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Funding and Awards

Awards

  • Winner, Faculty Research Excellence Award, UCA, August, 2020

  • Winner, Faculty External Funding Impact Award, UCA, August, 2019

  • Finalist (Top 3), Faculty Research Excellence Award, UCA, August, 2019

  • Finalist (Top 3), Faculty Research Excellence Award, UCA, April, 2018

  • Outstanding Young Scientist poster award on behalf of the Journal of Applied and Environmental Microbiology in the area of Symbiosis at the 6th International Symbiosis Society Congress, Madison, WI, Aug 9-15, 2009

Research funding and travel awards

  • INBRE Shared Instrumentation Award, AR INBRE, NIH NIGMS, 2023, PI: Arijit Mukherjee, $28,184

  • Student Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF), Arkansas, ADHE, 2023, PI: Arijit Mukherjee, Student: Hunter Price, $4,000

  • Student Intensive Training Grant, AR Space Grant Consortium, NASA, 2023, PI: Arijit Mukherjee, $30,000

  • INBRE Research Development Grant, AR INBRE, NIH NIGMS, 2023-2025, PI: Arijit Mukherjee, $276,840

  • Student Intensive Training Grant, AR Space Grant Consortium, NASA, 2021-2022, PI: Arijit Mukherjee, $20,000

  • INBRE Research Development Grant, AR INBRE, NIH NIGMS, 2020-2022, PI: Arijit Mukherjee, $301,443

  • University Research Council Award, University of Central Arkansas, AR, 2020, PI: Arijit Mukherjee, $3,000

  • Student Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF), Arkansas, ADHE, 2019, PI: Arijit Mukherjee, Student: Randall Rainwater, $4,000

  • Research Infrastructure Award, AR Space Grant Consortium, NASA, 2018-2019, PI: Arijit Mukherjee, $31,000

  • INBRE Research Development Grant, AR INBRE, NIH NIGMS, 2018-2020, PI: Arijit Mukherjee, $279,767

  • ASPB PUI Workshop Travel Award to attend The Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists, Honolulu, HI, Jun 23-28, 2017, $700.00

  • INBRE Shared Instrumentation Award, AR INBRE, NIH NIGMS, 2017, PI: Arijit Mukherjee, co-PI: Matthew Gifford, $50,000

  • NSF EPSCoR Track II Industry Internship Grant for the Plant Imaging Consortium (PIC), 2016, PI: Arijit Mukherjee, Student: Raj Singh, $8,500

  • University Research Council Award, University of Central Arkansas, AR, 2016-2017, PI: Arijit Mukherjee, $4,635

  • INBRE Pilot Study Grant, AR INBRE, NIH NIGMS, 2016-2017, PI: Arijit Mukherjee, $39,984

  • ​INBRE Mini-Sabbatical Award, AR INBRE, NIH NIGMS, 2016, PI: Arijit Mukherjee, $5667

  • Travel award to attend The Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists, Austin, TX, Jul 8-13, 2016, $575.00

  • INBRE Faculty Research Voucher, AR INBRE, NIH NIGMS, 2015, PI: Arijit Mukherjee, $5000

  • Equipment Grant, NSF, EPSCoR, AEDC, 2015, PI: Arijit Mukherjee, $26,678

  • Basic Research Grant, Arkansas Science & Technology Authority (ASTA), 2014-2016, PI: Arijit Mukherjee, $47,400

  • Program Development Grant, NSF/EPSCoR/ASTA, 2014-2015, PI: Arijit Mukherjee (UCA), co-PI: Richard Segall (ASU), $75,000

  • Next Gen Sequencing Project, Arkansas Center for Plant Powered Production P3 (NSF-EPSCoR), 2013-2014, PI: Arijit Mukherjee, $3,380

  • UCA P3 Center Research Project-Equipment Grant, Arkansas Science & Technology Authority (ASTA), 2013-2014, PI: Arijit Mukherjee, $50,000

  • National Science Foundation (NSF)- Arkansas Science & Technology Authority (ASTA) 2013 ASSET Initiative Summer Internship award, 2013, $9,200. PI: Arijit Mukherjee, Student: Ashley Spurr

  • University Research Council award, University of Central Arkansas, 2012-2014, PI: Arijit Mukherjee, $10,760

  • Arkansas Center for Plant Powered Production P3 (NSF-EPSCoR), Campus PI, 2012- 2015, $253,532

  • Travel award to attend the Plant Ontology and Gramene’s Gene Annotation Workshop at The Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists, Montreal, Canada, Jul 31-Aug 5, 2010

  • The Student Voice at NABC (National Agricultural Biotechnology Council) at NABC, 19, South Dakota State University, SD, May 22-24, 2007

  • Travel award to attend The 19th Annual Meeting of the National Agricultural Biotechnology Council, South Dakota State University, SD, May 22-24, 2007

  • Travel award to attend The Annual Meeting of the Southern Section of the American Society of Plant Biologists, Mobil, AL, Mar 3-5, 2007

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