My Grants (I have been PI or Co-PI [or co-lead] on approximately $260,000,000 in grants and cooperative agreements)
Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust Grant (1986).
NASA Graduate Student Fellowship in Global Change Research ($22,000/yr for three years 9/1/92-9/1/95) to my graduate student, Brian Wilsey. I was the co-principal investigator with Dr. Sam McNaughton.
National Science Foundation, Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology Panel: Responses of plants to acute and chronic heat stress in a high CO2 environment: Linking molecular biology with physiological ecology (collaborative research with Richard Hallberg, Syracuse University),
$190,000 (9/15/92 - 9/15/95).
National Science Foundation, Division of Integrated Biology and Neuroscience, [presidential]Young Investigator Award, $250,000 (7/93-7/99). (PI)
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation: Plant responses to stress: integrating molecular, developmental, physiological and ecological approaches. $125,000 (7/93-7/99). (PI)
National Science Foundation, Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology Panel: Testing optimal partitioning and plant strategy theories: do conclusions differ when functional adjustments are distinguished from ontogenetic drift? $140,000 (7/94 -7/98). Collaborative research with Dr. Kelly McConnaughay, Bradley University.
National Science Foundation, Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology Panel: Dissertation Improvement: Nitrogen-plant-insect interactions: Integrating via a net effects approach. $6,890 (1/95-12/95). PI- Collaborative research with D. Alexander Wait and Clive G. Jones.
Department of Energy, EPSCoR: The Nevada Desert FACE facility: Responses of a desert ecosystem to long-term elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide. $700,000 (9/97-8/00). Collaborative research with J. Seemann (PI), S. Smith and R. Nowak.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (and Nevada State Match): Exploring the sensitivity of different carbon and nitrogen fluxes to variation in the timing of an ecosystem perturbation: The use of EcoCELL technology for developing scaling strategies in ecosystem research. $537,126 (1/98 - 1/01). Collaborative research with R. D. Evans, W. Cheng, J. Arnone, Y. Luo and D. Johnson.
United States Department of Agriculture, CRSEES: UV-B Microclimate of High-Altitude Plant Communities. $23,115 (9/98-9/99 with $23,115 match). Collaborative Research with Melanie Wetzel (PI) and Yiqi Luo.
National Science Foundation. Constructing a long-term ecological research program at the NTS: Building on past EPSCoR success to create a scientific center of excellence in Nevada. $500,000 (5/98-5/00). PI-Collaborative Research with Stan Smith and Robert Nowak.
Interagency (NSF/DOE/USDA/NASA/NOAA) Program for Terrestrial Ecology and Global Change. Effects of elevated CO2 on a Mojave Desert ecosystem. $1,300,000 (9/1/98 - 8/30/01, award was made by NSF). Collaborative research with Stan Smith (PI), Jeff Seemann, R. Dave Evans, Brandon Moore, and Weixin Cheng.
Environmental Protection Agency, Nevada EPSCoR. Determining the role of plants and soils in the biogeochemical cycling of mercury on an ecosystem level. $400,000. (5/1/99 - 5/1/01). Collaborative research with Mae Gustin (PI), Dale Johnson and Steve Lindburgh.
National Science Foundation, EPSCoR. Research infrastructure for Nevada’s growth: Targeting research with uniqueness and excellence (RING-TRUE). 6/99 – 7/02. $3,000,000 (with an additional $4,100,000 match from the State of Nevada and “in-kind” match from UNR, UNLV and DRI for a total award of $7.1 million). PI
Department of Energy, Terrestrial Carbon Process. Biotic processes regulating the carbon balance of desert ecosystems. 9/00-8/03. $2,300,000. Collaborative Research with Jeff Seemann (PI), Stan Smith, Bob Nowak and Lynn Fenstermaker.
