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Recent Grants and Grant Applications

David Bish

Grants applied for:

• Natural and experimental preservation of amino acids and peptides in evaporitic sulfate minerals as analogs for surficial processes on Mars; Lisa Pratt, PI, D. Bish, Co-I; NASA, Mars Fundamental Research Program; January 2007-December 2009; $279,590
• Earth Sciences Research at the National Science Foundation Acquisition of an FTIR spectrometer with micro-FTIR and Raman modules; Maria Mastalerz, PI; NSF 06-576; January 1, 2007-December 31, 2007; $165,162
• Revealing the Clays on Mars: A Spectral Unmixing and Hydration Study of Phyllosilicates in Mixtures and Altered Phases Likely to be Present in Altered Volcanic Material; J. Bishop, PI, D. Bish, Co-I; NASA, Mars Fundamental Research Program; January 2007-December 2009; $15,000 to IU
• Infrared, NMR, and X-ray Characterization of the Dehydration and Dehydroxylation of Clay Minerals (07-MFRP07-0027), submitted in response to NNH07ZDA001N, Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES-2007) for the Mars Fundamental Research program (MFR); T. Glotch, PI; NASA, Mars Fundamental Research Program
• Experimental Study of Processes Producing Polygonal Patterns in Evaporite Bearing Martian Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks, submitted in response to NNH07ZDA001N, Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES-2007) for the Mars Fundamental Research program (MFR); J. Schieber and B. Bish, Co-Is; NASA, Mars Fundamental Research Program.
• Containerization of planetary astrobiological samples assuring sealing and preservation for sample return missions; Tullis Onstott, PI, David Bish, Co-I; NASA, ROSES.

Grants active or received:

• Experimental Study of Processes Producing Polygonal Patterns in Evaporite Bearing Martian Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks, submitted in response to NNH07ZDA001N, Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES-2007) for the Mars Fundamental Research program (MFR); J. Schieber and B. Bish, Co-Is; NASA, Mars Fundamental Research Program.
• Infrared, NMR, and X-ray Characterization of the Dehydration and Dehydroxylation of Clay Minerals (07-MFRP07-0027), submitted in response to NNH07ZDA001N, Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES-2007) for the Mars Fundamental Research program (MFR); T. Glotch, PI, D. Bish Co-I; NASA, Mars Fundamental Research Program; 2008-2010
• Mars Environmental Simulator Studies, submitted to the NASA Astrobiology Institute's (NAI) 2007 Director's Discretionary Fund (DDF), has been selected for funding; 4/19/2007; The NAI will provide total funding in the amount of $253,075.
• Experimental Measurement of the Stability and Dehydration/Rehydration Kinetics of Sulfate Hydrates under Simulated Martian Surface Conditions; D. Bish, PI; NASA, Mars Fundamental Research Program; December 2006-January 2009; $230,000
• Quantitative X-ray Diffraction Analysis of Mars Analog Materials; D. Bish, PI; NASA Ames Laboratory, Co-op Agreement; 7/20/05-9/30/08; $100,000
• Powder Handling System for in-situ Planetary Instruments; P. Sarrazin, PI; NASA, ASTID03-0015-0024; October, 2004-September, 2007, extended one year; $90,000
• Experimental Determination of Low-Temperature, Low-Pressure Thermodynamic and Crystallographic Properties of Potential Martian Hydrous Minerals; D. Bish, PI; NASA, Mars Fundamental Research Program; 10/1/03-10/15/07; $140,000
• Cryogenic evaporite formation at Lewis Cliff, Antarctica: a Mars analog study; NASA, Mars Fundamental Research Program; October, 2005-September, 2007; $5K/year for instrument support ($15K total)
• CheMin: An X-ray Diffraction/X-ray Fluorescence (XRD/XRF) instrument for definitive mineralogical analysis in the analytical laboratory of MSL; NASA, Mars Science Laboratory Investigations, AO-03-OSS-03; November, 2004-September, 2013; $371,133

Simon Brassell

Grants received or in progress:

