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Marion Anderson, researcher in environmental studies: $18,000, U.S. Department of Agriculture, "Cooperative Agreement with Natural Resources Conservation Service."
Manuel Ares, associate professor of biology: $274,269, National Institutes of Health, "Structure and Function of Yeast Small Nuclear RNPs."
Roberto Bogomolni, professor of chemistry and biochemistry: $1,800, UC Davis, "Collection of Extremely Halophilic Bacteria."
Rebecca Braslau, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry: $100,000, National Science Foundation, "Stereoselective Coupling Reactions of Prochiral Radicals."
Bruce Bridgeman, professor of psychology and psychobiology: $15,000, NASA Ames Research Center, "Dual Adaptation and Adaptive Generalization to Rearranged Visual Environments and Adaptive Performance in the Human VOR."
Kenneth Bruland, professor of ocean sciences: $135,000, Office of Naval Research, "The Role of Chemical Speciation in Processes Governing the Environmental Fate and Effects of Trace Metals in Estuarine and Coastal Environments."
Pak Chan and Martine Schlag, associate professors of computer engineering: $10,000, Xilinx, "Hardware Acceleration of Placement and Routing Algorithms."
Daniel Costa, professor of biology, and Michael Goebel, graduate student in biology: $54,021, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, "Foraging Range, Attendance Patterns, and Pup Growth of Antarctic Fur Seals, Arctocephalus Gazella, Breeding at Cape Shirreff, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica."
Donald Croll, assistant researcher with the Institute of Marine Sciences, and Bernie Tershy, research biologist with the Institute of Marine Sciences: $68,400, Office of Naval Research, "Role of Low Frequency Sound in the Foraging Ecology and Behavior of Balaenoptera Whales - Expansion Proposal to Grant #N00014-95-10646."
Sandra Faber, University Professor of astronomy and astrophysics and astronomer at UCO/Lick Observatory: $11,000, Space Telescope Science Institute, "Black Holes and Cores of Early-Type Galaxies."
Joel Ferguson and Tracy Larrabee, associate professors of computer engineering: $18,400, Semiconductor Research Corporation, "Test Generation for Realistic Faults."
Diane Gifford-Gonzalez, professor of anthropology: $4,000, Santa Cruz Archaeological Society, "Curation of Scotts Valley Site, CA 5Cr-177."
Garth Illingworth, professor of astronomy and astrophysics and astronomer at UCO/Lick Observatory: $5,000, Johns Hopkins University, "A Proposal to Build an Advanced Camera for the Hubble Space Telescope."
Burton Jones, professor of astronomy and astrophysics and astronomer at UCO/Lick Observatory, and Arnold Klemola and Robert Hanson, research astronomers at UCO/Lick Observatory: $120,000, National Science Foundation, "Galactic Structure and Kinematics from Absolute Proper Motions."
Anastassia Kanavarioti, associate research chemist: $99,840, NASA, "Towards Self-Replicating Chemical Systems Based on Cytidylic and Guanylic Acids."
Glen Langdon, professor of computer engineering: $25,000, Hewlett-Packard, "Image Compression."
Campbell Leaper, associate professor of psychology: $2,000, UC Office of the President, "Reducing Gender and Ethnic Biases in School: A Teacher-Researcher Collaboration (Harriet R. Tenenbaum)."
Charles McDowell, associate professor of computer science: $25,000, 3Com Corporation, "Building Embedded Java Systems."
Peter Raimondi, assistant professor of biology: $33,910, UC Santa Barbara/MMS Coastal Marine Institute, "Effects of Produced Water on Complex Behavioral Traits of Invertebrate Larvae and Algal Zoospores."
Bakthan Singaram, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry: $125,477, Palco Labs, "Glucose Detection by Fluorescence Sensors."
Trish Stoddart, associate professor of education: $20,495, Monterey Peninsula Unified School District, "Virtual Canyon."
William Sullivan, associate professor of biology: $165,699, National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences, "Cytokinesis in the Early Drosophila Embryo."
Frank Talamantes, professor of biology: $471,976, National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, "Placental Lactogens: Regulation and Bioactivity."
Brian Walton, lecturer in environmental studies and coordinator of the Predatory Bird Research Group: $65,000, Department of the Air Force, "Vandenberg Studies 1998."
Ru-Shan Wu, research geophysicist with the Institute of Tectonics, and Xiao-Bi Xie, assistant researcher in earth sciences: $40,000, Office of Naval Research, "Modeling Ocean Bottom/Sub-Bottom Reflections by the Elastic Complex Screen Method."
Peter Young, professor of physics: $95,000, National Science Foundation, "Theory of Phase Transitions in Quantum and Disordered Systems."