• $284,744 for the study "Development of a Web-Based Manufacturing Performance Tool," from eSource World.com, The University of Toledo and other contributors. The project is under the direction of Dr. John Dismukes, department of chemical and environmental engineering;
• $188,859 for the study "High Efficiency Thin Film CdTe and a-Si Photovoltaicsm," from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and The University of Toledo. The project is under the direction of Dr. Alvin Compaan and Dr. Xunming Deng, department of physics and astronomy;
• $154,755 for the study "'Proper and Instructive Education': Orphan Apprenticeship in Early America," from the Spencer Foundation and The University of Toledo. The project under the direction of Dr. Ruth Wallis Herndon, department of history, and Dr. John Murray, department of economics; and
• $140,791 for the study "Interstellar Dust in Galaxies (LTSA-99)," from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and The University of Toledo. The project is under the direction of Dr. Adolf Witt, department of physics and astronomy.

Additional research projects that have recently received grant funding address topics such as teaching in urban schools, developing a simulation system for satellite operation, plant decay in the Great Lakes wetlands, and a traffic study for the Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Governments (TMACOG).