Ben Chu  -  Current  Research Support  (8/11/04)

 

                        Total                                        % of Effort

Agency            Amount           Duration          Committed                  Title of Project

 

 

CURRENT FEDERAL GRANTS

 

As Principal Investigator:

 

ONR                $160,000          7/14/03-11/30/04      10%            High-Flux Low-Fouling Membranes for

N000140310932   (Co-PI: B. Hsiao)                                           Bilge-Water Filtration

     

NSF                 $503,000           1/01/00-12/31/04      10%           Nanostructures and Activity of Polyelec-

DMR-9984102                                                                          trolyte/surfactant Complexes

 

DoE                 $116,000           1/01/04-12/31/04        8%           Polymer-Assisted Formation of Nanostructured

DEFG0286ER45237.022                                                            Transition Metal Clusters and Crystals

 

NIH                 $811,026           9/01/01-3/31/05         10%         Separation Media for DNA Capillary

NIH 2R01 HG01386-07                                                             and Micro-Chip Based Electrophoresis

 

PRF                 $ 80,000            7/01/03-8/31/05          5%          Modified Fullerene Vesicles and Membranes

38948-AC7                                                                               Supramolecular Structures, Dynamics and Interactions

 

 

As Co-Principal Investigator:

 

DoE                 $320,000           3/15/02-3/14/05        5%            Support for the Advanced Polymers Beamline

DEFG0299ER45760                  (PI: B. Hsiao)                           at the National Synchrotron Light Source

 

NIH                 $222,268           8/15/03-7/31/05        2%            Simultaneous Low- and Wide-Angle X-Ray

2 R01 AG014701-17A1             (PI: Hsiao, Co-PI, B. Chu)         Diffraction of Bone

(as subcontractor on Harvard Medical School grant)

 

NSF                 $150,000           7/15/03-6/30/06         2%           Inter-American Materials Collaboration between

DMR-0302809                          (PI:  B. Hsiao)                          U.S. and Mexico:  Novel Preparations and

                                                                                                Characterization of Polymer-Clay Nanocomposites

 

NIH                 $225,197           8/15/03-7/31/07         2%           High Throughput Ultra Sensitive DNA

                        (Chu¡¯s portion)                                                  Sequencing Machines               

1 R24 HG002575-01A1             (PI: Gorfinkel, Co-PI: B. Chu)   

 

NSF                 $149,957           9/01/04-8/31/05         2%           Development of an X-Ray Modified Rheometer

DMR-0415345  (includes $29,957 in matching funds from USB)   for Synchrotron Polymer Research and Education

(PI: B. Hsiao, Co-PI: B, Chu)

 

NIH                 $375,000           9/01/04-8/31/07          2%          DNA Electrophoresis on Nano-patterned surfaces

                         (direct costs)

(PI:  D. Gersappe, Co-PIs:  B. Chu, J. Sokolov, M. Rafailovich)

           

 

 

 

 

Block Grants:

 

NSF                 $5,563,166         3/15/01-2/28/06       5%            ChemMatCARS:  A National Chemistry

CHE-0087817                                                                           and Materials Synchrotron Research

(PI:  J. P. Viccaro; Co-PIs: B. Chu, P. Coppens,                         Facility at the Advanced Photon Source (APS)

  S. Rice, M. Schlossman, P. S. Pershan)                       

 

 

NSF                 $4,093,283         6/01/01-5/31/06       5%            MRSEC for Polymers at Engineered

DMR-0080604                                                                          Interfaces

(PI:  M. Rafailovich; Co-PIs: B. Chu, J. Sokolov,                         (RA plus some equipment funds)

  Hsiao, D. Gersappe)               

 

SBIR:

 

ARO                $69,889             12/17/03-12/16/04    5%             Novel Clothing Nonwoven Linear Material -

DAAD16-03-C-0023                                                                 Nanofibers in Melt Blown Media

(PI:  D. Fang; Co-PIs:  B. Chu, B. Hsiao)

 

 

INDUSTRIAL GRANTS

 

Stony Brook Foundation - Unrestricted grants     -           $161,000

Advanced Polymers Beamline, NSLS                 -           $133,000/year

 (Ben Hsiao, Co-PI)

 

 

PENDING GRANTS

 

DoE                 $493,483           01/01/05-12/31/07                 8%            Polymer-Assisted Formation of Nanostructured

(PI:  B. Chu)                                                                                         Transition Metal Clusters and Crystals

      

NIH                 $1,023,233         04/01/05-3/31/08                   8%            Design of New Separation Matrix for DNA

(PI: B. Chu)                                                                                          Electrophoresis

 

NIH                 $1,693,728         04/01/05-3/31/10                   3%            Optimization and Application of a Novel

(PI: M. Hadjiargyrou, Co-PIs: B. Chu, B. Hsiao)                                     Nano-Based Gene Delivery System

 

                                          

Total % of Effort Committed:               73%

             (As PI)            -  43%

             (As Co-PI)      -  30%                         

 

Total Federal Grants:  (As PI)            -  $  1,670,026

(As Co-PI)      -  $11,168,760

Total Industrial Grants:                      -  $     294,000