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