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Benton County, Ore., funds by Health and Human Services, Department of

Listing $16,579,815.00 in stimulus funds from Health and Human Services, Department of for Benton

Note: For some programs where states do not report where money will be distributed across the state, we do not have the allocation for individual counties. Those programs include: Medicaid, unemployment benefits and food stamps. Those amounts are included in the totals for where the state agency receiving that money is located.

Amount refers to both the amount of stimulus funding going toward the project and the face value of the loan.

Recipient Amount Description Federal Dept./Agency Date
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY $1,856,759 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This RC4 application addresses three Thematic Areas. Thematic Area #1, Applying Genomics and Other High-Throughput Technologies, calls for major advances in the understanding of the mechanisms of diseases through the use of DNA sequencing, microarray tech National Institutes of Health 9/30/2010
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY $1,758,624 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Autoimmune and allergic diseases afflict millions of people worldwide. Novel immunosuppressive strategies to prevent and treat these diseases are urgently needed. Following several years of studying the potent immunosu National Institutes of Health 9/03/2009
SIGA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. $1,667,535 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The family Bunyaviridae is comprised of a diverse group of viruses spread across five genera and infecting hosts from both the plant and animal kingdoms. Significant biothreats among these are several human pathogens including Rift Valley fever virus (RVF National Institutes of Health 9/18/2009
SIGA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. $1,667,535 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The family Bunyaviridae is comprised of a diverse group of viruses spread across five genera and infecting hosts from both the plant and animal kingdoms. Significant biothreats among these are several human pathogens including Rift Valley fever virus (RVF National Institutes of Health 9/01/2010
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY $963,192 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This application addresses broad Challenge Area (06) Enabling Technologies and specific Challenge Topic, 06-GM-101: Structural analysis of macromolecular complexes. We plan to develop a new method for atomic structure determination of proteins from electr National Institutes of Health 9/25/2009
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY $737,004 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Vitamin E was discovered in 1922 as a lipid soluble factor necessary for reproduction and named 1-tocopherol from the Greek words for birth and to carry. To date, a-tocopherol's role in reproduction has been impossible to approach experimentally because a National Institutes of Health 9/17/2009
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY $714,918 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The Environmental Health Sciences (EHS) Center at Oregon State University is an interdisciplinary unit of 35 Center investigators and now in its 39th year of existence. The mission of the EHS Center is to foster excellent research and technology developme National Institutes of Health 9/02/2009
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY $669,590 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The ongoing HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infection (STI) epidemics in the United States require a strong, effective, and sustained public health response. Interventions delivered in public health venues and community-based organizations have the pote
This spending item is part of a $1,452,624 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 7/20/2009
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY $584,800 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The C7N-aminocyclitols, a relatively new class of microbial secondary metabolites, have great potential to be developed as drug candidates for the treatment of various physiological disorders (eg, diabetes), infectious diseases (e.g., influenza and HIV in National Institutes of Health 5/21/2009
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY $555,560 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Myosins are the molecular motors essential for the viability of eukaryotic cells. In particular, non-muscular class V myosins are required for the inheritance, positioning, and transport of organelles in yeast, animals, and humans, whereas plants possess National Institutes of Health 9/30/2009
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY $508,869 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This application addresses broad Challenge Area (15) Translational Science, and specific Challenge Topic, 15-AI-106: Translational research focused on high priority pathogens and basic research focused on resistance mechanisms. Infections by Chlamydia tra
This spending item is part of a $993,068 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/25/2009
BENTON COUNTY $498,255 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] Project 1 - Alteration/repair/renovation, with or without IT/equipment: The primary goal for redesign is to support more direct client services on the first floor, further integration of mental health and primary care by relocating ... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 6/25/2009
COMMUNITY SERVICES CONSORTIUM $489,958 ARRA - Community Services Block Grant Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds may be used for carrying out activities under sections 674 through 679 of the Community Services Block Grant Act which includes the CSBG program assurances as state
This spending item is part of a $7,989,158 allocation. See details
Administration for Children and Families 4/10/2009
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY $416,476 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This proposal for supplementary funding, submitted under ARRA guidelines NOT-OD-09-058 (NIH Announces the Availability of Recovery Act Funds for Competitive Revision Applications) extends the scope of the parent Program Project grant. The overall effort c
This spending item is part of a $1,345,395 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/25/2009
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY $402,050 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support All living cells establish transmembrane electrochemical gradients with the help of primary ion pumps. Primary Na pumps have been discovered in many microorganisms and a transmembrane circulation of Na ions may play a significant role in the physiology of National Institutes of Health 5/06/2009
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY $329,896 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The National Institute on Drug Abuse has funded the Promise Neighborhood Research Consortium (PNRC) to assist the people from high-poverty neighborhoods in America to learn about and understand existing knowledge about prevention and to work together
This spending item is part of a $3,402,213 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/30/2009
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY $309,069 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Normal mammalian reproduction depends on pulsatile secretion of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) from the hypothalamus, and ovulation in females requires a robust surge of GnRH. While well known, it is unclear what cellular and molecular mechanisms u National Institutes of Health 9/20/2010
