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Received a grant from the National Science Foundation (subaward from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) for 鈥淒issecting the dynamic evolution of paralogs in shaping trait variation across the Solanum pan-genome.鈥 The project is for five years. (2022)

National Science Foundation


Received a grant from the Consulate General of Italy, Boston, to support an Italian tutor.


Maria Alexandra Gomez was a Co-PI on National Science Foundation (NSF) project: MRI: Expansion of the Molecular Education and Research Consortium in Undergraduate Computational Chemistry (MERCURY) via Addition of High Performance Computers awarded to Furman University. The project is for three years. 

National Science Foundation


James Hartley (Economics) received a grant from the Institute for Humane Studies for a student reading group in the fall. The project is for 4.5 months.

Institute for Humane Studies


David Hern谩ndez was accepted into the Faculty Development Seminar (FDS) at the Palestinian American Research Center (PARC), run by the State Department. Provided there is a cease-fire, Hern谩ndez will travel to Israel and Palestine in mid-May for two weeks with other scholars from around the country. The PARC FDS is a unique opportunity for collaboration, bridge-building (at a critical time), and a turn in Hern谩ndez's scholarship.


Received a Centennial Grant for Supplemental Research Support from the American Political Science Association for 鈥淢aking Waves: How Party Insurgents Transform American Politics (Even When They Lose).鈥 The project is for one year. (2022)


Craig Woodard received a National Science Foundation (NSF) DBI Grant, "UBM-Institutional: Collaborative Research: Four College Biomath Consortium," with Amherst, Smith and Hampshire Colleges. (Mount Holyoke co-PI: Martha Hoopes), September 1, 2011-August 31, 2016.


Received a subaward from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) via the Planetary Science Institute (PSI) PDART for Acquisition of Multi-Parameter LIBS Reference Database of Geological Materials. The project is for three years.


Barbara Lerner (Computer Science) received a sub award from Harvard under National Science Foundation (NSF) award 1450277 鈥淪12-SSI: Collaborative Research: Bringing End to End Prevenance to Scientists.鈥 The project is for one year.

National Science Foundation