Proposals now accepted for spring awards cycle. The deadline is Thursday, Feb. 9, at 4 p.m.
Endowed in 1961 by a gift of more than $612,000 from 1926 College of Arts & Sciences graduate Edwin L. Kennedy and his wife, Ruth, a 1930 graduate of the College of Education, The John C. Baker Fund was established to support faculty improvement and research efforts. Up to $12,000 is available for each award.
The Baker Fund committee received 12 proposals requesting $136,886 total.
Fall 2016 Awardees
Dr. Scott Hooper, Biological Sciences
- Using perturbation to describe neuron properties
- Amount Funded: $7,830
Dr. Zhihua Hua
Dr. Zhihua Hua, Environmental & Plant Biology
- F-box Proteins: Who Are Your Partners in Plant Cells?
- Amount Funded: $11,993
Dr. Sarah Kinkel
Dr. Sarah Kinkel, History
- Disciplining the Empire: Politics, Governance, and the Navy in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic (book manuscript)
- Amount Funded: $11,438
Dr. Ingo Trauschweizer
Dr. Ingo Trauschweizer, History
- Cold Warrior: Maxwell Taylor and the Sinews of Power
- Amount Funded: $10,463
Dr. Ahmed Faik
Dr. Ahmed Faik, Environmental and Plant Biology
- Elucidating the signal-based trafficking of wheat xylan synthase complex
- Amount Funded: $11,980
The Baker Fund is accepting proposals for its spring cycle through Feb. 9.
For more information, contact Carma West, grant development coordinator in the Research Division, at westc@ohio.edu or 740-593-0929.
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