Communication Studies Recent Grants

Below is a list of some of our recent grant activity

US Dept of Education International Research Initiative in 2006 for "GLOSSARI: Georgia Learning Outcomes of Students Studying Abroad Research Initiative." Total funding is $547,000.  Principal Investigator D. Rubin.

National Institute of Health, “Lay and Expert Models of Gene-Environment Interaction," NIH 1 R01 HG003961-01, 2006-2009 $227,194 annually. Principal Investigator (PI) is Dr. C. Condit while L. Shen & Tina M. Harris are Co-Investigators.

The CDC awarded UGA a Center of Excellence in Health Communication & Marketing in  2004.  This is a 3.5 million dollar center titled “The Southern Center for Communication, Health, and Poverty.”  Dr. Freimuth is the Center’s director and is the Principal Investigator (PI) on the Multiple Risks Project.  Dr. Condit is the PI on the Genetics Project and Dr. Monahan is the PI for the Adolescent Processing of Smoking Messages study.  

American Legacy Foundation, $24,000 for "Tobacco-Related Health Literacy Among Incarcerated Individuals, Dr. Rubin & Dr. Panetta, Co-Investigators.

National Cancer Institute, $24,000 for “Data Analysis and Dissemination of Tobacco-Related Health Literacy Among Incarcerated Individuals.”  Dr. Rubin and Dr. Panetta, Co-Investigators.

The Georgia  Department of Human Resources.  The award was for a  Survey of Georgia Citizens’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices about Emergency Preparedness and to develop a risk communication training tool  Dr. Barge, & Dr. Freimuth are Co-PIs.  2006-08, $199,487.  

The Georgia  Department of Human Resources.  A $163,699 contract to develop a statewide survey on perceptions of risk communication and emergency preparedness, 2005-06. Dr. Freimuth & Dr. Barge are Co-PIs.

National Institutes of Health: Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of the Human Genome Project, National Center for Human Genome Research. Dr. C. Condit (PI), Dr. T. M. Harris (Co-Investigator)  for “Race and Public Communication about Human Variation.”  2001-2004.  $903,176.  5 R01 HG02191-02.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for $25,000, 2005.  Project:  Publications on Nutrition and Physical Activity Research. Dr. Freimuth is PI.

National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health grant  RO1 CA 90791 “Environmental Tobacco Smoke: The Next Frontier in Document Analysis,” 2002-2005 to Dr. Rubin.

U.S. Department of Education.  A 5-year $6 million dollar grant titled Gear Up Waco! (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs). 
Dr.  Barge, Co-Investigator.

National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health grant RO1 CA87490, “Linguistic Analyses of Tobacco Industry Documents,” Dr. Rubin,  2001-2004.
Centers for Disease Control, #CCR41729,  "Communicating Genetics Information to the Lay Public." $778,000; 1999- 2003. Dr. C. Condit & Dr. T. M. Harris, Co-Investigators.
National Institute of Mental Health, R29 for $504,923 to Dr. J. Monahan (PI).  A 5 year grant titles “Affect and Patterns of Communication.”  1996-2001.

National Institutes of Health, Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of the Human Genome Project, National Center for Human Genome Research. ($104,683).  Grant was awarded to Dr. C. Condit (PI) for a study titled "Empirical Study of Change in Public Genetic Discourse".

National Cancer Institute Grant for $1.8 million, 1993-1997. Project:  Maryland WIC 5-A-Day Promotion Program. Dr. Freimuth, PI.

National Cancer Institute Cancer Communications Grant for $107,000, 1987-89. Project:  "Narrowing the Cancer Knowledge Gap among Blacks."  Dr.  Freimuth,  PI.