2011. Research contract from
Representative Darryl T. Owens, Task Force on Merger 2.0, Analysis of Merger
Results.
2003 and 2004. Research grant
from the Floersheimer Institute for Policy Studies (Jerusalem, Israel) research
on the impact of terror on urban space
2002. Principal Investigator,
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, grant to supervise Ph.D.
research, “Fragmentation, Sprawl and Economic Development”
1999. Research contract from
the Kentucky League of Cities …to develop economic indicators and conduct a
study on economic development strategies.
1997-2000. Research contract
from ABT Associates for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development...to conduct “Empowerment Zone and Enterprise Community
Assessments” ...part of an eighteen city assessment on the impact of federal
urban policy on cities (see also Consulting, Local Research Affiliate).
1996. Research contract from
the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government for the U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development ...to conduct “Empowerment Zone and Enterprise
Community Assessments” ...part of an eighteen city assessment on the impact of
federal urban policy on cities.
1996-2000. Research contract
from Jefferson County, Kentucky to evaluate government reorganization (see also
Consulting, Jefferson County Fiscal Court).
1991-92. Research grant from
the Urban University Research Consortium entitled Project Urban Partnership
(PURP). The project investigated the
economic interdependence between central cities and their suburbs. PURP was carried out on behalf of the Urban
Summit, an organization of thirty-five mayors representing America's major
cities.
1975-80. Activity grants from
the federal government (ACTION) for five continuous years in order to monitor
housing and community development policy as well as provide technical assistance
to local agencies.
1973. Training grant for
social workers, planners and managers, by the State of New Jersey's Department
of Community Affairs.
1975-1994. Research grants
from the Council for the International Exchange of Scholars, the State
University of New York Research Foundation, the Urban Research Center of the
Graduate School of Public Administration (NYU), the American Political Science
Association, the City of New York, the
University of Louisville, and the Social Science Research Council