UTech, Jamaica 2015-16 Annual Report

Grant Projects in Progress and Grant/Consultancy Proposals submitted April 2015 – March 2016 FIFA Development Officer, Ms. Angenie Kanhai, addressing the Opening Ceremony of the 5 th annual Caribbean Conference on Sports Sciences hosted by the Caribbean School of Sport Sciences, Faculty of Science and Sport, UTech, Jamaica on Friday, April 10, 2015 at its Papine campus. PROJECT STAFF STATUS UNDP Global Environment Facility – Small Grants Programme (GEF-SGP) Dr Andrew Lamm (PI), Dr Debbie- Ann Gordon-Smith US$39,238.00 Environmental Foundation of Jamaica (EFJ) Dr Andrew Lamm (PI), Dr Debbie- Ann Gordon-Smith JA$5,537,800.00 Society for Marine Mammalogy-Grants in Aid of Research - “Investigation of dolphin-fisher interactions and the impact of dolphins on fishing in Jamaica” Ms Christine O’Sullivan (PI) US$700.00 Start Date: January 2015 UTech Research Development Fund - “Investigation of dolphin-fisher interactions and the impact of dolphins on fishing in Jamaica” Ms Christine O’Sullivan (PI) JA$1,000,000.00 Start Date: January 2015 United States Marine Mammal Commission – “Investigation of dolphin-fisher interactions and the impact of dolphins on fishing in Jamaica” Ms Christine O’Sullivan (PI) US$10,832.00 Start Date: January 2015 UTech Research Development Fund - “Initiation of Integrated Optics and Photonics Research at the University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech)” Mr Maurice McGlashan-Powell (PI)/ Dr Kamilah Hylton Requested: JA$1,000,000.00 Proposal submitted February 2014 -pending Microbial Diversity in Water Bodies Associated with the Riverton Landfill. RDF Funded Dr Aneisha Collins-Fairclough (PI) / Dr Melessa Brown JA$ 999,700.00 Start Date: January 2015 Combat Zika Challenge, USAID Dr Aneisha Collins-Fairclough (PI) / Dr Andrew Lamm / Mr Maurice McGlashan-Powell US $500,000.00 Proposal submitted and accepted for second round of review. Not funded TWAS Research Unit Grant Dr Aneisha Collins-Fairclough (PI) / Dr Andrew Lamm US$29,970.00 Submitted proposal was not funded Page 74 University of Technology, Jamaica ANNUAL REPORT 2015-2016 FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND SPORT cont’d