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Past and Current     KSEF R&D Excellence Award Recipients

Round  (#Awards) Date

RDE-001 (32)    2-1-02
RDE-002 (11) 12-12-02
RDE-003 (32)    5-5-03
RDE-004 (9)  10-10-03
RDE-005 (31) 5-20-04
RDE-006 (11) 8-4-04
RDE-007 (20) 4-12-05
RDE-008 (31) 10-25-05
RDE-009 (16) 12-12-06
RDE-010 (31) 10-24-07
RDE-011 (17) 07-1-08
RDE-012 (14) 07-1-09



Kentucky Comm Fund

Round  (#Awards) Date

COMM-006  (10) 4-1-07
COMM-007  (8)   4-1-08
COMM-008  (4)   1-1-09
COMM-009  (2)   10-01-09

Past and Current  SBIR/STTR Phase Zero and Double Zero Award Recipients
140 awards totaling $469,100 have been awarded to date.
 


Emerging Ideas - Biosciences

Names of Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-PI(s)

PI’s Department  

 PI’s Affiliation

Research Project Title

 Amount Awarded ($)

Alfred Jenson ,

Shin-je Ghim

Brown Cancer Center

University of Louisville

Development of Formalin-Inactivated Papillomavirus L2 Vaccines

$15,000


John Obrycki ,

James Harwood

Entomology Department

University of Kentucky

A Quantitative Evaluation of the Bioaccumulation of Bt-toxins within Predators in Kentucky Using Diagnostic Immunological Techniques

$10,495


Pradeep Kachroo ,

Aardra Kachroo

Plant Pathology Department

University of Kentucky

Genome-wide Search of Oleate-responsive Genes in Arabidopsis

$14,960



Emerging Ideas - Environmental and Energy Technologies

Names of Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-PI(s)

PI’s Department  

 PI’s Affiliation

Research Project Title

 Amount Awarded ($)

Bhupendra Parekh

Center for Applied Energy Research

University of Kentucky

Beneficiation of Coal/Minerals Using a Dry Separation Technique

$14,559



Emerging Ideas - Human Health and Development

Names of Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-PI(s)

PI’s Department  

 PI’s Affiliation

Research Project Title

 Amount Awarded ($)

William Pierce ,

K. Grant Taylor ,

Leonard Waite

Pharmacology and Toxicology Department

University of Louisville

Bone Targeting of Pharmaceuticals

$16,500


J.Christopher States

Pharmacology and Toxicology Department

University of Louisville

Molecular Mechanisms of Arsenic Enhancement of Benzo[a]pyrene Genotoxicity in Human Cells

$15,000



Emerging Ideas - Information Technology and Communications

Names of Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-PI(s)

PI’s Department  

 PI’s Affiliation

Research Project Title

 Amount Awarded ($)

Guangming Xing

Computer Science Department

Western Kentucky University

Designing a Native XML DBMS: A Distributive Approach

$11,722



Emerging Ideas - Materials Science and Advanced Manufacturing

Names of Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-PI(s)

PI’s Department  

 PI’s Affiliation

Research Project Title

 Amount Awarded ($)

Stephen Holmes

Chemistry Department

University of Kentucky

Synthesis of Discrete Molecule-Based Networks and Clusters for Engineered Molecular Electronics

$14,989


Madhu Menon

Center for Computational Sciences

University of Kentucky

Nanomechanics of Silicon Nanowires

$15,000


J. Todd Hastings

Electrical and Computer Engineering Department

University of Kentucky

Level-to-Level Alignment with Nanometer Accuracy for Electron-Beam Lithography

$14,973