The third year of Funding For Excellence Faculty awards program attracted 33 applications from each of our 11 academic units.  Applications received represented a diverse segment of research and scholarly activity from across the entire University. The applications were reviewed by a panel of faculty members from across UMKC and, 10 applications were awarded totaling $108,071.00.

The funded applications for the 2017-18 are:

“The Weight of Water: A Virtual Reality Art Installation”, Barry Anderson, Professor, Department of Art & Art History, College of Arts and Sciences

“Shaping Monastic Devotional Culture in Late Medieval England “, Virginia Blanton, Professor, Department of English Language & Literature, College of Arts and Sciences

“Molecular Analyses of Contactin-Amyloid Complexes”, Samuel Bouyain, Associate Professor, Division of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences

“A Silver River in a Silver World: Dutch Trade in the Rio de la Plata 1648-1678”, David Freeman, Associate Professor, Department of History, College of Arts and Sciences

“Expert and Novice Musicians’ Auditory Discrimation Skills within Authientic Music Contexts “, Lani Hamilton, Assistant Professor, Music Education, Conservatory of Music and Dance

“The Director’s Dreamscape: Building Machado’s Cuba”, Joseph Hartman, Assistant Professor, Latinx and Latin American Studies Program, College of Arts and Sciences

“Flute and Oboe Recording Project”, Celeste Johnson Frehner, Associate Professor, Instrumental Studies, Conservatory of Music and Dance

“Sound Mandala”, Tom Mardikes, Professor, Department of Theater, College of Arts and Sciences

“Shedding New Light on Why Galaxies Die with the World’s Greatest Radio Observatory”, Daniel McIntosh, Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Arts and Sciences

“Modern Masterworks and Saxophone Standards”, Zachary Shemon, Associate Professor, Instrumental Studies, Conservatory of Music and Dance