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Funding and Awards


Walter K. Schmidt - Funding History

2008-09 Research Grant, Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation (Institute for the Study of Aging) ($50,000).
2007-09 National Institutes of Health Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research ($12,320) - PA-05-015.
2006-09 National Institutes of Health Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research ($87,009) - PA-05-015.
2006-07 Renewal - University of Georgia/GeorgiaTech Biomedical Research Program ($50,000) - in collaboration with Dr. Yury Chernoff (GaTech).

2005-10 National Institutes of Health R01 ($825,000) - biochemical studies of Rce1p, in collaboration with Dr. Timothy Dore (UGA).
2005-06 National Institutes of Health R03 ($50,000) - high-throughput assay development for Rce1p inhibitors.
2005-06 University of Georgia/GeorgiaTech Biomedical Research Program ($50,000) - in collaboration with Dr. Yury Chernoff (GaTech).
2001-05
Distinguished Cancer Clinician/Scientist Award, Georgia Cancer Coalition ($300,000).


Walter K. Schmidt - Honors

2008 Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentoring - Faculty Award, University of Georgia.
2008 Faculty Diversity Award Nominee, University of Georgia.
2002 Searle Scholar Nominee, University of Georgia.
2001 Distinguished Cancer Clinician/Scientist Award, Georgia Cancer Coalition.
2000 Gordon Research Conference Award (Hormonal and Neural Peptide Processing).
1996 Individual National Research Service Award (NIH GM18641).
1993 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, University of California, Berkeley.
1990 Howard Hughes Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Award.


Lab Members - Funding History and Honors

2009 Best Presentation Award (Post-Doc category), BCMB Departmental Retreat - Surya Manandhar.
2008 Southeast Regional Yeast Meeting (SERYM) Best Graduate Presentation award - Benjamin J. Alper.
2008 Southeast Regional Yeast Meeting (SERYM) Best Undergraduate Presentation award - Sarah R. Breevoort.
2009 Southeast Regional Yeast Meeting (SERYM) Best Undergraduate Presentation award - Kristen A. Chicola.
2007 Invited Presentation, National Conferences on Undergraduate Research, Domincan University, San Rafael, CA - Sarah R. Breevoort.
2007 Invited Presentation, CURO International Research Symposium, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica - Sarah R. Breevoort.
2007 Southeast Regional Yeast Meeting (SERYM) Best Graduate Poster award - Benjamin J. Alper.
2007 J. David Puett Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Service award - Benjamin J. Alper.
2007 CURO AP Scholar - Amanda J. Castleberry.
2006 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant - Benjamin J. Alper.
2006 CURO Summer Research Fellowship - Sarah R. Breevoort.
2006 CURO Scholar Distinction in Research award - Tatyana E. Nienow.
2006 Southeast Regional Yeast Meeting (SERYM) Best Undergraduate Poster award - Tatyana E. Nienow.
2005 UGA Foundation Fellowship - Amulya Nagarur.
2005 CURO Summer Research Fellowship - Tatyana E. Nienow.
2005 CURO AP Scholar - Shivan Bhatt.
2003 CURO Summer Research Fellowship - Thomas W. Wood.
2003 BHSI/CURO Travel Award to ABRCMS - Lisa J. Plummer.


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