Grants and Awards

2022

Department of Energy Research Development and Partnership Pilot (PI), Building inclusive capacity and partnerships to tackle soil-water-microbe-root feedbacks in forest regeneration after wildfires, $149,995
National Science Foundation, Office of International Science and Engineering – International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) Track I: IRES Sites (Sr. Personnel), Student Research Experience in Germany to Resolve Complex Plant Traits, $299,722
EMSL User Proposal (Collaborator), Investigating microbial interactions with glass and mineral surfaces: Do microbes serve a protective or destructive role in long-term material durability within the biogeosphere?
WSU College of Arts and Sciences, Research Enhancement Opportunity Award (PI)

2021

WSU College of Arts and Sciences Seed Grant (Co-PI), Temperate forests on fire: the role of coupled hydrological and microbial soil drivers in tree regeneration success or failure after burning, $15,000
Washington State Wine Commission and the Washington Grape and Wine Research Program (PI), Effect of mycorrhizal inoculants on grapevine growth and nutrient uptake, $12,848

2020

EMSL User Proposal (Co-PI), Past is Prologue: Ancient glass analogues for the long-term disposal of vitrified nuclear waste. PI: CI Pearce; Co-PIs: AE Plymale, JJ Neeway, VG Danna, TE Cheeke, JL Weaver, JS McCloy, DK Peeler, J. Allen. Collaboration with researchers at PNNL. User proposal for facilities and equipment use; equivalent value $80,684
WSU CSANR BioAg Grant Program (PI), A field evaluation of mycorrhizal inoculants on grapevine growth and nutrient uptake, $39,976

2019

Woman of Distinction Award, Washington State University, Tri-Cities
Washington State Wine Commission and the Washington Grape and Wine Research Program, Effect of mycorrhizal inoculants on grapevine growth and nutrient uptake, $25,000

2018

MJ Murdock Charitable Trust Partners in Science Program, Evaluating the role of soil microbes in ecological restorations,$15,000
WSU ADVANCE Leadership Grant for Faculty Success Program, National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity, $3450
WSU College of Arts and Sciences International Travel Grant for travel to the International Mycological Congress, San Juan, Puerto Rico, $1000
International Mycological Congress Travel Grant, $500

2017

Meyers Point Environmental Field Station, Co-PIs T.E. Cheeke and S. Roley. Intersections of plant communities, soil microbes, and biogeochemical processes in the ecological restoration of agricultural land, $3000
Alaska Airlines Imagine Tomorrow Travel Grant for travel to the International Mycological Congress, San Juan, Puerto Rico, $1858
Translational Mycology award, Mycological Society of America

2016

2015

Forest Fungal Ecology Postdoctoral Research Award, Mycological Society of America, $2500

2014

National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship: Evaluating the role of plant-soil feedbacks in invaded grasslands, Bever lab/Ye lab, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN $138,000.
Indiana Academy of Sciences: Towards a predictive understanding of the role of mycorrhizal fungi in soil carbon storage in hardwood forests, Phillips lab, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN $2908
National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Supplement Grant: A belowground framework for predicting how plant-microbe interactions couple carbon and nutrient economies of forests, Phillips lab, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (PI Phillips) $7000

2013

Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation Travel Award, Research training in the Phillips lab, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN $3360
Dean’s Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Portland State University

2012

EcoService Award, Honored Distinction, Union of Concerned Scientists, Ecological Society of America, Portland, OR

2011

Sigma Xi Grant in Aid of Research $1100
Miller Grant Sustainability Travel Award, Research training in the Bever lab, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN $500

2010

Environmental Protection Agency Science to Achieve Results Fellowship $111,000
Botanical Society of America Women in Science Travel Grant $350
Sigma Delta Epsilon-Graduate Women in Science Vessa Notchev Grant $3000
Portland State University: Create a modern student commons in Science Building 2. PIs: Marvin Kaiser, Tanya E. Cheeke, Leslie Bliss-Ketchum, Tim Davidson, Mica Eastman. $300,000
Botanical Society of America Graduate Student Research Award $500
Botanical Society of America Travel Award, Providence, RI $400
National Science Foundation $15,000
Miller Grant Sustainability Travel and Conference Award, Food in Bloom conference, Bloomington, IN $500

2009

Ecological Society of America Soil Ecology Travel Grant, Albuquerque, NM $200
Marie Brown Travel Grant, Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Albuquerque, NM $225
Lindbergh Foundation Grant, $10,580
Best Student Oral Presentation, Ecological Society of America, Albuquerque, NM, $100
Portland State University President’s Award for Outstanding University Service, $100
Portland State University Graduate Student Research Symposium, Second Place, $75

2008

Ecological Society of America Soil Ecology Travel Grant, Milwaukee, WI $600
Portland State University Biology Graduate Student Association Travel Grant, Ecological Society of America annual meeting, Milwaukee, WI $100
Portland State University Forbes Lea Grant, $1000
Phi Kappa Phi Love of Learning Award, $500