Awards & Funding
Science is only possible thanks to the commitment and support of our funding agencies.
Below are listed the different agencies that have supported my scientific endeavor. Thank you!
International Society for Neurochemistry.
Award to fund the 5th International Touchscreen Symposium. Principal applicant.
Award: $22,000 (2023)
Brainscan. 2018-present
BrainsCAN is a neuroscience research initiative located at Western University that aims to transform the way brain diseases and disorders are understood, diagnosed and treated. Through its innovative funding programs and core infrastructure, BrainsCAN is accelerating effective solutions for maintaining a healthy brain.
In September 2016, BrainsCAN received the largest research grant in Western University’s history – a 7-year, $66 million investment from the Government of Canada through the Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF). Through this grant, BrainsCAN is enabling Western researchers, along with national and international academic and commercial partners, to develop and deliver evidence-based assessments and interventions for the diagnosis and treatment of brain disorders. BrainsCAN research is currently underway for neurodegenerative conditions including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Autism Spectrum Disorder, concussions, stroke and more. (source: BrainsCAN.uwo.ca)
BrainsCAN has directly funded my stipend and my research through the collaboration of the Rodent Cognition Research and Innovation Core.
dopamine society
Award to participate at the Dopamine2020 International meeting, Montreal, Canada. Note: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this award was used to participate at the Dopamine2022 meeting.
Award: $1,700 (2022)
International Brain Research Organization (IBRO)
Invited speaker to participate at the 10th IBRO international meeting, Daegu, South Korea
Award: $4,000 (2019)
International Brain Research Organization (IBRO)
Award to participate at the 13th Annual Canadian Neuroscience (CAN) Meeting in Toronto, Canada.
Award: $500 (2019)
Canadian institutes of health research (CIHR).
Co-Applicant Grant funded to investigate the “Interactions between PV interneurons and neuromodulators in cognition relevant to schizophrenia”.
Funded - $930,000 CAD (2020-2025)
Maria Sklodowska-curie cofound actions.
Funded by Cardiff University, Welsh Government, UK and the European Union (Horizon 2020). Two years of funding to investigate the ‘Role of the Neuregulin-ErbB4 Signaling in Cognition and Addiction’ at Cardiff University, UK. Note: Declined to take up Research Associate position at Western University.
Funded - $400,000 USD (2018-2020)
NICHD - graduate and Postdoctoral fellowship
My PhD (partial) and Postdoctoral training were fully supported by the NICHD.
Post-doctoral Fellowship: $360,000 USD / 5 years (2013-2018)
Graduate Fellowship: $85,000 / 2 years (2011-2013)
Hugo Arechiga Travel Award. 2011
Funded by the Society for Neuroscience and IBRO to attend to the Society for Neuroscience 41st Annual Meeting (2011) Washington, DC, USA.
Award: $2,600 USD (2011)
Ricardo Miledi Neuroscience Training Program Award.
Funded by the Society for Neuroscience and IBRO to participate in the advanced course: “Neuroscience: From Basic Mechanisms to Brain Diseases”, Uruguay.
Award: $6,600 USD (2011)
UnU-BIolac
“International Workshop on Bioinformatics”. Department of Mathematics and Statistics Faculty of Science and Agriculture, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago.
Award: $2,000 (2011)
Annual prize of research
Award to the best published peer-reviewed work in the field of biological and health sciences. Funded by University Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado. Venezuela.
Award: $4,000 (2010)
PI. Consejo Desarrollo Cientifico Humanistico & Tecnologico (CDCHT)
Grant funded for three years to investigate the ‘Differential gene expression for GABAA-R ε, θ, π, ρ1, ρ2 y ρ3 subunits in ventral pallidum of rats during a behavioural depressive model’. Venezuela.
Award: $36,800 (2007-2009)
PI. Consejo Desarrollo Cientifico Humanistico & Tecnologico (CDCHT)
Grant funded for three years to investigate the ‘Differential protein expression on several GABAergic system receptors in a behavioural depressive state in rats’. Venezuela.
Award: $42,300 (2007-2009)
research award. Consejo Desarrollo Cientifico Humanistico & Tecnologico (CDCHT)
Award to support the development of research in Venezuela. Funded by Consejo de Desarrollo Cientifico, Humanistico y Tecnologico, Venezuela.
Award: $16,000 / year (2007-2009)
fundayacucho graduate fellowship
Fellowship award to complete my MS studies. Funded by Consejo de Desarrollo Cientifico, Humanistico y Tecnologico, Venezuela.
Award: $27,000 / 3 years (2002-2005)