Research Grants
2017-2020 Bartram Family Research Gift to Neuroscience program faculty
$75,000 To support neuroscience research and educational training of undergraduates (on behalf of Neuroscience Program)
2017-18 Lake Forest College Faculty Research Grant $4,000
2016-17 Lake Forest College Faculty Bridge Research Grant (Renewal) $15,000
2015-16 Lake Forest College Faculty Bridge Research Grant (Renewal) $12,000
2014-15 Lake Forest College Faculty Bridge Research Grant (Renewal) $10,945
2013-14 Lake Forest College Faculty Bridge Research Grant $13,500
2007-2012 National Institutes of Health Academic Research Enhancement Award (NIH R15 AREA) Grant, $207,571
2008-2010 American Parkinson Disease Association Individual Investigator Grant $50,000
2004-2007 National Institutes of Health Academic Research Enhancement Award (NIH R15 AREA) Grant, $195,810
2001-2004 National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation Grant, Lake Forest College (Co-PI with three LFC colleagues) $94,000
2005, 2004, 2003, 2000 ASBMB Undergraduate Faculty Research Travel Awards, Experimental Biology Meeting
1999-2001 Neurological Disorders Grant, Campbell Foundation, Grand Rapids, MI $65,700
1998-2001 McGregor Research Grant, Kalamazoo College, Michigan $20,000
1997-2000 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellowship of the Life Sciences Research Foundation $35000/year. Institutions: Life Sciences Research Foundation (LSRF) & Howard Hughes Medical Institute (voluntarily declined after 1998 to pursue faculty career)
1996-1997 Charles Webster Postdoctoral Fellow (awarded by the University of Chicago Cancer Research Foundation), University of Chicago
1994-1996 PRMAF Advanced Predoctoral Fellow in Pharmacology & Toxicology. Institution: Pharmaceutical Research Manufacturers of America Foundation (PRMAF)
Pedagogy Grants
2013-1014 Molecular Neuroscience Pedagogical Innovation/Lab Improvement grant $11,000
2004 LFC Learning and Teaching Center Pedagogical Innovation Grant $4000 (Creation of an Integrated Teaching & Research Cell Imaging & Culturing Facility Johnson 240)
2003-2007 National Science Foundation Curriculum, Course, & Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) Grant, $141,878 including 1:1 match by LFC
Grants to my Undergraduate Trainees for Research Training and Professional Development
2019 Parkinson Disease Foundation Grant $4000 (for undergraduate training: Niam Abeysiriwardena ’20
2018 Parkinson Disease Foundation Grant $5000 (for undergraduate training: Yoan Ganev ’19
2018 Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience Travel Award for Society for Neuroscience Meeting (to Chisomo Mwale ’19)
2018 Nu Rho Psi Research Grant $1000 (for undergraduate training: Ariane Balaram ’20)
2016 Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience Travel Award for Society for Neuroscience Meeting (to Sarah Chiren ’16)
2016 Nu Rho Psi Research Grant $1000 (for undergraduate training: Paul Jones ’18)
2016 Parkinson Disease Foundation Grant $4000 (for undergraduate training: Emily Ong ’17
2015 Nu Rho Psi Research Grant (for undergraduate training: Alexandra Roman ’16)
2013 Parkinson Disease Foundation Grant $4000 (for undergraduate training: Natalie Kukulka ’13)
2011 Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience Travel Award for Society for Neuroscience Meeting (to Madhavi Senagolage ’12)
2011 Society for Neuroscience Brain Awareness Week Travel Award (to Daniella Brutman ’12)
2009-2010 NIH American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ARRA Undergraduate Research AREA Supplement $14,514 (for undergraduate training: Daniel Sanchez ’11 and Keith Solvang ’11)
2010 American Society for Cell Biology Travel Award (to Madhavi Senagolage ’12)
2010 Undergraduate Affiliates Network-ASBMB Travel Award (to Michael Fiske ’10)
2009 Parkinson’s Disease Foundation Grant $3000 (for undergraduate training: Michael Fiske ’10)
2009 Gordon Research Conferences Chairs Fund Award (to Michael Fiske ’10)
2007 American Society for Cell Biology Travel Award (to Lokesh Kukreja ’08)
2007 American Society for Cell Biology Minority Affairs Committee Travel Award (to Stephanie Valtierra ’08)
2007 Parkinson’s Disease Foundation Grant $1700 (for undergraduate training: Lokesh Kukreja ’08)
2007 Gordon Research Conferences Chairs Fund Award (to Michael White ’07)
2006 American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Travel Award ( to Katrina Brandis ’06)
2005 American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Travel Award (to Sara Herrera ’05)
2004-2005 NIH AREA Research Supplement $25,708 (for undergraduate training: Sara Herrera LFC ’05)
2004 American Society for Cell Biology Minority Affairs Committee Travel Award- Funded by National Institute of Aging (to Sara Herrera ’05)
2004 American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Travel Award ( to Nijee Sharma ’04 and Isaac Holmes ’05)
2004 Parkinson’s Disease Foundation Grant $2000 (for undergraduate training: Isaac Holmes’05)
2003 Council of Undergraduate Research Fellowship Award $3500 (for undergraduate training: Nijee Sharma ’04) (2003)
2003 American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Travel Award (to Brandon Johnson ’03)
2000 Michigan Parkinson Foundation, Ann Arbor, MI $4500 (for undergraduate training: Aash Bhatt ’01)
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