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ºìÌÒÊÓƵ Profs Win $2.2 Million in Grants, Set 10-Year Record

From parasitic wasps to the Moroccan diaspora, ºìÌÒÊÓƵ profs win grants for their work.

By Randall S. Barton

Professors at ºìÌÒÊÓƵ won a total of $2,251,849 in research grants in fiscal year 2014-15, the highest figure in at least a decade (and possibly longer).

The eleven professors are pursuing a remarkable range of projects from the venom of parasitic wasps, to the compounds of bismuth, to the Moroccan diaspora.

Prof. Suzy Renn [biology 2006-] won a $618,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to investigate a striking example of maternal behavior—. Her research could shed light on the evolution of maternal instincts and deepen our understanding of metabolic and feeding disorders.

Prof. Erik Zornik [biology 2012–] won a $444,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to research .

Prof. Todd Schlenke [biology 2013-] won a $373,000 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, a division of the National Institutes of Health, to study one of nature’s most unforgiving arms races— (May the contest be long and bloody.)

Prof. Jay Mellies [biology 1999-] won a $362,769 grant from the National Institutes of Health investigate .

Prof. Marc Schneiberg [sociology 2000-] won a $170,824 grant from the National Science Foundation to investigate .

Prof. Noelwah Netusil [economics 1990–] won a $99,256 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to investigate .

Prof. [psychology 2007-] won a $73,000 grant from the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism, a division of the National Institutes of Health, to understand

Prof. Rebecca LaLonde ’01 [chemistry 2013-] won a $40,000 grant from the Research Corporation for Scientific Advancement to investigate .

Prof. Paul Silverstein [anthropology 2000-] has won a Fulbright fellowship to .

Prof. Angelica Osorno [math 2013-] has won a Collaboration Grant for Mathematicians for $35,000 from the Simons Foundation to study .

Prof. Osorno and Prof. Kyle Ormsby [math 2014-] also won a $28,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for a conference on Equivariant and Motivic Homotopy Theory

Prof. Alan Shane Dillingham [history 2014-] won a $6,000 summer stipend from the National Endowment for the Humanities to continue .

The total for research grants tops the 10-year record, which was set in FY2003–04. Before that, ºìÌÒÊÓƵ did not keep a running tally of grants received, so it remains unclear if this is an all-time high.