Grants, Projects, and Awards
Grants & Projects While at
UL
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$89,468
UL Student Government Association Student Technology Enhancement Program
(STEP) grant.
(2009). Written to outfit two labs (one PC and one Mac) for new
Burke-Hawthorne Hall. Includes all basic software, graphics programs,
Statical Package for the Social Sciences, and organizational
communication software. Chief Investigator: Louis Diemert.
Co-Investigators: Aurora Auter, Mike Gervais.
One year
no cost extension. U.S. Higher Education for Development Program:
U.S. – Middle East University Partnerships Program.
(2009-2010).
Title: University of Louisiana at Lafayette - Qatar University: A
Partnership for Excellence in Journalism and Media Education. Request
for one year no-cost extension of grant in order to build on existing
successes and continue to further the grant agenda utilizing remaining
award funds. Co-Investigators, Prof. Saadia Malik, Qatar University;
Prof. Mohamed Arafa, Global Media Consultants (LLC).
Hubert Bourgeois Endowed Professor of Communication.
(2008-2011).
Presented to faculty members who personify excellence in
scholarship, research, and teaching.
$642,098 U.S. Higher Education for Development Program: U.S. – Middle East
University Partnerships Program. (2006).
- Federal Funding: $293,312
- Institutional Cost-Share:
$348,786
Title:
University of Louisiana at Lafayette -
Qatar University: A Partnership for Excellence in Journalism and Media
Education. Grant awarded to develop and maintain a cross-cultural
 program
between UL Lafayette and QU that will foster transnational instruction,
scholarship, and professional
service in the area of mass communication.
 Co-Investigators,
Prof. Ashraf Hasan Galal, Qatar
University; Prof. Mohamed Arafa,
Global Media Consultants (LLC).
$159,198
Louisiana Board of Regents
Support Fund Traditional and Undergraduate
 Enhancement
Proposal. (2006). Title: High-Definition Television (HDTV)
Enhancement for Field Recording And Editing Laboratory. Proposal to
obtain hardware to upgrade present
TV studio production, field shooting, and digital nonlinear editing
facility to new HDTV standard. Chief Investigator: Prof. William R.
Davie. Co-investigators, Mr. John Korbel, Chief Engineer Michael
Gervais.
Invited Participant
Sixth Annual
Qatar
Conference on Democracy, Development, and Free Trade.
(April, 2006). Doha, Qatar.
$5,210
Big Brothers Big
Sisters of Acadiana.
(2005-2006). Arranged and
oversaw project to produce 6
television pubic service
announcements and 4 radio PSAs for the organization. Projects produced
in courses taught by Prof. Patricia Holmes and Mr. John Korbel.
Technical support provided by Chief Engineer Michael Gervais.
$4,500 UL Summer Research
Sabbatical. (Summer 2005). Support awarded to produce research project
on hurricane evacuees’ use of online communication channels.
$30,500 UL Scientific Equipment Grant. (Spring
2005.)
Enhancement monies awarded and released for TV studio facility digital
upgrade including advanced production switcher and 3D video effects
generator, digital to analog converters, and system training. Chief
Investigator: Prof. William R. Davie. Co-investigator: Chief Engineer
Michael Gervais.
 National
Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) Faculty Fellow. (January 2005). Competitively awarded fellowship to attend the annual NATPE Conference and
Exhibition in Las Vegas, NV.
$21,600 UL Scientific Equipment Grant. (Fall
2004.)
Grant provided to obtain professional
DVD-authoring software, supplementary design programs, and a hardware
encoder for a 5-workstation digital nonlinear video editing lab.
Enhancement will allow for the creation of multimedia DVDs that can
integrate a variety of digital data when placed in a DVD ROM drive --
Acrobat PDF files, and links to online content. Co-investigators:
Prof. William R. Davie, Chief Engineer Michael Gervais.
$5,000
National Association of Broadcasters Grant
for Research in Broadcasting (2004-2005).
Project Title: “Identifying the goals of broadcast weather training:
Developing a model approach to learning objectives.” Co-investigator:
Prof. William R. Davie.
$4,800 UL
Summer Research Award. (Summer
2004). Support awarded to develop an online distance learning version
of the department’s Introduction to Mass Communication course (CMCN
110).
$10,200 UL Scientific Equipment Grant. (Spring
2004).
Obtained to purchase Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS)
software for our instructional PC lab and Center for Communication
Studies. Co-investigators, Profs. William R. Davie and Ty Adams; Mr.
Michael Gervais.
$18,200 UL Student Technology Enhancement Program
(STEP) Grant. (Spring 2004).
Supplementary grant provide by the UL Student Government Association
STEP program for hardware, software, and facilities upgrades to complete
$85,000 grant-funded project awarded Fall 2003. Additional funding
required due to
increases in hardware and room renovation costs. Chief Investigator:
Prof. William R. Davie. Co-investigator, Chief Engineer Michael Gervais.
$5,000
UL Center for
Advanced Computer Studies.
Documentary contract. (Spring 2004).
Obtained departmental contract to produce 15-minute documentary to
 showcase the development and racing of the "CajunBot
I" robot by faculty
and students of the UL Center for Advanced Computer Studies and their
volunteers and corporate sponsors. Completed video is being utilized as a
recruitment tool, fund raiser, and as an archival record of the team’s
efforts. Documentary was broadcast on
Louisiana Public Broadcasting overnight instructional video
feed carried by LPB affiliate stations statewide. Chief Project
Director: Prof. William R. Davie. Co-director, Chief Engineer Michael
Gervais.
