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Annual Report FY2019 | I
Office for Sponsored ProgramsAnnuAl RepoRt · FY2019
Annual Report FY2019 | 1
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Letter from the Director
Proposals Submitted (FY19)
Proposals by DepartmentProposals by Department and Principal Investigator: SummaryProposals by Department and Principal Investigator: DetailProposals Submitted by TypeProposals Submitted by Sponsor TypeProposals Submitted to Federal SponsorsProposals Submitted to Non-Federal Sponsors
New Awards (FY19)
New Awards by Department
Funding Actions (FY19)
Funding Actions by DepartmentFunding Actions by TypeFunding Actions by Sponsor Type Funding Actions by Federal Sponsors Funding Actions by Non-Federal Sponsor
Expenditures (FY19)
Expenditures by Department Comparison of Direct and F&A CostsComparison of Expenditure Types for Sponsored Research
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January 2020
Dear Colleagues,
Thank you for taking the time to read the Fiscal Year 2019 edition of The Office for Sponsored Programs’ Annual Report. This report covers the period June 1, 2018 to May 31, 2019. I would like to highlight that we’ve added a new section that lists new awards received during this fiscal year. This will be an ongoing feature of the Annual Report.
Thank you to all of the contributors to this report. Please let us know if you have any comments or suggestions for future editions.
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Sincerely,
Sharon Comvalius-GoddardDirector, Office for Sponsored [email protected]
Annual Report FY2019 | 3
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4 | Office for Sponsored Programs
Proposals by Department (FY18-FY19)
FY19 Proposals FY18 Proposals
School/Department Number of Proposals
Total Requested Project Costs (multi years)
Number of Proposals
Total Requested Project Costs (multi years)
President
Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies 1 $300,000 1 $5,000
Provost
Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life 1 9,540
Dean, Woods College of Advancing Studies 1 41,898 1 397,564
Global Leadership Institute 2 207,316
Institute for Scientific Research 17 49,051,595 12 3,466,567
Irish Program Administration 1 83,450
Jesuit Institute 1 50,000
Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society 2 694,420
Woods College of Advancing Studies Undergraduate 1 137,500
Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences
Biology 33 22,345,481 33 17,161,160
Chemistry 35 29,522,980 46 42,023,278
Computer Science 2 550,184 5 1,018,989
Earth and Environmental Sciences 11 1,419,932 11 1,152,426
Economics 7 1,799,579 3 317,446
History 1 200,000
Mathematics 16 2,928,594 15 1,982,846
Philosophy 2 1,200,567 2 999,141
Physics 24 12,370,387 17 6,713,574
Political Science 8 799,000 4 23,778
Psychology 28 31,243,990 34 20,476,313
Sociology 5 471,394 5 187,042
Theology 3 64,280 1 200,000
Weston Observatory 4 159,551 4 223,940
Carroll School of Management
Center for Corporate Citizenship 1 2,500,000
Center for Retirement Research 18 6,170,197 14 4,834,749
Dean, Carroll School of Management 3 92,000 1 50,000
Finance 1 45,000 1 38,000
Information Systems 1 12,000
Lynch Leadership Academy 6 761,618 3 192,500
Connell School of Nursing
Dean, School of Nursing 31 9,392,045 15 1,745,032
School of Social Work
Annual Report FY2019 | 5
Dean, School of Social Work 14 2,006,670 19 8,654,431
Global Practice 12 8,514,173 10 9,070,200
National Resource Center for Participant-Directed Services 1 11,652
Law School Faculty
Law School Faculty 2 66,968 4 416,096
Lynch School of Education
Campus School 4 4,265,348
Center for Optimized Student Support 12 2,518,342 13 3,252,453
Center for the Study of Testing, Evaluation, and Educational Policy
1 1,479,119 2 1,070,268
Counseling, Developmental and Educational Psychology 18 4,855,317 8 3,585,673
Dean, Lynch School of Education 3 87,960 2 572,483
Educational Leadership and Higher Education 8 1,497,229 11 944,735
Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics, and Assessment 2 111,623 1 60,000
International Study Center 1 9,996,897
Teacher Education/Special Education, Curriculum and Instruction
24 9,338,456 25 12,586,295
The Roche Center for Catholic Education 1 75,000
School of Theology and Ministry
New Testament Abstracts 1 13,600
School of Theology and Ministry Administration 3 1,222,987
The Ecclesiastical Faculty 1 7,500
University Libraries
University Library Administration 1 36,849 1 30,775
Total 362 $203,340,375 338 $160,842,567
Proposals by Department (FY18-FY19)
FY19 Proposals FY18 Proposals
School/Department Number of Proposals
Total Requested Project Costs (multi years)
Number of Proposals
Total Requested Project Costs (multi years)
6 | Office for Sponsored Programs
Proposals by Department and Principal Investigator: Summary (FY19)
Principal Investigator Number of Proposals
Total Requested Project Costs (multi years)
Biology
Altindis, Emrah 1 $365,088
Folker, Eric S 4 5,953,501
Gubbels, Johannes M 4 1,367,222
Hoffman, Charles 2 101,068
Lowery, Laura Anne 1 9,999
McMenamin, Sarah K 4 4,194,785
Meyer, Michelle M 2 2,386,625
Momeni, Babak 4 4,277,974
Seyfried, Thomas N 4 1,632,007
Van Opijnen, Tim 6 1,837,956
Williams, Kenneth C 1 219,256
Biology Subtotal 33 $22,345,481
Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life
Massa, Mark 1 9,540
Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life Subtotal 1 $9,540
Center for Optimized Student Support
Walsh, Mary 12 2,518,342
Center for Optimized Student Support Subtotal 12 $2,518,342
Center for Retirement Research
Aubry, Jean-Pierre 2 135,005
Munnell, Alicia H 5 4,679,676
Rutledge, Matthew S 1 23,138
Sanzenbacher, Geoffrey T 3 377,954
Wettstein, Gal 3 495,658
Zulkarnain, Alice 4 458,766
Center for Retirement Research Subtotal 18 $6,170,197
Center for the Study of Testing, Evaluation, and Educational Policy
O'Dwyer, Laura 1 1,479,119
Center for the Study of Testing, Evaluation, and Educational Policy Subtotal 1 $1,479,119
Chemistry
Byers, Jeffery 1 2,057,077
Chatterjee, Abhishek 5 6,868,601
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Proposals by Department and Principal Investigator: Summary (FY19)
Gao, Jianmin 2 1,995,908
Jayasundera, Thusitha 1 999,500
Liu, Shih-Yuan 2 575,933
Mohanty, Udayan 1 479,359
Morken, James P 2 398,318
Niu, Jia 5 2,450,751
Tsung, Chia-Kuang 1 871,967
Waegele, Matthias 2 1,534,310
Wang, Dunwei 3 1,066,993
Wasa, Masayuki 2 867,462
Weerapana, Eranthie 5 4,927,818
Zhang, Xiao-Xiang 3 4,428,983
Chemistry Subtotal 35 $29,522,980
Computer Science
Bento Ayres Pereira, Jose 1 521,501
Tseng, Lewis 1 28,683
Computer Science Subtotal 2 $550,184
Counseling, Developmental and Educational Psychology
Coley, Rebekah L 3 236,142
Dearing, Eric 1 50,000
Goodman, Lisa A 2 92,464
Lai, Betty S 2 121,460
Laski, Elida V 1 557,248
Miele, David B 2 454,923
Morelli, Gilda A 1 49,656
Poteat, Paul 2 1,386,568
Shirley, Dennis L 1 39,966
Vasilyeva, Marina 3 1,866,890
Counseling, Developmental and Educational Psychology Subtotal 18 $4,855,317
Dean, Caroll School of Management
Chemmanur, Thomas 1 7,000
D'Acunto, Francesco 1 35,000
McCullagh, Neil P 1 50,000
Dean, Caroll School of Management Subtotal 3 $92,000
Principal Investigator Number of Proposals
Total Requested Project Costs (multi years)
8 | Office for Sponsored Programs
Dean, Lynch School of Education
Wong, Catherine 1 18,706
Wortham, Stanton 2 69,254
Dean, Lynch School of Education Subtotal 3 $87,960
Dean, School of Nursing
Abuelezam, Nadia 3 863,945
DeSanto-Madeya, Susan A 3 199,426
Dwyer, Andrew A 1 1,148,665
Edmonds, Joyce K 2 186,671
Fontenot, Holly B 2 1,492,164
Hutchison, Mary Katherine 1 330,072
Lee, Christopher S 7 889,688
Lyons, Karen S 4 227,693
Mahoney, Ellen K 1 19,175
O'Reilly-Jacob, Monika K 1 65,933
Pados, Britt F 4 701,687
Simonelli, Mary C 1 2,851,146
Vessey, Judith A 1 415,780
Dean, School of Nursing Subtotal 31 $9,392,045
Dean, School of Social Work
Calvo Vilches, Maria Rocio 3 535,548
Edwards-Orr, Merle 1 6,496
Fusaro, Vincent A 1 22,667
Hawkins, Summer S 1 99,968
James, Jaquelyn 1 450,048
Lubben, James E 1 166,791
Matz, Christina J 1 45,000
Sabbath, Erika L 2 604,998
Teixeira, Samantha 1 34,804
Yadama, Gautam N 2 40,350
Dean, School of Social Work Subtotal 14 $2,006,670
Dean, Woods College of Advancing Studies Administration
Goodman, David M 1 41,898
Dean, Woods College of Advancing Studies Administration Subtotal 1 $41,898
Principal Investigator Number of Proposals
Total Requested Project Costs (multi years)
Proposals by Department and Principal Investigator: Summary (FY19)
Annual Report FY2019 | 9
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Behn, Mark D 9 1,244,212
Krones, Jonathan S 1 14,190
Snyder, Noah P 1 161,530
Earth and Environmental Sciences Subtotal 11 $1,419,932
Economics
Anukriti, Fnu 1 49,425
Baum, Christopher F 1 17,836
Lewbel, Arthur 3 968,818
Mortimer, Julie H 1 15,000
Sweeney, Richard L 1 748,500
Economics Subtotal 7 $1,799,579
Educational Leadership and Higher Education
Castro Samayoa, Andres 2 99,937
DeWit, Johannes W 3 258,574
Lowenhaupt, Rebecca J 2 739,038
Scanlan, Martin K 1 399,680
Educational Leadership and Higher Education Subtotal 8 $1,497,229
Finance
Nickerson, Jordan L 1 45,000
Finance Subtotal 1 $45,000
Global Practice
Betancourt, Theresa 12 8,514,173
Global Practice Subtotal 12 $8,514,173
Information Systems
Ransbotham, Samuel 1 12,000
Information Systems Subtotal 1 $12,000
Insitute for Advanced Jesuit Studies
Beaumier, Casey 1 300,000
Insitute for Advanced Jesuit Studies Subtotal 1 $300,000
Institute for Scientific Research
Carrano, Charles S 2 364,246
Doherty, Patricia H 7 12,096,031
Groves, Keith M 5 34,179,981
Kraemer, Kathleen E 1 332,719
Principal Investigator Number of Proposals
Total Requested Project Costs (multi years)
Proposals by Department and Principal Investigator: Summary (FY19)
10 | Office for Sponsored Programs
Paznukhov, Dima 1 1,735,355
Paznukhov, Vadym 1 343,263
Institute for Scientific Research Subtotal 17 $49,051,595
Irish Program Administration
Mauro, Robert M 1 83,450
Irish Program Administration Subtotal 1 $83,450
Law School Faculty
Madoff, Ray D 1 50,000
Sherman, Francine T 1 16,968
Law School Faculty Subtotal 2 $66,968
Lynch Leadership Academy
Grant, Jennifer C 6 761,618
Lynch Leadership Academy Subtotal 6 $761,618
Mathematics
Ash, Avner D 1 268,222
Bridgeman, Martin 2 423,249
Chen, Dawei 2 331,325
Chen, Qile 1 481,835
Coskunuzer, Baris 1 134,223
Fedorchuk, Maksym 2 331,433
Greene, Joshua E 1 126,941
Grigsby, Julie E 1 42,000
Jin, Xin 1 70,068
Lehmann, Brian T 1 180,217
