Recently Received Grants

• National Science Foundation
• Study of the development of Indian Software Firms, 1966-2005
• Development of biocalculus text
• Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation
• Energy-efficient lighting improvements on campus
• LI-COR Biosciences
• Genomic Education Equipment Matching Funds
• Council of Independent Colleges/Microsoft
  • Participation in "Teachers for the 21st Century" Program
• Department of Labor
  • Women's Leadership Summit
• Institute for Study Abroad (IFSA) Foundation
  • Funds to support semester- or year-long international study

Ongoing Grant Activities

• U.S. Department of State
• Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI): Institute for the Study of the United States Benedictine's MEPI Web site (will open in a new window)
• U.S. Department of Energy
• Science lab equipment project to upgrade science laboratories
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Higher Education Degree Program for Policemen and Firemen
• U.S. Department of Agriculture
  • Invasive Tree Research

Faculty Fellowships

• Dr. Ramkrishnan Tenkasi, Professor in Organizational Development Department, has been awarded a Fulbright Senior Scholar Research Award for his work on the explosive growth of the software industry in India.
  
  
• Dr. Ethel C. Ragland, Professor in the Department of Nursing and Health, has been awarded an Illinois Board of Higher Education (I.B.H.E.) Nurse Educator Fellowship.
  
  
• Dr. Roger Rose, Associate Professor, Department Chair Political Science, has been awarded a Congressional Fellowship by the American Political Science Association.