APPLIED RESEARCH INITIATIVE: Matching Grants to Stimulate Nevada's
Economy and/or Solve Critical Nevada Environmental Problems
All Applied Research Initiative (ARI) funds must be used to support research and to promote the economic
development and economic diversity of the State of Nevada. The following recent ARI project list shows the
range of projects that have been supported. ARI projects clearly support Nevada’s increasing research
capacity through additional research capabilities.
The ARI was established: (1) to leverage industrial dollars for research, and (2) to match federal/state
funds where a match is required. At least a 1:1 match is required; a higher match is desired (e.g. most grants bring
in over three times as many sponsor dollars in comparison to ARI dollars).
There are two major deliverables associated with accepting ARI funding. First, the PI is expected to meet
all the deliverables specified in the proposal to the sponsor's satisfaction. Second, the PI is expected to file
annual reports (even after the expiration of the grant) detailing how the ARI award led to economic diversification,
the solving of environmental problems, and new research activity at DRI.
More information is available for DRI Faculty and Staff through the DRI internal webpage under
EVPR.
DIVISION/
CENTER |
APPLIED RESEARCH INITIATIVE FUNDED
PROJECT DESCRIPTION |
SPONSOR |
PROJECT PERIOD |
ADMIN |
Feasibility Study for a Technology Business Incubator Located at the Dandini Research
Park |
US Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration (EDA) |
9/06 - 2/07 |
CWES |
Impact of Land Use on Lake Tahoe Watersheds |
NDEP |
6/05 - 6/07 |
DAS |
A Proposal to Determine the Chemical Composition and Fate of Snowmobile Emissions in
the Winter Environment and Watershed |
California Off-Highway Vehicle Commission |
3/05 - 12/05 |
DAS |
Acquisition of an X-ray Diffractometer |
NSF |
09/06 - 8/07 |
DAS |
Anemometer Loan Program: Data Acquisition, Archiving and Public
Dissemination |
Nevada State Office of Energy |
9/05 - 8/06 |
DAS |
CANSAC MM5 Weather Modeling |
State of CA Dept of Forestry |
4/05 - 3/06 |
DAS |
Characterizing Particulate Matter Emissions by Wildland Fires Relevant to Visibility
Impairment and PM Non-Attainment |
Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) |
10/05 - 9/08 |
DAS |
Characterizing Particulate Matter Emissions by Wildland Fires Relevant to Visibility
Impairment and PM Non-Attainment |
Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) |
10/05 - 9/08 |
DAS |
DANSAC MM5 Products for the ARB Smoke Management Program |
California Air Resources Board |
7/05 - 6/06 |
DAS |
Environmental Justice Saturation Monitoring |
California Air Resources Board (CARB) |
1/06 - 12/07 |
DAS |
Environmental Justice Saturation Monitoring of Selected Pollutants |
CA Air Resources Board (CARB) |
1/06 - 12/07 |
DAS |
Hydrogen Deployment and Safety in Transportation Applications |
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) |
7/05 - 6/06 |
DAS |
Hydrogen Deployment and Safety in Transportation Applications |
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) |
7/05 - 6/06 |
DAS |
Measurement & modeling of fugitive dues emissions from paved road travel in the
Lake Tahoe Basin |
EPA--Region 9 |
9/05 - 12/06 |
DAS |
Measurements in support of ozone research in Clark County. |
Clark County Department of Air Quality and Environmental Management |
3/05 - 10/05 |
DAS |
Pacific Southwest Station Fire Weather |
USDA |
3/05 - 12/05 |
DAS |
Phase II Program Solicitation |
EPA-SBIR |
2/07 - 1/08 |
DAS |
Photoacoustic Measurements of Black Carbon |
Environmental Canada |
3/05 - 9/05 |
DAS |
Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting of Extreme Winter Rainfall in the Sierra
Nevada |
UCAR/National Weather Service |
8/06 - 7/07 |
DAS |
RAWS Data Quality Check and Estimation--2005 |
BLM Task 17--Phase II |
3/05 -9/05 |
DAS |
Remote Sensing of PM, CO, HC, and NOx Vehicle Emissions |
ARB |
5/06 - 4/07 |
DAS |
San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Study Agency |
CANSAC-CEFA (COFF) |
7/05 - 6/06 |
DAS |
Star Peak Development Project |
Star Mountain Development |
10/05 - 3/06 |
DAS |
State of California--California Integrated Waste Management Board |
CANSAC MM5 Model |
7/06 - 6/07 |
DAS |
Tall Towers: Modeling and Instrumentation/Phase I |
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) |
1/04 - 9/05 |
DAS |
