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Cannariato, Kevin, University of Southern California

Thai Stalagmites and Regional Rainfall Prediction and Hypotheses of Future Global Climate Change
 

Choo, Juanita, University of Texas at Austin

Tritophic Interactions Between Humans, Palms, and Weevils with the Hoti Peple of the Venezuelan Amazon
 

de la Sancha, Noé, Texas Tech University

Study of the effects of habitat fragmentation on small marsupials (Didelphidae) in Paraguay
 

Dominy, Nathaniel, University of California, Santa Cruz

Characterization of the stable isotopes and mechanical properties of putative hominin foods through a sampling of a variety of plant underground storage organs, such as tubers, roots, rhizomes, and corms
 

Endonino, John, University of Florida and SEARCH, Inc.

Reconnaissance survey and test excavations within the Lake Monroe Conservation Area, St. Johns River, FL, to understand the relationship between, and integration of, what might be the earliest burial mounds in the Southeastern U.S. and the places of everyday habitation of the hunter-gatherers who built them between 4000-2000 B.C.
 

Fichtner, Elizabeth, University of California, Davis

Investigation of ecophysiological factors mediating pathogen survival in forests infested with Sudden Oak Death in Sonoma County, California
 

Fisher, Carolyn, City University of New York

Growers' Views of the Fair Trade Coffee Commodity Chain
 

Glaser, Amelia, University of Pennsylvania

Study of rural markets in the Ukraine and interviews about changes in the markets during the Soviet period as part of a study of the cultural significance of local marketplaces to historical relations between Jews, Russians, Ukrainians, and Poles
 

Grace, Tony, Kansas State University

A worldwide study of the population genetics and breeding structure of the Indian meal moth to provide information on genetic variability, gene flow, and migration patterns within the United States and across continents
 

Guo, Zibin, University of Tennessee

Interviews with local historians, Asian American scholars, and community leaders in selected cities to gain an in-depth understanding of the social and cultural development of six Asian American populations and their contributions to the social, economic, cultural, and political landscapes of the American West
 

Hale Gallardo, Jennifer, University of Florida

Exploration of transformations in indigenous healing modalities and the emergence of new forms of expertise at an intercultural hospital in Cuetzalan, Puebla, Mexico
 

Hock, Andrew N., University of California, Los Angeles

The Physical and Chemical Nature of Three Lakes in Bolivia as a Proxy for Ancient Mars
 

Janz, Lisa, University of Arizona

Initial archaeological survey of sub-sites at Bayan Dzak in the Gobi Desert-one of the most significant sites in Mongolia, containing artifacts from occupations ranging from 5 to 15,000 years ago-using a GPS and a topographic base map
 

Mahdi, Leena, University of Hawaii, Manoa

First Fungi and Yeast Samples from Several Hawaiian Islands
 

Miles, William, Northeastern University

Gathering of oral testimony from elderly informants and community leaders in Southeast Asia along the Upper Mekong River dividing Laos from Burma to study the contemporary implications of French versus British colonialism for partitioned peoples
 

Nelson, Stewart, Project Nautilus

Documentation of the world's first Arctic submarine, the Nautilus, scuttled in 1,100 feet of water near Bergen, Norway, using a manned submersible
 

Riihimaki, Catherine, Bryn Mawr College

Pilot study in Glacier National Park to look at environmental change near Grinnell Glacier by collecting and analyzing several lake sediment cores, which record changes in ecology and climate over hundreds to thousands of years
 

Russello, Michael, Yale University

Exploratory study to examine ecological, behavioral, and genetic mechanisms underlying the successful invasion of North America by the Monk Parakeet; observational and non-invasive genetic data will be collected to study breeding biology, behavior, an social structure within and among colony nests
 

Tamir, Orit, New Mexico Highlands University

Study of the rise and spread of the Navajo Sun Dance, in the context of social-cultural changes
 

Vanden Brooks, John, Yale University

Collection of 500 alligator eggs from Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana for an examination of the effects of varying the partial pressure of oxygen on their development
 

Watson, Adam, University of Virginia

Analysis of faunal remains and a pilot study of Outram's fracture freshness index at the Neolithic village site of Catalhoyuk, Turkey
 

Zaspel, Jennifer, University of Florida

Investigation of the evolution of blood feeding and disease transmission potential in the vampire moths of Nepal(Lepidoptera: Catocalidae)