Funding (Texas Tech University)

• Cotton Inc., $25,000.

• AgriLife Research, $30,000.      

• NSF Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program “Equipment: MRI: Track 1 Acquisition of a MALDI-TOF/FTIR System to Support Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences in Biological and Computational Sciences at an HIS,” 10/01/23 - 09/30/26, $349,549, co-PI, 20%;

• BastCore, private industry funding. “Hemp Processing Innovations,” 09/01/22 – 12/31/22, $35,000, PI, 50%;

• BastCore, private industry funding. “Hemp Processing Innovations,” 01/01/22 – 08/31/22, $97,612, PI, 50%;

• NSF I-CORPS “NSF I-CORPS: NanoChit - Next Generation of Green and Sustainable Biofillers,” 11/01/2023 - 10/31/2025, $49,995, PI, 100%;

• Texas Tech University, Office for Research and Innovation, “3D-printing of Biopolymers for Biomedical Applications,” Initiation of new lines of research (Research Seed funding, one-time award), $3,800.