Grants

Robert Willey
2002 - 2012 awards totalling $474,740.07

  1. STEP Grant: "Computers for Technology Classroom" (1/12), $16,872.40.

  2. Equipment Donation: Alesis QX61 keyboard, AM mic set, Fireport (11/12), $310.

  3. STEP Grant: "Percussion Controllers"(1/12).

  4. STEP Grant: "Recording and Broadcasting System" (1/12), $5,956.

  5. Concert Committee: Bring kinetic sculptor / musician Trimpin to lecture and demonstrate (5/11), $1,500.

  6. Equipment Donation: Alesis VideoTrack (3/11), $180.

  7. STEP Grant: "Software for the School of Music" (1/11), $4,280.

  8. Instructional Improvement Grant: "Real World DVD Production and Promotion" (9/10), $750.

  9. STEP Grant: "Multimedia Studio Development" (6/10), $3,863.97.

  10. STEP Grant: "Software for School of Music" (6/10), $3,564.

  11. STEP Grant: "Hearing Testing Equipment" (6/10), $5,018.90, with Department of Communicative Disorders.

  12. STEP Grant: "Percussion Controllers" (6/10).

  13. STEP Grant: "Recording Microphones for Auditorium" (1/10), $6,940.

  14. STEP Grant: "Server for School of Music" (1/10), $5,303.

  15. BORSF Grant: "Multimedia Recording Facility" (10/09), $47,947, co-director.

  16. Instructional Improvement Grant: "College of the Arts DVD Showcase" (9/09).

  17. STEP Grant: "Music Postproduction System" (7/09), $24,611.

  18. Faculty Development: Workshop on Hearing Conservation (10/09), $100.

  19. Lyceum Committee: "Workshop on Hearing Conservation" (9/09), $600.

  20. STEP Grant: "Performing and Live Recording System" (1/09), $5,185.

  21. STEP Grant: "Pro Tools HD Mixing System", Spring, 2009.

  22. Instructional Improvement Mini-grant: "Recording at Dockside Studio", Spring, 2009, $750.

  23. STEP Grant: "Recording Studio Upgrade: Developing System Input and Output" (7/08), $11,881.80.

  24. STEP Grant: "UL Lafayette in Second Life" (1/08, 7/08).

  25. STEP Grant: "CD Recording System for Angelle Hall", (1/08) $1,350.

  26. Instructional Improvement Mini-Grant: Scores for jazz ensemble, (10/07), $750.

  27. STEP Grant: "School of Music Resource Center Upgrade" (7/07), co-investigator, $21,638.

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

  29. STEP Grant: "School of Music Recording Studio Upgrade" (7/07).

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

  31. BORSF Grant: "Expanding School of Music Resources With a Digital Multimedia Recording Facility Integrating Audio and Video ", co-investigator, unfunded. Successful after revision and resubmition (10/09).

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

  33. Course Support and Research Equipment: support multimedia research, podcasting, and recording (9/06).

  34. 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.

  35. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  42. 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.

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

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

  45. 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, with Visual Arts department.

  46. 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, Whitney Bank, and the Lafayette Visitors and Convention Bureau, $1,080.

  47. 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, with Karl Fontenot.

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

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

  50. 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.

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

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

  53. 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.