Grant Current in 2007

• Biogeochemical profiles of climatic and environmental Petroleum Research 04/01/05 $80,000 changes inducing deposition of organic-rich sediments Fund of the American 08/31/07 during the Early Aptian (PI: S.C. Brassell) Chemical Society

Grant Awarded in 2007

• Acquisition of a bench-top GC-MS system for biogeo- NSF (EAR Instrument- 03/01/07 $92,000 Chemical research (PI: S.C. Brassell, co-PI: L.M. Pratt, ation and Facilties) 02/28/08 P.E. Sauer, A. Schimmelmann)

Grants Submitted in 2007 Declined

• Acquisition of a bench-top GC-MS system for biogeo- IU Bloomington Faculty 03/01/07 $95,000 chemistry research (PI: S.C. Brassell, co-PI: L.M. Pratt, Research Support 02/28/08 A. Schimmelmann)
• Program Records and causes of short–term temporal variations NSF (EAR Sedimentary 07/01/06 $127,742 in Cretaceous ocean temperatures (PI: S.C. Brassell) Geology and Paleobiology) 06/30/07

James Brophy

Grants received or in progress

• An explanation for emergent complexity at the sites of Lerna and Kolonna, Greece; Shriner, C and Brophy, J (co-directors); National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH); July 1, 2004 to December 31, 2007; $100,000

Bruce Douglas

Grants received or in progress

• Microbial Mat At The Edge Of Hydration On A Terrestrial Basalt Plateau As A Model Environment For Life On Mars; L. Pratt, PI, C Bauer and B. Douglas, Co-I; NASA; 05/01/2008 - 04/30/2011; $850,704.00
• Understanding Geologic Problem Solving in Advanced Undergraduate Field Mapping-Track 1; E. Riggs and B. Douglas Co-PI; NSF; 11/16/2007 - 06/30/2010; $149,930.00

Erika Elswick

Current

• Resource Preservation and Development: 5,500 Integrating Informatics and Geological Sciences to Initiate Global-Scale Paleoclimate Research; PI's: Dalkilic (Informatics), Elswick and Johnson, (COAS); IU MVSF; 04/01/05 - 03/31/07; fully funded
• Asea sediment and soil development and 3,000provenanceing for Early Bronze Age ceramics; PI: Elswick in collaboration with parallel proposal from C Shriner; Schrader; Archaeological Field Research Fund; 03/08/07 - 02/10/08
• A search for the oldest metazoan fossils in 38,120 North America (pre-proposal); PI's: Kauffman, Elswick, and Johnson (COAS); Chamberlain, and Steidtmann (U of Wyoming);NSF; invited for SGER proposal, February 200
• A search for the oldest metazoan fossils in 10,000 North America (SGER); PI's: Kauffman, Elswick, and Johnson (COAS); NSF; 08/01/07-07/31/08; Received July 2007

Pending:

• Using the Sciences Combined with the Arts 10,000 To Attract and Retain Ph. D.s in the Sciences at IUB; PI's: C. Johnson, (COAS), C.D. Beeker, (HPER), E.R. Elswick, (COAS), A.T. Budziak (HPER); AGEP Review Panel, IUB

Michael Hamburger

New Grants

• Observational and Geodynamic Constraints on Active Deformation in the Southern Illinois Basin; K Johnson; USGS; 1/1/07 - 12/31/08; $88,000

Continuing Grants from Previous Years

• Collaborative Research: Map Tools for EarthScope Science and Education; NSF; 1/1/04 - 1/30/08; $138,000

Claudia Johnson

Grants applied for:

• Establishment of Coral Nursery on Bonaire, N.A.; National Fish and Wildlife Federation; 01/31/07-Pre-proposal - Fall 07, Pre-proposal accepted 3/15/07, submitted full proposal 4/30/07; $60,000
• Using the Sciences Combined With th Arts to Attract and Retain PhDs in the Sciences at IUB; Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP, IUB); 2/9/07 - Fall 07; $10,000 Establishment of a Coral Nursery in the Bonaire National Marine Park, Netherlands Antilles; PADI Foundation; 2/15/07 - 5/07 to 12/07; $8,930
• A Search for the Oldest Metazoan Trace Fossils in the Northern Hemisphere; NSF; 3/2/07 -7/31/07 to 8/1; $15,000
• Teaching Geological Fundamentals: An Assessment of Effectiveness of Varied Pedagogical Approaches Coupled to Student Learning; SOTL Leadership Award Competition, IUB; 6/07 - 8/31/08 to 9/1; $35,000

Grants Received

• A Search for the Oldest Metazoan Trace Fossils in the Northern Hemisphere; Kauffman, Elswick, Johnson as co-authors; NSF; 8/1/07 - 7/31/08, Received review for AGEP proposal, resubmitted for July 1 deadline, did not hear results from July submission, even after several contacts.; $10,000

Kaj Johnson

Grants applied for:

• Reconciling Geologic and Geodetic Estimates of a Slip Rates in Southern California; Southern California Earthquake Center; 2/08 - 1/09, Still pending review - notification expected in Jan 08; $21,474

New Grant Received in 2007

• REU Supplement for NSF Grant: Toward Dynamic Models of Contemporary Plate Boundary Deformation with Application to Taiwan; REU Supplement 0733483; 5/1/07 - 4/30/08; $4,844

Grants Active in 2007

• Inferring Rate- and state- Dependent Frictional Parameters at Parkfield, CA, Using Numerical Models and Geodetic Data; USGS 07HQR0043; 6/1/07 - 5/31/08; $53,599
• Toward Dynamic Models of Contemporary Plate Boundary Deformation with Application to Taiwan; NSF EAR-0609620; 8/1/06 - 7/31/08; $100,699
• Collaborative Research: Utilizing GPS Measurements of Post-seismic Deformation to Infer Spatial Distribution of Frictional Properties on Faults; NSF EAR-0635741; 1/1/07 - 12/31/08; $92,096

Chusi Li

Grants received:

• Oxygen and multiple S isotope investigation of magma-country rock interaction during early stages of magmatism in the midcontinent rift system: Constraints from the Eagle deposit; NSF; 2007 - 2010; $153K
• Basaltic magmatism and metallogeny in China; China Univ. Geos. Beijing; 2007 - 2009; $70K

Greg Olyphant

Grants applied for:

• Hydrochemical Evaluation and Predictive Modeling of Sulfate-Reducing Bioreactor Cells; DNR-DOR; 4/08 - 4/11; $289,913 (In conjunction with colleagues in the Center for Geospatial Data Analysis (IGS), Olyphant PD.)

New grants:

• Hydrogeologic Modeling of the Huntertown Glacial-Aquifer-System, northeast IN; USGS; 7/07 - 7/08; $68,545 (In conjunction with colleagues in the Center for Geospatial Data Analysis (IGS), Olyphant PD.)
• Modeling Ground-water Flow in a Coal Waste Deposit at the Minnehaha Abandoned Mine Lands Site in Sullivan County, Indiana: Exploring Reclamation Alternatives; DNR-DOR; 12/07 - 12/08; $75,096 (In conjunction with colleagues in the Center for Geospatial Data Analysis (IGS), Olyphant PD.)
• Field and Laboratory Studies of Ambient Water and Coal Combustion Byproducts to be Utilized as Structural Fill near the Alcoa Plant in Southwest Indiana; Alcoa; 6/07 - 4/09; $43,611 (In conjunction with colleagues in the Center for Geospatial Data Analysis (IGS), Olyphant PD.)

In Progress:

• Environmental Feasibility of Using Recycled Tire Pieces as Media in Septic System Absorption Fields; IDEM; 6/04 - 2/08; $50,000 (In conjunction with colleagues in the Center for Geospatial Data Analysis (IGS), Olyphant PD.)
• Optimization of Bioreactor Cell Design for Treating Low-Flor Acid Mine Drainage in the Midwest: Model Development and Demonstration; OSM; 9/06 - 9/10; $95,381 (In conjunction with colleagues in the Indiana Geological Survey, Olyphant co-PI.)

