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03/2005 Principal Investigator.
Grant project: “Homeland Security, Disaster Response, and Public Safety: Assessing Corporate Readiness.”
Purpose of grant: In response to the Office of Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies initiative to collaborate with other research units within the university. The goal is to evaluate how corporations have prepared to respond to both security threats and natural disasters and gain insight on how well American corporate interests can withstand security breaches and natural disasters An online system designed to facilitate knowledge sharing by mapping a useful knowledge distribution network for disseminating research knowledge and best practices. Project partners including Public Health, Tourism and Hospitality Management, Institute for Survey Research, Department of Strategic and Organizational Communication (SCT), the Department of Risk Management (Fox School), and the Department of Human Resource Management (Fox School). Funding agency: Office of Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. Project funding: $55,854. (Awarded, External)
02/2005 Co-Principal Investigator (with Drs. Joe Jeff Goldblatt and Daniel R. Fesenmaier).
Grant project: “Developing an Online Knowledge-Based System for Safe Festivals & Events (eSAFE).”
Purpose of grant: The eSAFE online knowledge system is designed to address many aspects that remain extremely challenging to event professionals. The project is developed to disseminate domain-specific knowledge through an integrated online system that promotes advanced event planning, promote safe event planning among professionals and amateurs through an accessible, transparent knowledge system, and continually improve, expand, and strengthen the knowledge platform for festival/event safety and security through an expert-driven communities of practices for future event planning. Funding agency: International Festivals and Events Association (IFEA). Project funding: $30,000. (Awarded, External)
10/2004 Co-Principal Investigator (with Drs. Mitch Nichols, Daniel R. Fesenmaier, Karl Wöber).
Grant project: Benchmarking CVB Performance: Developing an online system for the IACVB.
Purpose of grant: To develop an industry-specific online benchmarking system for secure future continuing funding from IACVB at the national level. Funding agency: International Association of Convention and Visitor Bureaus (IACVB). Projected funding: $30,000-$50,000. (Applied, External)
08/2004 Co-Principal Investigator (with Dr. Daniel R. Fesenmaier) at National Laboratory for Tourism & eCommerce, School of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
Grant project: “Developing an Online Restaurant Recommendation System (Taste IT) for Philadelphia.”
Purpose of grant: To start researching on the language incongruence between consumers and restaurant’s individual websites and focus on developing an online tool for recommending restaurants in the Greater Philadelphia Area. $3,600. (Awarded, Internal)
06/2004 Co-Principal Investigator (with Drs. Joe Jeff Goldblatt and Daniel R. Fesenmaier) at National Laboratory for Tourism & eCommerce, School of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
Grant project: “Developing an Online Knowledge Planning System for Destination Marketing (eKNOW-PSDM) of the Olympic Games.”
Purpose of grant: Lead 3 “Morton Scholar” students to Athens (Greece) to collect interview data from Greek National Tourism organization (GNTO), General Secretariat for the Olympic Games, and Ministry of Sport and Culture. Funding agency: Jack Morton Worldwide, Inc. Official research facilitator: International Olympic Committee. Project funding for student travel and data collection: $5,000. (Awarded, External)
11/2003~Extended to 2007 Co-Recipient (with Dr. Sandro Formica) of a software grant from the WebSurveyor Academic Grant Program in which WebSurveyor Server version has been supported by the WebSurveyor, Inc..
Purpose of grant: To increase the use of online surveys in teaching students’ learning hands-on experience and for academic research. The commercial value of the software provided by WebSurveyor, Inc. was estimated at $250,000/Server license. (Awarded, External)
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