✍️ Grants Submitted
Procurement of a benchtop SEM to build biomedical research capacity and educational opportunities at Arkansas Tech University and the surrounding region. Principal Investigator: Aniruddha Acharya; Sponsor: NIH-NIGMS Instrumentation Grant for Resource Limited Institutions RLI S-10 Amount requested: $248,084.09. Grant Period: 04-01-2026 - 03-01-2027 (In Review).
Investigating the role of DELLA and CBL-CIPK gene family in micronutrient sequestration. Principal Investigator: Aniruddha Acharya; Mentor - Vibha Srivastava; Collaborators - Tsunemi Yamashita & Mathew Sharples. Sponsor: NIH-Arkansas INBRE, Pilot Project. Amount requested: $71,100. Grant Period: 05/01/2025 - 04/30/2026 (Funded).
Alleviating “hidden hunger” through investigation of DELLA genes and CBL-CIPK signaling pathway. Principal Investigator: Aniruddha Acharya; Mentor - Yongjian Qiu. Sponsor: NIH-Mississippi INBRE, Project Development Grant. Amount requested: $70,000.00, excluding indirect costs. Grant Period: 09/01/2024 - 08/31/2026 (Not Funded).
Development of genotype-independent tissue culture protocol for medicinal plants. Principal Investigator: Aniruddha Acharya. Sponsor: NIH-Mississippi INBRE, Research Initiation Grant. Amount requested: $20,000.00, excluding indirect costs. Grant Period: 09/01/2024 - 08/31/2025 (Funding recommended). # A letter was issued from the granting agency stating that funding would have been recommended if I did not move out of the state of Mississippi. This is according to the policy of the grant.
🏆Awards Received
Media coverage
Featured on the website of American Society of Plant Biologists (Southern section) on the "Meeting Testimonies" section in Dec 2019 southern.aspb.org/meeting-testimonies/
Mentioned in an article in Crop Science published in April 2023 for reviewing manuscripts. “Societies, S., & Gebhardt, E. Thanks to Reviewers, Crop Science, 2022. Crop Science”. acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/csc2.20975
Awards
Bryce Griffis professional development fund for research supplies (2023) at Delta State University.
Publication cost ($2070) waived by the journal “Plant Signaling & Behavior” due to financial constraints. The article title was “P-ring: The conserved nature of phosphorus enriched cells in seedling roots of distantly related species”.
Research support of $10,000 for 2022-2023 academic year by the Department of Biology & Chemistry at the Texas A&M International University.
Teaching Assistantship Award (Fall 2012 to Spring 2021) by the Department of Biology at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette ($140, 000 approx).
STEM career advocate recognition by Upward Bound Math Science Program (UBMS) at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (Jan 2020).
Finalist in 3-minute Thesis Competition by Graduate School, University of Louisiana at Lafayette (Nov 2018).
Academic Mentorship Award by LS-LAMP program at University of Louisiana at Lafayette (Nov 2016).
Research Grant by Graduate Student Organization (Fall 2012, 2013 and 2015; Spring 2014 and 2016) at University of Louisiana at Lafayette ($800).
Graduate Aptitude Test In Engineering. National Rank 833 in Life Sciences category. Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi (2012)
Travel grants
The Biology Program at the University of Louisiana, Monroe (Campus visit and presentation for the position of Assistant Professor of Plant Biology & Plant Biotechnology) March 6th and 7th 2023. ($1000 approx).
The Biology Program at the State University of New York, New Paltz campus (Campus visit and presentation for the position of Assistant Professor of Biology) February 6th and 7th 2023. ($1000 approx).
Conference travel support of $5,000 for 2022-2023 academic year by the Department of Biology & Chemistry at the Texas A&M International University.
Department of Biological Sciences at the Sam Houston State University (Campus visit and presentation for the position of Microscopy Research Scientist) August 4th and 5th 2021. ($1000 approx).
LS-LAMP Program - $450 (support for conference registration) - American Society of Plant Biologists annual conference (Plant Biology 2020 Worldwide Summit; Virtual), July 2020.
LS-LAMP Program - American Society of Plant Biologists annual conference (Plant Biology 2019), San Jose, California, August 2019 ($3500).
Purdue Graduate Student Plant Science Symposium travel scholarship - Purdue University and Corteva agriscience - West Lafayette, Indiana, (Declined due to conflict of schedule), August 2, 2018 ($500).
Microscopy Center at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette - American Society of Plant Biologists conference (SS), New Orleans, LA, March 2018 ($1000).
McNair Program at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette - 58th annual maize genetics conference, Jacksonville, Florida. (Declined due to conflict of schedule), March 2016 ($1000).
Maize Genetics Conference Travel Grant, St. Charles, Illinois, March 2015.
LS-LAMP Program at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette - 57th annual maize genetics conference, St. Charles, Illinois, March 2015 ($1000).
Maize Genetics Conference Travel Grant, St. Charles, Illinois, March 2013.
Graduate student organization at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette - 55th annual maize genetics conference, St. Charles, Illinois, March 2013 ($400).
The Ecology Center at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette - 55th annual maize genetics conference, St. Charles, Illinois, March 2013 ($250)