• Current: Department of Energy – Environmental Remediation Sciences Program. Subsurface uranium fate and transport: integrated experiments and modeling of coupled biogeochemical mechanisms of nanocrystalline uraninite oxidation by Fe(III)-(hrdr)oxides, $1,319,718. Brent Peyton (Montana State University) is PI, while Rajesh Sani (SDSM&T), Timothy Ginn (UC-Davis), and Nicolas Spycher (LBL) are co-PIs. $339,014 to SDSM&T for three years. Total Award Period Covered: 03/16/07 – 03/15/10. Role: Co-PI

• Current: National Science Foundation – Biocomplexity in the Environment, Award #EAR-0420374. Biogeochemical cycling of heavy metals in Lake Coeur d’Alene sediments: the role of indigenous microbial communities, $1.2 million. Brent Peyton from Montana State University is the PI, while Rajesh Sani (South Dakota School of Mines and Technology – SDSM&T) and Timothy Ginn (University of California-DAVIS) are co-PIs. $216,226 to SDSM&T for two years. Total Award Period Covered: 8/16/06 – 8/15/08. Role: Co-PI

• Current: U.S. Geological Survey. Permeable reactive bio-barriers for uranium removal: Role of iron minerals on uranium fate and transport, $14,855. Total Award Period Covered: 3/1/07 – 2/28/08. Role: PI

• Current: Governor’s 2010 Grant Program, South Dakota. Generation of energy from renewable biofuels using microorganisms from deep subsurface of Homestake, Mine, Lead, South Dakota. $55,196. Total Award Period Covered: 8/16/06 – 8/15/07. Role: PI

• Current: 2010 Initiative Research Centers Program, South Dakota. Center for Bioprocessing Research and Development, $2,500,000. Total Award Period Covered: 8/15/06 – 8/15/11. Role: Co-PI

• Current: South Dakota EPSCoR, $25,000. Total Award Period Covered: 8/16/06 – 8/31/07. Role: PI

• Current: Nelson Research Award, South Dakota. Biodegradation of cellulosic materials under thermophilic conditions, $5,000. Total Award Period Covered: 8/16/06 – 8/15/07. Role: PI

• Current: South Dakota NASA EPSCoR. Microbial Diversity in the Deep Subsurface Environment of Homestake Mine, Lead, South Dakota, $20,000. Total Award Period Covered: 4/15/07 – 8/31/07. Role: Co-PI

PROPOSALS UNDER REVIEW

• Pending: National Science Foundation – Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems – Environmental Engineering program. Integrated experiments and modeling of biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons under thermophilic conditions, $200,000. Total Award Period Covered: 09/01/07 – 08/31/09. Role: PI

• Pending: National Science Foundation – Microbial Observatories and Microbial Interactions and Processes. Diversity and metal-resistance mechanisms of lead-tolerant sulfate-reducing bacteria in historically metal-contaminated sediments, $500,000. Rajesh Sani from SDSM&T is the PI, while Brent Peyton (Montana State University) and David Cummings (Point Loma Nazarene University) are co-PIs. Total Award Period Covered: 05/16/07 – 05/15/10. Role: PI

• Pending: Department of Energy – Environmental Remediation Sciences Program. Uranium Reduction and Detoxification Functions in Subsurface Bacteria, $149,997. Total Award Period Covered: 10/07-09/09. Role: PI

• Pending: Department of Energy – Environmental Remediation Sciences Program. Uranium Reduction by Dissimilatory Metal Reducing Microorganisms: Experimental and Modeling Studies on the Effects of Mercury, $481,021. Vivek Utgikar from University of Idaho is the PI, while Rajesh Sani (SDSM&T) is co-PI. Total Award Period Covered: 10/07-09/10. Role: Co-PI

• Pending: National Science Foundation – Major Research Instrumentation Program. Acquisition of a High-Resolution Transmission Electron Microscope for Research and Education. $597,589. Total Award Period Covered: 08/16/07 – 07/16/09. Role: Co-PI