$4,800 UL Summer Research Award. (Fall 2003).
Summer 2004 support awarded to develop an
online distance learning
version of the department’s Introduction to Mass Communication course (CMCN
110).
$2,340 UL Lafayette Scientific Equipment Grant.
(Fall 2003).
Grant awarded for two years of software upgrades and support for EZ News
newsroom software. Chief Investigator: Prof. William R. Davie.
Co-investigator, Chief Engineer Michael Gervais.
$ 700 UL Instructional Enhancement Mini-Grant.
(Fall 2003).
Grant provided to purchase a new component to existing
EZ news TV
newsroom
software that would allow broadcast and print journalism students to
obtain stories from an national student news wire service as well as
submit stories of their own to be carried over this national wire and
possibly be utilized by other student news outlets. Co-investigators,
Prof. William R. Davie, Chief Engineer Michael Gervais.
$85,000 UL Student Technology Enhancement
Program (STEP) Grant. (Fall 2003).
Grant obtained from Student Government Association STEP program for
hardware, software, and facilities upgrades to bring department in line
with industry standards in digital nonlinear video editing and
streaming. Chief Investigator: Prof. William R. Davie. Co-investigator,
Chief Engineer Michael Gervais.
$4,000 Radio Television News Directors Foundation
(RTNDF)
Educator in the Newsroom Fellowship. (Summer 2003).
Competitive national award by RTNDF provided in conjunction with a
4-week fellowship in a broadcast news station. (An essay summarizing
Dr. Auter's fellowship experience is available
here.)
$10,000
Lafayette Parish
Bayou Vermilion District.
Documentary contract. (2002-2003).
 Obtained
departmental contract to produce 15-minute educational documentary on
storm water runoff pollution reduction. Project completed as part of
documentary production class in Spring 2003. Videos distributed to local
schools and also telecast in regional museum kiosk. Chief Project
Director: Prof. William R. Davie. Co-director, Chief Engineer Michael
Gervais.
$3,300 PSA campaign contract with Lafayette Parish
Bayou Vermilion District. (2002-2003).
Obtained departmental contract to produce four 30-second anti-littering
public service announcements. Project completed as part of advanced
field production course taught in Spring 2003 by Mr. John Korbel. Chief
Project Director: Prof. William R. Davie. Co-directors, Mr. John Korbel
and Chief Engineer Michael Gervais.
$1,700 UL Lafayette Scientific Equipment Grant.
(2002).
Grant awarded to upgrade office computing equipment.
Grants &
Projects While at Previous Institutions
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$49,000 departmental PC lab grant. (2000-2001).
Co-wrote and obtained with assistance from Chief Engineer Cris Caraballo,
Asst. Prof. Mike Steele, and Prof. Tom Groth a grant – funded by
fiscal-year 2000 state enhancement funds – to upgrade an 18-workstation
PC computer lab for the department. The upgraded lab is a
state-of-the-art facility allowing students to develop multimedia
projects for their comm. arts courses.
$32,000 departmental multi-media computer
editing
lab grant. (1999-2000).
Obtained with assistance from Chief Engineer Cris Caraballo a grant --
funded by fiscal-year 1999 state enhancement funds -- to develop a
5-workstation multi-media computer-editing lab for the Department of
Communication Arts. This facility allows students and faculty to produce
multi-media projects for videotape, CD-ROM, or to be uploaded to the
Internet. Assisted in the setup and maintenance of lab.
$16,500 script writing and closed-captioning
software grant. (1999-2000).
Co-wrote with assistance from Chief Engineer Cris Caraballo and obtained
a grant -- funded by fiscal-year 1999 state enhancement funds -- to
purchase script writing and closed-captioning software for the
Department of Communication Arts. By incorporating this software into
our classrooms, students can now produce, manage and edit television
scripts the way it is done in the industry. Also, student projects now
meet federally required closed-captioning guidelines and serve a more
diverse group of the UWF and Pensacola community.
$3000 minority programming development grant.
(1999-2000).
Assisted Prof. Doug Friedich in obtaining a grant -- jointly funded by
the UWF Foundation, the Office of the Dean of the College of Arts and
Sciences, and the Pensacola African-American Heritage Foundation -- to
support the instruction and materials for a course that produced two
documentary-style television programs on the Pensacola African-American
community which aired locally and were premiered at the African American
Heritage Society.
$2000 grant for undergraduate course development.
(1999).
Awarded by the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs to
build a news set for use in Nautilus News TV and TV studio production
courses.
$5000 undergraduate research grant. (1994).
Co-sponsored by the University of Evansville and the Evansville Courier
newspaper to direct a summer undergraduate research project with
student, David Clark.
$3000 summer faculty development grant. (1994).
One of only three grants awarded nationally by the National Association
of Television Program Executives (NATPE) so that faculty could work with
local news stations for the summer.
$8000 undergraduate research grant. (1993).
Awarded by the University of Evansville to direct a summer undergraduate
research project with student, Trista Neisen.
$1000 summer extension on the dissertation-year
fellowship. (1992).
$10,000 dissertation-year fellowship. (1991-1992).
One of only ten grants presented university-wide by the University of
Kentucky Graduate School.
$1000 dissertation-year fellowship research grant.
(1991).
Awarded by the University of Kentucky Graduate School.
$400 undergraduate course development grant.
(1991).
Presented by the University of Kentucky office of the Dean of
Undergraduate Studies.
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