Li, Tao 1 250,585
Lindsey, Kathryn A 2 288,496
Mathematics Subtotal 16 $2,928,594
Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics, and Assessment
Coley, Rebekah L 1 48,939
Russell, Michael K 1 62,684
Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics, and Assessment Subtotal 2 $111,623
Philosophy
Cherie, McGill 1 5,000
McKaughan, Daniel J 1 1,195,567
Philosophy Subtotal 2 $1,200,567
Principal Investigator Number of Proposals
Total Requested Project Costs (multi years)
Proposals by Department and Principal Investigator: Summary (FY19)
Annual Report FY2019 | 11
Physics
Broido, David 2 533,086
Burch, Kenneth S 9 6,551,144
DiBartolo, Baldassare 1 423,975
Engelbrecht, Jan 1 290,391
Kempa, Krzysztof 1 200,000
Naughton, Michael J 1 200,000
Tafti, Fazel 3 1,775,603
Zeljkovic, Ilija 5 2,070,301
Zhou, Brian B 1 325,887
Physics Subtotal 24 $12,370,387
Political Science
Bartlett, Robert C 1 590,000
Easter, Gerald M 1 7,000
Erickson, Jennifer L 1 5,000
Krause, Peter J 1 60,000
Melnick, Rowell S 2 130,000
Shell, Susan 2 7,000
Political Science Subtotal 8 $799,000
Psychology
Christianson, John P 2 3,728,493
Cordes, Sara J 3 2,083,166
Ford, Jaclyn H 2 2,591,778
Hartshorne, Joshua K 6 20,228,950
Kensinger, Elizabeth A 4 617,137
McAuliffe, Katherine J 2 260,282
McDannald, Michael A 2 495,083
Ritchey, Maureen 2 860,750
Schneider, Barry H 1 47,426
Winner, Ellen 4 330,925
Psychology Subtotal 28 $31,243,990
The Roche Center for Catholic Education
Weitzel-O'Neill, Patricia 1 75,000
The Roche Center for Catholic Education Subtotal 1 $75,000
Principal Investigator Number of Proposals
Total Requested Project Costs (multi years)
Proposals by Department and Principal Investigator: Summary (FY19)
12 | Office for Sponsored Programs
Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society
Landrigan, Phillip J 2 694,420
Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society Subtotal 2 $694,420
School of Theology and Ministry Administration
Harkins, Angela K 1 217,328
Ospino, Hosffman 2 1,005,659
School of Theology and Ministry Administration Subtotal 3 $1,222,987
Sociology
Jorgenson, Andrew K 1 25,000
Moorman, Sara 1 12,293
Pfohl, Stephen J 2 129,406
Schor, Juliet 1 304,695
Sociology Subtotal 5 $471,394
Teacher Education/Special Education, Curriculum and Instruction
Albert, Lillie 1 1,488,098
Barnett, George M 3 853,153
Bottema-Beutal, Kristen M 3 741,726
McNeill, Katherine L 2 1,154,748
Oliveira, Gabrielle 3 148,131
Paez, Mariela M 2 483,891
Proctor, Charles P 3 799,607
Scanlon, David 1 277,856
Shirley, Dennis L 2 196,965
Wargo, Jon M 1 9,458
Zhang, Helen Z 3 3,184,823
Teacher Education/Special Education, Curriculum and Instruction Subtotal 24 $9,338,456
Theology
Cooley, Jeffrey L 1 15,000
Delong-Bas, Natana J 1 8,780
Schatkin, Margaret 1 40,500
Theology Subtotal 3 $64,280
University Library Administration
Kijas, Anna E 1 36,849
University Library Administration Subtotal 1 $36,849
Principal Investigator Number of Proposals
Total Requested Project Costs (multi years)
Proposals by Department and Principal Investigator: Summary (FY19)
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Principal Investigator Number of Proposals
Total Requested Project Costs (multi years)
Weston Observatory
Ebel, John E 4 159,551
Weston Observatory Subtotal 4 $159,551
Total 362 $203,340,375
Proposals by Department and Principal Investigator: Summary (FY19)
14 | Office for Sponsored Programs
Proposals by Department and Principal Investigator: Detail (FY19)
Principal Investigator Title SponsorTotal Requested
Project Costs (multi years)
Biology
Altindis,EmrahViral Insulin-like PeptiViral Insulin-like Peptides (VILPs) and Their Activities on Mammalian Cellsdes (VILPs)
NIH/Natl Inst Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases $365,088
Folker,Eric S Position-dependent nuclear functions during muscle development National Science Foundation 1,617,250
Folker,Eric S Determining the impact of nuclear position on nuclear functions during muscle development
NIH/Natl Inst of General Medical Science 1,961,626
Folker,Eric S Identifying genetic modifiers of muscular dystrophy genes
NIH/Natl Inst of General Medical Science 430,375
Folker,Eric S Investigating dystrophin-dependent nuclear organization
NIH/Natl Inst of General Medical Science 1,944,250
Gubbels,Johannes MExposing the MNK-L1 kinase network in Toxoplasma gondii as a potential therapeutic for the prevention of congenital retinochoroiditis
Knights Templar Eye Foundation, Inc. 65,000
Gubbels,Johannes MDissecting transcriptional mechanisms underlying Toxoplasma stage transitions through in vitro evolution
NIH/Office of the Director 441,472
Gubbels,Johannes M The Toxoplasma gondii apical annuli NIH/Office of the Director 430,375
Gubbels,Johannes M The Toxoplasma gondii apical annuli NIH/Office of the Director 430,375
Hoffman,Charles Small molecule screens for GNAS and AC inhibitors NIH/National Heart, Lung & Blood 33,240
Hoffman,Charles Fibrous Dysplasia/McCune Albright Syndrome University of Pennsylvania 67,828
Lowery,Laura Anne Role of TACC3 in Cranial Neural Crest Cell Migration: Implications for Craniofacial Disorders Charles H. Hood Foundation 9,999
McMenamin,Sarah K Mechanisms of Thyroid Hormond Mediated Bone Patterning Charles A. King Trust 109,792
McMenamin,Sarah KCAREER: Integrating research and training to illuminate mechanisms of teleost fin ray morphogenesis and diversity
National Science Foundation 1,200,162
McMenamin,Sarah K Mechanisms of thyroid hormone mediated bone patterning
NIH/Nat Inst Arthritis & Musculoskeletal 928,872
McMenamin,Sarah K Thyroid hormone as an integrator of bone morphogenesis and positional memory
NIH/Natl Inst of General Medical Science 1,955,959
Meyer,Michelle MInteractions between translation inhibiting antibiotics and diverse RNA regulatory mechanism in pathogenic bacteria affect drug sensitivity
NIH/Natl Inst of Allergy & Infct Disease 430,375
Meyer,Michelle MUsing Fitness Landscapes to assess RNA Structure-Function Relationships From Inside the Cell
NIH/Natl Inst of General Medical Science 1,956,250
Momeni,Babak Ecological network-based design of microbiome therapies to prevent infection Brigham and Women's Hospital 1,474,500
Momeni,Babak CAREER: Microbial Coexistence Driven by Chemical-Mediated Interactions National Science Foundation 611,601
Momeni,Babak Modeling chemical-mediated interactions in microbial communities
NIH/Natl Inst of General Medical Science 1,878,873
Momeni,Babak Evolving bacteria to efficiently remove harmful food contaminants U.S. Army Research Office 313,000
Annual Report FY2019 | 15
Seyfried,Thomas N "Physical Exercise used with Press-Pulse Metabolic Therapy for the Metabolic Management of Cancer" CrossFit Inc. 50,000
Seyfried,Thomas N Influence of oxaloacetate and the ketogenic diet on invasive brain cancer in mice Single Cause Single Cure Foundation 100,000
Seyfried,Thomas N Metabolic Therapy for Malignant Brain Cancer U.S. Army Med Research Acq Activity 1,452,007
Seyfried,Thomas N Influence of the ketogenic diet and insulin on invasive brain cancer in mice Univ of Pittsburgh Medical Center 30,000
Van Opijnen,TimDeciphering Streptococcus pneumoniae-host Interactions Considering the Pathogens Large Pan-genome
Charles A. King Trust 113,512
Van Opijnen,Tim
Revealing surface-associated Streptococcus pneumoniae proteins that interface with the host immune system using a multi omics-based approach
NIH/Natl Inst of Allergy & Infct Disease 430,375
Van Opijnen,Tim
Cutting edge social and consumer behavior network fusing and minning approaches applied to bacterial networks to uncover antibiotic resistance and other complex traits
NIH/Natl Inst of General Medical Science 430,375
Van Opijnen,Tim Machine Learning and Data Fusion Platform for Phenotype-Based Pathogen Identification Triton Systems, Inc. 68,924
Van Opijnen,Tim Role of zinc homeostasis in plague Univ of Louisville Research Foundation 262,670
Van Opijnen,TimEnabling Broad Spectrum Antimicrobial Activity from Auranofin and Delineating the Mode of Action through a Systems Genomic Investigation
University of Massachusetts - Lowell 532,100
Williams,Kenneth CArterial Inflammation and Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction among Women with HIV: Missing Pieces to the MI Risk Puzzle
Massachusetts General Hospital 219,256
Biology Subtotal 33 $22,345,481
Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life
Massa,Mark Young Women and the American Catholic Church Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities 9,540
Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life Subtotal 1 $9,540
Center For Optimized Student Support
Walsh,Mary Support for City Connects in Boston Public Schools Anonymous 300,000
Walsh,Mary"Assessing the Efficacy of City Connects: A Systemic Approach to Student Support"
Brady Education Foundation 117,747
Walsh,Mary Supporting the Implementation of City Connects in Twin Cities Public Charter Schools I.A. O'Shaughnessy Foundation 923,890
Walsh,Mary City Connects in Three Marian County Schools Marian University 90,000
Walsh,Mary Continuation of City Connect Implementation in Ohio Mathile Family Foundation 259,043
Walsh,Mary Tower Foundation support to City Connects in Salem Public Schools
Peter & Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation 10,500
Walsh,Mary Raskob Support to City Connects Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities 81,504
Walsh,Mary City Connects Student Support Institute (ISSI) with the Rennie Center
Rennie Center for Educ Research & Policy 160,000
Principal Investigator Title SponsorTotal Requested
Project Costs (multi years)
Proposals by Department and Principal Investigator: Detail (FY19)
16 | Office for Sponsored Programs
Walsh,Mary City Connects in Salem Public Schools SY19-20 Salem Public Schools 155,658
Walsh,Mary Rollins Trusts Support to City Connects Sarah and James Rollins Trust 20,000
Walsh,Mary Continuation of City Connects in Boston Public Schools The Charles Hayden Foundation 300,000
Center For Optimized Student Support Subtotal 12 $2,518,342
Center for Retirement Research
Aubry,Jean-Pierre Does Contagion Pose a Major Risk to the Universe of Multiemployer Plans? Society of Actuaries 94,043
Aubry,Jean-Pierre A Tool to Compare the Burden of Retirement Debt across States State of Rhode Island 40,962
Munnell,Alicia H Understanding the Value of Older Workers to Employers Alfred P. Sloan Foundation 299,151
Munnell,Alicia H Public Sector Retirement Initiative, Phase VI Center for State and Local Excellence 334,700
Munnell,Alicia H Does Contagion Pose a Major Risk to the Universe of Multiemployer Plans?
