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