EXTERNAL GRANTS
 
American Physiological Society (APS)  2001 Research Career Enhancement Awards  ($4,000)

Eppley Foundation 2002 In collaboration with Marc Brodkin - The Effect of an Acidic Environment on Natural Defense Mechanisms of Rana Pipiens ($18,760)
   
Declining Amphibian Population Task Force (DAPT) Seed Grant 2003  In collaboration with Marc Brodkin and Frances Weaver. Molecular characterization of the acid-induced stress response of the adult Leopard Frog (Rana pipiens). ($700.0)

 

National Science Foundation (NSF) 2003 Math and Science Partnership Grant (MSP)  Co PI/ Senior Personnel Widener’s sub award ($279,822 / 5years)

 

 

 

PROVOST GRANTS

 

Provost Grant 2011 Effects of Dietary Fat Saturation on Dry Matter and Energy Digestibility in Siberian hamsters (P. Sungorus)  ($500)


Provost Grant 2010  Effect of  exposure to Roundup and Atrazine on the growth, metabolism and physiology of Redclaw crayfish (Procambarus clarkii), at the Laboratory of Enrique Rodriguez, Comparative Animal Physiology,  Department of Biodiversity and Experimental Biology,  University of Buenos Aires, Argentina ($2,000)

 

Provost Grant 2009 Eco-physiological implications of dietary lipids and fatty acids in house sparrows At the laboratory of  Dr. Berry Pinshow Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus, 84990 Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Israel. Research conducted in Israel ($3,000)


Provost Grant 2008 Do Nitrogenous Compounds Disrupt the Innate Immune System in Adult Northern Leopard Frogs (Rana Pipiens)? ($1000)

 

Provost Grant 2007 Characterization of microclimate in a light gap in the Amazonian rainforest

Provost Grant 2006 Microclimatic Influences on Plant Growth in a Tropical Forests in Northeast Peru, Amazon Conservatory for Tropical Studies (ACTS) ($2,000)


Provost Grant 2005 Effects of atrazine on the immune function of Axotol ($ )


Provost Grant 2004 Is Atrazine an innate immune system disruptor in adult Northern Leopard Frogs (Rana pipiens)? ($800)

 

Provost Grant 2003 Characterization of the stress response of Rana pipiens  exposed to mild acid pH. ($850)

 

Provost Grant 2002 Characterization of the stress response of Rana pipiens  exposed to mild acid pH. ($3,600)

 

Provost Grant 2001 The effect of short- term exposure to mild acid pH on thioglycollate-induced inflammatory response in Rana pipiens. ($750)
 
Provost’s Grant 2000 The effects of cold and mild acid exposure on mortality rate, and immune function of Rana utricularia” ($1,200)

           

Provost’s Grant 1999 The Effects of Cold and Mild Acid Exposure on Mortality Rate, Metabolic Responses, and Immune Function of Rana pipiens”($1,835)
 
Provost’s Grant 1998 The Effects of Mild Acid Exposure on the Gut Permeability and Immune Function of Rana pipiens ($ 1,000)

 

 

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

 

Faculty Development Grant  2011 Ecophysiological aspects of the life of a semifossorial desert rodent, Sundevall's jird (Meriones crassus). At the laboratory of  Dr. Berry Pinshow Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus, 84990 Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Israel. Research conducted in Israel ($3,000)

 

Faculty Development Grant  2009  Bioenergetics of a Fresh Water Lobster Cherax Quadricarinatus  at the Laboratory of Enrique Rodriguez, Comparative Animal Physiology,  Department of Biodiversity and Experimental Biology,  University of Buenos Aires, Argentina ($2,000)
Faculty Development Grant  2008 Oxalate, calcium and ash intake and excretion balances in fat sand rats (Psammomys obesus) Collaboration with Dr. Berry Pinshow Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus, 84990 Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Israel. Research conducted in Israel ($2,000)

Faculty Development Grant  2007 Microclimate, tree phenology, and gliding ants in an Amazonian rainforest

Faculty Development Grant  2006   Energetics of Migratory Birds During the Non-Migratory Season Collaboration with Dr. Berry Pinshow Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus, 84990 Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Israel. Research conducted in Israel ($2,000)

 

Faculty Development Grant  2006 with Drs. Brodkin and Morris. Course development “Biology for Engineers” ($3000)


Faculty Development Grant  2004  Microclimatic Influences on Plant Growth in a Tropical Forests in Northeast Peru, Amazon Conservatory for Tropical Studies (ACTS) ($1,500)

 

Faculty Development Grant 2004.  Is Atrazine an innate immune system disruptor in adult Northern Leopard Frogs (Rana pipiens)?  Supplementation of above Provost Grant ($1,500)

 

Faculty Development Grant 2002 In collaboration with Steve Madigosky Microclimatic Influences on Plant Growth in a Tropical Forest in Northeast Peru, Amazon Conservatory for Tropical Studies (ACTS)

 

Faculty Development Grant 2001- The thioglycollate-induced inflammatory response of Rana pipiens: effects of short- term exposure to mild acid pH. ($1000)

 

Faculty Development Grant 2000 - Support for  Sabbatical Leave at Dr. Pinshow’s lab at the Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research (on the Sde Boqer Campus of Ben-Gurion University at Midreshet Ben-Gurion) of the University of the Negev, Israel  ($2,230)
                                   
Faculty Development Grant 1999 Bioenergetics of Fence Lizards (Sceloporus undulatus)” ($1,050)

 

Faculty Development Grant 1998 Metabolic responses of Rana clamitans and Rana castesbiana to an Acidic Environment” ($1,000)