Seed Grants Awarded in 2001-2002

Laurie DeRose (Sociology)
Facilitate research on the fertility transition in Africa.

Ginger Jin (Economics)
Provide access to confidential data on HMO quality from the National Committee for Quality Assurance.

Michael Paolisso (Anthropology)
Engage in the preliminary ethnographic research needed for NSF proposal development for research on women's involvement in family enterprises and household decision making in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

Laura Dugan (Criminology)
Facilitate proposal development to the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) for research on the employment and marital consequences of intimate partner violence.

Francis Dodoo (African American Studies)
Develop an extramural funding proposal in the summer of 2002 for his ongoing research in the urban slums of Africa.