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp (PGBC) 132,704
Munnell,Alicia HCenter for Retirement Research at Boston College and Affiliated Institutions: Retirement and Disability Research Consortium
Social Security Administration 3,708,234
Munnell,Alicia H Boston College and Affiliated Institutions: Retirement and Disability Research Consortium Social Security Administration 204,887
Rutledge,Matthew S The Relationship between Occupational Requirements and SSDI Activity
Nat'l Bureau of Economic Research, Inc 23,138
Sanzenbacher,Geoffrey T How Do Auto-IRAs Affect Participants' Finances? Laura & John Arnold Foundation 253,422
Sanzenbacher,Geoffrey T Helping States Speed Up Auto-IRA Rollouts PEW Charitable Trusts 49,532
Sanzenbacher,Geoffrey T Market and Feasibility Studies for SRSP Auto-IRA Program
Seattle City Empl's Retirement System 75,000
Wettstein,Gal The Effect of Number of Children on Parents' Health NIH/Natl Inst on Aging 156,500
Wettstein,Gal Bequests in a Changed World Society of Actuaries 89,312
Wettstein,Gal The Personal and Environmental Characteristics of Low SNAP Take-Up among the Elderly
University of Kentucky Research Foundation 249,846
Zulkarnain,Alice The Effects of Wealth on Later-Life Health National Science Foundation 196,858
Zulkarnain,Alice The Long-Term Health Effects of Medicare Part-D NIH/Natl Inst on Aging 154,580
Zulkarnain,Alice How Do Child-Bearing Decisions Affect Retirement Preparedness? Society of Actuaries 56,950
Zulkarnain,Alice Do Childless or Single Elderly Rely More on Formal Long-Term Care? Society of Actuaries 50,378
Center for Retirement Research Subtotal 18 $6,170,197
Center for the Study of Testing, Evaluation, and Educational Policy
O'Dwyer,Laura Seeds of Stem: An Efficacy Study of a Problem-based STEM Curriculum for Preschool Classrooms Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1,479,119
Center for the Study of Testing, Evaluation, and Educational Policy Subtotal 1 $1,479,119
Chemistry
Principal Investigator Title SponsorTotal Requested
Project Costs (multi years)
Proposals by Department and Principal Investigator: Detail (FY19)
Annual Report FY2019 | 17
Byers,Jeffery Iron-Based Catalysts for Cross Coupling Catalysis Involving Boronic Esters NIH/Nat Ctr for Research Resources 2,057,077
Chatterjee,Abhishek Boston College Collaboration agreement with BASF BASF Plant Science LP 156,562
Chatterjee,AbhishekExpression of therapeutically relevant proteins in mammalian cells incorporating unnatural amino acids
BioBrick 28,170
Chatterjee,Abhishek Finding Mitochondrial Memory Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation 56,250
Chatterjee,AbhishekA genetically encoded toolset to decipher the biology of post-translational modifications in the mammalian proteome
NIH/Nat Ctr for Research Resources 4,671,369
Chatterjee,Abhishek"A novel strategy to capture post-translational modification triggered protein-protein interactions"
NIH/Nat Ctr for Research Resources 1,956,250
Gao,Jianmin Expanding the chemical space of phage display National Science Foundation 430,908
Gao,Jianmin Novel Phage Display Platforms to Overcome Colistin Resistance NIH/Nat Ctr for Research Resources 1,565,000
Jayasundera,Thusitha"MRI: Acquisition of a CryoProbe-enabled 500 MHz NMR Spectrometer from Bruker Biospin Corporation for Boston College"
National Science Foundation 999,500
Liu,Shih-Yuan Boron-Nitrogen-Doped Conjugated Aromatic Hydrocarbons National Science Foundation 29,610
Liu,Shih-Yuan Boron-Nitrogen-Doped Conjugated Aromatic Hydrocarbons National Science Foundation 546,323
Mohanty,Udayan Studies of Ion Effects on Biomolecular Assemblies National Science Foundation 479,359
Morken,James P New Strategies in Catalytic Organic Synthesis with Organoboron Reagents NIH/Nat Ctr for Research Resources 148,306
Morken,James P Accessing Chiral Alkyl-Fluorides, Alcohols and Amines via Alkylboronates Pfizer, Inc. 250,012
Niu,JiaA General Strategy for the Synthesis of Precision Sustainable Polymers with Main-Chain Functionalities from Renewable Resources
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation 299,992
Niu,JiaSynthesis of Heterotelechelic Polymers via RAFT Polymerization for Tagging Red Blood Cells as Drug Carriers
NE Section American Chemical Society 500
Niu,Jia Development of Compact CRISPR Editors for Multiplexed Editing of Complex Gene Networks
NIH/Nat Human Genome Research Institute 1,500,000
Niu,JiaCompact, Multiplexable Non-Nuclease CRISPR Genomic Editors Based on Aptamer-Mediated Effector
Richard & Susan Smith Family Foundation 291,319
Niu,Jia Development of Functional Synthetic Polymers with Complex Main-Chain Structural Motifs U.S. Army Research Office 358,940
Tsung,Chia-Kuang
Understanding the Formation Kinetics of Intermetallic Phases in Controlled Nanoscale Geometries: Toward Shape-Controlled Intermetallic Nanoparticles
National Science Foundation 871,967
Waegele,MatthiasCAREER: Elucidating How the Liquid Side of the Electrochemical Interface Controls Catalytic Selectivity during Carbon Dioxide Reduction
National Science Foundation 796,248
Principal Investigator Title SponsorTotal Requested
Project Costs (multi years)
Proposals by Department and Principal Investigator: Detail (FY19)
18 | Office for Sponsored Programs
Waegele,MatthiasElucidating How the Liquid Side of the Electrochemical Interface Controls Catalytic Selectivity during Carbon Dioxide Reduction
U.S. Department of Energy 738,062
Wang,Dunwei"Collaborative Research: Dinuclear Heterogeneous Catalysts (DHCs) as a New Platform for Selective Oxidation of CO and Methane"
National Science Foundation 299,060
Wang,Dunwei"Collaborative Research: Highly Selective Photocatalysis on TiO2 with Atomically Dispersed Active Centers"
National Science Foundation 302,626
Wang,DunweiProbing Water Oxidation Mechanisms on Heterogeneous Catalysts with Atomically Defined Active Centers
U.S. Department of Energy 465,307
Wasa,MasayukiDevelopment of Enantioselective Methods for Late-Stage Functionalization of Bioactive Molecules
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation 70,000
Wasa,Masayuki CAREER: Cooperative Enantioselective Catalysis with Frustrated Acid/Base Complexes National Science Foundation 797,462
Weerapana,Eranthie Effect of FABP5 oxidation on fatty acid binding and EGF signaling American Cancer Society 163,500
Weerapana,Eranthie Biological function characterization of sulfur-containing metabolites Boston University 78,250
Weerapana,Eranthie Developing chemical-proteomic tools to investigate cysteine oxidation NIH/Nat Ctr for Research Resources 4,173,790
Weerapana,Eranthie Evaluating cysteine-reactive inhibitor selectivity Rheos Medicines, Inc. 70,425
Weerapana,Eranthie Neoantigen-based Approach to Treat Cancer University of Massachusetts Medical School 441,853
Zhang,Xiao-Xiang Metalloradical Catalysis for Selective Radical Reactions National Science Foundation 533,522
Zhang,Xiao-Xiang Catalytic Radical Reactions for Stereoselective C-H Alkylation NIH/Nat Ctr for Research Resources 1,956,250
Zhang,Xiao-Xiang Catalytic Processes for Stereoselective Radical Cyclization Reactions
NIH/Nat Human Genome Research Institute 1,939,211
Chemistry Subtotal 35 $29,522,980
Computer Science
Bento Ayres Pereira,JoseCAREER: Improving decomposition-coordination methods to expand the use of large-scale distributed optimization"
National Science Foundation 521,501
Tseng,Lewis Distributed Processing and Content Delivery Based on Micro Vehicle Clouds
Toyota InfoTechnology Center, U.S.A Inc. 28,683
Computer Sciencer Subtotal 2 $550,184
Counseling, Developmental and Educational Psychology
Coley,Rebekah L Characterizing School Recovery After Disasters: Can We Optimize Academic Recovery? National Science Foundation 127,400
Coley,Rebekah L Child Trajectories of Post Traumatic Stress After Natural Disasters NIH/Natl Inst of Mental Health 83,942
Coley,Rebekah L Has Public Housing Redevelopment Moved Communities to Opportunity University of Wisconsin-Madison 24,800
Dearing,Eric DREME-Tandem Partnership to Develop & Disseminate Family Math Learning Resources Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund 50,000
Principal Investigator Title SponsorTotal Requested
Project Costs (multi years)
Proposals by Department and Principal Investigator: Detail (FY19)
Annual Report FY2019 | 19
Goodman,Lisa A Discounting Survivor Credibility: Trauma Informed Solutions Rutgers, the State University 42,464
Goodman,Lisa A Opening up concealed shelters: Creating an inclusive systemic design Safe Horizon 50,000
Lai,Betty S Monitoring health and well-being in Gulf communities D'Youville College 17,242
Lai,Betty S Thriving Youth in the Gulf: A Collaborative Approach to Building Child Resilience
Natl Acad Sciences, Engineering & Medicine 104,218
Laski,Elida VIntervening early to reduce later inequity: A math intervention to enhance advanced strategy use in low-income students
William T. Grant Foundation 557,248
Miele,David BImproving students' mathematics experiences: How does success impact students' memories, motivation and engagement?
Educational Testing Service 198,629
Miele,David BImproving students' mathematics experiences: How does success impact students' memories, motivation and engagement?
Educational Testing Service 256,294
Morelli,Gilda A Translating Early Childhood Care and Education Interventions Across Cultures Spencer Foundation 49,656
Poteat,Paul High School Gay-Straight Alliances: Practices that Predict Academic Success U.S. Dept. of Education 1,364,218
Poteat,Paul SGM Youth Substance Use: Subgroup Differences, Risk, and Protective Factors University of Connecticut 22,350
Shirley,Dennis L The Future of Education and Work: An Ethical Imperative Center for Ethics & Education 39,966
Vasilyeva,MarinaRecruiting Spatial-Numerical Representations to Enhance the Use of Advanced Math Strategies in Low Income Students
Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood 64,560
Vasilyeva,MarinaRecruiting spatial-numerical representations to enhance the use of advanced math strategies in low-income students
Department of Education 1,308,328
Vasilyeva,MarinaUsing an Intervention Approach to Study the Intersection of Spatial-Numerical Representations and Math Strategies
National Science Foundation 494,002
Counseling, Developmental and Educational Psychology Subtotal 18 $4,855,317
Dean, Caroll School of Management
Chemmanur,ThomasThe Entrepreneurial Finance of Start-up firms in the Area of Financial Technology and their Effects on the Corporations Investing in Them
Lehigh University 7,000
D'Acunto,Francesco Kauffman Foundation Fellowship Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation 35,000
McCullagh,Neil PStrengthen Clinical, Academic, & Service Learning Connections Between Boston College and Mattapan
The Boston Foundation 50,000
Dean, Carroll School of Management Subtotal 3 $92,000
Dean, Lynch School of Education
Wong,Catherine 2018-2019 Direct Support for College Bound BC Boston Scientific 18,706
Wortham,StantonBuilding Integrated, Formative School Leadership Programs
Kern Family Foundation 19,600
Wortham,Stanton Mapping Divergent Perspectives on Whole Person Education Spencer Foundation 49,654
Principal Investigator Title SponsorTotal Requested
Project Costs (multi years)
Proposals by Department and Principal Investigator: Detail (FY19)
20 | Office for Sponsored Programs
Dean, Lynch School of Education Subtotal 3 $87,960
Dean, School of Nursing
Abuelezam,Nadia Modeling the Southern United States HIV Epidemic Harvard School of Public Health 211,530
Abuelezam,Nadia Modeling the Role of PrEP in getting to Zero Harvard University 212,180
Abuelezam,Nadia The influence of Racialization on Latin American Immigrant Mothers (ReCLAIM) and their infants
NIH/Natl Inst on Minority Health & Health Disparities 440,235
DeSanto-Madeya,Susan A Sharing the Dyadic Experience of Living with Serious Illness
National Palliative Care Research Center 136,426
DeSanto-Madeya,Susan A Photovoice: Sharing the dyadic experience of serious illness
Palliative Care Resch Cooperative Group 29,999
DeSanto-Madeya,Susan A Understanding the Benefit-Burden Balance in Hospice and Deprescribing Research
University of Massachusetts - Worcester 33,001
Dwyer,Andrew A
Rare Endocrine (Genetic) DIsorders of REproduction ConsorTium (REDIRECT) to National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
Massachusetts General Hospital 1,148,665
Edmonds,Joyce K Optimizing Nursing Practice to Improve Childbirth Outcomes: An Audit and Feedback Intervention Harvard University 141,054
Edmonds,Joyce K Understanding the Best Practices of Labor and Delivery Nurses to Improve Patient Safety Harvard University 45,617
Fontenot,Holly B Cervical Cancer: PROGRESS for Prevention Moffitt Cancer Center 48,454
Fontenot,Holly B
Improving Adolescent HPV Vaccination Uptake Through Unified Healthcare Provider Recommendations: The Same Team, Same Message Study
NIH/Natl Inst of Nursing Research 1,443,710
Hutchinson,Mary Katherine
Multi-level Influences of Violence Screening in College SUNY Binghamton University 330,072
Lee,Christopher S Symptom Burden in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patient-Caregiver Dyads: A Mixed Methods Study Oregon Health & Science University 217,413
Lee,Christopher S
The Association Between Labor Duration and Rise in Perinatal Risk to Establish Evidence-Based Labor Dystocia Definitions: An Interdisciplinary Data Mining Study
Oregon Health & Science University 113,432
Lee,Christopher S Latent labor symptom self-management Oregon Health & Science University 38,098
Lee,Christopher S Biological Aging-Related Mechanisms of Symptom Clusters in Heart Failure: A Longitudinal Study Oregon Health & Science University 270,493
Lee,Christopher SEXERCISING TOGETHER: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Partnered Exercise Training on the Health of Couples Coping with Cancer
Oregon Health & Science University 18,039
Lee,Christopher S Symptom Experiences in Patients with Liver Disease and their Family Members Oregon Health & Science University 62,063
Lee,Christopher S Symptoms, biomarkers and accelerometers in heart failure (SYMBAL-HF) SUNY Stony Brook University 170,150
Lyons,Karen S Opening the Conversation for Couples with Reproductive Health Concerns Oregon Health & Science University 53,116
Lyons,Karen SReducing Childhood Obesity by Enrolling Their Grandparent-Caregivers in Commercially Available Weight Loss Programs
Oregon Health & Science University 87,909
Principal Investigator Title SponsorTotal Requested
Project Costs (multi years)
Proposals by Department and Principal Investigator: Detail (FY19)
Annual Report FY2019 | 21
Lyons,Karen S Opening the Conversation for Couples with Reproductive Health Concerns Oregon Health & Science University 53,219
Lyons,Karen SOpening the Conversation: Adapting and Pilot Testing an Intervention for Couples with Reproductive Health Concerns after Cancer
Oregon Health & Science University 33,449
Mahoney,Ellen K Veteran-Directed Home and Community Based Service: Impact and Implementation Providence VA Medical Center 19,175
O'Reilly-Jacob,Monica K Nurse Practitioners in ACO's Institute for Accountable Care 65,933
Pados,Britt F Patterns and predictors of problematic feeding in very preterm infants after neonatal intensive care
AWHONN - Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
15,000
Pados,Britt F Aging at the beginning of life: telomere length changes in preterm children Brigham and Women's Hospital 27,943
Pados,Britt F INvestigation of Co-occurring conditions across the Lifespan to Understand Down syndrome
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 52,047
Pados,Britt F Symptom Trajectories in Infants and Toddlers at Risk for Chronic Feeding Problems
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 606,697
Simonelli,Mary C Complementary therapies in unplanned cesarean birth to improve maternal and infant outcomes
NIH/Natl Inst of Child Hlth & Human Dev 2,851,146
Vessey,Judith ADevelopment of a Clinical Prediction Model for Children with Cerebral Palsy Following Orthopedic Surgery
Boston Children's Hospital 415,780
Dean, School of Nursing Subtotal 31 $9,392,045
Dean, School of Social Work
Calvo Vilches,Maria RocioHow Social Protection Policies and Institutions Contribute to Older Immigrants' Wellbeing and Sense of Belonging to America
Russell Sage Foundation 174,996
Calvo Vilches,Maria RocioHow Social Protection Policies and Institutions Contribute to Older Immigrants' Sense of Belonging to America
Russell Sage Foundation 171,208
Calvo Vilches,Maria RocioHow do Older Latino Immigrants Navigate the System of Social Protection in an Era of Immigrant Criminalization and Welfare Retrenchment
The Retirement Research Foundation 189,344
Edwards-Orr,Merle VA IPA Providence VA Medical Center 6,496
Fusaro,Vincent A Subnational Geography and Entries and Exits from Economic Hardship in Families with Children University of Wisconsin-Madison 22,667
Hawkins,Summer SImpact of tobacco control and air quality policies on disparities in prenatal smoking and birth outcomes
American Lung Association 99,968
James,Jacquelyn Solidifying the Sloan Research Network on the Study of Aging & Work as a Living Legacy Alfred P. Sloan Foundation 450,048
Lubben,James E Boston Roybal Center for Active Lifestyle Interventions Brandeis University 166,791
Matz,Christina J Masters in Social Work (MSW) Fellowship/Enrichment Program in Aging at Boston College Spier Family Foundation 45,000
Sabbath,Erika L Work-related risk factors for poor mental health after the Boston Marathon attack
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention 156,269
Sabbath,Erika L The Healthiest Workplace Study Harvard University 448,729
Principal Investigator Title SponsorTotal Requested
Project Costs (multi years)
Proposals by Department and Principal Investigator: Detail (FY19)
22 | Office for Sponsored Programs
Teixeira,SamanthaEarly-Life Air Pollution Exposure, Neighborhood Characteristics, and Disparities in Children's Cognitive Ability
Russell Sage Foundation 34,804
Yadama,Gautam NChildObesity180: Reverse the Trend Catalyzing a Community to Prevent Obesity: A Systems Approach
Tufts University 20,000
Yadama,Gautam N Real Options Strategies for Achieving Scale (ROSAS) Washington University of St. Louis 20,350
Dean, School of Social Work Subtotal 14 $2,006,670
Dean, Woods College of Advancing Studies Administrastion
Goodman,David M Latin American Sisters MSLA Catholic Extension 41,898
Dean, Woods College of Advancing Studies Administrastion Subtotal 1 $41,898
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Baxter,Ethan
Collaborative Research: An Isotopic Approach to the Spatial Analysis of State Agropastoral Economies in Bronze and Iron Age Central Anatolia
Boston University 53,911
Behn,Mark D The role of shear zones on the rheology of southern California Brown University 15,001
Behn,Mark DCollaborative Research: Mantle Dynamics, Continental Deformation, and Landscape Evolution - Insights from the Mongolian Plateau
National Science Foundation 209,027
Behn,Mark D
Collaborative Research: Tectono-magmatic Controls on the Origin and Evolution of Mid-Ocean Ridge Segmentation at Slow-to-Intermediate Spreading Rates -- Top down or bottom up?
