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Projects: Shoemaker NEO Grants

Project Updates

May 5, 2009: Grant Winners at the Planetary Defense Conference
Bruce Betts annouces the winners at the Planetary Defense Conference in Granada, Spain, and meets 2000 grant recipient Jana Ticha.

April 27, 2009: Updates on the 2007 Shoemaker NEO Grant Recipients
Updates from Quanzhi Ye, Jean-Claude Pelle, Robert Holmes, Giovanni Sostero, Brian Warner, Donald Pray, and Eric Allen.

2009: The 2009 Shoemaker NEO Grant Recipients
The 2009 Gene Shoemaker Near Earth Object Grants totaled $18,300 (US) and were awarded to three amateur astronomers and researchers: Russel Durkee of Minnesota, USA; Robert Holmes of Illinois, USA; and Gary Hug of Kansas, USA; The winners and their projects were selected from a group of 12 applications from researchers in 8 countries.

February 24, 2008: Shoemaker Grant Recipient Co-Discovers Comet Lulin
2007 Shoemaker NEO Grant recipient Quanzhi Ye is co-discoverer of Comet Lulin, currently at closest approach to Earth.

June 27, 2008: Updates on the 2007 Shoemaker NEO Grant Recipients
Updates from Eric Allen, Robert Holmes, Jean-Claude Pelle, Donald Pray, Giovanni Sostero, Brian Warner, and Quanzhi Ye.

June 26, 2008: 2008 Shoemaker NEO Grant Call for Proposals

March 2007: Updates from Past Recipients of the Shoemaker NEO Grant
Updates from Peter Birtwhistle, John Broughton, David Dixon, David Higgins, James McGaha, Jana Ticha, and Roy Tucker.

2007: The 2007 Gene Shoemaker NEO Grant Recipients
The 2007 Gene Shoemaker Near Earth Object Grants, totaling $34,500 (US), were awarded to an international collection of amateur astronomers and researchers:  Eric J. Allen, Quebec, Canada; Robert E. Holmes, Jr., Illinois, USA; Jean-Claude Pelle, Tahiti, French Polynesia; Don Pray, Rhode Island, USA; Giovanni Sostero, Udine, Italy; Brian D. Warner, Colorado, USA; and Quanzhi Ye, Guangzhou, China.

July 21, 2006: 2006 Shoemaker NEO Grant Call for Proposals

July 18, 2006: Updates from Past Recipients of the Shoemaker NEO Grant
Updates from James Ashley, Peter Birtwhistle, David Higgins, Gianluca Masi, Erich Meyer, John Broughton, Matt Dawson, Roy Tucker, Tabare Gallardo, and Herman Mikuz.

August 17, 2005: Updates from Past Recipients of the Shoemaker NEO Grant
Updates from John Broughton, Roy Tucker, David Dixon, Tabare Gallardo, Herman Mikuz, and Jana Ticha.

2005: The 2005 Gene Shoemaker NEO Grant Recipients
The 2005 Gene Shoemaker Near Earth Object Grants, totaling $32,500 (US), were awarded to an international collection of amateur astronomers and researchers: James W. Ashley, Minor Planet Research, Inc., Fountain Hill, Arizona, USA; Peter Birtwhistle, Great Shefford Observatory, Berkshire, England; David J. Higgins, Hunters Hill Observatory, Ngunnawal, Canberra, Australia; Gianluca Masi, Campo Catino, Italy; Erich Meyer, Davidschalg, Austria.

July 14, 2004: 2004 Shoemaker NEO Grant Call for Proposals

April 16, 2004: Updates from Past Recipients of the Shoemaker NEO Grant
Updates from Roy Tucker, John Broughton, James McGaha, Richard Kowalski, Jana Ticha, Tabare Gallardo, and Herman Mikuz.

2002: The 2002 Gene Shoemaker NEO Grant Recipients
The 2002 Gene Shoemaker Near Earth Object Grants, totaling $28,290 (US), were awarded to an international collection of amateur astronomers and researchers: James McGaha from Tucson, Arizona; John Broughton from Reedy Creek in Queensland, Australia; Matt Dawson from the Roeser Observatory in Luxembourg; Roy Tucker from Tucson, Arizona; and Richard Kowalski from Zephyrhills, Florida.

March 20, 2001: Updates from Past Recipients of the Shoemaker NEO Grant
Updates from David Dixon and Bill Holiday.

2000: The 2000 Gene Shoemaker NEO Grant Recipients
The 2000 Gene Shoemaker Near Earth Object Grants, totaling $33,700 (US), were awarded to an international collection of amateur astronomers and researchers: Herman Mikuz of Crni Vrh nad Idrijo, Slovenia; David Dixon of New Mexico, United States; Jana Ticha of Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic; Tabare Gallardo of Montevideo, Uruguay; and Cristovao Jacques of Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

1998: The 1998 Gene Shoemaker NEO Grant Recipients
The 1998 Gene Shoemaker NEO Grants, totaling $27,000 (US), were awarded to an international collection of researchers: Stefan Gajdos of the Slovak Republic; Paulo Holvorcem of Brazil; and Frank Zoltowski of Australia.

1997: The 1997 Gene Shoemaker NEO Grant Recipients
The 1997 Gene Shoemaker NEO Grants, totaling $35,000 (US), were awarded to an international collection of researchers: Gordon Garradd, Australia; Kirill Zamarashkin, Russia; Walter Wild, Chicago, Illinois; and Bill Holiday, Corpus Christi, Texas.