Completed:

• Hydrogeologic Modeling of Glacial Aquifer Systems in Berrien County, Michigan; USGS 7/06 - 7/07; $58,547 (In conjunction with colleagues in the Center for Geospatial Data Analysis (IGS), Olyphant PD.)
• An Evaluation of the Storage and Movement of Potential Contaminants in Soils at a Concentrated Animal Feed Operation where Manure is Applied to Adjacent Crop Fields, Phase 2; IDEM and USEPA; 12/04 - 7/07; $98,035 (In conjunction with colleagues in the Center for Geospatial Data Analysis (IGS), Olyphant PD.)
• Monitoring Hydrologic Conditions in the Vicinity of an Acid Seep at the Chinook Abandoned Mine Lands Site; DNR-DOR; 12/06 - 12/07; $19,762 (In conjunction with colleagues in the Indiana Geological Survey, Olyphant co-PI.)

Gary Pavlis

Grants applied for:

• Collaborative Research: High Resolution Imaging of the Mantle of North America with Body Wave Tomography and Scattered Wave Imaging; NSF; 3 yr request, Submitted and in review; $221,665
• Collaborative Research Between the University of Memphis and Indiana University: New Madrid Seismic Zone Array and Gradiometer Experiement; NSF; 3 yr request, Submitted and (declined); $103,612

Grants Received on in progress:

• Crust-mantle interactions during continental growth and high-pressure rock exhumation at an oblique arc-continent collision zone: SE Caribbean margin (part of a large project involving six institutions); NSF; 7/1/03 - 4/30/07, Ending in 2007; $443,828
• Collaborative Research: CMG Imaging earth structure with elastic waves by application of the inverse scattering series; NSF; 1/1/04 - 12/31/07, Continuing in 2007; $246,496
• Collaborative Research: St. Elias Erosion/tectonics Project (STEEP) (Part of a larger $5 M project involved seven institutions); NSF; 8/1/04 - 7/31/09; $178,371
• Collaborative Research: Imaging Science Workshops for USArray; CoPI with Alan Levander, Rice Univ. and others - submitted through Rice with all funding going to Rice for workshop support; NSF; 4/01/05 - 3/31/08; $178,000
• Collaborative Research: Crust-mantle interactions at an oblique arc-continent collision zone: The SE Caribbean plate boundary; renewal request for existing grant with same title; NSF; 8/1/06 - 7/31/08; $137,374

David Polly

Grants in progress:

• Leverhulme Trust Multi-Institution Exceptional Grant F/00 696/Q. 2009-2012. Dispersals of early humans: adaptations, frontiers and new territories (AHOB3). Prof. Chris Stringer, Programme Director. £1,133,815.
• National Science Foundation Grant DBI-0 0846697. 2009-2012. Infrastructure upgrade, curation and data basing of Indiana University Collections. $475,302.
• National Science Foundation Research Grant EAR-0843935. 2009-2012. Environmental Sorting of Vertebrate Faunas: Is Guild-Level Locomotor and Dietary Ecomorphology an Indicator of Paleoclimate? $274,974.

Lisa Pratt

Grants applied for:

• Microbial Processes in Fossilization: Markers for Possible Life on Mars; Pratt, Raff, Nelson, Raff; NASA Planetary Science; 2010-2014; $745,936
• Collaborative Research: Quantifying key climate feedbacks associated with methane and sulfide emissions during retreat of the Greenland ice sheet; Pratt, Pryor; NSF; 7/1/2010-6/30/2013; $1,527,013
• Photochemical Kinetics of Amino Acid Alteration Under Simulated Surface Environments on Mars; Pratt, Johnson; NASA Mars Fundamental Research; 1/1/2010-12/31/2012; $326,692

Grants received:

• Control of Arsenic in Groundwater by Microbial Arsenate Reduction2008-2010; $98,588.
• Supplement to NASA cooperative agreement NNA04CC03A, Graduate Student Augmentation6/1/2007-10/31/2010; $121,044.
• Indiana-Princeton-Tennessee Astrobiology Initiative for Detection of biosustainable energy and nutrient cycles in the deep subsurface of Earth and Mars; L.M. Pratt and E.M. Ripley, Funds divided among four universities and three government laboratories. IU portion of the budget is $1,187,732; NASA Astrobiology Institute; 11/1/03 - 10/31/10; $4,914,820
• Indiana MetaCyt Initiative. Financial support of tuition, fees and stipend for Adam Johnson, PhD candidate in Biochemistry Graduate Program. "Fate of amino acids in brines and regolith on Mars."; Yves Brun, Director; Eli Lilly Foundation; 12/2004- 12/2010; $254,000
• A proposal for coring into deep permafrost at High Lake, Northern Canada, Supplement to NASA Cooperative Agreement #NNA04CC03A; NASA Astrobiology Institute; 7/2006-10/31/10, $167,172
• Mars Environmental Simulator Studies of Forward Contamination and Biogeochemical Processes, NASA Astrobiology Institute Director's Discretionary Funds, Competitive Proposals. $253,075 for collaborative proposal from Indiana University, Princeton University, SETI Institute, and NASA Ames. IU portion of the budget is $96,806; NASA; 11/01/07 - 10/31/10; $253,075

Grants Awarded to My Students:

• Adam Johnson NASA Planetary Biology Internship, living expenses and travel costs for 8 weeks of study in the laboratory of Jeff Bada at Scripps Institute of Oceanography
• Adam Johnson, travel support from NASA to attend NASA conference on Sulfates as Recorders of Atmospheric/Fluid/Rock interactions, Houston TX.
• Adam Johnson, travel support from European Space Agency to attend 2nd Annual Conference on Mars and its Earth Analogs, Trento, Italy with field trip to Dolomite region
• Cindy Elbaz, travel support form NASA to attend the International Astrobiology School in Santander, Spain.

Ed Ripley

Grants in Progress:

• Indiana-Princeton-Tennessee Astrobiology Initiative for Detection of biosustainable energy and nutrient cycles in the deep subsurface of Earth and Mars; L.M. Pratt and E.M. Ripley, Funds divided among four universities and three government laboratories; NASA Astrobiology Institute; 11/1/03 - 10/31/08; $4,914,820
• Mineralogic and isotopic studies of Cu-Ni sulfide mineralization associated with the Duke Island ultramafic complex, southeastern Alaska; C. Li; NSF; 2/1/04 - 1/31/08; $240,000
• Technician support for the stable isotope research facility at Indiana University; Lisa M. Pratt; NSF; 11/1/04 - 10/31/07; $217,014
• Causes of Re-Os isotopic variations in high-temperature sulfide mineral assemblages: insights from the Duluth Complex-Virginia Formation system; NSF; 7/1/06 - 6/30/09; $240,716
• Kennecott Eagle Fund- Research in Economic Geology; Kennecott; 9/1/05 - 8/31/09; $120,600

Grants received:

• Technician support for the stable isotope research facility at Indiana University; Lisa M. Pratt; NSF; 11/1/07 - 10/31/09; $90,000
• Oxygen and multiple S isotope investigations of magma-country rock interaction during early stages of magmatism in the Midcontinent Rift System: Constraints from the Eagle Deposit; C. Li; NSF; 7/1/07 - 6/30/10; $153,553

Proposals Under Review:

• Resources of Cu, Ni, and PGEs in mafic igneous rocks: Advancing models of ore genesis, exploration, and environmental consequences of metal utilization, International Geoscience Program, UNESCO

Contracts Signed:

• Exxon-Mobil: Stable Isotopic Analyses

Peter Sauer

Grants applied for:

• Impact of Abrupt Climate Change on Carbon and Nutrient Cycling in Alpine Ecosystems in the Early Holocene; co-PI, with Zianzhong Wang, IUPUI, as PI; NSF-BCS; 7/1/08 - 6/30/10; $191,876

Grants received:

• Acquisition of a Bench-top GC-MS System for Biogeochemical Research; co-PI, with S. Brassell PI; NSF-EAR; 9/1/07 - 8/31/08; $92,000

Juergen Schieber

Grants received or in progress

• Collaborative Research ETBC: Combined theoretical and experimental study of the mechanisms underlying deposition, degradation and preservation of marine organic CarbonA test of basic principles. J. Schieber, PI; Schimmelmann, co-PI; NSF, Marine Geology and Geophysics, Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology; 8/01/2009-7/31/2012; $594,000.
• MAHLI - Mars HandLens Imager for the Mars Science Laboratory; Co-I with Ken Edgett of Malin Space Science Systems; NASA; 2005-2013; $304,338
• Experimental Study of Processes Producing Polygonal Patterns in Evaporite Bearing Martian Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks; NASA; 2008-2011; $287,221

Arndt Schimmelmann

Grants received:

• Significance of isotopically labile organic hydrogen in the thermal maturation of source rocks Schimmelmann, PI; M. Mastalerz, co-PI; DOE, Basic Energy Sciences; 04/01/06- 03/31/10 $402,817.
• Collaborative research: Hydrogen isotopic studies of marine dissolved and particulate organic matter (A. Schimmelmann, PI; with Caltech; NSF, OCE, Chemical Oceanography; 4/01/2006-3/31/2010; $158,320.
• Collaborative Research: An ultra-high resolution, multiproxy study of the past 2,000 years of climate change in Southern California A. Schimmelmann, PI; NSF, OCE, Marine Geoloigy and Geophysics; 9/01/2008-8/31/2011; $187,241.
• Collaborative Research ETBC: Combined theoretical and experimental study of the mechanisms underlying deposition, degradation and preservation of marine organic CarbonA test of basic principles. J. Schieber, PI; Schimmelmann, co-PI; NSF, Marine Geology and Geophysics, Sedimentary Geology and Paleobiology; 8/01/2009-7/31/2012; $594,000.

Christine Shriner

Grants Received

• An Explanation for Emergent Complexity at the Sites of Lerna and Kolonna, Greece; Shriner, C and Brophy, J (co-directors); National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH); July 1, 2004 to December 31, 2007; $100,000
• The Application of an Integrated Petrologic Approach to the Study of Aeginetan Ware Technology, Production and Exchange; Shriner, C. and Brophy, J. (co-directors); Institute for Aegean Prehistory (INSTAP) Renewable Research Grant; 2002-2008; $65,000
• Ceramic Sampling, Analysis and Fieldwork in Greece; E.A. Schrader Archaeological Endowment in Classical Archaeology Research Grant; Indiana University; 2002-2008; $55,000.
• Asea, Greece Archaeological Survey: Geological Provenance Fieldwork; IUB Schrader Archaeological Field Research Fund; Summer, 2007; $3,000.

Bob Wintsch

Grants applied for:

• US- Taiwan Planning visit to Establish Collaborative research: The absolute ages of metamorphic fabrics in a young mountain belt; NSF; 10/30/07; $14,197 Funded: NSF-EAR 0803314

Current Grants:

• Syncollisional Delamination: A Test of Crustal-scale Tectonic Wedging Exposed in the Avalon Terrane of New England; M.J. Dorais; NSF; 7/1/05-6/30/08; $175,000 NSF-EAR- 0510293

Chen Zhu

Grants applied for:

• High-resolution mineralogical characterization and biogeochemical modeling of uranium reaction pathways at the FRC; PI: Chen Zhu; Department of Energy, Office of Sciences; 12/1/07 - 11/30/009; $382,538
• Arsenic contamination; Co-PI: Chen Zhu; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; 01/1/08 - 12/31/09; $200,000
• Coprecipitation of toxic metals with nano-particles; National Science Foundation of China; 1/1/08 - 12/31/11; ¥500,000
• Collaborative Research: Control of Arsenic in Groundwater by Microbial Arsenate Reduction; National Science Foundation; 9/1/08 - 8/31/11; $93,000