GRANTS
External
2007-09 Sanitary
District of Decatur Grant to conduct
a biotic assessment of water quality in a stretch of the Sangamon River
receiving effluent from the Sanitary
District of Decatur. $175,588
(Co-Principle Investigator)
2006-09 Illinois
Department of Natural Resources
State Wildlife Grant to develop a multi-metric habitat index for wadeable
streams. $200,000
2007-08
Illinois Department of Natural Resources Grant to investigate
using
geomorphology to predict fish assemblages in Illinois streams. $2,000
2007-08
Illinois Department of Natural Resources Grant to assess
the validity of valley segments as determinants of stream habitat
quality
. $2,000
2006-07
Illinois Department of Natural Resources Grant to investigate the
effects of flow rates on macroinvertebrate communities in Illinois
streams. $2,000
2005-06 Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Grant to conduct an
intensive basin survey on the Kaskaskia River. $28,576
2005-06
Illinois Department of Natural Resources Grant to investigate the
effectiveness of artificial riffles in Illinois
streams. $2,000
2005-06
Illinois
Environmental
Protection Agency Grant to conduct an intensive basin survey on the Embarras River. $16,576
2005-07
Sanitary District of Decatur Grant to conduct a biotic assessment
of the Sangamon River receiving effluent from the Sanitary
District of Decatur. $108,352
2004-05 Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Grant to conduct an
intensive basin survey on the Illinois River. $18,576
2004-05
Sanitary District of Decatur Grant to conduct a biotic assessment of
water quality in a stretch of the Sangamon River receiving effluent
from the Sanitary District of
Decatur. $105,242
(Co-Principle Investigator)
2002-04
National Science
Foundation REU Grant to examine the ecology, behavior and physiology of
exotic
species. $164,786 (Co-Principle Investigator)
2002-03
Illinois Environmental
Protection Agency Grant to conduct an intensive basin survey on the
Kaskaskia River. $22,673
2001-03
Sanitary District of Decatur Grant to conduct fish population
determination and quantitative habitat assessment on the Sangamon
River. $88,500
(Co-Principle
Investigator)
2000-01
Department of Commerce
and Community Affairs Renewable Energy Resources Program grant to
investigate
alternative energy use in Illinois. $15,118
1998-01
Illinois Department of Natural Resources Conservation 2000 grant
to
investigate the response of channel characteristics and fish
populations to the
installation of a
Bendway Weir Field:
Embarras River near Greenup. $52,800
(Co-Principle Investigator)
1999-00
Illinois Department of Natural Resources grant to determine the
Illinois
River Turtle Community. $4,000
1998-99
Sanitary District of Decatur Grant to conduct fish population
determination and quantitative habitat assessment on the Sangamon
River. $41,900
(Co-Principle Investigator)
1998-99
National Science Foundation REU Grant to conduct Conservation
Biology in
the Agricultural Midwest. $104,000 (Co-Principle Investigator)
1998-99
Illinois Department of Natural Resources grant to determine the
Illinois River
Turtle Community. $3,500
(Co-Principle Investigator)
1996-97
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Grant to conduct fish
population
determination and quantitative
habitat assessment on the Embarras River.
$23,000
1990-94
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory Research Fellowship to examine
the
effects of environmental perturbations on Bluegill Life History traits.
$50,000.
1992-94
Department of Energy Research Fellowship to examine the effects
reservoir
draw-down conditions on a fish community. $20,000.
1993
Department of Energy Set Aside Grant to examine the spatial
distribution
of harvester ant in an old field. $4,000.
1982-84
Oak Ridge Associated Universities travel contract to study the
thermoregulatory behavior of bluegill Lepomis
macrochirus in a thermally stressed
ecosystem. $12,000.
Internal:
2006
Eastern Illinois University College of
Sciences Visiting Scholars Grant to sponsor a talk on aging.
Presented by Dr. Steve Austed, University
of Texas. $500.00
2002-03
Eastern Illinois University College of Sciences Visiting
Scholars Grant
to sponsor a talk on sociobiology and the evolution of sex.
