The following awards were granted in August, 2015. To see a total of all awards and breakdown of where the monies originated, see the graph below.
Spreadsheet: Awards for August 2015
UTK Awards (8/1/15 – 8/31/15) |
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Investigator |
Title |
Sponsor |
Award |
College of Arts & Sciences |
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Bhaduri, Budhendra |
UT-ORNL-CSED Population Research |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$20,315 |
Butefish, Kurt |
Operating Funds for the Tennessee Geographic Alliance |
Tennessee Geographic Alliance |
$90,806 |
Cyr, Howard |
Geoarchaeological Consultation fo a Multi component Site in Sevierville, Sevier County, Tennessee |
AMEC |
$2,412 |
Efremenko, Yuri |
Search for the Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay, and Low Background Physics |
DOE – SC – Office of Science |
$80,000 |
Emery, Joshua; Lucas, Michael |
Building Blocks of the Terrestrial Planets: Mineralogy of Hungaria Asteroids |
NASA – Headquarters Washington DC |
$30,000 |
Emery, Joshua; MacLennan, Eric |
Factors Influencing Asteroid Regolith: An Observational Investigation |
NASA – Headquarters Washington DC |
$30,000 |
Ezzell, Timothy |
Using New and Emerging Technologies to Promote Appalachian Tourism |
East Tennessee State University (ETSU) |
$4,500 |
Feller, Daniel |
The Papers of Andrew Jackson: A Documentary Edition |
US – NARA – National Historical Publications and Records Commission |
$105,000 |
Freeman, Mark |
Work with Parks: Developing the Museum Management Program (PMMP) Web Catalog |
DOI – NPS – National Park Service |
$47,000 |
Grzywacz, Robert |
Support for Joint Institute for Nuclear Physics and Applications |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$311,571 |
Grzywacz, Robert; Bingham, Carrol; Grzywacz-Jones, Katherine; Riedinger, Leo |
Nuclear Spectroscopy Studies with Radioactive and Stable Ion Beams |
DOE – US Dept. of Energy |
$485,000 |
Hatcher, Robert |
Detailed Geologic Mapping of the Ft. Oglethorpe 7.5-Minute Quadrangle, and the east half of the Hooker (west) and the west half of the East Ridge (east) 7.5-minute Quadrangles in the Valley and Ridge and Cumberland Plateau, Georgia-Tennessee |
DOI – NPS – National Park Service |
$43,000 |
Hay, Jessica |
Infant statistical learning: Resilience, longevity, and specificity |
HHS – NIH – NICHD – Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development |
$241,243 |
Horn, Sally; Boehm, Mathew |
Doctoral Dissertation Research: Fire-Vegetation-Climate Interactions Across the Holocene on the U.S. Southeastern Coastal Plain |
US – NSF – National Science Foundation |
$15,387 |
Jonsson, Colleen |
Evolutionary Mechanisms of RNA Virus Host Switching |
HHS – NIH – NIAID – National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases |
$117,098 |
Katsaras, John |
Dynamics of Biologically Relevant Model Membrane Systems |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$74,345 |
Maroulas, Vasileios |
GO! PGM Indices of Bioenergy Sustainability |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$61,707 |
McKee, Bruce |
Mechanism of Meiotic Pairing in Drosophila Males |
HHS – NIH – National Institutes of Health |
$321,484 |
Mezzacappa, Anthony; Hix, William; Messer, Otis |
Simulating Core-collapse Supernovae: from the Central Engine to the Stellar Surface |
US – NSF – National Science Foundation |
$254,990 |
Mezzacappa, Anthony; Lentz, Eric; Yakunin, Konstantin |
Core Collapse Supernova Gravitational Wave Signature Predictions based on 3D Ab Initio Models with Increasing GR Realism |
US – NSF – National Science Foundation |
$91,915 |
Moersch, Jeffrey |
ASU Subcontract: Spectral Mapping and Thermophysical Characterization of the Martian Surface |
Arizona State University (ASU) |
$57,815 |
Moore, Todd |
Practicum experience for Clinical Psychology |
Helen Ross McNabb Center |
$5,000 |
Moore, Todd; Levy, Jacob |
Practicum Experience for Clinical and Counseling Psychology Graduate Students |
Cornerstone of Recovery |
$36,000 |
Nazarewicz, Witold |
FUSTIPEN – France-US Theory Institute for Physics with Exotic Nuclei |
DOE – US Dept. of Energy |
$35,000 |
Nazarewicz, Witold; Papenbrock, Thomas |
