Recently announced awards:

Theatre’s Harry Parker received from Arts Council of Fort Worth, “Trinity Shakespear Festival at TCU 2018” for the period of 1/1/2018-9/28/2018 in the amount of $10, 427.52.

Psychology’s Sarah Hill received from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology “Examining the Impact of Childhood Environmental unpredictability on Ghrelin Dysregulation (2017 Heritage Dissertation Award for Randi Leyva),” for the period of 1/2/2018-1/1/2019 in the amount of $1,000.

Anthony Anzalone’s National Strength and Conditioning Association Foundation Masters Research Grant titled, “The relationship between peripheral biomarkers and clinical measures in youth and young-adult athletes following a sports-related concussion,” will receive full funding of $7,416. The National Strength and Conditioning Association will recognize Anzalone at its annual meeting in July. This work represents Anzalone’s thesis and the ongoing research of the Sports Concussion Research Group, a collaborative between the Kinesiology Department, TCU Athletics, Ben Hogan Sports Medicine, Ben Hogan Concussion Center and soon to be added John Peter Smith Hospital.

Jenny Korstian (M.S. Biology 2012), Amanda Hale (Associate Professor, Biology), Tory Bennett (Assistant Professor, Environmental Science), and Dean Williams (Associate Professor, Biology) recently published a paper:

Korstian , Hale, Bennett, and Williams. 2016. Using DNA barcoding to improve bat carcass identification at wind farms in the United States. Conservation Genetics Resources 8:27-34.

This work was also featured in the International Barcode of Life’s Barcode Bulletin “Barcoding’s Role in Bat Fatality Monitoring at Wind Farms”, 2016, Barcode Bulletin 7:2-3.

Recently announced grants:

Amanda Hale (Biology) and Victoria Bennett (Geology, Energy & the Environment), Development and testing of a practical deterrent to minimize bat fatalities at wind turbines, $86,954 Year 3 award from NextEra received 1/01/2016

Peter Frinchaboy (Physics & Astronomy), REU Site: Physics and Astrophysics at TCU, $72,768 Year 3 award from the National Science Foundation received 2/08/2016

Jonathan Oliver (Kinesiology), A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study to Evaluate the Effects of a Technology-Enhanced Curcumin Formulation on Flow Mediation Dilation (FMDII), $196,903 award from Increnovo LLC received 2/24/2016

Benjamin Janesko (Chemistry), Accurately predicting the activity and selectivity of heterogeneous catalysts for converting natural gas to liquid transportation fuels, $87,022 subaward from Texas A&M University funded by Qatar National Research Foundation received 3/11/2016

Wayne Lehman (Institute of Behavioral Research), Sustainable HIV Risk Reduction Strategies for CJ Systems, $545,835 Year 8 award from the National Institutes of Health-National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIH-NIDA) received 3/17/2016

Max Krochmal (History), Civil Rights in Black and Brown: Oral Histories of the Multiracial Freedom Struggles in Texas, $100,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities awarded 9/14/2015

James Roach / Larry Peters (Neeley Exec Education / Management, Entrepreneurship & Leadership), Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program, $30,000 subaward from the University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC) funded by  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded 9/22/2015

Diane Hawley (Nursing), Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program, $16,948.91 subaward from the University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC) funded by  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded 9/22/2015

Rosangela Boyd (Community Involvement), The Go Center, $100,000 grant from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) plus an additional $70,009 in TCU cost share awarded 10/6/2015

Sue Gong (Engineering), Development of a Variable Irradiance Tester for DLP® Mirror Array, $10,000 industrial practicum agreement from Texas Instruments Inc. awarded 10/8/2015

David Cross / Casey Call (Psychology), TBRI Training, $12,850 contract from the Fort Worth ISD awarded 10/12/2015

Cornell Thomas / Amber Esping (Education),  Advise Texas, $390,000 grant from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) awarded 10/12/2015

Suzy Lockwood (Nursing), Professional Nursing Shortage Reduction Program, $49,429 grant from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) awarded 10/15/2015 AND Moncrief Cancer Foundation Grant, $150,000 awarded 10/30/15

Ann Louden (Office of the Chancellor), Moncrief Cancer Foundation Grant, $25,000 awarded 10/30/15

William Rose (Engineering), Prototype Stanchion Project, $50,000 grant from the Parker Hannifin Corporation awarded 12/10/15

Molly Weinburgh (Education), An Examination of the Professional Growth of Teachers Participating in a Professional Development Program, $390,000 contract from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) awarded 12/10/2015

Dean Williams (Biology), Improving the development of biological control agents for the monoecious biotype of hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata L.f. Royle) in the United States, $17,082 contract from the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers awarded 12/11/2015