As a research development professional, I foster environments for scholarship to thrive.  I take a holistic approach to research development, working with faculty and graduate students from developing an idea to finding funding to disseminating their research in academic and public forms.  

Institutional Awards | UC Irvine

  • American Council of Learned Societies, Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation New Professorship in Buddhist Studies, 3 year grant, $300,000, 2017.
  • Academy of Korean Studies, 5 year grant to establish Center for Critical Korean Studies, $880,000, 2016.
  • National Endowment for the Humanities, Next Generation PhD Planning Grant, $25,000, 2016.
  • The Henry Luce Foundation, Humanities Out There Public Fellows graduate internship program, $50,000, 2016.
  • U.S. Department of Education, Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need, 3 year grant to support graduate fellowship in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, $885,834, 2015.
  • Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Sawyer Seminar on Documenting War, $175,000, 2015.
  • Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Humanities 5+2 Graduate Training,
    ​$2.73 million, 2015. 

Faculty and Graduate Student Grants

Individual proposal development consultation along with strategic and capacity-building activities that has resulted in fellowships and grant awards, including:
  • ACLS Collaborative Research Grant
  • American Academy in Berlin (2)
  • Fulbright Scholar (3)
  • Getty Scholar (2)
  • Guggenheim Fellowship
  • Mellon Foundation New Directions Faculty Fellowship
  • National Humanities Center Fellowship (3)
  • National Endowment for the Humanities Preservation and Access
  • National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend (3)

Grant-Writing Workshops

I offer grant-writing workshops and webinars (1 hour, 2 hours, half-day). Contact me for more information. Topics include:
  • Finding Funding Opportunities
  • Crafting Your Research Narrative
  • Grant Basics and Budgets