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UPDATE: NSF GRFP Award for Daws; Honorable Mentions for Lash, Ramsey, Dunkirk

April 7, 2016 by wpeeb

One of our alumna has been awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship this year: Sarah Caroline Daws (BS 2015)!

In addition, three EEB students/ alumni have been awarded NSF GRFP Honorable Mentions:

Chloe Lash (Current graduate student, Kwit Lab);
Adam Ramsey (BS 2013; now PhD student in Biological Sciences at University of Memphis);
Nora Dunkirk (BS 2014) [apologies for omitting Ms. Dunkirk in the original post].

Congratulations!

O’Meara Receives NSF Career Award UPDATE

February 16, 2016 by wpeeb

Brian O’Meara has received an NSF Career Award! “Reducing barriers for comparative methods” has been funded for $738,000 over 5 years. Congratulations Brian – great job!

UPDATE: For more information, please read the Tennessee Today article about the award!

NSF Grant for Schussler

September 17, 2015 by wpeeb

Beth Schussler has been awarded an NSF grant worth almost $500,000:

RCN-UBE: Biology Teaching Assistant Project (BioTAP 2.0): Advancing Research, Synthesizing Evidence

This is a national research coordination network designed to support GTA professional development for teaching by enhancing assessment and evaluation of training programs, and supporting faculty and staff in their delivery and assessment of these programs.

Congratulations!

O’Meara Receives NSF Career Award

June 17, 2015 by wpeeb

Brian O’Meara has received an NSF Career Award! “Reducing barriers for comparative methods” has been funded for $738,000 over 5 years. Congratulations Brian – great job!

NSF Grant for O’Meara

April 15, 2015 by wpeeb

Brian O’Meara is co-PI on a newly funded, nearly $1 million NSF grant entitled “Collaborative Research: ABI Development: An open infrastructure to disseminate phylogenetic knowledge.” Brian’s part is to make trees with time information more available, and includes funds for a postdoc (~$140K for UT). Congratulations, Brian!

2 More NSF Fellowships for EEB

April 1, 2015 by wpeeb

The 2015 NSF Graduate Research Fellowships have been announced; Jordan Bush (Simberloff Lab) and Todd Pierson (Fitzpatrick Lab) each received one. Congratulations!

2 NSF EAPSI Grants for EEB

February 17, 2015 by wpeeb

Both Katie Massana (O’Meara Lab) and Rachel Wooliver (Schweitzer Lab) won NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute (EAPSI) grants last week!

Katie will be going to New Zealand and Rachel will be going to Tasmania this summer.

Looney awarded NSF DDIG

February 4, 2015 by wpeeb

Congratulations to Brian Looney (Matheny Lab)! His NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (DDIG) will be funded!

DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Systematics, diversification, and functional maintenance of trophic mode in Russula (Russulales)

Moorhead awarded NSF GROW grant

May 19, 2014 by wpeeb

Leigh Moorhead, a graduate student in the Classen Lab, was recently awarded a Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide (GROW) grant from the NSF for her project: Exploring how mammal herbivore – plant community interactions shape ecosystem response to global change.

GROW grants are available to recipients of NSF GRFPs and provide students opportunities for international research.

Congratulations Leigh!

2 NSF GRFP Awards for EEB Students

May 13, 2014 by wpeeb

Alix Pfenningwerth (EEB grad student) and Su’ad Yoon (EEB undergrad) both got NSF GRFP awards. Brian Looney and Katie Massana (EEB grad students) got honorable mentions. Across UT, only 5 students received NSF GRFP awards, and only 3 students received honorable mentions, so EEB had an excellent showing!

UPDATE: For information about all 5 UT awardees, please read the Tennessee Today press release.