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY $297,762 Recovery Act Comparative Effectiveness Research - AHRQ Tens of billions of dollars invested in research are spent ineffectively each year because of correctable research flaws. Comparative effectiveness reviews consistently note problems in the representativeness and quality of many studies. This pro... Show more
This spending item is part of a $2,061,276 allocation. See details
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 7/01/2010
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY $294,836 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Prostate cancer is the most frequently diagnosed non-cutaneous cancer, and is the second leading cause of cancer death in American men. The precise etiologic factors that initiate and enhance the progression of prostate cancer remains unknown, but epigene National Institutes of Health 8/31/2009
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY $292,400 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The Environmental Health Sciences (EHS) Center at Oregon State University is an interdisciplinary unit of 35 Center investigators and now in its 39th year of existence. The mission of the EHS Center is to foster excellent research and technology developme National Institutes of Health 9/27/2010
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY $235,584 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs), re-emerging environmental pollutants of concern, found at Superfund sites and urban settings, are formed in the burning of carbon-based energy sources, e.g., diesel, gasoline, coal, petroleum and in cooking or toba National Institutes of Health 9/17/2009
BENTON COUNTY $226,588 ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] Grant Name: Increased Demand for Service Purpose: To support services provided by community health centers in response to increased demand for services due to difficult economic circumstances and loss of insurance coverage. Goal: To... Show more Health Resources and Services Administration 3/27/2009
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY $207,580 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Infections by antibiotic resistant bacteria and the potential for sepsis are a major health concern. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) like cathelicidins (CAMP) and defensins are generating considerable interest for therapeutic use as potential bactericidals, National Institutes of Health 6/28/2010
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY $146,200 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support A herpesvirus, referred to as LHV-4, was found to be associated with a disease affecting over half of the 55 rabbits on a farm near Anchorage, Alaska. About 28 percent of the affected animals died or were euthanized because of the severity of the illness. National Institutes of Health 6/04/2009
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY $108,586 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Although prior research has demonstrated that relationship characteristics and partner type (e.g., casual vs. primary sexual partner) are associated with HIV risk behavior, the role of relationship dynamics in sexual risk behavior has only begun to be exa
This spending item is part of a $150,000 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 9/28/2009
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY $105,407 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Hmong women in the U.S. get screened for breast and cervical cancer (BCC) at remarkably low rates. Cultural and social factors, including those reflecting the Hmong's unique history and experience, are thought to affect BCC screening behavior among Hmong National Institutes of Health 9/29/2009
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY $78,621 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Circadian clocks are evolutionary conserved coordinators of behavioral and physiological processes. Malfunctions of circadian clocks in humans lead to serious pathologies such as sleep disorders and cancer. Circadian timekeeping is accomplished by molecul National Institutes of Health 8/14/2009
VIEW PLUS TECHNOLOGIES INC $75,914 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The long range goal of this project is to create technologies that permit authors and publishers of professional journals to make their content available in the DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System) XML (eXtensible Markup Language) format that is National Institutes of Health 6/03/2009
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY $74,832 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), including benzo(a)pyrene (BP), form a major class of environmental pollutants suggested to be causative factors in a variety of disease susceptibilities, including cancer. Virtually all PAH mixtures contain BP; a m National Institutes of Health 8/13/2009
VIEW PLUS TECHNOLOGIES INC $50,305 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The long range goal of this project is to provide authoring tools permitting graphical information to be exported from popular computer applications in a form that is universally usable by all people, in particular by people who are blind or who have othe National Institutes of Health 6/05/2009
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY $48,509 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Funds are requested to increase hours of current part-time staff to enable this program to retain two research technicians. These additional funds will allow us to avoid layoff of key personel, since these two postions currently are also supported by oth
This spending item is part of a $96,540 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 4/08/2010
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY $45,759 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The escalating frequency of antibiotic resistant infections combined with the emergence of new infectious diseases underscores the critical need to develop novel antibiotics and better understand mechanisms of antibiotic resistance. This proposal addresse National Institutes of Health 4/19/2010
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY $45,205 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Environmental polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), when activated by cellular metabolism, form a variety of mutagenic and carcinogenic adducts with DNA. Cellular responses remain poorly characterized. The long- term goal of this dual-PI project is an National Institutes of Health 5/21/2010
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY $37,192 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The purpose of the proposed study is to explore the benefits of Exercising Together - a partnered strength training program for married couples coping with prostate cancer - on the physical and emotional health of prostate cancer survivors (PCS) and their
This spending item is part of a $382,129 allocation. See details
National Institutes of Health 7/16/2009
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY $36,000 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This revised proposal seeks support for an investigator-initiated research project into the cellular and molecular means used by intermediate hosts of a human parasite to immunologically attack and kill these parasites. The broad, long-term objective is t National Institutes of Health 8/13/2009
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY $28,578 This to conduct a study and report on the availability of open-source HIT products for community health centers, rural health clinics and other safety-net providers.
This spending item is part of a $498,073 allocation. See details
Program Support Center 4/08/2010
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY $13,867 Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the US. Chemotherapy remains an important cancer treatment modality. Traditionally, cytotoxic molecules that activate only a single tumor-killing mechanism are used. Combination chemotherapy is now a common National Institutes of Health 9/28/2009