International Projects - International Research Awards
2003-2004 Program

For the 2003-2004 academic year, the Center for International Studies received 20 proposals for the International Research Awards program. The following six proposals were selected for funding:

1. Charles Bartlett, assistant professor of entomology and applied ecology, “International Research and Education in the Hong Kong Territories of the South China Seas,” $4,700
   
   
2. Craig Cary, visiting scientist in plant and soil sciences, “Molecular Assessment of a Toxic Harmful Algal Bloom Species, Anabaena planktonic: An International Collaboration,” $9,900
   
   
3. Jeffrey B. Miller, professor of economics, “Non-Bank Financial Institutions in Bulgaria,” $2,300
   
   
4. Frederick Nelson, professor of geography, “The Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring Program: Field Studies in Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Alaska,” $10,000
   
   
5. David Pong, professor of history, “Industrial Development and Industrial Relations, 1861-1912: China in a Global Context,” $10,000
   
   
6. Deborah Steinberger, associate professor of foreign languages and literatures, for a project on the work of Jean Donneau de Visé (1638-1710), founder and editor in chief of “Le Mercure Galant,” one of France’s first newspapers, $3,000
   
   
7. Margaret Wilder, professor in the School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy, “Housing Policy and Institutional Roles in the U.S. and the Netherlands: Neighborhoods in the Balance;” $3,000
   
   
8. Robert Wilson, associate professor in the School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy, and Bethany Hall-Long, associate professor of nursing, “Life and Death Decisions in the Netherlands and in Delaware: A Comparison of Policy Decision-Making for the Prevention and Treatment of Alcohol Abuse and Drug Abuse in Small Geographic Areas,” $7,000
   
   

A faculty committee chaired by Lesa Griffiths, director of CFIS, and including George Bear, professor of education, Jean Pfaelzer, professor of English, and Sean Cox, associate director of international projects for CFIS, evaluated proposals and made recommendations to the Office of the Provost.