EXTERNAL

2016-2020. An Institutional Model for Increasing Student Engagement through Course-embedded Undergraduate Research Experiences. NSF-IUSE: Division of Undergraduate Education, NSF Award ID 1623779.  Award: $1,629,924.Role: Co-PI or Senior Personnel. PIs: Judy Awong-Taylor (PI), Allison D’Costa, Tirza Leader, David Pursell, and Clay Runck.

2016-2019. Improving P-16 STEM Performance via High Student Engagement Strategies. University System of Georgia STEM Initiative III, STEM-Education Improvement Plan. Annual BOR Award: $170,000 per year. Annual GGC Match: $42,550 per year. Role: Co-PI. PIs: Thomas Mundie (PI), Judy Awong-Taylor, Cindy Achat-Mendes, Chantelle Anfuso, Allison D’Costa, Katherine Pinzon, David Pursell, Clay Runck, Tirza Leader, Bernadette Peiffer, David Wells.

2011- 2015. University System of Georgia STEM Initiative II. $788,000. Thomas Mundie, Judy Awong-Taylor, Allison D’Costa, Greta Giles, David Pursell, and Clay Runck.

2013. American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB), Minority Affairs Committee (MAC) Linkage Fellows (LF) Award for $1,000.

2012. American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB), Minority Affairs Committee (MAC) Linkage Fellows (LF) Award for $10,000.

 

INTERNAL

• STEM mini-grant: Re-designing the BIOL 1107 Labs to be Inquiry-based and Research Focused. Received August 2016. Award= $4,051.67

PI: Allison D’Costa, Co-PI’s: Cindy Achat-Mendes, Judy Awong-Taylor, Patricia Huey, Latanya Hammonds-Odie, Elizabeth Javason & Candace Timpte.

 

• STEM mini-grant: Building and Assessing STEM Skills in BIOL 1107. Received January 2017. Award= $9,621.80

PI: Allison D’Costa, Co-PI’s: Cindy Achat-Mendes, Judy Awong-Taylor, Patricia Huey, Latanya Hammonds-Odie, Elizabeth Javason & Candace Timpte.

 

• STEM mini-grant: An inquiry-based laboratory curriculum investigating the viability of cultured mammalian cells. Received July 2015 Award= $7203.58

PI: Jennifer Hurst-Kennedy, Co-PI’s: David Barnes, Alessandra Barrera, Allison D’Costa, Elizabeth Javason & Ernest Ricks, Jr.

 

• STEM mini-grant (renewal): Peer Supplemental Instruction (PSI) program. Received July 2015 Award= $7,902.50

PI: Cindy Achat-Mendes, Co-PI’s: Judy Awong-Taylor, Allison D’Costa, Latanya Hammonds-Odie, Jennifer Hurst-Kennedy and Elizabeth Javason.

 

• STEM mini-grant: Chromosomal analysis of animal cells in culture. Received July 2014 Award= $4133.79

PI: David Barnes, Co-PI’s: Alessandra Barrera, Allison D’Costa, Jennifer Hurst-Kennedy.

 

• STEM mini-grant: Peer Supplemental Instruction (PSI) program. Received July 2014 Award= $2,400

PI: Cindy Achat-Mendes, Co-PI’s: Allison D’Costa, Latanya Hammonds-Odie, Jennifer Hurst-Kennedy.

 

• STEM mini-grant Renewal: An Investigative Research Module for Visualizing and Studying the Inner Workings of the Cells Using Mammalian Cell Culture. Received July 2013 Award = $3689.62

PI: Alessandra Barrera, Co-PI’s: David Barnes, Allison D’Costa, Jennifer Hurst-Kennedy

 

• STEM mini-grant Renewal: Identification and Classification of Native Georgia Species

Combing Taxonomy and DNA Barcoding. Received July 2013. Award = $ 7,011.22

PI: Clay Runck, Co-PI’s: James Russell. Erin Quinlan, Elizabeth Sudduth, Allison D’Costa.

 

• STEM mini-grant: “Engaging Biology and IT Students by Creating Cell-Biology Web Animations”. Received July 2012. Award = $ 4,000.

PI: Adrian Heinz, Co-PI’s: Xin Xu and Allison D’Costa.

 

• STEM mini-grant Renewal: “Identification and classification of native Georgia species combining taxonomy and DNA Barcoding”. Received July 2012. Award = $9,210.00

PI: Clay Runck, Co-PI’s: James Russell. Erin Quinlan, Allison D’Costa, Alessandra Barrera and David Barnes.

 

• STEM mini-grant Renewal: “An Investigative Research Module for Visualizing and Studying the inner Workings of Cells using Mammalian cell Culture”. Received July 2012.

Award=$ 6,632.57

PI: David Barnes, Co-PI’s: Alessandra Barrera and Allison D’Costa.

 

• STEM mini-grant: “DNA Barcoding project: Building an online database of biodiversity on GGC’s campus”. Received December 2011. Award = $2,307.11

PI: James Russell, Co-PI’s: Allison D’Costa, James Russell, Clay Runck, Mark Schlueter, Alessandra Barrera, David Barnes and Robert Haining.

 

• STEM mini-grant: “An investigative research module for visualizing and studying the inner workings of cells using mammalian cell culture.” Received May 2011. Award = $10,000.

PI: Allison D’Costa, Co-PI’s: Latanya Hammonds-Odie, Alessandra Barrera.

 

• STEM mini-grant: “Identification and classification of native Georgia species combining taxonomy and DNA Barcoding”. Received May 2011. Award = $6,200.

PI: Allison D’Costa, Co-PI’s: James Russell, Clay Runck, Mark Schlueter.