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Grant awards from November 2016 - January 2017
Over two months, nine faculty and staff members received grants for their programs and departments, ranging in size from $1,000 to $339,554.
Beth LaShell, Coordinator, The Old Fort at Hesperus, received $59,986 over two years from the Colorado Department of Agriculture Specialty Crop Block Grant for “Introducing Land Link, New Markets and Applicant Development Programs at the Old Fort Market Garden Incubator and Assisting with Regional Incubator Program Development.”
Charles Leslie, Director, FLC Community Concert Hall, received $2,450 from the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation for “2016-2017 Southern Exposure: Performing Arts of Latin America” as reimbursement for artist fees and housing expenses during the performance.
Charles Leslie, Director, FLC Community Concert Hall, received $1,000 from the City of Durango Art & Culture Grants program to support “Concert Hall @ The Park,” a free summer 2017 concert series.
Stacey Peters, Administrative Assistant, Reed Library, received $4,000 from the Colorado State Library for “State Grants for Libraries 2016-17” to supplement the library collection budget.
Liz Ross, Director, Small Business Development Center, received $95,000 from the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade to fund SBDC programming for 2017.
Ryan Schwarz, Assistant Professor, Biology, received $124,300 over three years from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to fund “Survey for diversity of exotic honey bee pest and pathogen threats to the USA,” to better understand new and recently emerged pathogen threats to U.S. honey bee populations.
Shelby Tisdale, Director, Center of Southwest Studies, received $25,000 from the Henry Luce Foundation for “Treasures of the Southwest-Durango Collection,” to support the final design, marketing and installation of a selection of textiles from the Center’s Durango Collection into new permanent gallery space.
Katie Mouzakis, Assistant Professor, Chemistry, received $339,554 over three years from the National Institutes of Health, Support of Competitive Research (SCORE) Pilot Project, to support “NIH SCORE SC2 2016.” Her research goal is to improve scientific understanding of how viral RNA structures manipulate host-translational machinery to ensure successful viral replication. In addition, this grant award will provide support for cutting-edge biochemistry training for students.
Laurie Williams, Professor, Engineering, received $114,715 from the U.S. Department of Energy to fund her work on the “Methane Emissions Mitigation and Quantification from Natural Gas Infrastructure” project in collaboration with Colorado State University during the summer of 2017.