.
- Michael Zagorski, Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences
Award: $5,000 to support research on mechanisms of IRX-2 inhibition to Aβ amyloid formation.
- Idit Zehavi, Astronomy, College of Arts and Sciences
Award: $4,500 to support a sabbatical stay in Durham, England, exploring research opportunities in galaxy formation, large-scale structure and cosmology.