Funding

Our work on social stress, brain, and behavior in fish is currently supported by NSF and NIH. Below is a list of active and recent external funding.

2025-2030

NSF - “Collaborative Research: Male-male competition and speciation: behavioral and neuromolecular mechanisms underlying aggression biases in cichlids”. 

Role: Principal Investigator (Dijkstra (lead), Hans Hofmann, Ryan Wong). 

Total award: $1,799,455 | CMU share: $890,730

2023-2026

NIH R15 (NIGMS) - “Social regulation of oxidative stress in the brain” 

Role: Principal Investigator (PI: Peter Dijkstra, co-I: Ryan Wong)

Total award: $443,315

2023-2026

AALAS Grants for Laboratory Animal Science (GLAS) - “Impact of environmental enrichment on aggression and welfare in cichlid fish” 

Role: Principal Investigator (PI: Peter Dijkstra, co-I: Jon Kelty)

Total award: $47,974

2022-2025

NIH INBRE (University of Nebraska) - “Cellular signaling dynamics of neuroendocrine and oxidative stress between alternative stress resilience phenotypes” 

Role: Collaborator (PI: Ryan Wong, University of Nebraska at Omaha)

Total award: $155,925 | CMU share: $15,000