Below is a listing of some current and past projects prior to 2106 that have received external funding support. More recent grant awards can be found from the Office of Grants and Sponsored Research. In addition to faculty obtaining external grant support, these research projects receive training and support, including conference travel, from CURCA, the HPCC, the SAInT Center, and the Breyo Observatory.
Joint Analysis of DESI Precursor Imaging Surveys
Principal Investigator: John Moustakas.Organization: LBNL/DOE. Award Date:2016; Funding Amount: $15,770
CC*IIE Networking Infrastructure: Building a high performance network to support advanced instrumentation, computation-intensive analysis and data-intensive science research
Principal Investigator: Mark Berman, Co-Principal Investigator: George L. Barnes, John Moustakas, Mary Parlett-Sweeney, and Angelo Santabarbara. Funding Amount: $394,715
Analysis and Validation of the DECam Legacy Survey Imaging and Photometry
Principal Investigator:John Moustakas; Organization: DOE Award Date:2015; Award Amount:$10,834;
Green Infrastructure Assessment and Planning in the Tivoli Lake Preserve and Patroon Creek Watershed, Albany, NY
Principal Investigator: Meierdiercks, K.L and Lawrence, K.; Organization:New York State's Department of Environmental Conservation's (NYSDEC) Hudson River Estuary Program (HREP; Award Date:2015; Award Amount:$25,277
CMS Education and Outreach Minigrant: "Summer workshop for high-school teachers 'Physics at the Frontier'. Building cloud chambers and learning about particle physics"
Award: a subset of the NSF Quarknet project (NSF #1219444) and administered through Notre Dame. Award Date: 2015.
The Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region, The Bender Science Fund: Developing a Thermodynamic Ruler for Predicting Protein Unfolding.
Principal Investigator: Jesse W. Karr; Award Date: September 2015; Award Amount: $2,000.00.
SPARCS -- Siena Plan for Attracting and Retaining Computer Scientists
Award Number: 1432198; Principal Investigator: Meg Fryling; Co-Principal Investigators: MaryAnne Egan, Robin Flatland, Sharon Small, Scott Vandenberg; Organization: Siena College; NSF IUSE program; Award Date: September 2014; Award Amount: $687,873
NSF RUI: Searches for New Physics with the CMS Detector at the LHC
Award Number:1307562; Principal Investigator:Matthew Bellis; Co-Principal Investigator:; Organization:Siena College;NSF Organization:PHY Award Date:06/01/2013; Award Amount:$204,000.00;
Assessment of the Effectiveness of Green Infrastructure at Improving Water Quality and Reducing Flooding at the Watershed-Scale
Principal Investigator: Meierdiercks, K.L; Organization:New York State Water Resources Institute; Award Date:2014; Award Amount:$14,896
NSF- S-STEM Scholarships for Tech Valley Scholars in Computational, Mathematical, and Physical Sciences
Award Number:NSF#1356379; Principal Investigator:L. R. Medsker; Co-Principal Investigator:J. P. Bannon, M. W. McColgan, S. Small, L. J. Tucker, J. L. O'Donnell; Award Date:2014; Award Amount: $618,689;
Identification of Areas of Concern, Potential Sources of Pollution, and Opportunities for Restoration through Water Quality and Quantity Monitoring in the Kromma Kill Watershed
Principal Investigator:Katherine Meierdiercks; Co-Principal Investigator:Jean Mangun, Mary Beth Kolozsvary, Kevin Rhoads, Andrew Gerrard; Organization:Siena College;Organization:New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission Award Date:July 2013; Award Amount:$20,275;
Research Corporation for Science Advancement Multiple Investigator Cottrell College Science Award: Cholesteric Liquid Crystals and Their Efficacy as VOC Sensors
Co-Principal Investigators: J. L. O'Donnell and L. J. Tucker. Award date 2013; Award amount $75000.
RUI: Characterizing the Mechanisms Mediating C. Elegans Male Tail Morphogenesis
Award Number:1255877; Principal Investigator:D. Adam Mason; Co-Principal Investigator:; Organization:Siena College;NSF Organization:IOS Award Date:01/01/2013; Award Amount:$362,201.00;
American Society of Pharmacognosy Research Starter Grant: Elicitation of Antibiotics from Fungi using Biorational Culturing
Principal Investigator: Stephen Deyrup Organization: Siena College Award Date: 2013 Award Amount: $5,000
Collaborative Research: Synoptic Geospace Systems Analysis Utilizing Instrumentation from South Pole and McMurdo Stations
Award Number:1248062; Principal Investigator:Allan Weatherwax; Co-Principal Investigator:; Organization:Siena College;NSF Organization:PLR Award Date:10/01/2013; Award Amount:$185,362.00;
Watershed-Scale Evaluation of Stormwater Management Practices Through Geospatial, Field, and Modeling Analyses
Principal Investigator: Meierdiercks, K.L; Organization:New York State Water Resources Institute; Award Date:2013; Award Amount:$9,975
RUI: Neutrino Physics at Daya Bay
Award Number:1206032; Principal Investigator:John Cummings; Organization:Siena College;NSF Organization:PHY Award Date:09/01/2012; Award Amount:$163,744.00;
MRI: Development of a Synchronous Direct Digital Receiver System for Geospace Imaging Studies
Award Number:1229541; Principal Investigator:Allan Weatherwax; Co-Principal Investigator:; Organization:Siena College;NSF Organization:AGS Award Date:09/01/2012; Award Amount:$464,807.00;
Electrostatic Driven Self-Assembly of Functional Nanostructures
Award Number:0638587; Principal Investigator: M.Olvera de la Cruz Co-Principal Investigator: M. Bedzyk, Graziano Vernizzi; Organization: DOE, Northwestern University, Siena College Award Date: 09/01/2011 Award Amount: $615,000;
Noyce Mathematics and Science Teaching Scholarship Program at Siena College
Award Number:1136322; Principal Investigator:James Matthews; Co-Principal Investigator:Larry Medsker, Lucas Tucker, Michele McColgan, Mark Jury; Organization:Siena College;NSF Organization:DUE Award Date:09/01/2011; Award Amount:$1,197,020.00;
CAREER: Gas Stripping in Low-Redshift Groups & Clusters
Award Number:0847430; Principal Investigator:Rose Finn; Co-Principal Investigator:; Organization:Siena College;NSF Organization:AST Award Date:08/15/2009; Award Amount:$471,460.00;
RUI: G Protein-Coupled Receptor Kinase 2 (GRK2): Mechanism of Activation
Award Number:0744739; Principal Investigator:Rachel Sterne-Marr; Co-Principal Investigator:; Organization:Siena College;NSF Organization:MCB Award Date:06/15/2008; Award Amount:$600,000.00;
Educating Scientists for Tech Valley: A Cohort Scholars Program
Award Number:0728452; Principal Investigator:Larry Medsker; Co-Principal Investigator:Rose Finn, Karen Quaal, Rachel Sterne-Marr, Allan Weatherwax, Lucas Tucker, Larry Medsker; Organization:Siena College;NSF Organization:DUE Award Date:05/01/2008; Award Amount:$598,852.00;
Studies of the Polar Ionosphere and Magnetosphere from Measurements in Antarctica
Award Number:0638587; Principal Investigator:Allan Weatherwax; Co-Principal Investigator:Theodore Rosenberg, Louis Lanzerotti, Marc Lessard, Andrew Gerrard; Organization:Siena College;NSF Organization:PLR Award Date:11/15/2007; Award Amount:$794,822.00;