External Sources
2017 Legislative Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources
Minnesota's fresh water sponges: Mapping, taxonomy, and environmental toxicology
Total costs: $ 258,000
2010 Altru foundation
Title: Combating bacterial resistance – discovering new pharmacophores from plants.
Total costs: $25,000
2013-2018 Anonymous donor
Title: Study abroad scholarships
Total costs: $50,000
Campus Wide Sources
2016-2017 Faculty research grant, Vice-Chancellor of Academic Affairs, University of Minnesota Crookston (UMC)
Title: Diversity in natural products - A potential source for drug discovery and development: Chemical examination of a Cameroonian spice Alchornea cordifolia
Total costs: $10,000
2014-2015 Faculty research grant, Vice-Chancellor of Academic Affairs, UMC
Title: To augment grant-in- aid funds and for investigating a series of biologically active Streptomyces strains
Total costs: $10,000
2014 Matching grant, Vice-Chancellor of Academic Affairs, UMC
Title: Funds to augment HPLC funding from Ggrant-in- Aid
Total costs: $4,250
2014 Matching grant, Math, Science and Technology department, UMC
Title: Funds to augment HPLC funding from GIA
Total costs: $5,500
2012 Technology Innovation Program grant, UMC
Title: Development of alternative study materials for organic chemistry – I (CHEM 2301)
Total costs: $3,500
2011-2012 Equipment grant, Vice-Chancellor of Academic Affairs, UMC
Title: To augment and enhance the drug discovery program at the U of M Crookston
Total costs: $20,000
2009-2010 Research Initiation Grant, Vice-Chancellor of Academic Affairs, UMC
Title: Natural products based drug discovery
Total costs: $10,000
2008-2009 Research Initiation Grant, Math, Science and Technology department, UMC
Title: Natural products based drug discovery
Total costs: $2,000
University Wide Sources
2017-2018 Research Infrastructure Investment grant, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Title: Establishment of a Center for Collaborative Research at the University of Minnesota Crookston
Total costs: $288,361
2015-2016 Travel Grant, GPS Alliance, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Title: Site visit to Tribhuvan University, Nepal for discussions regarding setting up Memorandum of Understanding for importing plants extracts for research purpose
Total costs: $1,500
2014-2015 Grant-in- Aid, Graduate School, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Title: Purchase of a HPLC system
Total costs: $23,504
2013-2014 Grant-in- Aid, Graduate School, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Title: Bio-prospecting for metabolites that inhibit the sugar beet pathogen Aphanomyces cochlioides
Total costs: $21,748
2012-2013 Travel Grant, GPS Alliance, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Title: Site visit to Bangalore and nearby cities in India in preparation for a global seminar course and for recruitment of Indian students
Total costs: $5,000
2010-2011 Infrastructure improvement funds, University of Minnesota
Title: Renovation and redesign of existing laboratories in Hill Hall II floor into organic chemistry and soil laboratories
Total costs: $750,000
2010-2011 Grant-in- Aid, Graduate School, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Title: Caenorhabditis elegans as a tool for screening antibacterial compounds from plants.
Total costs: $25,846