Task 10: NPS Support for CANSAC Operations of the CEFA Operational Forecast
Facility (COFF)--Climate and Ecosystems Studies and Product Development for Wildland Fire and Resource
Management |
BLM (CANSAC-CEFA (COFF) |
3/06 - 9 08 |
DAS |
Task 10: Operations on the CANSAC-CEFA Operational Forecast Facility
(COFF)
Year 2 Funding |
BLM |
7/05 - 9/06 |
DAS |
Task 10--Operations of the CANSAC-CEFA Operational Forecast Facility C/S
(COFF) |
DOI-BLM |
8/06 - 9/08 |
DAS |
Task 17: RAWS Data Quality Check & Estimation |
BLM (CANSAC-CEFA (COFF) |
3/06 - 9/08 |
DEES |
Instrumentation for the enhancement of DRI's Microbial Ecology Education and Research
Program |
NSF MRI |
8/04 - 7/07 |
DEES |
Microbial and phytoplankton impact on endocrine disrupting contaminants: Las Vegas
Wash and Lake Mead . Part of NV Water Resources Research Institute Base Program (Year 1) |
USGS (WRIP) |
3/06 - 2/08 |
DEES |
Support for Nevada NASA Space Grant Consortium Program |
NV NASA Space Grant Consortium |
1/05 - 7/05 |
DEES, DHS |
Water Resources of the Basin and Range Carbonate Aquifer System in White Pine
County, NV, and Adjacent Areas in Nevada and Utah |
USGS/US Dept of Interior |
4/05 - 9/08 |
DEES/DHS |
Dynamics of the Black Rock Playa |
Bureau of Land Management |
1/06 - 12/08 |
DHS |
A New Method to Estimate Soil Hydraulic Parameter Uncertainty and Heterogeneity
Using Bayesian Updating and Artificial Neural Networks |
DOE-EPSCoR |
10/05 - 9/06 |
DHS |
Aggregating Hydraulic Property Measurements to Large Scales and Potential
Applications on Water Budget Studies in Arid and Semi-Arid Environment |
USGS |
3/05-2/07 |
DHS |
Collaborative Research: Norwegian--United States IPY Scientific
Traverse: Climate Variability & Glaciology in East Antarctica |
NSF |
9/06 - 8/10 |
DHS |
Distribution and Melt of Seasonal Snow in Semi-Arid Regions: Impact on ET
(Renewal) |
NSF STC/UN of A |
1/05 - 12/05 |
DHS |
Evaluation of PAM as a Seepage Reduction Technology |
DOI/BOR |
9/05 - 9/07 |
DHS |
Experimental Study of Bed Load Sediment Sorting around Spur Dikes |
National Science Foundation |
7/05 - 1/06 |
DHS |
Hydraulic Property Correspondence and Upscaling for Arid and Semi-Arid Hydrologic
Processes. Part of NV Water Resources Research Institute Base Program (Year 1) |
USGS |
3/06 - 2/07 |
DHS |
Integrated Hydrologic Modeling for Water Markets and Banking in the Rio
Grande |
NSF Science & Technology Center, Sustainability of Semi-Arid Hydrology &
Riparian Areas (SAHRA) |
1/02 - 12/09 |
DHS |
Lake Mead Stratification and Algal Blooms (Part of NV Water Resources
Research Institute Base Program) (Year 1) |
USGS |
3/06 - 2/08 |
DHS |
Modeling Biotic Uptake of Mercury in the Lahontan Reservoir System. (Part of NV Water
Resources Research Institute Base Program) (Year 1) |
USGS |
3/06 - 2/08 |
DHS |
Nevada Facility for Scaling Environmental Processes in Heterogeneous Arid Lands
(SEPHAS) |
NSF EPSCoR |
1/06 - 7/06 |
DHS |
Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Testing Support |
Idaho National Laboratory & Batelle Energy Alliance, LLC |
12/06 - 3/07 |
DHS |
Quantify Wash Load and Fractional Suspended Load Transport in Lake Tahoe
Tributaries |
USGS |
3/05 - 2 07 |
DHS |
Quantify Wash Load and Fractional Suspended Load Transport in Lake Tahoe
Tributaries (Part of NV Water Resources Research Institute Base Program) (Year 1) |
USGS |
3/05 - 2/07 |
DHS |
Small Scale Variability of Soil Ped Hyd. Properties: Potential Impact on Soil
Recharge and Ecosystems |
USGS |
3/05 - 2/06 |
DHS |
Soil Heterogeneity and Moisture Distribution Due to Rainfall Events. (Part of
NV Water Resources Research Institute Base Program) (Year 1) |
DOI-US Geological Survey |
3/06 - 2/08 |
DHS |
Sustainability of Semi-Arid Hydrology & Riparian Areas (SAHRA) |
NSF-STC/UofAz |
1/05 - 12/06 |
DHS |
Sustainability of Semi-Arid Hydrology & Riparian Areas (SAHRA) |
NSF-STC/UofAz |
1/05 - 12/06 |
DHS |
Trace and Ultra-Trace Chemistry Measurements of the WAIS Divide Ice Core |
NSF |
7/06 - 6/11 |
DHS |
Uranium Oxide Soil Stabilization Study Yuma Proving Ground, AZ |
Encapco LLC |
10/04 - 3/06 |
DHS CERM |
Development, Deployment, and Testing of a Prototype Tritium Sampler |
AEA Technology Engineering Services, Inc |
3/05 - 3/06 |
DHS, DEES, CERM |
Testing and Evaluation of Environmental Radiation Monitoring System under arid
conditions |
US DOE/National Nuclear Security Administration NNSA/ Nevada Site Office NSO |
4/05 - 7/06 |
