Current Grants
Cargill Fund awarded an equipment grant to Darren Proppe for $7,495.
The Calvin College Alumni Association awarded Ryan Bebej a grant to fund travel to some museums for his research during the summer of 2013 - $1,800.
Pierce Cedar Creek Institute URGE program to David Dornbos - Development of a GIS Model to Optimize the Gross Primary Productivity of Terrestrial Plant Communities and the Potential to Store Carbon in Soils at PCCI - $11,000
American Chemical Society Project SEED: Eric Arnoys, Dave Benson, Mark Muyskens, Kumar Sinniah, Chad Tatko, Amy Wilstermann - $7,000
US Fish and Wildlife Service, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, “Assessment of Population, Reproductive, and Health Impairments in Colonial Waterbirds Breeding in Michigan's Areas of Concern," to Keith Grasman was awarded a $71,805 grant.
Environment Canada, “The effects of environmental pollutants on immune function of common loons in Nova Scotia” to Keith Grasman - $5000
GLISTEN grant for Community-Based Learning and Research Involving the Restoration and Monitoring of Plaster Creek and Bear Creek, to David Koetje and Randall Van Dragt to facilitate Biology 250 work on Plaster Creek and Bear Creek in 2013-2014 - $4000
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, to Gail Heffner, Nate Haan, and Dave Warners, and the Plaster Creek Stewards Project - To address pollution sources in the Plaster Creek Watershed - $375,662
Fulbright Canada grant, to Janel Curry, Gail Heffner, Nate Haan and Dave Warners - Promoting upstream-downstream connections in the Plaster Creek Watershed - $4000
National Science Foundation, David S. Koetje, Amy Wilstermann, Herbert R. Fynewever, Randall G. Van Dragt, Randall J. Pruim - Leveraging Laboratory Activities to Achieve Educational Reform - $199,990
National Institute of Health, Anding Shen - to study the role of endothelial cells in HIV infection - $306,211
Margaret Cargill Foundation, Randall Van Dragt - development of Calvin's programs in environmental studies and environmental science - $575,418
National Science Foundation, ARI-R2: Integrated Science Research Experimental Laboratory: David Benson, Chad Tatko, David DeHeer, Matthew Walhout, Randall Pruim - $951,150
National Science Foundation, MRI-R2: Acquisition of Biophysical Instruments for Interdisciplinary Faculty and Student Research: Kumar Sinniah, David Benson and Amy Wilstermann — $208,645
National Science Foundation, MRI: Acquisition of a 500 MHz NMR Spectrometer to Enhance Faculty and Student Research: Chad Tatko, Amy Wilstermann, David E. Benson, Eric J. Arnoys — $487,470
National Science Foundation, MRI: MALDI Acquisition for Collaborative Species and Biomolecule Identification: David Benson, Chad Tatko, John Wertz, Amy Wilstermann, Randy DeJong — $279,000
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), Student Research and Broadening Access to Science, to develop Calvin’s Integrated Science Research Institute (ISRI): David DeHeer, Randall Pruim, Eric Arnoys, Chad Tatko — $1,100,000
Perrigo Charitable Foundation, David Warners - Calvin Native Gardens Project - $9,845
River Network, Gail Heffner, David Warners, Nathan Haan - Plaster Creek Stewars Program - $58,500
US Fish and Wildlife Service, Keith Grasman - Research on the effects of environmental pollutants on the health of fish eating birds - gulls, terns and herons of the Great Lakes and loons in the Adirondack Mountains - $68,715
National Center for Science and Civic Engagement at Harrisburg University, Great Lakes Innovative Stewardship Through Education Network (GLISTEN) cluster with Calvin College, GVSU, Muskegon Community College, the Blandford Nature Center, WMEAC, the Land Conservancy, Muskegon Conservation District, and Timberland RC&D. — $30,000
National Science Foundation, Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities (SENCER): Post-Institute Implementation Award; David Koetje — $3,000
National Science Foundation, S-STEM: Computation for interdisciplinary science; Randall Pruim, Joel Adams, David DeHeer, David Koetje, Keith VanderLinden — $581,000
National Institutes of Health: Cultivation and Characterization of the Microaerobes from the Mucosa of the Gastrointestinal Tract : Schmidt, T.M., Young, V.B., Chang, E., Waldron, C., Wertz, J.T. — $1,100,000
Alcon Laboratories, Inc.: Evaluation of Concepts for the Relief of Dry Eye Symptoms; John Ubels — $432,725
