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Phase 2 (2006 Deadline) Projects Selected for Joint Funding
Association of Particulate Matter with Daily Morbidity in Urban Populations David O. Carpenter, University at Albany Gregory Pappas, Aga Khan University Pakistani Funding (HEC): $148,739 US Funding (USAID): $126,295 Secure Pakistan Wheat Production through Controlling Rusts Xianming Chen, Washington State University Muhammad Ashraf, National University of Sciences and Technology Pakistani Funding (HEC): $241,884 US Funding (USAID): $100,001 Capacity Building in Research Ethics and for Research on Ethics Adnan A. Hyder, The Johns Hopkins University Aasim Ahmad, Aga Khan University Pakistani Funding (HEC): $232,732 US Funding (USAID): $150,000 The Development, Optimization, and Application of a High-Performing Engineered Fertilizer Syed H. Imam, Gregory Glenn, and Mark Jackson, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Western Regional Research Center Farooq-e-Azam, Nuclear Institute of Food and Agriculture Pakistani Funding (MoST): $100,000 US Funding (USAID): $116,250 Multiplex Immunoassays for the Detection of Tuberculosis Paul A. Luciw and Imran Khan, University of California, Davis Azra Khanum, University of Arid Agriculture Pakistani Funding (HEC): $173,945 US Funding (USAID): $189,500 Building Molecular Biology Capacity for Preventing Tick-Transmitted Diseases in Pakistan Thomas N. Mather, University of Rhode Island Abdullah G. Arijo, Sindh Agricultural University Pakistani Funding (HEC): $225,451 US Funding (USAID): $290,000 Establishment of Virtual Trainer Lab for Improving Minimally Invasive Surgery Skills of Post-Graduate Trainees and Faculty of the Surgery Department of Rawalpindi Medical College and Allied Hospitals *and* Multitasking of Telemedicine/E-health Training Center Ronald Merrell, Virginia Commonwealth University Asif Zafar Malik, Holy Family Hospital Pakistani Funding (MoST): $270,000 US Funding (USAID): $213,000 Capacity Building and Quality Assurance/Quality Control Procedures for the Network of Water Quality Laboratories in Pakistan Michael T. Meyer and Ingrid M. Verstraeten, U.S. Geological Survey Muhammad Akram Kahlown, Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources Pakistani Funding (MoST): $30,000 US Funding (USAID): $45,000 Development of Biosecure, Sustainable, and Cost-Effective Culture Technologies for Edible Shrimp (Fenneropenaeus merguiensis) in Pakistan, establishment of Viral-Pathogen-Free Populations of Farfantepenaeus duorarum, and Refinements of Super-Intensive Production Practices for Table-Litopenaeus vannamei in the United States Tzachi Samocha, Texas A&M University Zarrien Ayub, University of Karachi Pakistani Funding (HEC): $271,677 US Funding (USAID): $116,003 Identification and Cloning of Drought-Related Genes in Wheat (T. aestivum) Liming Xiong, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center Nasir Saeed, National Institute for Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering Pakistani Funding (MoST): $100,000 US Funding (HEC): $109,963 Assessment and Development of Renewable Ground Water Resources in the Quetta Valley, Pakistan Mohamed Sultan, Western Michigan University, and Shuhab Khan, University of Houston Abdul Salam Khan, University of Balochistan Pakistani Funding (HEC): $254,590 US Funding (USAID): $199,986 Development of an ITS-Based Traffic Management Model for Metropolitan Areas of Pakistan with Karachi as a Pilot Study Waheed Uddin, University of Mississippi Mir Shabbar Ali, NED University of Engineering and Technology Pakistani Funding (HEC): $195,988 US Funding (USAID): $94,000 Nanomedicine for Cancer Research Kenneth Watkin, Brian Cunningham, and Irfan Ahmad, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Atiya Abbasi, University of Karachi Pakistani Funding (HEC): $137,219 US Funding (USAID): $250,000 Notes: HEC—Higher Education Commission; MoST—Ministry of Science and Technology of Pakistan; USAID—US Agency for International Development. Back to Pakistan-US Science and Technology Cooperation Program Main Page
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