Presented by Dr. William
Shields, SUNY College
of Environmental Science
and Forestry. $1,000.00
2002-03
Eastern Illinois University Council for Faculty Research Grant
to examine
the effects of land use/land cover on
abiotic factors and heterotrphic
microorganisms in
a freshwater stream system. $3,000
2001-02
Eastern Illinois University Council for Faculty Research Grant
to examine
the effects of aquatic habitat fragmentation on nutrient spiraling and
primary
productivity. $3,600.00
2001
Eastern Illinois University Council
for Faculty Research Summer Grant to
examine the effects of aquatic habitat fragmentation on dispersal rates
and
genetic
diversity of darters.
$4,000.00
2001
Eastern Illinois University College of Science Seed Grant to
investigate
the phylogeny of the sunfish family $1200.00.
2000-01
Eastern Illinois University College of Sciences Visiting
Scholars Grant
to sponsor a talk on diamondback terrapins.
Presented by Dr. Willem Roosenburg,
Ohio University. $400.00
2000–01
Eastern Illinois University Council for Faculty Research Grant to
examine the
effects of habitat fragmentation on
fish developmental stability. $2,736.
2000
Eastern Illinois University Council for Faculty Research Summer Grant
to examine
the effects of varying
degrees of aquatic habitat fragmentation on
macroinvertebrate communities.
$4,000.00
1999-00
Eastern Illinois University Council for Faculty Research Grant
to examine
the examine the effects of stream habitat
fragmentation on fish growth rates. $3,500
1999
Eastern Illinois University College of Sciences Visiting
Scholars Grant
to sponsor a talk on habitat fragmentation in urban areas.
Presented by Dr. Margaret
Brittingham, Penn State University.
$1,100.00
1998
Eastern Illinois University, Untenured Small Grant to evaluate a
non-destructive method for determining
lipid stores in aquatic organisms. $300.00
1999
Eastern Illinois University College of Sciences Visiting
Scholars Grant
to sponsor a talk on bluegill adaptive morphology.
Presented by Dr. Tim Ehrlinger, University
of Wisconsin Milwaukee
$700.00
1998
Eastern Illinois University College of Sciences Visiting
Scholars Grant
to sponsor a talk on habitat fragmentation in the tropics.
Presented by Dr. Robert Bierregaard
of the University of North
Carolina
at Charlotte. $700.00
1998
Eastern Illinois University College of Science Seed Grant to
develop a
technique for determining DNA breakage in aquatic organisms.
$900.00
1997
Eastern Illinois University Council for Faculty Research Summer Grant
to examine
the use of Total Body Electric Conductivity as a Fisheries Management
tool.
$2,500
1996-97
Eastern Illinois University Graduate School Grant to fund a seminar
series on
the effects of habitat fragmentation on
biodiversity. $1,000
1996
Eastern Illinois University Council for Faculty Research Summer
Grant to
examine the effects of land use
practices on stream biotic integrity. $2,500
1995-96
Eastern Illinois University Council for Faculty Research Grant to
examine the
association of DNA damage to
concentrations of heavy metals in bluegills. $3,600
1994-95
Eastern Illinois University Council for Faculty Research Grant to
examine the
effects of flow regime and juvenile
abundance on the assemblage structure of
stream fishes.
$4,000.
Teaching:
2002-03
Eastern Illinois University Foundation Redden Fund for the Improvement
of
Undergraduate Instruction to purchase limnology
sampling
equipment. $1,500
2002
Eastern Illinois University Technology-Enhanced and Delivered
Education
Grant to investigate the use of PDA technology to diverse curriculum.
$5,115.
2001
Eastern Illinois University Technology-Enhanced and Delivered
Education
Grant to enhance the general education course Environmental Life
Sciences.
$3,971.45
2001
Eastern Illinois University Foundation Redden Fund for the
Improvement of
Undergraduate Instruction to purchase
aquatic sampling equipment. $1,000
2000
Eastern Illinois University Foundation Redden Fund for the
Improvement of
Undergraduate Instruction to purchase
instructional software. $1,000
1996-97
Eastern Illinois
University Foundation Redden Fund for the Improvement of Undergraduate
Instruction to purchase aquatic sampling equipment. $500
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