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2011 CRDF-SB RAS Pilot Joint Basic Research Competition Results
By Tara Caton |
Nov 04, 2011
CRDF Global and the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SB RAS) agreed on the selection of three finalists from the 2011 CRDF-SB RAS Pilot Joint Basic Research Competition, designed to support high quality basic research in the science centers and institutes of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SB RAS) and to establish sustained joint U.S. – Russian research collaborations.
With funding from the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences; the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF); and the U.S. Department of State's Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia (AEECA), grants will provide up to two years of support for the following projects:
Title: New Nano-size and Layered Cu- containing Sulphides For Electronics
Institutions: Kirensky Institute of Physics and the University of Alabama
Title: Control of Laminar-Turbulent Transition at Hypersonic Speeds by Means of a Dielectric
Barrier Discharge Device
Institutions: Institute of Theoretical & Applied Mechanics and the University of Arizona
Title: Genetic Analysis of the Drosophila RNase ZL gene, a Homolog of the Human Prostate Cancer Susceptibility Gene ELAC2
Institutions: Institute of Chemical Biology & Fundamental Medicine and Fordham University
In addition, CRDF Global has chosen to independently select one other project submitted to this competition for a grant. With funding from AEECA and NSF, this grant will provide up to two years of support for the following project:
Title: Experimental and Theoretical Investigations of Aerosol and Cloud Fields with the use of Spaceborne and Ground-Based Multifrequency Polarization Lidars
Institutions: Institute of Atmospheric Optics and the Langley Research Center