EXTERNAL GRANTS

Awarded

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

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)

Eppley Foundation 2002 In collaboration with Marc Brodkin - The Effect of an Acidic Environment on Natural Defense Mechanisms of Rana Pipiens ($18,760)

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

PROVOST GRANTS

Provost Grant 2005 Microclimatic Influences on Plant Growth in a Tropical Forests in Northeast Peru, Amazon Conservatory for Tropical Studies (ACTS) ($1,380)

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 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)