John Leatherman, professor of agricultural economics, and Kyle Mankin, professor of biological and agricultural engineering, received $57,899 from the US Environmental Protection Agency for "KS WRAPS: Neosho Basin Planning." (October 2008)
Susan Sun, professor of grain science and industry, received a U.S. Department of Energy grant of $40,000 to study "Bio-Nanocomposites Derived from Renewable Materials." (October 2008)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded KS WRAPS grants to Daniel L. Devlin, professor of agronomy, William L. Hargrove, KCARE director; John C. Leatherman, professor of agricultural economics; and Kyle R. Mankin, professor of biological and agricultural engineering. (Sept. 2008)
The U.S. Department of Energy granted funding for "National Carbon Sequestration Database and Geographic Information System" to Richard G. Nelson, head of the Kansas Industrial Extension Services; Charles W. Rice, professor of agronomy; Scott A. Staggenborg, professor of agronomy, and Jeffery R. Williams, professor of agricultural economics. (Sept. 2008)
William M. Eberle, associate professor of agronomy, and DeAnn R. Presley, assistant professor of agronomy, received $15,432 from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment for "Compost Site Development and Operation and Compost Operator Educational and Technical Assistance." (Sept. 2008)
The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded $600,000 for"Modifying Homeowner's Lawn- Irrigation Behavior to Conserve Water and Improve Water Quality in Urbanizing Watersheds" to the following faculty in the department of horticulture, forestry and recreation services: Dale J. Bremer, associate professor; Jack D. Fry, professor; Steven J. Keeley, associate professor; Catherine C. Lavis, assistant professor; and Rodney A. St. John, assistant professor. (Sept. 2008)
Rhonda R. Janke received $20,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for "Research for Overcoming Barriers to Institutional Purchases of Locally Grown Food." (Sept. 2008)
The National Science Foundation awarded a grant for "Konza Prairie LTER V: Long-Term Research on Grassland Dynamics and Global Change" to the following faculty in the Division of Biology: Walter K. Dodds, professor; John M. Blair, distinguished professor; David C. Hartnett, distinguished professor; Anthony Joern, professor; and Jesse B. Nippert, assistant professor. (Sept. 2008)
Joe Gerken, doctoral student in biology, and Craig Paukert, adjunct professor of biology, received a grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior for "Factors Influencing Threatened and Endangered Fishes in the Great Plains." (Sept. 2008)
The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded a grant for "Ecotypic Variation and Functional Genetic Responses of a Dominant Grass Under Natural and Reduced Precipitation: Genes to Ecosystem Response" to the following faculty: Theodore J. Morgan, assistant professor of biology; Eduard D. Akhunov, assistant professor of plant pathology; Karen A. Garrett, associate professor of plant pathology; and Loretta C. Johnson, associate professor of biology. (Sept. 2008)
Brett K. Sandercock, associate professor of biology, and Samantha Wisely, assistant professor of biology, received a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, for $19,130 to study "Effects of Wind Power Development on Greater Prairie Chickens." (Sept. 2008)
Ron Madl, director of the Bioprocessing and Industrial Value-Added Program, Richard Nelson of Kansas Industrial Extension Services and Mary Rezac, professor and head of the department of chemical engineering, received a grant from the National Science Foundation for the "I/UCRC Center for Bioenergy Research and Development." (August 2008)
Richard Goe, professor, Laszlo Kulcsar, assistant professor, Gerad Middendorf, associate professor, and Theresa Selfa, assistant professor, all of the department of sociology, anthropology and social work, got a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to study "Biofuels Revolution: Understanding the Social, Cultural and Economic Impacts of Biofuels Development on Rural Communities." (August 2008)