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4. Friends of UNCW Support for student teaching and research in transmission electron

microscopy-re-sharpening of diamond knives for ultra-thin sections, Taylor, A.R. (Principal). March

2013, $1500.

5. NERC U.K. ‘H

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fluxes in phytoplankton -a mechanistic and modeling study of their

physiological roles and community responses to ocean acidification’. Standard grant Glen Wheeler

(Plymouth Marine Laboratory, PI) Prof Brownlee (Marine Biological Association, UK, Co-I) Alison

Taylor (named visiting investigator). August 2012-September 2015, $638,000, ($29,000 to UNCW).

6. UNCW Grant Writing Incentive Program Taylor A.R. November 2012, $3,600.

7. NSF Major Research Infrastructure. ‘Acquisition of a FEI Tecnai G2 Spirit BioTWIN

Transmission Electron Microscope’. Dick Dillaman (PI), Steve Kinsey, Carm Tomas, Art

Frampton and Alison Taylor. August 2012-July 2013. $632,000.

8. UNCW International Faculty Travel Award. May 2012, $1,000.

9. NIH-NINDS-Development of High Affinity Analogues of Brevenal: Novel Molecular Probes

for Neuronal Sodium Channels, Andrea Bourdelais (PI), Dan Baden, Allen Goodman, Henry Jakocks,

Alison Taylor, Mary Wolfe. 1R21NS067503-01A1, July 2010-June 2013, $432,000.

10. NSF: REU supplement Alison Taylor (PI), Feb 2010-Jan 2013, $8,500.

11. NSF: Ecological functions of algal neurotoxins-do they interact with ion channels and cellular

signalling in non-toxic phytoplankton species? Alison Taylor (sole-PI) Feb 2010-Jan 2013, $299,870.

12. Charles L. Cahill Award, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Taylor, A.R. (Co-

Principal), Finelli, C. (Co-Principal), ‘Development of a high speed motion analysis system for

biological research and education at UNCW’. 2009-2010, $3,000.00.

13. NCBiotech Education Enhancement Grant (Co-I): Instrumentation to Incorporate

Biotechnology Skills across the Undergraduate Biology Curriculum at the University of North Carolina at

Wilmington. Sonja Pyott (PI), Co-I’s Alison Taylor, Marcel van Tuinen, Sean Lema, Thomas Shafer,

Ann Stapleton. May 2008-June 2009, $89,151.

14. CMS Pilot Grant Initiative (PI). Dr Carm Tomas (Co-I) Do algal toxins interact with ion

channels in non-toxic phytoplankton? 2008-2009, $27,052.

15. NERC Standard Grant Co-PI (PI Colin Brownlee MBA). Cellular mechanisms and constraints

of coccolithophore calcification in relation to ocean pH. 2007-2010, £378,500/ $719,950.

16. Senior Visiting Fellowship (PI) Alison Taylor (PI) Cellular mechanisms of calcification and

signalling in marine protists. Marine Biological Association. 2007-2012, $85,952.

17. EU FP6 Diatomics Consortium (Co-I) Gene function, ecology and evolution of diatoms.

Specific objective -functional characterisation of nutrient transporters. Consortium grant. April 2005-

March 2008. €163,000 of €1.8M.

HONORS

2014 Shortlisted for Hilda Carter-Lund Prize; British Phycological Society.

2012 Inducted into UNCW Million Dollar Club (grants and extramural awards secured)

2012 Nominated for UNCW College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Research Scholar Award

2011 Guest lecturer and tutor, International Cell Physiology Workshop, Marine Biological

Association, UK, September 7- 20

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2011 Nominated for UNCW Distinguished Faculty Scholar Award

2010 Student award-Mr Brandon Drescher won best student oral presentation. South Eastern

Phycological Colloqy. 2010

2010 Guest editor for special issue of New Phytologist accompanying publication of the

Ectocarpus genome

2009 Student award-Ms Sheila Kitchen won a student poster prize for thesis work presented at

International Society of Protistologists, North American Meeting. Rhode Island. 2009