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

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

By Randall S. Barton | September 1, 2015

Professors at Reed 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).

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. Todd Schlenke [biology 2013–] won a $373,000 NIH grant 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 NIH grant to investigate .

Prof. Marc Schneiberg [sociology 2000–] won a $170,824 NSF grant to investigate .

Prof. Erik Zornik [biology 2012–] won a $444,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to research mechanisms in the brain that generate rhythmic behavior, with the goal of finding new treatments for neurological disorders.

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 NIH grant 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–] won a Fulbright fellowship to .

Prof. Angélica Osorno [mathematics 2013–] won a Collaboration Grant for Mathematicians for $35,000 from the Simons Foundation to study .

Prof. Osorno and Prof. Kyle Ormsby [mathematics 2014–] also won a $28,000 NSF grant 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 set in FY2003-04. In prior years, Reed did not keep a tally of grants received, so it is unclear if this is an all-time high.

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