River Basins Research Initiative
Grants Received

GRANTS ($1.66 million to date)

2008

  1. South Carolina EPSCoR/IDeA Program, Grants for Exploratory Academic Research (GEAR), "Acquisition of Instrumentation to Enhance the Multidisciplinary River Basins Research Initiative at Furman University", $22,500, (Lewis, Dripps, Andersen, Liao, Haney, Muthukrishnan)
  2. Furman University Research and Professional Growth Grant, "Quantifying Nitrogen in Urban Dust", $608 (Lewis)

2007

  1. Furman University Furman Advantage Grant, “Stream channel responses to Urbanization”, $3,200, (Muthukrishnan, student: Bret Taysom)
  2. Furman University Furman Advantage Grant, “Using nitrogen isotopes and redox modeling to identify biogeochemical processes controlling nitrate concentrations in urbanized streams”, $3,000, (student: Catherine Anderson)
  3. Furman University Furman Advantage Grant, “The Impact of Lakes on In-stream Physical, Chemical, and Biological Functioning”, $3,000, (Dripps, Granger)
  4. Furman University Furman Advantage Grant, “Sources of Nitrogen in Urban Headwater Streams Across the South Carolina Piedmont”, $3,000, (Dripps, Roberts)
  5. Furman University Furman Advantage Grant, “An Analysis of Nutrient Inputs in Stream Water and Storm Runoff to Furman Lake”, $3,000, (Lewis, Trierweiler)
  6. Furman University Research and Professional Growth Grant, “Nitrogen isotopic analysis of urban stream waters”, $1,300 (Andersen)
  7. South Carolina Independent Universities and Colleges Student/Faculty Research Program, “Determining sources and sinks of nitrogen in urban watersheds using isotopic and geochemical modeling approaches”, $3,600 (Andersen, Student: Ellen McGuiness)
  8. Sigma Xi Research Grant-in-Aid, “Determination of source and fate of nitrogen in urban watersheds using a nitrogen isotopic approach”, $400, (McGuiness, Andersen)
  9. Furman University Research and Professional Growth Grant, “Using Bioindicators to Study the Effects of Urbanization on Fish Health in the Enoree River, SC”, $1400 (Haney)

2006

  1. South Carolina Independent Universities and Colleges Student/Faculty Research Program, “A study of landuse and its relation to nutrient fluxes in saluda and reedy river basins of south Carolina”, $3,600 (Muthukrishnan, Student: Ivan Irizarry)
  2. Mellon Faculty Career Enhancement Initiative Grant, “A Watershed Research Consortium for Undergraduate Institutions”, $67,675 (Menking, Manley, Andersen)
  3. Furman University Research and Professional Growth Grant, “Hydrogeology of the Bunched Arrowhead”, $1,200 (Dripps)
  4. Furman University Research and Professional Growth Grant, “Influence of a Forest Insect Infestation on Stream Water Chemistry in Northwestern South Carolina”, $680 (Lewis)
  5. Furman University Faculty Exploration Grant, “Furman Lake as a Pedogogical Tool”, $1,200 (Dripps)

2005

  1. NSF-REU Grant #EAR-0453205, “River Basins Research Initiative NSF-REU Site” 4/05-4/08, $323,244 (Andersen, Haney, Lewis, Miao, Muthukrishnan, Wheeler, Wheeler)
  2. Saluda Reedy Watershed Consortium Grant C2-04, “Characterization of wastewater treatment effluent and downstream fate of nutrients in the Saluda and Reedy River watersheds” 6/1/05-7/5/05, $25,000 (Andersen, Lewis, Sargent)

2004

  1. South Carolina Space Grant Consortium REAP Award, “Identifying and modeling sources and sinks of nitrate using high resolution satellite data” 7/1/04-7/1/05, $30,000 (Muthukrishnan, Andersen, Lewis, Levine)
  2. EPA Co-Operative Agreement No. 83143401, “A method to detect uranium anomalies in domestic wells” 5/18/04-5/17/05, $89,603 (Sargent, Andersen, Garihan; PI – Temples at USC)
  3. Furman University Research and Professional Growth Grant, “Estrogenic Compounds in Wastewater Treatment Effluent in the Lower Broad River Basin – Continued”, $950 (Haney)

2003

  1. Furman University, Innovation and Improvement Grant, $4,000 (Muthukrishnan
  2. Furman University, Furman Advantage Grant, $2,600 (Muthukrishnan)
  3. Furman University Research and Professional Growth Grant, “Estrogenic Compounds in Wastewater Treatment Effluent in the Lower Broad River Basin”, $725 (Haney)
  4. Furman University Research and Professional Growth Grant, “Effects of zinc exposure on metallothionein production and its possible benefit to fishes in the Upper Enoree River of South Carolina”, $1400 (Haney)