Nuclear Computational Low Energy Initiative (NUCLEI) |
DOE – SC – Office of Science |
$105,000 |
Platter, Lucas |
Electroweak reactions in Low-energy nuclear physics |
US – NSF – National Science Foundation |
$70,000 |
Plaut, Conrad |
Analyzing Data-Specific Model-Selection Criteria |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$4,100 |
Plaut, Conrad |
Moment methods for transport equations |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$5,803 |
Schussler, Elisabeth |
RCN-UBE: Biology Teaching Assistant Project (BioTAP 2.0): Advancing Research, Synthesizing Evidence |
US – NSF – National Science Foundation |
$499,685 |
Shaw, Shih-Lung |
Transportation Research Support |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$3,992 |
Smith, Jeremy |
Post-Doc Steve Tomanicek |
DOE – SC – ORNL – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$54,897 |
Vonarnim, Albrecht |
Chen Qian GRA |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$8,000 |
Vonarnim, Albrecht |
Weili GRA |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$8,000 |
Vonarnim, Albrecht; Gilchrist, Michael |
Translational landscape that links cell growth with proliferation in root meristems |
US – NSF – National Science Foundation |
$706,344 |
Weitering, Harm |
Theoretical Investigation of electronic and structural properties of two-dimensional semiconductors |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$25,000 |
Haslam College of Business |
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Cathey, Amy |
MBA Students for Y-12: Fall 2013 – Spring 2015 |
DOE – Y12 – BWXT Y-12 |
$17,711 |
Cathey, Amy |
MBA Students for Y-12: Fall 2014 – Spring 2015 |
DOE – Y12 – BWXT Y-12 |
$38,755 |
Fox, William; Carruthers, Celeste; Luna, Leann; Kessler, Lawrence |
F&A Appropriation |
Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration |
$159,200 |
Fox, William; Cathey, Amy |
MIXED METHODS FOLLOW-UP STUDY ON THE MARKET FOR TENNESSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGES |
Tennessee Board of Regents |
$138,279 |
Fox, William; Harris, Matthew |
Tennessee State Data Center |
Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration |
$278,000 |
Stewart, Joseph |
IPA – Richard Kent Werner |
DOD – Department of Defense |
$234,503 |
College of Communication and Information |
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White, Candace |
Corporate perspectives on the role of global public relations and CSR in public diplomacy |
Pennsylvania State University (PSU) |
$8,000 |
College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences |
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McNeely, Clea |
Finding Cost-Effective Ways to Reduce Truancy and Crime: An Evaluation of the Ramsey County Truancy Intervention Programs |
University of Minnesota (U of M) |
$59,380 |
Raynor, Hollie |
LIVE: SMART: Smartphone Intervention for Weight Control |
Miriam Hospital |
$24,309 |
Terry, Paul |
The African-American Cancer Epidemiology Study |
University of Virginia |
$34,055 |
College of Engineering |
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Arel, Itamar |
A Study of Deep Cortical Processing Algorithms for Advancing Next-Generation Machine Learning Systems |
Stanford University (SU) |
$189,999 |
Babu, Sudarsanam |
Alloy Design Rules of Additive Manufacturing |
DOD – Air Force – AFRL – Air Force Research Laboratory |
$65,000 |
Clarke, David |
Support to CTA Research Programs |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$18,112 |
DeSmidt, Hans |
Design and Analysis of a Novel Two-Speed Inline Epicyclic Bevel Gear Transmission Concept |
Vertical Lift Consortium |
$12,505 |
Djouadi, Seddik |
Design and development of models of electric grid components to support the simulation environment for cyber-physical system security |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$15,232 |
Dongarra, Jack |
PaRSEC: A Modular Software Framework for Performance & Productivity on Hybrid Ma |
DOE – SC – Office of Science |
$346,569 |
Dongarra, Jack |
CSR:Medium:Collaborative Research: SparseKaffe: high-performance,auto-tuned, energy-aware algorithms for sparse direct methods onmodern heterogeneous architectures |
