NIFA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (formerly NRI):
Water and Watershed Competitive Grants
Projects funded for FY 2005
Note: Each proposal number is linked directly to its respective
NIFA Current Research Information System (CRIS)
record.
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Principal Investigator: |
Fisher, T.R. |
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Proposal Number: |
2005-03892 |
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Performing Institution: |
University of Maryland |
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Amount of Award: |
$493,000 l 24 months |
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Title of Award: |
Effects of Agricultural Conservation
Practices on Nitrate Losses from Croplands of the Choptank
River Basin |
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Principal Investigator: |
Mackie, R.I. |
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Proposal Number: |
2005-03961 |
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Performing Institution: |
University of Illinois-Urbana |
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Amount of Award: |
$493,000 l 36 months |
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Title of Award: |
Antibiotic Resistance
Genes and Residues in Water and Soil in Close Proximity to
Swine Production Facilities |
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Principal Investigator: |
Steenhuis, T.S. |
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Proposal Number: |
2005-03929 |
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Performing Institution: |
Cornell University |
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Amount of Award: |
$490,000 l 36 months |
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Title of Award: |
Visualization and Quantification
of Bacterial Transport in Sand Under Steady and Transient Flow |
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Principal Investigator: |
Wooster, D. |
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Proposal Number: |
2005-03960 |
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Performing Institution: |
Oregon State University |
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Amount of Award: |
$465,000 l 36 months |
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Title of Award: |
Impacts of Irrigation
Diversions on River Ecosystems |
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Principal Investigator: |
Jenkins, M.B. |
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Proposal Number: |
2005-04017 |
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Performing Institution: |
ARS, USDA |
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Amount of Award: |
$448,000 l 48 months |
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Title of Award: |
The Role of Ponds in
Reducing the Threat of Pathogen Contamination from Livestock
in Agricultural Watersheds |
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Principal Investigator: |
Fernald, A. |
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Proposal Number: |
2005-03970 |
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Performing Institution: |
New Mexico State University |
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Amount of Award: |
$441,000 l 36 months |
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Title of Award: |
Effects of Ditch and
Field Irrigation Seepage on Rio Grande Flow |
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Principal Investigator: |
Fox, G.A. |
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Proposal Number: |
2005-04022 |
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Performing Institution: |
University of Mississippi |
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Amount of Award: |
$330,000 l 36 months |
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Title of Award: |
Quantifying the Importance
of Lateral, Subsurface Flow on Sediment Load to Streams |
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Principal Investigator: |
Poole, G.C. |
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Proposal Number: |
2005-03980 |
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Performing Institution: |
Eco-metrics, Inc. |
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Amount of Award: |
$325,000 l 36 months |
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Title of Award: |
River Ecosystem Resilience
Synergies of Excess Sediment and Nitrogen: Degraded Hyporheic
Dynamics and Compromised River Ecosystem Resilience |
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Principal Investigator: |
Hood, E.W. |
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Proposal Number: |
2005-03881 |
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Performing Institution: |
University of Alaska
Southeast |
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Amount of Award: |
$295,000 l 36 months |
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Title of Award: |
Salmon and Wetland Influences
on Carbon and Nutrient Cycling in Forested Watersheds |
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Principal Investigator: |
Bouchard, V. |
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Proposal Number: |
2005-03928 |
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Performing Institution: |
Ohio State University |
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Amount of Award: |
$176,000 l 36 months |
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Title of Award: |
Nitrogen Removal in Agricultural
Watersheds: Ecological Interactions Associated with Forested
and Agricultural Headwater Streams |
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Principal Investigator: |
Fraterrigo, J. |
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Proposal Number: |
2005-04015 |
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Performing Institution: |
Iowa State University |
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Amount of Award: |
$115,000 l 24 months |
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Title of Award: |
Influence of Landscape-
Weather Interactions on Biological Water Quality in Agricultural
Watersheds |
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Principal Investigator: |
Gold, A.J. |
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Proposal Number: |
2005-03978 |
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Performing Institution: |
University of Rhode Island |
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Amount of Award: |
$95,000 l 24 months |
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Title of Award: |
Evaluating In-Stream
Denitrification: Pilot Studies and Site Characterization |
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Principal Investigator: |
Kroll, C.N. |
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Proposal Number: |
2005-03897 |
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Performing Institution: |
State University of New York, Col. of Envir. Sci. & Forestry |
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Amount of Award: |
$87,000 l 12 months |
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Title of Award: |
Improving the Estimation of Low Stream Flow Statistics at
Ungauged River Sites |
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Principal Investigator: |
Barrett, K. |
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Proposal Number: |
2005-03915 |
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Performing Institution: |
Montclair University |
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Amount of Award: |
$47,000 l 24 months |
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Title of Award: |
Is Urbanization of Rural Water-Supply Watersheds a Threat
to Water Availability During Dry Weather in New Jersey? |
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