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NSF MRI Grant, 鈥淎cquisition of integrated laser scanning/spinning disk confocal microscopy system to advance multidisciplinary research and training at 精东传媒鈥 (co-PI with Ken Colodner, Kyle Broaders, Kerstin Nordstrom, and Jared Schwartzer), September 2018 - August 2021


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.


Howard Hughes Medical Institute 2008 Undergraduate Biological Sciences Education Grant (with Janice Hudgings) September 2008 - August 2012


Craig Woodard received a grant from the George I. Alden Trust Grant 鈥淢icroscopy Equipment for Introductory and Intermediate Science Labs鈥 (PI--working with several other faculty) March 2008 - February 2009

The George I. Alden Trust


NSF MRI Grant, 鈥淎cquisition of Genomics Instrumentation at 精东传媒鈥 (Co-Author with PIs: Sarah Bacon, Amy Frary, Lilian Hsu, Megan Nunez and Sharon Stranford)


Howard Hughes Medical Institute Mini-Grant 鈥淪eeding commitments to diversity: Disseminating effective retention and mentoring programs鈥 (with Wendy Raymond of Williams College and others)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute 2004 Undergraduate Science Award (with Sean Decatur) September 2004鈥揂ugust 2008


NSF RUI Grant, 鈥淭issue-Specific Gene Regulation in Drosophila鈥 August 2001鈥揓uly 2005

NSF Research at Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) Grant, 鈥淎cquisition of a Scanning Electron Microscope at 精东传媒鈥 (Co-PI; PI: Steven Dunn, Other Co-PIs: Wei Chen, Melinda Dyar, and Amy Frary), July 2002鈥揓une 2005

NSF Major Research Instrumentation/ Research at Undergraduate Institutions (MRI/RUI) Grant, 鈥淎cquisition of Instrumentation for High Resolution Light Microscopy and Image Processing at 精东传媒鈥 (Co-PI; PI: Sue Ellen Gruber; Other Co-PIs: Sarah Bacon, Susan Barry, and Sharon Stranford), July 2002鈥揓une 2005


Charney, N., Kubel, J.E., Woodard, C.T., Carbajal Gonz谩lez, B.I., Avis, S. [MHC 鈥19], Blyth, J., Eiseman, C.S., Castorino, J., Malone, J.H. (2019). Survival of Polyploid Hybrid Salamander Embryos. BMC Developmental Biology, 19, 21. doi:10.1186/s12861-019-0202-z


Packard, B. W., Marciano, V., Payne, J.M., Bledzki, L. A., Woodard, C.T. (2014). Negotiating Peer Mentoring Roles in Undergraduate Research Lab Settings. Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning. doi: 10.1080/13611267.2014.983327


Bond, N., Nelliot, A., Bernardo, M.K., **Gorski, K., **Ayerh, M., Hoshizaki, D.K. and Woodard, C.T. (2011). "脽FTZ-F1 and Matrix Metalloproteinase 2 are Required for Fat-Body Remodeling in Drosophila." Developmental Biology. 360: 286-296. doi:10:1016/j.ydbio.2011.09.015
**Undergraduate author