National Science Foundation 304,473
Behn,Mark D Collaborative Research: Melange-peridotite Interactions in the Source of Arc Magmas sheet National Science Foundation 94,622
Behn,Mark DCollaborative Research: Voyage to the bottom of Arcs: interplay between water, deformation, and lower crustal stability
National Science Foundation 236,345
Behn,Mark D Collaborative Research: Quantifying the Sensitivity of Rifting Processes to Erosion and Sedimentation National Science Foundation 125,523
Behn,Mark D
Collaborative Research: Capturing 4D Variations in Stress, Slip, and Fault-Zone Material Properties: The 2019-2021 Gofar Transform Fault Earthquake Prediction Experiment
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 74,776
Behn,Mark D
Collaborative Research: Interactions Between Incipient Continental Rifting, Fluvial Systems, and Regional Climate in Southern Africa: The Okavango-Makgadikgadi Complex, Botswana
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 130,534
Krones,Jonathan S
ELI Grant Application: Energy, Environment & the Digital Economy: Uncovering the Structure & Dynamics of the Sharing Economy: Evidence from a Food Sharing Platform
Yale University 14,190
Snyder,Noah P
Collaborative Research: Quantifying the impacts of humans, climate change, and extreme floods on erosion and sediment yield in the post-glacial New England landscape
National Science Foundation 161,530
Earth and Environmental Sciences Subtotal 11 $1,419,932
Principal Investigator Title SponsorTotal Requested
Project Costs (multi years)
Proposals by Department and Principal Investigator: Detail (FY19)
Annual Report FY2019 | 23
Economics
Anukriti,Fnu The Impact of Deregulating the Concealed Carry of Weapons on Crime National Institute of Justice 49,425
Baum,Christopher F Impacts of State Pre-Emption, Social Spending, and Income Inequality on Adult Health Northeastern University 17,836
Lewbel,Arthur Collaborative Research: Empirical Analysis of Social Networks with Unreported Links National Science Foundation 754,720
Lewbel,Arthur Causal Inference with Multiple IVs with Applications using Mendelian Randomization University of Southern Denmark 88,279
Lewbel,Arthur
Causal Inference with Multiple IVs: Using Mendelian Randomization to Estimate the Causal Effects of Cannabis and Alcohol on Labor Productivity and of Creativity and Risk Taking on Entrepreneurship
University of Southern Denmark 125,819
Mortimer,Julie HCompetitive Effects of Mergers with Regulatory Divestiture of Assets: Evidence from Airline Industry
Washington Center for Equitable Growth 15,000
Sweeney,Richard L Collaborative Research: Productivity, Efficiency, and Distortions in the U.S. Shale Boom National Science Foundation 748,500
Economics Subtotal 7 $1,799,579
Educational Leadership and Higher Education
Castro Samayoa,Andres
Developing Multi-Sited Normative Case Studies to Understand the Value of Legal Education for Latinx Students at Hispanic Serving Institutions and Predominantly White Institutions
Association for Institutional Research 49,979
Castro Samayoa,Andres
What is the worth of legal education today? Using normative case studies to examine Latinx students articulations of the value proposition of law schools across differently-ranked institutions
Spencer Foundation 49,958
DeWit,Johannes W International Briefs for Higher Education: Brief #8 American Council on Education 17,072
DeWit,Johannes W Internalization of the Technical &Technological Institutions of Higher Education of the Caribbean
Instituto Tecnologico de Las Americas 6,600
DeWit,Johannes WRefugees,asylum seekers and displaced persons in higher education: policy, access and experience in the Americas and Europe
University of Bath 234,902
Lowenhaupt,Rebecca J Education and Immigration: Emergent Roles, Responsiblities, and Realities Rutgers, the State University 164,550
Lowenhaupt,Rebecca JEducator Practices in Immigrant-serving Schools: Responses to Shifting Immigration Policies across Contexts of Reception
William T. Grant Foundation 574,488
Scanlan,Martin K
Investigating the Contextual Factors that Influence School Districts' Adoption of Personalized Learning: A Role for Networked Improvement Communities
Jobs For The Future 399,680
Educational Leadership and Higher Education Subtotal 8 $1,497,229
Finance
Nickerson,Jordan L Household Borrowing and Shocks to Retirement Benefits University of Pennsylvania 45,000
Finance Subtotal 1 $45,000
Principal Investigator Title SponsorTotal Requested
Project Costs (multi years)
Proposals by Department and Principal Investigator: Detail (FY19)
24 | Office for Sponsored Programs
Global Practice
Betancourt,Theresa Global Health Case Analysis CDRF Global 5,000
Betancourt,Theresa Fogarty implementation science case study CDRF Global 10,000
Betancourt,Theresa Grand Challenges Canada Sugira Muryango Scale Up FxB Rwanda 37,886
Betancourt,TheresaFamily Strengthening Intervention for Preventing Mental Health Problems and Improving Well-being among Youth and Caregivers
Harvard Medical School 273,200
Betancourt,TheresaStrategies for engaging fathers in an early-child development family-based preventive intervention in Sierra Leone
NIH/Natl Inst of Child Hlth & Human Dev 3,624,065
Betancourt,Theresa Diversity Supplement NIH/Natl Inst of Mental Health 160,448
Betancourt,Theresa Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research
NIH/Natl Inst on Minority Health & Health Disparities 204,624
Betancourt,Theresa Diversity Supplement NIH/Natl Inst on Minority Health & Health Disparities 227,172
Betancourt,Theresa Lego Foundation Playful Parenting The LEGO Foundation 3,227,929
Betancourt,Theresa Sugira Muryango The LEGO Foundation 200,000
Betancourt,Theresa
Generation 1.5: An exploratory study of immigration experiences and allostatic load among Central African youth recently immigrated to Maine
University of New England 68,578
Betancourt,Theresa Scale Up Rwanda Wellspring Philanthropic Fund 475,271
Global Practice Subtotal 12 $8,514,173
Information Systems
Ransbotham,Samuel 2019 Workshop on the Economics of Information Systems National Science Foundation 12,000
Information Systems 1 $12,000
Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies
Beaumier,Casey Ever to Excel Sustainability Grant Lilly Endowment, Inc. 300,000
Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies Subtotal 1 $300,000
Institute for Scientific Research
Carrano,Charles S Creare's SBIR, Next Generation Forecasting Model of Global Equatorial Scintillation Creare LLC 45,000
Carrano,Charles S Global Electron Density Forecasting with WAM-IPE University of Colorado 319,246
Doherty,Patricia H Conference Support for the Beacon Satellite Symposium 20 Air Force Office of Scientific Research 8,426
Doherty,Patricia H Specification and Forecast of the Space Environment and System Survivability Airforce Research Laboratories 11,660,819
Doherty,Patricia H DMSP Data Analysis and Support Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc. 228,387
Doherty,Patricia H Ionospheric Simulations for Radio Occultations ASTRA LLC 75,000
Doherty,Patricia H Analysis of Nighttime Ionospheric Events for GBAS at GIG Mirus Technology LLC 10,885
Principal Investigator Title SponsorTotal Requested
Project Costs (multi years)
Proposals by Department and Principal Investigator: Detail (FY19)
Annual Report FY2019 | 25
Doherty,Patricia H Conference Support for the Beacon Satellite Symposium National Science Foundation 22,513
Doherty,Patricia HEducation and Outreach Coordinator for the International Space Weather Initiative (ISWI) Program
Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration 90,001
Groves,Keith M NSET Scintillation Model Transition Airforce Research Laboratories 450,311
Groves,Keith M Ionosphere Simulations for Radio Occultations ASTRA LLC 75,000
Groves,Keith M Sporadic-E ElecroDynamics Embry Riddle Aeronautical University 260,279
Groves,Keith M Support for STR's Proposal to DARPA Systems & Technology Research 2,897,807
Groves,Keith M Specification and Forecast of the Space Environment and System Survivability U.S. Air Force 30,496,584
Kraemer,Kathleen E Spitzer's Final Look at the Small Magellanic Cloud Space Telescope Science Institute 332,719
Paznukhov, Dima An Optimal Approach to Oblique Ionogram Scaling Airforce Research Laboratories 1,735,355
Paznukhov,Vadym DURIP: A Regional Network of TID Sensors (NTIDS) U.S. Air Force 343,263
Institute for Scientific Research Subtotal 17 $49,051,595
Irish Program Administration
Mauro,Robert M Strengthening Cybersecurity in Europe, 2019 U.S. Dept. of State 83,450
Irish Program Administration Subtotal 1 $83,450
Law School Faculty
Madoff,Ray D BCLS Forum on Philanthropy and the Public Good Institute of International Education 50,000
Sherman,Francine T Support to Advance Gender Specific Detention Reform The Annie E. Casey Foundation 16,968
Law School Faculty Subtotal 2 $66,968
Lynch Leadership Academy
Grant,Jennifer C Lynch Leadership Academy Fellowship Program Amelia Peabody Foundation 50,000
Grant,Jennifer C Baycoast Bank-Lynch Leadership Academy BayCoast Bank 60,000
Grant,Jennifer C Support of Lynch Leadership Academy Cabot Family Charitable Trust 50,000
Grant,Jennifer C Schusterman Foundation Schusterman Family Foundation 500,000
Grant,Jennifer C Lynch Leadership Academy General Operating The Boston Foundation 50,000
Grant,Jennifer C Lynch Leadership Academy: Professional Development Walton Family Foundation 51,618
Lynch Leadership Academy Subtotal 6 $761,618
Mathematics
Ash,Avner D Homology of Arithmetic Groups and Galois Representations National Science Foundation 268,222
Bridgeman,Martin "Weil-Petersson Geometry, Renormalized Volume and Higher Teichmuller Theory" National Science Foundation 375,249
Bridgeman,Martin International Workshop on Quasi-Isometries and Groups: Rigidity and Classification National Science Foundation 48,000
Chen,Dawei Moduli of Differentials National Science Foundation 289,325
Principal Investigator Title SponsorTotal Requested
Project Costs (multi years)
Proposals by Department and Principal Investigator: Detail (FY19)
26 | Office for Sponsored Programs
Chen,Dawei Moduli of differentials Simons Foundation 42,000
Chen,Qile CAREER: On the geometry of logarithmic compactifications National Science Foundation 481,835
Coskunuzer,Baris Minimal Surfaces in 3-Manifolds National Science Foundation 134,223
Fedorchuk,Maksym New notions of stability and applications National Science Foundation 225,779
Fedorchuk,Maksym Applications of stability in algebraic geometry Simons Foundation 105,654
Greene,Joshua E Combinatorial methods in low-dimensional topology Simons Foundation 126,941
Grigsby,Julia E Braids, Topology, and Neural networks Simons Foundation 42,000
Jin,Xin Microlocal Sheaves, Symplectic Geometry and Applications in Representation Theory National Science Foundation 70,068
Lehmann,Brian T Birational Geometry and Number Theory National Science Foundation 180,217
Li,Tao Heegaard splitting and topology of 3-manifolds National Science Foundation 250,585
Lindsey,Kathryn A Shapes of Julia sets, Thurston sets & neural networks National Science Foundation 263,296
Lindsey,Kathryn A Shapes of Dynamical Systems Simons Foundation 25,200
Mathematics Subtotal 16 $2,928,594
Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics, and Assessment
Coley,Rebekah L United Way: Process Evaluation of Launch, Year One
United Way of Mass Bay & Merrimak Valley 48,939
Russell,Michael K Boston College Content Alignment Study Advance Education, Inc. 62,684
Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics, and Assessment Subtotal 2 $111,623
Philosophy
McGill,Cherie Oppression and Liberation: Reconciliation and the Politi John Templeton Foundation 5,000
McKaughan,Daniel J The Philosophy, Theology, and Psychology of Trust in God John Templeton Foundation 1,195,567
Philosophy Subtotal 2 $1,200,567
Physics
Broido,David Understanding thermal transport in metals from first principles National Science Foundation 323,086
Broido,David Unlimited Potential of an Entirely New Semiconductor: Boron Arsenide University of Houston 210,000
Burch,Kenneth S Multidimensional Probe of Next Generation Heterostructures Air Force Office of Scientific Research 156,693
Burch,Kenneth S Developing Two-Dimensional MPX3 Structures for Novel Quantum Phenomenon Boston University 498,820
Burch,Kenneth S Compact Point-of-Care Aptamer-Based Sensor for Detection of Oral Disease Biomarkers in Saliva Giner, Inc. 267,469
Burch,Kenneth S Rapid Measurement of Stress Biomarkers Giner, Inc. 42,000
Burch,Kenneth SMRI: Development of a Vacuum Suitcase Compatible, Opto-Electro-Chemical Probe for Research and Training in Materials and Devices
National Science Foundation 641,414
Burch,Kenneth S DMREF: Collaborative Research: Extreme Nonlinear Optics with Weyl Semimetals National Science Foundation 399,860
Principal Investigator Title SponsorTotal Requested
Project Costs (multi years)
Proposals by Department and Principal Investigator: Detail (FY19)
Annual Report FY2019 | 27
Burch,Kenneth SCollaborative Research: Topological Heterostructures towards Unconventional Superconductivity
National Science Foundation 489,468
Burch,Kenneth S Multidimensional Probe of Next Generation Heterostructures Office of Naval Research 156,693
Burch,Kenneth S Developing a Magnetic Platform for Topological Quantum Computing U.S. Department of Energy 3,898,727
Di Bartolo,Baldassare Proposal to investigate a new approach to produce white light National Science Foundation 423,975
Engelbrecht,Jan Applications of Geometric and Group-theoretic Methods to Network Dynamics National Science Foundation 290,391
Kempa,Krzysztof Plasmonic multiple exciton generation U.S. Department of Energy 200,000
Naughton,Michael J 3D Structured Perovskite Solar: SIPS U.S. Department of Energy 200,000
Tafti,Fazel Discovering hybrid organic-inorganic superconductors via a solvothermal methodia
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc. 100,000
Tafti,Fazel CAREER: Lost Treasure of Metastable Phases National Science Foundation 872,255
Tafti,Fazel Transforming the Electron Flow from Diffusive to Hydrodynamic Regime U.S. Department of Energy 803,348