National Science Foundation, EPSCoR. Research infrastructure for Nevada’s growth: Targeting research with uniqueness and excellence II (RING-TRUE II). 8/02 – 8/05. $9,000,000 (with an additional $4,500,000 match from the State of Nevada). PI
National Institutes of Health, National Center for Research Resources. eIRB: Online Education and Quality Assurance. (Administrative PI – with Office of Research IRB and computing Directors) 9/03 – 8/04. $100,000. PI
National Science Foundation, Partnerships for Innovation. Alliance for Collaborative Research in Alternative Fuel Technology. (Administrative PI; Peter Pfeifer scientific PI) 10/04 – 9/07. $591,637.
National Institutes of Health, National Center for Research Resources. National Swine Research and Resource Center (Administrative PI: science driven by Randy Prather and Lela Riley). 9/03–9/08. $2,848,226.
Economic Development Administration (US Department of Commerce), Life Sciences Incubator, (PI, co-PI was Jake Halliday). 5/05 – 5/09. $2,500,000
National Institutes of Health, National Institute for Allergies and Infectious Diseases, Regional Biocontainment Laboratory (Administrative PI; scientific PIs, George Stewart, Kim Wise and Lela Riley), $13,400,000 – construction beginning in Spring, 2007 to be completed by 2008. (PI transferred to Neil Olsen when I left Missouri).
Virginia and L.E. Simmons Family Foundation, Collaborative Research Fund (Administrative PI: this is a gift to Rice to fund collaborative research seed grants between Rice University, Texas Children’s Hospital and The Methodist Hospital Research Institute). $3,000,000. 9/08 – 8/13
Health Resources and Services Administration, Research Equipment for Rice University's Collaborative Research Center (PI), $355,037. 06/01/08 - 09/30/10. PI
Health Resources and Services Administration Research, Equipment for Rice University's BioScience Research Collaborative (PI), $ $377,190. 08/01/09 - 07/31/1. PI
Health Resources and Services Administration Research, Equipment for Rice University's BioScience Research Collaborative (PI), $ $445,000. 08/01/10 - 07/31/13. PI
National Center for Research Resources, NIH, Computational Biology Cluster (Administrative PI; Jan Odegard and Moshe Vardi scientific leadership), $1,635,302 08/12/2010 – 08/11/2011
APLU, Accelerating Adoption of Adaptive Courseware at Public Research Universities- Executive Sponsor (project leads are Pauline Entin and Don Carter), $575,000.
Infrastructure support for research and commercialization, Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation (co-led with Joe Steinmetz, Stacy Leeds and Laura Jacobs), $23,700,000. 2018-2023
Institute for Integrative and Innovative Research, Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation (co-led with Joe Steinmetz, Stacy Leeds, Dan Sui and Laura Jacobs), $194.7million (the grant was awarded after I left Arkansas, but I played a co-lead role in the development of the proposal) 2020-2025
ADVANCE: University of Arkansas ENGAGE (Empowering Networked Groups for Arkansas Gender Equity). National Science Foundation. $1,000,000 August 2020- (I was a co-PI on the proposal and helped develop it with Shauna Morimoto (PI) and co-PIs Yvette Murphy-Erby, Kim Needy, and Kathy Sloan)
Department of Energy, Office of Science, How does mercury methylation respond to intensive forest management and the creation of anoxia in floodplain soils? $132,285 (I am the PI who took over for Dr. Martin Tsui, with Co-PIs Alex Chow (Clemson) and Carl Trettin (US.Forest Service). 9/1/2020 -8/30/2022
National Science Foundation, Division of Earth Sciences, Collaborative Proposal: Response of mercury cycling to disturbance and restoration of low gradient forested watersheds. $164,740. 8/1/2019-7/31/2024. I am the PI (took over for Martin Tsui)
United States Department of Agriculture- NIFA, Storage, Reactivity, and Bioavailability of Mercury in Managed Forests - Balancing Mercury Toxicity and Wildfire Risks through Effective Fuel Reduction Techniques. $139,876 to UNCG. (I am the UNCG PI, taking over for Martin Tsui. Alex Chow is the PI from Clemson University.
Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust Grant (1986).
NASA Graduate Student Fellowship in Global Change Research ($22,000/yr for three years 9/1/92-9/1/95) to my graduate student, Brian Wilsey. I was the co-principal investigator with Dr. Sam McNaughton.
National Science Foundation, Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology Panel: Responses of plants to acute and chronic heat stress in a high CO2 environment: Linking molecular biology with physiological ecology (collaborative research with Richard Hallberg, Syracuse University),
$190,000 (9/15/92 - 9/15/95).
National Science Foundation, Division of Integrated Biology and Neuroscience, [presidential]Young Investigator Award, $250,000 (7/93-7/99). (PI)
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation: Plant responses to stress: integrating molecular, developmental, physiological and ecological approaches. $125,000 (7/93-7/99). (PI)
National Science Foundation, Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology Panel: Testing optimal partitioning and plant strategy theories: do conclusions differ when functional adjustments are distinguished from ontogenetic drift? $140,000 (7/94 -7/98). Collaborative research with Dr. Kelly McConnaughay, Bradley University.
National Science Foundation, Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology Panel: Dissertation Improvement: Nitrogen-plant-insect interactions: Integrating via a net effects approach. $6,890 (1/95-12/95). PI- Collaborative research with D. Alexander Wait and Clive G. Jones.
Department of Energy, EPSCoR: The Nevada Desert FACE facility: Responses of a desert ecosystem to long-term elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide. $700,000 (9/97-8/00). Collaborative research with J. Seemann (PI), S. Smith and R. Nowak.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (and Nevada State Match): Exploring the sensitivity of different carbon and nitrogen fluxes to variation in the timing of an ecosystem perturbation: The use of EcoCELL technology for developing scaling strategies in ecosystem research. $537,126 (1/98 - 1/01). Collaborative research with R. D. Evans, W. Cheng, J. Arnone, Y. Luo and D. Johnson.
United States Department of Agriculture, CRSEES: UV-B Microclimate of High-Altitude Plant Communities. $23,115 (9/98-9/99 with $23,115 match). Collaborative Research with Melanie Wetzel (PI) and Yiqi Luo.
National Science Foundation. Constructing a long-term ecological research program at the NTS: Building on past EPSCoR success to create a scientific center of excellence in Nevada. $500,000 (5/98-5/00). PI-Collaborative Research with Stan Smith and Robert Nowak.
Interagency (NSF/DOE/USDA/NASA/NOAA) Program for Terrestrial Ecology and Global Change. Effects of elevated CO2 on a Mojave Desert ecosystem. $1,300,000 (9/1/98 - 8/30/01, award was made by NSF). Collaborative research with Stan Smith (PI), Jeff Seemann, R. Dave Evans, Brandon Moore, and Weixin Cheng.
Environmental Protection Agency, Nevada EPSCoR. Determining the role of plants and soils in the biogeochemical cycling of mercury on an ecosystem level. $400,000. (5/1/99 - 5/1/01). Collaborative research with Mae Gustin (PI), Dale Johnson and Steve Lindburgh.
National Science Foundation, EPSCoR. Research infrastructure for Nevada’s growth: Targeting research with uniqueness and excellence (RING-TRUE). 6/99 – 7/02. $3,000,000 (with an additional $4,100,000 match from the State of Nevada and “in-kind” match from UNR, UNLV and DRI for a total award of $7.1 million). PI
Department of Energy, Terrestrial Carbon Process. Biotic processes regulating the carbon balance of desert ecosystems. 9/00-8/03. $2,300,000. Collaborative Research with Jeff Seemann (PI), Stan Smith, Bob Nowak and Lynn Fenstermaker.