US – NSF – National Science Foundation |
$262,091 |
Dongarra, Jack; Bosilca, George |
Unified Common Communication Substrate (UCCS) |
DOE – SC – ORNL – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$25,000 |
Dongarra, Jack; Bosilca, George |
ARGO: An Exascale Operating System and Runtime |
DOE – SC – ANL – Argonne National Lab |
$163,776 |
Dongarra, Jack; Kurzak, Jakub |
SHF: Small: Empirical Autotuning of Parallel Computation for Scalable Hybrid Systems |
US – NSF – National Science Foundation |
$450,000 |
Dongarra, Jack; Luszczek, Piotr |
Collaborative Research: EMBRACE: Evolvable Methods for Benchmarking Realism through Application and Community Engagement |
US – NSF – National Science Foundation |
$124,999 |
Gu, Gong |
Synthesis and Characterization of Macromolecules for Mono-Molecular Electronics: A Preliminary Investigation |
DOD – Navy – ONR – Office of Naval Research |
$25,568 |
Hall, Howard |
Governor |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$120,511 |
Han, Lee |
Energy and Transportation Statistics and Freight Analysis |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$10,045 |
Han, Lee |
Tennessee SHRP2 Travel-Time Reliability Tools ImplementationPart I.B – Pilot/Implementation for TDOT |
Tennessee Department of Transportation |
$49,993 |
Han, Lee |
Passenger and Freight Transportation Policy Analysis |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$5,600 |
Han, Lee |
Tennessee SHRP2 Travel-Time Reliability Tools ImplementationPart I.A – Pilot/Implementation for TDOT and Knoxville TPO |
Tennessee Department of Transportation |
$299,997 |
Hayward, Jason |
Gamma ray imaging experimental support for nuclear safeguards and security applications |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$48,284 |
Heilbronn, Lawrence; Heilbronn, Lawrence |
Nuclear Energy Fellowship/Scholarship Program |
DOE – US Dept. of Energy |
$547,500 |
Hines, J; Pevey, Ronald |
Moderator Demonstration Facility |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$12,387 |
Hu, Bin |
Introducing Magneto-Optical Functions into Soft Materials |
National Dong Hwa University |
$30,000 |
Hu, Bin |
Addressing Donor:acceptor Interface and Electrode Interface for Enhancing Photovoltaic Actions in Organic Solar Cells |
US – NSF – National Science Foundation |
$6,000 |
Huang, Baoshan; Shu, Xiang |
Evaluation of Geosynthetics Reinforcement in Flexible Pavement Structures Using Accelerated Pavement Testing |
Tennessee Department of Transportation |
$264,113 |
Islam, Syed |
Substation Resiliency Report |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$19,999 |
Kihm, Kenneth |
proprietary funding source |
Lockheed Martin |
$70,000 |
Liu, Yilu |
Large-scale Power System Linearity Study and Application Development Using a Data-driven Model |
US – NSF – National Science Foundation |
$289,733 |
Ma, Zhongguo |
Study of Alkali-Silica Reaction Effects on Stressed-Confined Concrete Nuclear Thick Structures |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$507,416 |
Maldonado, Guillermo |
Joint Faculy (FY 15) |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$60,151 |
Mandrus, David |
Studies of Correlated Electron Materials |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$42,000 |
Mandrus, David |
EFRI 2-DARE: Spin-Valley Coupling for Photonic and Spintronic Devices |
University of Washington (UW) |
$60,161 |
Melcher, Charles |
Transparent Non-Cubic Ceramics Using Magnetic Fields to Control Microstructural Orientation |
Radiation Monitoring Devices, Inc. |
$4,835 |
Moore, Shirley; McCraw, Heike; Bosilca, George; Dongarra, Jack; Terpstra, Daniel |
Institute for Sustained Performance, Energy, and Resilience (SuPER) |
DOE – SC – Office of Science |
$215,000 |
Paddison, Stephen |
Quantitative determination of partial structure factors for polymerized ionic liquids with molecular dynamics simulations |
DOD – Army – ARL – Army Research Office |
$50,000 |
Palomino, Angelica |
Rheology of Fine Coal Refuse and Observations of In-Situ Characteristics |
University of Tennessee – Institute of Agriculture |
$126,711 |
Passian, Ali; Parang, Morteza; Farahi, R |
Physical Sciences-Oncology Network Data Coordination Center |
Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc |
$194,714 |
Pulgar Painemal, Hector; Tomsovic, Kevin; Djouadi, Seddik |
Dynamically strengthening the forthcoming power grid: Location and control of fast energy storage systems |
US – NSF – National Science Foundation |
$355,372 |
Sawhney, Rapinder |
Lean Summer Program 2015-2016 |
ITESM Campus Aguascalientes |
$182,855 |
Skutnik, Steven |
Technical support for reactor physics methods development |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$10,000 |
TerMaath, Stephanie |
Finite element analysis support |
DOE – Y12 – Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (CNS) |
$27,573 |
Tian, Chao |
CIF: Small: Collaborative Research: Fundamental Limits of Information Systems: A Computational Approach |
US – NSF – National Science Foundation |
$368,354 |
Wade, Eric; Tan, Jindong |
SCH: EXP: Contingent Cueing for the Alleviation of Symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease in Ambient Settings |
US – NSF – National Science Foundation |
$551,196 |
Wang, Shanfeng |
Multi-functional Polymer Structures for Promoting Neurite Extension and Myelination |
US – NSF – National Science Foundation |
$304,921 |
Weber, William |
IBML Use for ORNL Project ERKCM86 |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$7,300 |
Wirth, Brian |
Fuel Cycle Research and Development Program |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$40,000 |
Young, Matthew |
Capstone Sponsor Agreement |
Eastman Chemical Co. |
$15,000 |
Zhang, Zhili |
In Situ Quantitative Spatially-resolved Ablation Diagnostics in High-Enthalpy Flows. Topic: AF15-AT38 |
Spectral Energies, LLC |
$49,543 |
Zhang, Zhili |
Pulse-Burst-Laser-Based Diagnostics for High-Speed 2D Fuel–Air Ratio and Heat–Release Rate Measurements for Combustor/Augmentor Instability |
Spectral Energies, LLC |
$30,024 |
Zhang, Zhili |
Portable Passive High-Speed Hyperspectral Image Sensor For Diagnostics in Practical Combustion Devices |
Spectral Energies, LLC |
$25,609 |
Zhang, Zhili |
High-Speed Noninvasive Multi-Parameter Laser Diagnostics for High-Mach-Number Flows |
Spectral Energies, LLC |
$99,990 |
Zhang, Zhili |
Collaborative Research: Pre-Ionization Controlled Laser Plasma Formation for Ignition Applications |
US – NSF – National Science Foundation |
$45,000 |
College of Nursing |
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Beebe, Lora; Roman, Marian; Raynor, Hollie; Thompson, Dixie; Schumann, David; Wyatt, Tami; Skolits, Gary |
Recovery-Based Interprofessional Distance Education (RIDE) Program |
HHS – HRSA – Health Resources and Services Administration |
$357,358 |
Gaylord, Nan; Mixer, Sandra; Fancher, Susan; Bland, Tamara; Morrow, Jennifer |
Collaborating in Caring for Chronically-ill Children (C4): Interprofessional Education to Care for Children and Families with Multiple Chronic Conditions |
HHS – HRSA – Health Resources and Services Administration |
$353,182 |
College of Social Work |
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Cunningham, Maryanne; Cheatham, Joanna |
Signal Centers East CCR&R FY16 |
Signal Centers, Inc |
$508,825 |
UTSI |
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Abedi, Reza |
A stochastic and computational approach for fracture modeling of quasi-brittle materials |
US – NSF – National Science Foundation |
$264,131 |
Brooks, Steven |
Collaborative Res: GEOTRACES Arctic Section: Determination of Atmospheric wet and dry deposition and air-sea exchange of mercury species from coastal |
US – NSF – National Science Foundation |
$91,205 |
Davenport, Joel |
PRF GE Research Support |
Aerospace Testing Alliance |
$12,000 |
Schmisseur, John |
In Situ Quantitative Spatially-resolved Ablation Diagnostics in High-Enthalpy Flows. Topic: AF15-AT38 |
University of Tennessee – Knoxville |
$20,457 |
Campus Centers and Institutes |
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Crosby, Lonnie |
Beste Catalysis and Electron Transport |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$28,827 |
Crosby, Lonnie |
Odbadrakh Coarse Grained Density |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$120,000 |
Greene, David; Khattak, Asad |
Predicting Fuel Economy to Support Vehicle Purchasing Decisions |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$110,567 |
