GRANTS
Over the past ten years, Diane Gromala has been the Principle Investigator (PI) or Co- PI on grants totaling $2.5 million.
The grant agencies include federal agencies, international art symposia, and university departments, covering areas of art, curriculum development, consulting and technology development.
Some of them are:
Apple Computer, Inc.
Barco
InFocus
Intel Corporation
Kodak
Microsoft
NEC
Progressive Networks
Real Media
Silicon Graphics, Inc.
SoftImage
American Civil Liberties Union
Banff Centre for the Arts
Fulbright Commission
National Endowment for the Arts
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Seattle Arts Commission
// 2001
People and Imaging Interaction Diane Gromala, Lorraine Justice, James Budd, Nagesh Murthy Sponsored research grant to pursue R&D directions for human-computer interaction design in the field of digital imaging. Conducted through a graduate course, team taught with faculty in the Department of Industrial Design and the Dupree College of Management. January – May 2001
// 1999
Cultural Theories of Computer-Human Interface Design Research interface design at New Zealand’s new national museum, Te Papa, and to teach cultural theories of interface design for a new advanced degree program between Wanganui Polytechnic (Computer Graphic Design) and Waikato University (Computer Science).
// 1997
RawTV: Interactive video Grant to conduct research and to develop an interactive video course in New Media. One year.
// 1996
Three-dimensional modeling and virtual reality Funding to conduct research in virtual reality, and to integrate it in new media curricula. Awarded for one year, beginning September 1996
// 1996
Streaming media Grant awarded to pursue research in and teaching of streaming, interactive video. For one year, beginning September 1996.
// October 1996
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Friends of the University of Washington Libraries
International Interactive Communications Society (IICS)
Microsoft
Seattle Arts Commission
Silicon Graphics
Washington Software Association
University of Washington’s Department of Technical Communications
University of Washington Libraries
Diane Gromala and Robin Reidy Oppenheimer Funding for the symposium, Creating Cyberculture, a joint effort between the University of Washington’s (UW) New Media Research Lab and Seattle’s community-based 911 Media Arts Center. Awarded for one year, beginning October 1996
// 1994
Dancing with the Virtual Dervish: Virtual Bodies Diane Gromala and Yacov Sharir Grant awarded to conduct primary research in artistic applications of virtual reality. This project was one of six selected from among an international pool of collaborative groups which includes the foremost media artists and computer scientists working with virtual and communications technologies. It resulted in numerous exhibitions, lectures, and publications, and aired on the Discovery Channel and the BBC. For two years, beginning October 1994.
// 2002
Georgia Tech Foundation’s Faculty Foundation Grant
//2001
The Meditation Chamber: Undergraduate Research in Virtual Reality Undergraduate Research Grant
// 2000
Meditation Chamber GVU (Graphics Visualization and Usability Center) Seed Grant Diane Gromala, Larry Hodges, Chris Shaw, Jay Bolter Development of virtual reality application prototype for use as a therapeutic treatment modality for stress-related illnesses.
// 1998-1997
Tools for Transformation: Cross-disciplinary Study of Communication at the University of Washington Diane Gromala, Lance Bennett, John Bowes, Judith Ramey, Barbara Warnick Grant for the development of cross-disciplinary courses in social informatics, political communication, and communication and culture among the School of Communications, Department of Political Science, Department of Rhetoric and Communication, and CS&E’s (Computer Science & Engineering’s) Department of Technical Communication. Amount awarded for four years, beginning September 1998
Historical precedents of interface design: the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili University of Washington’s Royalty Research Fund Grant to conduct research on the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, a 500-year old Renaissance book which is argued to have presaged postmodern forms of writing, book design, and filmic conventions. Amount awarded for one year, beginning September 1998
Cultural aspects of human-computer interface design: the contest of text and image University of Washington, College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Development Award to examine contesting assumptions of text and image that underly human-computer interface design from the perspectives of the arts and humanities. Amount awarded for one year, beginning September 1997
// 1996
Raw TV : Digital Video Grant awarded to research and develop a research facility for digital video, including its dissemination over the Internet. Cited by the adjudicating committee as an exemplary proposal. Amount awarded for one year, beginning September 1996
// 1994-1993
Dancing with the Virtual Dervish: Virtual Bodies Dean’s Office, College of Fine Arts at University of Texas Diane Gromala and Yacov Sharir Funding for the support of research in artistic applications of virtual reality. Amount awarded for one year, beginning October 1994
Innovative Technology in the Arts Diane Gromala, John Whitmore, Russell Pinkston, Yacov Sharir University-wide, competitive grant. The proposal received the highest ranking, and supported the development of research computer labs in the College of Fine Arts, comprised of the Design, Fine Arts, Theatre and Dance, and Music labs. Amount awarded for three years, beginning October 1993
New media curricula development and teaching College of Fine Arts, University of Texas Foxworth Centennial Fellowship awarded for outstanding teaching and curriculum development. Amount awarded for one year, beginning August 1993 1992
Design Research Lab College of Fine Arts, University of Texas Seed funding was awarded to develop a computer lab for the newly formed Design Division. Amount awarded for one year beginning July 1992 1991
Solidarity: Subversive Technologies in the Production of Social Change University Research Institute Summer Grant from the University of Texas. Awarded to conduct primary research in the ways in which the Solidarity movement in Poland utilized and subverted design and communications technologies. Amount awarded for three months beginning June 1991