2002

  1. NSF-REU Grant #EAR-0139135, “River Basins Research Initiative NSF-REU Site” 4/02-4/06, $276,060 (Sargent, Andersen, Haney, Lewis, Liao, Wheeler)
  2. NSF-MRI Grant #DBI-0216120, “Acquisition of Research Instrumentation for an Undergraduate Research Program in Environmental Microbiology”, $98,133 (Liao, Andersen)
  3. Furman University Research and Professional Growth Grant, "Dissolved Nitrogen in Forest Streams of the Piedmont and Mountains of South Carolina", $990 (Lewis)

2001

  1. NSF-MRI Grant #EAR-0116487, “Acquisition of instrumentation for an undergraduate research program in fluvial biogeochemistry”, $92,189 (Andersen, Haney, Lewis, Liao, Sargent)
  2. NSF-REU Grant #EAR-0097306, “River Basins Research Initiative”, $53,950 (Sargent, Andersen)
  3. South Carolina DHEC NPS Program Grant EQ-2-411, “Assessing water quality in the Saluda watershed”, $174,800 (Sargent, Andersen, Haney, Worthen, Lewis, Liao)
  4. Associated Colleges of the South, “Research experiences for undergraduates: The River Basin Research Initiative”, $11,640 (Sargent, Andersen)
  5. Furman University Research and Professional Growth Grant, “Gill Ultrastuctural Studies of Yellowfin Shiners and Bluehead Chubs”, $750 (Haney)
  6. Furman University Research and Professional Growth Grant, "Reduction of Stream Nitrate and Silicon Transport by Man-Made Ponds and Lakes”, $910 (Lewis)

2000

  1. Rockefeller Brothers Fund, “River basin research initiative: A multidisciplinary investigation of water quality and watershed management issues in upstate South Carolina”, $108,600 (Sargent, Andersen)
  2. Associated Colleges of the South, “Research experiences for undergraduates: Watershed research initiative”, $11,640 (Sargent, Andersen)
  3. Furman University Research and Professional Growth Grant, “Laboratory Studies of the Fish Populations in the Enoree and Saluda River Watersheds of South Carolina”, $500 (Haney)

1999

  1. Paris Mountain Watershed Association, “A baseline study of water chemistry and the fish and aquatic invertebrate communities in the Paris Mountain watershed”, $9710 (Haney, Worthen, Andersen)
  2. Furman University Research and Professional Growth Grant, “Carbon and Strontium Isotopic Analyses of Water in the Enoree River Basin, SC”, $1000 (Andersen)
  3. Furman University Research and Professional Growth Grant, “Laboratory studies of the fish populations in the Enoree and Saluda River Watersheds, Greenville, South Carolina”, $525 (Haney)
  4. NSF-REU Grant #EAR-9820605, “Engaging undergraduate students in an interdisciplinary watershed research project”, $101,500 (Sargent, Andersen, Haney, Kerstetter, Wheeler)
  5. South Carolina DHEC NPS Program Grant #EQ-0-1-120, “Extent of metal contamination along Mill Creek, Langston Creek, and a selected reach of the Reedy River, Greenville County, S.C.”, $50,940 (Sargent, Andersen, Haney, Wheeler)
  6. South Carolina DHEC NPS Program Grant #EQ-9-461, “Scale effects on chemical flux and fecal coliform counts in the Enoree watershed”, $46,880 (Sargent, Andersen, Kerstetter)

1998

  1. Furman University Research and Professional Growth Grant, “Hydrogeochemistry of streams in the upstate of South Carolina and adjacent North Carolina”, $906 (Andersen)
  2. Furman University Furman Advantage Grant, “Hydrogeochemistry of streams in the upstate of South Carolina and adjacent North Carolina”, $2500 (Student - Marylea Hart, Andersen)
  3. Furman University Furman Advantage Faculty Stipend, “Hydrogeochemistry of streams in the upstate of South Carolina and adjacent North Carolina”, $3500 (Andersen)
  4. Furman University Research and Professional Growth Grant, “Field and laboratory studies of the fish populations in the Paris Mountain Watershed, Greenville, South Carolina”, $950 (Haney)

1996

  1. EPA Grant #NE984049-96-0, “Paris Mountain watershed laboratory: A long-term watershed study”, $33,200, (Sargent (P.I.), Andersen, Kerstetter, Worthen, co-invetigators)
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