Zeljkovic,IlijaAtomic-Scale Search for New Superconducting States at the Surface of Iridium-Oxides and Copper-Oxides
Air Force Office of Scientific Research 450,000
Zeljkovic,Ilija Atomic-scale imaging of correlated electronic states in complex oxides Research Corporation 100,000
Zeljkovic,Ilija 3D Vector Magnet for Nanoscale Studies and Manipulation of Quantum Materials U.S. Army Research Office 373,715
Zeljkovic,Ilija Purchase and integrate a 3D vector magnet with low-temperature STM U.S. Army Research Office 373,715
Zeljkovic,Ilija Atomic-scale Imaging of Magnetic and Electronic Orders in Iridium-based Oxides U.S. Department of Energy 772,871
Zhou,Brian BDMREF: Collaborative Research: Accelerated Discovery of Skyrmions in 2D van der Waals Magnets
National Science Foundation 325,887
Physics Subtotal 24 $12,370,387
Political Science
Bartlett,Robert C The Foundations of Republicanism Project Department of Education 590,000
Easter,Gerald M Forced to Govern Armed Statebuilding Operations and the Limits of Military Effectiveness Charles Koch Foundation 7,000
Erickson,Jennifer L Getting Your Message Across: Costly Signaling Success and Failure During the Cold War Charles Koch Foundation 5,000
Krause,Peter J To Which Victor Go the Spoils? Explaining Which Factions Take Power After Regime Change Smith Richardson Foundation, Inc. 60,000
Melnick,Rowell SHarmonizing Earth with Heaven - The Democrati-zation of American Protestantism and Its Effects on American Politics
Charles Koch Foundation 5,000
Melnick,Rowell S Collusive Regulation? Higher Education and the Administrative State Searle Freedom Trust 125,000
Shell,SusanThe Birth of Progress: A Student of the Emergency of the Liberal Theory of Progress in Hobbes, Vico and Kant
Charles Koch Foundation 5,000
Principal Investigator Title SponsorTotal Requested
Project Costs (multi years)
Proposals by Department and Principal Investigator: Detail (FY19)
28 | Office for Sponsored Programs
Shell,Susan JMC Constitutional Day 2018 award Jack Miller Center 2,000
Political Science Subtotal 8 $799,000
Psychology
Christianson,John P Integration of affect valence and social approach in insular cortex National Science Foundation 1,772,243
Christianson,John P Insular Cortex and Social Affect NIH/Natl Inst of Mental Health 1,956,250
Cordes,Sara J The Developmental Emergence and Consequences of Spatial and Math Gender Stereotypes National Science Foundation 687,809
Cordes,Sara J Collaborative Research: Social Influences on Math Learning National Science Foundation 479,009
Cordes,Sara J The Development of Number Concepts in Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children National Science Foundation 916,348
Ford,Jaclyn H Age differences in when-not whether-sensory regions are recruited during memory retrieval National Science Foundation 635,528
Ford,Jaclyn H Prefrontal mechanisms underlying age-related changes in the retrieval of negative events NIH/Natl Inst on Aging 1,956,250
Hartshorne,Joshua K APA Summer Undergraduate Psychology Research Experience Grant American Psychological Association 28,800
Hartshorne,Joshua K Relations between musical behavior and well-being tested via mass-scale citizen science Harvard University 941,934
Hartshorne,Joshua K CompCog: A challenge suite fore statistical word segmentation National Science Foundation 706,549
Hartshorne,Joshua K Mid-scale RI-1 (M1:IP): Pushkin: Infrastructure for the Cognitive Science of 2026 National Science Foundation 17,845,766
Hartshorne,Joshua K Understanding Individual Differences in Functional Connectivity using Bayesian Nonparametrics NIH/Natl Inst of Mental Health 406,645
Hartshorne,Joshua K Connectivity-based Bayesian Nonparametric Modeling of Individual Variablity in Autism Simons Foundation 299,256
Kensinger,Elizabeth A EEG studies on the effects of emotion and self-relevance on memory-encoding and retrieval NIH/Natl Inst of Mental Health 125,333
Kensinger,Elizabeth A Decoding Dog-Human Eye Contact Purina 30,000
Kensinger,Elizabeth A Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research SIGMA XI 960
Kensinger,Elizabeth A Leveraging mPFC engagement to induce improvements in older adults' memory University of Notre Dame 460,844
McAuliffe,Katherine J Azrieli Program in Brain, Mind & Consciousness Canadian Institute for Advanced Research 73,700
McAuliffe,Katherine JThe effect of intuitive economic theories on children's wealth-based social and emotional judgments
NIH/Nat Ctr for Research Resources 186,582
McDannald,Michael A Ventral pallidum in threat, safety and reward signaling NIH/Natl Inst of Mental Health 430,375
McDannald,Michael A A ventrolateral periaqueductal gray to central amygdala circuit for fear updating via prediction NIH/Natl Inst of Mental Health 64,708
Ritchey,Maureen Episodic memory mechanisms supporting emotion regulation NIH/Nat Ctr for Research Resources 430,375
Ritchey,Maureen Episodic memory mechanisms supporting emotion regulation NIH/Natl Inst of Mental Health 430,375
Principal Investigator Title SponsorTotal Requested
Project Costs (multi years)
Proposals by Department and Principal Investigator: Detail (FY19)
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Schneider,Barry H The effects of smartphone use on children`s well-being: A natural longitudinal research
U.S. - Israel Binational Science Foundation 47,426
Winner,EllenExamining Personality Characteristics, Work Habits, Creative Potential, and Perceptions of Creativity in Musically Gifted Adolescents
American Psychological Foundation 49,559
Winner,Ellen
A Qualitative Analysis of How Enrollment in a Gifted Program Contributes to Academic Resilience According to High Achieving Low Socioeconomic Status Youth
American Psychological Foundation 49,742
Winner,EllenTo Support a Mixed Methods Evaluation of the 21st Century Visual Arts Classroom and Involve Teachers in Action Research
National Endowment for the Arts 100,000
Winner,EllenProfessional Development for Chicago-Area Art Teachers and Evaluating Teaching for Artistic Behavior
The Reva & David Logan Foundation 131,624
Psychology Subtotal 28 $31,243,990
The Roche Center for Catholic Education
Weitzel-O'Neill,Patricia A TWIN-CS Summer Academy Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities 75,000
The Roche Center for Catholic Education Subtotal 1 $75,000
Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society
Landrigan,Philip J UNEP - A Case Study of Air Pollution in Indian Cities
United Nations Environmental Programme 60,000
Landrigan,Philip JQuantifying the Cognitive and Economic Benefits of Reducing Air Pollution to Achieve Climate Change Mitigation
Wellcome Trust 634,420
Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society Subtotal 2 $694,420
School of Theology and Ministry
Harkins,Angela K Seeing the Shepherd of Hermas with New Eyes John Templeton Foundation 217,328
Ospino,HosffmanNational Study of Hispanic/Latino Vocations, National Symposium on Hispanic Ministry and Apostolic Movements
Our Sunday Visitor 141,100
Ospino,Hosffman The Promise of Hispanic Catholicism Anonymous 864,559
School of Theology and Ministry Subtotal 3 $1,222,987
Sociology
Jorgenson,Andrew K Research contribution to progressive political change Center for Engaged Scholarship 25,000
Moorman,SaraLife Course Socioeconomic Status and Risk for Alzheimer's Disease among African American Older Adults in Newark, New Jersey
Rutgers, the State University 12,293
Pfohl,Stephen J Transforming correctional landscapes: Social-ecological pathways to organizational change National Institute of Justice 79,456
Pfohl,Stephen J Social and ecological infrastructure for recidivism reduction National Science Foundation 49,950
Schor,JulietCollaborative Research: Regulating and Managing the Algorithmic Workplace: A Multi-Method Study for Comprehensive Optimization of Platforms
National Science Foundation 304,695
Sociology Subtotal 5 $471,394
Principal Investigator Title SponsorTotal Requested
Project Costs (multi years)
Proposals by Department and Principal Investigator: Detail (FY19)
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Principal Investigator Title SponsorTotal Requested
Project Costs (multi years)
Teacher Education/Special Education, Curriculum and Instruction
Albert,Lillie Exemplary Mathematics Educators for High-Need Schools: Equity and Leadership National Science Foundation 1,488,098
Barnett,George M Healthy Summer Youth Jobs 2018 Commonwealth of Massachusetts 5,082
Barnett,George M
2018-19 Sci Ed Innovators Fellowship; a partnership between Basu Foundation and BC to engage and support Boston science teachers who work in underserved schools
Jhumki Basu Foundation 26,567
Barnett,George M Authentic Science Exploration for Inclusive Teaching (ASE-IT) William Marsh Rice University 821,504
Bottema-Beutel,Kristen MDevelopment and Evaluation of Guides for Navigating High School Co-Created by Autistic Youth
Deborah Munroe Noonan Memorial Fund 159,059
Bottema-Beutel,Kristen MUsing State Space Grids to Understand Joint Engagement in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
NIH/Natl Inst of Child Hlth & Human Dev 156,500
Bottema-Beutel,Kristen MDeveloping Targeted, Psychometrically Sound, and Developmentally Connected Outcome Measures for Early Intervention Autism Research
Simons Foundation 426,167
McNeill,Katherine L OpenSciEd Budget Summary BSCS Science Learning 929,164
McNeill,Katherine L Open SciEd Professional Learning for Middle School Science National Center for Civic Innovation 225,584
Oliveira,Gabrielle
Brazilian Immigrant Education: A Realist Impact Evaluation of Whether, How, and Why a Portuguese-English Elementary Immersion Program Mitigates Inequality
Spencer Foundation 49,616
Oliveira,Gabrielle Brazilian Immigrant Education Experience: The Effects of a Language Program on Inequality Spencer Foundation 48,559
Oliveira,Gabrielle Brazilian Immigrant Education Experience: The Effects of a Language Program on Inequality William T. Grant Foundation 49,956
Paez,Mariela M A Longitudinal Study of Language and Academic Outcomes American Institutes for Research 256,246
Paez,Mariela M
A Longitudinal Study of Language and Academic Outcomes of Dual Language Learners with Varying Levels of Language Support in Prekindergarten to Grade 2
American Institutes for Research 227,645
Proctor,Charles P
Exploring the Effects of Heterogeneous Grouping During Dialogic Literacy Instruction on English Learners' Language, Reading, and Social Development
New York University 333,997
Proctor,Charles P
Evaluating the Efficacy of the CLAVES Intervention: An Intervention Focused on Comprehension, Language Awareness and Vocabulary for EL Students
Stanford University 457,197
Proctor,Charles P Worcester Public Schools Bilingual Partnership Worcester Public Schools 8,413
Scanlon,David SpedEx: Empowering Schools and Parents to Resolve Their Own IEP Disputes Commonwealth of Massachusetts 277,856
Shirley,Dennis L
An International Collaborative Research on the Hyukshin Schools in Seoul: Analysis of the Outcomes and Development of the Strategies for Improvement
Hongik University 147,090
Proposals by Department and Principal Investigator: Detail (FY19)
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Principal Investigator Title SponsorTotal Requested
Project Costs (multi years)
Proposals by Department and Principal Investigator: Detail (FY19)
Shirley,Dennis L The Purposes and Values of Education in an Age of Massive Technological Disruption Spencer Foundation 49,875
Wargo,Jon M Sounds of Survivance: Reading Civic Performance as Community Literacy in Detroit
National Council of Teachers of English 9,458
Zhang,Helen Z
Inventing Their Future: Preparing High School Teachers to Facilitate Integrated STEM Learning Through Community Authentic Invention to Engage Female Students
MIT 150,842
Zhang,Helen ZM2Robot: Integrating Mathematics and Computational Thinking through Virtual Robotics Programming
National Science Foundation 1,592,204
Zhang,Helen ZBroadening Middle School Aged Youth Participation in STEM through Afterschool Culturally Authentic Invention Programs
National Science Foundation 1,441,777
Teacher Education/Special Education, Curriculum and Instruction Subtotal 24 $9,338,456
Theology
Cooley,Jeffrey LThe Spirit of Scholarship: Biblical and Mesopotamian Studies in the Roman Catholic Academy
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine 15,000
Delong-Bas,Natana J Religion and Science in the Galapagos Islands: Engaging Darwin in the 21st Century
Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation 8,780
Schatkin,Margaret Translation of St John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Saint Matthew Baylor University 40,500
Theology Subtotal 3 $64,280
University Library Administration
Kijas,Anna E Library Collections as Data rebalancing resources in music data driven scholarship The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 36,849
University Library Administration Subtotal 1 $36,849
Weston Observatory
Ebel,John E Internship at FM Global FM Global 22,330
Ebel,John E
Collaborative Research : Determination of Focal Mechanisms and Depths Along the Great Puerto Fault Zone and the Lajas Fault to Provide Insight into Local Seismic Hazard
U.S. Geological Survey 78,040
Ebel,John ECollaborative Research: Assessing the Seismic Potential of Eastern Massachusetts using Lacustrine Earthquake Records
U.S. Geological Survey 22,727
Ebel,John E Collaborative Research: Characterization of soil amplification in glaciated terrains U.S. Geological Survey 36,454
Weston Observatory Subtotal 4 $159,551
Total 362 $203,340,375
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Proposals by Type (FY19)
Type of Proposal Number of Proposals
Percentage of Number of
Proposals
Total Requested Project Costs
(multi years)
Percentage of Total Requested Project
Costs (multi years)
Continuation 5 1.4% $879,044 0.4%
New 328 90.6% 187,457,812 92.2%
Renewal 7 1.9% 7,020,383 3.5%
Resubmission 18 5.0% 7,714,395 3.8%
Supplement 4 1.1% 268,741 0.1%
Total 362 100% $203,340,375 100%
ContinuationProposal to provide update on progress and to release the next increment of funds of an award.