Hall, Howard |
Radionuclides released during the reprocessing of nuclear fuel–Support on the Off-Gas Sigma Team |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$15,825 |
Riedinger, Leo |
Mariya Absar ESE Bredesen Center GRA |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$4,920 |
Riedinger, Leo |
Kristian Myhre ESE Bredesen Center GRA |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$9,751 |
Riedinger, Leo |
Peter Shankles ESE Bredesen Center GRA |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$13,563 |
Riedinger, Leo |
Bredesen Center DGF Nicholas Dexter GRA |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$21,154 |
Riedinger, Leo |
Bredesen Center ESE Kathleen (Kassie) Hauser Ernst GRA |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$4,920 |
Riedinger, Leo |
Jayde Aufrecht, Bredesen Center ESE GRA |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$7,890 |
Riedinger, Leo |
Jessica Velez GRA, Bredesen Center ESE |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$8,945 |
Riedinger, Leo |
Bredesen Center ESE GRA Jonathon Romero |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$3,763 |
Riedinger, Leo |
Bredesen Center ESE Kokouvi Akato GRA |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$58,046 |
Riedinger, Leo |
Bredesen Center ESE GRA Ryan Saylor |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$13,046 |
Riedinger, Leo |
Biometric Platforms – Fred Heberle |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$50,000 |
Riedinger, Leo |
Akinola Oyedele ESE Bredesen Center GRA |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$12,198 |
Riedinger, Leo |
William McClintic ESE Bredesen Center |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$8,991 |
Riedinger, Leo |
Bredesen Center ESE GRA Lauren Riley |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$22,577 |
Riedinger, Leo |
Patrick Caveney ESE Bredesen Center GRA |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$12,915 |
Riedinger, Leo |
Stephen Signore ESE Bredesen Center Graduate Research Assistant |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$24,757 |
Sayler, Gary |
BioEnergy Science Center, University of Tennessee, Phase II |
DOE – ORNL – UT-Battelle – Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
$64,669 |
Other |
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Ellenburg, Sarah |
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BRADLEY COUNTY GOVERNMENT’S HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE STATE OF TENNESSEE ACTING BY AND THROUGH THE STATE BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE |
Bradley County |
$7,560 |
Hodges, Carolyn |
The Graduate Research Fellowship Program |
US – NSF – National Science Foundation |
$198,500 |
Wood, Pia |
Technical Proposal for Professional Campus Recruitment Services |
US – Peace Corps |
$15,250 |
MultiCollege/Center |
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Bishop, Pamela; Sturner, Kelly; Lenhart, Suzanne; Gross, Louis |
Math: EAGER: Assessing Interdisciplinary Examples Impacting Math Learning Goals |
US – NSF – National Science Foundation |
$299,990 |
Budiardja, Reuben; Endeve, Eirik; Cardall, Christian; Mezzacappa, Anthony |
SI2-SSE: A Software Element for Neutrino Radiation Hydrodynamics in GenASiS |
US – NSF – National Science Foundation |
$432,488 |
* Note:
- Awards that were excluded in this list:
- Awards with negative or zero award amount
- The salary payments for Joint Appointment like Governor’s Chairs, distinguished scientists, and Joint Faculty
- Restricted awards (awards with restircted flag checked)
- Format for Investigator column: All based on investigator home department except ‘Campus Centers and Institutes’.
Campus Centers and Institutes column : {award admin center_institute / Investigator_home_college_school}. - Format for Sponsor column : {direct sponsor / prime sponsor} if there is a prime sponsor
- Award data was pulled based on Award Notice Date (data entry date).
- Data was pulled on 11/12/2015
- Sponsor Name might be changed at a later time because the official name has not yet been setup in the system as of November 12, 2015