{"id":172,"date":"2014-07-22T11:35:30","date_gmt":"2014-07-22T16:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/jenniferhuddleston\/?page_id=172"},"modified":"2016-06-15T13:59:40","modified_gmt":"2016-06-15T18:59:40","slug":"funding-of-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/jenniferhuddleston\/scholarship\/funding-of-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Funding of Research and Conference Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have received funding for my research at ACU through several internal grants (which meets departmental criteria for Tenure and Promotion<\/a>).\u00a0\u00a0 I am honored that I was awarded a Pursuit Grant every year that I have applied.\u00a0 There are so many deserving research projects at ACU, and I am humbled to have been chosen\u00a0four\u00a0times.<\/p>\n

The financial support given to me has helped me to establish a strong microbial genetics research program. I have been able to buy small pieces of equipment (pipettors and freezer boxes), consumable products (Petri dishes and DNA extraction kits), specialized DNA (DNA primers and vectors) and pay for services, such as DNA sequencing.\u00a0 Whenever I can convince the different granting entities to roll over my personal stipend into research expenses, I do.\u00a0 Molecular microbiology can be expensive.\u00a0 I enjoy having a larger research budget for my students and myself to do good science.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, the funding has also allowed me to work with students who also needed a small income. A bright student had approached me to work in my lab for the summer.\u00a0 She said she did not have to be paid.\u00a0 She thought the experience was worth it despite the lack of monetary compensation.\u00a0 A few months later I learned that I received an internal grant to pay this student a summer stipend.\u00a0 When I told her she started crying tears of joy. She told me how her dad had lost his job two weeks before, and up until that point she was not sure if she would be able to do summer research. She went on to do research with me that summer and for several years and became a very good mentor to newer lab members.<\/p>\n

Below is a list of the funding that I was awarded in reverse chronological order.<\/span><\/p>\n

2016-2017 GRANT YEAR:\u00a0“Survey of Microorganisms Found in Sorcerer\u2019s Cave in Terrell County, Texas”<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

Math-Science Grant – $4200<\/span><\/h2>\n