newProposal for funding a new scope of work.
RenewalProposal to acquire additional funding and time on an existing award.
ResubmissionWhen an unfunded proposal is submitted for review to the sponsor.
supplementProposal for modification to an award that provides additional funding for a specific purpose of work over and above the original scope of work.
Definitions:
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Proposals by Sponsor Type (FY19)
$203.3m
Sponsor TypeNumber of Proposals
Percentage of Total Number of
Proposals
Total Requested Project Costs (multi years)
Corporate 21 5.8% $4,778,064
Corporate Flowthrough from Non-Profit 2 0.6% 560,284
Foundation 76 21.0% 15,483,530
Foundation Flowthrough from Higher Education 5 1.4% 540,440
Federal 140 38.7% 160,607,667
Federal Flowthrough from Corporate 2 0.6% 107,684
Federal Flowthrough from Foundation or Non-Profit 7 1.9% 1,167,262
Federal-Flowthrough from Higher Education or Hospital 37 10.2% 11,737,861
Federal Flowthrough from State 4 1.1% 1,275,846
Foreign 5 1.4% 522,292
Foreign Flowthrough from Foreign Higher Education or Foreign Foundation
3 0.8% 251,984
Higher Education 8 2.2% 802,474
Higher Education Flowthrough from Higher Education 2 0.6% 60,618
Local 3 0.8% 239,071
Non-Profit 32 8.8% 3,734,746
Non-Profit Flowthrough from Higher Education, Foundation, or Non-Profit
9 2.4% 346,954
State 5 1.4% 963,598
State Flowthrough from Non-Profit 1 0.3% 160,000
Total 362 100% $203,340,375
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Proposals Submitted to Federal Sponsors (FY19)
Federal SponsorsTotal Proposals
Number Amount
Air Force 10 $45,665,697
Army Research Office 5 2,871,377
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1 156,269
Department of Agriculture 1 249,846
Department of Education 8 5,794,172
Department of Energy 7 7,078,315
Department of Justice 3 171,345
Department of State 1 83,450
Geological Survey 3 137,221
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 2 350,280
National Endowment for the Arts 1 100,000
National Endowment for the Humanities 1 40,500
National Institutes of Health 76 57,859,648
National Science Foundation 67 50,245,248
Naval Research 1 156,693
Social Security Administration 3 3,936,259
Total 190 $174,896,320
Fed
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$28.4mtotal
Non-Federal SponsorsTotal Proposals
Number Amount
Corporate
Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc. 1 $228,387
ASTRA LLC 2 150,000
BASF Plant Science LP 1 156,562
Carnegie Corporation of New York 1 225,584
Giner, Inc. 2 309,469
ICMA Retirement Corporation 1 334,700
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp (PGBC) 1 132,704
Pfizer, Inc. 1 250,012
Research Corporation 1 100,000
Searle Freedom Trust 1 125,000
Systems and Technology Research 1 2,897,807
The Marino Health Foundation, Inc. 1 100,000
*Other Corporate Sponsors 9 328,123
Corporate Subtotal 23 $5,338,348
Foreign
Hongik University 1 147,090
Independent Research Fund Denmark 2 214,098
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University of Bath 1 234,902
*Other Foundation Sponsors 4 178,186
Foreign Subtotal 8 $774,276
Foundation
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation 3 819,199
Anonymous 2 1,164,551
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation 1 299,992
Brady Education Foundation 1 117,747
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc. 1 100,000
Deborah Munroe Noonan Memorial Fund 1 159,059
I.A. O'Shaughnessy Foundation 1 923,890
John Templeton Foundation 3 1,417,895
Laura and John Arnold Foundation 1 253,422
Lilly Endowment Inc. 1 300,000
Mathile Family Foundation 1 259,043
Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities 3 166,044
Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation 1 291,319
Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation 1 141,054
Russell Sage Foundation 3 381,008
Schusterman Family Foundation 1 500,000
Simons Foundation 7 1,067,218
Single Cause Single Cure Foundation 1 100,000
Society of Actuaries 4 290,683
Spencer Foundation 7 461,868
The Boston Foundation 2 100,000
The Charles Hayden Foundation 1 300,000
The LEGO Foundation 2 3,427,929
The Retirement Research Foundation 1 189,344
The Reva and David Logan Foundation 1 131,624
Wellspring Philanthropic Fund 1 475,271
William T. Grant Foundation 3 1,181,692
W.M. Keck Foundation 1 210,000
*Other Foundation Sponsors 25 794,110
Foundation Subtotal 81 $16,023,962
Higher Education
Harvard University 2 494,346
University of Pennsylvania 2 112,828
*Other Higher Education Sponsors 6 255,918
Higher Education Subtotal 10 $863,092
Non-Federal SponsorsTotal Proposals
Number Amount
Proposals Submitted to Non-Federal Sponsors (FY19)
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Local Government
Salem Public Schools 1 155,658
*Other Local Government 2 83,413
Local Government Subtotal 3 $239,071
Non-Profit
American Cancer Society 4 318,289
American Psychological Association 3 128,101
BSCS Science Learning 1 929,164
Charles A. King Trust 2 223,304
Jobs for the Future 1 399,680
National Palliative Care Research Center 1 136,426
National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 2 121,460
Our Sunday Visitor 1 141,100
Space Telescope Science Institute 1 332,719
Wellcome Trust 1 634,420
*Other Non-Profit 24 717,037
Non-Profit Subtotal 41 $4,081,700
State Government
Commonwealth of Massachusetts 2 282,938
MA Dept of Elementary & Secondary Educ 1 160,000
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1 606,697
*Other State Sponsors 2 73,963
State Government Subtotal 6 $1,123,598
Total 172 $28,444,055
* Other sponsors are less than $100k for each sponsor
Non-Federal SponsorsTotal Proposals
Number Amount
Proposals Submitted to Non-Federal Sponsors (FY19)
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{ New Awards }
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New Awards by Department (FY19)
Principal Investigator Title SponsorTotal Requested
Project Costs (multi years)
Provost
Global Leadership Institute
Mauro,Robert M Strengthening Cybersecurity in Europe, 2019 U.S. Dept. of State $83,450
Institute for Scientific Research
Carrano,Charles S Creare's SBIR, Next Generation Forecasting Model of Global Equatorial Scintillation Creare LLC 45,000
Doherty,Patricia H Ionospheric Simulations for Radio Occultations ASTRA LLC 75,000
Doherty,Patricia H Specification and Forecast of the Space Environment and System Survivability Airforce Research Laboratories 10,632,835
Doherty,Patricia H Analysis of Nighttime Ionospheric Events for GBAS at GIG Mirus Technology LLC 5,399
Groves,Keith M COSMIC-2 Calibration and Validation University Corp for Atmospheric Research 138,388
Groves,Keith M Sporadic-E ElecroDynamics Embry Riddle Aeronautical University 260,279
Paznukhov,Dima STR SBIR High-FIVE Systems & Technology Research 46,900
Paznukhov,Dima DURIP: A Regional Network of TID Sensors (NTIDS) Air Force Office of Scientific Research 343,263
Paznukhov,Dima DURIP: A Regional Network of TID Sensors (NTIDS) U.S. Air Force 343,263
The Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society
Landrigan,Philip J UNEP - A Case Study of Air Pollution in Indian Cities
United Nations Environmental Programme 60,000
Vice Provost for Research
Landrigan,Philip J UNEP - A Case Study of Air Pollution in Indian Cities
United Nations Environmental Programme 60,000
Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences
Biology
Altindis,EmrahViral Insulin-like PeptiViral Insulin-like Peptides (VILPs) and Their Activities on Mammalian Cellsdes
NIH/Natl Inst Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases 313,000
Hoffman,Charles Small molecule screens for GNAS and AC inhibitors NIH/National Heart, Lung & Blood 33,240
Hoffman,Charles Fibrous Dysplasia/McCune Albright Syndrome:Proposal University of Pennsylvania 68,185
Lowery,Laura Anne Role of TACC3 in Cranial Neural Crest Cell Migration: Implications for Craniofacial Disorders Charles H. Hood Foundation 10,000
Van Opijnen,Tim "Machine Learning and Data Fusion Platform for Phenotype" Triton Systems, Inc. 68,924
Chemistry
Byers,JefferyOrganometallic catalysis from molecular catalysis non -covalently confined in metal - organic Frameworks.
U.S. Department of Energy 649,999
Byers,Jeffery"Iron-based Catalysts for Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-coupling and C-H Functionalization Reactions"
American Chemical Society 110,000
Chatterjee,Abhishek Upgrading the mammalian translation system to probe multi-site post-translational modifications National Science Foundation 474,999
Chatterjee,Abhishek A novel strategy to capture post-translational modification-triggered protein-protein interactions
NIH/Natl Inst of General Medical Science 589,395
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New Awards by Department (FY19)
Chatterjee,Abhishek Boston College Collaboration Agreement with BASF BASF Plant Science LP 156,561
Chatterjee,Abhishek Finding Mitochondrial Memory Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation 56,250
Gao,Jianmin Targeted Modification of Membrane Lipids NIH/Natl Inst of General Medical Science 1,252,000
Hoveyda,Amir H New Catalysts, Strategies and Methods for Stereoselective Chemical Synthesis
NIH/Natl Inst of General Medical Science 3,948,936
Morken,James P Arthur C. Scope Scholar Award American Chemical Society 40,000
Niu,JiaSynthesis of Heterotelechelic Polymers via RAFT Polymerization for Tagging Red Blood Cells as Drug Carriers - Summer Research Scholarship
NE Section American Chemical Society 500
Waegele,Matthias
"CAREER: Elucidating How the Liquid Side of the Electrochemical Interface Controls Catalytic Selectivity during Carbon Dioxide Reduction"
National Science Foundation 674,178
Wang,Dunwei"Characterizing the Behaviors of Li-O2 Battery in a Stable Electrolyte System"
National Science Foundation 321,887
Wang,DunweiRh Single Atom Catalysts Dispersed on TiO2 for Selective Photocatalytic CH4 Transformation to CH3OH
American Chemical Society 110,000
Wasa,MasayukiCatalytic and Stereoselective C-C-Heteroatom Bond ForminCatalytic and Stereoselective C-C-Heteroatom Bond Forming Reactions
NIH/Natl Inst of General Medical Science 1,924,553
Weerapana,Eranthie Effect of FABP5 oxidation on fatty acid binding and EGF signaling
NIH/Natl Inst of General Medical Science 125,356
Weerapana,Eranthie Evaluating cysteine-reactive inhibitor selectivity Rheos Medicines, Inc 70,425
Computer Science
Prud'hommeaux,Emily T Automated analysis of pragmatic language development in ASD NIH/Institute on Deafness 497,281
Tseng,LewisCSR: Small: Collaborative Research: Improving Latency in Geo-Replicated Storage by Relaxing Consistency Requirements
National Science Foundation 241,852
Earth and Environmental Science
Behn,Mark D Collaborative Research: Characterizing and Modeling Crustal Recycling National Science Foundation 7,388
Behn,Mark D"Collaborative Research: Relating Bulk Composition to Seismic Properties in Crustal Rocks"
National Science Foundation 124,557
Behn,Mark D
Collaborative Research: Interactions Between Incipient Continental Rifting, Fluvial Systems, and Regional Climate in Southern Africa: The Okavango-Makgadikgadi Complex, Botswana
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 32,971
Behn,Mark D Collaborative Research: Quantifying the Sensitivity of Rifting Processes to Erosion and Sedimentation National Science Foundation 125,523
Behn,Mark D
Collaborative Research: Capturing 4D Variations in Stress, Slip, and Fault-Zone Material Properties: The 2019-2021 Gofar Transform Fault Earthquake Prediction Experiment
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 74,776
Behn,Mark D Collaborative Research: Melange-peridotite Interactions in the Source of Arc Magmas sheet National Science Foundation 79,579
Principal Investigator Title SponsorTotal Requested
Project Costs (multi years)
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Krones,Jonathan S
ELI Grant Application: Energy, Environment & the Digital Economy: Uncovering the Structure & Dynamics of the Sharing Economy: Evidence from a Food Sharing Platform
Yale University 14,993
Kruckenberg,Seth CField and microstructural investigation of strain localization processes, texture development, and the rheology of naturally deformed lower crust
National Science Foundation 312,566
Shakun,Jeremy DCollaborative Research: P2C2: Holocene glacier length variations along the spine of the American Cordilleras and their climatic significance
National Science Foundation 78,559
Economics
Valchev,Rosen ZCollaborative Research: Cognitively costly decision making by economic agents: micro and macro implications
National Science Foundation 248,698
Mathematics
Coskunuzer,Baris Minimal Surfaces in Hyperbolic 3-manifolds Simons Foundation 42,000
Fedorchuk,Maksym Geometric Invariant Theory and Moduli Spaces Simons Foundation 42,000
Friedberg,Solomon Automorphic Forms and L-Functions National Science Foundation 175,000
Jin,Xin Microlocal Sheaves, Symplectic Geometry and Applications in Representation Theory National Science Foundation 70,068
Philosophy
McGill,Cherie Oppression and Liberation: Reconciliation and the Politi
Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation 5,000
McKaughan,Daniel J The Philosophy, Theology, and Psychology of Trust in God John Templeton Foundation 994,071
Political Science
Erickson,Jennifer LGetting Your Message Across: Costly Signaling Success and Failure During the Cold War (A. Bowen)
Charles Koch Foundation 5,000
Melnick,Rowell S Collusive Regulation? Higher Education and the Administrative State Searle Freedom Trust 125,000
Shell,Susan JMC Constitutional Day 2018 award Jack Miller Center 2,000
Shell,SusanThe Birth of Progress: A Student of the Emergency of the Liberal Theory of Progress in Hobbes, Vico and Kant (J. Yudelman)
Charles Koch Foundation 5,000
Psychology
Christianson,John P Insular Cortex and Social Affect NIH/Natl Inst of Mental Health 1,956,250
Hartshorne,Joshua K APA Summer Undergraduate Psychology Research Experience Grant American Psychological Association 26,836
Kensinger,Elizabeth A
Testing the efficacy of a socioemotional encoding strategy as a learning tool that can be taught to older adults and deployed flexibly to enable them to learn information more effectively.
