Seven University projects that will help transform CWRU into the most powerful learning environment in the world have received a total of nearly $2 million in grants from the Provost's Opportunity Fund for 2003-2004.

The largest award for the coming year, $500,000 to Charles L. Hoppel and Henri Brunengraber in the department of medicine at the School of Medicine, provides capital funding for the recently created Center for Mass Spectrometry-Proteomics to further CWRU's national and global leadership in this new field.

Proteomics involves medical and biological research that investigates multiple aspects of protein metabolism and is expected to provide a wealth of new information in the fields of molecular medicine and therapeutics. Proteomics uses multiple variations of mass spectrometry equipment. The Provost Opportunity Fund grant will help the center purchase new instruments.

A $400,000 award to Pat Crago in the department of biomedical engineering will enhance rigorous scholarship and education in the field of tissue engineering. The funds will be used to hire faculty, renovate research facilities, establish new graduate and undergraduate course curricula and enhance graduate and undergraduate research opportunities in the field.

M. Cather Simpson and Clemens Burda from the chemistry department have received a $350,000 Provost Opportunity Fund grant to further develop the Center for Chemical Dynamics. The center focuses on laser spectroscopy of chemical dynamic processes with applications in proteomics, photodynamic therapy, molecular electronics and computing and nanomaterials research.

Other awards for 2003-2004 include $200,000 to Jeff Duerk of the department of radiology to acquire new radiology equipment, $150,000 to Claire Penn in communication sciences to establish a Center for Ethnic Studies, $130,000 to Dean Mohsen Anvari of the Weatherhead School of Management to implement the bioscience entrepreneurship specialization and $70,000 to Karen Olness of the department of pediatrics to revise a week-long course to help prepare health care professionals to respond to domestic emergencies and disasters in a manner that addresses the special needs of children and families.

The Provost's Opportunity Fund reserved $200,000 this year to seed start-up packages for new faculty hires from under-represented groups. The College of Arts and Sciences and Case School of Engineering each will receive $100,000.

The fund annually awards a total of $2 million in single-year grants to support high visibility, higher education projects endorsed by the deans of CWRU's schools and colleges.

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