Grants and Honoraria

University of Colorado Museum Grant (Van Riper Fund) and Kathy Licthy Memorial Fund (University of Colorado, Biology Dept.) - Study honey ants in Garden of Gods (1972).

Honorarium - John G. Shedd Aquarium - Study coral reef ecology in Bimini (1980).

Faculty Study Grant - Elmhurst College - Study fauna of the Galapagos Island (1981).

Honorarium - Alan Landsburg Productions - Film honey ant segment for the television show "That's Incredible" (1981).

Faculty Study Grant - Elmhurst College - Study honey ants at Southwestern Research Station, Arizona (1982).

Honorarium - Cincinnati Zoo - Lead honey ant collecting expedition to Southwestern Research Station, Arizona (1985).

Exercise Physiology Grant ($10,000) - Dr. Scholl Foundation - Equipment for Exercise Physiology Laboratory at Elmhurst College (1985).

Faculty Research Grant ($1490) - University of Scranton - Study honey ants at the Southwestern Research Station, Arizona (1986).

Honorarium - World Book Encyclopedia - revise articles on "Skeleton, Spine and Vertebra" (1986).

Honorarium - BBC - Film honey ants at Southwestern Research Station, Arizona (1986).

Grant - Center for Field Studies ($19,000) - Lead 3 Earthwatch expeditions to study honey ants of the Australian Outback (July - August 1987)

Faculty Research Grant ($1500) - University of Scranton - Study honey ants of the Australian Outback (1987).

Summer Faculty Grant ($3600) - University of Scranton - Computerization of Human Anatomy & Physiology and General Physiology Laboratories (1989).

Honorarium - World Book Encyclopdeia - revise article on "Spine" (1992).

Howard Hughes Undergraduate Reserach Grants - Supervised four students to study the biology of thatching ant, formica obscuripes, in Colorado (Summers 1994,1994).

Honorarium - World Book Encyclopedia - Revise article on "Achilles Tendon" (1994).

Teaching Improvement Grant - University of Scranton - Visit Mutter Museum, The College of Physicians of Philadelphia (Jan. 1998).

Academic Technology Center Grant - University of Scranton - Laptop computer to teach multimedia Human Structure & Function Course (1998).

Honorarium - World Book Encyclopedia - Revise article on "Human Body" and develop list of human organs (1999).

Internal Research Grant - University of Scranton - "Biology & ecology of the honey ant, Myrmecocystus mendax, in Arizona." (Spring 2000).

Faculty development grant - University of Scranton - Attended Ant Course at the Southwestern Research Station in Arizona (Aug 7-17, 2003).

Teaching enhancement grant - University of Scranton (2005).

Honorarium - Sustainability Workshop - University of Scranton (May 2009, May 2010) - To incorporate sustainability into courses.

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