The Retirement Research Foundation 67,980
Kensinger,Elizabeth AInteractions between affective and sensory regions during the experience and recollection of emotional events
NIH/Natl Inst of Mental Health 156,500
Kensinger,Elizabeth ALinks between affect, executive function, and prefrontal structure in aging: A longitudinal analysis
NIH/Natl Inst on Aging 156,500
Kensinger,Elizabeth A Leveraging mPFC engagement to induce impovements in older aults' memory National Science Foundation 201,212
Principal Investigator Title SponsorTotal Requested
Project Costs (multi years)
New Awards by Department (FY19)
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Principal Investigator Title SponsorTotal Requested
Project Costs (multi years)
New Awards by Department (FY19)
McAuliffe,Katherine JBuilding Virtue: environmental and social influences on the development of fairness, forgiveness, honesty and trustworthiness
John Templeton Foundation 946,264
McAuliffe,Katherine J Azrieli Program in Brain, Mind & Consciousness Canadian Institute for Advanced Research 37,000
McAuliffe,Katherine JBuilding Virtue: environmental and social influences on the development of fairness, forgiveness, honesty and trustworthiness
John Templeton Foundation 946,264
McDannald,Michael A"Early Life Stress, Neuron Type Function and Neural Circuits for Threat Estimation"
NIH/Natl Inst of Mental Health 1,956,250
Ritchey,Maureen NARSAD 2018 Young Investigator Grant Brain & Behavior Research Foundation 69,273
Young,Liane L Reasoning in moral thought and action John Templeton Foundation 2,743,961
Sociology
Jorgenson,Andrew K
Collaborative Research: Decarbonizing Electricity in an Age of Experimentalist Governance: The Policy Determinants of Power PlantsCO2 Emissions and Water Footprints
National Science Foundation 29,907
Weston Observatory
Ebel,John E Internship at FM Global FM Global 22,330
Carroll School of Management
Center for Retirement Research
Aubry,Jean-Pierre A Tool to Compare the Burden of Retirement Debt across States State of Rhode Island 40,962
Munnell,Alicia H Public Sector Retirement Initiative, Phase VI Center for State and Local Excellence 334,700
Munnell,Alicia H Medicare Part D: Ten Years Later The Commonwealth Fund 171,050
Munnell,Alicia H Boston College and Affiliated Institutions: Retirement and Disability Research Consortium Social Security Administration 204,887
Sanzenbacher,Geoffrey T Market and Feasibility Studies for SRSP Auto-IRA Program City of Seattle 75,000
Dean, Carroll School of Management
Chemmanur,ThomasThe Entrepreneurial Finance of Start-up firms in the Area of Financial Technology and their Effects on the Corporations Investing in Them
Lehigh University 7,000
D'Acunto,Francesco Kauffman Foundation Fellowship Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation 35,000
Finance
Nickerson,Jordan L Household Borrowing and Shocks to Retirement Benefits University of Pennsylvania 35,000
Information Systems
Ransbotham,Samuel 2019 Workshop on the Economics of Information Systems National Science Foundation 12,000
Lynch Leadership Academy
Grant,Jennifer C Schusterman Foundation Schusterman Family Foundation 500,000
Grant,Jennifer C Baycoast Bank BayCoast Bank 60,000
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Principal Investigator Title SponsorTotal Requested
Project Costs (multi years)
Connell School of Nursing
Dean, Connell School of Nursing
DeSanto-Madeya,Susan A Pilot Study of Standardized Patient-Centered Medication Review in Home Hospice
University of Massachusetts - Worcester 53,605
Dzurec,LauraAt the Interface: Workplace Bullying Dynamic as Deterrents to Translational Research Process in Nursing Education
National League of Nursing 11,000
Edmonds,Joyce K Defining the Role of Nurses in Influencing the Likelihood of Getting a C-section Harvard University 39,648
Katigbak,CarinaTogether, we move: a multi-component intervention to increase physical activity for ethnic minority older adults
Brandeis University 26,998
Kelly-Weeder,Susan A Jonas Scholars Program 2018-2020 Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence 20,000
Lee,Christopher S Symptom Experiences in Patients with Liver Disease and their Family Members Oregon Health & Science University 15,460
Lyons,Karen SEXERCISING TOGETHER: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Partnered Exercise Training on the Health of Couples Coping with Cancer
Oregon Health & Science University 18,039
Mahoney,Ellen K Veteran-Directed Home and Community Based Service: Impact and Implementation U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs 19,174
School of Social Work
Dean, School of Social Work
Crea,Thomas M
Long term stress and impairment in children and youth after an acute infectious disease outbreak: A longitudinal study of the social, familial and individual effects of Ebola viral disease (EVD)
NIH/Natl Inst of Child Health 2,568,749
Crea,Thomas M
"RESEARCH IN KAKUMA REFUGEE CAMP, KENYA: SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCATION ACTIVITIES, PROJECT DESIGN, AND FOUNDATIONAL BELIEFS"
Jesuit Refugee Service 108,653
James,Jacquelyn Solidifying the Sloan Research Network on the Study of Aging & Work as a Living Legacy Alfred P. Sloan Foundation 450,048
Kumar,Praveen System science approaches, cleaner cookstoves; Rwanda NIH/Fogarty International Center 32,380
Matz,Christina J Masters in Social Work (MSW) Fellowship/Enrichment Program in Aging at Boston College Spier Family Foundation 45,000
Yadama,Gautam NChildObesity180: Reverse the Trend. Catalyzing a Community to Prevent Obesity: A Systems Approach
Tufts University 14,486
Yadama,Gautam NChildObesity180: Reverse the Trend - Catalyzing a Community to Prevent Obesity: A Systems Approach.
Tufts University 9,997
Global Practice
Betancourt,Theresa Fogarty implementation science case study CDRF Global 10,000
Betancourt,Theresa
Expanding the Reach of Evidence-Based Mental Health Treatment: Diffusion and Spillover of Mental Health Benefits Among Peer Networks and Caregivers of Youth Facing Compounded Adversity in Sierra Leone
NIH/Natl Inst of Mental Health 3,236,325
National Resource Center for Participant-Directed Services
Mahoney,Kevin VA IPA Providence VA Medical Center 5,754
New Awards by Department (FY19)
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Principal Investigator Title SponsorTotal Requested
Project Costs (multi years)
Law School
Law Faculty
Madoff,Ray D BCLS Forum on Philanthropy and the Public Good Institute of International Education 50,000
Lynch School of Education
Campus School
Cataldo,Barbara J FY19 MA Department of Developmental Services Supported Employment Program
MA Department of Developmental Services 257,137
Center for Optimized Student Support
Walsh,Mary City Connects in Salem Public Schools - SY18-19 Salem Public Schools 180,251
Walsh,Mary Tower Foundation support to City Connects in Salem Public Schools
Peter & Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation 10,500
Walsh,Mary Marino Foundation Support to City Connects The Marino Health Foundation, Inc. 100,000
Walsh,Mary Supporting the Implementation of City Connects in Twin Cities Public Charter Schools I.A. O'Shaughnessy Foundation 923,890
Walsh,Mary Support for City Connects in Boston Public Schools Anonymous 300,000
Walsh,Mary City Connects in Three Marian County Schools Marian University 90,000
Walsh,Mary City Connects Student Support Institute (ISSI) with the Rennie Center
Rennie Center for Educ Research & Policy 68,197
Walsh,Mary Rollins Trust Support to City Connects Sarah and James Rollins Trust 20,000
Dean, Lynch School of Education
Wortham,Stanton Building Integrated, Formative School Leadership Programs Kern Family Foundation 19,600
Education Leadership and Higher Education
Castro Samayoa,Andres
Developing Multi-Sited Normative Case Studies to Understand the Value of Legal Education for Latinx Students at Hispanic Serving Institutions and Predominantly White Institutions
Association for Institutional Research 49,978
DeWit,Johannes W International Mapping of National Tertiary Education; Internationalization Strategies The World Bank Group 12,000
DeWit,Johannes W International Briefs for Higher Education: Brief #8 American Council on Education 17,072
DeWit,Johannes W Internalization of the Technical &Technological Institutions of Higher Education of the Caribbean
Instituto Tecnologico de Las Americas 6,600
Counseling, Developmental and Educational Psychology
Dearing,Eric Development & Research in Early Childhood Mathematics (DREME) - Phase III Stanford University 118,388
Dearing,Eric DREME-Tandem Partnership to Develop & Disseminate Family Math Learning Resources Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund 50,000
Lai,Betty S Characterizing School Recovery After Disasters: Can We Optimize Academic Recovery? National Science Foundation 127,400
Lai,Betty S Child Trajectories of Post Traumatic Stress After Natural Disasters NIH/Natl Inst of Mental Health 84,041
Lai,Betty SBuilding Coastal Resilience: Galveston Bay as a Gateway to Enhancing Youth Scientific and Environmental Literacy
Natl Acad Sciences Engineering Medicine 76,000
Vasilyeva,MarinaRecruiting spatial-numerical representations to enhance the use of advanced math strategies in low-income students
Spencer Foundation 49,190
New Awards by Department (FY19)
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Vasilyeva,MarinaRecruiting Spatial-Numerical Representations to Enhance the Use of Advanced Math Strategies in Low Income Students
Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood 32,500
Teacher Education/Special Education, Curriculum and Instruction
Barnett,George M Healthy Summer Youth Jobs 2018 Commonwealth of Massachusetts 5,082
Barnett,George M Interdisciplinary Approaches to Teaching Computational Environmental Science National Science Foundation 1,519,631
Barnett,George M Converge Theatre: An Alternative Pathway to Broaden Participation in STEM Mosesian Center for the Arts 126,123
Barnett,George M
2018-19 Sci Ed Innovators Fellowship; A partnership between Basu Fdn. and BC to engage and support Boston science teachers who work in underserved schools.
