2008-2009

APPLIED SCIENCES

FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES OF DIAMOND RELEVANT TO ITS USE IN ADVANCED SPACE PLASMA PROPULSION
Mark A. Cappelli, Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
Michel Dudeck, CNRS, Orléans
Grant: $10,000

HIGH DIMENSIONAL COVARIANCE ESTIMATION & MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS OF MESOSCOPIC MODELS OF POLYMER SOLUTIONS
Bala Rajaratnam, Statistics, Stanford University
Dario Vincenzi, CNRS, Sophia Antipolis, Nice
Grant: $14,220

ENGINEERING

STUDY TRIP TO STANFORD AND RESEARCH COLLABORATION PROJECTS 
Larry Leifer, Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University
Jean-Claude Charlet, ESSEC, Paris
Grant: $15,000

HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES

TOGETHER OR SEPARATE: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SEGREGATION AND DIVERSITY IN THE UNITED STATES, GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE
Sean F. Reardon, Education, Stanford University
Frédérick Douzet, Institut Français de Géopolitique, Paris
Grant: $15,000

DEMOCRACY AND KNOWLEDGE: ATHENIAN DELIBERATIVE EXPERIENCE AND ITS APPLICATION TO CONTEMPORARY DEMOCRATIC PRACTICE 
Josiah Ober, Political Sciences & Classics, Stanford University
Arnaud Macé, Université de Franche Comté
Grant: $14,940

BIBLIOTECA UNIVERSALIS ANTIQUARIA
Michael Shanks, Classics, Stanford University
Giovanna Ceserani, Classics, Stanford University
Alain Schnapp, Université Paris I Sorbonne, Paris
Grant: $15,000

HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES/SCHOOL OF MEDICINE 

DETERMINANTS OF NEW CANCER DRUGS' USE AND DRUG BUDGET REGULATION IN FRANCE AND THE UNITED STATES: PAST AND FUTURE TRENDS
Alan Garber, Freeman Spogli Institute, Stanford University
Michael Schwarzinger, INSERM, Paris
Grant: $14,873

SCHOOL OF MEDICINE 

MRI BIOMARKERS OF INFLAMMATION IN ATHEROSCLEROSIS 
Kim Butts Pauly, Radiology, Stanford University
Emmanuelle Canet-Soulas, CNRS, Lyon
Grant: $15,000

HUMAN Y CHROMOSOME GENETIC STUDIES IN MODERN POPULATIONS: CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE FRENCH CARDIAL NEOLITHIC
Roy King, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University
Gilles Boetsch, CNRS, Marseille
Grant: $12,720

SPINAL PLASTICITY AFTER CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LESIONS
Jean-Charles Lamy, Neurosurgery, Stanford University
Véronique Marchand-Pauvert, INSERM, Paris
Grant: $14,500

COMPUTATIONAL TOPOLOGY/GEOMETRY 

EFFECTIVE METHODS FOR TOPOLOGICAL AND GEOMETRIC DATA ANALYSIS
Leonidas Guibas, Computer Science, Stanford University
Steve Oudot, INRIA, Saclay
Grant: $9,000

OTHER

STUDY OF PULSAR WIND NEBULAE W/THE GAMMA-RAY LARGE AREA SPACE TELESCOPE (GLAST) 
Roger Romani, Physics, Stanford University
Marianne Lemoine-Goumard, CNRS, Bordeaux
Grant: $14,400