National Science Foundation, EPSCoR. Research infrastructure for Nevada’s growth: Targeting research with uniqueness and excellence II (RING-TRUE II). 8/02 – 8/05. $9,000,000 (with an additional $4,500,000 match from the State of Nevada). PI
National Institutes of Health, National Center for Research Resources. eIRB: Online Education and Quality Assurance. (Administrative PI – with Office of Research IRB and computing Directors) 9/03 – 8/04. $100,000. PI
National Science Foundation, Partnerships for Innovation. Alliance for Collaborative Research in Alternative Fuel Technology. (Administrative PI; Peter Pfeifer scientific PI) 10/04 – 9/07. $591,637.
National Institutes of Health, National Center for Research Resources. National Swine Research and Resource Center (Administrative PI: science driven by Randy Prather and Lela Riley). 9/03–9/08. $2,848,226.
Economic Development Administration (US Department of Commerce), Life Sciences Incubator, (PI, co-PI was Jake Halliday). 5/05 – 5/09. $2,500,000
National Institutes of Health, National Institute for Allergies and Infectious Diseases, Regional Biocontainment Laboratory (Administrative PI; scientific PIs, George Stewart, Kim Wise and Lela Riley), $13,400,000 – construction beginning in Spring, 2007 to be completed by 2008. (PI transferred to Neil Olsen when I left Missouri).
Virginia and L.E. Simmons Family Foundation, Collaborative Research Fund (Administrative PI: this is a gift to Rice to fund collaborative research seed grants between Rice University, Texas Children’s Hospital and The Methodist Hospital Research Institute). $3,000,000. 9/08 – 8/13
Health Resources and Services Administration, Research Equipment for Rice University's Collaborative Research Center (PI), $355,037. 06/01/08 - 09/30/10. PI
Health Resources and Services Administration Research, Equipment for Rice University's BioScience Research Collaborative (PI), $ $377,190. 08/01/09 - 07/31/1. PI
Health Resources and Services Administration Research, Equipment for Rice University's BioScience Research Collaborative (PI), $ $445,000. 08/01/10 - 07/31/13. PI
National Center for Research Resources, NIH, Computational Biology Cluster (Administrative PI; Jan Odegard and Moshe Vardi scientific leadership), $1,635,302 08/12/2010 – 08/11/2011
APLU, Accelerating Adoption of Adaptive Courseware at Public Research Universities- Executive Sponsor (project leads are Pauline Entin and Don Carter), $575,000.
Infrastructure support for research and commercialization, Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation (co-led with Joe Steinmetz, Stacy Leeds and Laura Jacobs), $23,700,000. 2018-2023
Institute for Integrative and Innovative Research, Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation (co-led with Joe Steinmetz, Stacy Leeds, Dan Sui and Laura Jacobs), $194.7million (the grant was awarded after I left Arkansas, but I played a co-lead role in the development of the proposal) 2020-2025
ADVANCE: University of Arkansas ENGAGE (Empowering Networked Groups for Arkansas Gender Equity). National Science Foundation. $1,000,000 August 2020- (I was a co-PI on the proposal and helped develop it with Shauna Morimoto (PI) and co-PIs Yvette Murphy-Erby, Kim Needy, and Kathy Sloan)
Department of Energy, Office of Science, How does mercury methylation respond to intensive forest management and the creation of anoxia in floodplain soils? $132,285 (I am the PI who took over for Dr. Martin Tsui, with Co-PIs Alex Chow (Clemson) and Carl Trettin (US.Forest Service). 9/1/2020 -8/30/2022
National Science Foundation, Division of Earth Sciences, Collaborative Proposal: Response of mercury cycling to disturbance and restoration of low gradient forested watersheds. $164,740. 8/1/2019-7/31/2024. I am the PI (took over for Martin Tsui)
United States Department of Agriculture- NIFA, Storage, Reactivity, and Bioavailability of Mercury in Managed Forests - Balancing Mercury Toxicity and Wildfire Risks through Effective Fuel Reduction Techniques. $139,876 to UNCG. (I am the UNCG PI, taking over for Martin Tsui. Alex Chow is the PI from Clemson University.