The faculty members, department, and their successful proposals were as follows:

Drs. Kristin Biondolillo and Amy Pearce, Psychology & Counseling -- "Establishing the Stimulus Properties of Nicotine."

Drs. Thomas Risch and Jerry Farris, Biological Sciences -- "Assessing the Benefits of genetically Modified Crops: using small mammal models."

Drs. James Bednarz, Jeannette Loutsch, and Thomas Risch, Biological Sciences -- "Vector Ecology of West Nile Virus: an assessment of human risk in the Delta Region of Arkansas."

Dr. Roger Buchanan, Biological Sciences -- "Arousal and Sensory Gating: Effects of Acute and Chronic Exposures to Nicotine."

Dr. Jeanette Loutsch, Biological Sciences -- "The effects of asthma therapy and second hand smoke on the reactivation profile of herpes simplex type 1 in the mouse eye model."

Drs. Robyn Hannigan and Jon Russ, Chemistry & Physics -- "Human Hair as a Biomarker for Exposure to Tobacco Smoke."

Drs. William Burns and Scott Reeve, Chemistry & Physics -- "A Novel Application of Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscope: The Fast and Accurate Analysis of Gas Phase Constituents of Environmental Tobacco Smoke."

Dr. Anne Grippo, Biological Sciences -- "Nicotine and ephedrine Interactions: Effects on the Cardiovascular System."

Two proposals, "Social Assessment of Pharmaceuticals," from Dr. Andrew Knight, Sociology, and Dr. Patrick Stewart, Political Science; and "Biopharmaceuticals -- Assessment of Economic and Environmental Issues," from Drs. Gauri Guha, Sarath Nonis, and Richard Segall, Economics & Decision Sciences, were so clearly related that Dr. Jan Duggar, College of Business, was asked to direct a focus area grant combining the two. The new focus area is "Social, Economic and Regulatory Studies."

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