Jhumki Basu Foundation 26,567
McNeill,Katherine L OpenSciEd Budget Summary BSCS Science Learning 219,091
Proctor,Charles P Worcester Public Schools Bilingual Partnership Worcester Public Schools 8,467
Scanlon,David SpedEx: Empowering Schools and Parents to Resolve Their Own IEP Disputes Commonwealth of Massachusetts 10,001
Zhang,Helen Z Supporting Lemelson-MIT Invention Education and Professional Development Programs MIT 8,992
Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics, and Assessment
Russell,Michael K Boston College Content Alignment Study Measured Progress Inc. 62,684
School of Theology and Ministry
School of Theology and Ministry Administration
Ospino,HosffmanNational Study of Hispanic/Latino Vocations, National Symposium on Hispanic Ministry and Apostolic Movements
Our Sunday Visitor 87,800
Ospino,Hosffman The Promise of Hispanic Catholicism Anonymous 750,000
The Ecclesiastical Faculty
Harkins,Angela K Wabash Peer Mentoring Wabash Center 87,800
Total $49,348,171
Principal Investigator Title SponsorTotal Requested
Project Costs (multi years)
New Awards by Department (FY19)
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Funding Actions By Department (FY19)
FY19 Funding Actions FY18 Funding Actions
School/DepartmentNumber
of Funding Actions
Dollar Amount of Funding
Actions
Number of Funding
Actions
Dollar Amount of Funding
Actions
President
BCDS Campanella Dining 1 $141,422 1 $162,639
Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies 1 5,000
Provost
Center For Teaching Excellence 1 75,000
Global Leadership Institute 2 144,399
Institute for Scientific Research 32 3,399,236 37 4,224,809
Jesuit Institute 2 60,000
Learning to Learn 2 550,661 3 822,387
Vice Provost for Research 2 90,000
Woods College of Advancing Studies - Undergraduate 1 100,000
Woods College of Advancing Studies - Graduate 1 42,000 1 397,564
Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences
Biology 30 9,986,849 45 11,802,197
Chemistry 34 8,001,736 22 4,753,728
Computer Science 4 482,789 3 616,067
Earth and Environmental Sciences 10 981,183 2 62,918
Economics 2 268,317 2 310,798
Mathematics 18 1,156,425 16 1,543,365
Philosophy 2 999,071 2 18,760
Physics 7 829,026 11 1,852,503
Political Science 4 74,500 4 21,500
Psychology 17 7,324,714 23 2,131,993
Sociology 3 251,114 1 133,915
Theology 1 8,780
Weston Observatory 11 180,185 8 71,216
Carroll School of Management
Center for Corporate Citizenship 2 700,000 3 700,000
Center for Retirement Research 10 3,781,292 9 1,041,537
Dean, Carroll School of Management 2 27,000 1 25,000
Finance 1 35,000
Information Systems 1 12,000
Lynch Leadership Academy 3 76,618 1 49,453
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Connell School of Nursing
Dean, Connell School of Nursing 17 1,946,364 9 1,107,492
School of Social Work
Dean, School of Social Work 11 1,236,324 10 752,383
Global Practice 11 2,543,628 16 4,021,101
National Resource Center for Participant-Directed Services 1 5,754
Law School
Law Faculty 3 798,739 6 489,960
Lynch School of Education
Campus School 3 4,333,905 8 7,722,318
Center for Optimized Student Support 17 4,702,443 16 4,948,546
Center for the Study of Testing, Evaluation, and Educational Policy
1 228,543
Counseling, Developmental and Educational Psychology 10 1,457,506 8 1,095,157
Dean, Lynch School of Education 1 19,600
Educational Leadership and Higher Education 6 637,600 5 112,084
International Study Center 4 7,137,428 8 8,179,576
Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics, and Assessment 1 62,685 3 254,859
Supported Employment 1 350,127
Teacher Education/Special Education, Curriculum and Instruction
11 2,977,595 10 3,407,621
School of Theology and Ministry
School of Theology and Ministry Administration 4 952,656 2 113,615
The Ecclesiastical Faculty 1 7,500
University Libraries
University Library Administration 1 30,775
Total 303 $68,798,315 304 $63,362,235
FY19 Funding Actions FY18 Funding Actions
School/DepartmentNumber
of Funding Actions
Dollar Amount of Funding
Actions
Number of Funding
Actions
Dollar Amount of Funding
Actions
Funding Actions by Department (FY19)
Total Number of Principal Investigators 136 121Total Number of Faculty* 768 793 * Source: Fact Book table Faculty by Rank 2018-2019 and 2017-2018 Professor, Associate, and Assistant
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Funding Actions by Type (FY19)
amendment/modifiCationAny changes in an award; e.g. end date, funding, decrease in funding, etc.
newFunding for a new scope of work.
supplementAdditional funding for a specific purpose of work over and above the original scope of work.
Definitions:
Funding Action Type Number of Funding Actions
% of Total Number of Funding Actions
Dollar Amount of Funding Actions
Amendment/Modification 150 49.50% $35,313,299
New 152 50.17% 33,456,016
Supplement 1 0.33% 29,000
Total 303 100% $68,798,315
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Funding Actions by Sponsor Type (FY19)
$68.8m
Sponsor Type Number of Funding Actions
% of Total Number of Funding Actions
Dollar Amount of Funding Actions
Corporate 17 5.6% $1,440,536
Corporate Flowthrough from Corporate 1 0.3% 75,000
Federal 120 39.6% 34,635,388
Federal-Flowthrough from Corporate 6 2.0% 410,053
Federal-Flowthrough from Foundation or Non-Profit 5 1.7% 469,380
Federal-Flowthrough from Higher Education or Hospital 24 7.9% 1,299,495
Federal-Flowthrough from State 8 2.6% 850,282
Foreign 11 3.6% 8,214,545
Foundation 50 16.5% 12,198,076
Foundation Flowthrough from Higher Education or Non-Profit
7 2.3% 319,411
Higher Education 4 1.4% 245,124
Local 13 4.3% 5,975,179
Non-Profit 24 7.9% 990,695
Non-Profit Flowthrough from Higher Education or Non-Profit
5 1.7% 731,277
State 7 2.3% 935,407
State Flowthrough from Local 1 0.3% 8,467
Total 303 100% $68,798,315
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Funding Actions by Federal Sponsors (FY19)
Federal SponsorsNew Funding Actions Other Funding Actions Total Funding Actions
Number Amount Number Amount Number AmountAir Force 5 $1,460,358 17 $1,308,906 22 $2,769,264
Army Research Office - - 1 125,186 1 125,186
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - - 1 10,654 1 10,654
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency 1 68,924 - - 1 68,924
Department of Education 1 489,550 7 1,402,372 8 1,891,922
Department of Energy 2 692,000 1 60,000 3 752,000
Department of Justice - - 1 4,687 1 4,687
Department of Veteran Affairs 2 12,599 1 2,232 3 14,831
Geological Survey 1 67,760 - - 1 67,760
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 2 110,553 3 139,829 5 250,382
National Institutes of Health 19 3,842,935 52 17,382,826 71 21,225,761
National Science Foundation 26 5,473,412 16 1,998,670 42 7,472,082
Naval Research - - 3 586,844 3 586,844
Social Security Administration 1 2,424,301 - - 1 2,424,301
Total 60 $14,642,392 103 $23,022,206 163 $37,664,598
$37.6m
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$31.1m
Funding Actions by Non-Federal Sponsors (FY19)
Non-Federal SponsorsNew Funding Actions Other Funding Actions Total Funding Actions
Number Amount Number Amount Number AmountCorporate
BASF Plant Science LP 1 $156,563 1 $156,563
Marino Health Foundation, Inc. 1 100,000 1 100,000
Wells Fargo 2 700,000 2 700,000
*Other Corporate Sponsors 8 353,598 6 205,375 14 558,973
Corporate Subtotal 10 $610,161 8 $905,375 18 $1,515,536
ForeignInternational Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement
4 7,137,428 4 7,137,428
Anonymous 1 750,000 1 750,000
The World Bank Group 1 12,000 1 181,517 2 193,517
*Other Foreign Sponsors 3 103,600 1 30,000 4 133,600
Foreign Subtotal 5 $865,600 6 $7,348,945 11 $8,214,545
Foundation
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation 2 520,048 2 520,048
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation 1 600,000 1 600,000
Anonymous 1 300,000 1 300,000
Better Way Foundation 1 200,000 1 200,000
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Heising-Simons Foundation 1 118,388 1 118,388
Henry P. Kendall Foundation 1 141,422 1 141,422
I.A. O'Shaughnessy Foundation 1 923,890 1 923,890
Jesuit Refugee Service 1 108,653 1 108,653
John Templeton Foundation 4 5,630,560 4 5,630,560
Laura and John Arnold Foundation 2 545,914 2 545,914
Mathile Family Foundation 1 259,043 1 259,043
NoVo Foundation 1 733,739 1 733,739
Paul and Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation 1 162,400 1 162,400
Simons Foundation 4 440,678 3 82,292 7 522,970
Single Cause Single Cure Foundation 1 120,000 1 120,000
The Commonwealth Fund 1 171,050 1 171,050
The Richard K. Lubin Family Foundation 1 100,000 1 100,000
William T. Grant Foundation 1 574,488 1 574,488
*Other Foundation Sponsors 23 583,366 5 201,556 28 784,922
Foundation Subtotal 41 $10,704,860 16 $1,812,627 57 $12,517,487
Hospital or Higher Education
*Other Hopsital or Higher Education Sponsors 4 245,124 4 245,124
Hospital or Higher Education Subtotal 4 $245,124 4 $245,124
Local GovernmentBoston Public Schools 1 1,182,815 1 1,182,815
Local Towns 1 3,977,517 1 3,977,517
Salem Public Schools 1 180,250 1 180,250
Springfield Public Schools 2 507,492 2 507,492
*Other Local Government Sponsors 1 75,000 7 52,105 8 127,105
Local Government Subtotal 3 $4,232,767 10 $1,742,412 13 $5,975,179
Non-Profit American Chemical Society 4 370,000 4 370,000
ICMA Retirement Corporation 1 334,700 1 121,000 2 455,700
Carnegie Corporation of New York 1 225,584 1 225,584
Our Sunday Visitor 1 87,800 1 53,300 2 141,100
*Other Non-Profit Sponsors 17 422,155 3 107,433 20 529,588
Non-Profit Subtotal 23 $1,214,655 6 $507,317 29 $1,721,972
State GovernmentMA Department of Developmental Services 2 703,455 1 3,060 3 706,515
MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Services
1 210,000 1 210,000
*Other State Government Sponsors 3 27,002 1 357 4 27,359
State Government Subtotal 6 $940,457 2 $3,417 8 $943,874
Total 92 $18,813,624 48 $12,320,093 140 $31,133,717
* Other sponsors are less than $100k for each sponsor
Non-Federal SponsorsNew Funding Actions Other Funding Actions Total Funding Actions
Number Amount Number Amount Number Amount
Funding Actions by Non-Federal Sponsors (FY19)
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School/Department
Total Sponsored
Activity Expenditures
Direct Costs
F&A Costs
Sponsored R&D Costs
Other Sponsored
Activity Costs
PresidentBCDS Campanella Dining $119,499 $119,499 - - $119,499
Institute for Advanced Jesuit Studies 174,510 158,645 $15,865 - 174,510
Provost Center for Human Rights and International Justice 9,680 9,680 - - 9,680
Center for Teaching Excellence 48,450 48,450 - - 48,450
Dean, Woods College of Advancing Studies Administration 354,342 354,342 - - 354,342
Global Leadership Institute 401,560 390,768 10,792 - 401,560
Institute Scientific Research 3,084,859 2,248,603 836,256 $3,029,275 55,584
Jesuit Institute 36,498 36,498 - - 36,498
Learning to Learn 502,088 469,590 32,498 - 502,088
Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society 52,112 52,112 - - 52,112
Woods College of Advancing Studies - Undergraduate 28,853 28,413 440 - 28,853
Carroll School of Management Center for Retirement Research 2,871,469 2,408,983 462,486 2,871,469 -
Center for Corporate Citizenship 371,199 371,199 - - 371,199
Dean, Carroll School of Management 25,160 23,687 1,473 816 24,344
Finance 34,996 34,996 - 34,996 -
Information Systems 59,755 38,182 21,573 59,755 -
Lynch Leadership Academy 989,920 983,476 6,444 - 989,920
Connell School of Nursing Dean, School of Nursing 1,114,204 995,836 118,368 910,447 203,757
Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences Biology 10,947,114 9,128,190 1,818,924 10,872,419 74,695
Chemistry 5,814,809 3,912,235 1,902,574 5,808,014 6,795
Computer Science 309,993 213,268 96,725 309,993 -
Earth and Environmental Sciences 354,117 240,754 113,363 354,117 -
Economics 341,723 260,649 81,074 341,723 -
Mathematics 968,275 624,507 343,768 968,275 -
Philosophy 3,714 3,632 82 3,332 382
Physics 1,954,258 1,368,196 586,062 1,854,160 100,098
Political Science 158,157 158,157 - 76,936 81,221
Psychology 3,094,944 2,254,065 840,879 2,957,754 137,190
Sociology 149,727 95,145 54,582 149,727 -
Weston Observatory 140,529 125,573 14,956 - 140,529
School of Social Work Dean, School of Social Work 1,148,772 915,846 232,926 977,282 171,490
Global Practice 2,554,133 2,083,519 470,614 2,554,133 -
National Resource Center for Participant-Directed Services 87,200 76,577 10,623 81,447 5,753
Expenditures by Department (FY19)
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Law School Law Faculty 446,064 409,037 37,027 383,567 62,497
Legal Assistance Bureau 10,934 10,934 - - 10,934
Lynch School of EducationCampus School 4,218,178 3,839,108 379,070 - 4,218,178
Center for Optimized Student Support 4,438,287 4,097,762 340,525 4,438,287 -
Center for the Study of Testing, Evaluation, and Educational Policy
147,155 96,907 50,248 147,155 -
Counseling, Developmental and Educational Psychology 885,538 716,495 169,043 885,538 -
Dean, Lynch School of Education 3,500 3,500 - 3,500 -
Educational Leadership and Higher Education 156,240 145,144 11,096 156,240 -
Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics, and Assessment 168,235 125,911 42,324 168,235 -
International Study Center 5,829,295 4,301,081 1,528,214 5,829,295 -
Teacher Education/Special Education, Curriculum and Instruction
2,219,743 1,782,207 437,536 2,064,205 155,538
School of Theology and MinistryInstitute of Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry 17,905 16,277 1,628 - 17,905
School of Theology and Ministry Administration 117,716 109,095 8,621 68,405 49,311
The Ecclesiastical Faculty 3,414 3,414 - - 3,414
University LibrariesUniversity Library Administration 20,517 20,517 - - 20,517
Total $56,989,340 $45,910,661 $11,078,679 $48,360,497 $8,628,843
School/Department
Total Sponsored
Activity Expenditures
Direct Costs
F&A Costs
Sponsored R&D Costs
Other Sponsored
Activity Costs
Expenditures by Department (FY19)
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Comparison of Direct and F&A Costs (FY19)
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Comparison of Expenditure Types for Sponsored Research (FY18-FY19)
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