Grants

Robert Willey
2002 - 2007 awards totalling $310,369

STEP Grant: "School of Music MIDI Studio Update" (7/07), co-investigator, submitted for review.

STEP Grant: "School of Music Recording Studio Upgrade" (7/07), submitted for review.

STEP Grant: "School of Music Resource Center Upgrade" (7/07), co-investigator, submitted for review.

Faculty Development Grant: Concert / Workshop by Alfredo Cardim, visiting Brazilian Pianist (2007), $750.

BORSF Grant: "Multimedia Studio", co-investigator, unfunded.

Equipment Grant: "Performing Arts Department Technology Upgrade" (9/06), create student technology spaces in department office, stairwell, classroom, portable video recording, wireless connectivity, co-investigator, $4,200.

LEQSF Regents Grant: "Redesigning the Music Education Curriculum to Incorporate Computing and Multimedia" (2004-2005), co-investigator, $127,000.

STEP Grant : "School of Music Pro Tools Recording System" (7/06), major renovation of recording studio facility creating professional 24-track digital audio recording system, $41,338.

STEP Grant : "School of Music Resource Center Upgrade" (7/06), software to create web sites, piano instruction, software, wireless connectivity, administration software, ethernet cabling, Reason synthesis software, $4,657

Science Equipment Grant : "Angelle Hall Audio Recording System Upgrade" (1/06), upgrade audio routing and monitoring in control room, $500.

STEP Grant : "School of Music Resource Center Upgrade" (1/06), upgrade software and hardware, $6,055.

Friends of the Humanities : “Assistance in the distribution of ‘From La La to Zydeco’" (9/05), promotional expenses, unfunded.

Friends of the Humanities: “High Definition Camera to Record Lafayette Cultural Events" (9/05), HD video camera, unfunded.

STEP Grant: "School of Music Resource Center Upgrade" (7/05), upgrade software and hardware, $4,055.

Instructional Improvement Mini-Grant : Student DVD Project (2005), promoting School of Music Media Division, $750.

Science Equipment Grant: Auditorium Upgrade (9/04), add video, surround sound microphone array, multitrack recording, DVD creation, and DVD-Audio production to School of Music auditorium, $9,500.

Friends of the Humanities: Video Camera (4/04), secured funds to buy a video camera to record local festivals, $500.

LEQSF Regents Grant: "Expanding the Media Arts Workshop to Include A Multiform Digital Imaging Studio with facilities for interactive, acoustical & telematic visualization" (2004-5), principal investigator, $81,830.

Outside Funding: Additional funds for producing and duplicating "From La La to Zydeco" DVD (6/04), secured from John Snyder, Center for Culture and Eco-Tourism, and the Lafayette Visitors and Convention Bureau, $1,080.

Acadiana Arts Council: DVD Production Showcasing Music From Lafayette (4/04), published by Center for Louisiana Studies, distributed to public libraries and cultural institutions, co-investigator, $1,352.

STEP grant: Resource Center Upgrade (1/04), upgrade workstations, server, video transfer, add DVD authoring, $4,902.

Science Equipment Grant: DVD Postproduction Studio. Designed (1/04), implemented, and constructed new studio facility, principal investigator, $10,400.

Surround Sound Spatialization - Summer research grant (10/02), develop techniques to control position and motion of sound in space, and use sound spatialization as an organizing principle in music composition, unfunded.

Science Equipment Grant: DVD Postproduction Studio (9/03), create an environment for multi-channel audio mixing and DVD production, principal investigator, $9,000.

STEP Grant: Multimedia Laboratory Development and Integration (4/03), develop multimedia laboratory and integrate with existing technology facilities in the School of Music, unfunded.

Equipment donations - secured donations (2002) from Alesis Corporation of a HD24 (24-track digital recorder), drive caddies, 12R mixer, and Pro Active surround sound monitoring system, $2,500.