Howard Hughes Medical Institute,
Undergraduate Biological Sciences Education Program Grant, $1.8 million,
(2006-2010), Project Director.
Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP) of the Office
of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs, “In Vivo Molecular Imaging of Mammary Tumorigenesis in Murine Model Systems” (2005-2007), $107,015.
The Thomas F. and Kate
Miller Jeffress Memorial Trust, "A Novel
Laser-Based Strategy for the Insertion of DNA into Cells of Living
Organisms," $34,000 (2002-2004).
Howard Hughes Medical Institute,
Undergraduate Biological Sciences Education Program Grant, $1.6 million,
(2002-2006), Project Director.
Consultant on SBIR-NSF
Proposal, "Use of a Visual Programming Environment to Promote
Bioinformatics Education," (for Incogen), (2004).
Commonwealth Technology
Research Fund, "Bringing the Future of Bioinformatics to Virginia," Principal Investigators: D Manos, M. Saha, G. Smith, R. Voigt, $3,251,901
(2001-2004).
National Science Foundation, "A Confocal Microscope
for Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biology, PI, (with Co-PIs L.
Allison, E. Bradley, P. Heideman, D. Shakes) $172,444 (2000-2002).
Commonwealth Health Research
Board, "Imaging the Aging Brain: In vivo Detection of Key Aging
Molecules," (PI), with Co-PIs E. Bradley, A Weisenberger,
S. Majewski, R. Welsh, $65,000, (2000-2002).
Commonwealth Health Research
Board, "Surface bound Antimicrobials to Control Disease
Transmission," Co-PI with (M. Kelley, PI and other Co-PIs),
$60,000 (2000-2002).
National Science Foundation,
"Research Experience for Undergraduates" Supplement, $3080, (2000)
Howard Hughes Medical
Institute, Undergraduate Biological Sciences Education Program Grant, $1.6
million, (1998-2002), Project Director.
Presidential Faculty
Fellowship, National Science Foundation,
Mechanisms of Neural and Vascular Patterning during Vertebrate
Embryogenesis," $500,000 (1996-2002).
National Science Foundation,
"Collaborative Research in Neuroscience: In Vivo Neural Gene Imaging Using
a Novel Radiation Detector," $99,998 (1996 - 1999)
National Science Foundation
Instrumentation Grant, "Automated Sequencer for Population Genetics,
Phylogeny, Toxicology and Immunology," (with J. Graves, PI, E. Burreson, S. Kaattari, J. Duffy
as Co-PIs, $57,125)
National Institutes of
Health, "Angiogenesis and the Role of xEGR1 in Xenopus,"
$104,250 (1996- 1998).
National Science Foundation,
"Determination of the Dorsal-Ventral Neural Axis in Xenopus," Supplement for two summer students
National Science Foundation,
"Determination of the Dorsal-Ventral Neural Axis in Xenopus,"
$254,767 (1994–1997)
Fight for Sight,
"Experimental Analysis of the Generation of Bilateral Symmetry," $11,000 (1994–1995).
The Thomas F. and Kate
Miller Jeffress Memorial Trust ,
"Determination and Patterning of the Xenopus
Forebrain: The Role of XeNK-2 in Anterior Neural Development," for
$17,500 (1994–1995).
National Institutes of
Health Predoctoral Award: Developmental Biology
Training Grant (1986–1990)